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Sunday, Nov 30, 2008

WHM035: Elika

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This has been a pretty low-key Sunday morning... recovering/regretting over Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Unlike last week's hectic show, trying to fit everyone on schedule, this week I sat down to talk to Elika (elikamusic.com ♥ myspace.com/elikamusic), an spacey electro/indie band in rainy New York.

Brian and Eva filled me in on a few things:

* the meaning behind their name (from the coastal town Elíka, Greece)
* the description of their sound
* their love of vinyls
* working on brand new material
* their relationship with a UK record label, Fiercely Indie Records
* tour experience in Peru and Canada
* the new single, "Let Down"
* "The Whip"

You can pick up Trying Got Us Nowhere via Fiercely Indie Records, Norman Records, Amazon, etc.

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Sunday, Nov 23, 2008

WHM034: Gladshot, Darkroom and Good Night States

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This week's theme seems to be multiple guests on the line, which is a nice change of pace because I'm so used to just talking one-on-one on the phone. Usually with multiple cellphones involved, the audio are terrible - but thankfully through the magic of "noise removal" and normalization the audio on these recording sessions actually sounded really good. The audio for Darkroom was especially AMAZING, due to their professional microphones (the same ones they use for recording music on their studio) and fast internet connection.

PART ONE: GLADSHOT
gladshot.com
myspace.com/gladshot

Gladshot is from New York, we spoke to Mike Blaxill and Debbie Andrews regarding their album Burn Up & Shine. You can buy the album in various methods on their website via iTunes, etc.

After hearing the recorded interview on edit, I didn't realize that Mike was sick!

They will be appearing live at Fontana’s in New York on 12/03/2008.

We talked about:

* How Mike met Debbie (stalking apparently works)
* Gladshot's non-history name
* Burn Up & Shine compared to their previous two albums
* Cover art, based on Simplicity Patterns
* Guest musicians pitching in to help play on the album
* Practicing and playing around in New York
* My misunderstanding of "1961"
* "Fabulous Friends" video and single. The story behind the song, it's in reference some famous fashion designer and her entourage.
* They wanted to say to Minnesota's The Wars of 1812 (unfortunately it didn't fit anywhere on the interview, so I threw it as a bonus outtake at the end).


PART TWO: DARKROOM
darkroomtheband.net
myspace.com/darkroomtheband

We previously mentioned Darkroom before and I was more than happy to have them back on to talk about Some of These Numbers Mean Something.

I actually didn't think this interview was actually going to happen because an hour prior to our scheduled session, I noticed I didn't have any contact information for the band (e.g. their skype ID or telephone numbers). I was a little unprepared for the whole thing, but I quickly realized I actually don't even need to ask anything as Michael Bearpark and Os carried on like professional interviewees and volunteered some great answers.

The interview actually ran a little too long, but well worth a listen:

* "Darkroom" is a common name, is this a concern
* Their influences from the early days (electronica), apparently they had a standard singer/guitarist, but their singer left the band after the second album.
* The current project is Darkroom, a collaboration between Mike and Os - a mostly ambient, atmospheric sound.
* Modern recording technology
* bringing back the gated snare
* The Concorde airplane on the cover art
* "The Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes"
* The name and its significance for the album title Some of These Numbers Mean Something


PART THREE: GOOD NIGHT, STATES
goodnightstates.com
myspace.com/goodnightstates

This was a great experience, five cellphones, one call! I think that this was a first on W♥M Radio to have that many people on conference.

I thought I would get confused about who was who, it was easy to identify who was doing the talking. Thank you to Megan for making this happen, Steve, Joe, Trevor and Dan.

At one point, I thought one of the band member got pulled over by the police! Although I'm glad that didn't happen, part of me thinks that would make exciting radio, don't you think?

* Last night's show at The Fire in Philadelphia
* Joe and his Lap Steel
* Recording two songs per month's experiment and pricing structure.
* "The Odd and the Even"
* the two "Not Come Around" songs
* Being on Spin.com
* "The Family Dark"

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Thursday, Nov 20, 2008

W♥M033: Devi and Mary Shelley Overdrive

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So hey, welcome back to our weekly podcast show. Please see note above to why this episode is slightly delayed - even though I had finalized everything by late Sunday evening.

Also, I don't normally jinx myself for announcing future guests on the show, but we have three scheduled next week. Hopefully the one from overseas will work out, so I'm crossing my fingers.

