Wolverine – “
A House of Plague”
The Nice – “Azreal Revisited”
Amorphis – “Shaman”
Frantic Bleep – “
Sins of Omission”
Kurgan’s Bane – “Frankie Four Angels”
Genesis – “
The Return of the Giant Hogweed”
Dark Empire – “
The Forgotten Sin”
Marillion – “Goodbye To All That/Wave”
Kaipa – “Folke’s Final Decision”
Pink Floyd – “Any Colour You Like”
Dream Theater – “
One Last Time”
Semi-useless WOTD: heterodox
1/18/2008 found through Dictionary.com
heterodox: Contrary to or differing from some acknowledged standard. Holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines.
James found himself ostracized from the rest of the Gilligan’s Island fan club because of his heterodox theories about the crew of the S.S. Minnow being abducted by aliens to be studied in an intergalactic space-zoo; also, he thought Mary Ann was hotter than Ginger.
Fissure
It’s megatime!
I’ve finally gotten my secret weapon in the mail: a custom Megatar Dragon.

They don’t call it a Megatar for nothing! Just for comparison’s sake, here’s it next to my old bass axe.

This thing is bigger than my torso.
I’ve messed around with it a little bit last night and I think I’ve figured out how to play most of Elephant Talk. I was going from a tab arranged for 4-string bass and had to try and reverse engineer how it would work on a 12-string tapper.
My masterplan for getting the X3 pod met a snag when I noticed that input 2 was an XLR jack instead of the 1/4″ that I was expecting. I’ve ordered an adapter and when it gets here, I’ll record some things to show it off.
Eleventh Hour Playlist for 01-11-09
Head Control System – “
Skin Flick”
Genesis – “
Los Endos”
Sieges Even – “Tidal”
Parallel or 90 Degrees – “Embalmed in Acid”
Agalloch – “
Fire Above, Ice Below”
Peter Hammill – “She Wraps It Up”
Steven Wilson – “No Twilight Within The Courts Of The Sun”
Fish – “The Company”
Port Mahadia – “Requiem Of The Mind”
Neuraxis – “Memento”
Dream Theater – “
Solitary Shell”
Kansas – “
The Wall (live with London Symphony Orchestra)”
Semi-useless WOTD: alexipharmacon
1/11/2008 found through Curious Words and Phrases
alexipharmacon: an antidote for poison
Mario rifled through his refrigerator, searching for an
-
alexipharmacon
to the blistering heat from the Guatemalan insanity pepper that was currently threatening to peel off his taste buds.
Bower
1. Bower (56:37)
Released 01-06-09, Bower is Caustic Reverie’s seventh album and first release for 2009. The album features a single 56 minute track with elements of drone, dark ambient and noise. Its companion piece is Fissure.
New toy on the way
I’ve just gotten word that my newest music making device has shipped. Hopefully I should have it a few days from now.
I’ve finished a new longform called Bower and I’m putting the finishing touches on another with a working title of Fissure.
Themes for Guitar and Voice – Vol. 2
I’m pleased to announce the unveiling of my sixth Caustic Reverie album, Themes for Guitar and Voice – Volume 2. This installment is a diverse collection ranging from ethereal drones to crushing walls of feedback.
1
Heatstroke 6:26
2
Meditate/Medicate 8:44
3
Pull 10:44
4
Nepenthes18:44
5
The Fountain 8:29
6
Lullaby 3:51
7
Smother 5:10
8
Urbex 5:52
I had actually finished this before the end of the year but I’ve been waiting on Jamendo to finish getting it uploaded. It’s been over a week and still no album so I’ll just post this with the last.fm links for now.
Semi-useless WOTD: seriatim
01/04/2009 found at A.Word.A.Day
seriatim: One after another; in a series
It was part of Randolph’s pre-game ritual to open a bag of gummy bears, sort them by color order in the spectrum of visible light, and eat the whole lot of them seriatim.




