tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78921232024-03-13T01:51:39.563-07:00House of Shitejackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1541897954624249442008-08-18T12:00:00.001-07:002008-08-18T12:54:29.322-07:00Songfight Live - Hot and Sweaty<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfBTBwRlu1rOZuU2iykBQ7JdfQDt5zpxim8RAUXNkCnOUfHOTdO0kMZBN6HWsI43-va0x99WTYDYkMQU7OoFFF3O3rRdPfjUhcYIEin8T77VPXAnM8xEprKyouedAMqWzaKBavQ/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfBTBwRlu1rOZuU2iykBQ7JdfQDt5zpxim8RAUXNkCnOUfHOTdO0kMZBN6HWsI43-va0x99WTYDYkMQU7OoFFF3O3rRdPfjUhcYIEin8T77VPXAnM8xEprKyouedAMqWzaKBavQ/s320/photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5235934815339535362" border="0" /></a><br /><br />photo by JB<br /><br />Just got home yesterday from beautiful hot and sweaty Tampa, Florida after taking part in the annual Song Fight! Live debauchery, and this year's fest was definitely a fun time. It was a pretty quick, marathon trip for me. I left Santa Cruz at around 4am on Friday, to catch a 6:30 flight from San Jose. Made it to the hotel in Tampa around 7pm EST, and felt surprisingly good, aside from the choking humidity. Stayed at the Westshore Hotel on Friday night, decent place with a couple loud and jumping bars downstairs. Around 9:30, the Songfighter X Men showed up (Hoblit, JB, Erik, and Paco) and we met Dre down by the pool, where Hoblit and I went swimming to cool off. Hung out and ended up going back to the quiet bar at JB's hotel, which was a block away, and got drunk and ate a bunch of yummy appetizers. A nice, relaxing way to end my long day and begin the SF live festivities.<br /><br />Saturday morning, Hoblit came and picked me and my shit up (i was lugging around my acoustic in a big hard case) and we went back to his place, where the others were hanging out. Practiced my short set with Paco, who volunteered to be my wingman and help cover my mistakes if necessary. I also agree to help him out and play bass on his "get a life" song, so we practiced my songs and his, and had copious amounts of good coffee courtesy of Hoblit. I couldn't get my room at the Hampton Inn, which was a block and a half from the Ritz, until 3pm, so we hung out at Hoblit's until about 2:30, then Dre, Paco, and I headed over to check in at the Hampton Inn while Hoblit and Project D loaded gear and shuttled it to the theatre. Paco, Dre, and I got in another hour or so of practice after checking in, then it was time to grab a bite before the show. As we approached the Ritz, we could hear Hoblit's band soundchecking, from a block away. We walked inside and the db level was enough to rattle windows. We dropped our guitars and stuff off and walked across the street for a slice before we had to play (Paco was up first). The show finally got going around 6:30 or so.<br /><br />Paco kicked off the show in fine fashion. I don't think I butchered the bassline too bad on his "get a life". He did 6 songs I think, just guy and guitar but really nicely done in the quirky fashion you'd expect from him. Next came the Lord of Oats, whose set was entertaining to say the least. Dre followed with more acoustic music, backed by Paco. So far, all guy and guitar, no bands, no drums, making me nervous...I followed Dre and Paco did a great job backing me up. I played a total of 4 songs:<br /><br />Unless I Change My Mind Again (originally a brody song)<br />We Were Not Meant to Be (again originally a brody song)<br />Spalding Grey is Missing (with lyrics by Niveous)<br />Out of It (a brad sucks cover)<br /><br />The Emergency Pizza Party crew tossed the guy and guitar out the window with their Nerdcore rap. Fun stuff, cute girl. I also played a song with Project D, a pretty cool little song called "King Me" which was pretty easy to follow. Erik followed with a bunch of 15/16 Puzzle songs, and really filled out a lot of sound for just playing solo. A slightly drunk and rambling JB followed Erik, and belted his set out in very fine fashion. Then, Hoblit and Ghost Town Gridlock nearly broke everyone's eardrums with their demented goth rock, concluding with them trashing their equipment and all falling and laying down onstage. Kind of hard to top those guys.<br /><br />But Phunt Your Friends gave it a valiant effort in the live fight, which had 3 fighters square off. Andre's Stinky oats kicked off with another quirky Paco song, this time with him on bass. Then the Phunt guys did their thing. Emergency Pizza Party however was smart enough to write something that included audience participation, so they pretty easily took the honors with the vote this year.