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<br />MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-83408919962483077952011-04-08T17:40:00.003-05:002011-04-08T17:46:57.742-05:00INSTRUMENT OF THE DAY!! 4-8-11Nothing like a musical instrument than can scald you if played incorrectly! Just came across this video (I believe shot by the multi-talented <a href="http://pinealeye.com/2011/03/17/michael-galinskys-mall-rats-photos/">Michael Galinsky</a>) of a steam powered organ. The caption says, "Every year on New Year's Eve Pratt breaks out the steam organ and creates a cacophony for the community. This year on Dec 11th they broke it out of storage to work out the kinks. Kids were just getting out of Saturday Art classes and went nuts in the steam". Hot (pun fully intended)!<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17827140" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17827140">Steam</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/rumur">rumur</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-12644557531974229332011-04-07T00:56:00.000-05:002011-04-07T01:51:30.449-05:00FAMOUS SCREAM OF THE DAY! 4-10-11<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhezGFh9S-UM_Ca2YC4_ptLtcB4nR_VeHdRjWR8AhVoU71_QtZfDjaQClDu9AYdkxyU8DyX1RcNmYahWUkWacHrLpLZYB4a3XidcYyAlvDGXUfvkUtY0b6MIT4F1R8DoxjDKWpxCEKHv4/s1600/shebwooley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhezGFh9S-UM_Ca2YC4_ptLtcB4nR_VeHdRjWR8AhVoU71_QtZfDjaQClDu9AYdkxyU8DyX1RcNmYahWUkWacHrLpLZYB4a3XidcYyAlvDGXUfvkUtY0b6MIT4F1R8DoxjDKWpxCEKHv4/s400/shebwooley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592730068527221090" /></a><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley">Sheb Wooley</a> has found his way into your head many many ways over the period of his life and beyond it.<br /><br />Wooley appeared in dozens of western films and in western TV shows in the 1950s through the 1970s, most notably High <span style="font-style:italic;">Noon, The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Cisco Kid</span>, and <span style="font-style:italic;">Rawhide</span>.<br /><br />He taught his 2nd cousin <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GOkc6aEfkM">Roger Miller</a> to play guitar chords, and purchasing him a fiddle.<br /><br />He wrote the theme song for the long-running television show <span style="font-style:italic;">Hee Haw</span>.<br /><br />He was a regular on <span style="font-style:italic;">Hee Haw</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Muppet Show</span> as the drunken country songwriter Ben Colder. He released music and performed as Ben Colder as well as under his own name. <br /><br />His most famous act was his penning and recording of the novelty sound <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu_8qxZlOr4">"Purple People Eater"</a>. <br /><br />And perhaps even more burned into our pop culture is Wooley's scream. He was used as a voice actor for<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream"> the Wilhelm Scream</a>, a scream that ended up in the popular Warner Brothers stock sound library for TV and film and has been used by sound effects teams in countless TV and video games as well as over 149 films including <span style="font-style:italic;">Star Wars</span> and all of the <span style="font-style:italic;">Indiana Jones</span> films. Over the years it has gained a cult following among movie and horror fans.<br /><br />We salute you Sheb on what would have been your 90th birthday this week!<br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="410" height="310" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_PxALy22utc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="410" height="310" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qu_8qxZlOr4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-20829416776646236562011-03-22T13:08:00.003-05:002011-03-22T13:18:46.532-05:00ORCHESTRA OF THE DAY! 3-22-11Ah, the Germans and their love of fine food, fine music, and precision mechanics. I don't know the story behind this video put it seems it was produced by an antisocial composer with a William Sonoma charge card who decided to build their own mechanical orchestra. Sure, it costs more up front but think of all the drink tickets and hotel rooms that person won't have to share.