Sunday, October 11, 2009

Jamming at the speed of sound.

Went out on the town last night. Started out by visiting a friend in Englewood and tooling around with that group for awhile. Then I made a couple of calls after we all departed our separate ways and ended up at Morrison Road and Kipling for a party at some swank digs.

Met a few new people, and had a reunion of the Fantastic Four, the group of guys I've been hanging out with since I was about 16. A few of us were thrilled to find the basement where the party was located included a fully-stocked studio, so Andy jumped on the drums, and George and I grabbed a couple of guitars and jammed out for awhile.

Awhile later George put down the guitar, I grabbed a bass and the host of the party came in and he, andy and I rocked out some old-school hard rock and blues, which was epic.

We also seemed to clear out the party...

Anyway, I haven't jammed with anyone in awhile, so I saw the event as somewhat important. Today I bring you some videos of awesome jam sessions from some of my favorite bands

This might be one of my favorite Zeppelin performances of all time. the concert was for some TV station in Denmark in 1969, and, as you can see, was a very small, intimate performance. This tune in particular really spoke to me. It's a very good example of Plant's emotive style, which in the years since became all the more intense and grandiose:



If you have yet to see this one, then chances are you've lived in a cave for the last 40 years. Regardless, I thought that the Star-Spangled Banner/Purple Haze performance at Woodstock by The Jimi Hendrix Experience deserved to be on here:




Radiohead is typically known for atmospheric, almost druggy melodic music, so the first time I heard this tune off of OK Computer, I was absolutely blown away. Jonny Greenwood busts out some of the best lead guitar work in modern alt-rock, that only seems to get better when played live:



The Flaming Lips and The White Stripes playing a couple of songs together. Do I really need to say anything more?



Janis Joplin covering Nina Simone's Little Girl Blue. I absolutely love that one of my all-time favorite female vocalists covered one of the best tunes of another one of my all-time favorite female vocalists. It's really just fan-fucking-tastic:



I can't really classify this next one as a "jam", but I thought it was a great live tune anyway. It's all about a drunken homeless man that wandered into their show one night and wanted to talk endlessly about Bob Dylan. Frontman Richard Edwards thought that the old man's dialect sounded a lot like an old cat purring, hence, Paper Kitten Nightmare:




-MOJO

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Anti-drug propaganda that happens to be more entertaining on drugs.

Was driving home from Cripple Creek this morning, and had one of those creepy Anti-Meth ads pointed out to me in Woodland Park. For those of you unfamiliar with these "ultra-realistic" series of television spots and billboards, they generally depict young, healthy white teenagers in a plethora of situations that young, healthy white teenagers would find horrific, such as a public restroom or a sink filled with ketchup.

These bleak glimpses into the lives of meth-users are habitually cheapening the fine art of getting kids not to have any fun do drugs.

I've decided to put together a comprehensive list of ads and informational spots that not only target young drug users, but may even entertain them.


ANYTHING WITH A TALKING ANIMAL IN IT.







PROOF THAT EVEN THE CREATIVE TEAMS BEHIND THESE ADS USE DRUGS







AWESOME CELEBRITY ANTI-DRUG PSA'S





This next one isn't about drugs, but R2D2 smoking a cigarette had to go in here somewhere.


Make sure your kids don't end up like the Helicopter-Dragon tripping his little dragon balls off:

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Show them this page. [EDIT] Show EVERYONE this page.

Also, music you might like:






-MOJO

Friday, October 9, 2009

A Vacation of Sorts

Note: This is the second time I'm trying to post this. I really hate working with an operating system that (a) I don't understand and (b) generally sucks.

I decided I should visit my mother in Cripple Creek this weekend. My buddy Andy and I initially had planned on driving up today after my show, but the prospect of incliment weather drove us to make the trip yesterday.
So after catching Josh Blue in the Tivoli Turnhalle, I rushed back to the north Denver suburbs to load my things in the truck and pick up Andy. The next three hours we were pelted with rain as we listened to a ton of Cake, Justice and The Talking Heads.
As soon as we pull into my mother's driveway, it starts to snow, so we rush our things into the house and bunker down for a cold night, and a day full of snow tomorrow, only to awake in the morning to clear skies and a relatively humane temperature.

Andy doing his thing:

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Behind the house:

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We've mostly spent the day working around the house, shrink-wrapping the windows and digging to tunes. Andy is currently putting up a whiteboard that I'm too lazy to help with.

Bands we're listening to today:




And these guys were a favorite of myself and many others at Monolith Music Fest in September at Red Rocks:




Have a good weekend!

-MOJO

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

They must be injecting the internet with crack.

Because it has unleashed a flurry of websites upon me that I simply cannot stay away from.

Some of the worst culprits?

http://thisisphotobomb.com/

http://thereifixedit.com/

http://failblog.org/

http://www.cracked.com/

Be especially careful about that last one. You'll be there for hours reading random posts about racist Disney characters, freaky animals from below the ocean, masturbation double standards, and random absurd animal attacks.

And if you DO end up spending most of your day on the aforementioned black holes, check this out:

http://www.netaddiction.com/

-MOJO

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Africa Just Wants to Have Fun is better than your face.

I've been drooling over this video and this band for awhile, now, and thought that sharing it would only be fair.

Prepare to have your mind blown into a thousand awesome, angry pieces.

By the way, the song is about Bono.

If you are reading this, you have no life

Chances are, if you are reading this, you have no life.
Chances are, however, that this blog can only empathize with your plight.
Stay tuned for info about the Suicide Sunglasses Show, as well as some ideas I've had to expand my meager media empire.

-Mojo