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From one of the saddest records ever.

This Is Really Great.

Catch this fast, before he discovers it, and has it pulled. Circa 1984:



Thanks to the Westword for elucidating on this one.

Cool?

I'd rather see the Lips do it than "Pink Floyd". Everything that the Floyd did after Meddle has been pretty underwhelming. That video sounds like someone's out of tune to me. I dig all of those exotic speaker cabinets. This reminds me that I still need to get my hands on four boomboxes to listen to Zaireeka properly.

The Flaming Lips giving Dark Side of the Moon another go at Bonnaroo
By Dave Herrera in Upbeats and Beatdowns
Wed., Feb. 3 2010 @ 11:28AM

Speaking of festivals: Road trip, anybody? Who's up for making the trek out to Bonnaroo this summer? We've always wanted to go but the date always conflicted with the Westword Music Showcase and even if it didn't, there just didn't seem to be a compelling enough reason to jump in the hoopty and head towards the land of Elvis.



We have one now, by god. Just read that the Flaming Lips will be playing Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety as it did this past New Year's Eve. We can hardly think of a better place to experience such an event than the woods of Tennesee. What do you say? You in?

This is Great.

I got turned on to this by the morning show on KHOW. They're doing some goofy conspiracy stuff with it. I generally cringe at the mention of God, but a short list of singers can pull it off without turning me off, and Johnny Cash is one of 'em.

I always thought that he wore black because it doesn't show dirt, so it means less dry cleaning. I really dig the Jew's harp. A pretty damn good music video, too:

SWANS ARE NOT DEAD.

Reading this was almost like a birthday present. I might have to take a road trip for this. A few months ago, I read that this was happening on some forum, and I didn't believe it.

I Don't Know What I'm Doing.

I finally figured out DVD ripping, but I'm not getting the fiddle-dee that I'd like. Maybe there's a trick to YouTube that I don't know. If I figure this out, I'll "fix" it.

Christmas Music

Julian Koster was a really nice guy when I emailed him. He also happens to rule at saw-playing. I should've picked up his Christmas album, but I was broke at the moment.

I dig this video a lot:

This Is Great.

One of the best things about 1190's specialty shows on the weekend is that the DJs play some new stuff that I'd have to put forth effort to hear. Uncle Jeff played the album version of this one a couple of weeks ago, and it blew my mind. This live version doesn't have the ethereal pedal steel part, but it's cool anyway. I've always wanted to do a Willie Nelson tribute record, but it looks like Phosphorescent beat me to it.

Andrew LLoyd Webber Is A Hack.

That's not news, right? He's pretty bold, though. When I heard the news last week that he was working up a sequel to "Phantom of the Opera," at first, I thought that it was a joke. Apparently, it's set at Coney Island, and is titled "Love Never Dies". Dig it:

Will sequel equal original 'Phantom of the Opera' for Andrew Lloyd Webber?

Twenty-one years ago, "The Phantom of the Opera" opened on Broadway to mixed reviews, but still went on to win seven Tony Awards, including best musical. And in the ultimate slap in the face to critics, the tuner became the longest-running show in the history of the rialto in January 2006 and is still packing them in. The show it edged out for this honor? "Cats," which was also penned by composer Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The titled tunesmith is finally ready to premiere the long-promised sequel to the world's most lucrative musical. Entitled "Love Never Dies," the new show tells the tale of the Phantom a decade on, with the action shifted from glamorous Paris to garish Coney Island. The book and lyrics are by Glenn Slater who worked on new material for the stage version of "The Little Mermaid."

"Love Never Dies" was to have premiered simultaneously on Broadway and in the West End sometime this year. Instead, the London production will open next March while the New York run begins next November. Iranian-born Ramin Karimloo -- who is currently playing the title role in the original West End show -- will star as the Phantom while American Sierra Boggess -- who debuted as Christine in the Las Vegas version of "Phantom" in 2006 -- returns to that role for the London run.

As the New York cast has not been announced, it is possible that both of these performers could originate their roles on both sides of the Atlantic. Michael Crawford, the original Phantom, won the Olivier in 1986 and then the Tony in 1988 as best actor in a musical. However, the original Christine -- Sarah Brightman who was then Mrs. Lloyd Webber -- was snubbed by both theater kudos.