<br /><br />I do wish the music was a bit more captivating. It would be great if the maker lends it out to different composers that would take the idea and the capabilities a bit further and to more interesting places like those amazing <a href="http://www.lemurbots.org/">LEMUR</a> folks in NYC.. Until then, here it is.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/19902008?byline=0&portrait=0&color=ffffff" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/19902008">Blödes Orchester</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2048350">white tube</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-39778807389229614092011-01-18T10:55:00.001-06:002011-01-19T11:03:59.023-06:00RIP OF THE DAY 1-18-11<object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mbHIzECCPsg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mbHIzECCPsg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object><br />Don Kirshner, the veteran music mogul who shepherded songs from a monstrously talented stable of young writers to the top of the pop charts in the 1960s, launched the career of the Monkees and then became a familiar face to millions of rock fans as impresario of his late-night music TV series in the 1970s, died Monday of heart failure in Boca Raton, Fla., where he had lived for the last decade, a family spokeswoman said Tuesday. He was 76.<br /><br />In the early days of our families betamax lifestyle, my brother would record lots of late night TV for he and I to watch. As a little kid in elementary school, I got to see SNL, Second City TV, the Kenny Everett Video Show, and Don Kirshner's Rock Concert. These were my first exposure to tons of great music and bands I otherwise would not have known about like T Rex, the Clash, Devo, and of course the list goes on and on. I know I still have that old betamax here somewhere... and probably all those old tapes too.MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-19440247258789431052011-01-09T04:28:00.000-06:002011-01-09T11:31:19.585-06:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY! 1-9-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwB0WJOwDRDQ542D7MFSVigxHiu4h06pryMVROBOqzP7CISeZrMuN_r6F6EXkb8AkNUcAh3N-up2HTDTyGxYELIpFMAfRhHtquf-cOzbFFGAP0TJTWYecCpRejWJS0PX_2jjseXB24NUU/s1600/ScottWalkerchair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwB0WJOwDRDQ542D7MFSVigxHiu4h06pryMVROBOqzP7CISeZrMuN_r6F6EXkb8AkNUcAh3N-up2HTDTyGxYELIpFMAfRhHtquf-cOzbFFGAP0TJTWYecCpRejWJS0PX_2jjseXB24NUU/s400/ScottWalkerchair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560239718947900882" /></a><br />The old man's back again... and he's even older today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT WALKER!<br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-zgdGQB4S4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N-zgdGQB4S4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-31033273150261179162010-12-25T23:13:00.002-06:002010-12-26T23:18:11.637-06:00Happy Holidays OF THE DAY! 12-25-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ-tXsr3S6az03qXKcjN093ELIZ9drrbylH_ho3S3tic4MAUVvCB1OLBnZ4fx3ZJBzF4oddWpf1iYiPVsH9gIa2KZnjXxEVVm0Wz9gu1BjaUnxP2XZCHyyNewL0PfZjPQOHWvYMC_QK8/s1600/greenbergs.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJ-tXsr3S6az03qXKcjN093ELIZ9drrbylH_ho3S3tic4MAUVvCB1OLBnZ4fx3ZJBzF4oddWpf1iYiPVsH9gIa2KZnjXxEVVm0Wz9gu1BjaUnxP2XZCHyyNewL0PfZjPQOHWvYMC_QK8/s400/greenbergs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555226876535458450" /></a><br />Me and my family made holiday greeting that we would like to share with you <a href="http://greenbergholiday.blogspot.com/">HERE</a>.MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-16147749516840061452010-12-21T18:02:00.002-06:002010-12-21T18:15:28.309-06:00TEXAS PSYCH OF THE DAY! 12-21-10Hot psych rock by the short lived Fever Tree.... OK, so Houston Texas gave us these guys, ZZ Top, and Jandek. Not bad, Houston!<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hr3EVsdY6Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hr3EVsdY6Yg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-27832574659103170022010-12-01T14:09:00.003-06:002010-12-09T15:06:05.033-06:00SNOWFALL OF THE DAY! 12-1-10Happy first snowfall Chicago!