We're Late For Class

soundsthree (2012)

2012-01-04T14:35:00.006-05:00

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soundstwo (2011)

2011-12-07T18:37:00.007-05:00

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soundsone (2011)

2011-12-01T12:00:00.011-05:00

#60 John Carpenter's Blue Hawaii (2011)

2011-11-20T23:59:00.007-05:00

We've never mentioned this before, as you'll soon learn why, but Rudy insists he can travel to the future via thought transmissions. Sort of like an out-of-body experience, but out-of-mind. Anyway, on one of Rudy's recent trips (side note: he does extraordinarily well on NFL betting sites), he told us he went to see a John Carpenter movie (in 2018) called Blue Hawaii. He clued us into the plot and we concocted this live soundtrack in the hopes of sufficiently freaking out John Carpenter - once he gets around to film pre-production and does a web search. Then he'll have to consider the idea of our soundtracking the film as some kind of pre-ordained fate. Some divine intervention. Which will eat away at him like a burrowing creature from one of his movies, gnawing at his brain like a persistent unanswerable question. Either that or he'll just chuckle and let loose the hounds. Second in a series. Recorded live.

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Theme To John Carpenter's Blue Hawaii (8:02)
Theme To John Carpenter's Blue Hawaii (Reprise): Titling Rights (4:57)

#59 Gravitas (2011)

2011-10-23T23:59:00.007-04:00

"Episode In Argyle, Parts I & II" is, as the title suggests, two back-to-back takes. You'll hear the end of the first take at the 5:22 mark, when we break out The Art Chord. The Art Chord is our musical "uncle." When played, it means any given player is spent, has given up, has nothing more to offer, is bowing out, etc. So, after The Art Chord was signaled we just started bashing around, you know, before wrapping everything up and, inadvertently, we started a new take. Happens all the time, actually. The Art Chord reappears at the very end of the track, and also signals the conclusion of the nearly 17-minute title track, "Gravitas #68 -3," chiming in at 16:36, just prior to going black. It's just a little two note sliding blues thing. We left them in the mixes this time just to draw attention to the gravity of the situation. Recorded live in 32 minutes. Herb Out.

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Outside The Opium Den (Oscar Coverage) (5:34)
Gravitas #68 -3 (16:46)

#58 Caterwaul (2011)

2011-09-19T23:56:00.005-04:00

Here's another 15 minutes that you'll wish you'd spent toothbrushing fungus out of your bathroom tiles. Maybe you can do both at the same time, we're not sure. Seems like it would be hard to hold the pipe, but that's not our business. Our task is to set your nightmares to the finest music ever offered the public. So, in keeping with that tradition, here are some more stoned excursions, edited for your convenience. Just so you know, we worked for about 10 minutes on that funk break near the end of "The Asian Autobaun," and when the time came we still blew it. Why bother? What is that crawling from the speaker? Is... that... my... haaaaannnnnnnndddddd?

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<a href="http://werelateforclass.bandcamp.com/album/58-caterwaul">#58 Caterwaul by We're Late For Class</a>Caterwaul (Late Version) (5:21)
The Asian Autobaun (5:48)
Microbiotics (Sept 5) (4:35)

#57 Music Of The Spheres (2011)

2011-05-29T08:46:00.006-04:00

Cool space pic? Check! Mystical but meaningless title? Check! Needlessly provocative song titles? Let's see... blood, queens, Sun Ra? Check! 16 minutes of semi-spacey, noodling that seems to take on a life of its own? Check! Hooks? Where are the hooks? I don't hear any hooks! What the hell was that? A what? Is that even an instrument? Who's that guy in the corner eating coconut with a fork? Is he in the band? Then, what's he doing here? Get him out. I mean it! Get him out now, he's creepin' me out big time. In fact, why don't all you guys get out of my office... and take your roaches with you. Tammi, call security.

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Blood Queen Of Sun Ra (8:22)
SOL's Time And Space (7:54)

#52-#56 The Singles Box

2011-05-28T19:11:00.005-04:00

The idea was to release a new single every few weeks and let you know when the collectible hard copies, at inflated collector's prices, would be for sale. We envisioned some droll postcards and pretended we were The Pixies just to justify the price tag. In this new era of the music business, bands now know that they have to give away their albums to webleggers, just to be able to sell the $100 Deluxe Expanded Import Box Set (with a few more pieces of paper, and maybe a free mini-CD of a bad rehearsal on DAT). Here's our version. We've got some new stuff coming this week.

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#52-#56 The Singles Box
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To Listen Or Download Individually
#52 Clash On Broadway 45
#53 I Wanna Be Your Man 45
#54 Metal Machine Music 45
#55 The Last Countdown 45
#56 The Trouser Variations 45

#56 The Trouser Variations 45 (2011)

2011-02-27T10:06:00.011-05:00

"The Trouser Variations" is a levels check recording. Just when everything is first plugged in and ready to go. Then it all starts. The guitars duel like alien overlords and it's all properly mixed later. This is actually takes one and two. Takes three through five weren't as "inspired" and are now in the leftovers bin. "Riding With Don Quixote's Brother-In-Law" is a highly conceptual non-fiction piece, largely about hanging in the desert on peyote. The ever present background noise comes from the desert itself. You'd be surprised how noisy that place is on drugs. You can hear Al Quixote doing his tour guide thing in the background. Notice how the whole jam seems to teeter right on the brink of everything breaking down, almost from the very start.

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A - The Trouser Variations (7:52)
B - Riding With Don Quixote's Brother-In-Law (6:09)

#55 The Last Countdown 45 (2011)

2011-02-13T11:24:00.007-05:00

We had an elaborate story prepared for "The Last Countdown," recalling our days as an opening act, and one night in particular with Screamin' Jay Hawkins. The police were called, but since we were minors at the time our collective records have since been expunged. There are details, but no one reads this anyway, so why bother? We revisited our demo making past with "Tomorrow In March (Jim Carroll Dropped By)." What days those were - before we decided to go strictly live and unrehearsed - when guys like Jim Carroll would drop by and regale us with his perspective and art. Digitally, anyway. The hallucinational chasers helped a bit, too.

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A - The Last Countdown (6:45)
B - Tomorrow In March (Jim Carroll Dropped By) (4:23)

A cool video put together by OmletteDangle and posted over at YouTube. Thanks a million, Omlette.

#54 Metal Machine Music 45 (2011)

2011-01-30T12:06:00.015-05:00

Metal Machine Music, Parts V & VI were originally part of a longer live session in Mark's basement. The plan was to do two, 16 minute takes and create the missing 3rd LP of Metal Machine Music, but even we couldn't stand it after awhile, so it's a sure bet you won't be able to stand it either. Instead, we re-considered the idea's commercial viability and called it a 45 instead. Good luck.

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A - Metal Machine Music, Part V (5:24)
B - Metal Machine Music, Part VI (7:40)

#53 I Wanna Be Your Man 45 (2011)

2011-01-16T08:53:00.006-05:00

A lot of people don't know that Lennon/McCartney's "I Wanna Be Your Man" is actually a rewrite of an old blues tune with the same name. Blind somebody recorded it in the early 50s and collectors know of a few records out there that have survived. A sure clue that it's not a Lennon/McCartney original is illustrated by how John & Paul felt about the song. They gave it to Ringo to sing, a sure sign of something, to be sure. And, for a larf, they pawned it off on The Rolling Stones. Theories abound that it was a blatant attempt to derail their career. But, Lennon & McCartney ended up laughing even louder at the bank, when the Stones somehow had their first hit single with it. Because copyright laws were so loose in the 1960's, it has long been considered just another co-opted blues tune that got "borrowed" by some white guys. Meaning, it was goosed-up by a band of upper-poppin' punks with a Mersyside combo beat. They were kids, what did they know? So, we stripped the song back to its original Mississippi blues roots, then gave it to David Barratt, from The Beatles Compete On Ukulele, who edited it and added some blues uke. The first version is our original mono master, and the flip is Dave's edited & dubbed version. This is why we don't do vocals. Consider yourself warned.

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A - I Wanna Be Your Man (Mono Master) (3:04)
B - I Wanna Be Your Man (Edited/Dubbed By David Barratt) (2:43)

#52 Clash On Broadway 45 (2011)

2011-01-02T19:05:00.009-05:00

Green Day's on Broadway. How much would you have lost on that bet? So... this is from our Clash On Broadway Original Cast Soundtrack, which doesn't actually exist. Truth is, the idea is thinly stretched even as a 45. It's the rags-to-riches story of a gang of hard workin' British punks, finally making it to The Big Apple... and Broadway. But, having to sell their souls in the process. "Clash On Broadway (Revolutionary Go-Go Dance Club Scene Rehearsal)" also doubles as the flashy dance number that every successful Broadway show must have to fill seats. The rest of the show will write itself, one day. The flip side is a mind-numbing Faustian romp captured live in Mark's basement. It was originally created to sell to the military - to blast at high decibles at troublemakers holed up in hideouts or embassies. But, it was deemed too toxic for our own troops to handle and administer. We're still trying to get a government contract, since the music industry doesn't offer any good ones anymore.

