Let's pretend we don't exist.

Since I rarely listen to commercial radio, I use other media to find new music. Lindsay and Kyle have recently been a very cool source of great new pop music, including the one from last year that I'm listening to at the moment: "Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games" by of Montreal. Thanks, guys! Here's the video by Kangaroo Alliance. Great bass line and cool groove and lyrics. Oh, and the video is fun too. I hope you enjoy it.

If you can get it on your computer (it's higher quality), Here's a link to the QT video on the Kangaroo Alliance website.

Here's the same video on YouTube, in case you can't watch the QuickTime version:



You can download the original song (with better audio quality and added minute of groove at the end) from of Montreal here. Oh, and here's their website.

And the lyrics:
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and other Games by of Montreal

Let’s have bizarre celebrations
Let’s forget who forget what forget where
We’ll have bizarre celebrations
I’ll play the Satyr in Cypris you the bride being stripped bare

Let’s pretend we don’t exist
Let’s pretend we’re in Antartica

Let’s have bizarre celebrations
Lets forget when forget what forget how
We’ll have bizarre celebrations
We’ll play Tristan and Isolde but make sure I see white sails

Let’s pretend we don’t exist
Let’s pretend we’re in Antartica

Maybe I’ll never die I’ll just keep growing younger with you
And you’ll grow younger too
now it seems too lovely to be true but I know the best things always do

let’s pretend we don’t exist
let’s pretend we’re in Antartica

Jimi Hendrix' "Up From The Skies" on Hammond organ

When I got my Hammond M3 working, the first song I attempted to arrange for a solo Hammond performance was "Up From The Skies" by Jimi Hendrix. I have fond memories of initially showing the song to Donita on the organ while it sat out in our little garage on Sunny Manor Way. I've always liked the lyric story of this song, it has a nice bluesy/jazzy flavor to it, and is a nice groove to jam over. Since then, I've performed it many times on Hammond, to a generally warm response.

A recent posting in the Hammond Technology (HAMTECH) mailing list led me to this performance by gospel Hammond player Lucky Peterson on YouTube. I was expecting a gospel song, and instead was treated to an (almost) solo performance of "Up From The Skies" by him. And Lucky has great chops! AT the end of the song, he breaks into the expected gospel tune "Truly A Friend", but what impresses me the most is the mood he sets with his vocals, reharmonization and leads he plays in the Hendrix tune.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don't use IE

The great photoshoppers at Worth1000.com have done it again; in the last month, I've attempted to help four more people "fix" their Windows PCs mainly by getting reasonable "malware" protection software and not using Internet Explorer for surfing on sites they're not sure about. This image uses the Firefox symbol. I think Firefox is probably the best browser for most folks to use nowadays, so I thought I'd put it up here.

The image is at home here: http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?image=147306

( by the way, GET A MAC! ;-> )