<br /><br />After the show broke down around midnight, we headed back to my room at the Hampton Inn where the awesome Ryan brought the rest of the case of amazing french wine he was giving out. We all hung out, drank lots of fine wine, then walked the Ybor City freakshow and got another after show slice. Drunk and happy, we all went our separate ways around 3am.<br /><br />Sunday, had a late Mexican lunch with Hoblit, Erik, JB, and Dre, hit the airport for my 4:20 flight, and got back to Santa Cruz around 11:30. Good times.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-61285954215072452952008-04-25T23:33:00.000-07:002008-04-25T23:42:59.076-07:00There is a Light That Never Goes Out<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/04/19/180406_morrissey_01_350x350.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px;" src="http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/images/2006/04/19/180406_morrissey_01_350x350.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />I took part in a little <a href="http://www.johnnycashpoint.com/smithspage">Smiths sidefight</a> recently, covering one of my favorite tunes by them. If you like the Smiths, you must check out Porky's Vertical Anaconda's cover of "<a href="http://www.johnnycashpoint.com/smiths/pva_sgabto.mp3">Some Girls are Bigger Than Others</a>", which channels some serious Johnny Marr. Check them all out cause they all kick ass in their own way. <br /><a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/smiths_jackshite.mp3"><br />There is a Light That Never Goes Out (Smiths cover) - Jack Shite</a>jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-73411989879154990062008-01-28T21:03:00.000-08:002008-01-28T22:03:13.889-08:00That's the Story of My LifeJust wrapped up a couple new covers. "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/hxaro/life.mp3">That's the Story of my Life</a>" is a cover of a Velvet Underground tune done for the annual Gift of Music. I also covered David Lindley's "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/gom2007/qoam_jackshite.mp3">Quarter of a Man</a>" for the same project.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-23321184240779712302008-01-05T20:21:00.000-08:002008-01-05T20:27:19.195-08:00Sexy DancerI did another song with Johnny Cashpoint for the latest round of the "Purple Reign" project. <a href="http://www.glenncase.com/PurpleReign/02-Prince/SexyDancer/johnnyinthecorner_SD.mp3">Sexy Dancer</a> features lyrics by Johnny, and he wrote the arrangement and played the organ, keyboards, and bass. I did the vocals and guitar. <br /><br />I've also got a new cover song I wrapped up for this year's Gift of Music, which I'll post a link to once the rest of the songs are posted.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-85015948884654923652007-12-04T20:25:00.000-08:002007-12-04T20:37:06.934-08:00This One's For You BabySo the wrappings off the "<a href="http://www.purpletapes.com">Purple Reign</a>" project as previously mentioned, so it's safe to post my 2 new songs. <br /><br />"<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/stash/baby_johnnyinthecorner.mp3">Baby</a>" features Johnny Cashpoint trading vocals with me, all music by me.<br /><br />"<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/stash/foryou_thepurpleyays.mp3">For You</a>" features my friends <a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=hell_yeahs">Phil and Heather</a> doing guitar and vocals respectively, <a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=wages">Phil Wages</a> throwing in his unique falsetto stylings, and some excellent wah guitar from <a href="http://ccmixter.org/media/files/Mixro/10221">Code</a>. Everything else is by me.<br /><br />Check them out. They're for you baby.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-75986931855457907102007-11-12T19:06:00.000-08:002007-11-12T19:18:11.620-08:00Purple Reign - Part II<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.rockislandgallery.com/images/PurpleRain.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.rockislandgallery.com/images/PurpleRain.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Well, it's not quite as good as the Godfather Part II, but if there's anyone that can fill James Brown's shoes in that title, it's the guy from Minneapolis who once was a symbol. <br /><br />So the previously blogged song below has taken on a new identity, that of Johnny in the Corner. Featuring the fine vocal stylings of Johnny Cashpoint. More to be revealed around the end of the month.