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A - Clash On Broadway (Revolutionary Go-Go Dance Club Scene Rehearsal) (2:30)
B - Thunderpud (Live At Mark's) (6:59)

#51 Dark Side Of The Shrooms (2010)

2010-09-09T10:36:00.019-04:00

Journal, dated 6/13/10: The Kings of Monotony. Diminishing Returns. Drug specific sessions are interesting. A few strangers on this one. Why is everyone chuckling so much? Candidly, people shouldn't be listening to this stuff unless they're ripped. Because, one can justify wasting precious time - from an expiration-dated life, no less - only if they're stoned. Justification. Notice time. Here's what we did with ours. This sounds like a soundtrack to an East Berlin spaghetti western. Guess we've lost our charm. #50 only had one comment... and it was an ad. First one here will probably be a complaint. Time to go commercial? Start sucking up and playing the game? How about a faux gatefold cover, instead? Download for free or just give a listen. Recorded live, June 13, 2010.

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The Air In Another Country (Soundtrack To An East Berlin Spaghetti
...Western) (11:00)
Swimming With Sharks (5:12)
Him Tome (4:32)

#50 THEM! (2010)

2010-08-08T02:28:00.012-04:00

Imagine a superior race of insect beings taking over the Earth. From another world, perhaps, or, more likely, a gruesome result of the atomic experiments of the '40's and '50's. It began with biologically impossible ants, but the mutation and advanced intelligence quickly spread to other insects, including everything from flies to dung beetles. What will happen? Chaos? Peace? Extinction? Interspecies love? Guess it's up to you... and you... and you! Download for free or just give a listen. Recorded live May 8-9, 2010.

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Wind/Attack #11 (0:59)
Twin Towers (6:40)
THEM! (2:37)
Screw You (4:45)
Muy Legs (Tempo) (4:34)
Interspecies Love (... And The Ghost Of Carlos Santana's Conga Player) (4:24)

#49 Adventures In Krautrock: A Tribute To Faust (2010)

2010-06-27T00:29:00.009-04:00

We've stolen from Faust before. This time we're getting away with it by calling it "a tribute." Goes to show that, with a little word play, you too can skirt tedious legal issues like a pro. This one's bound to piss off our German buddies, though. After all... what do we know? We generate some kind of brutal, head-pounding, migraine of monotony, call it Krautrock and we're suddenly worthy? Don't see it. Truth is, we had already decided not to post this mid-April session, but we got stoned last weekend and cued it up and deemed it no crappier than our other posts, so why not? This is the product of pizza-hydration. When the delivery guy screws up and takes all night to deliver sustenance, begging not to make him go back for fresh ones for fear of losing his job. What are you gonna do? Cold pizza's OK. The guy was stoned. Another 19 minutes you can't get back. Download for free or just give a listen. Recorded 4.18.2010.

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The Train Station At Düsseldorf (6:52)
Adventures In Krautrock (2:42)
Into Infinity (Sans Commentary) (9:22)

#48 Static Room (2010)

2010-05-16T11:05:00.010-04:00

We primarily record in four places, two of which, for neighborly relations, require a volume controlled, direct-to-board, juiced & triggered drum kit. One of them is The Static Room. You'll hear how it got named. The interaction is live, though, if severely edited, and has something for everyone; dreary, totalitarian, migraine-inducing beats, clearly agitated dead spirit guitars, a nightmarish private eye subplot and enough Soviet-era space effects to render any lingering point moot. Urb Up! Recorded May 1 & April 3-4, 2010.

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The Pusher (Instrumental) (4:30)
40 Minutes To Zero (Live In The Static Room) (5:36)
Point Of Anatomy (Live In The Static Room) (10:18)

The Latest

2010-05-09T08:27:00.015-04:00

Not to bore you with any details, but we got side-tracked by a project we started at the beginning of the year that kind of got out of hand. It turned into something we didn't expect and took more time than we imagined. It's now posted (elsewhere), but we're not telling what, or where, it is. Except to say that it's us, as another band, and is most likely a one-shot deal. Who cares? But, that's why we've been laying low as of late. UPDATE: People care less about our new stuff than this "rumored" project.

The Beatles Complete On Ukulele blog has accepted an arrangement we concocted for their online Beatles cover project. They're in the midst of recording and releasing 185 Beatles covers, with 185 guest artists - one a week until July, 2012. Our admittedly atypical participation in Lennon & McCartney's "I Wanna Be Your Man" debuted July 6th, 2010. We'll warn you up front... it's not what you might expect.

We've had a lot of friendly blogs post our stuff before, and we thank them. The Zappadalata blog decided to post all of our stuff last month. Pages and pages of WLFC, somewhere besides here, and we didn't even notice any hate mail. Thanks Carlin.

The Sun Ra Project is using one of our tracks. "Stanley's Sun Ra Conga Line Experience," the lead off track to #46 A Hundred On The Hyena. The Project is a bunch of like-minded noisemakers noisily making noise. Thanks for including us. UPDATE: Blog all gone.

#47 We're Late For Class Presents: The Act You've Known For All These Years (2010)

2010-01-17T21:13:00.031-05:00

Destined to be our first deleted release. This is a psychedelic mash-up using only tracks from The Beatles' experimental solo releases. Every sound is The Beatles (individually, now together). Since they never made an experimental album together, a future press release should wildly claim, "The Beatles - As You've Never Heard Them Before!" If only they'd all just gotten along. That's the premise, anyway. Originally made for our amusement, we figured, hey... why not share it? Mashed-up January, 2010. Link back to us and we'll whisper your name in bonged reverence & dedicate a bowl to your existence.

Listen or Embed

Space Fantasy Peace (Intro) (1:18)
Real Made Up (7:06)
Ski-ing/Au (3:15)
Mersey Silence Movement 1 (Overture) (5:10)
Greasy Leaf Changes (9:52)
You Can't Fight Virgins In A Dream (7:00)
It's So Hard To Hope For Peace In A Spiral (Requiem) (13:34)
Goodnight Sad Ramsterdam (3:44)
John, Yoko Is My Madness (Hidden Track) (19:02)

The Reviews Are In...
"The psychedelic follow up to Magical Mystery Tour" - Rolling Stone
"The Beatles were never this heavy!" - Mojo
"The best opera yet written!" - Hit Parader
"If only they'd all just gotten along." - We're Late For Class
"...finely wrought, melancholy character studies" - NØ
"The 13 minute Lennon epic, 'It's So Hard To Hope For Peace In A Spiral (Requiem),' is an impassioned anti-war cry from the grave." - Earl
"The greatest Beatles mash up of all time." - Willard's Wormholes
"A rather boring and sentimentally self conscious effort from a Face(less)book act soon to be forgotten on the horizon of last decade." - Anonymous Guy @ NGOOTB
"...sure to go down in music history in the category of 'required listening.'"
- Elementary Penguin
"Best Free Beatles Mash-up of Jan 2010!" - Astral Headspace
"Clever stunt yields intriguing results!!" - Astral Headspace (The real quote)
"Luv it! Luv it! Luv it!" - Casey, The College Crowd Digs Me
"...download it as soon as possible" - homemade lofi psych
"...a trip into the dark twisted world of The Beatles alternate reality..."
- Omlette Dangle

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#46 A Hundred On The Hyena (2009)

2009-12-06T04:18:00.010-05:00

Another 23 minute manifesto of improvisation, made up on the spot, never to be played again. If not for the tape recorders, it would be just like this stuff never happened. You’re invited to experience something the remainder of the planet will never, ever hear. Something that, by all rights, shouldn't even exist... or should have dissipated in the air seconds after it took place. Something that record companies already know in advance they’d lose money on. We are We’re Late For Class! Noisemakers who don’t want your money. Improvisers with no ulterior motive for fame. Layabouts lacking the secret desire for padded riders filled with quarts of Jack, spare tube socks and roast beef heavy backstage deli trays (well... the roast beef would be nice). A gang of pot smoking, acid dropping, ecstasy driven misfits who do this just because we do. Recorded 11/13-14/09

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Stanley's Sun Ra Conga Line Experience (7:09)
A Hundred On The Hyena (6:30)
Les Hallucinations de Shackleton (9:31)
Jazz Interlude (0:33)

#45 The Stalker 45 (2009)

2009-10-25T04:18:00.004-04:00

The first scene of the pilot episode of The Stalker is set inside a car parked in a dark, desolate, wooded area. One dumb guy and one dumb girl are wrestling in the front seat. Flashbacks are fast and furious; late night hang-ups, phantom doorbells, cars keeping a certain distance behind. Every episode the dumb guy, Ronnie, runs into your every day stalker-related calamities; dog bites, getting roughed up by flashlight wielding Neighborhood Watch guys, reimbursing people for damaged flower beds... there are new adventures every week. Ha! You just can't make this stuff up. At show's end, Ronnie eventually feels the girl up, but that's as far as he gets. The flip side of this digital 45 is the show's elaborate theme music, which plays under the credits. The Quinn/Martin moniker harkens back to #11 Tonight's Episode: Dick Gunn.

