More Titles Than Tracks (June) (Belated)

More Titles Than Tracks:
An Excuse to Pillage the Scenic Railroads Vaults

Each month this year I'll be posting unreleased works by Scenic Railroads, my duo with Joe Panzner. Some will come from scrapped projects, some long-forgotten recording sessions, some may even be new. Despite only publishing a handful of releases over our eight-year existence, we've actually been quite prolific in the studio and I look forward to sharing these works.

For this month's offering, we reached as deep as we possibly could, to the oldest Scenic Railroads session we could unearth. (Was there one prior? The jury is still out.)

Apologies for the delay. June was a bit crazy for both myself and Mr. Panzner. Continuing the 2003 trend we started in May, here is another track from our innaugural session together, Dedicated to the Staff of Cracked Magazine.


Download (11:59, 256 kb/s, 23mb)

See also:
(January)
(February)
(March)
(April)
(May)

On The Brain

1. Agent Cooper's Dream


My wife and I have been watching Twin Peaks on Netflix and while some of it is hopelessly dated, those moments only make the slivers of genius seem that much better in comparison. This is easily one of the best scenes to ever air on network TV.

2. Chris Watson


I could listen to Mr. Watson's field recordings for days straight. Can't recommend his session for Touch Radio, in which he narrates his recordings from the South Pole, enough.

3. The Tigris River


An article on Baghdad in this month's National Geographic got me thinking about this river's rich and intense history, for example:

In the winter of A.D. 1258, when the Mongols sacked Baghdad under Hulegu Khan, great destruction was visited upon the city and its inhabitants. The Bayt al Hikma, or House of Wisdom, was plundered, its contents thrown into the Tigris—philosophical tracts and treatises, art, poetry, historical tomes, scientific and mathematical works—the intellectual wealth of centuries. When the Mongols were done pillaging, it's been said, the Tigris ran black with ink.

4. Pinball FX2


I wish I could afford to house a real pinball machine, but these Pinball FX virtual tables are far from settling. The physics engines running on these are pretty amazing. The majority of my non-cookout time this weekend was spent bouncing back and forth between recording and pinball.

5. Mountain Goats : Outer Scorpion Squadron


"Fools rush in and the doors slam shut." Such a great arrangement. I've recently taken to looping this while setting up in the studio.

Rare Frequency Podcast

During my east coast trip last week, I was excited to stop into WZBC in Boston and perform on Susanna Bolle's Rare Frequency show.

Susanna is an excellent archivist, so you can listen to (or download) my entire set here and view a few more photos here.

Full Neon Marshmallow Set

June Performances

Hitting the road for two short trips this month. A few dates this week and a flurry of shows at the end of the month. The festival dates had been alluded to earlier, but here is the full itinerary, including two radio appearances.

Thursday, June 8th
Magnetic South
Bloomington, IN
w/ Open Sex and SKYPROJECTION
1305 S. Madison, 8:00
Facebook Event

Sunday, June 11th
Neon Marshmallow Festival
Empty Bottle
Chicago, IL
w/Morton Subotnik, The Rita, Pulse Emitter, More...
1035 N Western Ave., 6:00
Neon Marshmallow
Empty Bottle
Facebook Event

Thursday, June 23rd
Live on Rare Frequency, WZBC
Boston, MA
WZBC Online, 7:00-10:00
Rare Frequency

Friday, June 24th
Aviary
Boston, MA
w/Geoff Mullen
48 South Street, Jamaica Plain, 8:00
Aviary
Facebook Event

Sunday, June 26th
Ende Tymes Festival
Silent Barn
Brooklyn, NY
w/Gen Ken, Damion Romero, Jason Soliday, Cowards, More...
915 Wyckoff Ave., Ridgewood, NY, 9:00
Ende Tymes
Silent Barn
Facebook Event

Monday, June 27th
Live on The New Afternoon Show, WNYU
New York, NY
WNYU Online, 4:00-7:00
The New Afternoon Show Archives

Monday, June 27th
Vox Populi
Philadelphia, PA
w/TBA
319 N 11th., 3rd Floor.
Vox Populi

More info on that last date as it develops. Look forward to seeing some of you out there.

Guitar, 6.3.11

Putting in a little prep work for shows next week


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More Titles Than Tracks (May)

More Titles Than Tracks:
An Excuse to Pillage the Scenic Railroads Vaults

Each month this year I'll be posting unreleased works by Scenic Railroads, my duo with Joe Panzner. Some will come from scrapped projects, some long-forgotten recording sessions, some may even be new. Despite only publishing a handful of releases over our eight-year existence, we've actually been quite prolific in the studio and I look forward to sharing these works.

For this month's offering, we reached as deep as we possibly could, to the oldest Scenic Railroads session we could unearth. (Was there one prior? The jury is still out.)

Despite its 2003 timestamp and the fact that we'd known each other for a few months, the majority of the session was surprisingly coherent and not entirely dated. Here's a clip, Sidetracked in the Hairfield.Hope you enjoy.


Download (10:29, 256 kb/s, 20.1mb)

See also:
(January)
(February)
(March)
(April)