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If you have never heard of The Octopus Project, you should begin immediately. This Texas group have been around for a few years, have been winning people over with their brand of music and recently added a “visual artist” into their lineup to add a different dimension to their brand of music. This has resulted in a brand new album called Hexadecagon, which can be purchased on vinyl as a 2LP set. To make it interesting, The Octopus Project have placed locked concentric grooves on it, which means once it reaches the end heads towards the run-off groove, it will infintely loop a sound made specifically for that section of the record. However, a “concentric groove” also means that when you apply the needle to the record, it may play different songs each time the record is played.
In addition to these things, the record comes with a zoetrope, or a series of four zoetropes, one for each side of the record, which you can see by clicking the instructional video below. Short version: you cut out a piece of paper, place it onto the record label, and you will be able to see/watch an animated sequence on your record. Zoetropes have been used on everything from playgrounds to art displays and even McDonald’s Happy Meals, so it’s definitely bringing back the concept of the old, onto a means of audio technology that’s old, into the new and modern digital era to those who may have never known these vinyl tricks can be produced.
To see another example of a zoetrope on a record, click here.
Hexadecagon is out now as a CD and trendy MP3, but the vinyl pressing will be hitting the analog streets on November 9th. You can order your copy from Midheaven.com.
It’s hard to believe that the album was release 21 years ago, but now Kate Bush‘s The Sensual World is getting the audiophile treatment, as Audio Fidelity will be reissuing it as a 180g vinyl pressing. This version was remastered by Steve Hoffman, so if you missed the original UK or US vinyl pressings (I have the U.S. Columbia), you’ll want to spend the money for this one. Not only is it her best selling album, but there’s some great songs on the album, including “Love And Anger”, “The Fog”, “This Woman’s World” (later covered to great effect by soul vocalist Maxwell), and the sensual title track.
You can order your copy from CD Universe, or pick it up at your local record shop when it is released on November 2nd.
Pro: This is a brand new song by Nicole Schersinger, from hopefully will not be an album and/or project that will be scrapped. It’s nice, she’s looking good as always, and with enough of a push it will be a hit.
Con: While the song is okay, it’s not extraordinary. It’s more ordinary than anything, but if one is to compare this with other tracks she has done on her own (i.e. outside of The Pussycat Dolls and Eden’s Crush, it fits in because it has a nice pop sound. The one thing that gets to me is that producers are not utilizing her voice and talent to its greatest potential, and that for the most part, people are trying too hard to fit her into a style that they feel is perfect for her. She can do dance, she can do pop, she can sing soulful, she could be dropping cameos on hip-hop tracks if she wanted. Go back to when she did songs as Nicole Kea and she could easy create nice and beautiful acoustic songs, she would be perfect alongside Jack Johnson, Donavon Frankenreiter, or Bruno Mars. One song of hers that didn’t get pushed properly was a single she did a few years ago called “Super Villain”, where they tried to give elements a slight Lil’ Jon touch. The song, and the two other songs Interscope released around the same time, went nowhere.
So what’s the problem? Too ethnic? Or is it because someone with her background seems difficult to market in today’s music world? She doesn’t look like Lady Gaga or Katy Perry and yet they’re trying to push her in that same bracket, or even Britney Spears. Britney fucking Spears? Scherzinger has a voice, and one that could do some serious damage if she was placed in the hands of the right producers in a recording studio. I’d love to her Scherzinger do a song with Phonte Coleman, or Latoiya Williams, Gloria Ry’ann, Destani Wolf, or anyone who actually has a voice and a soulfulness that makes her more than just a face.
Yes, I say that as a fellow Hawaiian so I’m going to give Scherzinger all the aloha I can from afar. Yet I would not do that if she was someone without the talent. Her track record proves this: she showed up on a VH-1 diva show where the spotlight was meant to be on others, and everyone wanted to know “who was that thin Asian chick who can belt it”? I knew who she was, and all of a sudden she was on radio and TV everywhere. I became a fan, and the voice takes me away. But no one has yet to give her the right songs to take her to the top. Hell, I have a song for her, let’s get ?uestlove on drums, James Poyser and Nicolay on keyboards, and do a song. Why not?
Nonetheless, I show support but I just hope this video is a small hint of the greatness to come. Otherwise, she will get lost in the crowd, and I would not blame her if she were to leave the music industry behind and say “screw this, let me be in films and television, at least people will be in tune with who and what I am.”
Blame the economy, blame modern technology, blame high costs in advertising, you can place the blame on a number of things for the demise of the newspaper industry. It’s a topic that’s discussed everywhere from cable news shows to blogs and forums. People may buy a newspaper out of habit, but a lot of times most people will just read one section and one section only, two at the most. Because of the decline, one thing that doesn’t get any mainstream coverage is the decline of the writing. While people are writing, reporting, and investigating, a lot of times it seems that not enough of it is being done, and it’s bad when it comes from people you know are good writers but get caught up in trying to meet a deadline.
