I can weigh in here...I lived in Berkeley/SF at the same time as these stories (I worked with Joe Pope at Systematic Distribution). I was a BIG fan of Pell Mell and bought the 12" EP when it came out. I can verify that Pell Mell was pretty great live but a little...kinetic, not quite rigid but a little stiff. I was there for the first show that Greg joined in and when they played, everyone's jaw dropped...they had achieved a powerful groove and became an AMAZING band. BTW, Ray Farrell is a sweetheart and sharp as a tack -- I could tell you some stories, hell, anyone in the scene has a great Ray Farrell story. You should do a story about him or interview him. And, Steve Fisk? Quite possibly the funniest guy on the planet. He deserves a show by himself.

I started recording the piece at 4.25 in the morning, hence the title. And what I was trying to do was interact with the space through my voice and listening -- a kind of unheard intervention in the roar of the city, which even at this time of the morning is quite loud. I was working to blend my vocalizations with the environment, blurring the boundaries of what was being "performed" by me and what was being happening in the environment. An interaction which had perhaps more to do with listening as much with me making any sounds in reaction to the environment.

Recorded for Cartopodes / Episode 3: Eclosions
https://topophoniques.ch/cartopodes

Recorded June 11, 2021 in Zürich.

Bullingerhof 4.25

A Quiet Night on the Mooncam

A quiet night on the mooncam
Another visit to the morgue
A crowded place but it's okay
There's always room for one more

And Calaban has been busy
He is hands on
No matter how much it's never enough
But God is all and all is one

All the colors of the spectrum
All the dollars in the bank
Examine your risk assessment
You worry about all the wrong things

A quiet night on the mooncam
The silence of the stars
Saturn and Cassiopea
Ganymede and Mars

Making plans with a deathwish
Dodging in the nick of time
Everytime someone saves your life
You spit right in their eye

You can embrace surrender
So we are taught by the wise
But let us do what people do
They satisfy their desires

A quiet night on the mooncam
The silence of the stars
Saturn and Cassiopea
Gantmede and Mars

Calaban has been busy
He is so hands on
No matter how much it's never enough
But God is all and all is one

Written and Produced by Paul Roessler and Paul Boutin at Kitten Robot Studios

Drums Joe Berardi
Bass Nathan York
Guitars Paul Boutin
Piano and vocals Paul Roessler

A Quiet Night On The Mooncam

Analise I'm rolling on the ride
I've been waiting now for all these deadly days
To fall into your eyes
But sure as a tide the tempest rise
And wash away the light
Sure enough the morning star came right on time

Analise there was nothing there at all
But I went on a little run tonight
And it spun into a fall
So close to overdose but missed it by a mile
I'm a wounded soul and I'm out of fight.

There's a devil inside
There's a devil inside
There's a devil inside
Let him die

Analise can we turn back the hands of time?
Can we sing so hard that everything makes sense and somehow rhymes?
Or fall away, swim in azure waves
Escape to a place where I can't find you to darken all your days
Sure as the tide I'm on the ride blind without a guide
Maybe I will be your morning star tonight

There's a devil inside
There's a devil inside
There's a devil inside
Let him die

Lyrics Paul Roessler
Music Paul Roessler Paul Boutin
Guitar Paul Boutin
Bass Nathan York
Drums Joe Berardi

Analise

Radio adaptation of the book "Soundings" 
https://jasonkahn.net/editions/catalog/soundings.html

for Framework Radio
https://frameworkradio.net/

Broadcast March 5, 2022 on Resonance FM.

Jason Kahn // text, voice, environmental recordings.

Soundings Radio Adaptation

Plasma

Portland punk, Top Ten of 2020, Pell Mell... All This and More with special guest Bob Beerman. 
.
.
.
.
YOU DON’T KNOW MOJACK is a podcast dedicated to exploring the entire SST catalogue, in order, from start to finish. During the podcast we will discuss all the releases that are part of our core DNA, as well as many lesser-known releases that deserve a second chance, or releases that we are discovering for the very first time (we actually don’t know Mojack!). First and foremost we are fans, and acknowledge that we are not perfect and don’t know everything – sometimes the discussion is more about a time, place, feeling, personal experience or random tangents, and less about the facts (but we will try to get to the facts too). Facebook: www.facebook.com/mojackpod/ Twitter: @mojackpod Instagram: www.instagram.com/mojackpod/ Blog: www.mojackpod.com/ Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/blog/mojackpod Theme Song: Shockflesh

158 The Bumper Crop

158 Pell Mell "The Bumper Crop" w/ Bob Beerman

A podcast exploring each release on SST Records, in order, from start to finish.

158 Pell Mell "The Bumper Crop" w/ Bob Beerman

You Don't Know Mojack

Recent comments

grrhenkel

Hasketron

Related tracks