<br /><br />I'm also working on another song for this project. "For You" will feature a couple guest vocalists (I hope). Same tease as above. <br /><br />Also, cool artwork by <a href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.rockislandgallery.com/images/PurpleRain.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.rockislandgallery.com/KenAldridge.htm&h=577&w=432&sz=207&hl=en&start=37&tbnid=a7YN4P1DiWUTcM:&tbnh=134&tbnw=100&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpurple%2Brain%26start%3D21%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D21%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN">Ken Auldridge</a>. If you have some extra bread, go buy one of his paintings cause they're pretty damn rad.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-46131457421075218882007-11-04T18:40:00.000-08:002007-11-05T21:49:59.529-08:00Purple Reign<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/54245846_708f12dd88.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/27/54245846_708f12dd88.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Wow, it's been 5 months since I posted anything here. It's not like I've been recording alot of live music lately, but I did just wrap something up for a new project being organized by my song fight peeps Glenn and Niveous called Purple Reign, a sort of tribute to a certain famous musician who will remain nameless but probably isn't hard to figure out.<br /><br />You can find out more on the project <a href="http://www.purpletapes.com">here</a>.<br /><br />The first set of songs won't be released until the end of the month, but you can sneak a peek of mine <strike>here</strike>.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-75815312091397555592007-05-26T13:59:00.000-07:002007-11-11T20:32:12.868-08:00New brodyThere's some new brody over on <a href="http://www.songfight.org">Songfight!</a> this week. Check out "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/brody/be_brody.mp3">We Were Not Meant To Be</a>", recorded last Saturday afternoon in my living room in Santa Cruz. Check out all the fine tunes on Songfight this week (yeah, i know there's a shitload....) and pick your favorite one. I think ours turned out pretty good. Inspired by a real life friend of ours who shall remain nameless.<br /><br />There was a line I really wanted to use, "choke you with my bloody smock", which was deemed "too violent" by eric and jeff, so it got scrapped for "chokin on the shit you talk", which is also a good line, but i was bummed about the bloody smock line getting left on the cutting room floor. Damned NC-17 culture.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-12194257424129113732007-04-24T19:16:00.000-07:002007-04-25T00:05:22.950-07:002 for The RedmonsI recently recorded a couple new tunes (both covers) for the king of all things <a href="http://www.tartpop.com/">tartpop</a>, Phil Redmon. This was all part of a super secret project a bunch of artists put together for his 30th birthday. You can find out more about it <a href="http://songfight.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3750">here</a>. Phil is a longtime contributor at Songfight, where he generally records as <a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=abominominous">Abominominous</a>, or with his wife Heather as <a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=hell_yeahs">The Hell Yeahs</a>.<br /><br />I actually covered 2 songs for this project. The first is a cover of the Hell Yeahs classic "<a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/beauty_is_a_burden/hellyeahs_biab.mp3">Beauty is a Burden</a>". The other tune is a cover of what I'd consider one of the greatest songs of all time on Songfight, the Abominominous classic "<a href="http://www.songfight.org/music/lucky_man/abominominous_lm.mp3">Lucky Man</a>". I recorded my version in one very long day, and mostly did it out of necessity as a possible backup for someone else, but then that someone else came through and I had already put alot of work into it, so I decided to finish it anyways.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/hxaro/hellyeahs_jackshite.mp3">"Beauty is a Burden" (Hell Yeahs cover) - Jack Shite</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/hxaro/luckyman_final.mp3">"Lucky Man" (Abominominous cover) - Santa's Little Helper</a>jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-78785001423543771012007-04-10T22:26:00.000-07:002007-04-10T22:32:34.384-07:0010 LiesWell I finally got off my lazy ass and put together a somewhat original piece of music for this week's <a href="http://www.songfight.org">Songfight</a>. I think it's been over a year since I last did a solo songfight. <span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span><br />Head over to Songfight and go listen to all those other fine, probably much better versions of said title and pick your favorite.