Photo credit: Really Useful Group

It's too bad that "Love Never Dies" was the tagline for 1992's Dracula. I think that it's weak sauce to steal that.

What was truly stunning is that the production sounds, oddly like a remake of 1978's KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (aka: "KISS in Attack of the Phantoms") Maybe I'm way off base here...

Exit...Stage Left; The Spirit of Radio

I finally got my hands on some of the video from Red Rocks. Those fancy cameras really do a nice job. It's an eye-opener to see myself playing: I've got way better right-hand technique than I used to (lots of masturbating, I'm sure); and I'm still really uncomfortable with being stage right. I'm apparently a graduate of the Entwistle school of stage presence. The bass tone sounds huge, despite the shitty stage sound and truly surreal natural reverb. It's totally not like this:


But I do love the pretension involved in double-necked instruments. Hilarious. I need one of those bass/12-string rigs.

Last night, The Chariots of Judah had our radio debut on Folksplosion. Awesome. Now, I'm totally in a folk band. Actually, I looked through dude's playlist, and he has Devendra in there and the Billy Nayer Show, so it's a loosely-defined "folk show". It's radio, but not like this:


I need to get one of the jazz basses on-line. The white one really doesn't require much work to be in go mode.

More Happy; More Bad

Microsoft is using this song on one of the Windows 7 advertisements (More Happy). I think that they've recycled the little Asian girl from a previous ad, too. I hope that those Swedes played their cards right and got a small fortune for licensing. I like the bad cover version better:



This one takes the cake for dreadful, though. I was looking for videos of Roscoe Beck after seeing Leonard Cohen Live in London on PBS last night, again. Roscoe has a really fat tone on that signature bass, and I was impressed. As it turns out, he's from Austin, like these guys. Growing up in the valley, I always thought that Austin was supposed to only have great musical acts. I guess they're good at what they do:

One For TM

Really Funny In A Really Inappropriate Way

This might be the best PSA I've ever seen.

New Media or Something

I think that's what it's called, and it's been vibing me out.

Last week, we sold some mp3s for the first time, ever. It is my belief that we broke even on Adelaide a couple of months ago, without ever having sold mp3s, which is pretty cool (having a decent free studio helps keep the overhead low, for sure). Selling mp3s feels like getting something for nothing in this case. It doesn't quite feel like an honest way to make money to me, yet.

Some dude contacted us about releasing masters for the Rock Band® video game. This is certainly an interesting idea--I've wanted to break into soundtracks for video games since Trent Reznor did the Quake soundtrack. Rock Band® isn't quite what I had in mind, though. Apparently, he's soliciting lots of Denver bands. Dude offered up a classic quote: "Anybody feel like busting out the vox on BLC’s “Stealth”?" Seriously? Not me.

The Beatles Rock Band release, which seems to be coinciding with the re-release of re-mastered albums has me sickened. If I hear "Come Together" one more time in a commercial, I might lose my mind. It's in at least four commercials that I've heard on the radio and TV recently (including, of all things, one that I heard on La Tricolor). I'm curious who makes the royalties on that stuff. BTW--the re-mastered tracks really do sound a lot more clear--you can hear mistakes plain as day.

YouTube has been vibing out the whole band for months because we're not proud of some of the stuff that winds up there. The sound quality sucks, the picture quality sucks, and often there are embarassing moments captured. I found a couple of videos from our July 17th show at The Meadowlark. I'm always concerned about those "no PA support" shows, but this one wasn't as bad as I thought it was. The violin is a little screechy, but everything else seems relatively balanced, as much as one can tell from YouTube live videos. The poster's commentary is hilarious:

Terrific Denver band, never mind not being able to see anything in the video...listen to the music...



Can't see a thing, but still worth listening to...

High Speed Photography Rocks.

This is very cool. Cool enough to embed, at least. When I used to practice with a strobe light, I used to see some stuff like this. I think that I'd vomit these days, though. There's no slow motion on this, just a fast shutter speed and slow strings. Pretty cool-looking, from urbanscreen on Vimeo:



If I had some spare time, I'd get an upright and some lessons. I would have to get a different car, though. That's the real deal-breaker.

Spooky Sounds

Tonight, I'm headed over to do group backing vocals for the SS record. I'm pretty stoked. I should have a tale to tell afterward.

