Stryper – The Covering Tour
The yellow and black spandex is hitting the road again. If I’m not on the other side of the state for work, I’m planning on hitting the Portland show… I mean, why not? It’s Stryper… should be entertaining to say the least!
March 2011 US Tour
- Mar. 02 – Seattle, WA – El Corazón
- Mar. 03 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater
- Mar. 05 – Santa Clara, CA – Avalon Nightclub
- Mar. 08 – San Juan Capistrano, CA – The Coach House
- Mar. 09 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia LA Live
- Mar. 11 – Las Vegas, NV – Santa Fe Station Casino
- Mar. 13 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Sports Cafe
- Mar. 14 – Houston, TX – Scout Bar
- Mar. 15 – San Antonio, TX – Backstage Live
- Mar. 16 – Dallas, TX – Trees
http://www.stryper.com/
They’re out in support of their new album of covers… The Covering (out on February 15th). It features the original line-up: Michael Sweet, Robert Sweet, Oz Fox, and Timothy Gaines. Tracklist: 1. Set Me Free (Sweet) 2. Blackout (Scorpions) 3. Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath) 4. Lights Out (UFO) 5. Carry On My Wayward Son (Kansas) 6. Highway Star (Deep Purple) 7. Shout It Out Loud (Kiss) 8. Over The Mountain (Ozzy Osbourne) 9. The Trooper (Iron Maiden) 10. Breaking The Law (Judas Priest) 11. On Fire (Van Halen) 12. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin) 13. God (Stryper).
~Dan – np: Over the Rhine – The Long Surrender
Kevin Moore’s Shine (order)
If you missed the Kickstarter for Kevin Moore‘s Shine (the score/soundtrack to the Turkish film Küçük Kıyamet), you can now order it via a standard method…
http://chromakey.squarespace.com/
Click the above images to go to the website for samples and ordering info. It’s limited to 1,000 CDs. I imagine it will surface as digital only at some point.
I’ve had Shine since late, late December… I dig it. Definitely fitting more in with movie scores, like Ghost Book (his score for Turkish horror movie Okul), compared to his work with Chroma Key or O.S.I.
~Dan – np: Over the Rhine – Trumpet Child
Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Kucuk Kıyamet
Clint Mansell hints at show with Mike Patton
This to this FNM blog and this interview in The Quietus, here’s a news snippet about a potential collaboration 
between movie score master Clint Mansell [Pop Will Eat Itself, Nine Inch Nails, Black Swan] and Mike Patton [Faith No More, Mr Bungle, Mondo Cane, etc]…
Do you do much work for other outlets like computer games? Mike Patton, for example, has most recently voiced The Darkness.
CM: I’m doing a video game this year actually. Mass Effect 3. Funnily enough, talking about Mike, we’ve exchanged emails about the possibility of doing a show featuring the Quartet and people they’ve collaborated with. It’d be a Kronos show, with different rooms for other people to do their thing, then bringing it all together. It’s pretty cool-sounding.
I’m definitely interested in different outlets – that’s one of the reasons I get involved in short films. It’s not so much that I can experiment as it is to be in a situation where nobody’s looking over your shoulder. Short films are usually made by young people and they’ve got ideas I can bounce off. They can take me in a different direction.
If any news develops, I’ll post about it…
~Dan – np: OutKast – Idlewild
Blackfield 2011 North American tour dates
Porcupine Tree‘s Steven Wilson likes to stay busy. One of better side projects is Blackfield with Israeli pop-singer Aviv Geffen. They’ve got a new website (http://www.blackfield.org/), a new album coming out (Welcome to My DNA), and a tour coming up…
Blackfield 2011 North American Tour
- 18th May Washington, DC, 9:30 Club USA
- 19th May Philadelphia, PA, Theater of the Living Arts USA
- 20th May New York, NY, Irving Plaza USA
- 21st May Boston, MA, Royale Boston USA
- 23rd May Montreal, QC, Le National CANADA
- 25th May Cleveland, OH, House of Blues USA
- 26th May Detroit, MA, St Andrew’s Hall USA
- 27th May Chicago, IL, Park West USA
- 31st May Seattle, WA, Studio Seven USA
- 1st June Portland, OR, Aladdin Theater USA
- 3rd June San Francisco, CA, Slim’s USA
- 4th June Los Angeles, CA, El Rey Theatre USA
- 6th June Mexico City, MEX, Metropolitan Theater MEXICO
Unrelated Sidenote: Over the Rhine‘s The Long Surrender comes out today. It’s a fantastic Americana, singer-songwriter, sultry pop album. Check it out (click album cover to the right for sound samples)… you can even download a song for free (for a limited time).
