Travels In Intertextuality - Season 4 (12 EPs)

Travels In Intertextuality - Season 5

Desolation Sounds Vol. 1

Where Am I Gonna Live When I Get Home?

The Man With The Child In His Eyes (orig. Kate Bush)

Things We Do For Love (orig. 10cc)

A piano version of an old Talk Talk tune from the 1986 album "The Colour of Spring", written by Mark Hollis and Tim Friese-Green. Music performed and produced by I. McAvoy, with vocals added remotely by J. Flynn in the online collaborative audio platform Soundtrap...

https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=5f727ee0372826487781c7ec941db6b0

Living In Another World (orig. Talk Talk) - the anticipated "b-side"

halcyon days 1999 - "Halcyone"- Island Pacific Studios / BCIT audio project - March/October  1999

halcyon days 2011 - "Young Liars" (orig. TV on the Radio) - Campbell River home studio demo - July

1. Shallow
2. Blow at High Dough
3. Wolf Like Me
4. Breaking the Law
5. Make It Wit Chu

Recorded August 20, 2022 beside Biercraft in Cambie Village using an Olympus® voice notes recorder and audio from a Sony® camcorder,  as the USB flash drive failed on the soundboard recording... that is... a fish that got away!

The Naturals - Five Songs From The Cambie Street Summer Sizzler - August 20, 2022

https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=4660bc22a34dca8dc65347f600612527

4) Crying (orig. Roy Orbison & kd lang) mix of first and second test takes, Dec 5, 2022

https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=5f83ed4ab4976dde62398d540109d5bd

2) Dean's Vegas Melody (orig. Dean Martin, live at the Sands)

12) Fisherman's Blues (orig. The Waterboys)

https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=8a453d67705221037f8cc4e4b206fc24

11) Mainstreet (orig. Bob Seger)

Recorded Friday February 17, 2023... it's a prototype over a Karaoke Version track for an upcoming recording for that other project! It came out pretty well I think for having laid down just the two tracks, and then some added wiggling to land the fish in the ol' S.S. Podstream! It's a keeper!

The Soundtrap project link is available here: https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=37fcd322f858a098ec55a00df2878aa9

Lucretia My Reflection (orig. The Sisters of Mercy)

The Irish Rover (Pogues & Dubliners version) - recorded March 17, 2023

LYRICS:
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Don't make this any harder
Everybody's waiting
Walk-on's almost over
Teenagers on ice
Try to keep my distance
Talking of forgiveness
Once upon a poolside
Underneath the lights

What was the worried thing you said to me?

I'll follow you everywhere
While you work the room
I don't know how you do it
Tangerine perfume
I'm not doing anyone
Any kind of favors
Watching airplanes land
Sink into the pavement

What was the worried thing you said to me?

I can't keep talking, I can't stop shaking
I can't keep track of everything I'm taking
Everything is different, why do I feel the same?
Am I asking for too much? Can't hear what you're saying

What was the worried thing you said to me?
I thought we could make it through anything

This is the closest we've ever been
And I have no idea what's happening
Is this how this whole thing is gonna end?
This is the closest we've ever been

Don't make this any harder
Everybody's waiting
Walk-on's almost over
Teenagers on ice
Try to keep my distance
Talking of forgiveness
Once upon a poolside
Underneath the lights

What was the worried thing you said to me?
I thought we could make it through anything

Once Upon A Poolside (orig. The National) recorded April 29, 2023

Tropic Morning News (orig. The National) recorded April 27, 2023

Soundtrap project link: https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=8b88ff3df876b04a7925cdc4176bddcc

This song has one hell of a fishing tale that goes along with it! :) More on that to follow, but it goes all the way back to this thing from 2006, not long after meeting The National in NYC and the series of adventures that followed... 

https://www.academia.edu/1320506/Travels_in_Intertextuality_the_autopoetic_identity_of_remix_culture

The National Tropic Morning News: Cinco de Mayo Edition

Recorded July 4, 2023 in Campbell River BC

Blue Moon (in the style of Dean Martin) July 4, 2023

How Little It Matters, How Little We Know (orig. Frank Sinatra)- Sept. 20, 2023 - Campbell River, BC

So I guess this is sufficient for a proof-of-concept? ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ Seriously, this is insane! :)

Here's the Soundtrap project link: https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=a56e482274384dffa49a2626aa909ef2

Send Me An Angel (orig. Scorpions) a 1-day quick mix D$ test vocal & iBruce piano job 2023/10/04

Send Me An Angel (orig. Scorpions) Dr. Goulet lead vox test, D$ harmonies, iBruce piano, 2023-10-06

Vocals by G. Crooney, recorded February 22, 2014 at Podstream Studios.


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Guitar track info... Apr 1, 2020  #MusicVideo #Cover #MarkLanegan
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ac8c...

