Jan 182011

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Inspired by my time spent in the wonderfully wacky world that is the great state of Utah, my four minute and thirty second (hopefully) rock jam entitled Missionary Mosh will be aired on Pluto Radio's Unsung show, episode double aught and fourteen. Thanks Lee Crisman and Stalker Kimmy.

Missionary Mosh started life with the title "Mo Fo Fo Fo Yo Mo Fo" and couples a very simple two step drum line with a pseudo-punk\metal riff. The core idea was to put an over-dramatic riff and guitar solo over the top of a plodding and somewhat monotonous beat. I tried to keep the rhythm bouncing just enough to not let the overall energy of the song get out of hand. So the song is always constrained by the simply beat and the tight snare sound. Think missionary mosh…

Guitar was most likely a Korean Ibanez 6-string through a Johnson J-Station. Bass was most likely a Korean Ibanez 4-string through a Johnson J-Station. Drums provided by Smart Loops.

Anyway, enjoy it! I won't, at around high noon LA time I'll be snaking my way through the twisted back roads of the Catskill mountains like an angry intestinal virus. I'll have to listen to a re-run.

 


UNSUNG 0014 IS GOING UP WED JAN 19TH AT 12 noon (that's L.A. time)

WILL PLAY IN A 3 HOUR ROTATION THROUGHOUT THE NEXT DAY

*HOSTED BY STALKER KIMMY*

FEATURING

The Woodsmen) No Path

Elliot Smith) OX

The Trespass) Just Can't Save Myself

Damon Whitsell) Blind Eyes

Brakelight Religion) The Walkout

Nikk Sucid) Motor Motor

Phen) Slave Driven – Slashing and Burning

Mike Mulcahy) Downtown Sin

Bernie Durfee) Missionary Mosh

The Muggs) Going to Need My Help

Zak Daniels and the One Eyed Snakes) Silicone

Robi Saint Antonine) Limbo

Dissident Cumulus) Hello Pape

Jan 112011

Queen Scorned

Got gonged on an unsigned band radio show… just as the blistering guitar solo was starting… nice…

The broadcast is -> here

If you want to hear the entire song, it is -> here

If you want to request my music again, instructions are -> here


White Fluorescent Tubes
 

I write these lyrics hurriedly
My boss will soon be watching me
Peering over shoulder
And sneering at my words

My lungs are filled with filtered air
And my coffee is black as crude
My tupperware is sealed up tight
To isolate my food

I said goodbye to the world outside
And goodbye to the night
And now I live under a sky that's filled
With white fluorescent tubes

This chair has curved my spine
Into ergonomic design
As the world beyond my desktop screen
Fades until I'm blind

Solo

I said goodbye to the world outside
And hello to the burning light
Of a sky that's filled
With calibrated white fluorescent…

Jan 112011


DJ Octoon from UCLA Radio says…

…to GUARANTEE we'll play your track on TUESDAY (today), have at least 3 people request it during the first 30 min of the show! 

In other words, we only accept requests between 4 and 4:30 PM Pacific

AIM (preferred): BruinRadio
Phone: 310-825-9999

So, this afternoon, go to www.UCLAradio.com, request your track and listen in!

…so listen to Dr. DJ Octoon and request yourself some fresh Bernie for your listening comfort! Or just listen to the album, again and again and again and again…

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