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The Stalker (Ronnie Don't) (4:00)
The Stalker (Main Titles) (7:14)

#44 Solar Musik (2009)

2009-09-27T04:18:00.004-04:00

The Legend of the Vanishing Washington: Three stoned musicians go to a motel to sleep off a bender. The clerk says the room is $30, so each guy chips in a $10 bill and they all stumble up to their room. After a while, the clerk suddenly remembers, 'Hey, we have a $25 Musician's Special.' So he calls the bellhop over and gives him a $5 refund to take up to the room. On the way up in the elevator, the bellhop thinks to himself, 'Those guys were wasted, they'll never know. I'll just give each of the three guys a dollar back, so they'll have only paid $9 each for their room, and I'll keep $2 for myself.' Which he does, even though they were too smashed to care. So, in the end, the musicians (who each got a buck back) paid $27 ($9 x 3 guys) and the bellhop kept $2 for himself. $27 + $2 = $29. Thus... The Legend of the Vanishing Washington. Recorded August 14-15, 2009.

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Landings On Moons Besides Our Own (5:17)
Flying (4:34)
Solar Musik (In Analog) (5:16)
Instrument Of Art (5:23)

#43 The LSD Journals, Vol. II (2009)

2009-09-13T04:18:00.001-04:00

On June 6, just after recording our last mind-numbingly lengthy epic, #42 The LSD Journals Of Dr. Jackson Gamble, we took a smoke break to listen back, a favored ritual around these parts. Some folks stopped by, so we smoked and listened back some more. Then some others came over and we started another round. Thus, we were righteously blitzed when deciding to take another stab at The LSD Journals. After arduous mixing, "Chapter 2" is the result ("Chapter 3" is a Martian version). Thanks to Will C., without whom. Also included: an indoctrination-free, instrumental version for those that like it raw (or don't buy #42's premise in the first place). Recorded June 6, 2009.

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The LSD Journals: Chapter 2 (14:45)
The LSD Journals: Chapter 3 (6:35)
The LSD Journals: Chapter 2 Again? (Instrumental) (14:45)

#42 The LSD Journals of Dr. Jackson Gamble (2009)

2009-08-14T16:18:00.028-04:00

Shipwrecked on an uncharted island, Dr. Jackson Gamble begins to experiment with mind expansion. Until he is rescued, nearly a year later, Dr. G. kept detailed journals of his experiences with a wide variety of plants he was consuming, including Yoto, a hallucinogen the native Polynesians used for spiritual ceremonies and sacred bloodletting. The Doc was zoned on this stuff for eight straight months and these are his thoughts and exploits. "It was Oriental women such as I have never known," he was once heard to mutter. Another 19 minutes you can never get back. Recorded June 6, 2009.

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The LSD Journals Of Dr. Jackson Gamble (19:00)

#41 Sheep Watch (2009)

2009-07-19T16:18:00.007-04:00

At a military-run bio-engineering facility, a duty roster emphasizes just one rule of caution, "Whatever you do, whatever you hear... don't look into their eyes." Of course, to move the plot forward, a stoner security guard fails to heed that rule and mayhem ensues. Engineered sheep first infest your dreams. Then, behavioral changes will occur under their watchful, nay, judgmental eye. After that... well, we'll save the exciting Quinn Martin finale for the script negotiations with Roger Corman. In reality, the title track is just another in a series of cheap re-writes of "Careful With That Axe, Eugene." "Capt. Hapi" really only has a sheep theme if all you equator-crossers out there want it to. In the meantime, we've resurrected the classic gatefold album cover for stoners to stare at while listening. If Giles, Giles & Fripp had used this cover you'd have thought they were geniuses. Recorded April 18, 2009.

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Sheep Watch (Don't Look Into Their Eyes) (6:46)
Sheep Watch (Reprise & Fade) (2:07)
Capt. Hapi Crosses The Equator (7:50)
Sheep Watch (Variation) (3:29)

#40 We're Late For Class - Another Collection (2009)

2009-06-21T08:14:00.013-04:00

Another Collection is 2-CDs, 142 minutes, of uncharted improvisation and drug fueled excess, including a seance with Jim Morrison, a musical romp with O.J. Simpson, a homage to producer Jimmy Miller, the theme song for a low budget cable comedy sketch show, one too many accidental nods to Hawkwind and stoned tributes to Ali, Guess Who guitarist Kurt Winter, Pink Floyd and whatever else was on our minds that weekend. It's all here, from a college stoner perspective, of course, culled from previous posts #21-#39. We didn't have room for our 20 to 30 minute jams, but those aren't hard to find. It's all free, so we've done all we can do. Spread the word, tell your pals, post our album for your readers if you'd like (we've even supplied CODES to make it easy)... just stop placating us! We're not going away. In fact, #41 is all ready to go. As with our first collection (#20 A Collection), we've got a nifty, state-of-the-art, future-of-online-album art, animated .gif cover. When Kings Of Leon get around to doing it, it might be considered cool.

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Disc 1
Herd Mentality (3:05) #23
Low Budget Cable Sketch Comedy Show Instrumental Theme Song (2:48) #38
Transmission From Jimmy Miller's Car Phone (6:46) #24
Ali Ali (4:57) #27
Under 30 Second Tribute To Kurt Winter (0:29) #21
Lab Animal (3:16) #21
Checkers (5:42) #23
Wind Of The Hawk (4:20) #28
67 (4:23) #31
The Lumbering Rex (Remix) (5:05) #32
Pattern Of Abuse (7:32) #34
Universal Cardigan (Live At Pompeii) (9:08) #38
Dirge Experience (In Easter Hay) (5:31) #38
Buttery Hog Mosh (8:49) #31

Disc 2
Sequel To The Return Of The Son of Monster Magnet (11:00) #28
The Premiere & Final Performance of Jazz From Outer Space (10:31) #35
Liquidity (The Spastic Conductor) (11:25) #33
The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes (13:57) #30
Trippin' In A Plymouth Belvedere (10:25) #32
Particle Alert (12:55) #35

#39 Opium Den Express (2009)

2009-04-18T04:18:00.006-04:00

When every minute equals an hour... you're on the Opium Den Express. It runs parallel to the old Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos, for about 22-1/2 hours. Say nothing, steer clear of the chickens and nestle into one of the back births for the chill experience. The vibrating track pulses with the rhythmic monotony of a non-stop train (a 'heroin gate'), offering hallucinations and plenty of time & space to develop your own plot lines. Think of it as a Spaghetti Eastern. For Broadway, it'll require an Agatha Christie-style murder mystery to fill seats. For now, a few bong hits will do. Recorded February 21, 2009.

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Opium Den Express (22:21)

#38 The Dirge Experience (2009)

2009-03-08T04:18:00.006-04:00

We had planned to do a whole album of an alter-ego group, The Dirge Experience... 60s holdouts with white-boy afros, black session sidemen and a credo, In Dirge We Trust. "Dirge Experience (In Easter Hay)," is the band's signature song, which they insist must never be covered by any other artist after they die (especially their own kids). Will it be a fiery plane wreck or a slow, endless succession of OD's and suicides, where one mediocre bassist is left with all the trademarks? As for "Low Budget Cable Sketch Comedy Show Instrumental Theme Song," imagine a spunky, 10 second loop underneath a blurry montage of the latest troupe of hip, irreverent cable comics. "Universal Cardigan (Live At Pompeii)" is us pompously grandstanding against the backdrop of ancient Roman ruins, minus the gong. It's so cosmic, perhaps you should save it for an eclipse or something. All tracks recorded Jan 31, 2009.

