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A Place to Bury Strangers, reviews of Exploding Head for mid-December

Exploding Head by A Place to Bury Strangers on Blurt Online “APTBS take a more lateral approach to their influences, capturing the essential feel of the bands that inspire them, rather than quoting their music verbatim.” (tags: aptbs review explodinghead) A Place To Bury Strangers – Keep Slipping Away Single Review “Having spent the past […]

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Two interesting links: Lives & Loves of Older People, Malamud- By The People

The first one was a real eye-opener for me. Especially as I get older myself. The second is a video of Carl Malamud presenting his views at Gove2.0 Summit. I’ve been reading his material for almost fifteen years now,and it is nice to see he is as active and right on as ususal. Op-Chart – […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-12-13

VITAL REVERB: DECEMBER 11, 2009 “In the case of APTBS, this approach manifests itself as a guitar pedal, not a surfboard. Oliver Ackermann, the trio’s frontman and owner of Death By Audio, has designed foot tools for the likes of U2, TV On The Radio, and, least surprisingly, My Bloody Valentine. Ackermann spared no expense […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers Reviews of Exploding Head 2009-12-12

KZSU Zookeeper Online “Loud dream-pop/shoegaze a la My Bloody Valentine, with an industrial twist and drawn out Brit-pop vocals. Good use of distortion walls and noise without getting in the way of the songs.” (tags: aptbs review explodinghead) A Place To Bury Strangers – Oliver Ackerman – Guitar, Vocal It’s not always been easy, but […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers reviews of ATP Nightmare before XMAS in UK, links for 2009-12-11

ATP Nightmare Before Xmas Curated By MBV: Day 3 – Strangeglue – Music News, Views and Reviews “APtBS’s Oliver Ackerman trumps all by delivering the loudest and possibly our favourite set of the weekend. More ambiance-creating performance art than mere dark and smoky concert, the set contains no crowd banter, as Ackerman has probably already […]

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links for 2009-12-10

A Place To Bury Strangers and The Big Pink Team-Up for Ear Shattering Tour – Music Snobbery “alk about bang for your buck, A Place To Bury Strangers and The Big Pink will join forces to see who can make more people deaf. They can call it A Place To Bury The Big Pink or […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-12-09. Reviews, news of Big Pink tour, great video

As usual, a collection of links to reviews and news from blogs and a variety of Web sites about A Place to Bury Strangers. We start with a link to a 40+ minute video of the band’s performance in Amsterdam in November. The video is well done, and worth the view. 3VOOR12 – Tv 42 […]

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Effective use of social media by non-profits

Using social media for fund raising  by non-profits. Five Social Media Fundraising Trends for 2009 – Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media To Achieve Mission nonprofits using social media (tags: nonprofits using social media) The Red Cross Created A Social Culture With Listening: Now, A Policy and Operational Handbook To Scale – Beth’s […]

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A Place to Bury Strangers links for 2009-12-08; upcoming tour with Big Pink, reviews music and Munich show Munich

A Place to Bury Strangers Tour with The Big Pink, New Single Out This Week | Ventvox “The kindred bands have been neighbors on many of 2009’s year end best of lists and The Big Pink proudly uses APTBS frontman Oliver Ackermann’s Death By Audio pedals.” (tags: aptbs bigpink tour) In Your Heart… For A […]

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Sunday Breakfast – Dec 6, 2009

Surfing recipes I found good recipe for ricotta pancakes: Sunday Brunch: Ricotta Pancakes, from the excellent blog Serious Eats. Great! Added toasted pecans (broken into pieces), a pear, and a cup of blueberries. Also added more baking powder and used a mixture of corn, oat, and wheat flours. We watched I’m Not There last night. […]

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