'Hell Bound'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jerusalem is shorter, chopped-up pieces of "Dopesmoker". I like it, but it's stoner metal: you have to go with the longer-toothed, more organic stuff if you really want to get that feeling.
I'm listening to the mix right now, and I think it may be the least female-friendly mix I've ever made.
OK, the pure evil has wrapped up. This brings to mind an oldie but goodie Strong Bad email: [link]
Ahh, I didn't realize that's what Dopesmoker was. In my defense, there are versions titled Jerusalem that aren't chopped up: [link]
Wow, I didn't realize it was quite that complex! Pass the bong.
Some kind soul has synchronicitously made Dopesmoker available on megaupload: [link]
Is that a different rip from the one in my link?
Oh, I doubt it. I didn't realize there were download links in yours.
Did anybody else know this?
""Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" means "By Me, You Are Beautiful" - a triple entendre which could mean either "To me, you are beautiful", "Standing with me, you are beautiful" or "Compared to me, you are beautiful.""
Despite a serious degree in music composition, Michael Hearst isn't too worried about his latest work getting the surround-sound treatment. In fact, his self-explanatory new solo release, Songs for Ice Cream Trucks, was recorded specifically to sound good coming from the beat-up tweeters of popsicle pushers' rolling stock.
"I talked in-depth with drivers," Hearst says, "and was told to take into consideration the speakers the music would be played through. In other words, no crazy bass and drums. Ice cream truck music has always used high-end chimes because those sounds carry better through air."
Hearst, who collects bizarro instruments the way others collect MySpace friend requests, jammed everything from claviola, bass, guitar and melodicas to theremin, glockenspiel, percussive toys and even a vintage Casio keyboard into his Ice Cream playhouse.
"Especially the glockenspiel and Casio," he says. "The Casio might have some of the worst drum-machine and keyboard sounds known to mankind. It's really fantastic! Theremin is one of the last instruments you'd think would work with ice cream trucks, but I have three. I mostly play the Moog Etherwave. Unfortunately, there's only so much you can do with it without driving people insane."
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In fact, ice cream trucks around the nation have started ditching their glockenspiel nightmares, adopting his soundtrack for a refreshing change of sonic scenery.
"I first heard Michael's music on MySpace about a year and a half ago," explains Matt Allen, also known as the Ice Cream Man in Los Angeles. "Since then, I've played it from my truck Bessie. It sounds like something you'd hear in a movie about ice cream."
Not music-related, really, but we thought last night was the night for the 2nd Industries baby. Mrs. Industries was having irregular contractions for a few hours, but they must have been Braxton-Hicks, because she's back to normal again.