Tuesday 5/12/09
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Jam of the day
Tuesday 5/12/09
In honor of his birthday, Kid Creole is today's "Jam of the Day". Enjoy...
Thomas August Darnell Browder was born in 1950. He began his musical career in a band named The In-Laws with his half-brother, Stony Browder Jr, in 1965, which disbanded so Darnell could pursue a career as an English teacher. Darnell obtained a masters degree in English, but in 1974 again formed a band with Stony Browder Jr under the name Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. Their self-titled debut release was a Top 40-charting album which was certified gold and was nominated for a Grammy.
In honor of his birthday, Kid Creole is today's "Jam of the Day". Enjoy...
Thomas August Darnell Browder was born in 1950. He began his musical career in a band named The In-Laws with his half-brother, Stony Browder Jr, in 1965, which disbanded so Darnell could pursue a career as an English teacher. Darnell obtained a masters degree in English, but in 1974 again formed a band with Stony Browder Jr under the name Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. Their self-titled debut release was a Top 40-charting album which was certified gold and was nominated for a Grammy.
Darnell began producing for other artists, such as Don Armando’s Second Avenue Rhumba Band and Gichy Dan’s Beachwood No.9, before adopting the name Kid Creole (adapted from the Elvis Presley film King Creole) in 1980. The persona of Kid Creole is described as:
"Inspired by Cab Calloway and the Hollywood films of the 30s and 40s, the Kid fills out his colorful zoot suits with style and grace, dancing onstage with his inimitable, relentless and self-proclaimed cool."
Kid Creole and The Coconuts have appeared in a number of films, including Against All Odds and The Forbidden Dance.Darnell now lives in London (and occasionally Sweden and Denmark), and still tours with the Coconuts occasionally. He is currently collaborating with writer/producer Peter Schott on a Contemporary Opera, to be produced by Son Of Kong Productions.The project features vocals/guitar by former Creole band member and rising star Mark Anthony Jones.
In 2008 Kid Creole toured the UK whilst starring in the stage show Oh! What a Night, a disco musical produced by Random Concerts.
Darnell is currently back in the studio, totally re-mixing and re-mastering his favourite Kid Creole songs spanning his whole back catalogue with Master ToKo and Lord highOwl from audio-visual electronica band Picture Book.
He is also writing a new Kid Creole album with Master ToKo and Lord highOwl, due late 2009.
Source: Wikipedia.com
Passing thought
Tuesday 5/12/09
If someone tells you to "have a seat" or "take a seat" and you walk out with one of their chairs, can they get mad? Is it considered stealing since they told you to take it? Just a thought.
If someone tells you to "have a seat" or "take a seat" and you walk out with one of their chairs, can they get mad? Is it considered stealing since they told you to take it? Just a thought.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Kornola
Monday 5/11/09
Tuesday started out as a typical day. I awoke, drank my usual gallon of coffee, went to work, etc. And at the end of my day, I planned on relaxing, maybe hitting up a yoga class, and having my pjs on by 9:00. Well, my evening didn't exactly go as planned. This Tuesday was a little different.
The American rock band from Bakersfield, California, which formed in 1993; the band whose catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200;the rockers who, to date, have sold over 16.5 million albums in the U.S., while earning six Grammy nominations—two of which they have won was playing at the Fillmore.
It just so happens that my boss grew up with Korn's road manager. And every time the band comes to town, my boss takesthem granola. Well, this time they specifically asked for our granola. My boss was going to deliver the goods, but had tickets to the Nuggets Playoff game and couldn't make it. So, he asked if I and my coworker wanted the task. I definitely wouldn't consider myself to be Korn fan and honestly, I haven't heard that much of their music. That being said, it was a chance to meet famous people and get to see a free show.
My first thought: What the hell do you wear to a Korn concert? My collection of black shirts is limited and I really don't have that many visible tattoos. So there we were, wearing jeans and our cute color of the season shirts, walking up to their tour busses carrying 6 cases of granola. I mean, could we fit in any less? I sat there thinking to myself that this looked like the most pathetic attempt to meet rock stars ever tried. But right about that time their tour manager walked up and said we were the girls he wanted to see. Bow chica wow wow.
