I just finished up a huge project, so now Im treating myself to a new huge project as a reward...
Welcome to my new label thing called ursa major!
ursa major originated as a constelation, then in the 1980's, it became a wisconsin cassette label that released field recordings. Im guessing these recordings were made in wisconsin, though that was never stated in any of the liner notes of the tapes I have. Sometime between the 80's and now, that ended, and ursa major became a constellation again, until wisconsin beckoned once again in 2011 (that is now):
own-able and downloadable audio you can look forward to the next time you check here (as long as that is in mid to late november sometime):
the no-school drinkaholics---a tape I found/sorta stole from my friends attic. Some 1980's trashy-sounding, european hardcore band. The tape has no band name, but does have track titles. They hate school, and they love to drink.
antique music boxes---not a band name, just straight up music coming out of old wood.
stevie b/jesse johnson's revue (split)---80's r+b at it's finest
the debut release by: burp and siren
an awesome pakistani pop compilation---i went to a thrift store in franklin that I had never been to before looking for tv's. they had plenty. I ended up buying 8 of them. The manager was so happy I was buying so many, he sold them to me for 5 bucks a piece! since I saved some dough there, I told him I wanted to look around some more. Then i stumbled upon a huge pile of pakistani cassettes. I picked through them all more than a hundred, and ended up buying about 60 of the most interesting ones. tapes were $1 each, but the manager told the old shakey lady at the register to sell them to me 5 for a dollar! I love that guy so much.
and hopefully a few more!
that's all for now. see you at the end of november!
-neil
