tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82730298607540341062024-03-05T01:08:27.651-08:00For The Record by Greg AdamsPareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-50589639796074200912019-01-31T06:13:00.000-08:002019-01-31T06:13:01.065-08:00For The Record: my first hip hop show<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;">(Noname live at First Ave, January 25, 2019)</span></div>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-d086316f-7fff-9e90-b3c0-516f8f2f739f"><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For the record, I’m a 48-year-old white dude. While I was first introduced to hip hop at
the age of 13 or 14 (through the movie </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Beat Street</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">--I was wearing windsuits and back-
spinning on cardboard almost immediately after seeing the movie), </span><a href="http://www.nonamehiding.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Noname</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was my
first legitimate hip hop show. Ever. </span></span><br />
<span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Sure, I’d absorbed the rib-rattling bass thunder of Run The Jewels opening for Lorde
(still awed at that particular pairing), and I’d caught an in-store performance by
Minneapolis MC </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/greg-grease" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Greg Grease</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> with </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/djjustnine" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">DJ Just Nine</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> at </span><a href="https://electricfetus.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Electric Fetus</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> on Record Store Day,
but Noname at </span><a href="https://first-avenue.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">First Avenue</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"> in Minneapolis on January 25 was the first show dedicated
solely to a hip hop artist. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-2e7c4ddf-7fff-e91e-7651-0f618baa3980"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">My introductory hip hop phase didn’t last real long back in the mid-’80s. For decades I
had minimal exposure to hip hop artists, only what leaked through the whiteout of
MTV and made people move on the dance floor at the college bars. I’ve made a late-in-
life return to hip hop within the last three years or so, sparked by building with some
amazing Chicago poets and educators (</span><a href="https://youngchicagoauthors.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Young Chicago Authors</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">), who inspired me to dig
into hip hop history, spoken word poetry, and Black literature. I became a diligent student
of hip hop: reading nonfiction books, watching documentaries (always with a notepad and
pen in-hand), and amassing a large collection of (mostly used) hip hop CD’s I’d read or
heard about along the way. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c5e8560d-7fff-a143-def2-fd2bbd930b87"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Every morning for the last three years I’ve listened to hip hop on my 35-minute drive
to teach high school English. My tastes run old-school. Public Enemy served as my main
ambassador during the re-entry phase, clearing the path for BDP, Digable Planets, The
Roots, Redman, Eric B & Rakim, A Tribe Called Quest, Geto Boys, Talib Kweli, and Mos
Def. Through Twitter I came to know of more modern artists like Chance the Rapper, Saba,
Smino, and, of course, Noname. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Telefone</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> pretty much redefined what hip hop could sound
like for me. I was enthralled. Still am, so when I saw that she was playing only two hours
away at First Ave (when you’ve grown up and still live in rural northwestern Wisconsin,
“local” takes on a whole new meaning), I bought a single ticket as soon as I could. (I
already mentioned I live in rural, northwestern Wisconsin. Not too many hip hop heads
in my friendship circle.)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c9e9300d-7fff-0c34-25df-9077448c7e6c"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Leaving my wife and daughter at the hotel, I walked several blocks through the
face-numbing Minneapolis winter winds to First Avenue. I grew up listening to Prince on
the radio. I’ve seen </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Purple Rain</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> multiple times. I’ve attended dozens of shows at First Ave
and 7th Street Entry since 1990. I know the significance of the place, so I was incredibly
excited to see Noname at this legendary venue. Still, I was nervous. Even my students
chuckled a little when I told them what I was doing Friday night. Would I get side looks
from true fans wondering why a 48-year-old white dude would even show up at a Noname
show? Would I stand out like a jacket-holding grandpa waiting by the claw machine at a
roller rink? Would there be many other white people there? Despite my middle-aged, white
insecurities, as I entered First Ave, my most burning question was actually, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Will there
be any </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Telefone</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> vinyl left?</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ecd57fbc-7fff-a9b7-15b6-cda2b1fc141f"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">I tucked my record and free poster under my arm shortly after doors opened at 8 PM,
staked out my position behind the balcony railing adjacent to the lighting booth, and tried
to become invisible. Just two people down from me sat another white dude who was at
least as old as me (though much cooler, I’m sure). The floor began to fill, and I kept
thinking, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Do only white people show up this early? </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-c8cfcc33-7fff-d5b0-cc1a-2d65d4ecfc51"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Promptly at 9 PM, the screen rose on the main stage, and opening act </span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/eltonplusminus" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Elton</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> started his
set. With youthful enthusiasm and abundant energy, Elton successfully hyped up the
crowd--arms in the air, hands waving, bodies bouncing, and “making some noise.” A
friend told me hip hop shows are always awkward, so I didn’t think too much of my own
discomfort at not knowing exactly how to react to or interact with Elton’s onstage antics.
I just wanted to follow a mentor’s advice and “Shut the fuck up and listen.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-3d7dc306-7fff-b72d-8741-1b8e8e649cbe"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">During the change-over, the floor filled to capacity: a sold-out First Ave is an
energizing sight. Still, I kept wondering, </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Where are all the Black people?</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> And then the
realization hit me: We’re in fucking downtown Minneapolis. As diverse as the Twin Cities
may seem, downtown Minneapolis is still </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">very</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> white.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Noname’s incredibly tight band began laying down a solid groove that remained rock
steady all night. Listening to digital downloads of Noname didn’t prepare me for her
playful stage presence. In a long, black, floral skirt, black boots, and a thick, mustard
sweater, Noname could just as easily have been walking into an English classroom instead
of onto First Ave’s main stage. The fact that I was NOT in a school became abundantly
clear, however,when several overpowering whisps of weed smoke wafted my way.
Noname’s big smiles and sometimes child-like shuffling to the music created a whimsical
atmosphere ofmusical and lyrical bliss. I was enthralled. (Still am.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-bff90e2a-7fff-cff4-4e27-863b3ccf1af1"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">After several smooth songs and one brief, mid-verse interruption to ask if the crowd
could even hear her words (they were a bit muffled), Noname paused, shaded her eyes
from the spotlight, peered into the crowd and commented, “Damn there’s a lot of white
people out there!” Seemingly unfazed, she dropped back into her rhymes and finished out
the night with the crowd fully engaged...well, except for the chatty frat boy next to me
wearing his silent girlfriend like a loose flannel, and the oversized, vociferous hipster
dudes directly behind me. (Seriously, why the fuck do you people even </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">go</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> to shows?
