STAYIN, ALIVE

I'm eating lunch and thinking music...

Thievery Corporation - Mandala(Pathaan Remix)

Blaqstarr & Diplo - Get Off(Jack Beats RMX)

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OLD MUSIC MONDAYS

Not sure how set I am about the title or these posts I am doing for Mondays. After all, any music after today is technically old... Right? Maybe I'll change it to just Music Mondays. Either way I have found tons of music that I was into and I am still into.

I'm kind of a sensitive guy and therefore I like to listen to music that really hits you in the heart. That kind of sounds wack but it's true and I don't care if you make fun of me the next time you see me... Whatever. Now I'm not talking about listening to Lionel Ritchie's End Less Love or anything like that. I'm talking about...

Hayden.

This guy is from Ontario, Canada and has been around since about 1994 or so. I got into him by mistake really. I went to The Khyber Pass in Philly when I was living there in 1995 and ended checking this dude's show out... I was blown away by his presence. It was just him, a Guitar and a Harmonica. Deep voice and super real lyrics. He is a great musician and song writer. I was instantly hooked and got his first record "Everything I Long For."

Check out these tracks from that records..



I'm To Blame
Stem
Assignment In Space With Rip Foster

Buy his music from HERE

Another group that I was into at the same time was Knapsack. Definitely more Emo I guess. They stemmed from a group called SamIam who were equally as Emo. Whetever Emo was at the time I guess. I never called it Emo until somebody told me about the "genre." Whatever, it's still great music and I have these records on vinyl only, so I recently discovered my records again and started to reminise about when I saw them in NJ at the Roxy! Wow what great times there. Anyway these guys were great and I don't think that they are together anymore which is fine because I'm sure they were unstable as a band anyway... Hehehe.



Tracks from there second record "Day Three of My New Life "


Diamond Mine
Boxing Gloves
Tracks from "This Conversation Is Ending Starting Right Now"

Hummingbirds
Please Shut Off The Lights
Katherine The Grateful

You should go to Alias Records and check out what they have and Buy stuff.

Thanks for checking in this week and give me some feedback ad let me know what you think. You can actually leave me a comment in the post... Really!!!

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Thanks again... Later.

OLD MUSIC MONDAYS?

Well I'm back with some more goodies... At least I think so. I have a ton of music, so I could go on forever with this. Last week I mentioned my first CD I bought was HR - Human Rights. It actually was Tapes '84-'86, which equally was an amazing record. It had more of a Bad Brains feel to it but of course in HR's direction... Let me drop some tracks for you.

It'll Be Alright
Let's Have a Revolution
Power of the Trinity

If you dig these... You should go to this SST Records Link and buy this record... or other goodies from this label.

So kind of from the Rodan tip... I decided it would only be appropriate to post some stuff from June of 44. These guys formed in 1994 after Rodan split up. I was fortunate enough to see these guys at Upstairs At Eric's in Philly and I was blown away by their live show. Beyond tight and beyond amazing! They made a bunch of records and eventually broke up in 1999 I think. Anyway, I have all there records on vinyl and I can't seem to find some of the CD's, but here are some tracks from "Engine Takes To Water" and "The Anatomy of Sharks"



Pale Horse Sailor
Have A Safe Trip Dear
Sink Is Busted


Sharks and Sailors
Boom
Seemingly Endless Steamer

These are from Quarterstick Records... So go check that shit out!

OLD MUSIC MONDAYS?

Well before there was MP3's, Ipod's, CD's and other music communication devices... There was Records, Record Players, Tapes, Tape Players and what have you. I think I bought my first CD in 1988 in Philadelphia. It was HR (Of The Bad Brains). Human Rights. Amazing CD an in an amazing small package... well not too small because they were trying to market CD's like records, so hey put them in this waste of a long package that had about 5 inches of dead space... He he he. Anyway, to make this sort of a new beginning of posts I want to run...I want to make a up an Old Music Monday's type of thing, just because I have so much freakin' music that I try to play but I never do. So to start things off, I want to post an article I just checked out about Rodan. This was my favorite group in the 90's and they changed the way I listened to music from then on. Listen to the tracks and take it all in because I am still doing that to this day.