I'm not a Cheap Trick fan at all, but I heard this one while driving around Weld county today. Harpsichords can get really creepy (when they're not doing some jaunty Baroque piece). I really really dig that bass tone (12-string) a lot--it's a lot like what I've been shooting for. The coda reminds me of the first A Silver Mt. Zion record, if I'm recalling correctly. Maybe, or not (hokey fan powerpoint):



I do remember hearing this a while back, and it's totally got the creepy harpsichord thing going on. Apparently, it's an early version of "In The Light". I've always loved the greasy guitar line in the verse. Supposedly, it's an ode to Lucifer (the light?), but I don't know/care (low quality):



I'm not crazy. The coda here also has that screeching quality. I love the huge reverb. I'm assuming that those moans are electric guitars, but I could totally be off on that:

The Internets Are Back.

Apparently, Qwest did "something" downtown, and knocked me off-line for the last week and a half. Luckily, zee telefono lets me somewhat keep up with email and stuff. I can finally do a "real" post here. My wrists have atrophied, though, and now typing hurts.

The big news is that the Film on the Rocks went fairly well. Personally, I'll take the monitors from the Gothic or the Ogden any day over what we endured on Wednesday. Those two were like listening to a CD. Hell, I'll take the Meadowlark "no PA reinforcement" over that crap. I couldn't hear much of anything except cymbals, and as a result, screwed one song up pretty good. I don't think that any of us were happy.

Hopefully, the resulting video and audio won't be too painful. Being live on channel two was nerve-wracking, but good exposure. If only we'd started the set with one of the "dirty" songs, right? It's pretty funny, though:

 

One of my major gripes is that I couldn't hear myself at all. Honestly, my rig is louder at practice. I was on "2", so that the monitors dude didn't get a hot signal. Every other DI-obsessed sound dude has plugged into the amp's DI, and not had a problem. This dude totally did, and the entire PA made an expensive sound. I turned down, and apparently, it sounded alright for the FOH, but it was almost inaudible on stage. I played too hard and thus, too sloppy to really feel great about the performance.

I'm looking into a decent passive DI box now. I should have gotten one years ago, but I never thought that I'd need one. The Ampeg preamp that I was running always did a nice job, and more recently, I was running the Mesas so hot that the only way to really capture that "amp on the verge of breaking" (number one broke down 3 times) sound was with a microphone.

So, I'm looking at DI boxes on the web this morning. The talkbass.com forum has more opinions than I'd like. It seems that the Radial JDI (which I've been happy to record with), the Countryman 85, and even the (gasp) Sansamp BDDI (I already have one of these and it's a little too icepick for me) seem to be well-liked. I'm really curious about the Whirlwind Director, but I can't seem to find much about it. If I really really was into sparing no expense, I'd opt for the Reddi Tube DI, but that's a little extravagant.

Shopping DI box specs is a lot like buying socks or underwear, I think.

I Hate Working On Cars; More Weird Ipod Finds

I made the batmobile run correctly this morning. Cars suck to work on because there's lots of fragile parts to break. I busted a square (!!) plastic hose that was brittle--why don't they just use cheap, round, rubber hoses?!? That's what I replaced it with. The little bastard runs awesome now, and it only took three hours. Note to self--it helps to remove the little cardboard piece from the spark plug before attempting to thread it--I was horrified that I had cross-threaded the head--fortunately, I'm just a total dumb-ass.

I'm so done with foreign-made conveyances. I require a big, old, domestic pickup truck, I think. There's a late 50s GMC stepside that I've been eyeing on my Monday route. It's really pretty--a recent restore with silver paint. I need to take a photo of that one.

Now that I'm back home (went to the shop to use the tools), I'm attempting to organize stuff, including music files, papers, and the cable entropy. I have lots and lots of duplicate music files. I get distracted when I hear tunes, which makes it so much worse to do housekeeping with a soundtrack. I had to learn this one because I love the "upside-down-power-chord" bass parts. It's one of those "psychedelic" deals with fourths--the late sixties were full of this interval in "rock" bass lines. I use it for its "hypnotic" quality as much as I can get away with (it's easy to thump away a lot of notes, but requires super legato and clean muting for the best effect).

Curiously, though, Zager and Evans are from fuckin' Nebraska. You learn something every day, right? This one's for Fuckin' Ronny:


2525 is total fantasy since we're all doomed in 2012. It's a cool pop song, though.

Cool Version.