Shut the fuck up and listen!)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;"><span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: pre;">Standing outside the main doors afterwards, I bundled back up and prepared for the frigid
several-block walk back to my hotel. I overheard several people comment about how short
the show was. At far less than two hours, I could see their point; however, I also noted (in
my head) that Noname has only two albums out, both filled with songs that often seem
pretty short already. Plus, as a 48-year-old white school teacher, I was totally OK getting
into bed before midnight, especially on a cold-ass January night in Minneapolis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just as kids can’t believe their parents may once have been cool teenagers, I can barely fathom a time when I did not know and love The Replacements; however, before pulling this obscure cassette from the stacks at Tu Trax record shop, the fabled quartet was wholly unknown to me. Pre-Internet there were a precious few ways for smalltown-me to discover new bands: 1) friend recommendations and 2) cover art. </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Boink!! </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was a gamble. The band name had potential--who but a truly clever punk band would name themselves after something that substitutes for something else? The cover seemed promising--a sepia image of scrappy-looking nobodys loitering in a dank alley. Then there was the record label: Glass, Linburn House, London. That’s right, I thought The Replacements were a British band. Popping the cassette into the deck of my car, I was hooked immediately. This band was </span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">exactly</span><span style="font-family: "cambria"; font-size: 12pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> what I had hoped for: raw, melodic, restless, dirty. The bullhorn intro to “Kids Don’t Follow” made me love them even more: “Helloooo, this is the Minneapolis police, the party is over!” These guys weren’t Brits, they were Midwestern cousins from the Twin Cities. </span>Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-25926198760592277512018-05-26T06:46:00.001-07:002018-05-26T06:46:46.064-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-7e342e32-9cae-53ff-2444-08605256b649"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was born on the day Jimi Hendrix died: September 18, 1970. Perhaps this explains my deep connection to Hendrix’s music. (Too bad I couldn’t have gleaned more guitar skills as our life forces slipped past other that day.) He was an odd interjection in my musical world. My older brother wasn’t into Jimi, nor, in fact, any of the other bands I would eventually embrace as my own. My dad is a bluegrass nut, and Mom loved Barry Manilow, mostly while she ironed. Certainly the posters, T-shirts and other paraphernalia I ogled at Trucker’s Union on Water Street in Eau Claire (a nearby college town) were an influence. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Axis’s</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> cover was intriguing when I pulled it from the shelf at Tu Trax (also on Water Street), but what really tripped me out was the music: swirling, screeching wah guitars, irresistible grooves, and Jimi’s laissez faire vocals. Hendrix became the soundtrack for summer; in fact, anytime I play Jimi, especially </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Axis: Bold As Love, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am zapped back to the municipal tennis courts playing against my buddy Andy with “Spanish Castle Magic” blaring from the speakers of my car.</span></span></div>
Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-38281739213107128632018-04-22T07:42:00.000-07:002018-04-22T07:42:14.989-07:00For The Record Top 10: #3<br />
Sorry for all (two) of you who had to wait for me to continue my top 10 albums list, "real life" needs to take priority over my dreams of rock writing. But, the list continues, and will continue, though intermittently. Stay tuned...<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-1e698a38-edcd-b7ae-4211-d6c50a8ef196"><br /><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This is the record that yanked me out of popular music almost altogether. Prior to my friend Tim Jacobson playing his copy for me, I was addicted to Radio (yes, at that time it was capitalized). While playing driveway or indoor Nerf basketball, I kept a blank tape in my puny, fire engine red Panasonic boom box and stopped--sometimes mid-shot--to hit “RECORD” when Casey Kasem or the local WAQE DJ played a song I liked. Eddy Grant, The Police, and Men At Work were frequent game-interrupters. When he first played this cassette for me, Tim likely had to eject a TDK tape hand-labeled “KOOL TUNES” to make way for New York’s finest. I made sure my bedroom door was closed for that initial listen: these guys looked badass, forbidden, underground. What would my parents think? As soon as the first naked bass riff melded into the head-bobbing, hand-clapping beat (and soon after that cowbell interlude, DAMN!), I was hooked. Joey’s nasal delivery, Dee Dee’s chainsaw guitar, “Outsider” (my theme song), “Psycho Therapy,” “Time Bomb.” I grabbed my RATT </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Out of the Cellar</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> tape and threw it (literally) into the back of my closet. I’ve been riding the underground ever since.</span></span>Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-76031799493052659482018-04-16T07:08:00.002-07:002018-04-16T07:08:40.574-07:00For The Record: Top Ten #2 Multiplication Rock<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">In my musical world, before there was Michael Stipe, Robert Smith, Bono or Lou Reed, there was Bob Dorough. While many Gen Xers gravitate to “Conjunction Junction” or “I’m Just A Bill,” four decades later, I still count by threes and fives fluently by singing songs from this album. The genius of this record is its stylistic variety. Bob Dorough, a noted jazz composer </span>and<span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"> pianist, didn’t just generate cheesy campfire songs or bland middle-of-the-road rock-turned-teacher. He infused his masterful mathematical lessons with a bit of California rock (“Three Is A Magic Number”), shades of psychedelia (“Little Twelve Toes”), solid soul (“I Got Six”), and, appropriately for that troublesome times table, some smokey blues (“Naughty Number Nine,” sung by the fantastic Grady Tate). When I put on this record (which I still do; in fact, that’s my original copy from childhood in the photo), I’m taken back to the mid-’70s, not sitting in front of the Saturday morning TV but huddled with my brother and our Panasonic cassette player (the kind you’d find in an old school A/V room) in the backseat of our family car counting Noah’s animals off two by two.</span></div>
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My friend Deb recently tagged me for the "Top 10 Albums" challenge on Facebook. I normally disregard such "chain letter" bait, but this challenge hits at the heart of who I am as a music fan and writer. I've been wanting to resuscitate my long-neglected blog, and this was the perfect primer to re-launch my "For The Record" online column.</div>
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I obsess over music they way most guys obsess over sports; therefore, when this challenge came my way, I pushed it off until the weekend so I could devote myself to generating a proper list with quality write-ups. I began brainstorming my Top 10 List, which quickly grew to more than 20 albums that I felt were foundational in my life. With much difficulty, I was able to narrow the list to a true "Top 10" (OK, I went "Spinal Tap" and took my list to 11) and immediately planned to add a bonus "Next 10" list later.</div>
