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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Alternative Radio In Tulsa Oklahoma Circa 1990 - 1995

I found this video online and just had to post it to our blog. If you were into the alternative music scene in the early 90's and you lived in Tulsa and you listened to the radio you probably heard this.

That was alternative radio in the early 90's before alternative became mainstream. God, I miss that radio station. That's Mother Theresa bringing you the newest in progressive and alternative music from the radio station KCMA The Edge Of Insanity EOI.

If you're wondering what Theresa is doing now....well.....she seems to run this website

VLOGGING THE APOCALYPSE

Friday, April 10, 2009

I'm Such a Filthy Little Whore

I feel so dirty. As a musician in this new age of the internets I'm constantly having to market my music. It very difficult to know where to draw the line sometimes. The artist in me wishes he didn't have to do all this tedious work. I would much rather be working on music than typing this blog but this blog might be the one thing that causes you to buy our album. It's all about exposure. If you don't expose yourself to people they won't buy your product. Would you like for me to expose myself? I bet you would.

I'm a very private person. You probably would have never guessed that from reading my blogs. I like my privacy and doing this kind of work doesn't allow you to have a private life. It's disrupting. It's disturbing. I don't like it.

And at the same time I love it. I love the music. I love the thrill of playing before a crowd. I enjoy mingling with the fans after a good show. (mingling after a bad show is just kind of depressing....rather go home and cry in a beer) But it's really the making and performing of music that thrills the artist - it's not marketing. However, we are forced in this new economic climate to market ourselves.

Please forgive me. I beg you to forgive me. I'm a recording artist and I really don't know the first friggin' thing about marketing and advertising. I'm guessing as to what will work and won't work. I'm experimenting. And I have absolutely no concept of what's too little or what's too much. I'm not a graphic designer, I'm not a website designer, I'm not a professional advertising agency, I'm not a booking agent, I'm not a major record label - I'm a musician. But if I ever want a lot of people to hear my music I have to learn to be all of the things I previously listed. I have to adapt and learn. It's the only way to make it in this business.

If you are a fellow musician and you're trying to learn more about how to whore yourself out to the masses I would recomend you read a book by Martin Atkins titled Tour Smart: And Break The Band. I think I'm in the third of 4th chapter but it's been a great read so far. This guy really has some insight on what you will face on the road while touring. It's mostly about touring but there are some good things in there about whoring yourself out for the almighty dollar. Martin seems to understand that a band won't make it in the business if they aren't willing to adapt and become a filthy little whore willing to do any job that has to be done. You have to be willing to work in order to make something of yourself and most musicians don't seem to grasp that concept.

MMMMM ..... rim job.

I felt that after a rant like that it's only appropriate to include the following clip of The Who performing My Generation on the Smothers Brothers show. Good god I want to blow up some friggin' drums. But it's more my style to just set them on fire.

Monday, April 6, 2009

CSI - What Horatio Caine and Brian Have In Common

I know....I know.....in the past I've been known to say that there hasn't been anything good on television since MacGyver went off the air. I might have been exaggerating just a bit. I tend to do that.

I loves me some CSI. Specifically I loves me some CSI Miami - but I'll watch any of the shows. They are all quite good. I love CSI Miami because I enjoy David Caruso as Horatio Caine.

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What a badass!!!! What a badass with red hair!!!! I love the way he never looks the bad guys in the eye when he talks to them. He's always looking off into the distance - looking at something else when he talks to them. It seems to say "you're not important enough for me to even look at" or maybe "you're such scum I can't bear to look at you" or maybe still "I'm just doing this to make you paranioid - is it working?". Whatever it is I friggin' love it. I haven't been this excited about a tough guy character since Clint Eastwood did Dirty Harry.

The other thing I love about CSI - it's really quite gross. I love eating while I'm watching. Having dinner during CSI is a blast. Nothing like eating and watching some person having their chest split open. "Oh....what's that? Oh, is that puss coming out of that wound? Oh good lord - it squirted into that guys eye. Can you hand me the chips and dip?"

I hated to see William Peterson (Gil Grissom) leave the main show. He was kind of my favorite on that program. However, I'm extremely physced to see Laurence Fishburn (Ray Langston) fill his shoes. Wow, what a fenomanal actor. It will be interesting to watch his character develop.

Well, I'm going to go practice my Horatio Caine tough guy bit in front of the mirror now. Have to work on some of those tacky cop show sayings - the ones they always say after they bust the badguy. What was the one they used on the show last night? Oh yeah....now I remember.....

Badguy: I'll get away because my family will get me the best defense money can buy.

Horatio: The best defense is an honest life.

Oh Horatio - you're so zany.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Music - Here's what I think.........

I love it when people ask me what kind of music I like. You see....there isn't really a genre of music that I don't like. I'm not one of those people that says I love rap and r&b but I can't stand country. I'm open to all types of music in all genres. There are so many flavors of music that I want to try them all. I believe that I can learn something from anything I'm exposed to no matter how new or old. I hate it when people say that they don't like a certain type of music because it's too old or it's not the newest thing.