~Dan – np: Iron & Wine – Kiss Each Other Clean
Psychology & the Taste Buds: Abyss 2009
SO, in late 2009, I jumped on the “damn, I like this tasty beer” bandwagon and bought a case of Deschutes Brewery‘s The Abyss 2009. I had it in 2008 and liked it; so why not!? The price wasn’t something to sneeze at, but it essentially became the start of my now bustling beer cellar. The Abyss is an Imperial Stout, clocking in at 11% abv – brewed with licorice and molasses with 1/3 of the beer aged in oak barrels. It’s quite a treat, and it comes out once a year in black wax dipped 22oz bombers.
It’s also in limited quantity, hence my impulse purchase of an entire case being not all that irrational. A beer barrel (BBL) is 31 gallons (roughly 2 full kegs)…
Vintages (production numbers from Deschutes):
2006 – Released December 2006 (approx 90 BBL)
2007 – Released January 2008 (approx 350 BBL)
2008 – Released November 2008 (approx 350 BBL)
2009 – Released November 2009 (approx 600 BBL)
2010 – Released December 2010 (approx 600 BBL)
Well, fast forward to Thanksgiving 2010, I cracked a 2009 Abyss open, and wow… I did not like it. I shared it amongst friends; so we managed to kill the bottle. We had plenty of beer on hand that day (various homebrews as well as growlers of Block 15’s La Ferme de Demons & Gilgamesh’s Mamba); so I didn’t make a big deal of it.
Then I had another Abyss 2009 around Christmas. I drank about 8-12 ounces of it and hated it… I did the unthinkable. I poured about half a bottle down the drain. When you’re expecting a creamy & dense licorice & molasses bold stout on your lips, the taste that was coming from the glass was simply unpalatable.
The 2007, 2008 & 2010 Abyss vintages were / are phenomenal and hit the mark based on what you’d expect from a partially oak-aged imperial licorice & molasses stout. What went wrong with 2009’s vintage?
Jan 31, 2011… the brewery announced that they found the culprit… a wild yeast called Brettanomyces (aka “Brett”) was found in some of their oak barrels (this also affected the 2009 Mirror Mirror release). Brettanomyces varieties (Bruxellensis, Lambicus & Anomolus), as well as other wild yeasts like Pediococcus or Lactobacillus are sometimes used on purpose in beer. In fact, I have a double red ale going now that just finished a fermentation with Wyeast’s Roeselare #3763 – which is a souring yeast blend with a Belgian style ale strain, a sherry strain, two Brett strains, a Lacto culture, and a Pedio culture.
As with many things beer, I’m blaming my friend Aaron for my introduction and head-over-heels love of sour beers. Last summer he was on a sour kick that baffled me, then he introduced me to some sours, and then Cascade Brewing in Portland opened up a pub. 
Now… every time I go up there, I have to hit up their Barrel House in SE Portland. I went to a brewer’s dinner last fall (menu) that was out of this world amazing. They are the “House of Sour Beer,” but even Cascade trys to stay away from Brett, as it has a way of taking over everything. They had some beer get infected, rolled it out to the barrel house and then destroyed the barrel(s) involved afterwards.
Brett is a wily devil, and its impact on the 2009 Abyss is likely bad news for many people. Well, now that I know what is giving off the “bad flavor”… here is where I’m going to see if psychology and perception are gonna make this more than half a case left of “infected” 2009 Abyss turn into a treasure.
February 6, 2011… I decided to crack open another bottle.
First taste? Oh, yeah, it’s definitely infected.