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Here's the first installment. Stay tuned!</div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-ba1432d3-c95f-dc85-90e6-2b218d935cb4"><br /><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a 21-year-old exchange student in Japan, I first spotted the “new U2” on music TV in their frankly confusing “Fly” video. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where’s the stunning, black-and-white starkness of The Joshua Tree? What the fuck is up with the sunglasses and cigarillos? Are those rhinestones on Edge’s pants? </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Then the boys from Dublin really pissed me off. On November 11, 1991, I asked for the album at the underground CD shop (literally in a subway station). The clerk instead handed me a flyer touting “Super Rock Band U2.” The release date had been overwritten in Sharpie to November 18. I had saved my yen and searched them out, and U2 stood me up. To spite them, I bought an album by Japanese band Fence of Defense, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">digitaglam-FOD VI, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whose sci-fi-infused single “9.9.9” I’d also seen on music TV. That album is phenomenal--one of the greatest headphone records I’ve ever experienced--but it’s a novelty compared to the depth, discombobulation and painful rebirth pangs of </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Achtung Baby.</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> The songs sound like Japan felt. I have an undying love for </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Achtung Baby, </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">perhaps because it initially played so “hard to get” on so many levels.</span></span>Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-1479520067248828882016-06-28T08:15:00.001-07:002016-06-29T06:15:57.145-07:00For The Record #1I'm trying to generate some new writing on a regular basis Here's my first stab at what I hope to be an ongoing column entitled "For The Record," focusing on records and live concert experiences.<br />
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">For the record, I didn’t anticipate the first time I laid eyes on Robert Smith in the flesh would be with my head tilted forward through bifocals. With a hefty paunch and gray hair. With my 13-year-old daughter in tow. And my wife of 19 years. I did not feel cool. Honestly, I felt old and fat but thrilled to finally experience The Cure live, to ceremonially scratch off one of the few remaining names on my list of “bands to see before I die.”</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">From the winter of 1985 on, listening to The Cure always made me feel cool: underground, gothic, intelligent, isolated, misunderstood. I was part of an exclusive club. Only one other person I knew of in my small, northwest Wisconsin town listened to The Cure--Jack Rothenbuehler, and he was perhaps the coolest person in Chetek. A few overnight VHS-movie-watching/cassette-dubbing marathons at Jack’s house poured the musical foundation upon which I stand firmly today: U2, R.E.M., The Cure, Midnight Oil, Bauhaus, among many others. A trip to Deaf Ear Records in La Crosse, WI, (again with Jack) yielded my first actual Cure tape: Standing On A Beach (used). Many would follow: The Top, Head on the Door, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me. MTV provided my first glimpse of the band’s outrageous hair, stylish suits and not-very-subtle make-up. Watching Robert Smith “spinning on that dizzy edge” in the “Just Like Heaven” video cemented The Cure as an audio-visual staple in my life from then on. (I still wish I had the iconic black and white “Boys Don’t Cry” and neon-faced “Head on the Door” posters from my high school days.)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Concert opportunities in my neck of the woods were limited, and I stuck to collecting tapes and CDs in lieu of pursuing long-shots of catching The Cure live. I settled for a VHS copy of In Orange first, then embraced Trilogy (still one of the most gorgeous concert videos I’ve seen) and was grateful for Festival 2005 (sort of). </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Then my daughter started discovering The Cure. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Then my friends Cindy and Karl posted about their Cure experience at Riot Fest 2014.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Standing in line at the UIC Pavilion, I was greatly relieved that I was neither the oldest, fattest nor “uncoolest” fan awaiting the show. The crowd was, well, weird, running the gamut from pasty, blue-haired Goths in full make-up to a few couples who looked as if they just walked off the 18th green. In my Beneath The Planet of the Apes T-shirt and cargo shorts, I imagine I was leaning toward the latter. Still, if you were to peel away my outer shell, you’d uncover a genuine, corpse-like Goth snarling away behind the gray hair and bifocals. I had to try to remember this when scoping out the rest of the “I can’t fucking believe THAT person is a Cure fan!” crowd. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Listening to The Cure alone in my basement or isolated in my car perpetuated the illusion that I was somehow their only true fan. Robert Smith spoke to me directly. He was much darker, more manic, more romantic than me, but his pained voice and melancholy melodies where the shape of my thoughts. Sitting inside a 6,000-plus-seat sports arena full of other people who, I assumed, felt the same way was honestly disillusioning. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Our seats? Also disillusioning. We were definitely in the “nosebleed” section with a giant, rivot-splayed beam blocking the screens in back of the stage, and a speaker that covered up Roger O’Donnell entirely. My Cure live dream was dying, further shit upon by the cutting conversation unfolding in the seats directly behind us: two divorcees discussing (loudly) their (banal) philosophies on (failed) relationships and (“soap opera”) religion. I wanted to conjure that inner Goth, turn and spit, “You WILL shut the fuck up when the music starts!” But I silently stared at the dusty, battleship beam in front of me and prayed for Scottish openers The Twilight Sad to drown out the chatter. (I was pleased The Twilight Sad sounded even more like Chameleons UK than The Smiths live, proving they are worthy cohorts on a Cure tour. Kudos to frontman James Graham for writhing, dancing and gesticulating as wildly as an engaging frontman should.)</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">Can’t you sit and “dance” (i.e. sway awkwardly while holding your beer with one finger pointing in the air) for God’s sake, I thought when the mom in the black Eddie Bauer dress one row up from us rose in salute to “Lovesong” and “Just Like Heaven,” two of the four songs she recognized from MTV “back in the day.” As The Cure played through a dreamy mix of deep cuts and alternative radio staples, I was once again torn--how could this band that made me feel like such an outsider resonate with the likes of Drunk Mom? The feeling was laughingly adolescent but nonetheless unshakeable: The Cure is my band, not yours. Naivete leaves an indelible mark on a person’s soul. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 17.664px;">This crowd clash of MTV binge watcher and cassette Walkman disciple continued throughout the night with true Smith devotees coming out ahead: “Shake Dog Shake,” “Screw,” “Primary,” “One Hundred Years,” “Jupiter Crash,” “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea,” “The Exploding Boy,” and my favorite of the night “Give Me It” energized me and other longtime fans as much as “Pictures of You” and “Friday I’m In Love” satiated the ‘90s flashbackers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">--Modeled after “What it’s like to be a black girl (for those of you who aren’t” by Patricia Smith</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">first of all, it’s being 44 years old</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and feeling like you’re simultaneously 24</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and 64, it’s being asked,“is that your son </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and daughter long past sleeping when you finally</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">your nearly non-existent beard, your short, gray </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">from overturned barstools, broken glass and mosh pits. </span></span></div>
