FoeWeel !!! ???

Radio Flyer, Alameda Flea Market

I’ve been a bit lax on the posts lately. Since the start of my new business, Red Choo Choo, things have been a hectic around these parts. Also, I haven’t heard too much music that has caught my ear. I don’t think that’s supposed to makes sense. Anyhow, we have a great interview with Tune-Yards that we will be posting shortly. Enjoy the new and the old.

Anti-Pop Consortium – Volcano (Four Tet Remix) – They’re back together, so they can be further ignored by the public, most likely. Their new album, Fluorescent Black is a nice return. It would be great to have them make an entire album with Four Tet.

Flying Lotus – Infinitum (Dimlite’s Re-finitum) – Ahead of his time. From the LA EP, having bloodlines to Coltrane, this is the new Jazz that will be played for apple products in 2023.

The Smiths – Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want (Live) – Growing up, I never was a fan of The Smiths. I thought Morrisey’s moaning vocal delivery with his Elvis aesthetic killed whatever great music Marr was trying to play. I’ve softened my view over the years, being like sugar, I can still only take it in small doses, and this slowed down live version is a nicely aged whine.

The Stone Roses – I Wanna Be Adored – This is the 20th Anniversary remaster, and a perfect way to start an album. Eerie noises, the bass rolling in, the guitar slicing in through tiny spaces, and then the kick driving you towards a proclamation of greatness. A perfect album from a once, perfect band.

Fuzz, 2008

Summer has ended, and as we enter the shades of the Fall season…………

Flying Lotus – Testament (feat Gonja Sufi)

Leila – Why Should I? (feat Terry Hall & Martina Topley Bird)

Aretha Franklin – Do You Know (Hey Now Hey (The Other Side Of The Sky)) (Outtake)

Anna King – Night Time Is The Right Time

Portland, 2008

My memory seems to fade faster and faster with age, as I am now reminded on a constant basis by a certain special someone, maybe as a way to help improve my memory……. This blog is a way for me to remember a certain moment in time, mainly in some abstract form. I spent this past extended weekend in Portland, which was planned and booked 48 hours before the trip. A spontaneous excursion with someone I have known for a little over 3 weeks. How it ended up, and what exactly took place, is not up for debate, but I would like to jot some notes down as if this blog were my 3×5 card memory aid for the trip.

(in no particular order)
-green apple burps
-dick cheney by the elevator
-cougar entry key
-’betty ford drunk dancing on a table’ entry key
-ronnnie lott in the portland airport
-california is 2000 miles from portland?
-californians are supposedly rude
-photo booth assistant
-nola, the unagreeable owl
-sara with an ‘h’, the waterfall beaver
-room 511
-no rental cars, hmm
-a zip car application takes 3 days
-canadien bikers on harley’s need directions
-dead battery in the minivan
-one giant pancake
-lunch?
-wine in a coffee cup, a reocurring theme
-hung far low chinese restaurant
-pillowtop, or muffin top
-menu of pillows ?
-coffee time
-honey bucket
-jamison shots
-spitting on the spitting plant
-a hummer h3 is classified as a “fun car”
-ipod clock
-toilets flushing everywhere
-stop the taxi, i need to buy a plaid suit

back to reality………….maybe

The Pixies – Break My Body - originally from the Surfer Rosa album, this is a live version from the late 80′s.

Hanne Hukkelberg – Break My Body (Live) – taking some liberties with the lyrics, this live flute-infused version of the Pixies track is better than the original. a soft and piercing voice that opens like a tragic hallmark card that will never be made.

Flying Lotus – Robo Tussin Ft. Lil Wayne – take one of the best producers right now with the hottest hip hop artist today. for all of lil wayne’s commercial appeal, he still has one foot in the underground. and you can’t deny the new albums from lil wayne as well as flying lotus are 2 of the best albums out right now. get los angeles from flying lotus out on Warp , the Blue Note of electronic music.

Bus – Treasure Island - i’m thinking that if you were molasses and you went into a ball crawl, at let’s say, Chuck E Cheese, this would be the song that would best describe your excursion. remember, don’t step on any kids and avoid the giant rat.

the old pad, 2002

Well, the worldwide headquarters of FoeWeel has made it’s move an entire 1 mile from the original transmission station. Although, it did feel at times like it was to the other side of the country. Does anyone enjoy the process of moving? I like reorganizing, taking stock, throwing away things that you once felt were important in your 20′s, but now can’t realize what exactly the emotional tie, or significance of said object was, but boxing up your “stuff” which I’ve accumulated plenty of over the past 5 years, made me just want to donate all of it, and start over. I think this recent Bon Iver interview from TLOBF when asked about his plans for the next 12 months, says it best, for me, about “stuff” and making a true change:

To find the time and the honesty – because it takes hard work to be bold and to be honest and to approach yourself in a way that’s real. I really think that people are good people. But when you walk around in a big city, it’s like everyone’s like holding a mirror in front of their face. And instead of looking at them you’re looking at them looking at you.

So, here’s the breakdown of the move:

20 – the number of places I looked at before finding the new hall of justice.
105 – boxes needed to pack all of my belongings aka junk.
25 – trips back and forth to transport “important/fragile” stuff like theremin, flugelhorn, skateboards, bike, drum set, ultimate puffy life-size hello kitty sticker set, super bowflex, signed subway poster of cool as ice starring vanilla ice.
5 – guys hired from a moving company. 3 regular and 2 extra to transport big stuff like hot air balloon basket and homemade clay pigeon shooting set.
3 – shows to go to the week of the move. beirut was great (plenty of footstomps and air castanets), jamie lidell was less than stellar with a shot voice, and hawtin was hawtin.
45 – approximate number of days needed to unpack (guess).
50% – less water pressure than old place.
80% – more sunlight than old pad.

Now, the music that can help with any type of movement…………

Flying Lotus – RobertaFlack featuring Dolly (Hip Hop)- steven ellison, the great nephew of coltrane. this track is from his upcoming Warp release. he continues the Warp tradition of progression in music.

Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy – Sophisticated Lady (Jazz) – from the 1964 live show at Cornell. a track to show off Mingus’ virtuosity on the upright bass.

Ornette Coleman – Focus On Sanity (Jazz) – from a master who some may think borders on insanity from his out-of-this-world creations. whether he truly is summoning aliens from another world, i think his music makes you feel like the first time you ever tasted ice cream.