Here’s something that’s been kicking around for several months in one form or another. There’s a lot of parts I like but I’m having trouble getting them in the right order or putting in transitions that work. I’m also unsure whether this is cool as a short piece or if I should try and extend it.
Pure Reason Revolution – “Apprentice Of The Universe (Live)”
Jethro Tull – “Minstrel in the Gallery”
Star One – “Dawn of a Million Souls (Live)”
Elfonía – “Camelon”
Port Mahadia – “Distant Shores”
Kingdom Come – “The Whirlpool”
King Crimson – “Waiting Man (Live)”
Rosenguard – “Countless Ages”
Peter Hammill – “Accidents”
Zero Hour – “Resurrection”
The Flower Kings – “Babylon”
Agua de Annique – “Trail of Grief”
Thought Chamber – “A Legend’s Avalon”
divagate: to wander or stray from a course or subject : digress
Not wanting to leave enough time for a quiz at the end of the lecture, Professor Srobitol’s students asked questions about birdwatching in the hopes that he would divagate from the top of supply-side economics and instead talk to them about the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow.
Sub Phoebus is the counterpart to the Frippertronic/Soundscape experiment Sub Luna. This song has a bit more direction and oomph. I’m not sure, but it may fall under the genre of Discotronics.
This is also available streaming on Soundclick.
Agent Cooper – “Timing Crucial”
Trey Gunn – “Spirit of Flight”
Bolt – “Variables”
Fates Warning – “Fata Morgana”
Enchant – “Below Zero (Live)”
Daylight Dies – “Last Alone”
Kansas – “Song for America”
Aghora – “Atmas Heave”
Eyestrings – “Stagnant”
Abigail’s Ghost – “Waiting Room”
Spastic Ink – “To Counter and Groove in E Minor”
Naufragous: Causing shipwreck.
The owner of the Oedipus Wrecks Salvage corporation bought the old lighthouse and turned it into a topless outdoor discotheque in the hopes that it would prove naufragous.
Someone took my greencard today when I was up in Miami. Luckily, I was getting sworn in to become a US citizen at the time, so it looks like I won’t be needing it.
It was a pretty long ceremony, as they had people stand up by nation in mostly alphabetical order with Cuba being last, probably because they were the largest and loudest group (over 400). I was one of six Canadians out of the 1201 to be naturalized. There was a big projection screen that they used mostly to show footage of a giant American flag fluttering. We recited the oath, said the pledge of allegiance, and then all of a sudden it turned into Lee Greenwood karaoke time. They didn’t use the screen for the oath or the pledge, but by god did we need to have the lyrics to God Bless the USA handy.
As we were leaving, several people with clipboards offered to fill out my voter registration card and mail it for me, probably at the expense of giving me party affiliation. I wonder if I can do a write-in for the Bull Moose party.
Here is the first part of my Robert Fripp inspired soundscape, Sub Luna. I’m not sure I can properly call it Frippertronics, as it was done entirely in software, but I think the general spirit of the form is there.
Adamitism : Nakedness for religious reasons
After getting arrested for streaking the baseball game, Dolph told the police officer that wearing handcuffs conflicted with his belief in adamitism and might jeopardize his chances in the hereafter.
I was working on the drum levels on my latest song when I realized that it was basically a completely different animal when I muted all the percussion. I’ve since split the song into two realizations: Sub Phoebus and Sub Luna.
Sub Phoebus is closest to the mixdown from the 14th with a working title of Panamaxing, though with more varied percussion and a touch more atmosphere. Sub Luna is an exercise in applied Frippertronics. There is more of an emphasis on space and texture and I’ve changed around the instrumentation. Both songs start and end basically the same but there is a drastic change in mood between them. I’ll post the final tracks when I’m happy with both mixes.