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These are a series of blackout poems created from the 2015 RSD release list. Enjoy them. Share them. Try your hand at one. They're tougher than they look. Sorry they're small. You'll have to zoom in to read them, I guess.<br />
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Sadly, this form of "blackout" could have easily described my luck with this year's RSD releases. Pretty much all the records I wanted, my favorite (and local) record store, Revival Records, did not receive. I still spent a good wad at Billy's shop, though, snatching up some records I really wanted: Ryan Adams <i>Gold</i>, The Velvet Underground & Nico s/t, The Cure <i>Entreat</i>, INXS <i>Kick</i>, and R.E.M. <i>Chronic Town</i>. Great stuff!<br />
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I also played a solo acoustic set at the Volume One Local Store on Record Store Day. I love the sound of that room! A few good friends showed up, and we had a great time. I even busted out an old School House Rock tune, "Three Is A Magic Number." <br />
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Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-34686612646010543512014-08-05T07:08:00.001-07:002014-08-05T07:08:20.005-07:00<h3>
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Sorry I've been away. It's been a rough spring and a tough summer. My mother passed away July 25th. Haven't had much time to promote, play or update.<br />
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Someone is buying my CDs off CD Baby.com--thank you! Please spread the word and keep on buying. I'm always stoked to receive the "CD Baby RESTOCK" request e-mail.<br />
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My friend CJ Conner (whose painting adorns the cover of <i>Pareidolia</i>) had a great show at the Volume One gallery in Eau Claire, WI, a few weeks ago. I hope to post some photos soon. Sold a few CDs there too.<br />
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Buying a lot of old records lately. I'm no vinyl snob, but I'm getting lost in the coolness of finding erstwhile 33s at thrift stores and garage sales. Music in any form (CD, tape, vinyl) is a gift!Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-54517611929441067622013-12-05T18:35:00.004-08:002013-12-05T18:35:32.488-08:00Great article on <i>Pareidolia</i> in <i>Volume One</i> Magazine:<br />
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<a href="http://volumeone.org/articles/2013/12/03/6453_building_the_song" target="_blank">Building the Songs</a><br />
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The author is an old friend who was first introduced to my music when his roommate, Adam, used to help dub the cassettes I sold at my college-era shows! Ken's a great writer and a super guy. I'm grateful he was able to write this article. The photo's pretty cool too. Turns out they used two different pics: one for the on-line article above and a different pic for the actual print magazine.<br />
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Hope to see you Saturday, Dec. 14, at the CD release party (info at the end of the article and below in a previous blog post.<br />
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<br />Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-9022612858834303922013-11-19T04:20:00.000-08:002013-11-19T04:20:03.331-08:00CD release party!<div style="text-align: center;">
It's official, folks:</div>
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<b>Greg Adams's<i> Pareidolia </i>CD release party</b></h3>
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Saturday, Dec. 14</h3>
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3-5 p.m.</h3>
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Valkyrie Brewing Company Tap Room</h3>
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<span class="pp-headline-item pp-headline-address"><span>234 Dallas St., Dallas, WI</span> </span></div>
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<span class="pp-headline-item pp-headline-address">Come early for brewery tours, stick around for music! </span></div>
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<span class="pp-headline-item pp-headline-address">For more information on Valkyrie and directions, see:</span></div>
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<span class="pp-headline-item pp-headline-address"><a href="http://www.valkyriebrewery.com/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.valkyriebrewery.com/index.html</a></span></div>
Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-8915857770984857782013-11-16T09:58:00.000-08:002013-11-16T09:58:09.075-08:00SAVE THE DATE!<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"></span><br />
<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">CD release party/gig: Saturday, Dec. 14 </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Showtime will be early enough so "old people" can come out without worry, and early
enough that young folks can still go out afterwards. Super cool location
here in the Northwoods. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">More details to come. </span>Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-35873932747522852562013-10-29T18:35:00.000-07:002013-10-29T18:36:13.989-07:00Word is spreading about the new CD! I had a great interview with Al Ross of Wisconsin Public Radio's <i>Spectrum West</i> show last week. The entire show is available to hear on-line or download:<br />
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<a href="http://wpr.org/programs/spectrum-west-al-ross" target="_blank">Spectrum West Oct. 24, 2013: Greg Adams</a><br />
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(My interview is about the last 15 minutes or so of the program.)<br />
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I also had a photo shoot with a <i>Volume One</i> photographer this evening. Look for an article soon.<br />
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Revival Records in downtown Eau Claire now has my CD in stock. Stop by, browse, and take home a copy! <br />
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I'm set to send off a bunch of discs to various destinations, from Chicago to New York, Michigan to Shanghai. We'll see what happens.<br />
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Tom Kutrieb and I are rehearsing a set of <i>Pareidolia </i>songs and will enlist the help of our fellow Maven Richard Price to add some tasty guitar too. We hope to make some public appearances soon.<br />
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Stay tuned!Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-46916634265683067922013-10-16T04:27:00.004-07:002013-10-16T04:27:56.698-07:00Pareidolia is now up on CD Baby! Listen to samples and read the full liner notes! Order physical CDs or download the album. iTunes will follow.<br />
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<a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gregadams1" target="_blank">CD Baby</a><br />
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Also, the Local Store in downtown Eau Claire, WI, has copies of my CD both in-house and soon on their website for order.<br />
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<a href="http://volumeone.org/sites/storegallery" target="_blank">The Local Store</a><br />