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Low Budget Cable Sketch Comedy Instrumental Theme Song (2:48)
Dirge Experience (In Easter Hay) (5:31)
Universal Cardigan (Live At Pompeii) (9:08)

#37 Live in The Theatre Of Disbelief II (2009)

2009-02-22T04:18:00.006-05:00

Live In The Theatre Of DisBelief II is our second episode of mind-numbingly random, alien transmissions encountered by the intergalactic scientific deep-space probe, Trace. Episode 2 comes with a plot development unmentioned when Episode 1 (#22 Live In The Theatre Of DisBelief) was released last year... EAC's (Embedded Addiction Codes). Meaning, casual listeners aboard the ship were unaware they were slowly becoming mentally dependent on the transmission's subliminally embedded helix re-organizer. The plot thickens, as they say. Settle in and toke up for another non-musical, 26 minute improvisational dose of seemingly benign space racket. We're concealing the show's exciting, climatic, professional, prime-time TV conclusion until negotiations get us a graphic novel anime to score. Recorded January 9, 2009, during sessions that included #35 Jazz From Outer Space.

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Live In The Theatre Of DisBelief - Episode 2 (26:19)

#36 Round Table Smoking Circle Sample Jam (2009)

2009-02-08T04:18:00.006-05:00

Best guess... this is about 6 or 7 minutes too long, though some estimates went as high as 15. We each found a word, phrase or effect to sample, then used them to jam with live improv keys, in search of that "perfect" alignment of utilitarian consciousness, or... until the blunts nubbed out, which happened about 20 minutes in. Lucky for you the bongos were removed. We might suggest a smoking game tied to the word "relaxation," for maximum entertainment value. Finished in little more than the time it took to record & mix it. We're posting it now, the next day, for the heck of it. Normally, we'd just use the "best" 7 or 8 minutes... you get 21. Good luck. It's best not to think very much about it all. Recorded hours ago, Feb. 7, 2009.

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Round Table Smoking Circle Sample Jam (20:56)

#35 Jazz From Outer Space (2009)

2009-01-25T04:18:00.007-05:00

Two raw, virtually unedited jams. We normally cut these things down to make them a little snappier, but not this time. These sleepy extendos will put you down like a diseased rhino. We've done tests. Another 23 plus minutes of here today, gone tomorrow improvisation. For those that leave comments wanting the raw, unedited stuff, this is why we don't do that. A heightened state of awareness is recommended to obtain optimum entertainment euphoria. The pre-law guys insist we state that this music doesn't actually emanate from outer space. And, yes that's Paul MCC sitting in, thanks. Recorded January 10, 2009.

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The Premiere & Final Performance Of Jazz From Outer Space (10:31)
Particle Alert (12:55)

#34 JUICE (2008)

2008-12-07T16:18:00.008-05:00

Our 34th release. We're nothing, if not tenacious. For legal purposes, we're forced to mention that any resemblance to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. But, we're not going to try and put anything past you guys. One might say that JUICE is ripped from today's headlines but, it's actually ripped from 1994's headlines. History just has a funny way of going around/coming around. Kind of like karma. One could call it a rock opera, but then... no one would listen to it. Not even you. So just say it's another 20 minutes of improvisation & manipulation with a killer theme. Recorded October 17-18, 2008. O.J. Simpson JUICE: The Musical

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Pattern of Abuse (7:31)
Manhunt (4:21)
The Fugitive (7:45)

We play this way too much around here. Affectionately known as "Platypus Manhunt," it's one of four videos posted over at YouTube by our web buddy, slaxor. Thanks a million.

#33 Raw Tapes & Servitude (2008)

2008-11-16T16:18:00.007-05:00

More raw tapes from various sessions. The creepy voices near the end of "Liquidity (The Spastic Conductor)" are from The Conet Project, which tracks the curious (and numerous) disembodied, short wave transmissions of random number sequences. No one really knows what it's all about. Earlier in the year, we hammered out the riff for "ZZ Top Called... (And Said To Knock It Off)" for about a half hour, eventually extracting this six minute chunk for public consumption. And, in the same spirit of extraction, we decided to isolate the slightly slowed vocal narrative from our epic opus, "Final Moments Of Barry Cowsill" (#14). Truth is, we got stoned to it last week and thought it was funny. Which should tell you something about about how easily amused we are. Another 23 minutes of pointless improvisation for stoners, lay abouts and potato stick consuming couch potatoes. You know who you are.

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ZZ Top Called... (And Said To Knock It Off) (6:20)
Liquidity (The Spastic Conductor) (11:25)
The Barry Cowsill Monologue (5:16)

#32 Trippin' In A Plymouth Belvedere (2008)

2008-09-21T16:18:00.007-04:00

#32 in a series. Various tracks from various sessions we've been endlessly mixing and remixing with no actual goal in mind. The title track is a true story about a hitchhiking incident involving a Plymouth Belvedere driven by two, off-work day strippers. Embellishments will likely make future versions of the story more potent. It's an outtake from our Science Sessions (#21). "The Lumbering Rex (Remix)" is from Nov. 2007 and "Sanctified" is a ranting guitar workout from our unfinished War Of The Worlds Sessions. This never fit any themes, and it probably won't fit here, either. Another 20 minutes of made-up stuff we'll never do again.

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Trippin' In A Plymouth Belvedere (10:25)
(w/ College Sweater Breach & The Misplaced Prelude)
The Lumbering Rex (Remix) (5:05)
Sanctified (4:40)

#31 Transmissions Vol. 2: The LSD Sessions (2008)

2008-08-10T03:43:00.010-04:00

More random transmissions from the void, this one with a theme... The LSD Sessions, though, we're not saying why. We will say that we thought each of these improvisational jams were about 30 minutes long. For optimum enjoyment, we're advising drug use, though local authorities may frown on the practice.

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67 (4:23)
Closing Ceremonies (At The Beastie Boys' House) (5:27)
Buttery Hog Mosh (8:49)

#30 The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes (2008)

2008-07-06T02:16:00.001-04:00

We're not sure how the idea hatched but we know the concept doesn't need much of a set up... it's a live space improvisation during a Jim Morrison seance. Why not!? It's cheaper than a living singer (classified ads, lodging, alcohol) and besides... you know how lead singers are to deal with. Since Bono isn't dead yet, we thought, who better than poet/philosopher/comedian Jim Morrison? And so you don't think this is just something we slapped together with old recordings and ProTools, listen for yourself as the engineer asks Jim for the "post-death stuff... the stuff without copyrights." For those that don't buy the premise, we've included a bonus, 14-minute instrumental mix (minus Jim) from when it was called "Message From Fornax" for a few hours. In the end, Jimbo was fun, even if he did sound like he was drunk in Paris. It went smoother than our Screamin' Jay Hawkins seance, anyway. Recorded March 15-16, 2008.

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The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes (13:57)
Message From Fornax (Pre-JMST Instrumental) (14:02)

#29 Bob Can Hear Us (2008)

2008-06-29T03:00:00.010-04:00

Alright, see what you think of this one. A 22:44 live space dirge dedicated to our long-suffering neighbor, Bob. It could be worse. This improv was originally over 40 minutes long. Recorded Mar 15-16, 2008, along with The Jim Morrison Seance Tapes (above).

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Bob Can Hear Us (22:44)

#28 Transmissions Vol. 1 (2008)

2008-06-15T03:01:00.012-04:00

The first in a series, probably. "Sequel To The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet" started out as a nod to side four of Frank Zappa's Freak Out, but halfway through the 11 minutes turned into a Hawkwind jam. We didn't expect that. So, we went full bore Hawkwind on "Wind Of The Hawk." The inspiration being us previously being accidentally inspired to sound like Hawkwind. Seemed like a good enough excuse. Speaking of Zappa, that's actually Frank excusing himself to take a piss at the beginning of "Glenn Miller's Luggage Is Missing, Too." It's a never before heard snippet we managed to acquire (don't ask how), making this a "must have" for Frank Zappa collectors out there. Yet another Creative Accountants idea for expanding our fan base. The song itself (with overdubbed vocals) is a spoof of Andy Mackay's similarly named tune from his '70's rock opera, Rock Follies, with an unlikely musical debt to an old Mothers of Invention tune. Yet another 20 minutes of pointless improvisation from March 8-9, 2008. Except * recorded/dubbed March 15-16, 2008.