That is the case with an article about a band from Florida named The Supervillains, an indie rock band with reggae and ska overtones in the vein of 311, Sublime, and Linkin Park. The Supervillains are performing locally at a nightclub next week, and the headline in the Tri-City Herald article is that they are a reggae band. One look at their photo tells me that they’re not a reggae band. It’s not because they are all lighter in complexion than the average reggae band, but even if they were, they don’t look like a band that’s strictly reggae. If they were a reggae band, they looked more like a group that combined ska and rock, like The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. To me, they didn’t even look like a ska/rock band. Hell, one of the guys looks like Pick Boy (played by actor Jeff Sutphen) from the old Nickelodeon show U-Pick Live.
Then it was the actual headline that did it for me: Ehh, brah. I’m from Hawai’i, to me that could mean one of two things:
1) These guys are a Jawaiian (Hawaiian reggae) band from Hawai’i
2) These guys are from California, where saying “eh, bra” (which translates to “how are you, my brother?”, “sir, how are you today?” or “howdy, friend”) is a part of the surfing community lingo.
The article, written by journalist Dori O’Neal, says that the term, which is a part of the name of their album, Ehh Brah, Party, “is a familiar greeting used throughout the world of reggae music.”
Um, since when? For as long as I can remember, I’ve always heard a greeting from Jamaica, the island nation which gave the world ska and reggae, as being “ey mon”, as in “hey, man”, same as “how are you, my brother”, “howdy, friend”, or “wassup, bra”. Now, go to Africa, Japan, Hong Kong, India, Australia, or throughout the Pacific Rim. Go to any place where reggae music is a personal favorite, and despite the different accents and language barriers, you will always hear someone saying the word “mon”. “Good music? No problem, mon.” In other words, “ehh brah” is not a familiar greeting amongst the world of reggae music, unless you are part of the surfing communities of California, Hawai’i, Australia, and New Zealand. Now, they are from Florida, where there are a number of surfing communities across the state (Kelly Slayer is from the Cocoa Beach area), so it’s quite possible that the guys in the brand might talk surfer lingo, but they’re also closer to the source of reggae than anyone West of Florida is, and they more than anyone would know that it’s “mon” and not “bra”, or the incorrectly spelled “brah”. Even Jeff Spicoli would say “that’s bogus.”
O’Neal’s article does go on to say that they include rock and punk rock with their sound, so right there, that means that they are not just a reggae band. It’s false advertising, and while I hope most people would sense that, I would hate to think that someone expecting some nice roots reggae end up at a show that’s a bit wilder in nature.
As for the article referring to vocalist Dom Maresco being off-color with some of his on-stage comments, fans can decide whether or not that is of value. That should be a dead giveaway too, but it was hard to say if that was addressed because of any alleged comments Maresco had made in the past, or because dancehall reggae can occasionally be lyrically offensive. By being what they are, do they think they can get away with saying these things? I honestly don’t know.
But how is their music? It’s not too bad. It’s not out of the ordinary for a punk band to dip into reggae or share their love of ska, that has been underway since The Clash, Madness, and TheSpecials did it, even Johnny Rotten of The Sex Pistols has admitted to be a long time fan of ska and reggae, and managed to incorporate it a number of times with Public Image Ltd..
Nonetheless, the article seemed like it was extracted from a press release and assembled to make it look half decent. Of course, most newspapers aren’t trying to be investigative about any thing related to music, but give the reader a reason to want to spend 5, 10, or 20 dollars at a concert, give them a reason they should stop playing Farmville and have a good time with a Florida band who has been around for a few years.
Jed & Lucia have released a single that is a preview of what will be on their forthcoming album, Super Human Heart. You’ll get to hear “Apostrophe”, along with a Shawn Lee remix of the song, and “April Showers”, along with a Shlohmo remix. This single will be released as a limited edition (300 copies) 10″ EP.
The songs are described as a mixture of bossa nova, psych, aggro-beats, and… well, when you have Shawn Lee and Shlohmo involved in remixes, you know that the original mixes must be pretty cool.
You can order the 10″ by clicking to Ubiquity Records. The Super Human Heart can also be pre-ordered here, the vinyl version is being sold with both the CD and access to MP3′s. Nice.
