Even MORE downloads...

More of my own shit...this one's pretty old. Jim Jones Catering Service was probably the 3rd or 4th 'real' band I was ever involved in. I wrote most of the music and lyrics for our tunes, and it was a chaotic blend of Nirvana-ish rock, math-rock time signatures, and free-jazz saxophone...all with catchy choruses and 3-part dude vocals. I dunno, that's how it was described to me more than once, anyhow. I'm not sure if everybody wants me using full names, but the lineup (for this record) was as follows:

Kellen - Drums
Matt - Saxophone/Vocals
Me - Guitar/Vocals
Kyle - Guitar/Vocals
Chris - Bass
Tom - Keyboards/Vocals

although our bassist from conception until about 2 months before this album was a dude named Boe. Not to get into too much detail, but we played for about 3-4 years, cutting 2 EPs and 1 full length album all ourselves before deciding to do a 'studio' LP with Mark Larmee at Broadside Productions. Probably the best-sounding recordings I've ever played on.

The music (save saxophone and keyboards) was recorded live, mostly in 2-3 takes (sometimes less). If I remember correctly, we tracked to tape (1/2"???) and then Mark mixed and mastered the whole thing in Pro-Tools.

The catch? We broke up about a week before the masters came back to us, and never did a damn thing with this record. Oh well.

Jim Jones Catering Service (aka JJCS) - 'Catch and Release Music'

Tracklist:

1. The Crabtree Tango
2. The Twin Towers Fell Over Because Some Kids Can't Respect Their Parents
3. Otra Vez, Motherfucker
4. On the Deathbed with Dutch Schultz
5. Bitch Needs a Tomato
6. The Yelping of a Wounded Dog Wouldn't Change Your Mind
7. Mushroom Farm
8. Fourteen Million
9. God Made Hands for Praying, Not for Flashing Gang Symbols
10. Message to the Native Americans: Finder's Keeper's
11. Premarital Sects
12. Size Zero in Nothing (The Crocodile Smile)
13. Ladies + Beer
14. Space Shuttle
15. This One Goes Out to __________

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Old Kalamazoo rock band demos...check it

I promised some downloads, so here's this:

Logic Bomb was apparently one of the many early-90's alt-rock bands from K-zoo that almost made it big, but had things fucked up somehow. I never got a chance to see them play, but basically the same band members formed a group called PAWN (Parental Authorities' Worst Nightmare) around 95-96. I might upload their stuff here, too.

I have no idea what the fuck these guys are doing now, although I tried to get in contact with them a while back for booking a show with no luck. Does anybody know what the hell?

Anyhow...these tracks aren't arranged in any particular order, but this file's got:

Angst of a Redneck Town
Did You Say Zigelmorph?
Furry White Pussy
Hate Me, Kill Me
Homecoming King
Joy Curve
Little Happy Thing
Mr. Sunshine
Scum
T on YS gr AND ma
The Scent of Afterbirth
Third Planet from the Sun
Voyage
Voyage (remix)

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The sound kind of reminds me of a more quaaluded-out Nirvana with sloppier musicianship and darker (if you can believe it) lyrics. Lots of drugs, hate, violence, etc.

We used to go see these guys at our community hall all the time, so hearing all this stuff is definitely a trip down memory lane.

Shameless self-plug, but still a download or two

The band I play guitar/sing sometimes in, Whimper Warrior, has just recorded and released our first EP. Basically, we recorded it ourselves in a studio during the graveyard shift on borrowed time, abused printing privileges at a job or two to create the artwork (stole a 19th century painting for the cover art as well) and 'pressed' the CD with a burner working on overtime and some spray paint for the artwork. It's what I like to call the 'lazy independent.' We're thinking $2 a copy since we put a lot of sweat into this shit, plus it's half an hour long (even with just 5 songs.) Here's an idea of what's to be expected. It's a track called "Sandbox," and it's brought to you in high-quality .wav format.

This week's edition of Obscuro! will feature 'electronic pioneers.' This includes early synthesizer-based musicians, rock bands with electronic leanings, and a whole lot of fucked-up noise. It will be volume 2 in a genre-series I'm doing, which started with last week's "Incredibly Strange Metal, Basement Funk and Hard Rock Oddities." Dunno how long this'll last for...probably til I get bored and start doing something else. So, enjoy for the moment. Or don't. But, you can always check out the Obscuro! back catalog.