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Optical Atlas

Elephant 6 News, Links, & Reviews

About Me

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My Interests

Music:

Always Red Society; The American Revolution; The Apples in Stereo; Bablicon; Michael Barrett; Beulah; Calvin, Don't Jump!; Chocolate USA; Circulatory System; Clay Bears; Cranberry Life Cycle; Dances with Wolves; Dark Meat; Dixie Blood Mustache; Dressy Bessy; Elf Power; The Essex Green; Fablefactory; Finishing School; Flicker Orchestra; Frosted Ambassador; Gerbils; Great Lakes; The Gwens; A Hawk and a Hacksaw; High Water Marks; I am the World Trade Center; Icy Demons; The Instruments; Kingsauce; The Ladybug Transistor; The Late B.P. Helium; Little Fyodor and Babushka; Lorkakar; Major Organ and the Adding Machine; Marbles; Marshmallow Coast; Marta Tennae; Masters of the Hemisphere; The Minders; The Music Tapes; Neutral Milk Hotel; The New Sound of Numbers; Of Montreal; The Olivia Tremor Control; Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't; Secret Square; The Sixth Great Lake; Still Flyin'; Summer Hymns; The Sunshine Fix; Synthetic Flying Machine; Thimble Circus; Ulysses; Vince Mole and His Calcium Orchestra; Visitations; Von Hemmling

Movies:


THE APPLES IN STEREO: Energy
from NEW MAGNETIC WONDER (2007, Yep Roc/Simian/Elephant 6)

ELF POWER: All the World is Waiting

from Back to the Web (2006, Rykodisc)



IDEAL FREE DISTRIBUTION: New Madrid, 1811
from Ideal Free Distribution (2007, Happy Happy Birthday to Me)

THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL: 2005 Reunion Concert

Neutral Milk Hotel performing "Song Against Sex"

Dressy Bessy: Electrified (2005, Transdreamer)

My Blog

Apples in Stereo Podcast Interview

April 2nd, 2008. The Apples in Stereo have a new album out entitled Electronic Projects for Musicians, collecting rare tracks from 1995-2006. In December 2007 lead Apple Robert Schneider was busy ap...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:33:00 PST

Optical Atlas Show 2: Folklore Live

On the road to promote their new album Carpenter's Falls, Folklore drops by the Optical Atlas H.Q. for a live set featuring ballads of Loki, Satan, and a ghost called Beaverman. Derek Almstead (Elf Po...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Thu, 06 Mar 2008 05:04:00 PST

The Optical Atlas Show 1 Now Available for Download/Streaming

The first podcast of the Optical Atlas Show is now available at www.opticalatlas.com! *** February 3rd, 2008. In this first installment of the Optical Atlas Show, we talk to John Ferguson about the ...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 08:59:00 PST

Optical Atlas on Facebook

Is MySpace not enough for you, you social-networking junkie?  Then in that case, check out the Optical Atlas Facebook group, where you can discuss all things Optical Atlas and all things Elephant...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 04:41:00 PST

Optical Atlas Jukebox!

We've added a streaming jukebox to the website.  I hope to keep this stocked with new tracks each week, a mixture of rare songs and popular ones.  You can listen to this week's program here ...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:31:00 PST

The Elephant 6 Show Podcast Archive

Beginning this week, podcasts of WGSU 89.3FM's "Elephant 6 Show" (which airs every Sunday at noon EST) will be archived at Optical Atlas.  Just go to OpticalAtlas.com and click on the "E6 Radio" ...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 03:39:00 PST

Interviews with High Water Marks, Casper & the Cookies

Two new interviews this week:In the Courtyard with High Water MarksIn the Courtyard with Casper & the CookiesLearn why Norway can kick Lexington, Kentucky's ass.  Why Casper & the Cookies...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:20:00 PST

Win Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. 4!

Win a copy of the brand new compilation Happy Happy Birthday to Me Vol. 4. For details, visit the equally brand new www.opticalatlas.com.  ...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 05:09:00 PST

A New Day

Hey kids, the blog is back!http://www.opticalatlas.com
Posted by Optical Atlas on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 02:44:00 PST

In case you were still wondering...

I was hoping to get the blog back up by now, but it's not to be, obviously.  Due to irreconcilable differences, I'm divorcing Blogger and moving in with WordPress.  I'm also switching server...
Posted by Optical Atlas on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:25:00 PST