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Sequel To The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (11:00)
Wind Of The Hawk (4:20)
Glenn Miller's Luggage Is Missing, Too* (5:31)

#27 Caravan Psoriasis (2008)

2008-06-01T03:00:00.011-04:00

We'd never heard of anyone doing a rock opera before (that's, Iraq opera), so here's one. It's a coming-of-age story about a boy named Thommi, who is drawn to experience the big city by a pirate radio broadcast of a Muhammad Ali fight ("Ali Ali"). Thommi sets off (against the wishes of his well-to-do parents) and enters the desert in search of, well... a plot. Pretty much his only source of wisdom and guidance is the ghost of Carlos Santana. But, since Carlos is still alive, we'll need to wait a while to secure the rights. For "The Grim Ride Home," all the young troupe has for diversion is a book of old German folklore. They hope it's porn, but their Deutsch is a little rusty, if you catch our drift. Like any good iRock opera, the concept of Caravan Psoriasis is vague enough to thematically fit any lingering childhood issues of your own - with a timely, Iraqi twist to help reach a few more consumer demographic groups. Thanks to Professor Wole for the poetry and to JZ for the clip. 24 minutes of action, reaction & interaction. Recorded Feb. 2, 2008. Here's our 8x10 promo photo.

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Ali Ali (4:57)
Caravan Psoriasis Pt 1 (4:12)
Caravan Psoriasis Pt 2 (7:48)
The Grim Ride Home (6:56)

#26 Candy Stripers (2008)

2008-05-11T17:48:00.011-04:00

The accountants are telling us we need to sex up our act if we're going to "move units." They still don't get it. But in the spirit of cooperation, here's the new, jazzed up, ready to sell out, 2008 We're Late For Class. Spit-shined and open for suggestion. Actually, all we did was make a snappy new cover. Just like Warrant would... new cover, same old shit. Another 20 minutes of random noise that was made up on the spot, then... went away forever. "Candy Stripers & The 10:50 That Followed" seems kind of self-explanatory, but then, we were there. It's subtitled The Voice Box Sessions. While "Heroine Sheik ('08 My Space Remix)" is a rim job we've remodeled from our first release, primed for the so-called '00s crowd. Maybe we're the ones that don't get it. Recorded & Remixed January 19, 2008.

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Candy Stripers & The 10:50 That Followed (14:10)
Heroine Sheik ('08 MySpace Remix) (5:44)

#25 Right Back Where We Began (2008)

2008-05-04T22:15:00.010-04:00

"So don't you try to equate liquor to marijuana, mister, not with me. You may be able to sell that jazz to another pothead, but not to somebody who holds some kid's head while he vomits and wretches on a curbstone at 4 in the morning. And when his legs get enough starch into them so he can stand up and empty his pockets, you can bet he'll have a stick or two of marijuana. And you can double your money he'll turn up a sugar cube or a cap or two. So don't you con me with your mind expansion slop. I deal with kids every day. I try to clean up the mess that people like you make out of 'em. I'm the expert here, you're not." - Joe Friday

Dragnet 1967 & 1968 are popular DVDs around here. Sure, the show's outdated drug episodes are good for a sure laugh, but Dragnet was also unafraid to voice the opposition's arguments. As in The Prophet, where a Timothy Leary-type drug guru named Brother William gives it back to Friday & Gannon as good as he gets it. His hippie dreamscape made it into our latest live tape, "And We're Right Back Where We Began," recorded January 12, 2008. The Meat Beetles are thinking along the same lines. They borrowed our "Humbucker (Short Version)," from #12 John Carpenter's King Heroin, and dubbed some "squiggly noises" & similarly themed source material, calling it "Just Say Know." It's here and at The MB's blog.

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And We're Right Back Where We Began (6:46)
Just Say Know (2:43) - We're Late For Class/The Meat Beetles

#24 Limited Edition Release (2008)

2008-04-20T13:33:00.011-04:00

Some accountant guys at school are offering their services to us just to get some real world experience. And, the first thing they advised us to do is get in on the special, limited edition release scam. "A sure money maker," they're telling us, especially when you sit on all the existing copies for backdoor sales and auction sites (just like big record companies do). So, this is Limited Edition Release, our promo single - featuring two self-explanatory, so-called rockers, "Transmission From Jimmy Miller's Car Phone" (not to be confused with #15's "Jimmy Miller's Knob Is Missing, Too") and "The Lumbering Rex" - with riffs we hammered repeatedly for an hour just to get 5 consistent minutes. This take was about a half hour in. As you can see... this hard copy promo's spine is stuffed with an atmospheric enhancement stick. By merely igniting it, critics might like what they hear. Of course, if these were actually sent out to media, there'd be trouble. "Free publicity," seems to be the accountants' mantra on the subject of our arrest and prosecution. We're not sure how long it takes for this collectible crap to get valuable, so... until then, you can listen to the contents of Limited Edition Release below and download the digital version for free. Then... watch for the rare, original, collectible discs popping up on Ebay, with a secret code on back to deter rampant counterfeiting. Accountants think of everything (great). Recorded Nov. 17, 2007.

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Transmission From Jimmy Miller's Car Phone (6:46)
The Lumbering Rex (4:26)

#23 Musik For Potheads (2008)

2008-04-06T22:09:00.001-04:00

Sometimes, you've just got to call it what it is. This is Musik For Potheads. There's no story here. Just our stab at a three minute hit single, "Herd Mentality." We fully expect this to be all over iTunes and Amazon, racking up the ratings and attracting a media "buzz." Of course, once you hear this obnoxious rock stomp w/super fucked guitars, you'll wonder what's in our pipes... and may even be tempted to ask for some. Don't! Instead, check out the hyper-audacity of "Checkers" and the admittedly masturbatory "Transmission #37." It's just like the subheader says, "Live improvisation for your smoking jacketed pleasure." Recorded November 8-9, 2007.

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Herd Mentality (3:05)
Checkers (5:42)
Transmission #37 (9:29)

#22 Live In The Theatre of DisBelief (2008)

2008-02-24T05:57:00.010-05:00

A couple of us wrote a script for a television show (pretty much on a whim) just to see how hard it would be to knock one out. The title of it was "Live In The Theatre of DisBelief." The premise involved a scientific reconnaissance space vehicle, not unlike Star Trek's (Piccard led) Enterprise, that chanced upon untraceable alien transmissions of music. The music was intoxicatingly magnetic, and would subliminally seduce listeners - despite its sometimes abstract or repulsive sounds. In the story, the crew would listen in their off hours, harmlessly enjoying (or just plain curious about) the unusual sound waves from space. But, was it all harmless? We won't reveal the exciting, climatic, professional, prime-time TV conclusion here. As you might guess... our goal was to attach ourselves to the soundtrack work in any future pitch meetings. So, while waiting for that never to happen, we've taken various stabs at such "space transmissions." This 30 minute plus improvisation is one of them. Recorded July 21, 2007, during sessions that included #12 John Carpenter's King Heroin.

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Live In The Theatre Of DisBelief (32:42)

#21 Science (2008)

2008-01-20T01:47:00.001-05:00

We actually went into a real studio for this one, and came up with The 'Sup?tet. It's a "defined instrumentation offshoot" that uses pure, psychedelic guitar overload, stripped, simulated jazz/funk arrangements, cheap editing and various found sound tapes. 'Sup? 17 minutes of our Faux Jazz/Buckethead/Tape phase of September 14-16, 2007. It only lasted the one weekend. Just as well, since we couldn't have afforded the horn players. It features our usual shenanigans along with another one of our epic, four-parters, "Science." Our apologies to Mr. Rose. Science features a bevy of raw improv, some slight of hand and was "made with the space age in mind" (from our press release). And, no... we're not a part of any underground internet advertising information game clue promotion. So stop calling the house. Volume matters. Recorded September 14-16, 2007.

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Under 30 Second Tribute To Kurt Winter (0:29)
Lab Animal (3:15)
Science (12:30)
I Alphonia's Reply, II Live At The Loft, III Weather Authority, IV The Torture King
Hell For Red Skelton (0:45)

#20 We're Late For Class - A Collection (2008)

2008-01-06T11:21:00.023-05:00

A greatest hits? Are you guys kidding? Well... sorta. It's just that with 19 posts of original, improvised music (and a Faust cover), who in their right mind is going to weed through it all to hear what we're up to? Certainly not you! So, for those curious about stoned improvisors who give away their music, here are some of our more tolerable jams. If you don't like this well-sequenced set of drug-induced space hymns, then you'll know to ignore the rest or our shit and get back to downloading the new Fall Out Boy. We didn't have room for our 40 minute psych/dirge excursion, "'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' As Played By Vanilla Fudge Imitating Iron Butterfly When Fudge Were Forced To Open For Butterfly At The Fillmore West After In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Went Top Ten." So just click on the title for that. Haight-era bong hits not included. We hope you like it, share it, spread the word and come back for more. Listen to any and all tracks in full or download the entire 75 min collection below (including the nifty, I've-seen-the-future-of-online-music-cover-art, animated .gif).

