Resonance Check

Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice, giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake!

Obtuse

BotL 2024

"(Verse 1)
In the twilight of the silver screen,
A legend rose, unseen,
With a heart for tales untamed,
Roger Corman, they chanted your name.

(Chorus)
Roger Corman, King of the Bs,
You gave us tales wild and free,
From monsters deep to skies unknown,
In your world, we found a home.

(Verse 2)
Through "Little Shop of Horrors," fear and fun,
A blooming menace, second to none,
"The Pit and the Pendulum," a haunting sight,
You wove our dreams into the night.

(Verse 3)
With "The Raven" and its mystic lore,
And "House of Usher" by the shore,
Your films, a canvas of the strange,
In every frame, you made a change.

(Verse 4)
Through "Death Race 2000," a future bleak,
Your daring vision, unique,
From "X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes,"
You showed us life beyond disguise.

(Outro)
Now the curtain falls, the final scene,
Yet your legacy remains evergreen,
Roger Corman, forever be,
The King of the Bs, in our memory.
Roger Corman, forever be,
The King of the Bs, in our memory."

An homage to the late, great filmmaker Roger Corman. Trish Happel and I created the lyrics with ChatGPT and the music with Suno AI.

Roger Corman, King of the Bs

This new version has louder chipmunk voices. I wrote the song, sang lead vocal, played piano and other instruments. Ralph Warchol got the drum track from an LP. We altered the speed to create the chipmunk voice effect. That also helped with our perceived instrument playing agility. Ralph played the electric bass and perhaps other instruments, if I remember correctly. I believe this was originally recorded at Faith Chapel Radio Recording Studio in Berwyn (yes, Svengoolie's Berwyn). This dates the original recording because I had access to that studio after I began working there in January of 1981. I released the first version of this song on Jango Radio in 2009.

A version of this tune eventually ended up in my CD "Mostly Acoustic" available here: on.soundcloud.com/UssrPNYRW7yURbou5.

Rachel (Rodent Version)

"The time is 12:23, last place I wanna be. 
When will it come?
 I've been waiting for an hour
 And my stomach's feeling sour. 
How late's the train run?

He doesn't know we're up here. 
He'll never guess. 
We're gonna soak him in light. 
Set the coordinates.

When will the train come? When will the train come?
 She thinks she's got me on her pinky. 
She hits me hot 'cause she's so slinky.
 When is it going to come?

The antigrav is on. Engage the brain caress. 
When he starts floating up record the grok he gets.

Good evening Clyde. 
We represent an advanced race of beings
 From a space colony orbiting the Dog Star Sirius.
 You may interpret this as a religious experience
But we want you to know that we are merely
 Manipulating your brain patterns via quantum waves
 To measure for the possibility of intelligent life 
Arising on your planet.

And I wake up on the train. I can't remember my own name.
 When did the train come?”

I wrote the song, sang lead vocal, played electric rhythm guitar. Ralph Warchol played a synthesizer of his for the drum track and low end. Perhaps it was Mike Davis's drum track, not sure. A friend of Ralph's, Dan the Man, played the electric guitar solo on this longer version of the song. This was recorded in Ralph's luxurious basement outfitted with his quarter inch reel-to-reel 8 channel recorder probably in very late 1982 or 1983.

Here's where you can hear different versions of this song:
on.soundcloud.com/H2Q9G
 on.soundcloud.com/eBUEA
https://on.soundcloud.com/FFknszkMBobWULbw8.

Clyde Meets the Aliens

This mix is pretty dark and slow - eerie even. Surely not a reflection of *flaps hands in all directions*.  Play a creepy video game to it.  Or make your own by going into a basement without the lights on ...

Tracklist:
Hotel Neon - Roke
Xiu Xiu - Audrey's Dance
Sergie Rezza - wof
Pact Infernal - Circle VI (Heresy)
Andy Stott - Missing
WSR - All Your Lies
Eugene Ward - Place (Large Group)
Scuba Death - Cracks in the Shield
Gunnar Haslam - He Came From the Border
Amon Tobin - Ode to Morricone
Extrawelt - 808 Slate
Bandshell - Metzger
Mansur - Salome
Shlohmo - We Sat In the Car

The Vibe - 11/22/2024

I consider myself a fringe transmedia conceptual artist and have experimented with all kinds of media like drawing, performance, writing, music, painting, moviemaking, game design since I was quite young. I'd love it if you would check out what I've got going here in the sound department.

Roger Corman, King of the Bs

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