Category: sounds

howdy folks. gosh, i’ve gotten so accustomed to this blogging thing that taking a week off seems like a sin. i guess this is how it all starts. slave to the internet. i’ve been home recuperating from tour, which always takes longer than i want. but thankfully, when i wake up at 4am with jetlag i can lie in bed and think about the new record, which is a compelling and lengthy obsession. i have an incredible band for the show in vancouver in january: martin walton on bass, skye brooks on drums, peggy lee on cello, patsy klein on voice, jesse zubot on violin, and ak coope on clarinet. killer. worth flying out for, if anyone is feeling wealthy out there. it’ll be a premiere of the new songs with full ensemble, plus a reworked version of field study.

here’s one of the new songs for you, actually a song almost 2 years old but just now coming into its own. this recording was made at the hive (on barry’s birthday, as you will hear) with about 30 pals stuffed into the main room all singing and playing together. we added a few instruments later, and made this spirited version of lucklucky. Continue reading do the collapse

As this post appears i am arriving in london! i love the magic of time stamping. London is the home of bedlam, of course. The Bethlehem Hospital was one of the earliest and longest running mental hospitals in the worlds. i mean the world. The word ‘bedlam’ is a quick version of the word ‘bethlehem’. i believe the hospital building is now the war museum, and i’m hoping to get a chance to go there this trip. they had an interesting use for photography in the early days at bethlehem hospital. they would take your photo when you were Crazy, and then again when you were Sane. my god, i’d love to see those photos.

this is the version of bedlam from silver. it’s the same performance as on auditorium, just a different mix. you can go watch the video for a very different version of bedlam on myspace. and now i promise i will never post about bedlam again. Continue reading silver bedlam