alleyone music: News

you can call it crazy.
you can call it double your fun.
you can call it double wide entertainment.
you can call it burning the mic at both ends.
you can call it one mike on two days, wednesday and friday.
that's: two mics by one

starting wednesday, march 17th i will be hosting an open mic at aubergine in sebastopol 7 pm till around 10 pm and each following wednesday.

you may already know i am hosting an open at cafe azul on fourth st in santa rosa on friday evenings 6:30 pm -10 pm.

   choices, you have choices. so i hope to see you all in tune and in voice. :)

april 5-9 i will be playing bass with jennifer faust in venues in san francisco, marin and sonoma counties... check the calendar for dates times and venues...

well, as a few of you know, the ace in the hole cider pub closed in dec. 2009. my gig as host of the friday open mic has come to an end at least for the time being. rumors abound of a new and refreshing venue. 

   i am currently working on several recording projects. i say recording projects as i am not quite sure where, when and how they all may be presented to you, as: cd's, vinyl, digital downloads, mp3's or home burn't cd-r's. the music biz is in such upheaval and revolution, no one knows. "record" stores closing everyday and these stores hadn't sold a mass produced major label "record" in decades. we still can't get this image or the nomenclature of an audio recording out of our heads. where have all the flowers gone?

    i am just enjoying the process of recording and producing and creating audio. 

              happy new year and stay in touch.   thanks

those darned accordions are having a reunion show at cafe du nord in sf nov 6, 8pm

i am just about finished with a new cd of mine entitled coveralls. i have had several friends help me on this one. it will probably be available as digital downloads when ready. no date for release as yet.  one tune has been up on my myspace site for several months. 

 

there is a new band in sonoma county they are rule 5

        seven enthusiastic musicians with a two tone influence. playing original ska tunes of their own crafting. check them out here:

                http://www.myspace.com/skarule5

come out to see them on thursday dec 3rd at the ace in the hole cider pub in sebastopol 6-9:30.

some of you may have heard that my trusty G5 mac computer of six years service took a dive a few weeks ago. well, in fact it did, but now there's a new computer (new/used) on the block and it's back up and running.
so look forward to many new music projects, as all data was saved and new tunes are soon to be coming your way...
i'm getting some sleep now.

crazy famous cd is out. this rockin' band from healdsburg ca. is set to tour the northwest. check them out.
www.myspace.com/crazyfamousmusic

there's a new girl in town.
www.myspace.com/jenniferfaust we are playing some wonderful music. stay tuned.

if santa or whoever didn't get you a calendar or you got a martha stewart lives calendar, you need this one.
http://www.smythesaccordioncenter.com/accordion_calendar.html

i am presently recording a project for crazy famous, healdsburg's own.
brandon, kc and john
sound samples coming soon.

just finished production on a cd by amber lee and the anomalies. release date: may 10, 2008. check out her myspace site:http://www.myspace.com/amberleebaker

peter kaukonen, tim gahagan and i will be playing at the palette cafe in healdsburg ca on march 29th 2008.

a marvin gardens photo slide show/audio (5 songs) dvd is available.

what a deal, i couldn't even do.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=300183747406&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=020

Michael Lindner Cocktail Napkin
There’s something uncanny, in the Freudian sense, about Michael Lindner’s album. All of the elements that go to make up his music are conventional to the point of being retro. There’s nothing particularly radical about his playing techniques, he rarely uses obvious effects or processing, he doesn’t experiment with feedback or noise. And yet Cocktail Napkin is deeply, profoundly weird. It’s the aural equivalent of a David Lynch movie.
The strangeness is particularly apparent on the four covers here. Lindner has tracked down some of the creepiest songs of the ’50s and ’60s, most notably Jody Reynolds’ ‘Endless Sleep’, and arranged them with a brutal minimalism that makes the Flying Lizards sound like ELO. Together, his one-note bass lines, distant vocals, surf guitar washes and unprovoked war on hi-hats add up to something that verges on the disturbing. Sam Inglis Sound on Sound magazine dec 2007
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec07/articles/playback_1207.htm www.alleyonemusic.com

a group of christmas tunes i recorded over 20 years ago with a tascam 4 track cassette recorder, a korg 01wfd keyboard, a casio cz101 keyboard, a yamaha rx21 drum machine, electric guitar and a fender bass are up for your consideration and listening pleasure. check them out. ho ho ho

