CalliAnne Blau's re-imagined clothing line is called Loop. Her etsy site that sells her clothes is Loop Apparel. She started making a shirt a day a couple weeks ago. Watching her creative process is inspiring me to Kelp it up.

THE FOLLOWING ALBUMS ARE 4-TRACK RECORDINGS FROM THE 90's.
ALL ALBUMS VIA DOWNLOAD AND ARE $8.99 EACH.


Go here to buy hard copies of what I have available.

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An Unconscious Pattern
by Karl Blau

1. Sunlight Avenue
2. Zig Zag
3. Ah-He-Yai
4. Fasten Me to You
5. Flavor Savor
6. Right In Front of...
7. Ontario
8. Dun Dun Cali
9. Cheese Song
10. Do It To It
11. Perenna and Miss Florah
12. The Day Duke and Brown Came to My Town
13. A Sweet Reminiscence
14. Red and Black
15. Since the Water Came
16. Freeway Town
17. Holdin' Back



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BLUE NOMAD
by Karl Blau

1. Since We're Made of Water
2. Hold Me, Lover
3. Daytime/Nighttime -- Planned
4. A Little Somethin'
5. Come Back
6. Andes Yo-Yo
7. In Heat
8. That Bus(Should Be Comin' Any Time)
9. Who Needs You(To Be Alone)
10. Blue Street
11. Fishtank Invasion
12. Weigh This, Son
13. See the Sun
14. Crayon Session
15. Poor Me
16. If You Can Get Up
17. Heaven
18. Ginger's Tale
19. Planet Get-Down(Lost Planet)
20. In the Way of Grey
21. Run, William, Run
22. Testing Hatred 1, 2, 3
23. Freak of Nature
24. 3 Nomads and the Wind

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Doin' Things the Way They Happen
by Karl Blau

1. Sun Reign
2. Ku-Yu-Ru
3. Tighten Up
4. The Silence Is Listening
5. 3 Ghosts and the Wind
6. Seen Through the Couper's Fence
7. Running Game
8. Pain Runnin'
9. The Oldest Couples
10. Of Loop
11. My Other Face/Totally
12. Tumblebee
13. Gotta Goom-Goom
14. Mezmariah
15. Right Eye
16. Man In the Pocket
17. Piper of the Sun
18. Nightmare
19. Groundhog Blues
20. The Big Light

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The Dragon Tape
by Karl Blau

1. Vultures
2. After All That Fearing/So Many Others
3. Fisherman's Net Pt. 1
4. I Am A Wave
5. Synth Study
6. Thank You, Fenix
7. The Guitar Wants to Help
8. When Silence Gives Birth
9. Fisherman's Net Pt. 2
10. Trafton Lake

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Into The Nada


1. Into the Nada
2. Sprout
3. The Guitar Wants to Help
4. A Moment
5. Thought Too Much
6. Salt My Heart
7. Ancient Love Affair
8. Vultures
9. Let It Go Wild

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Songs To Make A Living - Digital Album







One Summer Night On Halloran - Digital Album
songs recorded on Samish Island by Familia Wanderstaff: Eddy Blau, Nick LaRue and Karl Blau





Purple Shack of 4-Track - Digital Album
Recorded at the Purple house that is now Starbucks on Commercial Ave, Anacortes with guest appearances from Bret Lunsford, Bill Cook, Eric LaRue, Brian Tottenham, & Nick Myer

Each Kelp album is $8.99 to download.
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Kelp 1: The Dark, Magic Sea - Digital Album

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Kelp 2: The Coconutcracker Suite - Digital Album

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Kelp 3: Turning Tutu/Turning Leaves - Digital Album

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Kelp 4: Dunkel Blau - Digital Album





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Kelp 5: Purple Heart - Digital Album

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Kelp 7: Remember Tomorrow - Digital Album

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Kelp 9: Dubble Dooty Booty - Digital Album





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Kelp 11: It Was Hot, We Stayed In The Water - Digital Album





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Kelp 12: Welsh Phantoms&And Other Ghosts Of Western Europe - Digital Album