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Initial feedback has been great! Hopefully some press and shows will follow.Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-60663988197328646922013-10-10T05:28:00.002-07:002013-10-10T05:28:45.947-07:00<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">I now have copies of <i>Pareidolia </i>to sell! Here's how to get your hands on the album:</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">IN PERSON: Slide me $10 cash (selling out of my trunk). </span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">ON-LINE: Send $13 (includes shipping) through Paypal (gladams@chibardun.net)</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">OLD SCHOOL: Send $13 (includes shipping) check or money order to:</span> <br />Greg Adams, 413 Schofield Street, Chetek, WI 54728<br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">DOWNLOAD: My
album should be available for download on iTunes, Amazon MP3 and CDBaby within a week or
so.</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Spread the word!</span><br />
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<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"> </span>Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-37499227215218265862013-09-25T16:40:00.000-07:002013-09-25T16:40:23.060-07:00The time is nearing when you will be able to purchase all the songs from my solo album, Pareidolia, either in physical CD form or on iTunes and Amazon MP3. The last e-mail I received from Discmakers indicated my project was in production and scheduled to leave the factory Oct. 7, which means by Oct. 10 I'll have discs on-hand, ready to sell. Limited live gigs will likely follow. Stay tuned.<br />
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In preparation for the release, I want to insert the full liner notes, as promised on the back of the CD packaging. I've posted bits and pieces up to this point and will continue to add and revise, but here they are, folks. Prepare for spoilers...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Space Woman Yeah</span> </span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">My dad is a former NASA engineer and lifelong astronomy buff;
consequently, my siblings and I spent a lot of nights on a flannel blanket in
our backyard staring up at the sky when we were kids. While waiting for a
meteor shower one night, we did, in fact, see 30 satellites. Dad was also
the local “go-to guy” when anyone saw anything strange in the nighttime sky.
While cleaning and rearranging my basement to create a space for my home studio
(Magnetic Door Studio), I happened across a cassette tape marked, “UFO
interview 1974.” I transcribed the interview, which was between my dad and a
rural Central Wisconsin woman who had seen some strange lights zoom across her
farm field near Hixton/Northfield, WI. During the questioning, she mentions
stories of similar sightings in the Eau Claire newspaper. One man, she says,
who also saw the lights, was “so scared, he got out of his car and went down in
the ditch.” Wow--how crazily that coincides with my fictitious, alien
"seduction" story. My lyrics for this song are heavily influenced by
the following: my dad's personal stories, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Close
Encounters of the Third Kind, </i>a 1970’s era TV show called<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Project U.F.O. </i>(a predecessor of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">X Files</i>)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>and the TV mini-series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">V</i>.
As Fox Moulder says, “I want to believe.” <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg
Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog tidbits, spaceship whines (wines?),
background vocals, radio chatter, glockenspiel; Tom Kutrieb—electric
guitars/feedback, bat guitar, piano, bass, funky keyboard solo, background
vocals, radio chatter; Zach Brawford: drums.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hair</span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A
carry-over from college, written in my dorm room in Yashiro, Japan, on an
unplugged electric guitar. This one goes out to my friend Karl Pearson-Cater,
one of the coolest people I know. Our bands the Raging Bagels and rottweiller
were rad back in the day. While both exchange students in Japan, Karl and I played
this song with a young Japanese drummer during a “guitar club” meeting at
Kansai Gaidai University. I don’t think this guy had ever played original
music, especially not something sorta funky with two American college kids.
With a massive grin on his face, the hyped up drummer continued to bounce
uncontrollably on his drums stool and laugh aloud for about a full minute after
the song finished. (Note: “Hair” was my first-ever music video uploaded to
youtube—search for gladams2007 or you might just get a Lady Gaga video--directed
and edited by the amazing Jessie Braun.) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg
Adams—vocals, rhythm and wah guitar; Tom Kutrieb—bass, trumpet solo; Zach
Brawford—drums.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Funakoshi's Paperback </span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">These discombobulated lyrics
began as a simple writing exercise. While driving to work I would look around
and try to string together rhyming couplets from words, phrases and images I
spied around me. Eventually, I worked in couplets based on things surrounding
me at home. My daughter Addy contributed a few, as well. Tom laid down an
electronic beat, rescued a long-forgotten bass line and arranged the music
around the lyrics. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—lead vocals,
chorus vocals, match strike; Tom Kutrieb—bass, guitars, drum programming, chorus
vocals, whistling; Richard Price—nylon-string guitar sketches; Leland Brenholt—Kung
Fu flute; Deb Kutrieb, Jeff Gulczynski, Shawn Larson—additional chorus vocals.</i></span></div>
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Checkout Line</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Written when I was a grocery stock
(stalk?) boy…there’s really not much more to say. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar, bass; Tom Kutrieb—lead guitar,
laser scanner solo; Zach Brawford—drums; Apryl Price plays the part of the
checkout girl (and for the record, SHE is not a ditz).</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Cocoon</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A song about dissatisfaction through the
eyes of a pissed off butterfly. I pushed Tom to play his solo on bass.
Incredibly, the end result is very similar in style and feel to a “sloth pop”
band I love, Pedro the Lion (whom Tom has never even heard). Strange that one
of the darkest songs I’ve written was one of the first we recorded. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar; Tom
Kutrieb—bass, including bass solo, drum programming, fluttering sounds, whining
wind; Mike Kutrieb—keyboard bend.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Quiet Place</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Written after a fire in my apartment
building my last semester at UW-Eau Claire. I crashed on a friend’s couch after
the building was evacuated, and this song arrived in my head. I was imaging
both God and my wife as the “you” I longed to be with. One of Tom’s finest
solos, I must say. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals,
acoustic guitar, keyboard drone; Tom Kutrieb—bass, electronic vibes, lead
guitar.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><b>Happy As A Dog</b></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The first love song I wrote for my
wife, Laurie. We were trying to survive a long-distance relationship at the
time: Laurie in Boston, MA, and me finishing college in Eau Claire, WI.