Maskedinsanity is now available on Spotify, Amazon, Youtube Music, Apple Music, Tidal, Deezer, and some other places. 

Being stuck at home under Coronavirus lockdown seemed a good opportunity to work on some music. So here’s a cover of ‘The Gravedigger’s Song’ by Mark Lanegan Band, one of my favourite artists and songs. I specifically wanted to translate one of Mark’s heavier, more electronic tracks to acoustic guitar and see how it turned out.

Transcribed, arranged and performed by Maskedinsanity. Played on a Martin D15. 

Music video by Arthur Cauty http://www.arthurcauty.com

Filmed on a Panasonic S1H, with Sigma Art lenses.

Check out Mark’s work at: https://www.marklanegan.com/

The Gravedigger's Song (Acoustic) - Recorded February 22, 2024

All vocals recorded between May 3rd and May 14th, 2024, at Podstream Studios in Vancouver BC

1. Someone New (Hozier song 1)
2. Drink To Me With Thine Eyes (Dean Martin)
3. You Make Me Feel So Young (Frank Sinatra)
4. oh baby (LCD Soundsystem, song 1)
5. Rain (The Cult, song 1)
6. Nirvana (The Cult, song 2)
7. Love (The Cult, song 3)
8. Talk (Hozier, song 2)
9. It Will Come Back (Hozier, song 3)
10. Soda Jerk Fountain (Swell, from the album “…well?”)
11. New York, I Love You (LCD Soundsystem, song 2)
12. Thank You, Good Evening (Swell, from the album “…well?”
13. Us V Them (LCD Soundsystem, song 3)

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Soundtrap project: https://www.soundtrap.com/signup?ref=2a729778906aece222f5e13131bb3b30

George Crooney - American Suites (Vol. 1) - May 16th, 2024

George Crooney - Broken Man (orig. St. Vincent, YouTube karaoke track remix) - June 8, 2024

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Artists and scientists see bullseyes differently but bullseyes they do see! It’s just the when and the how…
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April 13 2023 karaoke night on Main leads to the thesis... published here as a SoundCloud playlist and corresponding Soundtrap project links on June 6, 2024. Details to follow… but at just under double o’seven hours of runtime, I’m willing to defends this thesis as a remarkable innovation in McLuhanian rhetoric while it having completely defeated me in the process! Only took me 25 years, but hey, lifelong lessons or something like that in the academic business 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Twenty-five years ago… a mid-20s UBC Commerce grad named Joel Flynn leaves his 10-year college job at a grocery store in Campbell River BC and returns to Vancouver to begin what would turn into a 25-year digital media research career. The first stop in this academic research path was the British Columbia Institute to Technology (BCIT) and its brand new New Media Design program at the downtown campus. At the time, Flynn had just recorded a 5-song demo as the singer for a Vancouver Island indie band named “Halcyon Days”, and by the end of 1999 the rest of the band had moved to Vancouver, also to start school at BCIT and SFU.

Inspired by DIY “indie” artists (e.g. Swell, GBV), Flynn pushed his band as early adopters of Apple Macintosh CD burners in order to create packaged CD-Rs with artwork for selling at the band’s gigs. The very first project Flynn would work on at BCIT was a “remix” of the band’s five demo songs along with key audio samples - from films, soundtracks, and other songs - in order to create a cohesive 25-minute album listening experience. While incorporating a sampled monolog from the William Hurt film Altered States, the joke at the time was, “who the hell decides to make Dark Side of the Moon out of a 5-song demo tape? Ha! It’s Halcyon Days!” The band would play what proved to be its final show on March 10, 2000 at the legendary Commodore Ballroom, before then “taking a break” just as the dot.com bubble altered its state.

Flynn’s interest new media has always reflected his interests in music, particularly in live music through his skills as a singer and performer. These were just starting to develop in 1999 as lead singer/songwriter in “the Halcyon Days Project”, a version of the band name that refers to 1999’s videotape “found footage” cult classic The Blair Witch Project. Flynn has long been fixated on the historical development of media formats, especially the shift from physical albums on vinyl and cassette, to digital versions on computers through “ripped” CDs and mp3s.  Flynn’s investigation into digital media authoring tools - i.e. digital audio workstations (DAW) such as ProTools and Logic for “remixing” audio content - began in the BCIT New Media Design program in 1999. Twenty-five years later, his media research path has led to an unprecedented amount of remixed audio content for a Master of Applied Science and MBA from SFU. It's now his PhD research at Carleton U, distilled via Podstream Studios...

