Buskers! Radiohead! Thom Yorke! David Byrne! - A Stream of Consciousness Rave-Fest

First, hats off for the busking adventures!

This new addition to ER is really exciting and just goes to show that when Dr. Confusion brings it, he brings it raw! That's right, honeys- smarts, a fine storyteller, and one hell of a looker (if I do say so myself). These little tales of magic and woe, of singing into the cold alone and with strangers, have touched my inner troubadour right where he lives....

So what else has got me excited? The new Radiohead album!! It's affirmative, chilluns, that In Rainbows is already out in the land o' the rising sun and will be available on CD stateside January 1st!

In case you've been living under a mossy stone in some forgotten forest somewhere, Radiohead's long awaited follow up to 2003's Hail to the Thief is a double-disc extravaganza that's been getting stellar reviews left, right and center. Many worldwide have already snatched up the album online, as it was originally made available back in October from Radiohead's website where you could choose your own price to download the album!

Speaking of Radiohead:

Thom Yorke announced that Radiohead will be "broadcasting a pre-recording of some songs and other bits on New Years Eve.." over at Radiohead.tv.

It starts at midnight GMT on December 31, which is in the early evening here in America, leaving plenty of time to go get ready to see Spoon or the Black Lips or R. Kelly or whoever.

-according to Pitchfork.

Mmmm. A pretty sweet way to spend New Years if you're going to be staying in....

And by the way, if you like Thom Yorke and Radiohead, then you might (and by "might" I mean damn well should) check out the recent interview that Mr. Yorke did for Wired Magazine. It gives some nice insights AND (!!!) his interviewer is none other than mega geek and music legend David Byrne! Talk about givin' the peoples what they want....

LINK to the Pitchfork article for more details on the Radiohead New Year's broadcast.
LINK to David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music at Wired Magazine

Busking: Victory is thrilling and the taste lingers

What up. w00t! for 100th posting down below. that video is indeed thrilling. Don't say yes to the man. mang.

After some terrible weather that kept me from playing at the market (woe is me?) - i ventured out yesterday. It was cold so my fingers were all kinds of stiff and clumsy and kept me from being any kind of nimble. But I played anyway and there was some great positive feedback. And for some reason yesterday was like "music community day". and it was great. some examples:

• I was mid way into my fahey-ed up bron-yr-aur, and a couple folks lingered to listen. When I was done the Gent asked if he could strum a bit with me so I said "Hellz yeah!" and tuned up in to standard tuning as he fetched his guitar. Turned out he knew "lonesome Whistle" and was familiar with "I'll be your baby tonight", and he played some excellent lead AND sang high-harmony while I tried to keep steady time with some choruses so he could move around on his guitar. A most excellent player - he played me one of his songs and showed me the changes - i tried to keep up. Then his sister came up and said "We gotta go mang!" so I learned his name was scott and he was visiting from main and had to bail to go to another market. Well met and done scott.
• Then there was robert who heard my corcovado, and let me know he was a busker too - and asked to play me one of his songs. I handed the guitar over and was treated to a easy-going song with loads of Major Sevenths and lyrics involving people coming to gether and Mother Goose Nursery rhymes. He told me he was a flautist as well, and would I be interested to play guitar and back him on flute up around town. I told him i'd consider it....i may not have the mental energy to add that to the pile.
• Lastly there was Mike. He hung out behind his table (the fay farm), untill he heard "corcovado" and then he JUMPED over the table to confirm it - and started singing along IN PORTUGUESE! I said I knew Ipanema, and he sang it and asked to repeat the verse so he could scat and inverted "take the A-train" melody over the top. Apparently Jobim did the same thing. He then tells me he cried for a week when he heard the news of Jobim's death. Tip out a glass indeed. Turns out, that Mike is a Jazz bassist and toured around with the likes of Doc Serverinson. And he's a songwriter that wins contests when he's not making skin care products. He saw my hands and tipped me a jar of his hand-salve and a fin. (!) He said he dug the scene and I should come back and stand right across from his stand so he could hear. I said, "i'll be there".

Damn right i will.

On to learning "Manha de carneval", "O Pato", "reynardine" and "beeswing". wish me luck, and thanks so Scott from main, Robert, and Mike.
-Dr. Confusion

100th Post!

Yay!

This, my babies, is our 100th post here at the luscious Effect Return and I've decided to celebrate it with a little Bobby Conn, who is in fact my new idol. I believe this clip is from 'Chic-a-go-go,' a public access dance show for kids and adults out of Chicago.

P.S.- Please, don't say "yes" to the man....



Awe, hell. I wasn't going to do this, but how could I only pick one when both these videos are so frickin' cool?? 'Home Sweet Home' may actually be my current favorite song....