I could never have imagined something like this, some kind of emo minotaur ;)

This is great.  Really like this. Well done!

love the sweet minotaur, so sweet, so cute.

The Minotaur has given up: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hanktilbury/3316802000/in/set-72157614563373222

This is a song I threw together on the bass and keys, and my friend Tez put down the guitar. I really like the result. He's a very talented musician, who knows how to add dynamic energy to any song. Originally, I conceived this as a funk tune, but it got less funky and more straightforward as I worked it. Hope you enjoy our efforts. 

Take it Out (with Llanpsych)

JTS rendition of Cure for Pain. Song from the second studio album by alternative east coast rock band Morphine, released through Rykodisc in September 1993. Morphine and frontman Mark Sandman were made famous when their music was included in the movie Spanking the Monkey, a 1994 American sick comedy film written and directed by David O. Russell. It was filmed in Pawling, New York, worth finding and how I first heard them. Tracks from Cure for Pain are used throughout the film, including "In Spite of Me" which plays over the end credits

Morphine was one of the best live bands to see in the 90s, especially at the Showbox in Seattle, saw them twice a few years apart, last in 1997, show live audio recording￼: https://youtu.be/tyAeM5qEXPo

Mark Sandman (b. September 24, 1952 – d. July 3, 1999) was an American singer, songwriter, musical instrument inventor, multi-instrumentalist and comic writer. Sandman possessed a distinctively smooth baritone voice and a mysterious demeanour. He was an indie rock icon in the Boston/Cambridge music scene and best known for Morphine. Sandman was also a member of the blues-rock band Treat Her Right and founder of Hi-n-Dry

On July 3, 1999, he suffered a heart attack on-stage during a concert in Italy and died instantly

He was highly regarded by legendary bass players for his unique "slow and murky" style, with Les Claypool, Mike Watt, and Josh Homme all citing Sandman as an influence. Bass was my first instrument and his playing style changed how I think of what a bassline is. Sanman was also responsible for he 2-string bass of Chris Ballew of the Seattle Supersonic super band TPOTU$A

Sandman was born to a Jewish American family in Newton, MA. He graduated from the University of MA and then worked a variety of blue-collar jobs, including construction, taxi driving, and commercial fishing. Sandman once noted he would often earn considerable overtime pay, which allowed him to take leave of work and travel outside of New England to places such as rural Colorado—the setting for a number of Treat Her Right and Morphine songs penned by Sandman, including "Thursday," "The Jury," and "I Think She Likes Me”

Two tragic events affected Sandman's life and would later influence his music: he was robbed and stabbed in the chest during a robbery in his cab, and his two brothers died. These events would later be recounted in the Treat Her Right song "No Reason." His mother, Guitelle Sandman, later self-published Four Minus Three: A Mother's Story, a book about the loss of her three sons

Fans have speculated that many of Sandman's songs were autobiographical, which to this day remains unconfirmed. Sandman was secretive and served as spokesman for Morphine, he avoided answering questions about his personal life or his professional experiences outside of the music business. Sandman was particularly secretive about his age, becoming angry with any reporter who expressed an interest in revealing it publicly, perhaps because he was 10 to 20 years older than most of his indie-rock contemporaries

Along with Morphine (formed in 1989) Sandman was a member of the legendary band Treat Her Right,  he also formed the bands Sandman, Candy Bar, and the Hypnosonics, and The Treat Her Orange Supergroup with The Presidents of the U$A frontman Chris Ballew and the Pale Brothers. He also performed with the Boston jazz band Either/Orchestra

His instruments were altered and built himself. In Morphine, he played a 2-string slide bass electric guitar tuned to a fifth, and sometimes a unitar (named after the one-stringed instrument in American blues tradition), and a three-string slide bass with one bass and two unison strings tuned an octave higher (usually to A). He sometimes paired bass strings with one or two guitar strings, creating the "basitar" "tri-tar" and "guitbass." His alternative stringing and tuning innovations continue to inspire the next generation of rock, jazz, and blues

For Mark: https://youtu.be/Fgh-mF6xM64

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Cure for Pain

Cure For Pain

Flicker

Far Off War

This is actually the first track I recorded by myself since early 4-track recordings decades ago. Recorded at the start of lockdown on an iPad before I discovered Ableton; cleaned up in 2023 for a new airing. Always saw it as a sonic future-scape that is a little rough around the edges but worth sharing again.
Image: AI via Lexica.

El Futuro Es...

Part 2 of a fictional live set in an open space... say, a café. I don't have any hardware, just a laptop. if I did, and I could play impromptu gigs, it might sound a bit like this...

oh... and I'll have the eggs benedub, please.

Part 2 [Sunday Brunch Dub]

MMXXIIIVIXXVTGHTNNG

Hands Up

Author:        Jacek Romanowski
Polish title:  Wszechobecne uczucie
Genre:          piano music, instrumental music, classical music

Omnipresent Feeling

Exiled

written and recorded april 2012 by andrew salvner (aka pretzels malone, lil' spaceman)
4-track cassette - trk1-keys and drums / trk2,3&4-vocals

this is a chunk of my first try at writing a minotaur vs. wizard medley.  i'm using 4 different songs and mixing them up piano and muzak style.  this one was easy, it was already a softy.  the original version of this song is at the end of the film, and is a fairly sad part if you're rooting for the minotaurs.

*** the medley worked, and i should have it up here within the week.  this version had lots of issues, but i got the next one good enough.  i appreciate all the listens, and i'd love it if anyone is actually reading all this jazz i'm typing down here.

there's a guy with lightning (sweet minotaur revisited)

armed with seven rounds of space doodoo pistols.  -kool keith

there's a guy with lightning (sweet minotaur revisited)

lil' spaceman

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