“We have to create culture, don't watch TV, don't read magazines,don't even listen to NPR, create your own roadshow. The nexus of space and time where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe, and if you're worrying about Michael Jackson or Bill Clinton or somebody else, then you are disempowered, your giving it all away to icons, icons which are maintained by an electronic media so that you want to dress like X or have lips like Y. This is shit-brained, this kind of thinking. That is all cultural diversion, and what is real is you and your friends and your associations, your highs, your orgasms, your hopes, your plans, your fears. And we are told 'no', we're unimportant, we're peripheral. 'Get a degree, get a job, get a this, get a that.' And then you're a player, you don't want to even play in that game. You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world.” by Terence McKenna
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 [...]
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! [...]
I write to you from the Patrick Intermission. A day of green over indulgence will wear some folks out! But never the strong! We keep going, nevermind the consequences or the fact that an expired ID sleazes one out. Go to where you are known, and be merry I say!
I write to you from the crowds of St. Patrick’s Day, in downtown Lawrence! Green costumed geeks own this day, bustling down the sidewalks like Irish peacocks, stuck in some kind of catholic trance. The parade starts in roughly Twenty minutes and the peacocks fight to the teeth for a good spot to view the crazyness.
Folks, and ladies and gents! The Noise Circus has started, and its more like an avalanche…But never-mind that, just concentrate on the bizarre sound fields rotating inside your head for a minute and pray for at least one more guerrilla show! Thats right folks! This band may never play again, and if you watch the video, [...]
I have been in the lab experimenting with noise and sound lately, and the result is a little bit weird. I have been introduced to some new music recently (See Mike Patton), and I have felt a little inspired to go off the beaten track and just let the sound do what it wants. I let [...]
I have a new song for you to listen to today by the one and only Spirals Over Norway! Its possibly one of the most evil songs written by the band to date! It comes just at the right time too, for winters still bringing people down and the sun rarely shines like it did today! [...]
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
So, let me tell ya’ about a crazy Friday night in which three friends got together and made some extreme sounds…
It was a typical Friday night. The blizzard that covered Lawrence in white chilling hatred turned black, was melting into the depths of the unknown. Here in the Haunted Graveyard, we set up our meager home studio, and instruments and prayed to the gods of sound. We then set out on our musical journey to discover new lands. This is what we got….
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