Back to the summer PT tribute…

Posted on July 3, 2011 by WeebleFeat

What better than a demo from ’97? This is a track SW posted on Soundcloud, and as far as I can tell has not been released in any other media form. You may recall the track “Disappear” from the Recordings album as a simple, yet quickly powerful track. This version displays a more slowly-building structure with a purely mesmerizing guitar line starting about half-way through the track aside a fantastic bass grove (wait for it, wait for it…). This whimsical chiming theme becomes a blazing expression of raw desperation at the end. Just ridiculous. I wonder if this could be even more amazing with Gavin’s percussion. While I have many thoughts for further elaboration, this piece in truth longs for no aid via introduction.

Also a non-YouTube post. While I spend a lot of time there myself (too much actually), let’s attempt a broadening of the e-horizons a bit, shall we?

Nuke me as a uber-nube if this doesn’t work.

And yes, Nuked Uber-Nubes will likely be my next fantasy sports team name.

Decaffeinating Your Muse

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Myles Patrick

Day 1 of my decaffeinating and de-chipification has begun and there’s really no easy way to describe the feeling except through the above Python skit. I was looking for something to shock my system and reconnect me to my muse, to break me out of a muse-less rut. And today the fish has officially slapped the face. Now I must sing!

I Will Now Sell 5 Copies of the 3 EPs by the Beta Band

Posted on June 30, 2011 by GaryKramer

This one’s for Jessica.

Fire on the Bayou

Posted on June 24, 2011 by GaryKramer

In a city full of great music, the Meters were perhaps New Orleans’ finest r&b and funk bands of the late 60s to mid 70s. Led by Art Neville on keys and vocals and Leo Nocentelli on guitar, the Meters represented both on their own and as a backing band for Allen Toussaint and Dr. John. When Led Zeppelin played New Orleans in 1975, they arranged for a private show with the Meters the night before, and Mick Jagger recruited them to open that year’s Rolling Stones North American tour.

This is the title track from 1975’s Fire on the Bayou, followed by the Tremé clip that sent me down this road

The funk is on the one.

OMG a New Radiohead Song – Staircase!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Myles Patrick

Hopefully you recognize I’m being a little over the top in the title, but still, I like the new song and love most of their ‘In the Basement’ recordings. Not sure what crazy Radiohead forum I was in to give credit, but I ran across a post for a great Radiohead playlist combining ‘OK Computer’ and ‘In Rainbows’. Start with Airbag and then alternate tracks between the albums with the exception that ‘Fitter Happier’ follows directly after ‘Karma Police’. The prevailing theory on the forum was that the two albums, published exactly ten years apart, were actually purposefully made to be played together. In any case it flows perfectly.

In other music I saw Robert Plant on his Band of Joy Tour at the Fox last Thursday. The wife snagged some front row (past the orchestra pit) ticket goodness for us and we thoroughly enjoyed the show. The Fox remains the best place to see a concert in St. Louis, short of Robert and the gang showing up in my basement. And just a warning; they pour a mean Jack & Coke at the bar but they add up fast to the ‘I could have had a really nice steak somewhere’ level. The latest album, Band of Joy, is pretty good in my opinion and I realized after hearing ‘House of Cards’ live that the whole album seems meant to be heard live rather than from a studio album. And we all know why most people go to see Robert Plant in concert and they didn’t disappoint. Every other song was a Zeppelin cover and did not fail to get the crowd on their feet each time. The only complaint I have is that the set seemed very short but I wasn’t keeping track of the time (or was unable to keep track of time, I should say) and could have gone another 30 minutes. I can only imagine how bad my two day hangover would have been with more time to order another Jack & Coke though.