Michael Lindner Cocktail Napkin
There’s something uncanny, in the Freudian sense, about Michael Lindner’s album. All of the elements that go to make up his music are conventional to the point of being retro. There’s nothing particularly radical about his playing techniques, he rarely uses obvious effects or processing, he doesn’t experiment with feedback or noise. And yet Cocktail Napkin is deeply, profoundly weird. It’s the aural equivalent of a David Lynch movie.
The strangeness is particularly apparent on the four covers here. Lindner has tracked down some of the creepiest songs of the ’50s and ’60s, most notably Jody Reynolds’ ‘Endless Sleep’, and arranged them with a brutal minimalism that makes the Flying Lizards (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHs-6xnMEdE) sound like ELO. Together, his one-note bass lines, distant vocals, surf guitar washes and unprovoked war on hi-hats add up to something that verges on the disturbing.
Sam Inglis Sound on Sound magazine dec 2007
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec07/articles/playback_1207.htm www.alleyonemusic.com

I really enjoyed your opus. It was a totally eclectic...non-cohesive...jaunt through the musical psyche of Michael and his tremolo unit.
Written by my life long friend: Fred Waxler, co-founder of the world famous music store; Banana's at Large.

two songs from the baxter brothers, circa 1986, are up. there is a band photo as well.

HEY HEY--YOU CAN HEAR THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL LINDNER ON 'TWANG SHEBANG EDITION 43' -- To hear the show's stream, there are 2 places to link:
www.myrealbroadcast.com, click on Twang Shebang, and then click on
"Listen To Show", or, http://surf.myrealtalent.com/, then click on "Listen To Show" -- THANKS FOR TUNING IN TO 'TWANG SHEBANG'!
UNSTEADY FREDDIE

Tom Hinders
WOBC 91.5 FM
Tsunami Soul
http://wobc.org (Fridays, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EST)
http://www.oberlin.edu/staff/thinders/
Last week, I played 'Whirling' on my show. What a great song. I talked about it with one of the other DJs who was hanging out at the station while 'Whirling' was playing. She liked it a lot and called it "atmospheric" and said that she really likes how it "sets a certain mood for a mental journey." I'll just agree with her!

Two weeks ago, I played 'Endless Sleep.' I've already told you how much I like this song. Your voice is very clear on this song. So, the story is conveyed easily. I think that, in the original by Jody Reynolds, a lot of people miss the ending where he grabs his baby from the endless sleep. What a great song.

On Aug. 3, I played '96 Blues Per Minute.' You really settle into a nice groove with this song. I like it a lot. The keyboard adds a bit of a Stax-Volt Booker T. groove, which is definitely a compliment!

Then, on July 27, I played 'Little Red Book.' I love the driving beat on this song. You really add something to it. Perhaps because you don't do
it as primitive as the Love version that I remember. This is a great start to a great album!

This week, I'm going to play 'Party Doll,' mostly because it's my favorite song on the CD! I'll eventually play all of the songs, because
they're all great. It's funny how they are all so diverse, yet they all fit my show's format. I don't know if that says something about the CD
or about my show. Hopefully both!

Michael Lindner has been rockin’ the Bay since the mid-’60s in bands like Mojo, Those Darn Accordions and the surf noir band The Aqua Velvets. His latest offering is “Cocktail Napkin,” a mostly instrumental album of widely divergent styles.
Faux marimba and shimmering surf guitar give “Martin Dennis,” a tribute to Martin Denny’s exotica, just the right touches of Far Eastern mystery. “Tremulux” is a dark, bass-heavy, spaghetti-western-meets-’60s, spy-movie piece of reverb-drenched nostalgia, while “8 Strings” blends thick, atmospheric drum’n’bass textures with wistful bouzouki-like guitar meditations.
j.poet sf examiner 8-15-07
http://www.examiner.com/a-881930~In_Bay_Area_music__innovation_rules.html or http://sfpaper.examiner.com/edition/san_francisco/?haspdf=1

adam lieb's new cd amnesia is here. come celebrate aug 18th at the palette art cafe in healdsburg.
check the calender for details