yeah, hot like spicy. dude it's so hot.

my mind was occupied with something im working on, so when it came time to put some crushed red pepper in, i just unscrewed the top and dumped about 2 handfuls of red crushed pepper into soup that i already emptied a bottle of choluha hot sauce into. i decided it was fate and went with it.

it's so fucking hot. so hot in fact, that i had to blog about it.

I did not write this song. It was originally written and performed by the band Silkworm. They were a fantastic band. After their drummer passed away in a horrible car accident several years ago, they disbanded. Andy and Tim started a new band, Bottomless Pit, also a terrific band.

This version I have posted was performed by Pete Schriener on drums with me playing the other stuff. It was recorded for the Silkworm tribute record called "An Idiot Not to Appreciate Your Time".

I wanted to clear all of this up because I was getting a lot compliments on this song, but it's not mine. I also wanted to point out that Silkworm is an awesome band, and if you haven't heard them yet, check em out. This song is on their second to last record, "Italian Platinum", which is one of my favorites. And then check out Bottomless Pit. So good.

mike

i posted some new tunes. but they're not really new, they're from 2003. That's five years ago. What the fuck.

Anyhow, for some stupid reason I decided that for my final project at school I would produce and edit a 15 minute film, and additionally would write the soundtrack and record it in surround sound and then author a surround sound DVD and show it for my final presentation.

Well, it took a painfully long time to complete. And the movie ended up sucking. But I think some of the music is ok, even though it can be a bit repetitive (it was meant for a movie).

The movie is called "Alice". Don't ever see it. I think I probably have the only copy anyway.

The music was recorded at my old studio that I shared with one Jim Zespy. It was called The Projects: Recording. It was in an old Interstate Battery shop, had no windows, no hot water, no heat and no air conditioning. And Zespy lived in a broke down van that was parked inside the studio. It was special. My first cat Roscoe would wander around yelling all the time, and I think you might be able to hear him on a few of the songs. These mixes are pretty whack... they are actually the surround sound stems folded down into stereo, which makes them even worse. I think i have the multitrack masters somewhere and hope to remix the stuff in stereo one day.

Oh, and for anyone that ever bought AND listened to The Coke Dares/Push-Pull split 7", you might recognize "You Are Not a Liar, You Are God". We played that song a few times and our version wound up on that 7". It's better than this version, and it's just called "You Are God". and btw, the title is making fun of an absurd line from the film, during which this song is playing.

I added some new tracks. Well, actually they are really old. But they're newly added.

One of them is "Russian to Learn English", which was a project for my first semester in the IU Audio Recording program. We had to make a radio commercial where we edited music and dialog together. "We" being Brian Reith and myself. I haven't talked to Brian since 2000 I think. Maybe even 1999. I'm not even sure if that's how you spell his last name. I wonder what he's doing.

Waltz of the Nimrodel was partially recorded at a studio in Cleveland that Bone Thugs 'n' Harmony recorded at. I did my senior project there during may last year in highschool and they let me play with their toys. Actually, only the synth and drum machine sounds were recorded there. Actually, it was all MIDI. Anyhow,the drums and whacky sped up vocal parts were recorded on a Tascam 424 four track in the basement of my parents' home. Those were the days.

Not Daytime Yet was recorded for a 16mm short  that I made with a couple other folks in college called "Willam". The harpsichord on the recording was recorded on location during the filming at Sophia Travis' house on one of her beautiful harpsichords. There is a shot in the film where Willam, the main character of the film, is playing the harpsichord along with the music. It's cool. No, really, I'm telling you is.

mike