I accidentally learned this one today while noodling around with chords. The internets confirmed that I had it correct--I lucked out and found this video (worth the TOS risk). I love that they're doing the screw driver part. Still one of the coolest, easiest lines ever.

It's A Weird Movie, But Pretty Cool.

I fell asleep watching The Saddest Music In The World, but I'll have to attempt a second time (I've inherited the 'falls asleep watching TV' gene).

From here:

A sort-of musical set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win first place - a $25,000 prize.

I particularly enjoyed 'Siam vs. Mexico':

Funny For Many (Any) Reason.

What's up with that tele?!? Certainly, it's been hit with the mighty bedazzler.

More like strange lookin' woman, really.

This Is Supercool.

Waylon, singing a Kris song, on Hee Haw, in 1969.

Russian Bow Technique.

I really needed this today. Really.

Note The 'Wet Empire' Shirt

This is great; from 1980. I love the filthy tele sound.

Sidebar: The RC should've covered some of his material--that would've been at least as interesting as covering Chambers Brothers (that was great fun, though--it wouldn't have had the damn six-minute interlude). Maybe when we get the OG-RC together again, right? We are not, however, on a mission from god to do that anytime soon--that BLS show was as close as we dare to tread.

BTW--did I post this one? The OG RC with BLS 09262008 + my 'mastering magic' to balance the stereo (and louder, but still averaging -17dB RMS, so we're totally in the 'normal' range of 'good' recordings, unlike some of the nonsense that's coming out these days). I sort of got buried in the mix, but that's what I've come to expect, and I'm totally fine with it (sounds decent with my default Winamp EQ).

Infectious.

After exploring the satellite 'radio' stations two nights ago, I can't get the damn reggaetón beat out of my head. It's an ohrwurm that's killing me. At least Randy the audio viking agrees that well-done reggaetón is very cool. It's the propulsive nature of it that really does it for me. I had no idea what it was four years ago when I first heard this classic hit:



Only a slightly exploitative video, right?

This is one that almost cured me. Paul Rodgers is one of my favorite rock vocalists--right up there with Roky Erickson. All Right Now has lots of those 'upside-down' power chords that I love to play on bass. This is a cool version from 1970's Isle of Wight festival:



Cool things in the Free video are those WEM bass cabs and the 'handful' of microphones (what's up with that, anyway?).

Notorious. For LRC.

I'm quite interested in the bio-pic. I hardly ever go to movies solo anymore, though, and I wanted The Notorious L.R.C. to go with me. She doesn't even know who that is...or Tupac...I find it hard to believe that anyone could have avoided that trial and hoopla.

I found a video of Biggy at age 17. It's badass (amazing what CRACK can do):

Las Palmas

There's a lot to know about it, as it turns out. This is cool, though:



this one is more like it:



just in case, clapping 101 (love the natural reverb):



I had a revelation today about hand clapping, and this worm was stuck with me most of the day:

A Robin Freedom Bass Sighting

Tommy Shannon is clearly jammin' on a black/rosewood one here in 1987:

One For My Donner Bruder, Ronny

Check out those giant hollow bodies, dude.

funniest thing i've seen recently

hee hee...for lrc

This Is Amazing.

Q: How'd I Stumble Upon This?

A: Surfin' the forums, again.



Man, there's really some soul-less stuff out there.

This is much better (the carrot clarinet is only the start of the veggie nonsense to come):

Amazing Duet.

And....embedding is disabled via SonyBMG (go figure). This is an incredible listen. Ray and Willie?!? Two greats. AND...an awesome song. Mind-blowing.

Here.

Wow.

People with bow ties should generally not be trusted, or so I have read--tuxedos are the only appropriate use of 'em, as I've also read. Actually, The Crickets don't seem to be dressed inappropriately, given the rest of the rock 'n' roll crowd (ain't that hilarious?). This is a great video, even if it's totally dubbed:

Bad Luck City Is Everywhere!

