Another Skynyrd original, and rock original, passed…
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Hey guys, I just played Jesse Sykes on my first Beyond Beyond is Beyond radio show on East Village Radio and was happy to stumble on this brand-new Daytrotter Session that the band just did. There are 4 songs that are recorded live in a studio and there is plenty of fuzzy guitar and haunting vocals and that other nice trippy stuff I dig. Check out the session here, you can even download all of the songs to put in your very own iTunes library!
Says Jesse of the live Daytrotter Session:
these songs were recorded in early october as we were be-lining it home from a US tour to catch a plane to europe where we were to continue for a couple more weeks…as we pulled into the daytrotter studio our van started to make some funny noises…the kind of noises that are suggesting to you that you may be screwed!! well, luckily we did the recording and the fellows there at daytrotter were very kind as i couldn’t have been more stressed out at that moment, as i wasn’t convinced we were going to make it home to catch that plane! needless to say, im so glad we have this document, as it was one of the best autumns of my life in some ways and as it always seems to be the case, the memory of that day stands out as such a cool testament of how close we have become as a band…dealing with things that seem insurmountable at the time….anyway, as we pulled away from the studio hours later, our vans u joints completely shit the bed (clunk clunk clunk….thats what it sounds like if you ever hear that noise…)and somehow we lucked out and found a kind hearted mechanic a few blocks away who fixed it on the fly….i remember the big white puffy clouds of iowa and the birds chirping as i sat waiting for the van to be fixed…lots of kind gentle souls there in iowa-thank you to all of them who helped us get home safe, we made that flight too!! anyway, enjoy this recording j.s.
Let’s remove everybody’s chains…
Cheers and tears to MLK and President Barack Obama!!!
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My radio show, Beyond Beyond is Beyond, will once again go live on February 12th from 2-4:00 pm on East Village Radio after a successful first episode. It will also be streaming afterward, for those that miss the live feed. The hope is that after the second show, BBB will be offered a regular weekly slot on EVR. Download the first show here.
Show #2 will be just two days before the most popularly unpopular Hallmark-created holiday for lovebirds, Valentine’s Day. And wouldn’t you (or your better/worse half or stalker/stalkee) want to hear your lovey-dovey or lovelorn song requests dedicated to them by you and read by amazing radio host, Mike Newman? Well, of course they would! So send me all your email requests for great love-themed songs to BeyondBeyondisBeyond (at) gmail (dot) com. Keep in mind the show’s format…make it rock or at least be trippy…or best case, BOTH! I won’t be able to play all requests…only the bests.
Can’t wait to see what yun’s have in store, and your lover will be blown away when they hear their psychedelic dedication! Remember, send ‘em now (no SASE required) to BeyondBeyondisBeyond (at) gmail (dot) com. Sorry…trying to dodge spam…… literally!
*amazing lynx love imagery brought to you by Macho Mel, whose art is currently on display at Capricious Space in Brooklyn through Valentine’s Day
Well, I’ve heard of a couple reunions that are going to happen this year…and both get a fuckin’ rousing thumbs up from this rock-bloggin’ fool! The one I JUST heard about today is Mott the Hoople…yes please. They only have a couple London dates lined up thus far, but they best bring their asses across the pond!
And this one I heard rumblings about last year, like Flea will play bass, but it has been confirmed since the start of 2009…The Faces!
Bring ‘em on! I just hope that tickets for these shows aren’t through the roof (who am I foolin’…they will be). I’m actually pretty tired of big gigs any more. There’s so much about them that’s unappealing. First, the ticketing ‘class system’ is a shame. It means that the kid that loves the band the most will never get good seats because he can’t afford them and rich douchebags will have all the good seats. But rock & roll isn’t about them, it’s about that little kids dreams and the blues of the blue-collar working man.
And also the way that shows ‘sell out’ within minutes of going on sale, but then tickets magically appear on a scalper site…which Ticketbastard and Jive Nation claim to have no hands in. Bullshit.
My advice is to seek out the up-and-coming great rock bands and catch them at small clubs for $10-$15, and be able to say you saw them before they were huge. And ususally those shows are more fun anyway! The big problem with it though is for those kids in Kansas and East Buttfuck, Wherever. Nobody comes to their town. There are no cool rock clubs there. Well, find all that cool music online, and move when you turn eighteen…to a city that rocks!
Okay, big tangent there.
In summary, big ‘YES’ for the Mott and Faces reunions! And a big ‘NO’ to the current class system of live music ticket sales. I’ve said my peace.
Check it out…will be chock full of great jams!
UPDATE: Now you can hear it here till January 22nd!
Thursday, January 15th, 2-4 pm
Hey guyz,
Sorry it’s been a little slow around here, and I’ve virtually ended RT. I know we have a round to finish and Kev is one answer away from winning, but I may phase out RT after this round…but maybe not! I’ve been spending time on different things and evaluating which ways I will lead myself into 2009. This weekend I’ll be preparing my audition ‘maiden-voyage’ show for East Village Radio, which will air live on Thursday from 2-4 pm right here at this link (listen live upper right of webpage). The show will be called Beyond Beyond is Beyond and I’ll be crossing my fingers that I pass the audition and end up with a regualar time slot! If nothing else, it will be a great two hours of far-out rock radio!
