AWESOME SOUND!!!

Ween DOES have an Awesome Sound and this proves it. I discovered this live vid of the guys playing said tune and felt obligated to share with fellow worshipers of the Boognish. This video shows Deaner at his best. This crumb is mighty excited to see the boys back on the stage this summer.

Sean Bones!

Hot off the streets of Trenchtown Brooklyn comes Sean Bones and their new album "Rings." Funky reggae grooves guaranteed to stamp summertime on the ears of any listener. "Poppy reggae... heavy and weird," - Sean Bones Sullivan (front man). Listen to the album here.

Aretha on the keys

A good friend of mine passed this on to me as some "materials for human growth." Old footage of none other then Aretha Franklin on the keys playing "Don't Play That Song For Me." Amazing, she kills it. The sound is so good and that soul is second to none.

Bach's Mighty Little Fugue in Crumb minor

This is, to date, my all time favorite piece by J.S. Bach. His Little Fugue in g minor was named 'little' not because of it's importance (commonly misconceived) but to differentiate it from his Great Fantasia and Fugue in g minor. The fugue is in four voices, nicely illustrated here in this simple, MIDI file animation. It's a beautiful, complex and very powerful piece (in this humble crumb's opinion) and interesting to see each voice visually represented. Check out the links below for more J.S.B.

1987 hair band plays a face-melting guitar solo rendition of Little Fugue in g minor (2:00 in)

A shout out to Wex: "the the music of Rationalism" Bach's Well Tempered Clavier:

Tuning explanation

Listen

MGMT- KIDS (remember summer '08?)

It's not everyday a band waits this long to release an official video for such a mega-hit song. Oh how it would have changed last summer to have these visuals in the thousands of hipster heads bopping and dancing at McCarren Pool (RIP) in the pouring rain. I like this video. Aside from the band's 1980's cosmo-nymphic performance on the edge of the forest, this video is quite cool. The monsters are reminiscent of 'Fangoria Magazine' in the mid 90's, the tortured little boy is adorable and the animation very 'Day N' Night' meets 'Paranoid Android.' Good work MGMT. Will you retain the title for mega-trendy hipster hit this summer too, or relinquish it to a new joint reaching even hipper heights (possible?)? Can't wait to find out. 

Return of the Hippie Crumb

tMc headed up to Boston this past weekend to relive a little of his hippie past and took in the Phish show at Fenway Park. He and brother crumb caught one hell of a show. Great set list, lots of rocks and jams and a packed stadium full of hippies, spinners, fogies, wookies, space cadets and human peacocks (many of whom were probably visiting a baseball stadium for their first time ever). Phish sang the National Anthem a cappella on the mound to start things off and then proceeded to do what they've done for the past 25 years. I must say it was good to reconnect and feel a sort of comforting validation for the time/$/brain cells spent following the Vermonters in years past. I guess you can take the Crumb out of the hippie but you can take the hippie out of the Crumb. Namasté  bitches. 

RA music

For you sound freaks out there I have some news for you. Everything you've been listening to up to this point has been OUT OF TUNE! Well, sort of, rather it's been sliiiightly out of tune with the natural frequency of the universe, so to speak--don't stop reading, this is science not hippy chatter. See, we as humans like to think we're so good at perfecting that which put our minds too, and for the most part, we are. We're damn good at getting close anyway. When it comes to sound, we've created a tuning scale upon which all of our music is based--a "man made" standard of tuning. However, we're off by a tad. To understand what I'm talking about you need to learn about the RA frequency, discovered, or rather re-discovered, by a man named Alan Howarth (featured above). All of the greatest composers throughout history knew about it, subconsciously at least. Watch the video above to get a good overview of RA and visit the site below to learn more and convert your music to RA. If it doesn't blow your mind then there is something wrong with you. Listen to RA, feel good. Mahalo!

RA MUSIC 

Bob Log III

Went to see Bob Log III last night at Mercury Lounge. I gotta say, he killed it. If you haven't heard of him check him out. His new album, "My Shit is Perfect" is out. You can (and should) also watch the videos for his mega hit 'Boob Scotch' and his new single 'Clap Your Tits'.