greyhounds (the dogs), Heatwave, Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, early Was (Not Was), Slave, Snoop, S.O.S. Band, Tim Hecker, Vladislav Delay, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Luke Vibert's various guises, Chic's productions, Kevin Godley & Lol Creme, Claude Debussy, Ray Davies & The Kinks, Brian Wilson-y stuff, 4 Seasons, The Association, High Llamas, Aphex Twin, Gentle People (dreamy), 10cc, Steely Dan, Stackridge (if only their catalog was available!), Frank Zappa & the MOI, 70s Canterbury "prog"--like, say, Hatfield and the North, Caravan, Gong, Steve Hillage, etc.; Todd Rundgren, Sparks, The Free Design, Nellie McKay, death (etc.) metal (i like jolts of power and adrenaline from time to time), shoegazer-doom-metal (for example, Nadja sounds good), Joni Mitchell (maybe her weird jazz-ish bits, Hissing, etc.), some Curt Boettcher productions, My Bloody Valentine, 1st 3 Mercury Rev albums, Venetian Snares, The Orb, Curse of the Golden Vampire, Mouse on Mars, Aaron Copland; Van Dyke Parks, Shuggie Otis, Curtis Mayfield, Mighty Sparrow; Steve Reich, Dvorak & Josef Suk (czech it out), My New Filing Technique is Unstoppable (the comic strip); The Russian Futurists, Dykehouse, Ariel Pink--y'know, one-man band kinda stuff; Lilys, Belle & Sebastian (catchy, good songwriting), Field Music, Lansing-Dreiden, Isolée, Uusitalo, Burger/Ink, The Modernist, Metro Area, Herbie Hancock, Parliament, Bark Psychosis, Roy Wood's various projects (and Jeff Lynne is nothing to sneeze at, either), Animal Collective, the Left Banke/Montage, Max Tundra, Little Brother, Final Fantasy, Stereolab, and all other awesome things discovered and yet to be discovered.
Sounds Like
The Dust Bowl, only dustier
The Great Depression, only greater and more depressing
The New Deal, only newer
It was the beginning of time ... a time when many Scientific Things occurred. In order that Tamagotchis could someday exist, the inflaton field decided to release its potential energy and violently expand (the "big bang"). Soon after that, at the Caveman Institute of Upper Mesopotamia, Homo Sapiens invented Luxembourg, torture, and environmentally-friendly detergent. Then, their least-important invention: the computer. And you, fair reader, know the rest of this particular story ...
Here's another idea ... we need a rag-tag crew of reluctant misfits ... we shall meet up and enjoy each other's company for a few, too-short days in the face of an ominous future, realizing we will never experience such innocent merriment again ... we will part, each assigned a perilous task which there's little hope of ever completing ... we will face trials, tribulations, deadly challenges; and things will seem bleak, very bleak ... but, against all odds, we will succeed! ... triumphantly, we shall reunite ... waves of relief, friendship, and camaraderie will sweep over us ... we will be very happy ... yet, somehow, also, things will be bittersweet ... we will have a bond that can never be broken, but we will all go back to our homelands ... maybe, someday far in the future, we will meet again, and we'll remember ...
Ur-Album (1915) Duke Tony And His Oakestra Present A "Psychedelic" Concept Album (1947)
(As "Cedric and the Tonetones")
She's 15, I'm 42 (Boppity Boo) (1956) The Times They Are A' In the Process of Differentiating Themselves from the Times that Preceded Them (1962) Senator Flapjack's Hallucinogenic Filibuster (in stereo) (1967) Marmalade, Unicorns, And Cotton Fucking Candy (1968) Relaxin', If I Do Say So Myself (1971) H. R. Pufnillegalnarcotics (1972) The Seven Poisonous Space-Herbs Of Captain Oliver Garbage-Sticks (1976) Nostril Pricks (1978) Video Game Graphics Have Peaked (Like Our Love) (1985) Cut, Buff, and Ready For The Russkies (1987) Have I Told You Lately (That I'm From the Streets)? (1990) Calculated Rejection of Bloated '80s Excess (1992) Severe Booty Watch (1994) Live: The Y2K Bunker Sessions (1999) Oakle Folk EP (2004) The Burnt District (2005) Man Trouble (2007) You buy on iTunes? Future-Tron Space-Thousand EP (2008)
Projected Releases
Oops, I Never Did it Ever (2010) Revolution No. -9 (RFID-only release) (2012) The White, Black, Grey, Pink, Orange, White, Green, White Album (2014) Ephemeral Pool Shanties (2019) No President, No Funny (standup comedy) (2022) Algae-Powered Remnant Population Retrospective (2038)
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Opps, its wild coke that I like so much. And the next one, I love this picture. Im listening to your cd right now. I had those two songs stuck in my head all day. How come you aren't famous yet?
Ian - Pat got me the copy of the cd over the weekend and WOW it looks AMAZING!!!! GREAT job! I'm so honored to be playing on it. Let me know when we go on tour! :)
hey ian, in case you can't get a real cellist for some of your scores, check out this sampled library - amazing- http://garritan.com/cello.html i love the elgar cello concerto sample and the ave maria- the cello rox it out...
hey, awesome! was there any remixing/remastering going on in this version? I LOVE It! and i'll be passing the cd off to JLO hopefully before she goes to 'bama next week... great job man!