Btw…here’s what my neighborhood looks like from the train these grey wintery days…
Here are a few things that have caught my eye lately that I’ll bring your attention to…
@ The Pretty Things have cancelled their 41st Annniversary Tour, which is a shame because the Pretties are unrightfully forgotten in the rock world, and actually released a tremendous album in Balboa Island last year! As a matter of fact, check out “Feel Like Goin’ Home” from that album…
Pretty Things – Feel Like Goin’ Home
@ Brian Eno speaks out against Israel, which seems kind of stupid to me since neither side is right or wrong. Keep it ambient, Brian.
@ Then there’s this.
@ And Ace is to truly become ‘Space Ace‘!
@ Last but not least…R.I.P. Ron Asheton!
Have a great weekend!!!
The truest sentence in this piece is “Apple knows what you want before you know you want it.” Dig…
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NUTS! But we’ll all have ‘em by 2011.
Apple’s iTunes Store will also be changing it’s strict one-price for all songs pricing scheme to a pricing triumvirate … $ .69, .99, & 1.29. Seems fair enough. The only ones that will be $1.29 are the popular ones, and we hate that crap anyway! Oh yeah, and everything will be DRM-free by March. Clutch.
Sometimes a band comes along who reminds you that not all of the good music has already been made. Unfortunately there’s way much more crappy novelty. But when we look back in 10, 15, 20 years on the ground-breaking and lasting music from this era, we will certainly be listening again to Animal Collective.
I just ordered Animal Collective’s new Merriweather Post Pavilion album on 180 gram gatefold vinyl, and all record labels should take note. First of all, it’s a band that are true musical artists with longevity. Huh? Wha? Yeah, remember that crazy notion? And there is really no one else in Animal Collective’s league. They’re not indie, they’re not rock, they’re not electronica, they’re not jam… they’ve created their own thing.
Secondly, the vinyl was released today, January 6th, two weeks before the official release of the CDs and iTunes downloads. How cool is that? And of course, inside the vinyl is a download card which entitles you to download the mp3s or wav files. It costs a bit more, $22.98, but I don’t care because I will pay extra for exactly what I want! That’s what the major labels had forgetten. They just wanted to charge a lot for everything across the boards. No thanks. That’s not what I want.
And lastly, I heard the last track from this album from some music promo site, which was streaming it a few weeks ago, and I knew I had to have this record. Granted, I have been an Animal Collective fan pretty much since the band started in 2000 and was making a lot of very out-there music. And I bought those ‘out-there’ albums because I heard something going on underneath that was truly sublime and original. And now, I feel like Animal Collective are reaching their fully sublime, creative potential. I played the aforementioned promo song, “Brother Sport” (which I recorded into Pro-Tools), when I DJ’d my New Year’s Eve party, and it was just perfect in a roomful of revelers. Since I will respect Domino Records’ policies, I will not post the album version of “Brother Sport” here, but here is a live video of the band performing the song a while back (but keep in mind…the studio version is much better)…
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Meanwhile, I will wait for my vinyl to arrive, since I ordered it a little on the late side for it to show up today and I’ll see what kind of things you guys have to say about Animal Collective. Is it possible that they are the most innovative band of this era or are they just geeky little knob-twiddlers…or somewhere in between?
Whatever the case, I’m intrigued.
Also…check out the brand new song ‘My Girls’ on AC’s MySpace page
Happy New Year everybody! I’ve been laying low on the blog lately as the end of 2008 rushed by, sending me to Florida over Thanksgiving, then Chicago the first week of December, then upstate NY for Chrismukah, and then to Heather’s bar in the East Village of my good ol’ NYC for New Year’s Eve, where I was proud parent and DJ of what had to have been the raddest NYE throwdown in town..and which also raised over $350 for the NY Times Neediest Cases Fund! Matter of fact, here’s a pic of the two super-handsome DJ’s and their uber-stunning foxes at said event…
Ever since 7:00 pm on NYE when I finished my work and met up with my DJ accomplice, Rudeboy Chippy (left above), everything has come up roses. We started the load-in and tech with some good hearty beer-soaking San Loco tacos and got the party ready to roll for 9:00. I loved hearing from people that were expecting to have a nice chill NYE with friends at a bar, who actually had a drunk. sweaty, rockin’-till-the-wee-hours night of mayhem. The beer, champagne, tequila, whisky and weeds flowed like a pirated steamboat on a delightfully stormy sea carrying its drunken mates to an island of renewal and hope.
The days that followed have been perfect too. We had our friends/family, Scott and Mara, staying with us so we ended up doing all kinds of fun things. Recovery day was spent in PJ’s brunching, watching football and setting up the new juicer and Saturday was packed full of fun stuff like the transit museum, a Broadway show (Speed the Plow sans Piven), impromptu ice skating at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, and more drinks and football with Paul and Scott at Hi-Fi in the East Village, where we even had seats at the bar on a Saturday night. As our guests headed back to sunny Miami Sunday morning, the rest of the day was spent catching up at home, playing guitar, watching a little more NFL playoff football and a little college basketball.
So I’ve got some music-related stuff that I’ve been thinking about coming up in the next post but before anything, I wanted to wish you all a phenomenal 2009, filled with music and love and all the things that make you happy! And no more BUSH! Good riddance, you fink!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
CHEERS!
…East Village Radio