Are you a fan of Med? He has a new mix tape out now that you can have for free, mixed by Mixed by DJ Romes of The Lootpack, with a nice mixture that you are sure to enjoy. Here’s the track listing: 1) Intro -prod by JRocc
2) Advice – LMD prod by Madlib
3)Misunderstood -MED prod by Madlib
4) Candlelight -MED feat/prod by Georgia Anne Muldrow
4) 50,000 Watts -MED prod by Soul Professa
5) Salute – J Rocc/MED feat WildChild & Baby Boogalu
6) Fall Back – Fred feat Med/Pok prod by FRED
7) R.E.M -Epsilon Project Feat MED prod by Oddisee
8 ) West Iz Back -MED prod by Khalil
9) Saga Cont. -Babu feat MED prod by Babu
10) O.U.T -Matt feat MED prod by MED
11) Listen -Descry feat MED prod by Descry
12) Outro Prod by JRocc feat Daru Jones on the drums
'Ōlelo Community Media
Hawaiian non profit organization that provides video production equipment and services to community residents and organizations.
Aloha Got Soul
Hawaiian funk, soul, jazz, rare groove from the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond.
Beyond Honolulu
Island Activities, Events, News and Stories that Take you Beyond. For those who want more than the accepted norm.
Hawai'i Food Bank
A charity I support, helping those in Hawai’i in need.
Hawaiian Railway Society
The only active historical railroad on O’ahu. I’ve been on this, and you have to take the tour at least once. Highly recommended.
Lightsleepers
Don’t sleep. Representing Hawai’i hip-hop since 1997, courtesy of Kavet The Catalyst.
OC16
Hawaiian programming for Hawaiians, by Hawaiians.
The Tasty Island
A Hawai’i-based food blog of various restaurants and eateries, along with places of interests when he travels across the Pacific.
Kaukau (food-r)
Big Ass Sandwiches
One of my favorite food carts in Portland, started by Brian & Lisa Wood. Tell them John Book sent you.
Dirty Girls Kitchen
Dirty girls in the kitchen? How is all of this going to taste? Recipes, ideas & thoughts, and more from Eve Rillette and Cassandra Wellington
Tellous
Seattle label out to made an impact on the world, if not Ballard
Tender Loving Empire
Not only a label, but a store, a collective, and whatever it can be. Based in PDX, OR
Tru-Thoughts
UK label that is the home for Quantic, The Bamboos, Kylie Auldist, TM Juke, Natural Self, Belleruche, and more
Zang Tuum Tumb (ZTT)
Art Of Noise, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Propaganda, 808 State, Seal, David Jordan, and more
Podcasts
Big And Loud Podcast
A great podcast from Portland, Oregon hosted by Big Jim Willig and Don Frost
Comedy On Vinyl
A podcast about favorite comedy records, on vinyl of course
Cortandfatboy
The show is no more, but you may explore the archives of this great Portland-based podcast while you can. You may now listen to Cort & Bobby in Welcome To That Whole Thing, listed below.
Spilled Milk
Food-related podcast going into different foods with each episode.
Welcome To That Whole Thing
The Cort & Fatboy Show is over, but now you can hear Cort Webber and Bobby Roberts in something new and different.
Sites Of Sound
100 Albums, 100 Weeks
A music blog by Madison M., a true music fan whose goal is to review 100 albums in 100 weeks. Wish her luck and don’t be afraid to make a few suggestions.
Comedy On Vinyl
A podcast about favorite comedy records, on vinyl of course
Crap From The Past
Music from the 70′s and 80′s, honored in a very geek like fashion. A show in Minneapolis hosted by Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber on KFAI-FM
Made Like A Tree
A Seattle-based podcast created out of “a love for progressive and sophisticated music from around the world and an appreciation of the world itself.”
Bloggers.com
Where bloggers from around the world can network
Brain Pickings
Discovered this book review blog when someone had posted a review of a music book. Went through it and saw a number of books I immediately put on my want list. Created by Maria Popova and features a number of contributors.
Buy Olympia
Cool slew of goodies from books and diaries to T-shirts, bags and soaps. Now based in Portland.
Cortandfatboy
The show is no more, but you may explore the archives of this great Portland-based podcast while you can. You may now listen to Cort & Bobby in Welcome To That Whole Thing, listed below.
Lisa Orth
I knew of her as a graphic designer and the founder of Big Flaming Ego Records, now Lisa Orth has her own website showing her designs, including as a tattoo artist
Satine Phoenix
The homepage of artist, illustrator, and D&D fanatic, Satine Phoenix.
Seamerias
Brand new website by a woman whose photography I’ve been a fan of for awhile. While based in the San Diego area, she is ready to take on projects wherever it may lead her.
Streetfilms
Documenting livable streets worldwide through blogging, videos, and more. A better sense of living and how to live in these crowded times.
Travel Portland
If you’re heading to Portland, Oregon, find some of the hottest events and places plus get bargains on hotels, car rentals, and more
Waxfang
An Orlando, Florida-based graphic designer with extensive experience in print, branding, apparel design, and traditional design & illustration work
We Out Here
Photography, writing, designing, music, and more from a Pacific Northwest perspective
Whipped
A premier line of luxury body, hair, facial, and scalp butters, made to order by hand. You can also find out more at @whippedproducts