But… now I like it.
Explain that! Not even five weeks ago, I had some of the very same infected beer, and I dumped more than half the bottle. Now, I have it… tastes probably identical, but since I was expecting a soured Brett-y beer, I am totally digging it.
Oh, Brain, you have pwned me again.
Happy psychology experiment on Deschutes’ accident. Well, at least I have some more left to enjoy over the coming years. For future releases, they will be flash pasteurizing their oak-aged beers – to kill any wild yeast strains prior to blending. 2009 Abyss & Mirror Mirror may be bad for some, but they also may be a special treat for others. I’d suggest not sending them back to the brewery for a refund. Find someone out there who will trade you for it. Rather than seeing it get dumped, put it to use… in a sour fiend’s mouth. :)
~Dan – np: Mogwai – Special Moves
Nellie McKay – Caribbean Time on WUKY
Nellie McKay & the Aristocrats did a thing similar to “Tiny Desk Concerts” on WUKY (Lexington):
You can also download the entire interview here:
Nellie McKay WUKY NPR 2011 – PART 1
Nellie McKay WUKY NPR 2011 – PART 2
~Dan – np: Opeth – Ghost Reveries
A to Z / Music Packaging Today
Check out this cool article/interview from last Thursday with A to Z Media‘s Sarah Robertson and Scott Pollack to discuss the state of physical media in 2011. Click here or the pictures below to go to the interview…
John Zorn‘s Interzone
John Zorn‘s The Dreamers with Chippy’s artwork
A to Z Media covers a lot of John Zorn’s Tzadik and other record label releases, which are all quite stunning mini pieces of art.
~Dan – np: Over the Rhine – Good Dog Bad Dog
REVIEW: Nels Cline Singers with Yuka Honda @ Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR – 1/30/11)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
I had heard of Nels Cline like many people… via Wilco. I had even seen Wilco at some point on the A Ghost is Born tour (Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, 2000-and-something). While I dig Wilco enough, more adventurous music is where it’s at for me nowadays. I had heard of Nels and knew of his free jazz group, but I had only actually heard a little bit of his music – which gets me to my interest even being piqued in this show… enter Yuka C. Honda.
I dig Yuka’s Japanese/American sugar-pop of Cibo Matto (with fellow Japanese ex-pat Miho Hatori), but I also dig her experimental acoustic-electronic albums on Tzadik. My love of Yuka’s solo work led to her Portland tour date popping up on my radar…and I saw “oh, and with Nels Cline, I’ve heard some of his stuff.”
Boy, was I in for a surprise.
I found out about a week before the show that Yuka was actually playing with the Nels Cline Singers (the next generation of his NC Trio). I found out later that they’re married ; so the joint tour totally made sense to me now.
Then I found out that one of my favorite bassists, Trevor Dunn, was playing in the group for this short West Coast tour. Trevor played/plays with Mr. Bungle, Fantomas, Moonchild, Trio Convulsant, Electric Masada, et-fucking-cetera (tons upon tons of groups).
Then I found out that Scott Amendola was drumming with them… he’s the drummer for Mike Patton‘s fantastic Mondo Cane big-band. Then, after seeing the Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger* on Friday 1/28 in Portland, I thought… “hey, GOASTT is wrapping up their tour in Seattle on the 29th, and Nels Cline is starting their tour on the 29th in Seattle. Sean Lennon (of GOASTT) & Yuka used to be together as a couple and still work in bands together, Sean & Nels are on the same label, I bet something’s up.” Well, yeah, something was up…
*GOASTT is Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl‘s band (to the R of Nels).
As evidenced above, Sean & Charlotte watched from side of the stage during the first set, until Sean disappeared only to come up on stage to tambourine with the group for the last song in the first set.
So, now that my mind was thoroughly blown with all of the players on stage – let’s get on with the music.
Despite the “Singers” namesake, it’s an instrumental band. Actually, it’s an instrumental force with which to reckon. The first set started off with just the trio of Nels’ guitars and the battery of Trevor & Scott. The first song “Forge” swooned and swelled before crashing down on our ears.
