Luis Moreno - This Is Me CD

Stumbled upon (or however it's done in this new facebook world we're lving in) an old buddy of mine from high school, Luis Moreno. The great diaspora that occurs after a class graduates, sent him to of all places, New York (not sure if that's where he went right away, but that's where he is now, about as far away form Burbank as you can get and sttill be in the US. The group of guys that Luis hung out with, "the Mad Hatters" were known for their interest in the Beatles, Bruce Springstein and Charles Manson (ever heard Manson's music...interesting, I'll have to post a 7" I have). Anyway Luis has continued his musical endeavors and just released a CD of his own music. You can give some short samples a listen and pick that up at his CD Baby page. Really cool singer/songwriter type stuff, the kind that is very easy to sit back and groove to.  Luis is such a down to earth a guy and it really is reflected in his music...that laid back emotion.  It's cool to see these creative guys doing their thing and spreading the joy so to speak.  Kinda jealous of all the imaginative people that I grew up with putting themselves out there.  Anyway, like I said, there's short samples of all the tunes at the CD Baby site and also you can pick up a copy from there too.  Here's an example of one of those samples... Thought of You

Adam and Dog - short film

My buddy Davrick had recommended a short animated film to me that had been nominated for an oscar called Adam and Dog. Heart warming stuff, especially for the dog lover. I asked Davrick, who has worked in the animation industry for years, to give me his take on it, "Yeah, Adam and Dog is a great short, and the best part is it's essentially a student film. Unbelievable. If you notice though, in the credits Minkyu had Glen Keane (animation master) as an adviser, so that's definitely a useful consigliere. I actually saw preliminary animation for it two years ago, and couldn't wait to see the final product. I don't know much more about it. I don't actually know Minkyu, except through mutual friends. There's an insightful interview with Mikyu Lee over at Asia Pacific Arts. 15 minutes of your time to be captivated by stunning scenery, inspiring score and a fantastic story (yeah I'm a softy)...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=921YhPq1vqI&w=560&h=315]

Nuisance - Humboldt County 7"

First thing that came to mind on this one, was how horrible Psilocybin mushrooms taste (don't ask me how my brain works).  Some people could handle them, some even enjoyed them, but I was more the peanut butter and crackers type, or better yet steeped in tea. What do you know, an ex-drunk druggie thinking about drugs...hahaha.  Don't really get cravings anymore for the addictive shit, but I'll be damned if I don't feel like taking a little trip. Been acquainting myself with some industrial music, both the classics and some more recent stuff, trying to broaden my musical horizons.  There may be sub-genres within the industrial framework, but I haven't learned the art of differentiating those yet...ambient, noise, drone, etc.  This industrial thing makes great listening while multitasking on the computer, but would really go well with a couple of caps and stems.  Here's some old and new stuff for your sampling pleasure, be sure to look into buying their stuff, these industrial bands tend to be very prolific and have a buttload of releases... Esplendor Geométrico - Unidad De Control Blue Sabbath Black Cheer & Pig Heart Transplant - Untitled Cyrnai - Parts Of The Insomnic Wheel 03 The Guilt Øf… - Social Recall Rewind Ivs Primae Noctis - Solo Odio Throbbing Gristle - No Two Ways/Last Exit Nuisance is a band that we've visited before in the form of their Attractive Nuisance demo. One of very few Humboldt bands to have an impact outside of Humboldt (Mr. Bungle was a big one that comes to mind, still need to post a demo or two of theirs), but I guess they had to move away to do that.  That says nothing about the dynamic nature of the Humboldt scene though, which is vibrant and unique.  Before I go any further, the full content of the Nuisance part of this post was completely stolen from Little Records I Have Loved, but these days blogs are disappearing faster than liquor at a bar, his is an apparently dead blog with no recent updates, and I don't want this lost in time...plus it goes good with the Humboldt stuff floating around here. Do your self a favor and read his post (while it lasts), he really has some good insights and a love for the music.  Anyway, this is a Humboldt band, but this is a Santa Rosa release if that makes sense and as I said I got to see them play live when I first got up to Humboldt. It's funny, some guy got after me in a comment for calling these guys poppy on the other post, but on this 7", which I like better and more closely resembles the live experience I had, they are sort of a punky kind of hardcore, even some metal riffage thrown in. The drummer really shines on this, can't get enough of that rat-a-tat-tat.  You can pick up a copy of this bad boy at Discogs for $5. Three very different tunes here, but I'd say my favorite is the first one.

Terminal Fuckup King Rat Sungod

EDIT: This is my rip of the 7"... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2i2g9sDEi8&w=560&h=315]