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"a dissertation is a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done in order to receive a degree at college or university"

HAVE A LISTEN! Sure it's SEVEN hours long, but for all the advanced arguments contained within this *authored/written* piece of academic work, that's pretty economical! :)

PODSTREAM DISTILLED: Thesis/Antithesis/Playlist, a dissertation by George Crooney - June 21st, 2024

Analyse (orig. Thom Yorke, Prestige Soundtrack Version) Oct 29 2024

Swell  |  Live in Paris  |  1998-10-21
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Today
Smile My Friend 
At Long Last 
What I Always Wanted
Oh My My  
Black Milk 
Improvisation
At Lennie's
Make Up Your Mind 
Sunshine Everyday
Down
Love You All
Bridgette, You Love Me

Swell | Live in Paris | 1998-10-21

S05E02 | TV on the Karaoke

S04E01 | Chris Isaak Battles Yoshimi's Karaoke Machines

S04E03 | Talk Talk 7 Voice & Text Plan

S04E04 | Oasis - 7&7 A  Side

S05E01 | Interpol - Agent 7

S04E05 | Oasis - 7&7 B Side

S06E03 | Catherine Wheel's Just Desserts, Menu Option 2

Interpol - Agent Seven

S05E10 | Paddyshack Part 1 (Pilot/Bottle Episode)

S05E11 | Paddyshack Returns, May 2025

S05E09 | Radiohead - The Sevens (Part 7)

S05E08 | Radiohead - The Sevens (Part 6)

S05E05 | Radiohead - The Sevens (Part 3)

S05E06 | Radiohead - The Sevens (Part 4)

S05E07 | Radiohead - The Sevens (Part 5)

S05E03 | Radiohead - The Sevens (Part 1)

S05E04 | Radiohead The Sevens (Part 2)

Experimental cover of TV on the Radio's 2003 song "Young Liars" by 3/4 of the band formerly known as "halcyon days" (Joel Flynn, Ryan Pollock, Matt Wilson). Recorded and produced by Ryan Pollock using Apple Logic in July/August 2011 in Campbell River, BC.

"Young Liars" (orig. TV on the Radio)- recorded July 2011 in Campbell River BC

Ahhh Dear Irony, I tried, I tried. Now the saddest song I know.

The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance (orig. Sinead O'Connor) // live from the Media Club // 2009-07-13

Crime of the Century (orig. Supertramp)

Tempted (orig. Squeeze)

OLD ADVENTURES IN LO-FI... 

Next to a small little cobblestone street on the edge of Vancouver's Gastown used to be a bunch of rehearsal spaces for local bands, with all the aesthetics, trappings, and varmints of a set from David Fincher's Fight Club. Matt Wilson, the ex-bassist from from late 90s Campbell River rock band halcyon days had a shared room here with his other band and in late 2008 suggested to former bandmates Joel Flynn (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Derek Lee (drums) to come on by and make use of the space. After the sudden passing of Flynn's father in December of that year, the ex-Riverite singer needed some music to work through the situation. He recruited two other ex-Riverites, his nephew Luke Schuss on guitar and Erin Lahay on piano/keyboards. 

To honour the infamous old singing fisherman - Flynn's father Doug, who had moved on to Fiddler's Green - the five-piece put together a bunch of mostly Irish-themed songs to play at a St. Patrick's Day memorial at the Media Club. The nameless group continued to get together and learn songs, some new originals and holdovers from the halcyon days era, but mostly just a bunch of cover songs that were fun to play. Borrowing Flynn's nom-de-plume of that he used for his digital media art experiments, the band played one other show at the Media Club in July of 2009, but never did anything else outside the walls and microphones of, ahem, "Cobblestone Road Studios". 

Of course, "studios" is saying a bit much, as it is basically a 15'x15' room with some randomly placed microphones. These consisted of either a Rode Podcaster or an iPod nano with a Belkin stereo mic attachment, which were later thrown together into multitrack Garageband projects. Yet this bare minimal approach did the lo-fi job and the Campbell River collective continued to play away in the space until it was closed down in early 2010. Some informal recording took place during this time, but was more note-taking and reference material for the band members than anything else. 

Later in the year, while backing up all these recordings to a new hard drive, Flynn ended up losing most of them when the brand new drive crashed within a  week (damn you LaCie!). File recovery software couldn't identify the Garageband files, and the old "throw the drive in the freezer" last resort couldn't get the drive spinning. The still nameless band never ended up finding another full rehearsal space, or play another show as a full band, while the lost Garageband recordings are still sitting unrecoverable on the busted LaCie (with the eye-catching design by Porsche). 

FAST FORWARD: While rummaging through discs, drives, and other piled up office stuff in early 2011, Flynn came across an old recovery disc from the busted LaCie drive. On it were some raw and rough mp3s taken during the group's rehearsals in 2009 that he gave a listen. With Erin now on a two-year 'round the world adventure, and the rest of the band still in limbo with other projects and a lack of a regular rehearsal space, Flynn decided to collect and coordinate some of these lo-fi recordings through a SoundCloud page, which has now been repurposed for Podstream Studio's uses.

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