Countless letters, several secret fly-away weekends, and one cross-country
drive later we were married. Tom’s Border Collie Max, our constant studio
companion, makes his vocal debut on this song. We had to get a laptop in the
studio and play samples of car horns to get Max to actually bark. He’s a good
dog that way. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals (lead and
high), hand claps, cow bell; Mike Kutrieb—Rhodes-like keyboards; Tom
Kutrieb—electric guitar, dueling guitar leads, bass, Hammond B3, hand claps; Zach
Brawford—drums; Max Kutrieb—guest vocals. Shawn Larson—background vocals; Greg
Adams, Tom, Deb and Emily Kutrieb—apartment noises.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Emerald Plumes</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When I first started to record this
album (eons ago, it seems), I challenged myself to write at least one new song.
It wasn’t happening. Summers came, and recording kept getting interrupted by
real life. That’s where this song comes from: the desire to create music but
the obligations of work, home, family, and personal sanity getting in the way.
Written for Tom but also a nod to all the Hydroflites’ “widows.” Special thanks
to Taylor for the musical input. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar, 12-string
acoustic rhythm guitar, background vocals, jingle pole; Tom Kutrieb—electric
guitar, 12-string acoustic leads, electric guitar lead, bass, background
vocals, string arrangement, drum programming, handbells; Apryl Price, Shawn
Larson—additional backing vocals.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Holy Cow</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Revisited and re-imagined. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This one is Tom’s fault.</span> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar, bass;
Tom Kutrieb—electric rhythm guitar; Ronald B. Crister—guitar solo; Zach
Brawford—drums.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>New Soap </span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><br /></i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Also Tom's fault. The thought
had never even occurred to me to re-record this classic staple of my laugh-filled
solo sets. Tom envisioned this song as a showcase for some leads, either by him
or another one my guitar hero friends from the West Coast (Aaron L. and Bobby
H.—you were next in line). Two happy accidents happened while working on this
song: 1) Tom was trying to find a click track and the thumping electronic beat
emerged while the finger-picking guitar part started. I said, “Duuuude! We
gotta keep that!” and 2) While trying to show Tom what I sort of wanted for
leads during a sound check of his guitar, I fiddled a bit. Tom stopped and
said, “You’ve GOT to do the leads!” Didn’t think I could do it, but the leads
have a very Lou Reed flavor (never dreamed it could happen). <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar, dueling
lead guitars, bass; Tom Kutrieb—drum programming, keyboards, electronic noises;
Jeff Gulczynski—overarching guitar bend.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Too Far Away</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The anger side of a breakup (see
“Meantime” for the companion "acceptance" song). This is the first song Tom and I
recorded, and probably the meanest song I’ve ever written. At first I was
adamant about not using my acoustic guitar on this track. I wanted this album
to look, feel and sound completely different than anything I’d generated in the
past. “Too Far Away” marked the first time I was free to actually match the
sounds I heard in my head with what we could capture on tape. (I know it’s
digital now, but the recording lingo lingers.) Still, after years playing this
song live, hearing the fury within the song without the driving acoustic guitar
just didn’t work. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals,
acoustic guitar, bass, cymbal bends; Jar Anderson—background vocals; Tom
Kutrieb—all electric guitars, feedback and leads, drum programming (inspired by
Dr. Chad Hermann); Zach Brawford—drum intro and outro.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span>Meantime</span></b></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i></span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tom and I originally captured an intimate
solo acoustic take of this song, which we both thought was magical.
Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties with that version. We
knew we had to tackle “Meantime” again but sort of ran out of steam. One night,
Tom’s brother Mike and I worked “unsupervised” in the studio and laid down the
tracks you hear on the record. We really had no idea what we were doing, and
Tom recalls hearing our results as “a beautiful mess.” He was excited about the
new feel of the song and reworked several elements to create this enhanced
final version, complete with the “bell of enlightenment.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg
Adams—vocals; Mike Kutrieb—piano; Tom Kutrieb—slide guitar, strings, symphonic percussion,
organ, keyboards, bell of enlightenment.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Produced, recorded and engineered by Tom Kutrieb at
Audio Dojo, Chetek, WI</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">All songs written by Greg Adams © 2013 Lone Spur
Music, <br />
except “Funakoshi’s Paperback”—music by Tom Kutrieb, <br />
lyrics by Greg Adams (with help from Adelaide Adams)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Cover art: “Life Cycle” by CJ Conner (</span><a href="http://www.cjconner.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">www.cjconner.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">)
used with permission</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Under-tray art by Christina Kay Rambo, used with
permission</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Lettering by Big Box Car</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">CD packaging designed by Passion & Pursenality</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Photography by Jessie Braun (</span><a href="http://www.jbraunphotography.com/"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">www.jbraunphotography.com</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thanks: My wife Laurie and daughter Addy for putting
up with “too much time with Tom”; Tom Kutrieb for friendship, not to mention
endless hours of tracking, editing and pocketing—without you this record would
not exist; Deb and Emily Kutrieb for sharing their home (and Tom); Mike Kutrieb
for adding your fingerprints to this record; Zach Brawford for traveling from
the Cities to lay down some sweet beats; Leland Brenholt for the mystical
flute; CJ Conner for your astouding artwork; Jessie Braun for capturing my good
side; my family for loving and supporting me; Toby Kutrieb for getting me into
