Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Hi-de-hi-de gwaii, Springsteen still sucks, stupid commercials, and The Guess Who and Manfred Mann rock youtube!!!

Harvey and Bah on the beach
It's a crazy time in the land of q...c...i

The guru has a job interview coming up. Who knows? Life is a mystery, and the ending is in the middle of the dream....

I'm feeling good about life. Sometimes, it's difficult to keep Mr. Depression away, but overall I keep kicking his sorry ass to the curb. If we do move, we'll be moving to Vancouver or Vancouver Island, which won't be too bad. It'll be nice to have some live music to go see. I'll have a better chance at getting that FT permanent programmer / web developer job I want. I figured we'd be moving down there eventually, but maybe not quite this soon. Whatever. Hopefully, the next move will be the last one for a while.

I will miss the relaxed lifestyle and beauty of Haida Gwaii, but Vancouver ain't too bad. Who knows? Maybe we'll still be here for another year or two or five or twenty?? photo courtesy of cassandraseye.
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Musical Ramblings

A friend of mine (thanks Brant!) just sent Pete Townshend's "The Lifehouse Chronicles" (2000) and I'm looking forward to diving in. Pete has some of the best demos I've ever heard. His Scoop series is great!

My Can dvd is now in Richmond...
almost here
almost here
I await impatiently...
man, I'll be putting this dvd in the player pretty fucking fast!!

I've been getting into Link Wray's 70s musical output. Very enjoyable. Maybe I'll have to check out his earlier material. How can I not have "Rumble" anywhere in my collection??!!

OK...I listened to fucking Springsteen again, and what gives? Everybody loves the guy, but I just can't get into him. I listened to "The Essential Springsteen" disc 1 - the early stuff, which I thought I would like more...BUT I still don't like his stuff. He should have just been a staff writer for Manfred Mann's Earth Band!! I don't think Mr. Boss will be on my listening list anytime soon [aside: yes, I have a listening list...so what!? don't you??? haha]
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gotta get my coffee
gotta wake up...
gotta get my coffee
gotta wake up...

a cop stands directing traffic when a line of people marching in unison chanting this mantra walk by...the cop stops directing traffic to join in the line...others continually join in the line as they march to the nearest coffee shop...

NOW

isn't this stupid enough to be a great commercial? Any coffee shops can contact me c/o this blog and make me an offer for the use of this brilliant idea.
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Did you know Bruce Lee died from smoking too much hashish? I didn't either, until I read it
here.
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youtube fun

Here's The Guess Who doing "Clap for the Wolfman" from the Troiano/Cummings period. thanks billyriopelle



Here's a Boss song "Spirits in the Night" done properly by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976. thanks SCC1962


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Thursday, April 24, 2008

New Can dvd on the way!!!

So, I'm ordering a book on Visual Web Developer to keep the old computer skills sharp, and I found one. Then, smart old amazon's web site tells me that for another $8 I can get Free Super Savings (or whatever it's called), and how could I pass that up??

The Guru didn't need anything, so I thought it was time to get a new music dvd. I started searching and nothing quite hit me. So, I thought: "Would amazon have any krautrock dvds??". I pondered and found Faust "Impressions". Ummmm...that looks pretty good, but I thought I'd keep on searching. Then
nirvana
heaven
utopia
hit me in the face square in the cranium.
The fucking Can dvd!!!!

Yoohooo!!!

It was over $50...but I was thinking: "what the hell?" Then I scrolled further down and found the US version for $23...well, after all this I had no choice, but to add the motherfucker to my shopping cart.

So, in a couple of weeks, I should be getting a 2 dvd set of one my fav bands of all time - Can!!! The free 1972 concert, 2 documentaries, Eno's tribute to Can, interviews...I can hardly wait!!!
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How stupid is this???

It's the nicest week weather-wise here on Haida Gwaii, and I've got the fucking flu. I'm sleeping during the night, in the morning, in the afternoon. I'm at the tail end of it, but just woke up from a 4 hour sleep.

Sucks, dude....
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The Guru's job is out of control - and mine ends in October anyway (and it's not what I really want to do), so who knows? We may be moving once again. It's harder this time, than last since there are so many positive things about Haida Gwaii --- except the job situation is shitty. Well, might as well enjoy it while we're here, and who knows? I just want the Guru to be content in her job situation, and really - she could be doing so much better than she is...as a matter of fact, that goes for me as well!

Nothing definite yet.
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Recent great listens

Les Rallizes Denudes: I'm in love with these Japanese anarchists. I found this site that has tons of it for download:
bruitage et mon cri dans l"escalier. It's got lots of cool stuff on it. Just type in Les Rallizes Denudes in the blog search to find some pretty awesome music.

The Bintangs: I heard these guys on some psych collection (I think LSD Connection - not sure what volume, and I'm sick dude) and loved it. I got Blues on the Ceiling (1969) and was playing harmonica along with it while walking around Spirit Lake. Very hard-edged blues rock...they're still around and I've got to hear some more of these guys.

Out of Focus impresses me more and more every time I listen to them.

Zloty Dawai: Teleoposis (2005) is great! I don't know who these dadaists are, but it's worth checking out. Weird jazz rock experimental avante-garde kinda stuff...

C.C.S: C.C.S 1 (1970) Alexis Korner's band after Blood, Sweat & Tears got hijacked by David Clayton-Thomas, and it's great. I mean - you've got to hear their version of "Whole Lotta Love" - jaw dropping!! The version of "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" rocks pretty good too...good stuff!!

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Let's end off with the amazing "Vitamin C" from Can. Probably around 1972. thanks antiguoautomata!!!


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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

youtube: Magma 1973 - yoohoo!!!

Here's Magma from February 26th 1973 on French TV. thanks theinsectmachine666!!

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I've been working away at my life skills job - wiping me out man, but it's a great learning experience. AND trying to hang on to my computer contract job as well, since the LS job is just until October.

experience experience experience
that's what it's all about dudes...
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