Hi theres,

I’ve suddenly picked up a few fresh and positive reviews which I will now share with you (in convenient PDF format, tho you can always follow the links back to the source) …

Here is Julian Cope’s review of my new cassette, “OBLATIONS TO A DIGITAL MUSE” –
http://www.5-Track.com/press/HEADHERITAGE_reviews_OBLATIONS.pdf

… and here is a review from TERRASCOPE ONLINE of “Lost Soul Island” by 5-Track & Glass Goblins:
http://www.5-Track.com/press/TERRASCOPE_review_GGLSI.pdf

You can dig them amongst the accumulating nest of other press hither:
http://www.5-Track.com/5/5press.php

hope you-all’s well,
5-Track

I had a bunch of stuff, mainly recorded and mixed on my computer, that I thought would sound good on a cassette.

It does sound good. I was right.

Very nearly 60 minutes worth of analog entertainment, edition of 42, hand-painted covers.

Get yours here

thanks,
5

*NOTE … this podcast is no longer available … my apologies!! Maybe keep an eye on Kosmik Dave’s future playlists, just in case

http://www.kosmikradiation.com/2010.06.11.htm

DJ Dave 3000 out of Madison, WI, has been so kind as to include a track of mine called “COMETS” (the special home-demo semi-4-tracked version with Zlicious on drums!!) in his June 12th Kosmik Radiation Podcast … you can listen to it at the link above … I think I’m in segment 2. It’s a super-cool track imho and I’m not sure where else you’ll be able to hear it anytime soon. A somewhat more rocknroll version will be appearing on the next Glass Goblins album, however.

Food On Earth Bumper Sticker

In case the pic is too small for yer eyes, what this bumper sticker says on it is:

“HOW MUCH OF YOUR FOOD ORIGINATES ON EARTH?”

… just like on the inside of the “Backatcha, Pod People!!” cd-r.

It comes in a 10.5 x 3.5 size, and costs $5.00

serve and enjoy,
5-Track

I am greatly honored (again) to have my work listened to, dug, and raved about by the Arch-Drude himself, Julian Cope. You can read his rant here, about 2/3 down the page:

http://www.headheritage.com/addressdrudion/129/2010/

Among other things, he says that this disc “showcases both 5-Track’s role as natural instrumentalist freebluesman, but tends to overlook/underplay his excellence as a singer of freaked out-yet-enlightened field holler,” which is a WONDERFUL thing to hear. He also says, and this might even be better: “What I rarely get sent – and what makes 5-Track so unique – are songs of such calibre as ‘Floating Around’, ‘It Could Be Time’, ‘Hot Potato Pie’ or the be-all-and-end-all epic ‘He’s not Dead, He’s Just In Texas’.”

As it happens, I got another review today, as well, for the same disc. Here’s a link if you’re curious:
http://babysue.com/2010-Feb-LMNOP-Reviews.html#anchor41664

Good morning!!

Today I am officially releasing a cd. In truth, I sold one and gave one away as far back as last week … and a pre-mastered edition made it to Vermont over a year ago… But for most of you, I have held off until the time was utterly, utterly ripe. Here it is:

“BACKATCHA, POD PEOPLE!!” was recorded in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, Earth, in a big empty house in the spring of 2008. The emphasis of this disc is on songs and singing, and also on what may be my oldest love, loud and gnarly guitar sounds.* The songs were mainly current to the time of the recording, but some of them also dip back a bit in my catalog: “Floating Around” and “Lummi” and “Toad” were all written in, um, 2000? I think?

More recent tunes on “Pod People!!” include “Blues For Horselover Fat“, “Texas”, “Hot Potato Pie”, and “It Could Be Time”.

Besides the analog-tape-and-tube driven tone and the lyrical and melodic spotlight, this disc is about at-odds-ness with one’s surroundings.

So far people seem to be responding well to this music, and I hope you enjoy it, too. More is always on the way.

Love,
5

*In the Rudy Rucker sense of the word “gnarl”

5-Track vs Evan-S
SEAMOO: A Moose, Remixed

I made this album during my first six months in Los Angeles, when I was afraid to leave the apartment. I had the multi-tracks from Evan’s album on my hard drive, so I devoted myself to building something new out of every song from “A Moose Supreme” … This is the result.

…Or you can go and look at the catalog page, which is green and includes an mp3, in case that helps your decision making process.

Simon Lewis and Stephen Palmer say this about that:

“With a funky West-Coast groove, 5-Track and Glass Goblins are a ray of sunshine as they wind their way across the four songs on their EP “Kira”. Sounding like the Grateful Dead on the title track, the sweet vocals and mellowness are perfectly melded together, the softness tempered by the sad lyrics contained within the song. Slightly rockier “Space Angel” contains some excellent lead guitar and a fine bass-line that leads the way through the song, the track ending in a squeal of feedback. With a similar feel, “I Don’t Know What to Do”, is a live track that has a looser feel, the guitar again dominating. Also live is the final 25 minute improvisation “Yuppie Repellent”, a track that sound like it could have been recorded at the Fillmore in 1967, the guitar dancing and weaving through the matrix of sound created by the rest of the band, lovely stuff only slightly marred by an over loud snare drum. As it says on the press release “If you lose your happy thoughts you’ll fall out of the sky”, no chance of that whilst this is playing, I think.”

You can find the Terrascope March 09 Reviews page here:
http://www.terrascope.co.uk/Reviews/Rumbles_March09.htm

and the KIRA CD here:
http://www.5-track.com/CDkira.html

good luck
5

Here’s a set of electric guitar duets I recorded with Woody in Z’s and my living room in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA, Earth, on November 22, 2008. I call this place the Echo Parks Department, because it sounds better than The Pabst Building, which is technically where we live.

The feel here is post-Ali Farka Toure blue-drone-Nile-delta style, as played by a coupla white guys in Los Angeles. And we take it out from time to time, lest you fall asleep. “Exafrical” includes a subtle phase of extended changes to keep your trip interesting.

Click the titles to listen or download:

1 - Intro (Rising Sign)
2 - part one
3 - part two
4 - Exafrical
5 - Outro (Setting Sign)

I had intended this as an optional-purchase downloadable album. But I’ve decided not to charge for stuff I record with the portable mini-disc unless such time occurs as improves the sound quality like mad. So download away. And if you want to send money, please feel free. In fact, if you do, I’ll send you three more tracks from the same session.