Apr
Tonight! Beat Kitchen 10pm. #chicagoband #inspectorowl #sharks #beatkitchen
Dec
C-Bear and the Baby Lord.
Dec
Corey loves Peter. Peter loves Corey.
Dec
Jesse…hard at work.
Dec
Here is Taylor Swift’s “Trouble” covered by a 50-kid “rock orchestra.” It was not exactly what I went in search of - as with all hyper-compressed contemporary pop-rock hits, I yearn for a meaty but well-considered screamo cover - but man oh man am I happy it exists. It’s such a sharp song, full of discrete sounds, that it doesn’t really make sense for that many guitars and drummers, especially compared to some of their other selections like the already-smeary “Strawberry Field Forever” (though that one’s done by just a regular small combo). Dozens of guitars can’t physically produce the crisp on-off noise we’re hearing in the original. Instead, what we get is remarkably (but unsurprisingly, in retrospect) like a Glenn Branca noise, a toothy cloud of distortions, square waves piled on top of square waves until it becomes round. It makes the song more like the sensation it produces in your head as you hear it, the voice singing it and other voices singing along, the recording itself and all its other possibilities simultaneously. There are lots of other pleasures, too: the synchronized head-bang at the first chorus, the small surprises of the vocal solos, the killer but totally out-of-place Slash guitar solo. A wonderful piece of work.
Oh man, I love this so much.
I cried involuntary tears of joy as the first chorus kicked in.
Morning made. The Fight Club poster seals it.
This was neat. I like it when all of the drummers sync up on the triplet hits at the end. Then the kid busts out a crazy solo and melts my face.
Dec
Office Holiday Party Fashion
Corey: Think we should dress up funny for the office party?
Me: What are you thinking?
Corey: Cowboys?
Me: [pause] You might be on to something here.
An actual conversation between Corey and a co-worker.
Dec
Currently looking for some awesome Holiday Sweaters. I like this one too.
T/F: The only Christmas sweater I’d ever consider wearing.
New Music!