We walked back behind the busses to the backstage area. I wasn't really sure what kind of a scene to expect backstage at a Korn show, but this was far from anything I imagined. There were no bottles of booze, cold beer, plates of illegal white substances or clouds of smoke. No half naked women strolled around with drool on their chins and lust in their eyes. Oh no. What we saw was unthinkable. There was a line of fans, seemingly radio contest winners, a few road crew, a couple band members and us. Instead of bourbon and beer, there were Monster Coffee flavored energy drinks. And instead of stinky green nuggets, there were bags and bags of granola nuggets. And while some like to get down with huffing nitrous, these guys were pulling in a much stronger gas, oxygen.
Fieldy and Jonathan were outside signing autographs. I think I detected a glimmer of excitement in their eyes when they saw the delicious treats we brought them. Fieldy didn't say much, but Johnathan was super nice and even let us get a little advertising shot with him holding a bag of the granola. And Kit-Kat's night was made when Munky touched her.
Right before show time, their road manger came and grabbed us and took us to the side of the stage... where we got to watch the entire show!
The place was packed and the crowd was going wild. The show was great and not only did we have an onstage seat, we got to hang out with Kid Rock's drummer all night.
And in case you want to know what rockin' shiz we heard, here's the setlist:
RIGHT NOW CHI
GOOD GOD
DID MY TIME
THOUGHTLESS
FALLING AWAY FROM ME
FAKE
CLOWN
BALL TONGUE
BAGPIPES
HELMET IN THE BRUSH
TWIST
Y'ALL WANT A SINGLE
FAGET
FREAK ON A LEASH
BLIND
HERE TO STAY
GOT THE LIFE
After the show we hung around backstage for a few minutes. Everyone else was deciding what bar to go to or where to party. As I stretched my arms and forgot to cover my mouth while yawning, I did what anyone in my position would do. I went home and went to bed. I didn't get my yoga in, but I have to say all it wasn't a bad night.
Tuesday started out as a typical day. I awoke, drank my usual gallon of coffee, went to work, etc. And at the end of my day, I planned on relaxing, maybe hitting up a yoga class, and having my pjs on by 9:00. Well, my evening didn't exactly go as planned. This Tuesday was a little different.
The American rock band from Bakersfield, California, which formed in 1993; the band whose catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200;the rockers who, to date, have sold over 16.5 million albums in the U.S., while earning six Grammy nominations—two of which they have won was playing at the Fillmore.
It just so happens that my boss grew up with Korn's road manager. And every time the band comes to town, my boss takesthem granola. Well, this time they specifically asked for our granola. My boss was going to deliver the goods, but had tickets to the Nuggets Playoff game and couldn't make it. So, he asked if I and my coworker wanted the task. I definitely wouldn't consider myself to be Korn fan and honestly, I haven't heard that much of their music. That being said, it was a chance to meet famous people and get to see a free show.
My first thought: What the hell do you wear to a Korn concert? My collection of black shirts is limited and I really don't have that many visible tattoos. So there we were, wearing jeans and our cute color of the season shirts, walking up to their tour busses carrying 6 cases of granola. I mean, could we fit in any less? I sat there thinking to myself that this looked like the most pathetic attempt to meet rock stars ever tried. But right about that time their tour manager walked up and said we were the girls he wanted to see. Bow chica wow wow.
We walked back behind the busses to the backstage area. I wasn't really sure what kind of a scene to expect backstage at a Korn show, but this was far from anything I imagined. There were no bottles of booze, cold beer, plates of illegal white substances or clouds of smoke. No half naked women strolled around with drool on their chins and lust in their eyes. Oh no. What we saw was unthinkable. There was a line of fans, seemingly radio contest winners, a few road crew, a couple band members and us. Instead of bourbon and beer, there were Monster Coffee flavored energy drinks. And instead of stinky green nuggets, there were bags and bags of granola nuggets. And while some like to get down with huffing nitrous, these guys were pulling in a much stronger gas, oxygen.
Fieldy and Jonathan were outside signing autographs. I think I detected a glimmer of excitement in their eyes when they saw the delicious treats we brought them. Fieldy didn't say much, but Johnathan was super nice and even let us get a little advertising shot with him holding a bag of the granola. And Kit-Kat's night was made when Munky touched her.
Right before show time, their road manger came and grabbed us and took us to the side of the stage... where we got to watch the entire show!
The place was packed and the crowd was going wild. The show was great and not only did we have an onstage seat, we got to hang out with Kid Rock's drummer all night.
