Musicians, in interviews, constantly talking about artistic growth, trying new things, getting better. With all the bravado scattered about, it's no wonder fans are disappointed when bands and solo artists don't up their games with every album. But there are those that can, and do, improve every time they set foot in the studio. Even when you think she/he/it has reached an apex, they surprise you.
Freak Out to Zoot Allures. The evening will be full of the zany antics, wild improvisations and strange electronic music the early Mothers were celebrated for, along with the expert mastery of their instruments. "We're doing this tour because I think Zappa fans desire to do and see how Zappa's music was performed by the originals," says Don Preston. "Hey people! We're even doing it!
Among the Zappa tunes they're planning on performing: Uncle Meat, A Ram For A Brown On The Bus, Holiday In Berlin Full Blown, I Am The Slime, Duke Of Prunes,Eric Dolphy's Memorial Barbeque, Who Are The Brain Police.
Preston and Gardner, of course, played on such classic Zappa/Mothers fare as Absolutely Free, We're Only In It For The Money, Cruising With Ruben & the Jets, Uncle Meat, Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Gardner also appeared on Zappa's first solo venture Lumpy Gravy, while Preston went on to look on various albums after the break-up of the original Mothers, which include Fillmore East, June 1971, Just Another Band From L.A. Roxy & Elsewhere as good as the feature film 200 Motels.
The Don & Bunk Show started in 2001 and they have recorded two CDs to see for Brain Records: Ahead Of Their Time and Joined At The Hip. Bunk has likewise recorded and/or performed with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Geronimo Black, Tim Buckley, The 4 Winds Ensemble, ANT-BEE and many others. Don Preston has recorded/performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gil Evans, Carla Bley, The Residents and many others. He has also completed 23 film scores including Apocalypse Now.
Tour Dates:
Feb 10 Thur - REGGIE'S - Chicago,IL
Feb 11 Fri. - Papa Pete's - Kalamazoo, MI
Feb 12 Sat - Magic Bag - Ferndale, MI (Detroit)
Feb 13 Sun - Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
Feb 16 Wed - The Abilene - Rochester, NY
Feb 17 Thurs - Bearsville - Woodstock, NY
Feb 18 Fri - The Rongovian Embassy - Trumansburg, NY
Feb 19 Sat - The Magic Room - Boston, MA
Feb 21 Mon - The Rotunda -Philadelphia, PA
Feb 22 Tues - Mexicali Live - Teaneck, NJ (special gig featuring Project Object and Zappa alumni Ray White and Ike Willis)
Feb 25 Fri - The Funhouse - Bethlehem, PA
Feb 26 Sat- Orion - Baltimore, MD
Feb 27 Sun - Hard Rock Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA
Nothin' but net: album drops April 26.
By Blurt Staff
The long-awaited (like, over 3 years) new Explosions In The Sky album, their fifth, is finally en route. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care arrives April 26 on Temporary Residence Ltd. in the U.S. and Bella Union in the UK (April 25). Recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX by John Congleton and produced by the band, it's the survey to 2007's All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone.
Nothin' but net: album drops April 26.
By Blurt Staff
The long-awaited (like, over 3 years) new Explosions In The Sky album, their fifth, is finally en route. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care arrives April 26 on Temporary Residence Ltd. in the U.S. and Bella Union in the UK (April 25). Recorded at Sonic Ranch in El Paso TX by John Congleton and produced by the band, it's the review to 2007's All Of A Sudden I Miss Everyone.
KEITH GROLLEROur local sports editor strays from his position on Groller'sCorner for another of his passions. He's attracted to thesights (Shania, Faith, Carrie, Martina) and sounds (Paisley,Strait, Adkins, Keith) of today's country music scene andlikes to add a little twang to the conversation.
ARLENE MARTINEZHer music was influenced by her mom, who hasn'tturned the radio off since Arlene came home from the hospital.She's a top-40 kinda girl with a particular set in her heart forhip-hop, R&B, rancheros and musical soundtracks. Favoritesinclude the Bee Gees, Jill Scott, Neil Diamond, Q-Tip, JuanGabriel, T.I. Britney Spears and all of "Les Miserables." Sheis used to people making fun of her taste.
