Oldies but Goodies

So I just went for a run and wanted to puke cause it was so darn hawt out today. And as I was fighting the urge to toss my cookies I heard the sounds of the past flash in my ears. I was seeing sounds and hearing colors. I only run when I am high on PCP.



Well here are the songs from our youth that I heard aka a mix of songs from when we were in middle school. Blanchard Academy WHAT! Like that time that thing happened and we were all like woah and then listened to some ska/punk/grunge. I excluded any Nirvana and Weezer. These are mostly songs that I hope you look at the list and are like oh snap I remember that!

Self - Cannon.
Hum - Stars.
Space - Female of the Species.
K's Choice - Not an Addict.
Green Apple Quick Step - Dizzy.
Spacehog - In the Meantime.
The Refreshments - Banditos.
Nerf Herder - Van Halen.
Tripping Daisy - I got a Girl.
Folk Implosion - Natural One.
Superdrag - Sucked Out.
Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are.
Silverchair - Tomorrow.
Live - All Over You.
Big D and the Kids Table - Jeremy.
Save Ferris - Come On Eileen.
Eagle Eye Cherry - Save Tonight.
Cornorshop - Brimful of Asha

I have more and might be motivated to post a 2nd round when I have another near death experience. ALl the files are on the mydatabus site in a folder called Old Timey Music

Also, leave some song names I might have forgotten!

Wilco + Andrew Bird @ Tanglewood?

Who wants to come to Tanglewood August 12 to see Wilco and Andrew Bird at Tanglewood? We're gonna buy lawn tickets so just do that too.

EuroCup Bitches!

It's the closest thing to the world cup we have right now.





and for Dan

Project for Jeff

Brew us mead!

All it takes is honey, water and yeast (and I guess pear juice if you like):

http://www.beerdude.com/howto_brew_first_mead.shtml

Or absinth! It's illegal to buy in USA, but wormwood isn't!

http://www.greendevil.com/absinthe.html




Boo yah!

Cover Me

Ashley and I have been listening to a lot of Bob Dylan lately. A lot of John Lennon too (we got Plastic Ono Band, Mind Games and Double Fantasy recently). All I want to do right now is buy a guitar and play covers of Bob Dylan covers till the break of dawn. The last two Dylan albums I bought are mostly covers:

Bob Dylan:


Favs: In My Time of Dyin', Man of Constant Sorrow, See That My Grave is Kept Clean, Follow You Down, House of the Risin' Sun.

Self-Portrait:


Favs: Like A Rolling Stone, Copper Kettle, The Mighty Quinn, The Boxer, Blue Moon, She Belongs to Me, Wigwam, Alberta #1 and 2.

"In My Time of Dying" (on Bob Dylan) is also covered on this album:

Booyakasha!

I would also like to cover "Popcorn Love" by New Edition as well as Heart's "Magic Man."

PS I also bought the new Weezer album: the first three songs are good and most of the rest sounds like LFO (which may or may not be a good thing for you). "Heart Songs" is basically a list of good songs. Gordon Lightfoot is the first person mentioned in it, and he has some eminently coverable songs (Cf. Nico's version of "I'm Not Saying").

Creative Output

Other than this very hasty picture I just doodled, I haven't really created anything not work related in a while. This includes music, drawings, computer programs, writing, or even adventurous cooking. Basically I haven't been very creative in my spare time. I hope your own endeavors are coming along better than my own, and if they are find a way to post them here.

To get myself back into the swing of things I was considering working on covering some songs and putting together an EP of sorts (2-4 songs). I haven't ever had luck with covers in the past and I wasn't sure why. So I started cycling through some of my favorite songs for candidates and realized that there are songs that should be covered and those that shouldn't be. The cover-friendly variety all seemed to end up being the ones where the production wasn't the star, but instead the melody and lyrics shone. Conversely, the anti-cover songs were mostly perfect sounding and featured rhythm more prominantly. Also songs based around a very specific sounding instrumental riff weren't conducive either.

Looking back I had always tried to cover the wrong group, with songs like the Gap Band - You Dropped a Bomb On Me and Bad Company - Feel Like Making Love. I don't know why I felt the need to share this bit of personal insight, but there it is.

What songs would you cover for your own personal covers album?

Knowing Is Half the Battle

Remember these? I do and these are funny. Maybe you've seen them already...