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Give it Up Video
Live video of .357 Lover from Fearless:
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April Fool’s To Do List
I’m gonna April Fool myself by bringing up a painful memory, trick myself into thinking it never happened and then say “April Fools”.
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Evelyn Evelyn’s “My Space” Available for Download
“My Space” is a wonderful song from a project created by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. A host of gang vocals include Francis Bean Cobain, Andrew WK, Weird Al Yankovic and Neil Gaiman. My gang-vocal track was recorded here in my kitchen.
Free Download at Stereo Gum: http://stereogum.com/322561/evelyn-evelyn-my-space-feat-amanda-palmer-jason-webley-frances-bean-cobain-weird-al-yankovic-andrew-w-k-neil-gaiman-et-al/mp3s/ -
Paul Harvey/007 Fan Fiction
There was a regent who ate po boys every day. He was really proud of his lunches – so much so that daily he told everyone what kind of po boy he was having.
“Guess what kind of po boy I’m having today?”
“Do I know you?”
“Oyster!”
Sometimes he would strike up a conversation about his lunch with other po boy aficionados. One of those conversations was with a guy who jumped trains. He had to constantly remind others that he was not the definition of a hobo. He liked to eat smoked oysters on hot dog buns.
That conversation lasted a long time and wasn’t repeated since the train jumper disappeared the following day.
A few weeks later, the regent regaled a story to a stranger about the time he had a regular shrimp sandwich instead of a po boy.
The stranger remarked, “Well, you are what you eat.”
The stranger was being a bit distant because he badly wanted out of the conversation and didn’t give much thought to the anecdote. The regent, however, did give it much thought and began eating rich foods.
The diet he switched to was considered rich food in some circles – cheeseburgers, meatloaf sandwiches, $7 sausages. Because of this diet, his health declined and he succumbed to gout. Because of the gout, his self-esteem grew since it was once considered to be a rich man’s disease and because his self-esteem grew, he no longer ate the rich foods. His gout went away and he looked much better.
His looks changed so much that he quit his regent job and became an actor.
His name was Mark but you know him as Daniel Craig.
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Ben Franklin Werewolf Occurs Again
I will be reviving the role of Benjamin Franklin this evening.STRAIGHT UP VAMPIRE
Friday, March 26th
NYC
Joe’s Pub
11:30pm
$15
It’s 1763 and there are vampires in Philadelphia.
Paula Abdul Blackwood is a beautiful young Quaker girl being forced into marriage with the wheelwright’s son.
Jack Sheridan, a politically idealistic young vampire, is the man she loves.
Everywhere there is dissent. Fractious parties debate the future of the colony.
Master Commodore Skat Kat and Benjamin Franklin vie for power in the Assembly.
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Tonight at Northeast Kingdom
I’m playing tonight at Northeast Kingdom, an excellent establishment a few blocks from my house.
No mics. Parlour style.
Show starts at 10pm.Northeast Kingdom is at 18 Wyckoff Ave. which is near the Jefferson stop off the L.
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Last Day of Recording
Doing lead vocals on 4 songs and then some background vocals and then that’s it. Yesterday, we did lead and background vocals as well. Ron got an idea for a song that involved kicking an amp, sounding off the reverb coils. It’s going to sound really good. This album is going to sound really good – maybe not to everyone, but definitely to me.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
I can’t drink today because I’m re-recording vocal tracks. To be sure, Ted Templeman once told David Lee Roth to go eat a couple of cheeseburgers and drink whiskey after his initial vocal takes were too good. As a result, we have the first Van Halen album which is perfect. But, for me I’ll stick with water and honey. Tomorrow night, though, I’ll sit in an empty bar and enjoy myself.
For those who are embarking on a celebration today, I’ll repost this song. It’s called “I’m Going Out With My Friends Tonight” and was originally written for New Year’s but you are welcome to enjoy it on this day as well.
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Recording Day – Vocals
Put down some vocal tracks today. I got a bad cold on Sunday. I hardly ever get sick which makes the timing of this excellent. There are two other times when I was sick doing vocal tracks: MC Duncan’s Dog and Pony Show and The Polyphonic Spree’s Together We’re Heavy. You can tell I’m sick on the former and can’t tell anything on the latter since it was backing vocals that were barely coming out. I didn’t want this record to have sick vocals but I did them anyway. Some may be kept and some are definitely being thrown away.
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Recording Day Number 3
Brad's gear and the Hamilton baby grand
The piano tracks were put down today. I hit some rough spots but I’m pretty happy with the takes. Someone left a copy of The Man Who Loved Only Numbers, so I read that between takes.
The night before we recorded the tentatively titled song “Werewolf” without a click track, giving the song room to breath. It was the only song that we recorded the piano live with the band. The other songs were recorded to a scratch piano, since the baby grand can’t be put into an isolation booth. For “Werewolf”, the drums were moved into the scratch piano’s booth and the baby grand was used in the larger room. The results were excellent and it felt as if we were recording as a family.