The group seemed to me to be a great mix of what I love about both free jazz and post-rock. You don’t know what to expect, and you don’t want to know what to expect. The wave-like rise and fall is part of the enjoyment. If the wave doesn’t take you to where you wanted to go, well, you have to give in… it’s not your wave to control.
After the first few songs, Yuka came on and joined them on keyboards and percussion. I think she evened out the sound a bit… less chaotic, but still adventurous.
1st Set: 60-70 minutes
- Forge
- A Mug Like Mine
- Dedication
- Thurston County
- B86 (Inkblot Nebula)
- Thoughts on Caetano [with Sean Lennon]
Brilliant wall of sound and magic coming from the Singers. Alas, I had to call it a night. They took about a 30-40 minute break before I threw in the towel (around 11pm). They were going to come back on and do a 2nd full set. Sunday night, long drive ahead of me… I headed back to Eugene. I sooo very much wanted to stick around for the second set. The cards were stacked against me; so I scurried to my car and hit the road… if any readers caught the second set – how was it? what did they play?
many more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Nels Cline’s Site
- Nels Cline’s Social Media Links (see below)
- Yuka Honda’s Site
- Yuka Honda’s MySpace / Twitter
- Trevor Dunn’s Site
- Trevor Dunn’s MySpace
- Scott Amendola’s Site
- Scott Amendola’s Facebook / MySpace / Twitter
- Other Related Reviews~
- GOASTT / Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl (Portland – Jan 28, 2011)
- Nels Cline Singers by Karina (Seattle – Jan 29, 2011)
- Doug Fir Lounge’s Site / Facebook / Twitter
Check out more tour dates below.
Next shows for me… Sir Elton John in Eugene on 2/17 and then Godspeed! You Black Emperor the next day in Portland.
~Dan – np: Opeth – Orchid
NELS CLINE SINGERS PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2011 Daniel Temmesfeld,
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution
(click for larger)
Winter 2011 West Coast Tour Dates
- Jan 29 – Seattle, WA – Is That Jazz? Festival
- Jan 30 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
- Feb 2 – Arcata, CA – Arcata Playhouse
- Feb 3 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
- Feb 4 – Santa Cruz, CA – Don Quixote’s
- Feb 5 – Los Angeles, CA – Getty Center
Jónsi – Live at the Wiltern (live audio & video), plus more music news…
Sigur Rós front man Jónsi just announced his new concert film jónsi live at the wiltern is available to buy now via iTunes (usa and canada only). Here’s the trailer…
Get the AUDIO // Get the VIDEO
jónsi live at the wiltern was directed by dean deblois, (the director of the oscar nominated film how to train your dragon and the sigur rós film heima). the footage – recorded at los angeles’ wiltern theater – was first aired on npr on sunday october 17, 2010 and it marked the first ever live video webcast of a concert for the public radio organisation. filmed towards the end of jónsi’s extensive world tour in support of his solo album ‘go’, the film captures the live show at the late stage when the set and visuals were at their finest. this digital release is available exclusively on itunes.
Other news…
- Tres Mountains (side project from Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam & dUg Pinnick of King’s X) is now up for pre-order. It comes out March 14th. Go HERE for more info on pre-order.
- Carla Kihlstedt & Mattias Bossi‘s new album, Still You Lay Dreaming: Tales for the Stage II, also came out today. It is digital only… and knowing Carla’s chamber indie-rock magic, it’ll be great (it’s in my e-shopping cart now). http://kihlstedtbossi.bandcamp.com
My Nels Cline Singers‘ Portland show (1/30) review & photo editing being worked on now… I’ll post it by morning (sorry for the delay).