So, I also suggest you check out Emelia's previous mention of Del Shannon's "Runaway" and my article and fascination on the morbid "Jack the Ripper" and 50s-inspired The Raveonettes.

This week:

PART ONE: DEVI
devi-rock.com ♥ myspace.com/devirock
Devi (pronounced "Davy") is a rock trio from Hoboken, New Jersey. Debra was kind enough to stop in and talk to us about her debut album, Get Free, which was just released a few weeks ago. They just also finalized agreements with Red Eye Music Distribution, so you'll be able to find their music at the usual places. In the meantime, you can get their album for $10 CD or $5 digital download via cdbaby.

Topics up for discussion:

* The name Devi and its origins
* How she met her band
* "Demon in the Sack" and "C21H23NO3" explained
* "Runaway" Del Shannon/Bonnie Raitt cover
* Hair-blowing photo session
* Special guest appearance on Get Free


PART TWO: MARY SHELLEY OVERDRIVE
maryshelleyoverdrive.blogspot.com ♥ myspace.com/maryshelleyoverdrive
Simon and Mark from Mary Shelley Overdrive, a band based out of South Carolina, in need of a drummer, as I just found out.

We talked about:

* The Secret Origins of Mary Shelley Overdrive
* Using the Internet to distribute music, etc.
* "Jack the Ripper"
* Pop culture, comics, and horror movie influences
* Werewolf on Motorcycles cover artwork
* fond of masks and playing live

UPDATE: Well the mypodcast.com problem isn't so much that they are bankrupt, it's that they ran out of disk storage. According to an admin, they posted this:

We had problems increasing disc space. Now...

We had problems increasing disc space. Now everything is fixed. There's plenty of free space for podcasts.

So there you go. Hopefully they'll get some bigger raids.
S.

So hopefully, if you're already subscribe to our show via mypodcast, you don't need to switch or make any changes. However, going forward, I'm still uploading to gcast as well (since I still cannot update my mypodcast).

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Monday, Nov 10, 2008

W♥M032: Honey Claws

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This was a special five-man show. Thanks to Myles from Sneak Attack, Trevor for setting up the phone conference, John vacationing in Sweden, Thomas & Ben in New Zealand. An regular international show.

We will be getting back to the longer two plus parters next week, this last few weeks have been too crazy with the election, Halloween, Fallout 3, iPod, and other disasters. Besides, I think people like it when our shows are under 20 minutes anyway (please let me know if you disagree).

Audio for this was so-so, some came in clear/loud while others suffered from low audio. I believe this has much to do with the mic built into various phones (and not to mention the different cellular networks). I did try and fix most of this to normalize everybody, but you will often hear different levels of amps when you hear this.

We talked about:
Introduction, who and where everyone is currently located.
SXSW
Description of their sound and influences
New Zealand/Australia Tour in December
Recording process and two new EPs

Tour Dates

12/05/08 Revolver Melbourne, Victoria

12/11/08 Red Bull Studio - live ninjasssss Auckland, Auckland

12/28/08 BW Camping Grounds Gizzy, Gisborne

12/31/08 Rythme and Vines Gisborne, Gisborne

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Sunday, Nov 02, 2008

W♥M031: Goldcure and the music of Fallout 3

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PART ONE: GOLDCURE
goldcuremusic.com ♥ myspace.com/goldcure

Adam Buhrman, on the road with his band, Goldcure, spent his day talking to me about:

* Current tour schedule
* The album charted #4 on Commercial Specialty Chart
* Explains "Portuguese Prince" and why it's so important to Goldcure
* New EP possibly soon
* Their appearance on Lychee Media

See them on tour:

11/02/08 Abbey Pub w/Dressy Bessy Chicago, Illinois
11/03/08 The Blue Fugue Columbia, Missouri
11/04/08 Cicero’s St. Louis, Missouri
11/06/08 Mojo’s Columbia, Missouri
11/07/08 Corktown Tavern Detroit, Michigan
11/09/08 Rick’s American Cafe East Lansing, Michigan
11/10/08 The Frequency Madison, Wisconsin
11/11/08 WIDR 89.1 Kalamazoo, Michigan
11/12/08 Papa Pete’s Kalamazoo, Michigan
11/16/08 PIANO’S New York, New York
11/18/08 The Red and The Black Washington DC, Washington DC
11/19/08 Arlene’s Grocery New York, New York
11/21/08 Cherrywood Rock Club Clementon, New Jersey
11/22/08 Rockwood Music Hall New York, New York
11/23/08 Public Assembly (old Galapagos) Brooklyn, New York
11/26/08 Harper’s Ferry Boston, Massachusetts

PART TWO: THE MUSIC OF FALLOUT 3
Obviously, I'm still playing the game. At one point in the game, you have to go into Vault 112's virtual environment and it's seriously straight out of the Twilight Zone. You need a high Charisma or Speech skill if you enter into this VR environment, otherwise you'll be stuck there forever.