Burden Bearers (of Aristocracy) (4:54) #15
(Hand Me That) Revolutionary Coat (5:50) #2
(Another) Summer Of Heigel (8:22) #9
Theme To John Carpenter's King Heroin (9:07) #12
Blunt Force Trauma (Unit) (9:42) #14
Fukhausen (Excerpt) (2:22) #3
Tommy Reese's DTs (Relapse) (11:42) #4
A Buoy, 40 Yards Out (8:20) #19
Final Moments of Barry Cowsill (Redux 4) (10:08) #14
It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl (4:56) #13

#19 What Might This Signify? (2007)

2007-12-30T00:35:00.001-05:00

We gotta get a new art department. These 20 minutes of improv actually came from our first web release - which we eventually shortened... just so that we could put these up again now. "A Buoy, 40 Yards Out" is a druggy, meandering, endless sort of an offshore wave that would go perfectly with a J and a Miller High Life. While "Tortured Greyhounds" is a Faustian ruckus kick started by audio tapes of, what appeared to be, barking thespian lesbians whose skills seemed appropriate to incorporate. We'll post those original tapes, maybe... later. Recorded August 14, 2006.

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A Buoy, 40 Yards Out (8:20)
Tortured Greyhounds (12:35)

#18 4D Man Sessions (Jazz In Absentia) (2007)

2007-12-23T18:06:00.010-05:00

This really wasn't a session. During movie night, we watched the 1959 sci-fi classic 4D Man (with Robert Lansing) and we collectively noticed the stiff but spiffy jazz riffs that punctuated the background music. So, Lonnie copied the DVD and - while the rest of us kept bluntin' to the flick - whipped up some samples from the soundtrack's cheap, hi-hat, jazz drum'n'bass. We did the rest. The animated Bob K., whom you'll soon find took vocal charge of the sessions, was a stoned jazz wordsmith friend of Shelly's. The operative word is stoned... and goes directly to the axiom about being careful who you hand a microphone to. His ramblings are included here as a warning to others who might harbor a similar notion. The music itself is our half-baked take on a "get high and go raw junkie jazz" session. Hence the sub-title, Jazz In Absentia. The plan was to fill this out with more characters and sections, but... we never got around to it. We wasted the time instead on this sleek (but ripped-off) promo photo. Time is relative, they say. Since we doubt we'll come back to this, we're unloading... uh, we mean... uploading it here for your enjoyment. Recorded March 24, 2007.

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Take 3 Said... (2:13)
Kluzuski (6:37)
The Squeaky Chair 2 (2:51)

#17 Mickey Mantle Stole My Fuckin' Liver (2007)

2007-12-16T01:47:00.001-05:00

We'll tell you up front... there's no excuse for this one. It's obnoxious, unjustified and just mean spirited. That said...

Here's the story of Irish rocker Rory Gallagher, whose life saving liver transplant was sabotaged by baseball legend Mickey Mantle, when lucky #7 was granted a liver (the stored liver Gallagher was trying to pay for) only days after appearing on a national donor list. On these tracks - so toxic you may not make it through to the end - you can hear the genuinely dismayed Gallagher (represented here by a computer vox to avoid lawsuits) begging for funds after he learns, via CNN, about Mantle's special treatment. Phone calls from old pals like Ronnie Wood, ringing from the basement bowling alley of his Surrey home (during league play; The Faces vs. The Small Faces) comes a little too late. "Didn’t you need a liver or spleen or something?," Wood asks... but by then Rory is gone. Killed by Mickey Mantle. By the way... The Small Faces won the tournament after Wood was disqualified for throwing himself down the alley into the pins. "The Wake" is the title track's inevitable conclusion. Recorded sorta, kinda, in a way, almost live on 8.18.07.

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Fuckin' Mickey Fuckin' Mantle Stole My Fuckin' Liver (5:53)
The Wake (4:18)

#16 The Second Party Tapes (2007)

2007-12-09T11:22:00.009-05:00

What if Steppenwolf had explored their hidden jam band? What if they had unleashed - instead of subjugated - the undisciplined madness of guys like Mars Bonfire and Nick St. Nicholas? All drugs and fury, no commercial sense. You could tell Goldie was game. That's what's going on here...

We recently attended The Second Party - a gathering of stoners, drinkers and trippers whose sole aim was to get thoroughly inebriated and spend the night deciphering how everyone's costumes and/or actions related to "The Second." (We missed The First Party last year, but heard plenty about it.) So, beforehand, a bunch of us were thinking of different ideas - from Buzz Aldrin to Second Life to World War II. But then Rudy, already blitzed and ready to party three weeks ahead of time, came up with the idea of Steppenwolf's The Second LP. Perfect! So... instead of trying to dress up as an avatar or a bombed out Dusseldorf, all we needed were a few Nehrus, some shades... and music. Lonnie whipped up some samples from Steppenwolf The Second and then a bunch of us just toked up and jammed as we were hearing them, so it's sort of live. The party, by the way, was a righteous blast. Our favorites included the (nearly) naked girl with the Second Law of Thermodynamics written all over her body (everyone was interested in boning up on thermodynamics all of a sudden), the second of time guy (those Physics majors are a hoot to trip with) and even Jesus (The Second Coming). The very popular Shelly (with a bag of joints) made the rounds as second hand smoke. A good time was had by all. Recorded August 14, 2007.

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The Second Part 1 (Faster) (3:25)
The Second Part 2 (Hodge Podge) (2:52)
The Second Part 3 (Resurrection) (2:37)
The Second Part 4 (Lost & Found) (3:02)

#15 You're Sitting On The Altimeter (2007)

2007-12-02T11:16:00.013-05:00

These tapes come from our May 19th, 2007 session, which also produced #5 Le Garrotte. There's not a lot to say, except that these particular tapes were made under the influence of a paralyzing strain of Thailand's finest. For the most part though, this session was a slow groove fest, featuring a number of jams that lingered into the 15-20 minute area. We decided to spare you the excess. We dubbed the beginning of "Burden Bearers (of Aristocracy)," but the rest is all live and all improvised. At one point we conjured up the ghost of producer Jimmy Miller and rode that wave. For listening purposes, if you don't have any paralyzing Thai around the house... Amsterdam Red will suffice. Recorded 5.19.07.

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Burden Bearers (Of Aristocracy) (4:54)
Jimmy Miller's Knob Is Missing, Too (Trimmed) (5:07)

#14 The Final Moments of Barry Cowsill (2007)

2007-11-18T15:32:00.009-05:00

These jams came about during an April, 2007 session from a story we caught regarding Barry Cowsill, the guy from the 60's bubblegum band that was found dead after Hurricane Katrina. We don't want to repeat some of the ideas it spawned, though... one of 'em is here - "Final Moments of Barry Cowsill (Redux 4)." Toke it up & turn it up and the imagery should come pretty easy, what with the helicopters, ticking of precious seconds, crying top shelf cats, hallucinatory ramblings, sad lasts gasps and a big, "almost Chinese" fanfare finale. Whether Barry was actually trapped beneath his fallen piano while the water rose to only an inch above his nose is pure speculation, of course. Our apologies to all offended. Technically it's a "parody," so we can't really be sued over depicting the fictional final moments of a washed-up (no pun intended) celebrity. Before you ask, the digital glitch in the beginning of "Blunt Force Trauma (Unit)" is part of the track. We're claiming that the tune - a mournful eulogy for New Orleans that Barry may have been composing and playing when disaster struck - displays a darker side of BC, the sensitive, forgotten and often dismissed artist (... who just happened to play in a band with his mom). As usual, both tracks are live improv and both we're recorded (along with #4 & #8) July 21-22, 2007.

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Blunt Force Trauma (Unit) (9:42)
Final Moments of Barry Cowsill (Redux 4) (10:08)

#13 Rainy Day Schattenwoelfe (2007)

2007-10-14T16:33:00.008-04:00

We're Late For Class
VS. Stolle & Member
So these strange German guys, Stolle & Member, took one of our tracks and overdubbed it (it's called "In The Gallery"). Then they sent us one of their basic tracks (from their 2003 Reuschberg album sessions) and suggested we do the same. So... here it is.

Since the first half of S&M's 20 minute basic track was heavy on atmosphere, we kinda took over the proceedings. During the second half, S&M reigned supreme. Because it was a rainy day outside, we almost turned this into a cover of Faust's "It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl" but wisely decided against that. Although... we then unwisely went ahead and recorded an improvisational cover of the classic Faust song anyway. Since we're sort of hangin' around with Germans now we apparently think it's OK to do that sort of thing. Shelly predicts we won't sell a single copy. We're all inclined to agree. You can hear Stolle & Member's usual madness over at emptyblaukraut, and both of us below. Our parts were recorded October 7, 2007.

