Good morning!

Today, Tuesday April 20 2010, is the official launch date of Cosmic Primitive Records, a web-label run by Marc Cantlin and myself.

Marc has been my main musical co-conspirator for about 18 years. We felt we needed a label as a forum for the musics we’ve made together and separately, and also the music of our many talented friends.

Here is a link to what we’ve done so far:
http://www.cosmicprimitive.com

So far the sounds are heavily on the side of improvised guitar skronk, but we’ve also got some acid-folk (my own “Backatcha, Pod People!!” and also “Acousticophilia” by The Wax Evolution), psychedelic rocknroll (the long-awaited “Lost Soul Island” by Glass Goblins) and there will be other things of diverse nature added to the catalog in the near future.

If you’d like to help us out, I’d love for you to post a link to our site on any tweetspaces, faceblogs, or whatever else you use to interface with the culture… or just FWD this post all over the place.

thanks and good luck,
5-Track

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”