Tried out a new color for the blog…I call it, “McDonalds 1980″.  Have yet to decide if it works…feel free to send me YOUR opinions.  So take 10 on lazy blogger starts to blog again…but no no no!  Not yet…I have indeed been a busy bee, buzzing here and buzzing there, and I have a video to prove it!

A couple Videos as a matter-of-fact, but the trick is this…I started a new blog VIA Tumblr for Larry Weirdos, the project name for me and Dr. Gamage’s “Experimental” recordings/videos.  I have uploaded a song called Fun Drum and posted the video that started it all, entitled Cool Like You, complete with Dr. Gamage’s channeling of the late Hunter S. Thompson.  It’s pretty funny shit so go check it before you rek it!

That number again was…

http://larryweirdos.tumblr.com/

I promise more posts soon..with actual content and media…

Damn it, I’m lazy!

I re-arranged the “control room” today.  I think it turned out pretty good!  It’s more streamlined now, and accessible from one chair unlike the last setup…here is the twittpic

Sparing no mercy at that! For months I have been crippled with this terrible fever…sometimes writing whole posts, only to delete them afterward in a fit of rage! The doctors have no advice when it comes to this condition…and why would they? They are much to busy peddling corporate drugs to take the time to become “True” doctors any way. But thats a topic for another day!

My creativity still lives on in other mediums; recording, and mixing as of late. I am still in the studio with the famous Dyke Faggon, and I must say, the album is coming along very nicely! Perhaps I will post a teaser soon, but until then I suggest you watch a couple videos!

Expect more postings now..I’m back in the MF game!

Enjoy
Griffnasty out!

So I am not sure about ya’ll, but I am a little disappointed in those “Storms” earlier!  First of all, there was very little thunder and lightning.  Second of all, they were a little windy with lots of rain, and then gone 5 minutes later.  I miss the good old days of storms rolling in, and the sky turning green.  We still may have some crazy storms tonight yet, but I hold my breath not!  Lawrence always misses good storms.  Not to mention, meteorologists just build up hype and then nothing happens!  At least its just the beginning of spring!  Here are some pictures I took of the storm building and coming…plus a few web screen sots showing how I use my “Nerd-it-ity” to chase storms through the internet from the safety of home base.  I also shot some video.  Perhaps I will upload it tomorrow if I don’t get too drunk tonight to edit it of course!  For’ tis’ the Tavern after all!

So spring is here with temperatures about to soar into the 80′s. Music fills the neighborhoods as windows open and bikes are flying down streets everywhere. Winters over!  Thank fucking god! Everyone let out a sigh of relief, then lets go camp and roast dogs over fires and bust out the acoustics! Time to live it up again and get crazy!

Speaking of getting crazy, internet sensation Dyke Faggon is making a comeback and getting ready to hit the web waves hardcore.  After nearly a two year hiatus (Something about the apocalypse and Iceland?) I had a chance to speak with him recently and hes stoked about this spring and summer. He told me hes currently working on an album, and of course some more videos! He wouldn’t give me all the details on the album, but he did say that it would feature quite a few collaborations with some artists that he refused to name.

For those of you that don’t know Dyke Faggon, he is a walking, talking parody of singer/entertainer Mike Patton. He is also a huge fan, though is accused frequently of being a Mike Patton basher and homophobe. He is neither of these by the way, just an overly obsessed Patton fan that has a unique sense of humor and a creative personality that is set in overdrive! If you haven’t seen his youtube videos I suggest you check them out! Here’s a good start. Obviously you should check out Mike Patton as well, because if you don’t know of him, your fucking missing out! (See Mr Bungle, Faith No More, Fantomas, Tomahawk)

So, I just used the translator to send a text message to Dr. Gamage, and that’s when  I realized what a weird language cellular textualization is!  I wanted to ask the Doctor if he was still on to chill tonight in the Strategic Planning room, also known as the Captains Lounge.  What came out through the translator blew me off my rocker ten times and then shook the room next to me…the cats may never ever recover!  The translation  read as;

Are you when they have a permacultŭre? Do this closer to Are you thanks dude I thought so!

Its been 10 minutes and no response.  I am unsure weather texting etiquette allows for me to post a follow up message this close to the text’s birth and launch.  Now if this was a blackberry/iphone with undertones of twitter handy work, I could, and should post one zillian messages to keep the real time atmosphere alive, and to update everyone on my friends list what the hell is going on and just what the hell I am doing, or whats on my mind.  But we are poor men, and we use the primitive technology.  We do it fashionably and without regret!

Tonight we are supposed to get together and perhaps work on some bizarre ambiance and static, and delayed screams.  There may or may not be some freestate beer involved.  Time will tell.  We also may start our new podcast on music, and other bizarre things that keep life on Earth a little more interesting than the mainstream would allow otherwise.

I was going to post some experimental music that I have recorded lately, but wordpress will not allow me to upload today, and I am afraid it may be due to the fact that freenet hates me, and freaks out when I look at youtube or listen to a streaming mp3 or try to upload cool sounds to my blog.  So continues the romanticized life of the poor, yet fashionable young man!

Still no response from the doctor…and so I end this post by saying…Dr. Gamage, God Speed!  God Speed Dr Gamage!

-Griffnasty

If you haven’t heard the loud static-y synths and delayed screams in and around Lawrence lately, you probably are already deaf, or in a trance.  All that noise is due to the fact that local sound freaks, Spirals Over Norway(SON), have been rocking at least weekly and writing music like a rabid dog bites neighbors.  Already with 5 practices and a few Noise Lab sessions, they have 3 songs with a couple on the drawling board.  “We wanted to create something that sounded like Kansas was on fire and screaming.”, explains SON’s drum doctor, Dr. Gamage.

I had the privilege of sitting in on a few of their sessions, and can agree that it sounded pretty close to Dr. Gamage’s description.  But that’s not what grabbed my attention.  It was the fact that they were practicing with twenty or so different species of reptiles and amphibians on the loose in their giant practice space/terrarium.  “It gives us inspiration and drives us to be better every time we work on a song.”  Explains the bands only female member, Machinegun Night Queen.

Though their videos rise to anger some film majors, and their music is far from perfect,  they are still more than happy to showcase the process of forming a band and none of the naysayers really bother them.  From the writing process to  the recording aspects, and the bonding friendship that is growing as a result, its all there and out in the open for you to watch.

But some listeners have complained that the music is just a little sloppy and eccentric.  Perhaps it would be better for them to get the songs down perfect and recorded at a higher quality before posting them to the web.  Bassist Griffnasty comments, “We know its not the average sound that a lot of people are looking for, but we are really trying to come up with something a little fresh, and really loud…think T-rex humming the 1812 Overture.”.  Dr. Gamage adds, “We don’t really care what people think about the music, for us, its not about that…we know we suck, but the lizards really like it!”

All in all, I think this band is really trying to find themselves, and in the long run it will be interesting to look back at these rough puberty stricken days, and see how they progressed and formed their sound.  For now check out their latest Webisode, The Duct Tape Sessions, and leave them some feedback!  Send them questions, or trash talk them, or film your self in weird positions around your house while listening to their music and post it as a video response to their webisodes on youtube.com!  Also stay tuned for more “smaller” video updates of the band, and actual blog posts from the band….Done rambling, here’s the webisode!

Click “Continue Reading…” for an exclusive audio clip from their fifth practice session…its a goofy one

Download I’m A GM (GOD and Master) – A goofy byproduct of a sound check before practice…all in fun…never serious!