~Dan – np: Ken Andrews – Secrets of the Lost Satellite
Nels Cline Singers – Portland (photos on Wednesday)
Last night’s show at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland with the Nels Cline Singers (Nels, Trevor Dunn & Scott Amendola) with Yuka Honda was rad. Due to my schedule, I won’t be able to post the review until late Tuesday Wednesday (Go Here for the Review/Photos). Here are some teaser shots… one with Sean Lennon…
More to come… check back Tuesday night Wednesday morning! Sorry, utterly swamped at work…
~Dan
REVIEW: Sean Lennon/Charlotte Kemp Muhl’s Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger @ The Woods (Portland, OR – 1/28/11)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
Sean Lennon‘s last studio album, Friendly Fire, was brilliant. Not only was it chock full of great pop songs, but it also came with a DVD with a full album’s worth of cinematic music videos… for the entire album. Back in 2008, his new band Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (with Charlotte Kemp-Muhl) had a presence on MySpace… and put out some songs that eventually blossomed into the debut album – Acoustic Sessions (out in late 2010). They hit the road this past December & January, winding up with their last few shows here on the West Coast.
Opener Laura Gibson is a Portland local who has been the support on this recent GOASTT tour. Of all the venues on the tour, she said she could have “roller skated to this venue” (The Woods in the Sellwood neighborhood). She played 45 minutes with her drummer / multi-instrumentalistSean Ogilvie. Their set was quite wonderful: a folky, poppy duo… similar to the Weepies with a bit more charm, and very reminiscent in some of her vocal delivery to Maery Lanahan (from Seattle via Dayton, OH). Charming, well-crafted songs… and with anagram nicknames like “Albino Sugar” and “Eagle Vision,” you simply can’t go wrong with Laura Gibson & Sean Ogilvie!
After what seemed like a long-time, Sean, Charlotte & horn-player C.J. took the stage. They dug right into a new song, the only song I didn’t previously know… Sean rattled off the song name quickly. I didn’t catch it, except for they did sing “she’s got a meanstreak” a few times throughout. They played mostly everything from their Acoustic Sessions album except for “Robot Boy,” and also threw in a couple covers and a great song from Sean’s Friendly Fire album.
Sean sang and played guitar & drums. Charlotte also sang, played bass, accordion, toy piano/xylophone, melodica and other percussion. We never really got the real name of the horn-player, but “C.J. Calamari” played french horn and trumpet. He used several foot pedals to run the horns through effects processors… giving it a jazz-fusion sound that reminded me a lot of NYC-trumpet player Dave Douglas‘ Freak In album. It was a great electronic-rooted-in-brass timbre that really worked well with Sean & Charlotte’s poppy, eclectic-folky sound.
Setlist: 90 minutes
- new song “she’s got a meanstreak”
- Rainbows In Gasoline
- Jardin du Luxembourg
- Lavender Road
- Shroedinger’s Cat
- Dark Matter, White Noise
- Songs For James
- Girl From The North Country [Bob Dylan]
- Candy Necklace
- Dead Meat [Sean Lennon]
- The World Was Made For Men [false start x3 / giggle fest]
- Bennie and the Jets [Elton John]
- The World Was Made For Men
When they announced “Lavender Road” as being their “rocking song,” I internally chuckled, but wow… they tore it up at the end with guitar, drum and horn solos that truly rocked out.
Throughout the night, the band joked a lot in between songs, many times to the point of inability to hold back the laughter (both the crowd & band). You’d think this was a comedy tour instead of a music tour. There were stories of bar fights at Tex-Mex restaurants. Sean added a silly little impromptu “reggae rap” at the end of “Candy Necklace.” And the “worldwide venereal disease of tuning / history of world music” from Sean after Charlotte pulled out the accordion for “Song For James” was quite piece of stagecraft with many bad accents.
The 90 minutes they were on stage flew by far too quickly. They spared us the “ruse that is the encore,” but when they couldn’t get past the first 15 seconds of “The World Was Made For Men” due to a giggle fest from both Charlotte & Sean, they rocked into a seemingly impromptu “Bennie & the Jets” with the house piano on stage, and then finally hit “The World” again with a giggle-free completion and many cheers!
I’ve been privileged with many shows, but this was one of the best shows in a while – definitely for the year. Great songs, great people, great humor, great musicianship, great souls… and you could tell that they were having fun on stage. Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger plays Seattle tonight before heading back home. Check out their album Acoustic Sessions… it’s bueno!
more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- GOASTT’s Site
- GOASTT’s Social Media Links (see below)
- Laura Gibson’s Site
- Laura Gibson’s Facebook / MySpace / Twitter
- My Related Reviews~
- Sean Lennon w/ Nels Cline Singers (Portland – Jan 30, 2011)
- The Woods’ Site / Facebook / Twitter
Check out more tour dates below.