Artist: Rodan
Album: "Rusty" Release Date: April 1994
 Label: Quarterstick Records
Genre: Math-Rock, Indie-Rock, Experimental-Rock, Post-Rock, Post-Hardcore
 Mood: Cathartic, Self-Conscious, Somber, Gloomy 
Reminds Of: June Of 44, Slint, The Sonora Pine, Sonic Youth




 Everyone seems to know a great deal about Rachel's and the Shipping News, two of Jason Noble's most recent projects. Most seem to know about June of '44, Jeff Meuller's pre-Shipping News project. Many know whom Tara Jane O'Neil is, and that she's played with Retsin and the Sonora Pine. Hell, some even recognize Kevin Coultas' name from the time he put in with Come. But what most people don't realize is that all four of these talented people came together to form Rodan. Existing briefly - less than three years - Rodan managed to amass a small, devastating catalogue. The cream of their crop was Rusty, their only full-length album. A combination of all things good from the realms of hardcore, jazz, math-rock and the then-unnamed post-rock, Rusty is a six-song masterpiece that deserves the same respect as anything Slint, Shellac or Godspeed You Black Emperor! have ever released. And that is exactly the terrain Rodan used to excavate: noisy, scrappy post-punk stretched to its emotional and sonic limits; tremendously long arrangements that never relied on repetition and that beat every drop of meaning and worth out of their every second. And "beat" is the right word. Rusty is heavy. It is violent. Imagine if you will, the Dillinger Escape Plan melding with Slint. You may have noticed that I have dropped the S-word twice already, and I really should take a moment to address this. Yes, Slint and Rodan both hailed from Louisville, KY; yes, each band was made up of expert musicians; and yes, they both wrote lengthy, dynamic songs, but the similarities end there. Slint wrote sparse, jarring pieces that made use of space, subtlety and those wonderfully crushing volume shifts. Rodan, on the other hand, wrote busy, turgid, churning songs that rarely used volume as a dynamic because the music was almost always loud as fuck. Yet I still see the words "Slint" and "Rodan" used synonymously almost everywhere I look. And perhaps that's why I needed to write this, to remind people that Rodan was unique, and that Rusty has held up as well, if not better, than the other indie rock classics of the early '90s. It is nothing less than 43 minutes of painstakingly, lovingly, expertly assembled thunder: alarming as it shudders above you, soothing as it rolls in the distance. The album opens with the rich, chiming layers of "Bible Silver Corner", a guitars-and-bass instrumental that sees the members of Rodan work through several gorgeous, distinct movements, provoking tears with its beauty, paranoia with its dissonance, wonder with its whole. It never gets loud, forcing you to pay attention to every note and echo. Picture modern-day Fugazi playing a Rachel's composition in a candle-lit cathedral. Is the hair on the back of your neck standing up yet? If so, prepare for it to be singed off by the alarmingly harsh "Shiner". In two-and-a-half minutes, Rodan blasts through six alternating movements, each one an off-kilter, complex blow to the head. Fierce and visceral in all the places "Bible Silver Corner" was haunting and delicate, "Shiner" sets the stage for the poetic brutality that is the rest of the album: dual-guitar mangling, an other-worldly rhythm section and Jason Noble's bark-wail-whisper vocals. I wish I could describe his screaming of "Shoot me out the sky", but without being able to show the words ripping in half, italics will have to do. The final four songs are an unthinkable amalgam of the first two. "The Everyday World of Bodies", a twelve-minute exercise in tension, shifts seamlessly from punishing, percussive math-rock to quiet, albeit rough-hewn, mazes of plaintive tenderness. It's a constant juxtaposition that never grows tired, but it does run its course, and that's when the variations begin. Guitars begin fluttering and clashing in different ways, time signatures are hacked at and the crucial refrains - "everything changes", "come on, come on, come" and "I will be there" - are unveiled, expanding the song's revolving structure while exposing "Bodies" for what it is, a love song. And when those lovers' promises are finally unleashed in Noble's ragged bellow, they are as chilling as they are lovely. "Chilling" can also be used to describe Tara Jane O'neil's vocals, fully introduced in the early stages of "Jungle Jim". A lonely, disturbing groan, it's a perfect contrast to Noble's voice, and floats like a dense fog over the dissonant, spooky verses. But this is Rodan, so the quiet soon erupts into a scraping whirlwind. "Jungle Jim" does the quiet-loud dance, but avoids redundancy by changing tempo and tone. Every dynamic is used, so it's not just a matter of rising tension and release, it's a matter of true contrast. It's an unpredictable, frightening song, replete with a distant feedback and screaming outro that you shouldn't listen to if you're alone in your house. "Gauge" opens with a discordant, sludgy introduction that begins to take shape just as it ends, making way for a very clean, linear structure over which Noble and O'Neil layer cryptic words. "An anthem designed to take care of you", is how the song is described in the liner notes, and I tend to agree. "Gauge" is simpler and more melodic than most of the material on Rusty and there is a definite feeling that the song is an attempt to cope with loss. How better to accomplish healing than with passionate, abrasive art-rock? "Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto" begins with a battered music box and a considerably funky drumbeat, bringing to mind Noble's recent, excellent Permission project. The funk disappears and waves of distorted guitars crash through, loud but beautiful and soothing. A brief quietness ensues, making use of another unsettling vocal performance from O'Neil, and then come the riffs. A brisk, absolutely filthy groove drives the song forward. No blindsiding shifts, just a straight-ahead, ass-kicking track that ends explosively and unexpectedly. And sadly. Only one other person I know owns this album. I have still only read one review of it in my entire life, and that was when I was in tenth grade. If you don't own Rusty, you need to. Please buy it. Together we can teach people that the words "Slint" and "Rodan" do not represent the same things, that Rodan stood on their own, and that Rusty is indeed one of the finest independent albums ever released.

