Well, it’s that day again, the day to gather around with family and rub a long fork like utensil and a knife over a very dead piece of poultry. Pass the cranberry sauce ’cause Grandpa is going to tell you about the weather and the news. It might be time to start bracing yourself for an extended amount of time with your nuclear family. Time to find your zen, get in your happy place and endure the hot coals of superficial niceties.If you find all this togetherness a little awkward (Like Me), it’s also the day to trace your hand and turn it into a poorly rendered turkey! Check out this tom to the left! Pretty handsome eh? Anyway, I’ve composed a mix of entertaining Turkey-Day tunes. Enjoy!
November 27, 2008
Have a Very AZLTRON Thanksgiving!
September 12, 2008
Contest: Bones Soundtrack for Wesley the Robot Drawing
You might be familiar with the Bones Television show, I admit I’ve watched a couple episodes and I found it to be enjoyable. The series stars Emily Deschanel (Yes Zooey Deschanel’a older sister) as Dr. Temperance Brennan and David Boreanaz as FBI agent Seeley Booth. I bet David Boreanaz is glad to be able to shoot during the day now that his iconic stint on the popular Buffy and Angel TV series are over (for now at least?Movie?). I think comparisons to those shows is a fair jumping off point for the series. Dire circumstances? Check. Witty Banter? Check. Quirky characters? Check. Will they won’t they sexual tension? Absolutely. If you’re looking for a good turn on the old cops and robbers tale with fresh twist, check out bones airing on a FOX network near you Monday nights 8:00pm EST.
Why am I writing about a TV show on a music blog? Well, it just so happens that I was privileged enough to be able to listen to the new album and give you guys the lowdown on it. Like many television series out there, Bones has really got its act together regarding sound tracking their shows. Exhibit A: Crystal Method composed their theme song. For me, that was enough to give it a listen. Other notable acts include Sinead O’Connor, Placebo (covering Kate Bush), Stereophonics, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Cary Brothers and a remix of Sarah McLachlan by the Thievery Corporation. The album’s emotionally charged “end sequence” songs vary in quality but overall there’s a nice mix. The album falls into a bit of a lull as it pulls around the ¾ mark, but it finishes strongly with two solid remixes. If you like the show and you like these Artists I’ve been talking about, check out the album.
In tandem with my feature of the Bones television soundtrack, I’m offering a CD contest. That’s right, I’ve got a copy of the original soundtrack and it could be yours. Here’s where things get a little interesting. In order to receive the free CD what you have to do is draw up a design featuring our flagship character Wesley the Robot as depicted below.
There are no limits on what media you can use, from crayon to digital, to coffee staining to collage. It’s wide open. Just make sure that the drawing/rendering/sketch resembles the original design for Wesley. The deadline for this contest will be Sept 30th. The winner will be announced within a week of the deadline. So check back often. You can go nuts with it. Remember, if you draw something in 5 minutes and send it to me (at azltron@yahoo.com) and no one else submits anything, you win. So with that, I wish you luck and I hope you have as much fun drawing Wesley as I do.
September 1, 2007
Back to School
This is going to be a bit of a random update, I started school this week at yet another fine institution and things are going pretty well thus far. Classes are going to be actual classes now, like “Hey, read the book, write a paper, take a test, get a grade!” kind of classes versus connecting sticks together in a meaningful pattern or taking bad photographs of dogs or fat girls stripping. I’ll actually be taking real classes and learning things that I did not know previously, like Renaissance Europe, Modern Japan, Historiography, Western Theater, so I’m pretty psyched to be relevant again and not an impotent hippie. It’s going to be a bright future, with regards to expanding my resume. Although being the new guy again is kind of rough, but I’ll manage.
Anyway, back to music, I received 4 albums in the mail the other day and none of them are duds, which is rare and makes me happy. So in the meantime I’ll put up a couple songs having to do with school. Oh yeah, and I’ll have a radio show again. So I’ll try and capture that and post it as a podcast. I declare good times are in the pipeline.
MP3 – Boy From School – Hot Chip
MP3 – Metal School – Spoon
MP3 – Night at the Knight School – Thee More Shallows
MP3 – Me and Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard (A True Story) – !!!
MP3 – Nothing Precious at All – Stereophonics (There’s a cute girl on campus with Lime Green Shoes)
MP3 – School Books – Fields (They cost waaay too much.)
MP3 – The Cradle, The Brother and the Bible School – The Flesh