I don't know wtf is going on, but we've actually gotten a few little write-ups recently. The girl actually was surprised to see us today (not as much as I was). It's not like we're actually doing anything, or at least that's what the press should think. We're actually rehearsing and polishing the new ones (fuck those old songs). I still don't get that people have BLC on the brain (probably the weather)....oh well, it's cool:

Mile High Makeout (thank you to Eryc Eyl)

Sepiachord

Aversion (thank you to Doug Beam)

Decider (thank you to Robin Edwards)

It's totally like this:



Speaking of The King, I've been obsessing about a new bass, since the orange one just is feeling so tainted. It's all in my mind, for sure, but I think that it's time to retire her--once I locate what I'm seeking. I'm missing two basses on the wall since the demise of the green monster (to LRC, and sad about that) and the OG RC bass (glad to be rid of it to Andrew). What I'm seeking is an old-school, slab-bodied precision. I think that I'll be happier with a single-coil configuration, but I need to check out a '70s T-bass to make sure that the single 'ham-backing' pickup might be the dude.

That's like this (from the 11211952 patent):

I've read a lot of concerns 'bout the weight of the ash body, which is a concern to me. I totally screwed myself up today at work. I don't like not being able to walk. I'm imagining that I won't be able to get out of bed tomorrow.

I ought to get some rest for my back.

Why I Despise FM

And MTV, for that matter.

The impetus for this was this video:



I get really annoyed by pitch and tempo-shifted songs. I realize that they're doing it to fit the commercials in, but I'd really rather listen to music at the appropriate speed.

Anyhow, I was trying to a friend that it totally changes everything about the feel of the music, and she wasn't quite on the same page with me. Maybe I'm totally neurotic, and 5% isn't a big difference, but it drives me up the wall. I built several mp3s in an attempt to illustrate time-stretch and pitch-shift. You see, the original song runs 00:05:34, and that video version runs 00:03:45; this freaks me out.

Here is the original version(ripped from lp), 00:05:34;
Here is the pitch-shifted version, 00:05:34 (5% higher pitch);
Here is the time-stretched version, 00:05:17 (5% faster tempo);
Here is the re-sampled version, 00:05:18 (5% faster tempo, 5% higher pitch--this is how the radio does it)

Hell, I still had to cut out a minute and a half to get to the length of the video. They'd cut out half of the intro, and, as it turns out, the second verse. The intro edit was easy easy, but chopping that obscene verse out proved to be more difficult (it's probably easier to do the edits before speeding it up). I got down to three and three-quarters by "cheating" and going another 2% faster. I think that it sounds really forced, but I'm totally pleased with the clean edits. Whatever, I was just playing:


Jeremy's Radio Edit

I Wonder...

I've been considering doing videos of me playing so that if I get hit by a bus, there's no question WTF I'm doing. It could be helpful, and there are a lot of YouTube videos of some dude with no social life playing bass, like this:



I'll admit that I have no clue as far as webvideo production. Apparently, headphones are involved, a goofy t-shirt, a squire p-bass (a la bassfuzz.com--which is simply brilliant), and poor right hand technique (out of time, anyway).

Dude! That line doesn't even get into that upper register stuff until after the bridge/solo in the third verse. Oh well....such are the interpretive bass lines of YouTube.

I really do love this song, and it's scheduled to re-appear here shortly in a big rant against commercial music delivery systems. It's probably the straightest line that The Ox ever played. Sad that there's no Keith, but I'm certain that he would've taken up enough space that those tinkly piano lines wouldn't have made an appearance.

Embarrassing.

Really. This is the version that exposed me to this song:



I prefer Willie's version, though (lame fan video):



Oddly, the song was in the record "collection" of the 'rents, but I never gravitated to this song, until I heard the Elvis version (Buble does a good version, too--hokey documentary footage to ensue):

Maybe I'm Hearing It Wrong.

I love the old, fat Elvis. Actually, I love his band. Here's my (maybe) mis-heard lyric at 55 seconds--"shove it up your nose." Am I totally high?



Maybe "shove it up your nose" is actually the lyric (at 52 seconds on this one)? The bass playing is devastating on many Elvis tracks, and this ain't an exception. I wish that I could pull off that stuff.

This Is Great.

From the PBS series, Americanos.

It really gets on fire at 00:02:28. I'm not sure about the orchestra (I think that the quintet version is way more passionate). Paquito D'Rivera is an amazing player. The first note on his final solo gives me chills--he's having a good time (and I don't even like alto sax). I love that the drummer looks tiny amongst that kit.

"For Brenda With Love"



I should've ditched practice to see dude when he was in town. Oh well, I'd rather play music than witness it.

This one is great, too. I love rosewood clarinets. I totally want to find a rosewood bass clarinet to rock, if only because that's the instrument that really learnt me music.