(source: StylusMagazine)


Tracks for your listening pleasure! (click on them if you know better)

Buy these on itunes

Bible Silver Corner
Shiner
Everyday World of Bodies
Jungle Jim
Gauge
Tooth Fairy Retribution Manifesto

ROCKIN' OUT IN JACKSON HOLE!

It's one of the better party nights here in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Thursday Nights at the Town Square Tavern is the place to be. We have had the most consistent crowd on Thursdays for over a year now and it is not stopping now in the fall. With and eclectic mix if of music, you can be sure of a great time with party Dj's such as Vert-One and Therapy mixing it up for your listening and dancing pleasure. Nestled right on the square in beautiful downtown. Just listen for the bass and you will know where the party is at!


Tracks I'm digging right now...

Bassnectar-Art of Revolution (Prepmode RMX)

Don Diablo-Give More Expect Less

Daniel Haaksman-Kid Konga ( Surecut Kids Rmx)

A LITTLE PEEK AT FULL CIRCLE FRAMEWORKS AND GALLERY

This is what is happening right now at the shop. Jrod's show was and is amazing. Come by the gallery if you haven't already and check out his show. There are original and prints available and ready for good homes! Check out http://www.fullcircleframeworks.com for more cool stuff and also http://www.jrodart.com. See you soon... Rocky.

THE ART OF JARROD EASTMAN

Jarrod "jRoD" Eastman from Bozeman, Montana is creating a nice little niche in Jackson Hole and this time he is spreading his love of art to Full Circle. You have seen him for the past few years at the Art Fair and are familiar with his bugged out surreal images of birds, bugs, wildlife, people and other beings.

This show will be a breakthrough from the past shows, so you will definitely will not want to miss it. It runs from September 11 through October 16.

You can get a preview of what he has been up to from his website.

http://www.jrodart.com

We hope to see you out.

By the way... Even if you live outside of Jackson Hole, you can still check out the work on line and support the scene!

WORK IN PROGRESS 5

Thanks to everyone who came out to the show! It was unreal this year! Everyone really stepped up and put forth some amazing time and effort. I could have not done without you and everyone that was involved. Big shout to all of the Artists, Red Bull for the drinks, Back Country Provisions for the food and Rotating Super Structure for the live music!

The show will be hanging until Thursday, July 23... so come on by if you can and check it out and maybe even pick a piece up to support these local artists, it will be well worth the look. Thanks again and we will see you at Roberta Carney's opening on Friday July 24 at 5 PM.

Yeah... and check out this amazing short film by Jesse Brown, Brody Thompson and Elliot! A little insight of the Work In Progress to let you know how it has been going down. We are are not done yet!

Work In Progress from Jackson Hole Snowboarder Mag on Vimeo.

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SUMMERTIME ROLLS

I am praying everyday that is does not rain... I mean I like the rain for the most part, but damn!!! It seems like it has been raining here in Jackson Hole for about a month straight... WTF??? We have had patches of sun here and there and you can almost wear shorts and t-shirts. It's only June 17th for Christ sake! Anyway... we will make it through this wet Spring and Summer will finally hit with instant hot temps, but I am ready! Thursday nights and the TST and Friday Nights at Cafe Ponza... Let's do this!!! Here is my favorite track of the Summer so far. Enjoy!

Dirty Projectors-Stillnes Is The Move

iPhone Posting

This is a revolution!!!


-- Post From My iPhone

CAFE PONZA FREE PIZZA AND THICK BEATS!!!