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We're Late For Class VS. Stolle & Member
Schattenwoelfe (in der Kleidung des Schafs) (15:58)
We're Late For Class
It's A Rainy Day, Sunshine Girl (4:56) (2007)

#12 John Carpenter's King Heroin (2007)

2007-10-07T15:43:00.010-04:00

Whenever we play, we always feed a "Mystery Track" into an unused channel. We don't hear it while we jam, but when listening back and mixing, we'll bring up the track and see if anything fits. That's the deal here. Lonnie fed a voice through channel #8 and, when it fit we kept it (though, we edited out words & sections).

This is our soundtrack to a fictional John Carpenter movie, King Heroin. Fans of Carpenter (who often writes and performs his own music) will recognize the plodding, heartbeat bass and tension filled atmospherics. Any connection to a John Carpenter soundtrack ends there, however, as we were quick to take off elsewhere. Imagine a futuristic landscape fraught with junkies and ne'er-do-wells... with... a creepy voice over, of course. Side 2 of this "digital single" is called "Humbucker (Short Version)," and is a faux "concert" performance from the imaginary film. In reality, if there is any here, there's no connection. But... what's reality anyway? Recorded July 21, 2007.

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Theme To John Carpenter's King Heroin (9:07)
Humbucker (Short Version) (2:42)

#11 The Quinn/Martin Quartet Offensive ...Tonight's Episode: Dick Gunn (demos) (2007)

2007-09-23T13:03:00.012-04:00

w/ Guest Star: Jim Carroll
This was a cartoon concept we conceived and sent to MTV & Nickelodeon, along with a short set of music demos to accompany the story line. We did the music when we got some MIDI gear last year and wanted to tune up the system. The networks didn't call back.

The Project: Dick Gunn
A film noir cartoon following the exploits of Dick Gunn, Private Eye. Each week, the ethically challenged Gunn would get mixed up in a sensational new caper, backed by a soundtrack of smooth, Mancini-esque jazz and Badalamenti grooves voiced by a series of artists (poets, writers, musicians), changing with each episode. The demo, ...Tonight's Episode: Dick Gunn, features author/singer Jim Carroll's voice, who acts as Gunn's inner monologue. Since we only made cheap demos, you have to imagine we cobbled together a hard swinging band with a horn section, since we had neither. Click the MP3 player and you'll hear the whole thing, barely 16 minutes. If you're stoned, you might even be able to see the cartoon. Download it all below. It's WLFC... but it's a Q/M Production.

Prologue (0:34) Guest Star: Jim Carroll
Dick Gunn, a troubled P.I. with a suspended license, hits the city.
The Dick Gunn Theme (3:33)
Every successful private eye has a theme song. But, bum luck gumshoe Dick Gunn ponders how really naked the city can be without a full-time secretary. A band version plays under the credits. We asked for Magic Band drummer, John French.
Act I: Cool Blue Frequency (2:58) Guest Star: Jim Carroll
It's a police term for the hypnotic blue noise a criminal's brain produces when he's in the act of engineering a crime. Like the one Gunn undertakes when he breaks into his new girlfriend's Lower East side apartment to confirm his jealous suspicions. She winds up dead. Enter, city District Attorney Fred Steiner.
Act II: Fred Steiner, D.A. Theme (1:46)
Unbeaten advocate of the people, Fred Steiner, is called in to prosecute Gunn. Of course, he has his own Perry Mason-styled theme song, since his character will probably be spun off for his own series sometime in the fall.
Act III: Angelo's Stride (4:31) Guest Star: Jim Carroll
Out on bail, Gunn finds himself in the middle of a bank job gone bad. Lt. Mario Angelo, is called in. With his funky gate and itchy trigger finger, he shadows Gunn against the illuminated audio/visual backdrop of the NYC Jazz Festival.
Epilogue: End Credits (2:38)
As the closing theme unwinds, the credits should be read by the guy who did the voice over for TV's The Fugitive. We canned the original "End Credits" music to replace it with this newer, fake German jazz fusion version. Since the plan was to do a new "End Credits" improv for each show, we included a recent one here.

#10 Cremation Musik For The Korg (2007)

2007-09-16T23:59:00.009-04:00

For this session we specifically set aside a little time for some ceremonial music. A Korg unit we've used as a sampler and trigger went belly up, so instead of fixing it, we had a funeral for it to send it along its fated celestial path. Meaning, we burned it. We also filmed it and recorded a soundtrack for it, "Cremation Musik For The Korg." It was inspired, of course, by our previous, substantially similar epic entitled "Funeral Music For The Dokorder," which was a requiem for an old reel-to-reel from our garage days before school. It went belly up, too. We had marshmallows for that one. But, since we were filming all this, we went ahead and filmed a black & white documentary of the making of the music for the cremation film of the Korg, titled, yes... "Wings of Fear: The Documentary of the Making of The Soundtrack to Cremation Musik For The Korg." (The Wings of Fear part is just to give it that Werner Herzog touch.) It's us playing live to the film (and... the original soundtrack). Pretty incestuos, huh? It's for the extras section of the DVD that won't come out. Shelly the Art Buff didn't think the cover was funny. Recorded July 7, 2007.

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Cremation Musik For The Korg (The Soundtrack) (7:40)
Wings of Fear: The Documentary of the Making of The Soundtrack to Cremation Musik For The Korg (9:36)

#9 Summer of Heigel (2007)

2007-09-09T12:04:00.009-04:00

We had a Breakfast Dinner the other night (a late night buffet of eggs, pancakes, bacon, French Toast, OJ, etc.) and decided we we're going to release more small groupings of tracks, like long "singles." Some album length things on occasion. This way you can hear each track and pick what you want to avoid.

This post is an example. Two live jams from 6/16/07: "(another) Summer of Heigel" was spawned by an incident involving an uninvited guest and a can of motor oil. We're not going to say what happened, but it's all on film and we can use it if we're forced to. "(The Legend of the) Hawaiian Rimmers" is a concept that begins with a gang of Samoan car parts guys, legends on the islands, who get together for surfing, hubcap stealing, combat bowling (they have their own shirts) and some nefarious gay activities. The "Rimmers" part of the name is multi-purpose, you see. We've even worked up a theme song but haven't tried to record it yet. Recorded June 16, 2007.

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(Another) Summer of Heigel (8:22)
(The Legend of the) Hawaiian Rimmers (6:51)

#8 Soundtrack To A German Existential Student Art Film (2007)

2007-08-26T21:30:00.008-04:00

One of Shelly's friends actually makes German existential student art films. We couldn't resist. Amazingly, Karl (Herr Direktor) was game, so here it is. We did about 10 minutes for it. We don't think Karl really shows this one very much on the circuit. It's called Luftwaffe, if you ever get the chance. We also did this totally drugged up version of "Tomorrow Never Knows," which we called "The Void" because... we don't know the lyrics and we can't afford the royalties. This was our one take at it so we tried to talk Karl into filming us at some spastic, freak-out, 60s LSD party. You know, like The Seeds in London or Blue Cheer at The Matrix, something like that. He thought we were nuts. We just wanted a trippy video but Karl thought we wanted to be in his film. He stopped coming around as much. Cool existential student art film, though. Recorded April 21-22, 2007. Revised 11/10/07.

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Soundtrack To A German Existential Student Art Film Pt. 1 (5:26)
The Void (6:36)
Soundtrack To A German Existential Student Art Film Pt. 2 (4:44)

#7 Room 14 Suite (2007)

2007-08-19T13:50:00.011-04:00

Here's a quickie weekday session tape called "Room 14 Suite." It's a four-parter that starts as we usually do. Just starting. Here's what started it. Rudy told us a story about a road trip he took last year. He was staying in the cheapest places he could. Early one morning he found a $21.99 room and took it. Turns out, it was a rental room, sold by the month or year, and the guy who normally had it was out of town. So, it was lived in, to say the least. Two beds, one under an air conditioner that was impossible to sleep under. When the cover was pulled back on the second bed it had dirt and tiny specks of debris. Rudy freaked. He couldn't stay here. But, he was stoned and had food with him and it was past 3am on a dark stretch of West Virginia. So he figures he'll eat first and sort matters out next. He opened a tub of pudding but couldn't find his road spoons. So he's rummaging around (since this is someone's efficiency) but finds no silverware. He does find a plastic spork in a wrapper, from a KFC or someplace. Cool. He found the guy's emergency spork, he thought, and immediately tore into it, and the pudding. As he's savoring the tapioca goodness, he's pondering his situation, figures he'll just split this place, since he knew he couldn't sleep in it and just swallow the bucks. He was, after all, stoned. Absentmindedly, as he's looking at his spork, he notices a discoloration on the backside. He peers closer and sees that... it's dried up food in a small groove on the back. In horror, he grabs the plastic covering and sees where he opened the top... then spots the bottom was already opened, too. Oh!... he found the guy's emergency spork, all right. His USED one! Rudy told this story with a flashlight under his chin. 06.05.07.