music in the first place; Karl and Cindy for forgiveness and renewed
friendship; Aaron LaMere for answers; Jeremy Michael (a.k.a. The Archiver);
Martha Jean (miss you); my fellow Mavens Richard Price and Aaron Kittelson; Good
Guys Wear Wolf; Gabriel Wilson for being a constant (though geographically
distant) presence both musically and spiritually; God, who still loves me,
despite my many shortcomings.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Artists that provided direct or serendipitous
inspiration for this recording include the following: Hoodoo Gurus; Trip
Shakespeare; Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground; Violent Femmes; Good Guys
Wear Wolf; Gabriel Wilson and The Listening; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; U2; Nectarmen;
Death In Texas; Red Hot Chili Peppers; Tar Babies; Aaron LaMere and The
Blackstones; The Beatles; Sheryl Crow; Bon Iver; Bob Mould; The Dandy Warhols; David
Bazan; Wilco; R.E.M.; and Ryan Adams (no relation).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">by Greg Adams</span></div>
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Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-4281650079990791902013-03-05T15:16:00.000-08:002013-03-05T15:25:44.701-08:00For years, I've loved music and movies--especially when the two are combined artistically. One of the main reasons I bought a DVD player back in the day was to enjoy concert videos. I've enjoyed the fringe benefits every since.<br />
<br />
Since playing around with the iPad for my job, I've happened upon iMovie, which is an incredibly cool, intuitive and powerful video editing program. I generated a farily-decent editied video for my colleagues about computer use in the classroom; however, I immediately recognized the potential for video artistry once I completed that original "educational" video.<br />
<br />
Last weekend, my daughter Addy and I took a trip to Duluth, MN, to attend the celebration of the birthdays of the two otters on display at the Great Lakes Aquarium. I started out just capturing images for posterity--one of the coolest "Addy and Daddy days" we've had. Still, at several points, I felt an external calling to capture some "B" footage that would eventually make a cool video.<br />
<br />
What you see now is the combination of my Daddy-centric shots, combined with a more artistic eye toward images that might be cool in a video. I apologize for the audio quality of the music. I'm very (VERY) new to this music video medium and have to find ways around my weaknesses and dead ends. In truth, I'd love to overdub the original digital recording of "Cocoon" over the top of the images, but I'm not able to do that right now with the iPad I have borrowed and the iTunes account I own.<br />
<br />
Hopefully, you will be able to marry the two in your head and create a video experience that is both satisfying and intriguing.<br />
<br />
Here it is, ya'll, my very first attempt at a music video (all on my own)...<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwSUHzVaMlM&list=HL1362525318" target="_blank">Cocoon video (scratch)</a>Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-84715348150688274012013-02-10T10:20:00.002-08:002013-02-10T10:20:46.261-08:00Lots of guys have lots of hair...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Hair”—A
carry-over from college, written in my dorm room in Yashiro, Japan, on an
unplugged electric guitar. This one goes out to my friend Karl Pearson-Cater,
one of the coolest people I know. Our bands the Raging Bagels and rottweiller
were rad back in the day. While both exchange students in Japan, Karl and I played
this song with a young Japanese drummer during a “guitar club” meeting at
Kansai Gaidai University. I don’t think this guy had ever played original
music, especially not something sorta funky with two American college kids.
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the song finished. (Note: “Hair” was my first-ever music video uploaded to
youtube, directed and edited by the amazing Jessie Braun.) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals, rhythm and wah guitar; Tom Kutrieb—bass, trumpet
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvf86wHxhCQ" target="_blank">Hair video</a> </i></span></div>
Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-57523205337363410102013-02-08T18:39:00.000-08:002013-02-08T18:39:28.904-08:00Here are the lyrics to "Space Woman Yeah"--<br />
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Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-67552527504266296592013-02-07T18:31:00.000-08:002013-02-07T18:31:11.528-08:00Well, here we go. The first in the series of exclusively on-line content associated with my solo record, <i>Pareidolia</i>. If I had unlimited time and resources, I would release a disc with packaging and liner notes as extensive as one of my favorite albums of all time: Rock 'n' Roll Worship Circus: Big Star Logistics. (The studio and background stories contained within that masterpiece are beyond me; still, here is the best I can offer from my own recordings.)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“Space
Woman Yeah”—My dad is a former NASA engineer and lifelong astronomy buff;
consequently, my siblings and I spent a lot of nights on a flannel blanket in
our backyard staring up at the sky when we were kids. While waiting for a
meteor shower one night, we did, in fact, see 30 satellites. (Thus, a "30-satellite night")</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dad was also the
local “go-to guy” when anyone who knew him saw anything strange in the nighttime sky. While
cleaning and rearranging my basement to create a space for my home studio (Magnetic Door), I
happened across a cassette tape marked, “UFO interview 1974.” I transcribed the
interview, which was between my dad and a rural Central Wisconsin woman who had seen
some strange lights zoom across her farm field near Hixton/Northfield, WI, just off Highway 94. During the questioning, she mentions stories of similar sightings recorded in the Eau Claire newspaper. One man, she says, who also saw
the lights, was “so scared, he got out of his car and went down in the
ditch.” Wow--how crazily that coincides with my fictitious, alien "seduction" story! Serendipity, man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My lyrics for this song are heavily influenced by the following: my dad's personal stories, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Close Encounters of the Third Kind, </i>a 1970’s era TV show called<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Project U.F.O. </i>(a predecessor of the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">X Files</i>)<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, </i>and the TV mini-series <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">V</i>.
