Spent some more time working on an interactive Flash thing for the Inflatable Orchestra (aka Jay from Nutria).
Check out the beta version of The Inflatable Orchestra Record Player:
http://karatemedia.com/inflatableplayer/
(This one loads up a 6MB file, so be patient)
There's also a somewhat faster loading "streaming" version:
http://karatemedia.com/inflatabl...yer/
stream.html
I'd love some input on people with slower net connections on how quickly the songs start on the streaming version. It seems like the streaming version is preferable to loading a 6MB swf file all at one.
Anyway, the graphics are rough and simple, and it's not very pretty. But this is my first attempt at creating something interactive in Flash, so I'm trying to get the usability part down first. Still can't figure out how to get the arm to swing back when the song finishes...
Hope you enjoy it!
--KM
continued watching the office's 2nd season, which is still great. saw that dixie chicks documentary, which was good but not great.
got an awesome mini-prep and am now looking for a great salsa recipe - anyone got one? preferably low on cilantro and high on spicy stuff. no special salsas (i.e. corn salsa), please.
The guy from Fatal Flying Guilloteens really looked like a young John Madden. Those guys put on a good show. I really dig the freejazz stuff Dark Meat does when they are transitioning between songs. Sometimes they sound a little muddled but thats what happens when 20 rock musicians share the stage. I think they would sound better if they purged about half of their members. Black Lips killed - totally on top of their game. Beer soaked Rock and Roll mayhem in the best way. I love the way one singer has 2 microphones - one normal one and the other through insane delay and reverb. They played Dirty Hands- my personal favorite, what a great song. The sound was perfect for them - like my Troggs album, come to life. At the end of the night some members of Dark Meat came out and tried to get a version of Sister Ray going - I was hoping that machine of a song was going to take off but it was floundering and my companions did not have the patience to wait around so I did'nt get to see if it ever developed. My friend from out of town remarked that the Black Lips reminded him of Licence to Ill era Beastie Boys, doing garage rock instead of course. I dont think my friend was far off the mark. They are young and drunk and full of swagger... and very good at what they do. Hope they come back soon.
I was hoping that machine of a song was going to take off but it was floundering and my companions did not have the patience to wait around so I did'nt get to see if it ever developed.
I hear they ended up doing the Stooges' "TV Eye" as more and more members made it back up to the stage, culminating in the Black Lips drummer ripping his drumset out from under Dark Meat drummer Forrest while he was playing. I wasn't there, sadly, so someone else will have to corroborate.
That's pretty much it CH.
Oh, man...I want to hear this whole story! I got trapped at my house by 40 oz.'s so I missed the show, which is still kind of rock and roll, right?
Lucas, I told you about this after brunch yesterday. Were you still drunk? Are you still drunk now?
I fell asleep 10 mins before I was to leave the house for the Black Lips. Is that rock and roll too? (Even if I wasn't drinking?)
heres the scoop
during their set they kept pouring beer on their amps, and played a shorter set than they had played the entire 3 day tour..henry owings comes and grabs me and asks if they can use some of our gear to do an "encore", im hesitant but say yep, jim then jumps on stage and starts cheering the crowd for the black lips to come back out, meanwhile backstage they refuse i run on stage and our gtr player kris is setting up his gtr in their amp, starts the main riff to tv eye and im thrown my bass and off we go..backstage the lips rythm section is seriously crying, asking who we thought we were..after trying to start a fight with a couple of the vomit lasers the drummer goes on stage and proceeds to take away his drums peice by piece, until theres nothing left, at which point i start playing sister ray which is a joke between jim and i even though the songs fucking rips..
overall my views on the three days we were with both bands are thus: black lips gtr players are nicer humbler dudes in general, the bass player is a bit of an egomaniac, and the drummer is quite nice but is a little tougher than the rest of his dudes..the fatal flying guillotines were complete dicks (with the exception of the bass player) but us and the lips pummled them every night..
as for the john madden dude i was thinking more louie anderson..
for all who came out thanks a bunch..it was a fun fun show..we're putting together a video of it now so check out youtube next week(or ill just post a link here)
I've heard very much (and perceived myself) the opposite about the Guillotines. The bartenders at the 40 Watt were telling me how polite they were, especially as compared to Black Lips (and, um, Dark Meat).
Shit, I'm about to go off.
Black Lips' music is okay but that's too many times witnessing them being little prima donna bitches. I don't know which one it was running around backstage screaming that Kevin Lane had intentionally sent a surge of electricity to their amp to make it blow up. But, come on. Kevin Lane?
"Fuck that, I'm not playing, leave 'em wanting more, they're assholes anyway". That's fucking retarded. And a direct quote, repeated several times.