<br /><br />If you can't wait until the fight gets posted or if you're just too lazy to head over there, you can hear my latest song "10 Lies" <a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/jackshite_10lies.mp3">here</a>.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-59068730014192219192007-02-26T21:54:00.001-08:002007-02-26T21:54:43.131-08:00Man OverboardI had the good fortune to contribute to what I think is a really kick ass song, a cover of a song called "<a href="http://www.jeshimoth.com/gom/calfborg-man_overboard_do_re_mi_cover_feat_jack_shite.mp3">Man Overboard</a>" by some totally obscure band called Do Re Mi as interpreted by fellow Songfighter <a href="http://www.jeshimoth.com/calfborg/">Calfborg</a>, who really ripped this bad boy up. My part was actually pretty small (some harmony vocals over one section), but I mostly wanted to point out how good I think his version is.<br /><br />This was part of the annual <a href="http://soultreerecords.com/GOM/2006.html">Gift of Music</a>. Some fine tunes over there so check them all out.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1166755158706211572006-12-21T18:37:00.000-08:002007-11-11T20:35:43.615-08:00Happy Holidays<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/songfight/jackshite_mc.mp3">Merry Christmas</a> everybody.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1151167099050912062006-06-24T09:38:00.000-07:002006-08-25T21:44:01.313-07:00Songfight! Live 2006brody closes out Songfight High & Dry, August 19, 2006, Cayuga Vault in Santa Cruz, California.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jackshite.com/images/brody2_tawny.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.jackshite.com/images/brody2_tawny.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">photo by Tawny</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jackshite.com/images/brody1_kingarthur.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px;" src="http://www.jackshite.com/images/brody1_kingarthur.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">photo by King Arthur</span>jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1146707276437625212006-05-03T18:34:00.000-07:002006-05-03T19:00:10.476-07:00Don't Judge MeAs a wrap-up to the previously mentioned Nur Ein sidefight, I as a judge was challenged to create a song that incorporated the following non-optional elements.<br /><br />1. The song must include handclaps<br />2. The song lyrics cannot rhyme<br />3. Opposite Sex Vocals<br />4. Plagarize from one or more of the jurors<br />5. Bass solo<br />6. Call and Response<br />7. Bring your A Game!!!! <br /><br />so i did it. the handclaps come in the outro, the lyrics don't rhyme, my ball bustin falsetto subs for the female vox, i stole a line from 18 different jurors, i have a bass solo for a bridge, a call and response chorus, and hopefully, somebody will think i brought my A game. for the lyrics, it was a fun exercise. i stole one random line from each of the original artists from the "pencil me in" round that posted their lyrics. 18 total. then from the random lines i chose, i put together the song. i intentionally didn't use any reference to "pencil me in". but i wasn't thinking of how the lines would fit while choosing them, only picking whichever one caught my eye first impression. i really think it all fit together very well lyrically, perhaps better than what i could have written from scratch. sometimes, things have a way of naturally developing without foresight, often in the best way. <br /><br />here are the lyrics as i arranged the lines:<br /><br /><b>although i judge don't judge me</b><br /><br />gonna keep my options open (tex beaumont)<br />i know you only got so much time to spend (ross durand)<br />she woke the next morning, took the first train (noah)<br />a night of love a night of lust a night good old sin (kamakura)<br /><br />don't draw lines in black and white (sven)<br />might not be the best but i'm persistent (remiss)<br />two minutes, two minutes, two minutes to blow the lot (sausage boy)<br />it's time to carpe diem, the time is overdue (stueym)<br /><br />although i judge don't judge me<br /><br />watching the rain run down the window (the bewells)<br />dreaming of the moment that you make the sun shine (leaf)<br />saying the wrong thing has always been my thing (deshead)<br />because i'm bound to make some mistakes (glenn case)<br />and with some luck the end result is gonna ring true (jim tyrrell)<br />if you can find the motivation (heuristics inc.)