Almost Dead In The Water

I'd apologize for being gone so long, but would anybody notice?  Maybe if I put more porn on the page.

Central Target still exists.  Barely.  But it's not dead yet.  It's just that my lack of home internet availability has scuttled almost any urge to write.  I spend all night writing garbage as my livelihood, and the last thing I want to do there is more writing, for the most part.  So when I get the internet at home, then I'll write for enjoyment.  Until then, no net at home equals almost no musings.  Sorry.  you want it, buy me some connectivity.

But I'm feeling like I felt when I made "instant record".  I need to get some fucking bile out.  Just to fucking rip it from my head.  When I do that, I'll post the record here.

Otherwise, I'll see you intermittently....

The Spirit Three - "Circle X"

The Spirit Three - "Circle X"

1) Red Queen
2) E.B.H.C
3) Yelling Outside
4) Checked Out
5) You're Dumb (And You Know It)


Mikey Shake - vocals/guitar
Dale Nixon - bass/vocals
Murdi - drums

Recorded at Central Target Recording Labs May & June 2012

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FREE DOWNLOAD: Neptune Balance: "Midnight Interlude"

We here at the Central Target Recording Label wing of the Research Labs pride ourselves on the fact that our very creed is not to pester our artists or give them deadlines. The idea is for people to make music as they want, not as they need. So imagine our surprise when we took the elevator down to the comm center (it's right past the hovercraft dock) and checked our e-mail to find a message from Neptune Balance. No note, just an attachment called "[TBA]". Then also imagine our surprise when it turned out to be a slice of ambient acid techno that sounds like the music at your town's chic-est bar in 2039. It's robot soul with a little dusting of metal-on-metal. Touches of classic Detroit techno like Carl Craig, with something a little skewed to a halfway point between Aphex Twin's earliest material and the insistency of dance music like Daft Punk. That's not to say it sounds like any of those acts... it's just too damn irresistably slippery to put our finger on. We don't know what it means, if more is forthcoming (as in "To Be Announced"), or if it's something else altogether. We thought we'd share. Not only is it worth your time, but it's worth us thinking about changing that "don't push the artists for more tunes" rule.

GET IT. HERE. NOW.

Here's her blog. Pictures of her in the shower. No kidding.
nep-bal.tumblr.com

FREE DOWNLOAD: The Spirit Three: Complete Discography

There are some major changes coming to Central Target, including a flood of new (free!) music from The Spirit Three as well as several new artists, including Neptune Balance, ofthemetro, Midway, Lazer Mouse, and several others. We promise, things are percolating, but until then, help yourself to what you might've missed, by checking out the complete discography of The Spirit Three, including the Spirit Three Live EP series, one-offs, and other fuzzed-out guitaradelicism. And as always here at the Central Target Research Labs, it's free as can be. Enjoy catching up!

Central Target Now Mobile Device Friendly... Happy Early America Day!

Thanks to our friendly host's new mobile device translation capabilities, our mobile site, centraltargetmobile.blogspot.com will no longer continue to be updated. it will remain available, but since becoming irrelevant, why do the work?

now, even customized for your mobile device viewing: centraltarget.blogspot.com

Go on, click it. You know you want to see what happens.

BREAKING NEWS: MF DOOM LUNCHBOXES SEIZED BY CUSTOMS OFFICIALS

Border patrol agents in Boston have seized 183 copies of MF DOOM's deluxe "Operation: Doomsday" lunchbox sets for copyright violations. From the CBP news release:

BOSTON—Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in the port of Boston identified and seized a shipment of counterfeit Music CD’s for Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) violations. The Manufacture’s Suggested Retail Price of the pirated CD’s bearing images of the Marvel Entertainment character is estimated to be $87,664.

On May 23, CBP officers targeted a shipment containing 2,925 sets of music CD’s packaged in lunch-boxes at the Container Examination Station for an enforcement examination. During the examination, CBP officers observed the boxes bearing the image of what appeared to be Marvel Entertainment’s “Dr. Doom” character, which is a trademark recorded with CBP. Further inspections reveled the image was deemed to be possibly piratical and the goods were detained for a through investigation. When CBP sought a letter of authorization for use of the CD trademark from the importing party, the importer signed and submitted a CBP Form 4607, Notice of Abandonment. Subsequently, all counterfeit lunch-box sets, 183 boxes, was seized for IPR violations on June 20.

You heard it here first, kids!

Neptune Balance: "Caution"

Presenting "Caution", the debut track by Neptune Balance -- a beloved member of the Central Target family. An EP is in the works, but until then, listen to this until your ears start to bleep.

Find it here:
http://nep-bal.tumblr.com

Get some. You'll like it.