21 years ago, a boy entered the world. the universe, hollowed, tired, and old, screamed, "om.."
0912170118 Sam Cunningham (the birthday beat) by zronnyz
12.24.2009
Happy Birthday Sam Cunningham
21 years ago, a boy entered the world. the universe, hollowed, tired, and old, screamed, "om.."
0912170118 Sam Cunningham (the birthday beat) by zronnyz
crunchy UCSC walk
a crunchy walk through UC Santa Cruz campus with a few sconed companions.
0912211613 crunchy UCSC walk by zronnyz
7.30.2009
office chair wheel kick
do you feel like you're just a broken wheel getting kicked around by society?
well now's your chance to hear the way you feel.
imagine it's nearing another lonely midnight in a summer that's been nothing but resting, lying, waiting for somebody with a laptop and a mission come pick you up.
instead, a group of hooligans arrives and kicks the shit out of you. there is no god.
well now's your chance to hear the way you feel.
imagine it's nearing another lonely midnight in a summer that's been nothing but resting, lying, waiting for somebody with a laptop and a mission come pick you up.
instead, a group of hooligans arrives and kicks the shit out of you. there is no god.
7.17.2009
burnt thumbs
this isn't my guitar-playing.
but it's my recording of a good friend of mine performing a short opening set at a friend's apartment in the Mission. he is a one-man show. one man, one guitar, one amp, and many, many pedals. with these devices on his side, he leads us on an epically dark journey through sonic seas and beating bloodbaths.
as you'll hear, chris starts the show with a reading of a passage from The Old Man and the Sea. around 6min in, you can barely hear him read a short passage from Blood Meridian. he continues through this back and forth of readings, but each time the wall of sound rises higher above his voice, drowning out any possibility of intelligibility. is this how either Hemingway or Cormac McCarthy is meant to be read?
note: i've included about two minutes of what one might call superfluous recording, where people talk, sit around, and wait anxiously for the performance to begin. except i don't consider it superfluous. a live performance is an organic experience. that's why it's called a LIVE performance. when you go see an orchestra perform a symphony, they do not merely start at the first note of the piece. no, long before you hear that first note, you hear thousands of notes emanating from every instrument in the orchestra, as the virtuosos tune their weapons. not only that, but as it is here, you hear the quacking of human conversation from every side.
enjoy.
but it's my recording of a good friend of mine performing a short opening set at a friend's apartment in the Mission. he is a one-man show. one man, one guitar, one amp, and many, many pedals. with these devices on his side, he leads us on an epically dark journey through sonic seas and beating bloodbaths.
as you'll hear, chris starts the show with a reading of a passage from The Old Man and the Sea. around 6min in, you can barely hear him read a short passage from Blood Meridian. he continues through this back and forth of readings, but each time the wall of sound rises higher above his voice, drowning out any possibility of intelligibility. is this how either Hemingway or Cormac McCarthy is meant to be read?
note: i've included about two minutes of what one might call superfluous recording, where people talk, sit around, and wait anxiously for the performance to begin. except i don't consider it superfluous. a live performance is an organic experience. that's why it's called a LIVE performance. when you go see an orchestra perform a symphony, they do not merely start at the first note of the piece. no, long before you hear that first note, you hear thousands of notes emanating from every instrument in the orchestra, as the virtuosos tune their weapons. not only that, but as it is here, you hear the quacking of human conversation from every side.
enjoy.
7.15.2009
7.07.2009
neon indian
i don't plan on publishing too many of these posts...but...i just came across this band while browsing through xlr8r. i guess this post is about the importance of musical/band names. i think i was drawn to listen to this group's music because of the name...neon indian. it's so...modern sounding...india always strikes such images of sacred, ancient traditions and neon is like dirty, bright, glitchy, static electric bursts...i guess you get the picture. check out neon indian's single - 'terminally chill'
7.06.2009
computer blue
hard drive, router, laptop, reciever, modem. data, wireless, computer, sound, internet. information, air, brain, voice, network. DNA, O, mind, expression, virus.until i find a righteous one, computer blue.
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