<br />you've gone where it's so unfair (jolly roger)<br />i arrived late but i always come first (denyer)<br />don't forget to wear a smile (wreckdom)<br />don't cry don't see the language of me (thornberry)<br /><br />although i judge don't judge me<br /><br />all lyrics except the title/chorus from the Nur Ein "pencil me in" lyric archive. as credited.<br /><br />anyways, although i judge, <a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/dontjudgeme_jackshite.mp3">Don't Judge Me</a>. enjoy.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1145721961076705142006-04-22T08:58:00.000-07:002007-11-11T20:38:52.194-08:00Shoot for 2 on TuesdayCouple new songs to talk about this week. "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/songfight/johnnyinthecorner_sft.mp3">Shoot for Tuesday</a>" is another Johnny in the Corner collaboration between myself and Johnny Cashpoint and it's holding fort this week over on <a href="http://www.songfight.org/leopard/">Songfight!</a>. This was mostly Johnny with me doing guitar and backup vocals on the chorus.<br /><br />It's also the return of The One with "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/onetoo_jitc.mp3">One Too</a>" by Jack in the Corner. I figured the name was fitting since Johnny contributed all the lyrics (or maybe I should say I blatently stole them) and threw in his random shouts to the vocal stew. Also, the goal was to create a song that was exactly one minute long. I think this clocks in at exactly one minute. <br /><br />All music by me. Happy birthday phil.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1142652216388811002006-03-17T19:14:00.000-08:002006-04-22T09:51:54.820-07:00The Best of Nur EinSo i'm on the jury panel of this little contest going on. It's kind of like american idol, kind of like survivor, kind of like fear factor, and features a bunch of good artists from Songfight! This week, they recorded the first elimination song called "Pencil Me In". The first round produced alot of good songs which you can hear on the <a href="http://nur-ein.livejournal.com/">Nur Ein</a> webpage. I'm gonna post my 5 favorites here each week, and I highly recommend checking them out and the artists behind them. Great stuff. Some of the best things in life really are free.<br /><br /><br />"Condescending Prick" - Best of Nur Ein Round Six <br /><br /><a href="http://www.tomskillman.ca/music/Leaf%2062_Condescending%20Prick.mp3">Leaf</a><br /><a href="http://esc67.midphase.com/~spewsch1/gc/gc_cp.mp3">Glenn</a><br /><a href="http://kni.songhole.org/EN/Ken_Condescending-Prick.mp3">Ken</a><br /><a href="http://www.jeshimoth.com/calfborg/music/nurein/calfborg-condescending_prick.mp3">Calfborg</a><br /><br /><br />"Don't Go To ...." - Best of Nur Ein Round Five <br /><br /><a href="http://www.rossdurand.com/rdurand_nurein_eb.mp3">Leaf</a><br /><a href="http://kni.songhole.org/EN/Ken-Don't_Go_To.mp3">Ken</a><br /><a href="http://www.jeshimoth.com/calfborg/music/nurein/calfborg-don%27t_go_to.mp3">Calfborg</a><br /><a href="http://esc67.midphase.com/~spewsch1/gc/gc_dontgoto.mp3">Glenn</a><br /><br />"Like a Villain" - Best of Nur Ein Round Four<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tomskillman.ca/music/Leaf%2062_Like%20A%20Villain.mp3">Leaf</a><br /><a href="http://web.aanet.com.au/caravanray/TB&TDH_Like_a_Villain.mp3">Tex Beaumont and the Dirty Hearts</a><br /><a href="http://www.jimtyrrell.info/nurein/jimtyrrell_likeavillain.mp3">Jim Tyrrell</a><br /><a href="http://media.deshead.com/mp3/deshead-LikeAVillain.mp3">Deshead</a><br /><a href="http://www.mightyoctothorpe.com/music/Octothorpe-LikeAVillain.mp3">Octothorpe</a><br /><br /><br />"El Balazo" - Best of Nur Ein Round Three (I came up with the title!)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.rossdurand.com/rdurand_nurein_eb.mp3">Ross Durand</a><br /><a href="http://web.aanet.com.au/caravanray/El_Balazo_TB&TDH.mp3">Tex Beaumont and the Dirty Hearts</a><br /><a href="http://www.jimtyrrell.info/nurein/jimtyrrell_elbalazo.mp3">Jim Tyrrell</a><br /><a href="http://esc67.midphase.com/~spewsch1/gc/gc-elbalazo.mp3">Glenn & Rachael</a><br /><a href="http://kni.songhole.org/EN/Ken_El-Balazo.mp3">Ken and Erin</a><br /><br /><br />"Sleeper" - Best of Nur Ein Round Two<br /><br /><a href="http://media.deshead.com/mp3/deshead-Sleeper.mp3">Deshead</a><br /><a href="http://www.tomskillman.ca/music/Sleeper.mp3">Leaf 62</a><br /><a