Dig My Earth

Here's another great song I came across today. This one's called "Father's name Was Dad" by the band Fire. I was actually able to find some info on these guys. Looks like in 1966 they got some attention from Paul McCartney because of the demo version of this song. He arranged for them to re-record it with some slight changes but it still failed to chart. After that the band's next batch of demos we're rejected and their label Decca attemped to bring in outside writers. That didn't sit too well with the band and there was a bit of a stale mate.. Eventually they we're dropped in '68.

I come across a lot of ill music while looking through records for samples. I thought I'd try and share a few that I really like as I find um. I've had this track on repeat all morning. It's called "Searchin' In The Wilderness" by the band Allen Pound's Get Rich. This shit's really heavy considering it came out in the 60's. Gotta love that!

I can't find to much info on these guys unfortunately. That can sometimes be the case with digging. You find groups that we're awesome but for some reason never blew up. In most cases I've found that a band like this was on the fast track to success, releasing a few good singles, but broke up before ever putting out a proper album. Too bad..

-Alex

Ray and danny....still have nothing better to do. This shit brings me back to the Fleet house in CLE! We used to record hours and hours of this stuff for skits on our first albums.

-Alex

In the throes of New Years Eve intoxication I decided to film a commercial for the ASPCA. The commercial never got finished, but these are the outtakes.

- Joe

FACEBOOK: RECONNECTING PEOPLE

Ok, so back in High School there was a stretch when I used to steal lunch practically everyday. I’m not proud of it or anything. It’s was just something I did because A.) I didn’t give a fuck at the time. B.) The way the cafeteria was setup made it WAY too easy.  C.) I’m not positive, but I may have been going through some sort of a klepto phase. Regardless, everything went swimmingly for months and months (I guess I was pretty good at it) until one day I was going about shoplifting some snacks when a girl I didn’t really know came up to me and said, “If you keep stealing, I’m going to tell someone.” Naturally, I was completely caught off guard by this threatening encroachment. I pulled her aside and said, “Don’t be ridiculous. Haven’t you ever heard of the ‘code’? You can’t tell on me. Everyone will think you’re a total bitch.“ My rationale had pretty much zero effect on her and she stood her ground. I was forced to curb my free lunches.

The craziest part was that she was one of those tough punk rock chicks with piercings and shit.  She wasn’t class secretary or the president of the Latin club where you might of expected those high moral principles. From her outward appearance you probably would of thought that she was the one who was stealing.

Fast-forward to yesterday: I wake up, check my email and see I have a friend request from a girl who’s name I don’t recognize. I signed in to check it out and it’s confirmed. I have no f’in clue who this chick is. I investigate further and see we went to the same high school and what not. I’m checking out her pictures when all of a sudden, it hits me… This is the chick that said she would rat me out in the lunchroom!  I didn’t know what to do. My boy Verbz said I should hit her back like, “Whut ups bitch? Don’t think I forgot! You shut down my whole operation! You better watch you back in ‘10” or something like that. But after considering all my options, I finally decided to just approve her and keep it moving. Some people might say I puss’d out in the perfect moment to finally get revenge but...fuck it. I don’t know why she hit me up and I really don’t care either.

Thanks for the laughs facebook. You're a complete waste of time, but at least your not boring. Ok, I take that back. Your actually REALLY boring. Like, 97% of the time nothing entertaining happens. But that 3%...**WOW**

-Alex

I love the MPC like I love comics.  Like I love CD inserts, like I love the movies Aliens and Predator.  It fits in that categorey of forever coolness that I'll never get over or grow out of.  Despite new technology such as drum software combined with midi controllers (even Akai has embraced), the MPC has endured and still has a place in many studios worldwide.  I am a proud owner of two and if you saw Alex and I perform out over the past year you probably saw me rockin on it.

I came across this video this past week and thought I'd share.  Long live the MPC!

- Matt

photo by Ryan McGinley