<br /><br /><object height="28" width="335"><param value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtpOjEzNDU0NzgzO3M6NDoiY29kZSI7czoxMjoiMTM0NTQ3ODMtZmMxIjtzOjY6InVzZXJJZCI7aToyMTYzMzUwO3M6MTI6ImV4dGVybmFsQ2FsbCI7aToxO3M6NDoidGltZSI7aToxMjkxOTI4NDk2O30=&autoplay=default" name="movie"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed wmode="transparent" height="28" width="335" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/audio_embed?data=YTo2OntzOjU6ImFwaUlkIjtzOjE6IjQiO3M6NjoiZmlsZUlkIjtpOjEzNDU0NzgzO3M6NDoiY29kZSI7czoxMjoiMTM0NTQ3ODMtZmMxIjtzOjY6InVzZXJJZCI7aToyMTYzMzUwO3M6MTI6ImV4dGVybmFsQ2FsbCI7aToxO3M6NDoidGltZSI7aToxMjkxOTI4NDk2O30=&autoplay=default"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-12916377957657417572010-11-24T04:17:00.003-06:002010-11-24T04:20:24.694-06:00BIRD OF THE DAY! 11-24-10The talented Andrew Bird does some picking, whistlin', loopin', and talkin' for TED.<br /><object width="416" height="316"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AndrewBird_2010-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AndrewBird-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1001&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=andrew_bird_s_one_man_orchestra_of_the_imagination;year=2010;theme=spectacular_performance;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=live_music;event=TED2010;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgColor="#ffffff" width="416" height="316" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/AndrewBird_2010-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/AndrewBird-2010.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=1001&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=andrew_bird_s_one_man_orchestra_of_the_imagination;year=2010;theme=spectacular_performance;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=a_taste_of_tedglobal_2010;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=live_music;event=TED2010;"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-25822617186392791092010-11-16T03:53:00.003-06:002010-11-16T04:10:48.076-06:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY! 11-16-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuaaJpYBVxGB_O_xYc7kUyqts-lwE4Qg2veSjqHSpyUdwcxejHS1_cYOM9C0WqoNSle569jVmoYcH6mLxILIXO8LgZOh9060DLNtvh16Vt5E2dwqLjUrLmPzsEwLlY872kMgIuHTqCA8/s1600/It-s-A-Beautiful-Day-pictures-1972-RZ-3058-025-l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 370px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmuaaJpYBVxGB_O_xYc7kUyqts-lwE4Qg2veSjqHSpyUdwcxejHS1_cYOM9C0WqoNSle569jVmoYcH6mLxILIXO8LgZOh9060DLNtvh16Vt5E2dwqLjUrLmPzsEwLlY872kMgIuHTqCA8/s400/It-s-A-Beautiful-Day-pictures-1972-RZ-3058-025-l.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540086227837992706" /></a><br />Today we celebrate Pattie Santos' (of the great San Francisco band It's A Beautiful Day) birthday. Today would have been her 61st birthday if she had not been killed in a car accident in 1989. Though It's a Beautiful Day is commonly grouped with such bands as the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane due to their time and location and management, their best work (their catalog can be spotty) feels more akin to the likes of Scott Walker and Roxy Music and were perhaps even an inspiration to such bands as later fellow Californian's X.<br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/e7ixKWmYux8?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e7ixKWmYux8?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-47054316353586755512010-11-12T00:01:00.004-06:002010-11-12T00:17:27.707-06:00RULES TO LIVE BY OF THE DAY! 11-11-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6i9fAjWK9sHa_Yi33d0fuHEqWa3dogbT3tbjdOQv_wM5qwg7AxpXt85KKPU5H5M1PQNiFiRdAK_yDloCaZHsJnpl1voINNpLQ9YCM58n3BuRQ20eFhqZp_d8nORSlj0HdJfvEg0nqgYA/s1600/thor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6i9fAjWK9sHa_Yi33d0fuHEqWa3dogbT3tbjdOQv_wM5qwg7AxpXt85KKPU5H5M1PQNiFiRdAK_yDloCaZHsJnpl1voINNpLQ9YCM58n3BuRQ20eFhqZp_d8nORSlj0HdJfvEg0nqgYA/s400/thor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538542066750096914" /></a><br />Thor Harris is not forgettable. His trademark long blonde mane and solid drumming are the first things you notice. He is also a very smart, funny, and straight shooting guy. There was a time where the Lounge Ax rock club in Chicago was booking about 12 bands a week with more than half being bands from Austin Texas.... and it seemed of those, half had Thor as a drummer. He has played drums with the Swans, Smog (Bill Callahan), Devendra Banhart, Gretchen Phillips (of Two Nice Girls fame), Lisa Germano, and the list goes on. Recently Thor sat down and shared some of his wisdom that he has gained from the road... wisdom that yes, is touring band specific but really, isn't touring just a microcosm of life?<br /><br /><a href="http://beenlookingforthemagic.tumblr.com/post/1427157150/how-to-tour-in-a-band-or-whatever-by-thor-harris">READ HIS 21 RULES FOR LIFE HERE!</a>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-78862130287985989722010-10-31T01:56:00.001-05:002010-10-31T01:58:32.368-05:00SHAGGS OF THE DAY! 10-31-10It's Halloween! It's Halloween!<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/InpCzx5OQRU?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/InpCzx5OQRU?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-32376834610811563712010-10-29T14:33:00.005-05:002010-10-29T15:00:54.796-05:00SAD PASSING OF THE DAY 10-29-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1R9B-Bpf1Jzp85Rnc3nQjqUl2b2LTYsiGx-pj6_hQtGwp_d-jhNcpFnnQutn8wzCdPrdflamTER719UeDWjp18miWRsugADyIfmKSm_diVsD8vM4lhCzRateCnxNEKgoHOOZIg_xedI/s1600/Jack+Brokensha.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI1R9B-Bpf1Jzp85Rnc3nQjqUl2b2LTYsiGx-pj6_hQtGwp_d-jhNcpFnnQutn8wzCdPrdflamTER719UeDWjp18miWRsugADyIfmKSm_diVsD8vM4lhCzRateCnxNEKgoHOOZIg_xedI/s400/Jack+Brokensha.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533559178224517810" /></a><br />Jack "White Jack" Brokensha, vibraphonist and member of the Funk Brothers who played on many seminal Motown records like those by the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson, and the Four Tops (and the list goes on and on) died yesterday at the age of 84. <br />More info <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20101028/ENT04/101028068/1320/Vibraphonist-Jack-Brokensha-dead-at-84">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vh9tU8O1LfY?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vh9tU8O1LfY?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-74936599837883948132010-10-25T03:58:00.002-05:002010-10-25T04:04:23.216-05:00FILMMAKER OF THE DAY! 10-25-10Photographer and avant-garde filmmaker Ralph Steiner (1899 – 1986). So great!<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5pen3QMgzQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Y5pen3QMgzQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-30069412412789639972010-09-24T11:44:00.003-05:002010-09-24T11:55:16.811-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY! 9-24-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2d_dcy3NjasMaGSeH7YfdVCyJt5PBMB0FGWwGq4mNwiFqLMo2A0GgcEzPyLI2COm8FktrDpHf2LI8bKtWrrQVBUCO-01yCZhyEgkHgUpVPY_Ll70HQ7J38wFOYF7DZobgnSIdcaLAec/s1600/muppet-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2d_dcy3NjasMaGSeH7YfdVCyJt5PBMB0FGWwGq4mNwiFqLMo2A0GgcEzPyLI2COm8FktrDpHf2LI8bKtWrrQVBUCO-01yCZhyEgkHgUpVPY_Ll70HQ7J38wFOYF7DZobgnSIdcaLAec/s400/muppet-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520524159580041058" /></a><br /><br />Happy birthday to Jim Hanson, creator of the Muppets and most famous puppeteer in history. He would have been 74 today.<br /><br />Here are some short films he made collaborating with the great Raymond ("Ramond"?!) Scott.<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AtxkgrKWkd4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AtxkgrKWkd4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IZw2CoYztk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_IZw2CoYztk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GN23Q4wgJ6w?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GN23Q4wgJ6w?