Next show for me… Nels Cline Singer and Yuka Honda on 1/30.
~Dan – np: GOASTT – Jardin du Luxembourg 7″ vinyl
GHOST OF A SABER TOOTH TIGER PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2011 Daniel Temmesfeld,
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution
(click for larger)
GOASTT 2010/2011 Tour (backwards order)
- Saturday 1/29/11 – The Crocodile, Seattle WA
- Friday 1/28/11 – The Woods, Portland OR
- Tuesday 1/25/11 – Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco CA
- Saturday 1/22/11 – Pappy & Harriets, Pioneertown (Joshua Tree) CA
- Friday 1/21/11 – Club Congress, Tucson AZ
- Wednesday 1/19/11 – Cactus Cafe, Austin TX
- Tuesday 1/18/11 – Dan’s Silver Leaf, Denton TX
- Saturday 1/15/11 – The Earl, Atlanta GA
- Friday 1/14/11 – Melting Point, Athens GA
- Thursday 1/13/11 – Evening Muse, Charlotte NC
- Wednesday 1/12/11 – Local 506, Chapel Hill NC
- Tuesday 1/11/11 – Ioata, Washington D.C.
- Saturday 1/8/11 – Rockwood Music Hall, New York NY
- Friday 1/7/11 – Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia PA
- Thursday 1/6/11 – Great Scott, Boston MA
- Friday 12/17/10 Bercy, Paris, France (with -M-)
- Thursday 12/16/10 Bercy, Paris, France (with -M-)
- Wednesday 12/15/10 Bercy, Paris, France (with -M-)
- Tuesday 12/14/10 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Monday 12/13/10 Frannz Club, Berlin, Germany
- Saturday 12/11/10 MOD, Hasselt, Belgium
- Friday 12/10/10 Zenith, Saint Herblain, France (with -M-)
- Thursday 12/9/10 Zenith, Saint Herblain, France (with -M-)
- Wednesday 12/8/10 Grand Hall, Tours, France (with -M-)
- Tuesday 12/7/10 Zenith d’Orleans, Orleans, France (with -M-)
- Friday 12/3/10 Arena de Montpellier, Montpellier, France (with -M-)
- Thursday 12/2/10 Nikaia, Nice, France (with -M-)
- Wednesday 11/17/10 Largo, Los Angeles, CA
GOASTT @ The Woods (coming soon)
Setlist, photos & review from last night’s The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger (Sean Ono Lennon & Charlotte Kemp Muhl) at The Woods in Portland, Oregon, will be posted later today… Update: GO HERE
~Dan
GOASTT
Secret Chiefs 3 – Europe 2011
Trey Spruance and the Secret Chiefs 3 haven’t really swung around the U.S. since 2008 (Portland review link… from their last full US tour?). Lately South America and Europe are getting some love. While I’m bummed for no chance to see them as of late, I’m glad they’re active…
SECRET CHIEFS 3 Europe tour
from 16th June to 18th July 2011
Confirmed dates TBA
Booking contact : europe@webofmimicry.com
I think that’s also their first new press photo in a while. If my brain is working correctly, that’s (L-R) Jai Young Kim, Trey Spruance, Ches Smith, Toby Driver Rich Doucette, and Timb Harris. Will we see Book of Souls in 2011? Here’s hoping!!
~Dan – np: Yuka Honda – Heart Chamber Phantoms
Explosions in the Sky (due April 2011)
Texas post-rockers Explosions in the Sky come at us with their 5th studio album in April. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care will release on April 26, 2011.
1. Last Known Surroundings
2. Human Qualities
3. Trembling Hands
4. Be Comfortable, Creature
5. Postcard from 1952
6. Let Me Back In
It was recorded on a pecan ranch in West Texas by their good friend and frequent collaborator John Congleton. Esteban Rey did the artwork. And of course, the proverbial… “the music on it feels different than anything else we’ve done before and we’re very excited for you to hear it.“
www.facebook.com/ExplosionsInTheSkyMusic
www.twitter.com/EITS
www.myspace.com/ExplosionsInTheSky
~Dan – np: Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger – Acoustic Sessions
The Big 4 (trailer)
This. Looks. Massive.
