Under The Influence (4/29/09)

i'll have a bit of news later on this week regarding ULTRAnumb, but first i wanted to kick start a new little segment/header/feature/excuse-to-do-something-that-only-i-find-interesting type of deal. Every now and again, while i'm driving aimlessly and singing badly to myself, taking long walks down the road while various passing drivers decide this is a good time to throw things, or threatening to stab said drivers with a screwdriver, i start thinking how cool it would be to share a few songs that i dig with the 2 people reading this blog (since pretty much anything i remotely like becomes an influence in some way...and music IS a hell of a drug). And thus "Under The Influence" was born.

For the first installment, i felt we could all use something hugely uplifting and happy as a Lisa Frank trapper keeper full of rainbows and puppy farts. This is one of my favorite songs of all time, and hearing it performed live by Diamanda with complete unrestrained, gut-wrenching passion stops me dead in my tracks.

DIY FTW

Apologies for the lack of random blognasty-craziness. Sure, i could tell you that i was off wandering the earth like Kwai Chang Caine, or giving random acoustic performances in the back corner of a sleazy dive on the outskirts of town, or some other ridiculous and farfetched story. But actually, it was more like this:


and this:


with a dash of this:




i plan on making up for lost time and getting back into the swing of things here, so i figure i'd kick it all off by giving a massive public thank you to Saint Tanis for going WAY above and beyond by making his own Blue Stahli promo flyer to pass out at concerts (since he was sick of waiting for official street team stuff to drop). i'm absolutely dumbfounded and humbled that someone would put that much effort into this. Anyone wanting cheap, free punkrock flyers to stick onto various surfaces (big clear packing tape? what?) go ahead and click-to-enlarge (no, not like the pills) and print this bad-boy out:

BT Remix, last chance for freedom(ness), and The Easter Monkey will stare into your soul.

-It pretty much took forever for me to post this news. i know, i suck (at least that's what i keep seeing written on public bathroom walls). At first i wanted to wait until i was absolutely SURE that BT had the remix in his hands...after getting confirmation of that, my natural tendency to get distracted by shiny objects took over. But, as you can see from this morning's Blue Stahli Times, my remix of Feed The Monster is finished and it's all kinds of ready to attack. To give you a hint of what to expect, i basically tried to build a shrine to the Gods Of Rock (or "rawk" as it's known in SoCal), but i couldn't find any virgins to sacrifice so i just had to make due with giant layers of chainsaw guitars.


-Jimmy from Fixt wanted me to let you guys know that time is running out and it's your last chance to grab all free tracks from the True Anthem player. Get your shiznit right here. Give that stuff a download, the songs are badass and in a way, you're supporting Blue Stahli too (who do you think did all the fun edits and fx on the intro voiceovers? ...it was a chance to get all Aphex Twin, so of course i'm down). Don't fret, there's some other fun promotional stuff on the horizon [only some of which require me to do extensive nude photoshoots...i'm told it will be very tastefully done, lots of bearskin rugs and soft music].



-Oh, and the Easter Monkey? Yeah, he stands outside your window at night. Watching. . . . Waiting.

Why, you are bad, Phil.

i'm sorry, this isn't related to anything other than the fact that it is absolutely THE most amazing thing i've ever seen in my entire life. That's not an exaggeration by any stretch. i'm pretty sure that this would render the work of Mother Theresa useless as all they'd have to do is play this video and BAM...no more poverty or pesky leprosy making things fall off that you'd rather keep.

Take one extravagant video, mute the sound, overdub new instrumentation and vocals and sweet merciful ass you've got something so inconceivably awesome that you'll need to smoke a cigarette afterwards.

You should be sitting down.


Seriously, i don't want to be responsible for any head trauma resulting from a faint or a joygasm.

Pril Foos

I was informed by a note tied to a rock thrown in my general direction (more like "left temple") by an elderly woman that it's April Fools today. Now, i've been called a lot of things, so i went to look it up and find the meaning of this damning insult [also to get some ice for the point of impact...that old lady had an arm, i tell ya]. Apparently everyone's getting in on the April Fools action, but i just want to let you guys know that i would never do that to you. Never. That's why i'm telling you NOT to click this link. This one right here. It's evil and will only leave you as an empty, hollow shell of your former self and probably a little pissed off to boot.

Don't do it . . .







photo courtesy of holytaco