Zenarchery http://www.zenarchery.com Punks jump up to get beat down. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:02:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en Dead Wasps http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/15/dead-wasps/ http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/15/dead-wasps/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 04:02:55 +0000 Joshua Ellis http://www.zenarchery.com/?p=446 Last night at the Beauty Bar, I got a chance to check out Manchester electro band Dead Wasps — and I wasn’t disappointed. They’re a really excellent dance band, and lead singer Hayley is totally rocking the Goldfrapp thing. (I talked to ‘em about doing a remix, too…hopefully that will pan out!)

They’re touring the US — mostly West Coast gigs left, I think — and playing the MTV Movie Awards June 1st. Check out their dates and if they’re coming to your town, go see ‘em. They have my stamp of approval.

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  • Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82 - New York Times
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    • ]]>     http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/12/links-for-2008-05-12/feed/     Need Some Old Music http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/12/need-some-old-music/ http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/12/need-some-old-music/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:37:04 +0000 Joshua Ellis http://www.zenarchery.com/?p=442 So I’m working on a comics script, and I need some music from the 1920s — partially to reference, and partially for ambiance while I’m writing. Unfortunately, I don’t have the money to buy this stuff, and I think a lot of it might take some effort to track down.

    So does anybody have any of the following: Blind Lemon Jefferson, Louie Armstrong And His Hot Five (or Hot Seven), Leadbelly? Or Texas swing of the 1920s? Or really any popular music of the time?

    Or links to where I can download this stuff? Streaming is okay, but I prefer download, so I can listen to it when I’m not Net connected.

    Thanks!

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    Laurie Anderson, “Excellent Birds”, from Home Of The Brave, 1984. (I also like the duet version with Peter Gabriel on his album So.) I dig this song.

    I’m going to steal the idea of having lights on your palms. That looks cool.

    ]]>     http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/11/this-is-the-picture/feed/     Currently Listening, 05-10-08 http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/10/currently-listening-05-10-08/ http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/10/currently-listening-05-10-08/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 12:26:10 +0000 Joshua Ellis http://www.zenarchery.com/?p=440
  • The Magnetic Fields, Distortion: Lovely goodness from Stephin Merrit & Co. Sonically very Jesus & Mary Chain, but pure Merrit in terms of songwriting.
  • Feist, The Reminder: Yeah, I know, late to the party, but this is an amazing and beautiful album.
  • Nine Inch Nails, The Slip: I love Trent Reznor again.
  • Sarah McLachlan, Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: One of my favorite albums of the early 90s, and it mostly holds up well. If you’ve never heard pre-Lilith Fair Sarah McLachlan, you might be surprised by how goddamn good (and dark) this is.
    • ]]>     http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/10/currently-listening-05-10-08/feed/     Note To Self… http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/10/note-to-self/ http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/10/note-to-self/#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 11:21:38 +0000 Joshua Ellis http://www.zenarchery.com/?p=439 Apparently nobody on the Internet has a sense of humor anymore. (Check out the comments.)

    I suspect I’m in for a rough time of it. :-)

    ]]>     http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/10/note-to-self/feed/     More Sonic Youth, Less Paul Simon http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/09/more-sonic-youth-less-paul-simon/ http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/09/more-sonic-youth-less-paul-simon/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 11:49:27 +0000 Joshua Ellis http://www.zenarchery.com/?p=438 Listening to the mixes I’m making, I’m surprised by how dissonant and raw these songs are sounding in the end. “Berlin Floor Show” was written on an acoustic guitar, but this version sounds a lot like recent Nine Inch Nails, and “Scarecrow” sounds like Radiohead meets Massive Attack meets TV On The Radio. They’re really noisy — much more so than I’d anticipated.

    I think that’s a good thing, honestly. Just surprising. I can’t speak for other musicians, but I’m constantly surprised by where my music ends up. It’s usually never where I meant for it to go, but that’s what’s awesome and engaging about the music-making process.

    I just wish I was a better singer. But c’est la vie.

    ]]>     http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/09/more-sonic-youth-less-paul-simon/feed/     “Berlin Floor Show” and “Scarecrow” Are In The Can. http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/09/berlin-floor-show-and-scarecrow-are-in-the-can/ http://www.zenarchery.com/2008/05/09/berlin-floor-show-and-scarecrow-are-in-the-can/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 08:20:54 +0000 Joshua Ellis http://www.zenarchery.com/?p=437 I recorded vocals last night, all hot and sweaty ’cause I had to turn off all the house fans so they didn’t register on the mics. Mixed “BFS” and “Scarecrow” tonight. I think the mixes are pretty much perfect, or as close as I’m gonna get.

    When I’m done with all of the songs, I’ll dump the bounced tracks into a new project in Logic for mastering. This brings all the tracks to the same level, with the same basic EQ. Then I chop the finished product back into individual tracks, and I’m done.

    That’s still a few days away, though, at least.

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