Hillary's Words, This Time.

I originally wasn't going to comment on these, but I feel I should. I chose an example where I feel she used poor judgement at a really crucial time. I suppose that shows me to be an Obama supporter, (I am), but the fact is that I find much to appreciate about her speech, even though I so completely disagree with her conclusion. I can believe that she thought what she said was true. That said, you can see her intelligence, her consideration, that she's trying to do right. In the end, she says she will support Bush (eeg), but you understand why she did it.

Hillary Clinton's address on the Senate Floor for the Iraq War Resolution, Part 1



Hillary Clinton's address on the Senate Floor for the Iraq War Resolution, Part 2



Hillary Clinton at the DNC Winter Meeting, 2007.



This is Hillary in top form, early in the campaign, before the big mud storm. Here, she states that were she president in 2003, she wouldn't have gone into Iraq, which I appreciate, but the way she presents the information just kinda slides right by the Senate Speech above.

I like Hillary. If somehow she won the nomination, I would support her.

But it would be support qualified by her lapse in judgement.

Let Me Be the 10,000th

to post this video. Such an amazing speech. I got more out of it the second time I listened to it. I appreciate Obama's ability to see the race issue from two sides of the divide, and both from a very personal viewpoint, and I was struck that he sees race as a familial issue, which of course it is.

The Big Come Up

This is the first full-length from The Black Keys from Akron, Ohio. I am currently somewhat obsessed with this band. They are a two-piece blues/indie rock hybrid that manages to stay true to both impulses simultaneously. The thing that first won me over about them is a song from their third full-length CD Rubber Factory Stack Shot Billy, which is a stripped-down rewrite of the traditional blues song Stack-O-Lee.

The Big Come Up (2002) is their first full-length CD, and it does, indeed, rock. I hear tons of different influences, which I won't list here, but essentially this band sits comfortably in the tradition of blues rock. They're both great players, they know the blues. I look forward to tracing their evolution as a band. They have four more full lengths and a couple of ep's (one of which I have) and a brand new one in the pipe for April 1st. They're also playing at the Orpheum May 17th, but the show is sold out.

Maybe next time...

More Blue Stars

rObOtrOn

Natureb0t

This was in my links from a year or so ago. r0b0tr0n is a fairly prolific recordist who posts at my favorite music site on all the web, macidol.com. I guess I meant to call it out at the time – I’ll check to see if I ever did. I think it’s amazingly beautiful. Because I liked it so much, I went through and listened to four more of his tracks, and decided to write about them all.

Homegatr0n

Another lushly beautiful track. This is at the top of his jamroom right now, and well it should be. So seventies funk.

Blacksploitatr0n

This one, I think, contains a genuine recording of THE MAN. Also has a really cool bluebeat feel, for all you ska fans out there.

Spacey McFaceb0t

So, yeah, my means of picking what to listen to is what had an interesting title. Love this title. The beats are beauteous as well.

Ghidrab0t

I love the bit of dialogue at the beginning of this. Guest vocal by THE MAN again. This has samples from the Ghidra soundtrack, I think. I believe this means I must download his entire jamroom now.

What I did in February.

I took the RPM Challenge and failed.

But I feel really good about it! I reconnected with a bunch of different musician friends and made, I think, some great music. There's something about a collab with someone you know well but haven't worked with in a while. It almost always produces something great.

The reason I didn't finish is that the tracks were a little more detailed than they probably should have been for efficient completion. Last year I worked with a set instrumentation and a formatted recording approach, but this year, all that went out the window because I wanted to do mostly collaborations, and each song on the record is totally different. I'm still working on it. I have 3 more songs planned for the project, "sound collage" is going to get split in two, and I haven't decided if I'm replacing "Golden Burger", editing it, or leaving it as it is.

So anyway, here are links to the songs. They are all downloadable as 192kbps mp3s on the flip:

Patent Leather Robots Will Get Us First

This is a collab with P. J. Shapiro. I had originally envisioned it as chopped up into a single track of instrumentation and a single track of vocals, and I may get there yet, but as I've listened to and massaged the tracks, I'm hearing it very differetly now.

Turn Away, Yesterday

I love the whole idea of collaborating with someone I have never met, especially when it turns out this well. I think slumbering is awesome, and making this song together was a real treat for me. They say it's wrong to choose between your children, but... This one. This is the one...

Talkin' 'Bout Words

This was a really fun day. Susan, Karen, and I spent the whole day together, Malcolm, Susan and I came up with this recording and Susan and I did the next one down the list. TBW is full of very important information. Please study it carefully for the secret message.

Golden Burger of the Great Goddess Lakshmi

This is pure, in the moment improv. I played my lap dulcimer and Susan played banjo, perhaps for the first time, though it doesn't sound like it.

Medisin

is it 1978 again yet?

Sound Collage

this was fun to do. As I said, this will get split in two and placed at the beginning and end of the sequence.

Lost in the Woods

This collab with Josh Russell is probably the closest thing here to my 2007 CD for RPM, but it's also one of my faves of the record. Josh has studiously avoided getting hisself on the interwebs, so sorry, no link. But if you're ever in Damariscotta Maine, look him up!

Gee, that looks kinda cool, let's take a picture of it!

I had to test this whole bin full of pens the other day. I saw potential for some interesting photos in ithe resulting scribbles, so, since I pretty much carry my camera everywhere with me these days, I dragged it out & took a few shots. I've posted four of them at flickr.com: this is the one that's gotten the best response so far.