The Big 4 Festival
Empire Polo Club, Indio, CA
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
Anthrax
Unlikely I’ll be able to swing it and go… but it looks like it’d be an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime event…
~Dan – np: Celldweller – Cellout EP 01
Tres Mountains (King’s X’s dUg Pinnick & Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament)
A new “super group” of dUg Pinnick from King’s X, Richard Stuverud of the Fastbacks, and Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam has a name and an album coming out and a selective tour in March 2011.
Tres Mountains (aka Tres Mts.)
Go to http://tresmts.com/, sign up for their newsletter, and get a free download of “My Baby.” The debut album Three Mountains comes out in March 15th, 2011 (CD, LP, digital). Update 2/3: I just got my ticket for the Seattle show at the Shoebox (3/16). Apparently Mike McCready (also from Pearl Jam) is playing with them. Woot!
Update 3/8: get the record digitally here:
I’m hoping good things from this group. I tend to really dig bands and side-projects where dUg gets involved. The first track “My Baby” needs a bit warming up for me, but I dig the vibe.
Friend them on the Facebox:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tres-Mts/180935358594506
~Dan – np: Yuka Honda – Heart Chamber Phantoms
Celldweller – Cellout EP 01
New music from Celldweller hits iTunes exclusively today…
Cellout EP 01 features 3 studio versions of songs taken from the Celldweller live show.
- Own Little World (Klayton’s We Will Never Die Remix)
- Frozen (Celldweller vs. Blue Stahli)
- The Best It’s Gonna Get vs. Tainted
Go here for Celldweller on iTunes!
~Dan – np: Mourning Widows – Mourning Widows
Smooth Criminal for Cellos
Cello and other string tributes may be a little “played out”… regardless, this is one still pretty damn good:
Stjepan Hauser & Luka Sulic – “Smooth Criminal”
~Dan – np: No. 2 – No Memory
cello, string, stringed tribute to Michael Jackson
RECIPE: PB&J Cocktail with Grilled Mac & Cheese Sandwiches
For this month’s vegetarian supper club in Eugene, we were the hosts and the theme was PAIRINGS. I wanted to make something that was a kids’ staple food item, but with an adult twist. So, I went for…
Peanut Butter & Jelly Cocktail
…
750mL batch
Ingredients:
- 750 mL vodka, unflavored (don’t go cheap, but don’t go all out… a $10-15 bottle is fine)
- 1 cup of peanuts, unsalted
- up to 375 mL raspberry liqueur (Chambord, etc)
- air-tight jar
Steps: super easy
- Add peanuts and vodka in an air-tight jar. Place in cool, dark place for 1-2 weeks.
- Strain vodka (remove peanuts). You’ll end up with slightly less than 750mL. I did about a bottle and a half (1.125 mL / 4.75 cups) and my yield was almost exactly 4 cups of finished vodka (~85%). Sidenote: don’t eat the spent peanuts… they’re icky…
- The Cocktail: 2 parts peanut vodka, 1 part raspberry liqueur. Serve chilled or on the rocks. Since it’s all booze… a small pour is usually enough.
Variation: use other jelly-type flavors (grape, strawberry, peach), chocolate liqueur, bailey’s, or make a peanut white russian…
Update 4/10/12: About 16 months later, there’s now an actual PB&J vodka. I beat ’em to it, though… More info here at Van Gogh Vodka (and web coverage here & here).
I paired it with…
Grilled Mac & Cheese Sandwiches
…
makes 4 large sandwiches
Ingredients:
- 1-2 cups dried pasta (macaroni, rotini, etc)
- boiling water
- 1 Tbl butter (or vegan substitute)
- 1/4 cup almond milk (soy, rice or cow milk also fine)
- 2 cups grated cheese (mix it up, be creative with flavors)
you could also try vegan cheese… not sure on meltability - 8 slices of bread, buttered on one side
Steps:
- Cook pasta in boiling water until tender (time depends on the pasta). Drain water.