So, in case you wanted to know all the songs used in the game, most of the orchestral soundtrack by Inon Zur are in MP3 format in your Program Files: Data: Music folder.

As for the 30s/40s/50s music, because of copyrighted issues are encrypted in "bsa" files. In case you want to buy these songs, here is the entire listing and credits:

MUSIC SUPERVISION & CLEARANCE
Christopher S. Parker & Tim Scanlin of Brandracket, LLC

"I DON’T WANT TO SET THE WORLD ON FIRE"
Written by Bennie Benjamin, Eddie Durham, Sol Marcus, Eddie Seiler
Performed by The Ink Spots
Copyright 1940 (Renewed) Bennie Benjamin Music, Inc.
administered by Chappell & Co. (ASCAP), Eddie Durham Swing Music Publishing (ASCAP)
administered by Bug, Ocheri Publishing Corp. (ASCAP), Carlin Music Publishing Canada, Inc. (SOCAN) on behalf of Redwood Music Limited (PRS)
International Rights Secured. All Rights Reserved.
Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"ANYTHING GOES"
Written and performed by Cole Porter
Copyright 1934 (Renewed) WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of RCA Records
By Arrangement with SONY BMG ENTERTAINMENT

"A WONDERFUL GUY"
Written by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Tex Beneke
Copyright 1949 Williamson Music (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Soundies Inc.
By Arrangement with DePugh Music

"BOOGIE MAN"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"BUTCHER PETE (PART 1)"
Written by Roy Brown & Henry Glover
Performed by Roy Brown
Copyright 1949 Arc Music Corp. (BMI), Brown Angel Music Publishing (BMI), Fort Knox Music Inc. (BMI), T/Q Music, Inc. d/b/a Trio Music Company (BMI), International Rights Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Global Licensing Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Video Game Licensing

"CRAZY HE CALLS ME"
Written by Bob Russell & Carl Sigman
Performed by Billie Holiday
Copyright 1949 Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"CIVILIZATION"
Written by Bob Hilliard & Carl Sigman
Performed by Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters
Copyright 1947 Better Half Music Co. (ASCAP) & Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
International Copyright Secured.
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"EASY LIVING"
Written by Ralph Rainger & Leo Robin
Performed by Billie Holiday
Copyright 1937 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC.
All rights administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By Arrangement with SONY BMG ENTERTAINMENT

"FOX BOOGIE"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"HAPPY TIMES"
Written by Sylvia Fine
Performed by Bob Crosby & The Bobcats
Copyright 1949 (Renewed) Warner Bros. Inc. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Soundies Inc.
By Arrangement with DePugh Music

"I’M TICKLED PINK"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL"
Written by Doris Fisher & Allan Roberts
Copyright 1944 by Universal Music Corp. on behalf of Allan Roberts Music (ASCAP) & Doris Fisher Music Corp. (ASCAP)
All rights in US for Allan Roberts Music (ASCAP) administered by Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP)
International Copyright Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald
Courtesy of The Verve Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"JAZZY INTERLUDE"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"JOLLY DAYS"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"LET'S GO SUNNING"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"MAYBE"
Written by Frank Madden & Allen Flynn
Performed by The Ink Spots
Copyright 1935 EMI Entertainment World, Inc. o/b/o EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Geffen Records under license from Universal Music Enterprises

"MIGHTY, MIGHTY MAN"
Written and performed by Roy Brown Copyright 1949 by Arc Music Corp. (BMI), Brown Angel Music Publishing (BMI), Fort Knox Music Inc. (BMI), International Rights Secured. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Global Licensing Inc. By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Video Game Licensing

"RHYTHM FOR YOU"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"SWING DOORS"
Courtesy of APM Music, Inc.

"WAY BACK HOME"
Written by Al Lewis & Tom Waring
Performed by Bob Crosby & The Bobcats
Copyright 1935 Sovereign Music Company (ASCAP), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission.
Courtesy of Soundies Inc. By Arrangement with DePugh Music
Violin Performance Heather MacArthur

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