http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch it's "Psychedelic" music Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:05:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last 3 weeks we have enjoyed a potpourri of climatic variation. We had a little bit of rain, but not too much. We had one or two blazingly hot days, but not too many. We've had a few days that merited an extra shirt – cool, breezy, bordering ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/03/13/los-angeles-anti-weather-9/ I had the opportunity to play two wonderful shows this week, both with Amanda Jo Williams. The first was held at a place called the Echo Country Outpost, which co-owner Chris insists is "not a venue"! What it is, is, is a funky little store on Echo Park Blvd (corner of ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/03/12/520/ I’m going to try to assume you know your Jimi (but I’m wont to dissertate, so bear with me). I’m going to assume that you either haven’t picked up Valleys Of Neptune yet because, understandably, you have your doubts... Or that you HAVE picked it up and you aren’t ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/03/11/rekkids-jimi-hendrix-valleys-of-neptune/ featuring Woody (acoustic guitar) and 5-Track (acoustic guitar) 1A 3 1B http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/03/07/mp3-spring-in-los-angeles-an-improvised-suite-for-2-acoustic-guitars/ click here to listen: http://www.archive.org/details/5-Track2010-03-05.VientoYAguaglassgoblins For the evening of March 4 we assembled a group including Jef Hogan (electric bass), Jon Franco (drums), Jennifer Ng (percussion), Woody (acoustic guitar) and myself (acoustic wah-wah guitar). I had one rehearsal with Jef and John (who also play bass and drums for Greg Franco's Rough Church), one run-through ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/03/06/mp3-5-track-glass-goblins-viento-y-agua-march-4-2010/ Today is back to the studio with Rough Church. We have four more songs to record, plus a soundscape. It's raining, so I'm feeling Seattle, which ought to be right for these tunes ... one is a punky cover from New Zealand, two are moody electric guitar grooves slid back ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/02/27/rain-outside-the-rough-church/ I’m doing some work for a friend. It’s unusual work, for me, lately. I am proof-reading a forthcoming book release for Tarpaulin Sky. I used to do this with my own work, with that of my friends, and once with a lengthy book in the true crime genre, written by ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/02/24/on-proofreading/ It rained again, less dramatically, for a couple-few days. No tornadoes, little in the way of mudslides, the mania all wrought out in the first go rounds. It was a spring rain. It was a subtle difference. It had less of a density to it, not so much in the way ... http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/02/20/a-rain-cycle-los-angeles-anti-weather-8/ Here's a link to mp3 samples from a slew of cassette-and-CDR releases from the microlabel Boondock Pissoir, including stuff from the Second Family Band, Vosellglaas, and others: http://soundcloud.com/boondockpissoir/sets You can dig the Pissoir's homeblog here: http://boondockpissoir.blogspot.com/ enjoy, 5 http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/02/18/someone-elses-mp3s-a-mess-of-weird/ More information about this track (including Album Cover Art) can be experienced at www.marccantlin.com specifically at the February 13 2010 entry ... lyrics available here http://5-track.com/NeptuneResearch/2010/02/14/mp3-marc-cantlins-body-of-parts/