woah

saw a band you would really like today, but i guess we dont talk anymore oops

o ~ well

gud stuff

Drunkdriver tonite; tragically as220

BlackPus tmrw; fortunately hillarious attic

things r lookin good

come out, face the rain

maybe project updates coming soon

i think im going to fix my camera myself.

tapse

Bought a bounch of hardcore/metal tapes the other day for a project (good excuse). Some are pretty dope, i might rip a few and up em here. regardless, such beautiful fetish objects.

BITCHES

DOWNLOAD THIS SHIT
GO JAPAN

best shit evr

New Era

My old crate amp blew out a month ago, and is beyond my ability to salvage. Maybe its just because ive been playing anson's tiny (tiny) amp for the past few weeks, but this amp is ridiculously crisp and luscious, not to mention extremely loud. Almost as nice as my dad's old princeton mod (this must have been destiny). Very, very excited about this, just wish i had time to actually play now that finals are due in a week. Wintersesssssshhhhhhhh

RIP Old Faithful Crate With a Missing Handle

Maybe one day ill fix you..

Current Obsession:

i know im late on this one, but its so right. everything you love about the hospitals minus all of the pretentiousness. go get sum drunkdriver

holy shit-- nnew A/C ep has the disneyland pan flute jam yeeee been waiting for this for so long, get it

Conceptual Storyboard Loops

Series of five tape loops made for intermediate animation that tell the abstract of a story when played in sequence (or out of sequence). I'll have some videos up soon, this project was more of a pain than I had hoped for. But some really sweet loops did come out of it, so i can't complain. Also, I'm pretty damn speedy at making standard loops now, so I can pump these babies out, (should the occasion arise).

It on da tubmlr

But figure it might as well be here too, mirite?
i mean, does anyone even check that?

Power Rings

Final setup with working Power Rings + mask. I still have to properly photograph it and get some sound samples up, because after all the point of it is how it sounds, not looks. Abd I know, this is like ages old. But now that im done with everything ill have all this wonderful free time and things will great. Theres a lot to go back and reevaluate.

Also, anyone who's staying in Providence this summer give me a hollar, im eventually leaving but ill be around for a few weeks into June. We can get sandwiches at Farmstead.

Noise Diaries #17

New, peaceful noise diary. What I do with my summer days now. Done live, all sounds generated by one person.

Noise Diaries- Basket Weaving

Noise Diaries #16

Finally finished my mixer (or got it in good working condition). There was a slight planning problem but it's nothing that can't be fixed later. Here's some new harsh noise in honor of the mixer, now that i can finally do multiple layers with no post production.

Noise Diaries- Woven Goose II

Noise Diaries #15

Current noise. I have so much old stuff to upload im really not going to bother, it wont make a difference. Plus the only person who downloads it has it all now, so theres no point. Maybe one day it will find its way here. Heres some ugly harsh sounds to celebrate this summer heat. Oh yeah, im using a direct player so no one has to worry about being lazy and downloading shit. Isnt that spluffy?

Noise Diaries- Woven Goose I


edit: tell me if the player is loading for you guys. It seems to be working in some browsers but not so well in some others. Opera seems to be fine but firefox tends to be kind of twitchy. So let me know if its working for you or not. thonks.
edit 2: fixed, i think.

Noise Diaries #4

♬ Noise Diaries 2007-0011-0026

This one actually has a beat. It's finals week. I won't be sleeping for the next three days.

Dracula Mountain

Right now, on full volume, in my sickness, this song has is just what i need. try it yourself.

someone, please, buy a drumset and teach yourself so we can play this when i get home. please.

p.s. new york blog below

Noise Diaries #2

♬ Noise Diaries 2007-0011-0010

It's long. It's one of my homework tracks. Deal.
10 minutes of noise. (with 4 Minute intro)
(But you won't tell the difference)

Moogerfooger Ring Modulator

Ohh. Fuck yes.

