Planning a trip to the Moon soon?

1 comment  |  Posted on March 7th, 2010
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It’s been over 40 years since I’ve been to the Moon. How time flies.

To visit the Moon you’ll need your passport along with a Moonlanding Deed if you own property on the Moon.

Here are my credentials. Feel free to use them on your next trip, just don’t say anything to Moon officials as I could get in big trouble!

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Friendly Persuasion #247 – Érotique PQ

2 Comments  |  Posted on March 5th, 2010
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On February 4th I played records with Mimi la twisteuse at the show Érotique PQ in Montréal.

Here are some of the records we played at the show…

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Érotique PQ : Thursday March 4 : Montréal

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on March 3rd, 2010
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Playing in Deux chaises en or and spinning records
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Under the Influence : 45 King

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on March 3rd, 2010
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Picked up my first records by The 45 King in the late 1980s. The 900 Number, Breakmania (Tuff City Squad!) and Rhythmical Madness.

In 1988 when I first heard of The 45 King I was trying to make beats in my bedroom with an old 4-track (remember the porta models), a realistic mixer (yea the cheapo radio shack kind), a belt-drive turntable (where you had to push extra hard to get the record moving while trying to scratch), and a Roland D-50 keyboard (which had a top sample rate of 22.5). I sucked terribly, but I wish I would have saved tapes of my experiments, I could have shared them for a laugh. The earliest thing I have is from 1990 and maybe I’ll share that one day soon.

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Secret Mix Tape

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on March 1st, 2010
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The Bran Flakes appear for the 3rd time on the Secret Mix Tape project with the song Wonder.

Visit Secret Mix Tape and download the song here,
http://www.secretmixtape.com

Secret Mix Tape is an ongoing compilation curated by Mental Monkey Records. Every week on the Secret Mix Tape website, we will be offering listeners a new Single of The Week for free download.

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What’s In The Post #1 : Pain!

4 Comments  |  Posted on March 1st, 2010
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Every so often I get packages in the mail.

This is the first post in an ongoing series of packages that arrive at my doorstep.

Today’s arrival hurts a little bit…

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Valérie … the unofficial soundtrack

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on February 28th, 2010
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I moved to Québec in the summer of 2008. Having moved from the west coast in the states, and living in Reno, San Francisco, and Seattle for years, I was only aware of a small amount of music from Québec. Living in Montréal and being immersed in Québécoise culture it has been nothing short of a musical adventure to the ears.

Offering a wealth of music and information are the blogs Psyquébélique, Patrimoine PQ, Vente de Garage, L’Homme Scalp, and À la carte. And when the fix for vinyl is needed, local sellers in Montréal, Sonowax and Eskimoplanete, can cure any wax withdrawl you are experiencing.

One of the most exciting musical discoveries for my ears are film Soundtracks. I have been a lover of soundtrack music for many years, and since my formidable years as a teenager I have paid close attention to composers, arrangers, and musical supervisors when watching ear-catching films with addictive sonic hooks.

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Salut Gilles!

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on February 27th, 2010
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Here is a video clip montage of a performance I took part in on Monday, February 22.

The evening was a salute and hommage to Gilles Carle for his many contributions to cinema and culture in Québéc. Gilles passed away last November and this evening was a way to honor his memory through music, words and various degrees of artistic expression.

You can see a very brief clip (at 2:16 in the montage) of Deux Chaises en Or, a music project I take part in with Mingo L’indien, Poupée, and Ken Fortrel.

The evening “Salut Gilles!” was a part of the Les rendez-vous Cinéma Québécoise festival at the Cinémathèque Québécoise in Montréal.

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Friendly Persuasion #246 – The Soundtrack Show

1 comment  |  Posted on February 26th, 2010
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It’s a 3 hour dive into Mondo Movieland as Mingo L’indien and I play songs from our favorite movie soundtracks.

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The Art of Sharing

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on February 25th, 2010
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Last week I was sent a link to an interview that I did in 2004. It’s feels strange reading what you said a few years back and relating it to the here and now.

This was 6 years ago by phone and a few things today have changed. I encode to FLAC along with MP3, Comfort Stand is dead, and I think I can focus better in 2010 than 2004.

This article was for a free rag, Below Standard. The interview was by phone in 2004 and was mixed up and edited by Below Standard and Robert O’Brien. Thoughts stop dead cold at places … ADD sets in … it’s a freeform mix of off-the-mouth ramblings. I wish I talked like this normally stopping in the middle of a sentence and going in a completely different direction. I probably do and you just haven’t said anything to me!

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Zerofriends Van Bloodbath Pop Roth Intra Zep Flakes

1 comment  |  Posted on February 24th, 2010
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this post is
NSFLAPWGUOCV!
- not safe for labels/artists/publishers who get upset over copyright violations -
What do these three artists have in common?
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I Have Hands

Leave a Comment?  |  Posted on February 24th, 2010
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Amazing how one year flies by, and it seems as if years have passed. Is time slowing down as I get older?! I’m waiting for Rod Serling to step out of the shadows.

One year ago today we (Mildred Pitt and I) released our (Bran Flakes) album I Have Hands (on Illegal Art).

The album is for sale online and you can name your own price.
Go here: http://illegal-art.net/shop
Available on CD or MP3 or Flac files. MP3s (320k) are free if you put in $0 dollars on the checkout. The release is available on CD in most indie record shops and online as MP3s on all the major places such as iTunes, Amazon… and… Soulseek.

We’ve always supported downloading of our music. Download, share… hell, steal it. And if you have a few dollars you might buy it. Or someone will. In the end, it’s about respecting your listeners and through that bands make it. Shame there are still many sea slugs out there who freak out about downloading. I mean, fuck, as artists we make the real money off touring, personal merch sales, and digital download orders that come trickling in.

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