After the piano tracks were played, Brad played a guitar track on “Pageant Parade” and a Farfisa track on “Look at Me”.
I got a little stir crazy in the studio. Walking in the rain a few blocks helped clear my head. I think this is going to be a really good album. -
Recording Day Number 2
We recorded yesterday at The Bunker in Brooklyn. Basic tracks were laid down for most of the album. Ron is playing drums with a glomus tumor under his left thumb. He won’t have it removed until after the session is complete. He’s also playing with a pinched nerve, causing muscle atrophy on his hands. He’s like the Hulk when the Hulk is David Banner with a glomus tumor under his thumb.
Pictures are currently up on my Flickr site and Facebook.
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Recording Today
Going to the studio today to record the next .357 Lover album.
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Witch Fynder
Vultures are cool to look at. It’s true. I can easily watch one have dinner on a dead raccoon. But not a human.
In a ditch next to my home I found an old body being eaten away by vultures. I grabbed a rake and ran toward the scene. While shooing the vultures away with my rake I noticed that the body was still breathing. Carelessly, I threw the body over my shoulder like a sack of dog food, as the threat of the vultures seemed greater than the threat of a back injury. My bad.
Inside, I put the body on the couch and called 911 and then retrieved a glass of water. Cradling the body’s head, I served the water to the mouth. The body coughed and color began to come back on the face. Through the blood and hair and grass, I saw a woman. She was pretty.
She said, “Thanks for the water.”
Then, she handed me a subpoena and said, “You’ve been served.”
She left.
Instead of being upset, I decided to finally open an old Christmas present. It was a VHS set of the series, “Are You Being Served?” I took the VHS player out of the closet, ordered pizza and a 2-liter of coke and sat on the couch. Good times. -
Recording today and through March
I’m recording today with my band, .357 Lover. Just vocals for the demos. It’s coming together really well. The demos will be sent to the studio as a map for the real recording which begins on Sunday. Then, we’ll be recording through most of March. When everything is finished, it will be released on vinyl, with an option for a download.
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Franz Schubert’s Auf dem Flusse
I’ve been working on Schubert’s Winterreise song cycle. Here is a recording I did of “Auf dem Flusse” with David Fairchild on piano.
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Show at Santos on a Saturday Night
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We Sing Baby Dee! this Thursday
When I was in the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, we did a show in Ohio. After the show, Baby Dee invited the Fabulous Miss Una and me to stay at her house. She was living with her folks as they weren’t doing well. I’d only heard stories about her as she was in the Bindlestiffs before me. We stayed up late as she and Una caught up and then she gave us her bed. It wasn’t until the next day that I realized she slept on the floor of her dining room and was getting up at 5am to do her paper route. She’s a wonderful soul.
If you’ve never seen Baby Dee perform, then I suggest you do so. It’s haunting whimsy.
Those performing this show include myself along with Andrew W.K., Corn Mo, Aimee Curl, Little Annie and Paul Wallfisch, Curtis Eller, Mathew and Sarah, Phillip Raya and Lila (Rima Fand’s choir) and 9 year old Frannky Lou Hightower from Kansas City.The show is February 4 at 7pm.
More infoSpeaking of Andrew W.K., here’s the Lover backing him up one day in Denton at Kittenpants’ birthday.
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Review of Last Night’s Last Night
We finished our residency at the Knitting Factory last night. It was a triumph of fun. Now, we move our things out.
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Line up for Rock n Roll Circus Residency Week 4
The Final Week, Number Four, of the .357 Lover residency at the Knitting Factory.
Tuesday, January 26
7pm doors
8pm showtime
$5
This week’s guests include:
The Pendulum Swings – Jason Trachtenburg, the father of the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, in his new band.
http://www.myspace.com/slideshowplayers
Poingly – “If the Faint and the Blood Brothers had a bastard child that was raised by Peaches, it would sound like Poingly”
http://www.poingly.com/
Ambrose Martos – A brilliant physical comedian, former Cirque du Soleil clown and 1/3 of Happy Hour Show
http://ambrosemartos.com
Angie Pontani – The Reigning Queen of Burlesque, Miss Exotic World and Miss Cyclone
http://www.angiepontani.com
Gabe Pacheco – The excellent comedy stylings of a former science teacher
http://gabepachecocomedy.com/
DJ NY1’s Roger Clark – NY1’s Roger Clark plays his favorite tunes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuE32YYq12c
James Maddock – A hard-working, lovely, singer-songwriter
http://www.jamesmaddock.net/We will play a different set from last week, trying out new things whilst entertaining you.
Knitting Factory is located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – 4 minute walk from the L/G Train (Lorimer-Metropolitan) or a 7 minute walk from the Bedford L
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New Video – Event Horizon
This was made by my friends Scott and Andrew.