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Saturday, May 14, 2005

...and this is what's going on.

Jandek project is not stopped, but kind of on hold for now. The audio project part of my life has been getting busy and I'm getting tired of emails and phone calls saying, "Update your blog, dammit!!!"

I've recorded a couple of songs for the Jawbone Radio Podcast show. One of them, "Nora (&Len)" is played at the end of the show, and I've sent a little quick thing I call "MST Jawbone", a version of the theme to Mystery Science Theater 3000, with new lyrics about the Jawbone show.

Pre-production has begun for the next full-length D.Verada project. Songs are the main focus, this will be a genre-busting affair, if I do all the stuff I want. More as that comes together.

I'm also re-discovering my record collection, thanks to the unbelievable program SoundSoap Pro from BIAS Software. This thing takes recordings and removes the unwanted elements. In the case of phonograph records, the surface noise, clicks and crackles are removed to the point where a well preserved record sounds as good as a CD, with the warmth of analog intact.

Some of the records I've transferred lately:

Robert Rental and The Normal: Live
Bill Nelson's Red Noise: Sound On Sound
Hawkwind: A Space Ritual
Hawkwind: Quark Strangeness & Charm
Raydio: Rock On
Then there's the Sparks catalog. So far I've immersed myself in: Kimono My House, Propaganda, Indiscreet, Introducing, and Big Beat. Ron Mael is a terrifically under-appreciated composer.

Yes, I know that a lot of these records are available on CD, and sometimes with extra cuts. But a lot of these are over-priced imports and with the tunes I actually want to put on my iPod, it is much more rewarding to transfer the vinyl I loved originally. I also transfer records, cassettes, reel-to-reel and 8-track tapes for a fee. E-mail me for details.

Monkey Call is playing a new venue next weekend. More info in a separate entry.

I'm toying with starting a podcast later this year. This will be mainly about music and will feature lots of interviews I did in the 70s and 80s with now-classic rock and roll people.