href="http://www.thebewells.com/songs/bewells_nurein_sleeper.mp3">The Bewells</a><br /><a href="http://web.aanet.com.au/caravanray/Sleeper.mp3">Tex Beaumont and the Dirty Hearts</a><br /><a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/content/songs/glenncase/nur%20ein/gc-sleeper.mp3">Glenn Case</a><br /><br />"Pencil Me In" - Best of Nur Ein Round One<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tomskillman.ca/music/Leaf%2062_pencil_me_in.mp3">Leaf 62</a><br /><a href="http://www.newzeromusic.com/nurein/sven_pmi.mp3">Sven Mullet</a><br /><a href="http://www.newzeromusic.com/nurein/thornberry_pmi.mp3">Thornberry</a><br /><a href="http://www.jeshimoth.com/calfborg/music/nurein/calfborg-pencil_me_in.mp3">Calfborg</a><br /><a href="http://www.jumpoff.com/vhosts/des/deshead_PencilMeIn.mp3">Deshead</a><br /><br /><br />Give them a listen!jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1140315738466208602006-02-18T18:15:00.000-08:002006-02-18T18:23:21.513-08:00Brown BoxesI just wrapped up another cover. <a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/hxaro/thekingofshite.mp3">Brown Boxes</a> is a song by fellow songfighter <a href="http://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=king_arthur">King Arthur</a>, a pretty selfless guy and a pretty solid musician. It's a long story about what motivated me to cover this particular song, but i like how it turned out. I kept the original lyrics and arrangement pretty much intact, but just kind of put my own shite spin on it.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1140228870404295022006-02-17T18:09:00.000-08:002007-11-11T20:41:02.307-08:00April Morning With a PeachWell, brody rides again this week with "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/brody/brody_amwap.mp3">April Morning With a Peach</a>" over on this week's <a href="http://www.songfight.org">Songfight!</a> Go show us some love and be sure to check out all the other fine tunes before coming to the realization that there is no other choice but brody. Special thanks to my buddy Tom aka T-Money for the wicked drums.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1137827412745084902006-01-20T23:06:00.000-08:002006-01-20T23:10:28.296-08:00True Lovetrader joe's apple pie. $4.97. haagen dazs vanilla ice cream. $3.50. bringing them together. priceless.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.jackshite.com/images/pie.jpg" width="314" height="235" border="1">jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1136875273783838622006-01-09T22:29:00.000-08:002006-01-09T22:41:50.653-08:00The Belated Gift of Music<a href="http://soultreerecords.com/GOM/GOM2005.html">The Gift of Music</a> is a little virtual get together a bunch of songfighters do each year between thanksgiving and christmas. You pick a song you'd like to hear covered and you cover one in return for someone else. I got the best of both worlds as I got to cover the Tom Jones' classic "<a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/gom2005/shesalady_jackshite.mp3">She's a Lady</a>" and also got a cover of Ween's "<a href="http://glenncase.songhole.org/GoM/buenos.mp3">Buenos Tardes Amigos</a>" by my friend Glenn Case, Mr. House of Delusions himself, all stripped down and unplugged due to his asshole soon to be evicted downstairs neighbor.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1134063309691574712005-12-08T09:21:00.000-08:002005-12-08T11:57:33.786-08:00The Songfighter Rainbow Coalition for PeaceToday is the anniversary of John Lennon's death, and for me anyways, it's one of those events that I'll always remember exactly what I was doing when I heard the news. I was actually reading an interview he gave to Playboy (yes, actually reading a Playboy) and was watching Monday Night football when Howard Cosell announced the news. I was completely in shock, as I had the magazine next to me and was reading the interview while watching football. And then came the incredible outpouring of grief afterwards, all the people gathering across the street in the park. A very dark day for rock and roll indeed.<br /><br />So as a sort of tribute to this often brilliant and misunderstood man, a bunch of my Songfight! friends and I got together to record a little tribute. Featuring the talents and fine efforts of Deshead, Johnny Cashpoint, Kamakura, Caravan Ray, Sausage Boy, Smalltown Mike, MC Paul Denyer, and Spud and Mad Dog from The Mighty Octothorpe. I produced, mixed, did the first verse, guitars, and glockenspiel.