- Add butter, milk, and cheese. Stir until pasta is equally covered in cheesiness.
- Butter side down, add bread to grill or pan. Add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup of cheesy pasta. Add second piece of bread, butter side up.
- Once one side is lightly browned, flip the sandwich… or use a George Foreman grill, panini press or something easy like that. I mean, come on, it’s making a grilled cheese… I shouldn’t need to explain.
- Cut and serve!
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~Dan – np: Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger – Acoustic Sessions
REVIEW: Derek Webb @ WOW Hall (Eugene, OR – 1/20/11)
FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM
I’ve been a fan of Derek Webb ever since seeing him in Caedmon’s Call in the mid-90s. His voice and lyricism is something I connect with, regardless of my now-differing beliefs. He’s a genuine artist & thinker, and I think he’s a Christian that I think really “gets it”… or is at least trying to “get it” (we’re all a work in progress)…
His last two albums, 2009’s Stockholm Syndrome and 2010’s instrumental Feedback, have some of the best material he’s put out, in my opinion. Since I went into a long-ish discussion about my connection and thoughts about Webb & Christianity in my review of the Jennifer Knapp tour in the Spring 2010 and my thoughts about Feedback, I’ll keep this review shorter and sweeter…
We showed up a little after the early start time… I got a chuckle out of Derek’s tweet about it being a “Christian seated show” (with photo) and took in the last half of opener Anna Gilbert‘s set…
Anna is an Oregonian, went to the University of Oregon, lives in Portland, and has a handful of delightfully sonic pop albums. Her third CD, Your Love My Medicine, was produced by none other than knob-wizard Charlie Peacock (his wiki). Anna’s sound… poppy, singer-songwriter. Nice positive songs.
After a short break and a beer, Derek hit the stage at 8pm…
Great set, a mix of songs from his solo albums, a couple of Caedmon’s tunes… and one lonely cover song. Based on my prior experience with Derek, and his recent Democracy covers series (now heading into Volume 2), I figured he’d hit us with another cover or two.
The acoustic version of the mostly electronic Stockholm Syndrome songs worked well. “What Matters More” is a favorite, and while the studio version is full of electronics, the stripped down version still remained one of my favorites from the night. For other Derek fans (or Derek himself), have the Stockholm songs ever been played out live with keyboards and/or a full band (Joshua Moore, etc)? That would kick ass.
Setlist: about 90 mins
- The End / The Very End
- The Spirit Vs. The Kick Drum
- New Law
- I Hate Everything (But You)
- Freddie, Please
- A Love That’s Stronger Than Our Fears
- I Love/Hate You
- God’s Hometown [Caedmon’s Call]
- I Just Don’t Want Coffee [Caedmon’s Call]
- Wedding Dress
- Heaven
- What Matters More
- She Must And Shall Go Free
- (What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding [Nick Lowe]
“Spirit vs. Kick Drum,” “Love/Hate,” and the Caedmon’s “Coffee” were some other favorite selections from the night. His banter was charming as usual. I was surprised he didn’t talk about Shawn Colvin being on his flight to Eugene… alas, perhaps he was distracted by Delta not being as gentle with his guitar as he’d have liked… assuming his guitar makes it back to Nashville with him, he needs to get a few things checked out (loose screw or something).
more photos below
The Appropriate Linkage:
- Derek Webb’s Site
- Derek Webb’s Social Media Links (see below)
- Anna Gilbert’s Site
- Anna Gilbert’s Facebook / MySpace / Twitter
- My Other Related Reviews~
- Aladdin Theater w/ Jennifer Knapp (Portland – April 2010)
- WOW Hall’s Site / Facebook / Twitter
He’s playing Seattle, WA, tonight (1/22 @ the Q Cafe). Check out more tour dates at http://derekwebb.com/.
Next concert for me… Sean Lennon & Charlotte Kemp-Muhl’s Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger on 1/28.
~Dan – np: No-Man – Returning Jesus
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