Belt Manana

As expected, was wonderful.
They played spectacularly, and had a giant stuffed spider.
I met a lot of people there who I've seen around at shows (i.e. we spoke)
They're pretty nice, and I'll probably be seeing them around often.
Daughters opened, a local grindcore band.
They were okay, the singer was wasted.
But he always is, so I hear.

Melt Banana played spectacularly (of course)
And the crowd was good --but not as good.
I guess nothing will ever be that good.
Anyways, I had a bit more time to actually look at the band this time
And found some interesting things about the guitarists effects
That I had no idea about
Again, wish you guys were there.

Venue was nice too, fucking enormous.
Like the troubadour. But x4.
My friend's friend gave us a ride home. IN A CAR.
That was the first time ive been in a car since ive been here.
Boy, it was nice.
Also:

RIP

August 2006 - November 2007


"If I had to die any way, it would be at a Melt Banana show, rocking out to the very end."
-Dylan's Left Shoe

On a side note, I'm trying to get to New York the day after Thanksgiving, as I recently discovered that Black Dice will be playing, along with Wizarzz (feat. Brian Gibson of Lightningbolt). Black Dice is another one of those RISD bands. A lot of their stuff is droney noise--heck, one of the guys was room mates with Animal Collective, so you can really see it all tie together.

Anyways, interesting note: I was getting some more Black Dice today. I've always had their three newer cds, but never went further back. I've heard that their sound has changed a lot too. Today I finally got off my lazy ass (well, got on my lazy ass, in front of the computer) and found some old Black Dice. Holy shit, they weren't kidding when they said they changed. A lot. They went from some hardcore noise to a dance-drone. Either way, I like where they're going, and if you have the chance to see them (AHEM LOS ANGELES FOLKS), you should (Tuesday @ the ECHOPLEX with Mika Miko and that one other band; $10).
Massive sound change over the years exhibited below.

♬ Black Dice- Kokomo (2007)
♬ Black Dice- Studdered (1998)

Introducing: Jessica

This is Jessica. She wasn't in my other post because.. actually, i dont think i knew her at that point. she doesn't hang out in our group, but youre going to be hearing a lot about her, because she's my show buddy. and i'm certain she will remain my rhode island show buddy. i actually spoke to her briefly online before coming to RISD because she lives in Pasadena (like 30 min from the valley). but we came here and everyone was busy and i never got around to meeting her. but then that one night i went to see Pre by myself at AS220 a few RISD students started talking to me, and hey what do you know, it was jessica. when we were talking and she asked me if ive heard of Mika Miko i knew we were going to get along. plus, her favorite band is like lightningbolt. so basically, she's the only student here i know so far who likes noisy music. Anyways, she went with me to The Looneybin, as well as May N Kevin 4 'Eva (formerly known as Matthewson Loft) (now known as Narwhal Arms).

Speaking of which, i never talked about that show. it was pretty fucking sweet, theres no signs for the place or anything, its just this door in the wall by a bar that leads up a staircase. once inside, it looks kind of like The Smell (brick walls, etc) and the crowd was pretty cool. all of the opening bands were electronic, which was okay (the first one sounded a lot like The Faint), but then it started bringing in all the hipster college kids looking to go clubbing. which didn't exactly make me happy. but oh well, because eventually HEALTH came on, and they played well. the crowd didnt really get into it, but i had a nice discussion with the drummer/bassist about los angeles and all that jazz. while waiting for the next band to come on, which was having difficulty, the cops came and crashed the show, but i managed to run over to the merch table to grab HEALTH's cd, as well as The Mall's cd. The Mall is this band from san francisco that ive been trying to see for soo long now. i found out they played like 15 min before we got there, which made me really mad. but hey, at least i finally had a cd of their music, and holy shit, is it good. i have to say the HEALTH cd is pretty good, but i prefer them live. i dont like the sound of the drums they got on the cd version of Crimewave. but seriously, The Mall, amazing cd. Some tracks below.

♬ The Mall "Acrid"
this is the first song i heard by them, which caught my attention

♬ The Mall "( '''''''' )"
♬ The Mall "Hospital Month"
then these two (played one after another together) just rock my mind