Gearing Up for a Big Summer

Ok, well notice the uncontrollable feedback that actually sounds kind of cool in E-Chrys. That's what happens when you don't have backup strings and have to play the "mystery guitar" in the corner. H2 ohh though, sounds better (thanks Eddie, we sort of borrowed your Ibanez, she sounds great.)

Here are a couple of decent jams from an otherwise uneventful Monday practice...Uggh...Mondaze

E-Chrys 3-1-10

H2 ohhh 3-1-10

We put the wheat beer into secondary fermentation last night to clear it out a little better, It tastes great, it will be a tight beer for the spring. We are going to brew 40 more gallons next week, we will have 20 gallons each of an amber and a czech pilsner, so there will be plenty of beer and music to go around real soon.

New Riffs for New Songs

The Music of Fear

So there is a rift of sorts in our band. I myself think jazz is great, I love it. Brandon seems to like it too. Sun Ra, Mingus, Trane, Miles etc, good stuff. The rhythm section though, not so much. They are in the Nigel Tufnel camp. But hey, I'll play Heavy Duty all night long.

Zeked Down and Bound

Somehow the end of Whitesand Diablo turned into an ambient dance party. I don't know how these things happen.

Zeke 2-25-10

Beerward Ho!

We're finally brewing again. It's been a long time. We're brewing 20 gallons of wheat beer for some sort of Spring Fling type event in April that will feature bands and beer. There will be a number of these events throughout the summer that will feature music, food, and beer.

We started at about 10:00 AM this morning and right now it is about 3:00 PM we're more than halfway done, so things are moving along nicely. When all is said and done the beer should be between 6 and 7 Percent, so it should be drinkable with some punch. We were gonna have a barrel but instead we are going to bottle them up in dueces.

Bull Murphy

Whenever we get together we always have a purely exploratory jam to open the night, partly for fun and partly to warm up. It always ends up being one of the highlights of the night.

Certain tunes have a loose chord structure and turn into improv vehicles, Beehive on the Moon is one of those. Tonight was loose. Loose as all hell.

For some reason we spontaneously played Broken Furniture all in different times. We were jabbering at each other about some timing and just decided to play it any way but right. You can hear the hesitation, but maybe we'll rework it into a different song. It is all part of the songwriting process.

Also we are working on throwing vocals into already established songs and working on little five minute tunes. We're working on balancing out the set.

We will also be holding events throughout the spring and summer that will feature delicious home brew and live music by Dinosaur Monster, so stay tuned for that.

Bull Murphy 2-18-10

Wiggin' Out 2-18-10

Broken Furniture (Loose Change Version) 2-18-10

Muenster Folk