JOHN L. MICEKcaught the rock bug young. The TMC Harrisburg Correspondent bought his first record, U2's "Under a Blood Red Sky," at age 13 and hasn't looked back. Besides listening to artists ranging from The Ramones to Dean Martin, Micek also writes about music, his work appearing in publications including The Big Takeover, Pop Culture Press and Playlist magazine. He is likewise a former contributor to PopMatters.com. And when he's not writing about music, Micek is playing it. From 2002-07, he fronted Milkshake Jones, a power-pop act that released two critically acclaimed (if woefully overlooked) records on The Paisley Pop Label of Portland, Ore. These years he handles bass guitar duties for Fink's Constant, a ska and reggae band that gigs regularly around central Pennsylvania.
JOHN J. MOSERHe caught the music writing bug in high school when his LedZeppelin story won an award. He wrote the first story ever onJack's Mannequin, has the amount for All-American Rejects' NickWheeler on his cell phone and was the sole newspaper writergiven access to the Jonas Brothers for a day.
STEPHANIE SIGAFOOSA Jersey native raised in Northeast PA, she was reared in a house littered with 8-tracks, 45s and cassette tapes of The Beatles, Elvis, Meatloaf and Billy Joel. She also grew up on the sounds of Reba McEntire, Garth Brooks and Tim McGraw and can be found traversing the countryside in research of the sounds of a steel guitar. A fan of today's 'new country' she digs mainstream/country-pop crossovers like Lady Antebellum and Sugarland and other artists that illustrate the genre's diversity.
Host a movie screening in your home! Your back yard! Your public library!
By Blurt Staff
In November 2010 Efterklang and celebrated indie filmmakerVincent Moon announced that they were working on a film together and that it would premiere in February 2011. The project was shot the previous August on an island off the Danish coast and featured the 8 musicians plus a lot of locals in performances, experiments and collaboration.
Host a movie screening in your home! Your back yard! Your public library!
By Blurt Staff
In November 2010 Efterklang and celebrated indie filmmakerVincent Moon announced that they were running on a movie together and that it would premiere in February 2011. The picture was shot the previous August on an island off the Danish coast and featured the 8 musicians plus a pile of locals in performances, experiments and collaboration.
**** or letting go
I'm the omega man stand tall and understand
Everybody needs a plan mine is a better way
**** or letting go
I'm the omega man stand tall and understand
Everybody needs a plan mine is a best way
There'll be difficulty in the global sex and the one girl
I'm an over-eager man see me a best way find me a best way
We apportion the same pain
Underneath the covers i will set you free
I will try to you my bed is older than the sky
Stronger than the dark is long
Lord of hearts leader of us all
Let it be together if we raise or fall
Or is it but my imagination
Or the fall of a precious stone
You'll never be alone
I'm the omega man i go over land
Everybody needs a plan find me a best way
There'll be difficulty in the global sex and the one girl
I'm an over-eager man see me a best way find me a best way
Here at the view of the crime
Laid in your arms i will die
But i know it's more than infatuation
That's keeping this man alive
I'm the omega man stand tall and understand
Everybody needs a plan mine is a best way
There'll be difficulty in the global sex and the one girl
I'm an over-eager man see me a best way find me a best way
I'm the omega man i go over land
Everybody needs a plan find me a best way
There'll be difficulty in the global sex and the one girl
I'm an over-eager man see me a best way find me a best way
I'm the omega man stand tall and understand
Everybody needs a plan mine is a best way
There'll be difficulty in the global sex and the one girl
I'm an over-eager man see me a best way find me a best way
I'm the omega man i go over land
Everybody needs a plan find me a best way
There'll be difficulty in the global sex and the one girl
I'm an over-eager man see me a best way find me a best way
I'm the omega man stand tall and understand
Memories are like scraps of paper blown randomly across your way by the breeze. Every so much a headline catches your eye before the wind picks it up again and sends it on its way.
It's as random as that mostly, though sometimes the memories are fed by the events of your life. Things happen, the garbage of paper come from the one place, connected in some way by a common thread.
Spicks And Specks/Jingle Jangle/Tint Of Blue/Where Are YouBarry Gibb (1946) and twin brothers Robin and Maurice Gibb (1949) were natural on the Isle of Man, but the fellowship returned to father Hugh Gibb's home township of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, England, in the early 1950s where the boys began to talk in harmony.