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-91476729144389802962010-09-16T16:44:00.004-05:002010-09-16T20:54:18.620-05:00VINYL FIGURINE OF THE DAY! 9-16-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOvzOscKqoSoHj3CMJQhafGCeytwIw5nNH0JrbcYa6ObbLxsF9LW7BbZMj49kRnDco0nKsdnd2PD2DwSZ6Jqx6YB2gvXm4BlMy51KGs85zkloTeanYwSgasp95eMZ8GBUvEQeZCfaBxE/s1600/gb_doll_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQOvzOscKqoSoHj3CMJQhafGCeytwIw5nNH0JrbcYa6ObbLxsF9LW7BbZMj49kRnDco0nKsdnd2PD2DwSZ6Jqx6YB2gvXm4BlMy51KGs85zkloTeanYwSgasp95eMZ8GBUvEQeZCfaBxE/s400/gb_doll_b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517631273934400706" /></a><br />Introducing the 3rd figure from the 'Great People' Series by Archer Prewitt (The Sea & Cake, the Coctails, Sof'Boy) and the great folks at Presspop, Japan! (The first two in the series were <a href="http://www.presspop.com/en/shop/archer_prewitt/moog_doll.html">Robert Moog</a> and <a href="http://www.presspop.com/en/shop/raymond_scott/raymond_doll.html">Raymond Scott</a>)The Allen Ginsberg Doll, officially approved by the Allen Ginsberg Estate, comes with fabric cloth jacket, glasses, book, Uncle Sam hat, beaded necklace, and CD with 5 poetry readings and 1 song (all of the recordings are previously unreleased material). Limited to 1000 pieces. More info <a href="http://ginsbergblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/presspops-beat-poet-figurine-in-stores.html">HERE</a> and <a href="http://presspop.com/en/index.html">HERE</a>.MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-493772115378988562010-09-09T23:15:00.004-05:002010-09-09T23:25:42.885-05:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY! 9-10-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQjiHbYLmtSKVgysSdhPDLd-N4B7pV02XHYchf-5fR2_5hGph1yIWIN7z8pIwbDU7QTJQ-foZ7NzmsG8xZGZIc_ldjB-bMuJBcR6UIv5yZYKOJzbSDDEB_3gBFfElKjGuvh4L1AZrcVQ/s1600/RS.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQjiHbYLmtSKVgysSdhPDLd-N4B7pV02XHYchf-5fR2_5hGph1yIWIN7z8pIwbDU7QTJQ-foZ7NzmsG8xZGZIc_ldjB-bMuJBcR6UIv5yZYKOJzbSDDEB_3gBFfElKjGuvh4L1AZrcVQ/s400/RS.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515136086262675570" /></a><br />Happy birthday to <a href="http://www.raymondscott.com/">RAYMOND SCOTT</a>, the composer, band leader, electronics pioneer, hero, and all around great inspiration!<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZuzAA3tAz4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/2ZuzAA3tAz4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="410" height="315"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Composer, bandleader and inventor Raymond Scott was among the unheralded pioneers of contemporary experimental music.<br /><br />Of all of Scott's accomplishments of 1949, however, none was more important than the Electronium, one of the first synthesizers ever created. An "instantaneous composing machine," the Electronium generated original music via random sequences of tones, rhythms, and timbres; Scott himself denied it was a prototype synthesizer — it had no keyboard — but as one of the first machines to create music by means of artificial intelligence, its importance in pointing the way towards the electonic compositions of the future is undeniable. His other inventions included the "Karloff," an early sampler capable of recreating sounds ranging from sizzling steaks to jungle drums; the Clavinox, a keyboard Theremin complete with an electronic sub-assembly designed by a then 23-year-old Robert Moog; and the Videola, which fused together a keyboard and a TV screen to aid in composing music for films and other moving images.<br /><br />By the middle of the 1960s, Scott began turning increasingly away from recording and performing to focus on writing and inventing; a 1969 musical celebrating the centennial of Kentucky Bourbon was his last orchestral work, with his remaining years spent solely on electronic composition. Among his latter-day innovations was an early programmable polyphonic sequencer, which along with the Electronium later caught the attention of Motown chief Berry Gordy Jr., who in 1971 tapped Scott to head the label's electronic music research and development team. After retiring six years later, he continued writing — his last known piece, 1986's "Beautiful Little Butterfly," was created on MIDI technology.