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/givepeaceachance.mp3">"Give Peace A Chance" - The Songfighter Rainbow Coalition for Peace</a>jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1133299077069137752005-11-29T13:10:00.000-08:002005-11-29T13:19:26.403-08:00We All Need LoveJohnny in the Corner is back doing Songfight! with <a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/wanl_johnnyinthecorner.mp3">We All Need Love</a>. I did all the music this time and as usual, Johnny Cashpoint did the lyrics and sings it. I'm really happy with how Johnny interpreted the mix I gave him, and think he did a really fabulous job with it, and hopefully others will think so too. Give it a listen and check out all the other fine songs this week over at Songfight!<br /><br />Speaking of Songfight!, I also participated in a little side skirmish coverfight. The band is the Eagles and my song choice was <a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/peacefulshite.mp3">Peaceful Easy Feeling</a>. When I recorded it last night, it was pouring down rain so I opened my window and recorded a "rain" track for ambience. I was going for a pensive and sort of sad interpretation on it. I always thought the Eagles version was too poppy. But hell, it's their song so what do I know.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1130628570691685412005-10-29T16:20:00.000-07:002006-01-23T22:18:25.433-08:00House of DelusionsMy friend Glenn Case has been creating these awesome podcasts lately, playing lots of his favorite obscure music, and creating general musical mayhem. His show is really better than most syndicated radio shows you hear these days, and I'd love to have people spread the word and support this awesome show. Maybe someday when he's rich and famous and becomes the next Rick Dees, he'll remember us little guys and throw us a play.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spewgrass.com/podcasts/glenncase/delusions.xml">House of Delusions - Subscribe</a>jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1128129774701272462005-09-30T18:19:00.000-07:002005-09-30T18:25:35.460-07:00Don't mesh with Depeche Mode<span style="font-weight:bold;">Depeche Mode Star Sued for Stalker Assault</span><br />Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan was forced to pay $40,000 to a male stalker who drove him to violence. The stalker, known only as Roy, insisted on holding all-night vigils outside Gahan's house -- until the singer head-butted him and broke his nose. Gahan says, "You'd look out the window at four in the morning and Roy would still be standing there. I ended up assaulting him -- well, I head-butted him and broke his nose. And I actually got sued! He sued me for $500,000 and he ended up getting $40,000. He claimed I gave him brain damage, but he was pretty [bleep] up to start with."<br /><br />And here I always figured those Depeche Mode guys were pussies.jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7892123.post-1127582618887407332005-09-24T10:08:00.000-07:002005-09-24T18:56:51.336-07:00SquirmerI was talking to my friend Chris the other day, and we got to talking about Squirmer, a band that he and I used to play in. Squirmer was really my first and pretty much only "real" band experience, as most of what I do now is solo or virtual collaborations. The band sort of evolved from a group of friends, and to this day most of the members are gigging musicians in other bands, a couple have new kids to deal with, but we all remain friends and still try to play together on occasion. Squirmer was also the first real experience I had with recording, and at the time, we would record our practices and gigs with a Tascam 488 Portastudio 8 track, which is sitting about a foot away from me as I type this. Alot of times we would just rig up a couple mics and hang them from the ceiling of Mark's recording studio, but at gigs, we would try to rig it up better. I've got tons of cassette tapes, masters that haven't been mixed down yet, sitting around waiting to be digitized, and I think I'm going to start work on a squirmer CD project I've been meaning to do for years. Try to mine the nuggets I know are hidden in this trove of tape. Anyways, I found a pretty good recording of Squirmer doing "Hopeless", a song I wrote around 1997 I think, but would later become a staple of the Squirmer setlist. Recorded October 7, 2001 live to 8 track and featuring Mark on drums, Chris on lead guitar, Bill on bass, Eric on guitar, and myself on vocals and guitar.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.jackshite.com/music/squirmer/hopeless_squirmer.mp3">Hopeless - Squirmer</a>jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14170064400154427796noreply@blogger.com1