And in case you want to know what rockin' shiz we heard, here's the setlist:
RIGHT NOW CHI
GOOD GOD
DID MY TIME
THOUGHTLESS
FALLING AWAY FROM ME
FAKE
CLOWN
BALL TONGUE
BAGPIPES
HELMET IN THE BRUSH
TWIST
Y'ALL WANT A SINGLE
FAGET
FREAK ON A LEASH
BLIND
HERE TO STAY
GOT THE LIFE
After the show we hung around backstage for a few minutes. Everyone else was deciding what bar to go to or where to party. As I stretched my arms and forgot to cover my mouth while yawning, I did what anyone in my position would do. I went home and went to bed. I didn't get my yoga in, but I have to say all it wasn't a bad night.
Here we go...
Monday 5/11/09
Yowza, yowza, yowza. It has been beyond a long time since I have taken time out of my less than hectic schedule to devote to my musings. While I may have a handful of readers, it is doubtful that anyone has truly missed my ramblings and rantings. In fact, you probably haven't even noticed that I've been m.i.a for the past few months. Well I'm back bitches (ladies and gentleman) and I will (try) not (to) allow such lengthy periods of time pass without visiting you again (my fingers were crossed behind my back just in case).
If, by chance, you are wondering what's been happening since we last met, I will give you a brief synopsis.
Started the new year in CO. I live a couple of blocks from Invesco Field, where the Broncos play, which, if you know me, pleases me to no end. Started skiing. I'm not as bad as I thought I was. Not as good as I'd like to be. Got the best job in the history of jobs working at a granola company (I am not going to list the name of the company as they are on Google Alert and are notified every time someone blogs about them. I am very proud of my company, however, occasionally I write about the wild and crazy times I have on the weekends (occasionally = rarely) and I don't necessarily want to cross those two worlds. Know what I'm sayin'?). The name of the company rhymes with Rudy's or tooties or booties. I got a man. "What yo man got to do with me?" Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Hands off ladies. He's mine. Have seen some great shows - Widespread Panic, Sparrow Quartet, Paper Bird, Medeski and some other peeps, North MS Allstars, Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Blue Note Jazz, Soulive, Kings of Leon, Black Keys, Korn*, the Dead... Have even more good shows coming up... Wilco, Phish, The Mile High Music Fest, Dallas Alice, Flight of the Conchords, A.B.B., Bluegrass Fest, and so on and so forth. I've been on some cool hikes, ridden an old bike, played with my bosses tike and even made friends with a few dikes. So, all and all my year has been great so far. And it can only get better now that you, my dear readers, are once again part of it.
Until next time (like, later today, not 4 months from now)...
*work task
Yowza, yowza, yowza. It has been beyond a long time since I have taken time out of my less than hectic schedule to devote to my musings. While I may have a handful of readers, it is doubtful that anyone has truly missed my ramblings and rantings. In fact, you probably haven't even noticed that I've been m.i.a for the past few months. Well I'm back bitches (ladies and gentleman) and I will (try) not (to) allow such lengthy periods of time pass without visiting you again (my fingers were crossed behind my back just in case).
If, by chance, you are wondering what's been happening since we last met, I will give you a brief synopsis.
Started the new year in CO. I live a couple of blocks from Invesco Field, where the Broncos play, which, if you know me, pleases me to no end. Started skiing. I'm not as bad as I thought I was. Not as good as I'd like to be. Got the best job in the history of jobs working at a granola company (I am not going to list the name of the company as they are on Google Alert and are notified every time someone blogs about them. I am very proud of my company, however, occasionally I write about the wild and crazy times I have on the weekends (occasionally = rarely) and I don't necessarily want to cross those two worlds. Know what I'm sayin'?). The name of the company rhymes with Rudy's or tooties or booties. I got a man. "What yo man got to do with me?" Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Hands off ladies. He's mine. Have seen some great shows - Widespread Panic, Sparrow Quartet, Paper Bird, Medeski and some other peeps, North MS Allstars, Greyboy Allstars, Galactic, Blue Note Jazz, Soulive, Kings of Leon, Black Keys, Korn*, the Dead... Have even more good shows coming up... Wilco, Phish, The Mile High Music Fest, Dallas Alice, Flight of the Conchords, A.B.B., Bluegrass Fest, and so on and so forth. I've been on some cool hikes, ridden an old bike, played with my bosses tike and even made friends with a few dikes. So, all and all my year has been great so far. And it can only get better now that you, my dear readers, are once again part of it.
Until next time (like, later today, not 4 months from now)...
*work task
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