Tico Tico:

KC and the Sunshine Band?!?

While we were setting up (two hours before the allowed sound check time) last night, the rhythm section for KC and the Sunshine Band showed up. They were playing two doors down at the Gothic. I took one look at 'em, and knew that they were 'real' pros--there's an aura of cool (and a smell of weed) that comes off of cats like that. We gave 'em a disc, and told 'em to come back, and they did. They hung out most of the night, just chillin' with the folks.

They were real nice guys, and I hope that they enjoyed our set. I couldn't remember the KC hits, but I found 'em on the internets. The old live footage is awesome.

For The Survivor

Those disco bass players really had some endurance. I love disco.



I have to include this too (not disco):



Nichols needs to get a white explorer. Dig that "light show".

These Are For LRC.

YouTube is awesome for a la carte entertainment. I heart YouTube. Here you go....

Overwhelmed? These wisenheimers (what my grandparents call me all the time) should put you in a better mood:



The Kubrick movie is better, but I think that you've seen this one, actually. I think that I've seen all of the Vietnam movies. My favorites are Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. But Johnny Depp is in this one (so hawt):



I've been listening to this record a lot lately. LARD is my favorite Ministry side project. Pailhead is cool, but I can't get over the whole straightedge thing. Jello Biafra is a weird dude to hang out with, but I dig the exuberant vocals:

Very Flanged Bass.

I'm not a fan of the Musicman basses, especially with plectra, and with a maple board, but this is great. Seriously...this is cool (bonus--Robert Smith playing a very very cool VOX):

The Beastmaster!

LRC believes that this is some sex movie, but really it isn't. I recently scored a VHS out of the garbage. I tried to watch it tonight, but fell asleep for a sick autumn nap (I have a fever now?!?).

The visual effects are cheesy, but there are TITS!

Maybe seeing Tanya Roberts topless is the reason that I took a liking to dyed redheads?

The best part of the whole movie is that although it's rated PG, it has TITS, and no one wears pants in the whole damn thing. It's pretty fuckin' brilliant, but why doesn't the eagle eat the ferrets a la Seinfeld?!?

Big, Gaping Holes

I always find out about something cool that everyone else knows about when I get a mixtape. LRC gave me one, and it has "So Sad About Us" on it. How'd I miss this one? I'm pretty good with Whosongs, but maybe this one was just too much pop to listen to. Anyhow, it's fuckin' brilliant, and simple. They're cool-looking dudes in 1967. I dig that odd 1966 non-contoured Precision Bass (cool as hell!):



The Jam covered it rather nicely, apparently. I like this version a lot--lame slideshow, though:



LRC likes The Breeders somewhat, but it's not even as good.



Pete and Paul Weller do a nice version together. I find myself singin' the harmony (Pete) part. An amazing song.



Thanks, Linda, damnit. There's a fuckin' peregrine falcon. Eat shit, bitch....

The Glam Metal

I'm watching this documentary on VH1. The PMRC and Tipper Gore still piss me off (nd why I'll never vote for a democrat). Dee Snider is the man, though. This video is totally like dealing with my father ("why don't you use yer head fer somethin' besides growin' hare):



It's like The Dolls for the Reagan generation, really.

I Heart YouTube ( for LRC)

Since the crash of my music drive, I can find just about any of my favorites online (with video!).

The early Who stuff is great pop music, really:



I love spastic mods (weird shots from apparently different shows):



I was tryin' to serenade LRC with this recently, but I was attempting a Sex Pistols version:



Like this:



Shit...that's horrible....this one's for LRC (she's a mega-ramones-fan):

Very Funny.

I remember this one from years and years ago, but I haven't seen it recently until moments ago. I still love that bass line (subtle changes).

Sort of Like This

One of my favorite songs (Keef almost looks healthy; bad lip synch):



I was thinking that the riffage was a lot like Sister Morphine, but it's more like this version, for sure (maybe a bit better than the stones, I think). I miss the Ry Cooder slide playing, though:

Cognitive Dissonance (not really--this is totally appropriate)

A hilarious video a la the youtuve:



Probably my favorite song (horrible 12-string sound, though):



This is much better:

Dropping Like Flies

Recently, a friend told me that bass players are hard to find in this town. This is why I have three things going now, I suppose. Thank goodness one of 'em is another one off deal (I honestly don't understand the underlying motivation for this one).