<br /></span>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-74659429744034745182010-08-27T19:31:00.005-05:002010-08-29T17:27:34.023-05:00SAM PREKOP OF THE DAY! 8-27-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.playgroundmag.net/f/photos/noticias/sam_prekop_old_punch_card.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 229px;" src="http://www.playgroundmag.net/f/photos/noticias/sam_prekop_old_punch_card.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />I've been a fan of Sam Prekop for over two decades now.... His band <a href="http://www.aumfidelity.com/shrimpboat.html">Shrimp Boat</a> put out the the most fun and shambly tapes in the late 80's... one of the reasons my friends and I moved to Chicago. We couldn't get enough of Shrimp Boat... then they borrowed Archer Prewitt from our band to make the Sea And Cake... Sam has released two full length records under his own name, both with great bands helping him out and both sounding somewhat like a down tempo and jazzier versions of TSAC. This new record entitled "Old Punch Card" (Thrill Jockey) will be his third and takes a big left turn into dusty and foggy modular synth bleeps and bloops. He sites<a href="http://raymondscott.com/SSFB.htm"> Raymond Scott's electronic work</a> which is a good reference as would be the <a href="http://www.faitiche.de/index.php?article_id=9">Ursula Bogner</a> CD that came out a few years ago as well as early electronic pioneers like <a href="http://whitefiles.org/rws/">BBC Radiophonic Workshop</a> and <a href="http://www.trautonium.com/sala.htm">Oskar Sala</a>.<br /><br />Here a beautiful track from the record <a href="http://stereogum.com/462322/sam-prekop-the-silhouettes-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/">HERE</a>.MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-48844103392401660882010-08-12T18:18:00.003-05:002010-08-14T19:12:37.080-05:00SEMINAL TV MOMENT OF THE DAY! 8-12-10On the Jimmy Kimball show last night on ABC,<a href="http://www.dragcity.com/artists/joanna-newsom"> Joanna Newsom</a> performs "You & Me Bess" from her amazing "Have One On me" (Drag City) three record set. She is simple amazing and gets better with each record. In a word, wow.<br /><br /><object width="410" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xfzwZLqUoLA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xfzwZLqUoLA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="410" height="315"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-5350582796263489302010-08-09T13:26:00.004-05:002010-08-14T19:11:32.417-05:00MAVIS OF THE DAY!! 8-9-10Mavis Staples stands behind NPR's Tiny Desk (with help from her burning guitarist Rick Holmstrom) and lays it down! Her record "You're Not Alone" 'drops' Sept 14th.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.npr.org/v2/?i=129005693&m=129006170&t=video" height="386" wmode="opaque" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" width="400" base="http://www.npr.org"></embed>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-4811512629542478992010-07-19T23:14:00.001-05:002010-07-20T12:11:08.090-05:00SAD NEWS OF THE DAY 7-19-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Wghf56LAUAarrnbCLuLZF0Pt4GMhyphenhyphenDilW40UojtSB0CNrrpqwHMOHVp-4B4NQ6Yq5We16O6pZ-R7Tuyy8YLXlMlgDq7l0GOEYk3EmAJ3l0HMElp6OGVFly5gIjBh6GMFJLScCOsyY4o/s1600/classic2lthreepiece-1.l.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Wghf56LAUAarrnbCLuLZF0Pt4GMhyphenhyphenDilW40UojtSB0CNrrpqwHMOHVp-4B4NQ6Yq5We16O6pZ-R7Tuyy8YLXlMlgDq7l0GOEYk3EmAJ3l0HMElp6OGVFly5gIjBh6GMFJLScCOsyY4o/s400/classic2lthreepiece-1.l.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496037092217137442" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc5eH7LmwLk">Andy Hummel</a>, the original bassist from Big Star <a href="http://www.shockhound.com/features/1300-original-big-star-bassist-andy-hummel-passes-away-at-age-59">lost his fight with cancer</a> just two months after we lost Alex Chilton to a heart attack. <br /><br /><object width="400" height="245"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1042690&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1042690&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="245"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-70031466116265104682010-07-17T01:16:00.004-05:002010-07-17T01:43:03.935-05:00UNNECESSARY