You can have a terrible band and be friendly and polite and I'll like your band more than an amazing band full of people who believe they're the most important person in the world and everyone else can fuck themselves.
Take Heed!
Kevin Lane once shot a man just for looking at him funny.
--KM
Even if he weren't Kevin Lane, could he actually have done that? I assume not, and also that they would know that.
Kevin can control electricy. He is like Gandalf, but better. Like a combination of Gandalf and Ernest from the end of Ernest Goes To Jail!
This world is full of terrible bands who happen to be nice people and are alot of fun to hang out with. Thats all well and good but I don't want to go to their shows or buy their records because they are fun to hang out with. I don't have the money to support nice mediocrity. On the flip side just because I like a bands music and enjoy their live shows does not mean I want to go get a beer with them. If I were 22 and in a band like the Black Lips I might be a prima donna bitch too. Their moment will pass all too soon, let them enjoy it (Jon Spencer who? for example) the will be back in the real world soon enough. Theres nothing wrong with a "leave them wanting more" approach, bands do not owe us an encore, if they are too drunk and tired and their amps are fucked, call it a night. The art must be separated from the artist. Everyone reading this owns records (ok cd and MP3 files for some) that are full of assholes - Bad Brains made the sickest hardcore ever but were sexist, homophobic jerks. Stephen Merritt (of Magnetic Fields)seems to be a bit of a bitchy queen. My Irish friends tell me that Van Morrison is the biggest prick in Ireland (and thats saying something). The list goes on and on. Its all about the tunes -I don't think about an artists bad attitude when I listen to any of the music these artists have made. Its nice when people in great bands are genuine and down to earth but sometimes it doesn't work out like that and thats ok. If the drummer for the Black Lips was dumb enough to pick a fight with Dark Meat then Dark Meat should have taken his ego down a notch, God knows there are enough of them. All that being said if someone in the Black Lips thought that Kevin Lane (or any soundman/woman) was trying to blow up their amp with somekind of electrical surge then he needs to lay off the coke. Seriously.
the time was playing atlanta in 84' on the ice cream castle pre-tour and kevin lane was running sound and oh man did he cross some lines.
first
he wore a suit that rivaled my own
second
he had laser beams come out of his eyes and surround jerome in an energy field then he started singing in portugese
needless to say thats the last time the time played atlanta
love,
morris
Funny to me that the vibe at the 40 Watt b/w Friday and Saturday took a fucking 180 degree flip.
Kevin Lane is the coolest dude ever to eat cold Za on stage at the 40 Watt then hand out some high fives, like ever.
Kevin Lane is an electrician by trade, but I still have my doubts as to whether he can do that. He can however teleport himself.
I'd like to know who dark meat thinks it is, too, ben. I like dark meat but to accuse another band of being egomanicas is very pot calling kettle black.
Why did I ever doubt Kevin Lane?
Can we please keep this thread on the topic at hand: Kevin Lane.
Big Exploitation, anyone? The first quiet Athens show (crowd-wise) I've atttended in ages. Everyone there was paying attention to the music, of all things.
The only way it would've been better? Kevin Lane on every instrument.
Actually, you had to look really close, but Kevin Lane -was- playing all the instruments.
This one time I was walking down the street, headed to a show at the Caledonia, and I was running kind of late, and then all of the sudden Kevin Lane reached down from the sky and grabbed me, and I was there at the Caledonia. Kevin was running sound, playing 5 instruments, and hitting a pipe on the patio. Also, magically, my wallet suddenly had a hundred dollar bill in it, my wounds had healed, and my XP had increased considerably. Also, I had turned gay. Who knew?
ALso, just for the record, it's not "leave them wanting more" that I had the problem with, it's the "because they are assholes" part that followed.
This is also not to say that I wouldn't think the Black Lips were pretty cool guys if I got to know them.
Stephen Merritt was mean to me once and now his music isn't as fun to listen to, even though I think he's brilliant.
Kevin Lane made me eat my own crap with his electrical amp powers. And I loved it!
I think the Morris Day thing is maybe my favorite Dayjobs comment ever. Kudos!
Kevin Lane ran sound and played bass at the Cash tribute show last night. He did not blow 'em up an amp though, sadly.
He did not blow 'em up an amp though, sadly.
I don't know why, but I find the particular phrasing here hilarious, using "blow 'em up" as a verb. It's genius.
"Aim the mortars to these coordinates, Private! We need to blow 'em up that insurgents' compound!"
Typos must really amuse you, CH.
When they're funny, they do. When they're Gordon Lamb's, they don't.
HI GORDON!!!!
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