Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Farflung Trainablez Have Found Their New Producer

Since the Trainablez bassist has moved to the Twin Cities and the other members are entire blocks away from each other here in the greater Vermillion metro area. Their output has understandably been less than stellar. But now all that is required is for each member to post solo performances (and not even of the same song!) on Youtube. Eventually, this video artist, Kutiman, will stumble upon the various performances and meld them into something akin to what one witnesses in this video.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Extemporaneous Sweet Jane



As the videographer (and the oaf that unplugged Roxy's guitar in midperformance) I fully appreciate that this is a flawed document. However, I also appreciate this flawed document because it (dare I say) flawlessly echoes the ragged but right sensibilities expressed via the improvised lyrics of our Jefe.
Roxy's guitar playing (when heard) (again, I apologize for my part in that snafu) coupled with her and Mary's backing vocals allows this song to build and deepen, thus offering the ideal underpinning for his musings. Erica's egg shaking abilities are on par with that of the octo-mom's and lends a nuanced subtlety to the performance that is only topped by the page turning of one Katy! some could argue that my inadvertent unplugging of the electric guitar (really...what part of SORRY don't you people understand!!!) imbues the performance with a dynamic range that it otherwise would be lacking.
You're welcome.

Monday, March 2, 2009

A Belated Valentine



Even though Barbara Man-drill is singing to just one very special lady, her video valentine is for all of you to enjoy! (So enjoy it if you dare.)