COLLABORATION OF THE DAY! 7-17-10Beck does these things were he invites different bands and artists to come in to his studio and he collaborates with them to recreate or de-create some 'seminal' record for his free downloadable record club. I will state for the record I am not a Beck fan. My dislike for him has been tested many times over the years but dislike, as cement and arteries do, has set and strengthened with time. That said, he has had some pretty interesting ideas and collaborations for his record club. Not all but some. Well, this month he has Tortoise and they are riffing on some Yanni record. Now I'll let you guess which part about this equation I like the least... go ahead. I'll give you three guesses..... You won't guess it. Ok, ok... I'll tell you. ALL OF IT. The Yanni thing... come on. Beck and his sidemen scratching and rustling things into microphones... poop. Just let Tortoise be Tortoise! They are so freaking good at it! In my opinion, they get better at it and better at it. Yes, good for them for stepping out of their comfort zone and trying something like this... but a lot of the time, stepping out of their comfort zone IS their thing. I would just rather have watched Tortoise do their thing without Beck and his merry jokesters forcing them into some ill-fitting square hole. My two cents.<br /><br /><object width="400" height="230"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13184967&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=13184967&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="230"></embed></object>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-63770209708808213682010-07-15T09:28:00.004-05:002010-07-15T23:31:45.731-05:00CHICAGO ICON OF THE DAY! 7-15-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bCdyO6vSJznpnSoFyz1fwaAdCrgkUeXktKb3X6ZML6i1tcc4dkFxzuREtP-BqsD38wMOdEHq64TJiAmZdBjxnd1yxCgJ3aLk_XayGcO1W6erQrFO3dfgCTxSTb0ouy05QBVXBt-YW-Y/s1600/magikist.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bCdyO6vSJznpnSoFyz1fwaAdCrgkUeXktKb3X6ZML6i1tcc4dkFxzuREtP-BqsD38wMOdEHq64TJiAmZdBjxnd1yxCgJ3aLk_XayGcO1W6erQrFO3dfgCTxSTb0ouy05QBVXBt-YW-Y/s400/magikist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494141080622490082" /></a><br />For those of you who lived in Chicago in the 70's and 80's, this needs no explanation. For the rest of you, this is one of the huge Magikist signs from the Chicago company that were seen on their building on south Cicero but more visible was the one overlooking the 90/94 highway. It was your "welcome to Chicago from the northern suburbs" sign. It's how you knew it wasn't too far now to go to be downtown. This was as familiar to Chicagoans as the Sears Tower and Wrigley Field... and was DECADES before we even knew what a 'cloudgate' was. I would love to buy this baby, reinstall the neon, and return it to it's perch up above the highway. <br /><br />It is on eBay RIGHT NOW (or at least when I wrote this post). <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110324644197&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_1154">BUY IT NOW!!!</a>MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6117822231719821177.post-63955452888563770552010-07-07T15:14:00.004-05:002010-07-07T23:01:24.353-05:00HAPPY BEATLE BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY! 7-7-10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylJgnGoijKb9veZAqavlgGqLs3GqbsI4qKJDh1YIvS0HH7C6SDGCDUPnGnTaYYB5RueInyLnPCpXvSvOT_zsMkQwglJ1IhoiYIg2rpDol2Rs5sSbCKNT2kSJJTaejgepj3sWDyRLRNmk/s1600/RINGO!.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 336px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjylJgnGoijKb9veZAqavlgGqLs3GqbsI4qKJDh1YIvS0HH7C6SDGCDUPnGnTaYYB5RueInyLnPCpXvSvOT_zsMkQwglJ1IhoiYIg2rpDol2Rs5sSbCKNT2kSJJTaejgepj3sWDyRLRNmk/s400/RINGO!.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491260504962335602" /></a><br />Ringo! 70?!! wow! Here is Cher (before she was Cher) <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rucS5DX8IRA">singing what we all are thinking</a>.MGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04725524632171500390noreply@blogger.com0