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Kelp 13: Sea / Saw - Digital Album

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Kelp 14: Stereoearrings - Digital Album





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Kelp 15: If I Knew Zen What I Know Now - Digital Album

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Kelp 16: AM - Digital Album

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Kelp 17: Sing Together / Lonely Under The Covers - Digital Album





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Kelp 18: Beer & Chai - Digital Album

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Kelp 22: Bread -N- Grease - Digital Album

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Kelp 23: Trunkal Howl




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Kelp 26: Dance Positive - Digital Album

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Kelp 27: Good Lovin' County and Beyond - Digital Album




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Kelp 28: In Return Of Ghost Country - Digital Album

My friend Kyle from Westminster, Maryland has been setting up incredible shows in his tiny home town (population something like 16,000) that I had the privilege of seeing in its hay day this past year(what I perceive as its hay day). The Deal With the Pine Trees is what he calls the shows. Usually they're in the park (Deer Park I believe), so they're outside in the warmer months, but it was January or so when I was there with Steve Moore. The show of ours was at a coffee shop -- but a good sized room -- and I couldn't believe it walking into this place, it was packed wall to wall: over 100 kids there to see the show. At the door they were taking money and had hand made all the tickets, so it felt very official and yet fun.
Anyways, it's not all ice cream and limos putting on shows, it's often headache and pay out of your own pocket. It's tons of work: postering/flyering, alerting friends, getting the papers' attentions-- not to mention then who's gonna run sound, run the door, general security (so the cops don't bust the under-age drinkers and shut you down, etc); not to mention where is this show gonna be in the first place...
I have been exchanging emails with Kyle now after he's been setting up shows in his li'l town of Westminster, MD for over a year now. He's tired, he's broke--worse, in debt. We can hypothesize why he did it: to get his town exposed to bands happening outside the mainstream. What's in it for him? It's good experience, it's actually really fun at times and you can see the effects it has on your peers: it's infectious seeing other people express themselves in a way that they make the music theirs.
There is a lot of energy going into Myspace for example, people seem to have a lot of energy, but what about in their local scenes? Do people know that their energy is needed to pitch in and help out? There is a thriving house venue scene in Seattle now, I'm curious if they can chime in with their recent experiences, I'll try to look up some folks and ask them how it's going...
If you're going to respond to this, please no bashing.
The following is from this Kyle I speak of:

"kb-
yeah... it seems that many of the people around here just expect to be able to show up to an event and not have to pay anything. i'm left in the position of being "too business-like" by really pushing them to pay to come into the shows because there have been far too many cases of me having to cover the difference to meet a guarantee, or sometimes (if the person didn't really ask for a specific amount) i put in some of my money b/c i can tell they haven't been eating much, etc.

and people seem to think i've been making money. i've had to live in a car for a few months, and now am living with a friend's family because i can't even begin to afford a place myself. over the past year, i have spent well over $3,000 putting on these shows and getting equipment.

the fact that you have a family and have been able to care for them is incredible and very inspiring to me. some people have a hard time understanding how hard it is to be involved in the music business and actually provide for yourself and a family. i've worked hundreds of hours on this festival, skipped college, lived without health care (and i'm an intense asthmatic), etc. the only other job i've been able to continue to show up to is a part time job at record and tape traders (a music store!) and that's only after a year of booking shows..."

one message later:

"if everyone in each town and small city where there are shows helped a bit, the shows in their area would improve beyond everyone's wildest dreams. when volunteerism increased around here, more bands were able to come from out of state, there was more diversity in both musical acts and people in the crowd... we were able to begin to purchase better equipment...
then fast forward a few months where one or two people are left promoting the shows, running the events (sound, money collection at the show, housing bands, paying for guarantees unmet, paying for food for traveling bands, etc.)
pretty soon those few folks are losing money, getting frustrated and so on. at that point, it's up to the community to salvage everything. and that's where we are now here in westminster. i don't know if people will step up, or if this community will let it die. it is all up to them..."