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Soul Whirling Somewhere - "Every Female Werewolf Ever, Listed Alphabetically By Crime"

(Projekt Records, 1997)

Soul Whirling Somewhere was the musical vehicle of a guy from Arizona named Michael Plaster.  He released four albums on goofy goth label Projekt Records.  This song is from the EP Pyewackit.  The name refers to his pet mouse that died, and the EP is dedicated to this mouse; that's also presumably it on the cover.  Not the most gothy thing ever done, to be sure, but it took some amount of balls, I guess.  As for the name of this song, its origin is anyone's guess.  The defeatist lyrics and Red House Painters worship are pretty overt on SWS's somewhat unintentionally humorous debut (double CD) album, Eating The Sea, which I bought in '08 and listened to only once.  I bought this EP a few years before that.

If you like the little synth drone that comes in at the 2:38 mark of this song, you must hear the truly stunning ambient piece called "God In Heaven" that closes this EP, since it's built off of that same synth sound.  It's 11 minutes of perfection, and probably the best pure ambient song I've ever heard, truly an out of body experience for the inner mind.  I wish he had done many albums of ambient music rather than just one track.

No, not Trent Reznor... It's Michael Plaster, still shoegazing in 2006

Best headline of the week: Juggalos Boo, Pelt Charlie Sheen

Second-best: Abercrombie to pay 'Jersey Shore' cast to stop wearing its clothes

I guess America is finally getting fed up with douchebags?  If so, this is a good development.

Best abysmal YouTube video found this week:

"The Rock electrifies Lilian with the People's Strudel"

Planets with similar climates: Red House Painters - "Drop" (1994), Slowdive - "So Tired" (1992), Glide - "Worlds Away" (1992), Verve - "On Your Own" (1995), Long Fin Killie - "Valentino" (1996).