Two stories caught my eye on the Backbeat Online today:

Johnny Schou's Death Ruled An Accidental Overdose; and
Duncan Barlow Moves On, Lion Sized Looks for New Bassist

Speaking of overdosing bass guitarists, I found this on the BitTorrent:

Priceless....

I saw this and HAD to post it. One of the funniest bass player videos, ever:

That would make a great cover for a certain band of mine. There would have to be some rearrangement for dos rock guitars, but it would be a BADASS cover and let Kelly scream. I know that Andrew and I could easily do it. D might have alternate lyrics. It would have to be much slower. I've loved the 'band of demons' bass line (chomatic death) since I was four years old.

Amazing.

Jeff Healey died in March. I heard this from Nichols, but didn't really look into it at the time. Sure, he's 'cheating' with his thumb, but shit, man, dude was blind. This is a pretty great cover--the bass player is way too into it--it takes some giant balls to cover George Harrison:

Cool, in many ways

I spent most of the day talking drive-line-retarders with a dude over here. It's impressive technology--85% of braking from magnets means cooler (groovy!) and a lot less wear on the air brakes and the top end of the motor (from engine brakes). The kit for $5K seems like a bargain to me--the old man wanted to spend $2K on a used unit that we would have to fabricate brackets for, as well as purchase the controls. We'll still have to shorten the drive shaft, but we do that all the time anyway (when we're not stretching frames and shit).

I'm thinking that we need to implement this technology on all of our trucks. They build units for 8,000 to 150,000 (seriously illegal on roads) GVWs.

Of course, I found a video from the manufacturer (dig that soundtrack, and garbage trucks). Look at the coils! The winder is like a giant pickup winder! A cool video for gear heads:

Cooler On The Record

I stumbled across these two videos of Om playing "At Giza":

This one gets mean about nine minutes into it, finally....

Their tempos wander more than any duo should (surprising). I prefer the record because that Rick twangy is more tolerable.

For Linda Ruth...

or others that aren't so into the Poison video-o-rama....

My Brother, Dr. E-dogg, was totally into the Poison. Our father trasheed all of those records because of the 'sex on the beach' from the 'open up and say ahh' record. Anyhow....here's the shit from él señor de amor a la roca:

Actually...it's all about 'talk nerdy to me,' LINDA. Think that I require a lime-green B.C. Warlock, really:




Indeed, I require a Warlock (and lots of cocaine);...is that the RATT or Randall sound?!? Priceless '80s video (love the Newman-lookin' father):



Overcasters require more choreography; certainly for the videos. 'F'J.N. certainly has enough banjos to pull off nonsense such as this:



Classic...I require some crazy brunette groupie (I love 12-string anything):

More Lee Hazelwood

Downright strange:


I still dig the Righteous Brothers / Phil Spector over-produced version:

Lee Hazelwood Rides, Again.

I couldn't help but click on this since it's also a Hazelwood composition.

The Night Before

Since we actually were like grown-ups, and secured the rights to cover this for the CD, I thought that I should at least check it out:

BLC's is a pretty awesome version.

Bass Solos

I refuse to solo when anyone's looking, but these are sick:


I require that outfit. The three-figure right hand technique is incredible. Fucking fast.


I require a headband, too. I still don't see what the big deal is, really. The 'Third Stone From The Sun' bit is pretty cool, though.


Cliff Burton really did some cool shit for being a metalguy and so young. R.I.P., dude. This dude is the one who made me want to play bass. I have a disfigured jean jacket, and I'm not so into the bell-bottoms, though.


At least he ain't licking the bass. He must have hit the Old Navy for the metallic jeans.

Unsettling

I was looking for a trailer for "Control". Instead I surfed across this video:

A touching tribute by the most coherent Joy Division's fan, which took place at the Ian Curtis's Memorial Stone in Macclesfield's cemetery.

What's the password?!?

Stopped in at the video store that i frequented in high school this evening to pay off my late fees. There was one ten year old late fee for a pauly shore movie. I didn't know the password so it was a huge hassle. I picked up 'little miss sunshine' which is amusing so far.

More Video Madness, Kids

Leave it to the French to undertake something like this. Floyd fans out there (I know who you are) will dig this. Thanks, Toby. You rock. Weed.

PINK FLOYD ATOM HEART MOTHER