I cringe when I hear people say - "This new music don't make no damn sense to me. It's all noise. The singer don't make no sense. And what the hell is up with them rappers. They ain't even singing....they just saying the words. Hell, that ain't no music at all." I can't tell you how much this kind of statement makes my brain hurt. Why must people be so damn closed minded? I hate to be the one to break this to you but the music of your generation was not the best music ever made!!!!

Then there are the people that live under the ridiculous notion that listening to certain types of music can influence you to do all sorts of terrible things (kill other humans, do drugs, commit suicide, have unprotected sex with your sister, etc). If you do this sort of thing after listening to a particular album then you have serious self esteem issues. Don't blame the musician for your lack of frickin' judgement. Musicians can create works of fiction in the same way an author creates a book of fiction. If you choose to take it to heart and kill yourself over it that's your problem.

The human race is so narrow minded. We don't see much further back than the past decade. We consider music from the 80's as old or classic. This sort of focus makes me sad. Let's try to broaden our musical horizon. Look outside the box.

Friday, April 3, 2009

All Women Are Bisexual - All It Takes Is a Good Pillow Fight

I bring you the stories that are really important. The ones that will personally touch your life. Stories that are really old but still very important.

Read the article...

http://www.villagevoice.com/people/0327,taormino,45199,24.html

Yes, my pretties, the money for your childs education is being spent on programs that teach them to sit in chairs and watch large amounts of porn. At least that's the way it works at Northwestern University. Yes, a professor at this particular university is snapping devices to your precious little children's genitals to find out the particular porn that arouses them.

Here's what they learned. Straight guys don't get off watching male on male porn but the women (both straight and gay) get off watching.....well.....just about any type of sex. They should have thrown some animal porn in there. Sorry, I'm just curious like that.

Now read my conclusion.

CONCLUSION

This proves that all women are bisexual. Okay, it doesn't prove it but it is hard evidence leaning in that direction and I have chosen to accept it as fact. Men can rejoice the world over with this discovery. Yes, gentleman, that three way you've always dreamed of is actually possible. Tell your significant other to go out and bring home another girl 'cause statistical evidence proves that females want other females. There is hope of a brighter future. My dreams may someday come true.

Now it is up to all of the females out there to fess up to their secret desires. Don't try to hide it....come out of the closet and admit that it turns you on when you see some hot girl on girl action......or men on men.....or girls and men.....or goats and men.....or horses and women......or goats and horses. All females are perverts.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Too Many Dorks With Too Much Time on Their Hands

I love the internet. If you ever feel like you haven't accomplished much in your life just search around the internet and you are sure to find someone that is more pathetic than you will ever be. The internet has opened my eyes to the fact that there are a lot of people out there in the big wide world that have absolutely no life. I would love to make fun of these people but in a way I have to admit that I envy them.

Wouldn't you love to have time to do something like this

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Nothing like spending all of your spare time working on marvelous lego creations. I love legos and I'd love to have the time to do this.

Or maybe something like....I don't know....this.....

http://www.angelfire.com/ultra/joshtx/goth.html

Yeah....you're going to actually have to go to another site to enjoy this one. Click the link!!!

Nothing like taking the time to bash a group of people for wearing strange clothes and playing games. Good stuff!

And then there are all the terrible videos on YouTube. Good lord there is a lot of crap on there.

I salute you!!! If you are one of these bored individuals that has no life....I salute you!!! You great wastes of space....I want to be like you. Oh, wait, I am like you, because I'm posting this stupid blog about you. How ironic.

Well, I gotta go.....gonna work on my "I Hate Kenny G" website. I also hate people that play characters named Kenny G in role playing games.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Something's Up With Jack

Something's up with Jack
Something's up with Jack
Don't know if we're ever going to get him back
He's all alone up there, locked away inside
Never says a word, hope he hasn't died
Something's up with Jack
Something's up with Jack

Hello my little droogs. Good golly good morning to you. Have you been worried about your pretty little boy Brian and his fun elastic waistband pants? Don't worry --- he's fine. There have been some turbulant times over the last few months. A lot of things have changed. I lost a grandfather. I quit smoking. I launched a website. I received a promotion. There are almost too many things changing for me to list. It has been crazy.

Some people are scared of change.

It's really a shame. Those that are scared of change will be left behind. Those that don't embrace the future will become relics of the past. Those that sit still will begin to grow moss and they will be forgotten. I don't want to be one of these.

I'll be pushing forward with more activity over the next few months. Euphonic Dissonance will be bringing you more exciting blogs dealing with extremely cool things that the members of ED do in their illustrious lifestyles. There will be video blog as well as text blogs (for those of you who know how to read). There will be new music and new music videos. Oh...and don't forget....the new TECH MESSIAH album is coming. We've already released the song Black & White. The song 1984 is almost finished and we have 2 if not 3 songs still in the oven. This album is going to be hot. Don't miss a single moment of its inception.

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