Here are some pictures of the show.
Thank you to everyone who came out and endured the beginning stages of the Rapture with us.
Fun was seemingly had by all, but you never know with kids these days.
Today is the 20th of May:
So I hope everyone is prepared for their ascend to Heaven tomorrow...
or, (if you're like me) you're gearing up for the best 5 month orgy - murder - natural disaster - drug OD party EVER!
(What on Earth am I going to wear?)
Tomorrow is The Rapture according to some people who are getting a lot of press.
Can I get a "whoop whoop" for Armageddon?
Can I get an Amen?
I figured it would be a good time to change around the blog. I have a neat new header up there, and a new "darker/sinner" overall feel now with the slightly abstract black background.
On a different note, Tonight is my show! Phoenix Cafe [just south of 10mile, on John R, in good ol' Hazel Park]
I'll be arriving around 8pm. People will play music around 9pm.
It's going to be very relaxed. More of a gathering than a show.
And if you play music and feel like playing a few songs, by all means, come on down and play a few.
[I'm really liking the "bold" button this post]
And also, I have some pictures of my side of the finished cassette sleeves.
Penis Vein
"O" Face
Fishnet Body Suit
S.-ing a D.
Porn Stash
Hand in Panties
Nip Slip
I hope to see you there tonight. Tapes will be 5 bucks [if you want to buy a tape], but it's free to get in, and it's BYOB, if you're into that sort of thing.
Can't wait to see you at the after (rapture) party on the 21st.
I have been burning the candle at both ends trying to finish at least 50 tapes before our show on Friday. I'm proud to announce that I have done just that.
Today I helped Jon finish up a few little recording things for his side. And we're going to start working on the sleeves soon. He's downstairs right now recording a small drum part.
And... (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) I'm buying Matilda a friend today. Her name is Dottie.
So I finally got everything figured out. Only took about an hour and a half to figure out why it was only recording on the left... That could have been 6 tapes... oh well.
After that I went out and got some supplies, made one of the worst stencils ever, and went to work.
Thought I'd post some pictures of past and present progress.
75 tapes
where the so called magic happens
all the cool kids are doing it
all the cooler kids are doing this
3 down. 72 to go.
As of right now, I have 7 done. And it's time to go to work. Hopefully in the next few days I can get things moving a bit more.
The song is called Rolexxx and you can download it for free, or stream it at Soundcloud, or my Bandcamp.
The "[mostly]" part that you see in the subject up there... that refers to the actual making of the tapes now. From now until May 20th, I will be using most of my free time putting together 75 cassette sleeves, putting art work on 75 cassette sleeves, putting art on 75 cassettes, and transferring music I just finished yesterday from my computer to 75 cassettes.
Just putting the music on to tape is going to be 20 hours of time.
75 casettes X 16 minutes [15 min of music, 1 min for prep per tape] = 1200 minutes.
Luckily I can just push play and record and start working on the art/design aspect while it records.
Today I hope to get a system in place. I'm going to try and make a few different stencils, find out the best color combos and start work on the music transfer. I did a test tape yesterday, and it turns out that I have something set up wrong because music only came out of the left side.
Soooo.....
Today is "get out the bugs" day from now until my real job calls at 2pm.
