Friday, September 29, 2006

The Sheds: The Sheds Quit Smoking

The Sheds Quit Smoking

A concept album about giving up nicotine. An offbeat idea, but it works. The Sheds have pulled it off. You can download the full album The Sheds Quit Smoking at their website. There are only two in the band - Chris Haubner and Cameron Cochran, but together they can play acoustic and electric guitars, drum kits and machines, xylophones, keyboards, banjarsa and kalimba. O, don't forget their "unvarnished vocal talents".

MP3: The Sheds - One Smoke

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Podcast: Live Jambands in Holland #51:
Handsome Family Amsterdam 2001-11-24 (part #01)

Handsome Family

Episode 51 in the podcasts section Live Jambands in Holland:

Live Jambands in Holland #51:
Handsome Family
Paradiso, Amsterdam , The Netherlands
2001-11-24 (part #01) (click to download)
Running time: 46:08 -- 128 kbit
Taped and transferred by Michiel Oudendijk.

  1. Intro
  2. Passenger Pigeons
  3. A Beautifull Thing
  4. No One Fell Asleep Alone
  5. Weightless Again
  6. Drunk By Noon
  7. Cold Cold Cold
  8. So Much Wine (Nora o'Conner on vocals)
  9. My Sisters Tiny Hands
  10. Down In The Ground
  11. Giant Of Illinois

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Words about music (125): Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa
I'm interested in melodies and it's the one thing I find lacking in most of the music today. The construction of a melody is a specialized art form. I know a lot of people who can write and arrange but don't pay to much attention to where the melody is. It's a big challange to write a melody. That's why people who can improvise well against chord changes are so unique because that's a challenge met instantaneously. When all you're presented with is the harmonics skeleton, your challenge is to create a personalized melody against that set of chord changes, it's a very impressive feat.

Frank Zappa

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