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Suite A: Soiled Spork
Suite B: While Mackay's In The Loo (Again)
Suite C: Albert Ayler At Wattstax (4 Redins Goes Down)
Suite D: Horse Latitudes (For 3 Seconds)
(Total Time: 12:53)

#6 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' As Played By Vanilla Fudge Imitating Iron Butterfly When Fudge Were Forced To Open For Butterfly (2007

2007-08-05T14:17:00.015-04:00

True story. The Vanilla Fudge flew out to the Fillmore West for a gig. When they arrived at the venue they saw Iron Butterfly during soundcheck. The Butterfly were polishing a new song they planned to premiere later that night - which the Fudge quietly laughed off as being an incompetent rip off of Pink Floyd's "Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun." About that time, Bill Graham came along to tell them that, instead of closing the show, they'd be opening for Iron Butterfly since In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida just went Top 10. The Fudge were furious! Bad enough just getting dicked around, but... opening for Iron Butterfly was an insult that just would not stand. They threatened to walk, but Graham quickly reminded the guys he had a signed contract... and their return flight tickets. So, the Fudge skipped soundcheck altogether and even thought about skipping the gig entirely, when instead they showed up on time, at the very last minute, to take the stage. Forgoing their usual set, Vanilla Fudge played a one song show. Their own, improvised version of 'Set The Controls For The Heart of The Sun,' sounding amazingly like Iron Butterfly's soundcheck. Especially so, since the Fudge were actually imitating Iron Butterfly throughout the set, down to the simplistic riffs, tortuous droning and shiny Nehru jackets. During the show, the members of Butterfly began collecting in the wings and vile stares were silently exchanged between members of both bands. But the Fudge did not let up... not until their contracted 40 minute performance time (found in the "opener's" fine print) had expired. Afterwards, a fight broke out backstage between Doug Ingle and Carmine Appice. The Fudge picked up their check and caught the redeye back to NY. This 40 minute track is the music they played that night. Live, May 26, 2007. Get stoned & comfy. No refunds.

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'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' As Played By Vanilla Fudge Imitating Iron Butterfly When Fudge Were Forced To Open For Butterfly At The Fillmore West After In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Went Top Ten (40:36)

#5 Le Garrotte (2007)

2007-07-29T21:03:00.010-04:00

Rudy brought refreshments for this session that had everybody paralyzed for hours. We recuperated and were just getting the levels together when we recorded "The King of A (Pt.1 #11)," which is like a warm up ritual. We thought about overdubbing the other players on top once they arrived, but nobody ever got around to it. Later, maybe. Early in the morning during the mixdown we fused two mixes of "Le Garrotte" to create "Le Nouveau Garrotte (Mash)." It badly needs 10 to 14 minutes taken out of it, but... what the fuck. As usual, we recommend getting spliffed and playing this stuff loud. Shelly says to stop writing about her, but we can't. Recorded May 19, 2007.

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Art Ought Six (a/k/a The Matador) (7:38)
The King of A (Pt.1 #11) (11:04)
Le Nouveau Garrotte (Mash) (17:43)

#4 Over The Astrodome (2007)

2007-07-22T15:45:00.015-04:00

Shelly was the D.R. (Designated Roadie) for this weekend's sessions. Since doing this for over a year we've learned that we must have all the equipment up and running and ready to record before we get stoned. Hence the D.R. concept, which includes running errands and general servitude. Actually it was Shelly's idea way back when, this is just the first time she got stuck with the task (we use a politically charged straw/vote system). Everyone toked up and we checked out some new stuff, including a disc Kenny brought along with samples of the History Channel, which was the basis for the soundtrack to a German existential student art film we did (#8 - Soundtrack To A German Existential Student Art Film). Recorded April 21-22, 2007.

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1000 Islands (Two) (1:23)
Tommy Reese's DTs (Relapse) (11:42)

#3 Galerienmusik (2007)

2007-07-15T19:11:00.014-04:00

There was a light turnout for this session so we started messing around with ambient stuff and came up with this. There's more of it, too. But, you know how ambient stuff gets after a while. Anyway, it definitely fit the mood, which was herbacized and pizzafied exactly at the right temperature. We were going to call this Nautically Astounded, but nobody wrote it down so we forgot about it. We've been piping a low volume tape of this into Shelly's room every night for the last week while she's REMing @ 4am and she keeps wanting to hear it during the day. We're conducting more experiments. We ended up renaming this and giving it to The Cadence Art Gallery. One of the guys there said it weirds people out. We're trying to talk them into opening a "Projexts Room" so we could do some live recordings with those wood floors and high ceilings. Recorded March 12th, 2007.

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Galerienmusik Pt. 1 (9:04)
Fukhausen (Excerpt) (2:22)
Galerienmusik Pt. 2 (14:22)

Something else...
Stolle & Member VS.
We're Late For Class
Download
In The Gallery (9:38) (October '07)

Our new pals Stolle & Member have "collaborated" with us! They used "Galerienmusik Pt. 2" as a bed and overdubbed some of their madness to create "In The Gallery," a meeting of minds that have never actually met. You can get it at Stolle & Member's emptyblaukraut page, where you can check out all the cool stuff they do for free.

#2 Vunderball Musik (2007)

2007-07-08T01:38:00.001-04:00

One of the guys brought over George Harrison's Wonderwall Music, which we all got stoned to immediately. Highly recommended activity. Then we proceeded to hook up every gadget we had, even a turntable and the sampler, to record this... Vunderball Musik. Shelly keeps singing "L.A.Woman" after the 3 minute mark in "(Hand Me That) Revolutionary Coat," but she won't record it. Unfortunately, we don't have any prizes for those who can spot that track's source. Once we've got stuff to put on it, we'll edit this into some sorta shape. Dec 12, 2006.

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Vunderball Musik (5:08)
(Hand Me That) Revolutionary Coat (5:50)

#1 08.14.06 (2007)

2007-07-01T18:29:00.020-04:00

This one was a party. A lot of different players showed up and we did a lot of recording. There were a bunch of styles bouncing around that day (and night and day), so more stuff will probably get posted from this session. We did some revising and took out two tracks to re-release a bit later. Just a way to shorten up the download time, tighten up the links and focus more on lengthy stoner jam singles and EPs instead of "albums." As for the cover, we think it's Shelly's brothers, but we're not sure. Recorded Aug 14, 2006.

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"Do You Have Any Insight On That" (0:15)
Wetton Research (8:58)
Cone Of Uncertainty (3:02)
Heroine Sheik (5:28)

"The Unpublished Interview"

2007-04-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

Last year we got an email from a magazine editor in New York who wanted to interview us. Cool. So he sent us a bunch of questions and we sent him a bunch of answers. Haven't seen anything come of it yet, so we thought we'd just go ahead and post "The Unpublished Interview" here. Why not? Except... we're scooping ourselves. Another reason why we'll never make it in the biz. Here's 10 more reasons. Click each question for our oh so illuminating response.
WLFC

1. How did you guys come up with the idea for We're Late For Class?

2. What was behind the decision to put your music out there for free? What is your gain from it?

3. Your blog says there is a rotating group of musicians... however, is there a core unit of players who serves as the glue of the crew?

4. When did you guys first get together to create music?

5. What has the feedback been like from your Blogger site thus far? Have you enjoyed any industry interest in your work at press time?

6. I found out about you guys thru the bootleg pages of Guitars101, which means to me that you seem to attract middle-aged vinyl hounds with your music. How do you, yourself, envision your listenership? Any prolific public figures you can claim as WLFC fans?

7. How do you guys come up with the artwork for each of your releases? The covers are amazing. Do you guys ever have any intentions of putting out a physical release of your work?

8. What influences help you to achieve the WLFC sound?

9. My favorite DL from you guys is "John Carpenter's King Heroin." How did you come up with the concept for this piece and where do you feel Carpenter's genius truly lies, in his soundtracks or his films? Which one of John Carpenter's soundtracks is your favorite and why?

10. The Jim Morrison Seance. Did you reach him?