As Fox Moulder says, “I want to believe.”</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Greg Adams—vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog
tidbits, spaceship whines, background vocals, radio chatter, garage-sale
glockenspiel; Tom Kutrieb—electric guitars/feedback, bat guitar, piano, bass, funky
keyboard solo, background vocals, radio chatter; Zach Brawford: drums.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Next up: lyrics, etc. from "Hair"</i></span></div>
Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-56582334260453027512013-01-27T13:10:00.001-08:002013-01-27T13:10:04.027-08:00Full liner notes: Installment #1It's official (truly this time)--Tom and I finished tracking my album, pareidolia, last night. Our friend Leeland came up to lay down some super sweet, mystical flute parts on "Funakoshi's Paperback" that totally pushed the song into the stratosphere!<br />
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I made a mock-up of the CD packaging (very rough and VERY low-tech) and knew I wouldn't be able to fit all the info I wanted on the inside sleeve. I'll be using this blog to release excerpts from the full liner notes over the next few weeks. Today's view: thanks and artistic influences.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Thanks:
My wife Laurie and daughter Addy for putting up with “too much time with Tom”;
Tom Kutrieb for friendship, not to mention endless hours of tracking, editing
and pocketing—without you this record would not exist; Deb and Emily Kutrieb for
sharing their home (and Tom); Mike Kutrieb for adding your fingerprints to this
record; Zach Brawford for traveling from the Cities to lay down some sweet
beats; CJ Conner for your astouding artwork; Jessie Braun for capturing my good
side; my family for loving and supporting me; Toby Kutrieb for getting me into
music in the first place; Karl and Cindy for forgiveness and renewed
friendship; Aaron LaMere for answers; Jeremy Michael (a.k.a. The Archiver);
Martha Jean (miss you); my fellow Mavens Richard Price and Aaron Kittelson; Good
Guys Wear Wolf; Gabriel Wilson for being a constant (though geographically
distant) presence both musically and spiritually; God, who still loves me,
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Artists
that provided direct or serendipitous inspiration for this recording include
the following: Hoodoo Gurus; Trip Shakespeare; Lou Reed and the Velvet
Underground; Violent Femmes; Good Guys Wear Wolf; Gabriel Wilson and The
Listening; Black Rebel Motorcycle Club; U2; Nectarmen; Death In Texas; Red Hot
Chili Peppers; Tar Babies; Aaron LaMere and The Blackstones; The Beatles;
Sheryl Crow; Bon Iver; Bob Mould; The Dandy Warhols; David Bazan; Wilco;
R.E.M.; and Ryan Adams (no relation).</span></div>
Pareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-79176485689893691422013-01-12T10:18:00.002-08:002013-01-12T10:24:48.631-08:00I'm pretty sure Tom and I have finished tracking my record. We redid vocals on "Emerald Plumes" and finalized the enhanced harmonies for "Happy As A Dog." I believe that's all we needed to finish. Now, all the not-as-fun stuff begins: assembling the master disc, figuring out packaging, duplication and distribution, and spreading the word about the record release (TBA). My friend and college roommate Karl (anybody recall the raging bagels, rottweiler or Toothpick magazine?) has agreed to do the lettering for
the liner notes, and my sister Chris is going to help me with the disc
packaging design.<br />
<br />
In addition to my own record release, there are a few excellent artists set to unleash their latest in the next 12 months, including Good Guys Wear Wolf (one of my "other" bands), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and (hopefully) U2. Looks like my record will be in great company.<br />
<br />
As my record is nearing it's "put to bed" stage, I'm totally stoked to be helping Tom Kutrieb (my producer) start recording his solo album. Tom and I will soon begin recording some stripped down demos of his new songs both at his studio, and my own Magnetic Door studio. Tom and I have grown into an incredibly efficient and effective studio team in the last several years. I'm eagerly anticipating the musical magic we'll create under his moniker.<br />
<br />
Oh, one last thing: I'm quite sure this will be the final track order (I'm pretty certain this time):<br />
<br />
<u>12 songs / 45 minutes of music</u>:<br />
<br />
1. Space Woman Yeah<br />
2. Hair<br />
3. Funakoshi's Paperback<br />
4. Checkout Line<br />
5. Cocoon<br />
6. Quiet Place<br />
7. Happy As A Dog<br />
8. Emerald Plumes<br />
9. Holy Cow<br />
10. New Soap<br />
11. Too Far Away<br />
12. MeantimePareidoliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15351921631851878160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273029860754034106.post-22739197340534390242012-08-24T07:11:00.002-07:002012-08-24T07:11:49.714-07:00Cover art<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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A little about the album cover: I really wanted a painting—actual
art—to adourn my packaging. A few years ago I watched Simon Schama’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Simon-Schamas-Power-Art-Schama/dp/B000NTPG84/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1345817137&sr=1-1&keywords=Power+of+Art" target="_blank">Power of Art</a></i> series (BBC), which is a
marvelous journey “behind the scenes” of several famous pieces of art and the
artists that created them. Mr. Schama turned me on to the magnificence of human
interpretation of reality and unreality, the spectacular mystery of an artist’s
ability to paint or chisel what they saw in their mind and coax that image from
paints or rock for others to see. Incredible stuff. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvqvwZdyN6PMZard4JV5FS4-gXHVZcsLMNM2TUWWwpMEMhEBHEC5K86mjjTWXmhv4H3n5RnSgPsmulmShz_GrkJ_3TELtRxt9ieTFvWxS8yklv0TZUldnafQesKPK3X4OLMyj1StIL5pX/s1600/life_cycle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfvqvwZdyN6PMZard4JV5FS4-gXHVZcsLMNM2TUWWwpMEMhEBHEC5K86mjjTWXmhv4H3n5RnSgPsmulmShz_GrkJ_3TELtRxt9ieTFvWxS8yklv0TZUldnafQesKPK3X4OLMyj1StIL5pX/s320/life_cycle.jpg" width="175" /></a>I’ve loved CJ Conners’ paintings since the first time I
wrote a story on her when I was working for the local newspaper. Her visions of
the natural and fantastical world are breathtaking. When I envisioned a record
album, CJ’s art (<a href="http://cjconner.com/" target="_blank">cjconner.com</a>) was foremost in my mind. I sent CJ a disc of some of the first
songs from the record (“Cocoon” and maybe “Space Woman Yeah”) and asked her to
consider allowing me to use one of her paintings for the cover of my album. On
July 9, 2009 (I just read the printout, so the date is still on it), CJ
responded with an incredible e-mail about how my music really touched her. The
painting she suggested was one her son loved, “Life Cycle.” Not sure how large
you can make my “profile pic” (the painting), but the subject is basically a
woman turned into a tree, her form emerging from the bark and her fingers transformed
into branches, reaching skyward. CJ also noted, “It has the life cycle of the
butterfly along the perimeter—the cocoon, chrysalis caterpillar, and finally
the bursting forth of the butterfly flying free—only to be eaten by the toad…yeah,
being a butterfly is NOT all it’s cracked up to be. But we humans seem to
always want more than we have or at least always think we should have.” </div>
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Wow, CJ absolutely nailed the point of “Cocoon” both
visually and verbally! What a fit. I knew this was going to be an extremely
special album with an even more impressive cover. The story behind CJ’s
involvement in my record is even more layered and incredible, but I’ll leave
that for another time…</div>
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Thanks, CJ. You are one of my artistic mentors and heroes!</div>
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