See that man, in a black suit....

[jon_chaisson]

Happy 17th Anniversary, head58.

I'd say you and I should do a big blowout jam in '08 for the 20th anniversary. That'll give us time to work on our chops. :)

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[head58.livejournal.com]

Careful. I might post some of our mp3s tonight... :)

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

MP3S?

MEKKASIMIAN HAVE TAPE OF HEAD58 SOLO ACOUSTIC SHOW SOMEWHERE...

HEAD58 PAY MEKKASIMIAN HUSH MONEY NOW?

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[head58.livejournal.com]

These mp3s are of our older stuff than jonc and I did before I moved out to Ohio.

I don't think hush money is in order. I'm not ashamed of any of the stuff on that tape. Well, my cover of "Waiting for the Man" is SO White Boy it's embarassing, true. I don't recall ever giving you that tape. I must have been insane.

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

REALLY WAS DECENT STUFF.

MEKKASIMIAN ALWAYS SUPRISED HEAD58 SEEMED TO DROP MUSIC UPON OHIO INTERNMENT.

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[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

If he performed any of the songs I wrote (or wrote jointly), I smell a Pink Floyd-ish lawsuit is in order... :p

On the other hand, I would love to hear those solo tunes. Was that actually a live open-mike, or was it the famed head58 tape? If it is, I have it. If not, I MUST have! For archival purposes, of course. :p

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Okay, it's ten minutes to noon right now. That means you have the next twelve hours to polish off the rest of the songs you've been promising to polish off and post them!!!

GO TO IT, MAN! :D

[head58.livejournal.com]

It was a lack of time, frankly. Grad school ate my head and left me little time for anything other than 24-7 gaming. And post-grad school I was too far from it to pick it back up again. Ah well.

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

WAS OPEN MIKE, IF MEK-MEMORY SERVES.

MEKKASIMIAN DID RECENTLY USE DAVEY AND GOLIATH SAMPLES HEAD58 SEND TO MEK YEARS BACK!

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[head58.livejournal.com]

It's the head58 tape, and yes it does feature some of our joint songs, as well as a number that Lou Reed, Michael Stipe, and Peter Gabriel's lawyers aren't happy about either. Get in line :)

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

OH, TRACKS DO SOUND ABOUT RIGHT. "IN YOUR EYES", YES?

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[head58.livejournal.com]

Yes, somewhat embarassingly.

The Joy Division stuff I was posting about/downloading yesterday has given me a wicked itch to do/hear a techno club dance cover of Ceremony, complete with Cher-esque voice modulation and insane BMP count.hmmmm....

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

MEKKASIMIAN FIND TAPE. NOTED SCRIBBLED SAY: "KRISTOFF OPEN MIC!" NOT SURE IF "HEAD58" SELF-TITLED TAPE OR NOT. ONLY ONE WAY TELL...

MEKKASIMIAN LISTEN NOW. BY COINCIDENCE, TAPE DECK ROUTED THROUGH PC SOUNDCARD. MEK HOPE NOBODY HAPPEN BY PRESS "RECORD".

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[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

MEKKASIMIAN PRESS "RECORD". TELL MEK IF WANT MP3 COPY: CAN DO NOISE REDUCTION WHATNOT EVEN. MEKKASIMIAN AUDIO PROFESSIONAL!

HERE TRACK LISTING (INSOFARAS MEK BARELY HAVE CLUE MOST SONG IDENTITY):

(SIDE 1)
IN YOUR EYES
"I'M FALLING, OPEN YOUR ARMS AND LET ME COME HOME TO YOU"
FEMME FATALE
"TRAPPED WITHIN AN IRON CAGE..."
"IN A DREAM...THE NEXT ROOM..."
"THROUGH THE PAIN OF YOUR DYING DAYS..."
"SEE THAT MAN IN A BLACK SUIT..." (HEY, THAT LJ POST TITLE!)

(SIDE 2)
WAITIN' FOR THE MAN
"COLD STEEL KISSES ON MY LIPS..."
"FOR THE AMERICAN PRIZE..."
"THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE WALL..."
"SWAN, SWAN, HUMMINGBIRD..."
"WHAT KIND OF DAY..."
"...POINTS TO YOU."

THAT ALL! AROUND 49 MINUTE.

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Name That Flying Bohemian Tune!

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Wait! Let me guess what they are... :p

(I'm totally bogarting this post from head58...)
(Oh wait...it's from my journal...)

"I'M FALLING, OPEN YOUR ARMS AND LET ME COME HOME TO YOU"
"Falling." I love playing that one, even though h58 and I have never played this one together.
"TRAPPED WITHIN AN IRON CAGE..."
"Broken Faith." Another of h58's, though a group music composition...I almost used this as a post title! :p
"IN A DREAM...THE NEXT ROOM..."
"In a Dream." Somehow my chord changes are different than his when I play this one. :p
"THROUGH THE PAIN OF YOUR DYING DAYS..."
"Your Dying Days." Not sure if I ever played this one...
"SEE THAT MAN IN A BLACK SUIT..."
ah..."Mr. Cleanhands." One of Nate's. Also known as "Save It For Later", "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong", "Sensitive Artist", and any other three-chord song we end up medleying this one with. :p

"COLD STEEL KISSES ON MY LIPS..."
"Cold Steel Kisses." Oddly enough I remember h58 saying he could hear Jane's Addiction doing this one at one point...
"FOR THE AMERICAN PRIZE..."
"The Last Refuge." Our one politically motivated song. I think...
"THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE WALL..."
"Picture." Wow...forgot about that one!
"SWAN, SWAN, HUMMINGBIRD..."
REM's "Swan Swan H." They had a hell of a lot of potential open-mike songs in the mid-80's, didn't they? :p
"WHAT KIND OF DAY..."
"Days." Another fun one to play that, alas, we've never done together...
"...POINTS TO YOU."
"Pleasure Thine Annoy." One of MINE!!! :D +5pts to MEKKASIMIAN if he knows where I got that title... ;)

Re: Name That Flying Bohemian Tune!

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

MEKKASIMIAN HAVE TO CHEAT. SHAKESPEARE SONNET 8. TRIVIA TRIVIALIZED IN GOOGLE-AGE.

GOOD LISTEN: GLAD JONC ENJOY RECALLING, TOO!

MEKKASIMIAN KEEP AUDIO FILE AROUND FOR NOW: GIVE YELL IF WANT FOR DOWNLOAD, CAN GET RID OF GRADUALLY DEMAGNETIZING TAPE IF NOT ALREADY TRANSFER. MEKKASIMIAN ALSO TRANSFER OWN OLD CASSETTES...

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[emmalyon.livejournal.com]

Hmmm....where did I put those mp3s Jonc sent me when he was trying to impress me.....
(I thought you sang very well on them, BTW).