We are rocking Cafe Ponza on Fridays nights now in Jackson Hole! Free Pizza all night with DJ Vert-One throwin' down his special flavor of beats and Alex Von Salad serving up some free Za and mad drink specials! This is already a sick night so don't miss out on the goods every Friday. Located under te Pink Garter Theatre... 50 W. Broadway. 307-734-2720... Hyyyyaaahhh!!!

STEVEN GLASS ART OPENING

Local Artist, Steven Glass will be showing his new works at the Full Circle Gallery. Steven's style resembles contemporary/urban/graffiti compositions done with mixed media using glass as his canvas. These are all very bold ad graphic images that represent his visual interpretation of thought. Definitely try not to miss this opening as the pieces will go fast! If you can't make the show... we are going to try and have an online art opening... so stay tuned to that. Thanks for the support and we will see you June 5th!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY FRIEND!!!

I miss you my brother. Playing beats for you tonight is just what we need.

LONG LIVE THE KING!!!

DOWN WITH THE KING - RUN DMC (MP3)

FULLCIRCLEFRAMEWORKS.COM HAS LAUNCHED!!!

I just recently launched fullcircleframeworks.com. I am really excited about it and really motivated to bring some framing and art to the masses! I am constantly updating the site, so check it out and let me know what you think! Thanks for all the support!

SIMPLY RUCKUS

What more could be said about Benji Pierson AKA "Ruckus" The man, in my opinion is one of a kind. If you know him, you would know what I'm saying and if you don't... well...better at least meet him once.

Born and raised in Seattle and dealt with Epilepsy for the first 15 years of his life. In turn, that gave him plenty of time to draw. He admired artists such as Joe Johnson and Ralph McQuarrie. Both Sci_Fi art geniuses. He went to college for graphic design but ended up quitting to go snowboarding. He moved to Jackson Hole in 2002 and has been causing a Ruckus since!

He is the Art Director for Storm Show Studios and he is also the primary artist for Rob Kingwill's Avalon 7 snowboarding collective. He Sci-Fi Graffiti style has been seen all around town and just recently at the Snake River Brewing Company. If you missed out on getting one of his pieces... here is a great opportunity to grab one while they are hot! There will be a variety of price ranges so don't be shy.

Dj Sessions from Seattle will also be there spinning some fresh beats for the crowd and who knows... Maybe there will be some Celebs there!

WOULD YOU CONSIDER THIS A MIX TAPE?

I have spun many a records and made plenty of mixes... But for some reason making Mixtapes are something completely different. When I was a kid, I would make mix tapes with my Boombox and WPLJ Radio station. Little did I know there was an art to making a mix tape. It was not only making a list of songs that would work together, but also making sure the EQ's were also dialed and the art work for the cover was cool. Making a mixtape for a girlrfiend or ex-girlfriend was a totally different art form and I know that you know what I'm talking about. I made so many over the years and of course I can't find any of them. Since I started DJ'ing, I have made several mixtapes. Actually I think I made about 10 or so actual "Mixtapes." Damn... I wish I still had some of those. I got my computer around 2000 and started making mix cd's. I fucking hated calling them that. I have made quite a few mix cd's and once again I think I actually have only 2 mixes on record... oh well. Every time you would say "mixtape," people would be like... "They still make tapes?" Anyway... They are always going to be mixtapes to me and I always love making them. I have just recently got a copy of my last mix from my friend because, of course, I don't have one. I figured I would share this with you. I only tried this mix about 5 times before I had to have a CD Release Party. I'm stoked on it... So enjoy!


SOME MIX TAPE I DID LAST YEAR- DJ VERT-ONE-CLICK ON THIS!!!

BACK TO THE 80'S PARTY

YEP... You just can't get away from the 80's. Carl Manic is back for an 80's MegaMix set... Cramming as many 80's Jams as he can into one evening. He is bringing his friend Jon Stantinton along for the evening to throw down as well. Come in your best and worst 80's garb and also the 44th person to walk through the door will receive a $40 bar tab for FREE!!! This is going to be Radical people!

Join Heeb Magazine for the opening reception of the Heeb Hundred Portrait Exhibition, brought to you by the Jackson Hole Jewish Community and Planet Jackson Hole Weekly.

The Heeb Hundred is both a measure of where young Jews are today and a window into their future. The Heeb Hundred consists of artists and actors, musicians and movie-makers, comedians and creative-types, foodies and fashionistas, innovators and intellectuals that you need to know about. The opening reception will feature an open bar from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. and tunes from DJ Vert-one of Four4.