j. kirk pleasant -vocals, guitar
nathan matthews - bass
lee-ann sheel - drums
shinobu hata - keyboard
Influences
Jazz: Sun Ra, Coltrane, Charlie Haden, Ornette Coleman, Albert Ayler, Art Ensemble of Chicago, William Parker, Monk, Bird, Eric Dolphy, Pharoh Sanders, Roland-Kirk, Mingus.
Rock: Mountain goats, Palace, Thinkin' Fellers, All things Elephant 6, especially the gerbils, T Rex, Robyn Hitchcock, Captain Beefheart, Residents, Robert Wyatt
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Sounds Like
Dogs barking in the distance, while a baby cries all fed through delay, while an Afghani man laughs about his latest bumper crop of okra.
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
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Thanks for giving me advice on writing lyrics. This is the first project that has involved lyrics that I have written. I hope you enjoyed that CD I sent you as well.
hey guy dude friend! haven't heard any news from you in a very long time. do you have any new songs coming? an EP of some sort at least? you have kept people waiting for too long.
Hey how are yall? I noticed the gerbils are playin the 40 watt on the 19th. I still dont know who is playing what, maybe Alex will help me out with that one. Have a great summer!
I just thought of you the other day. I couldn't find my A Way With Birds! LP so I played and sang Wisteria to myself. it was almost as good of a feeling. then I played the Crumble 7" a few times. but now that I saw your comment, I decided that I have to find it. and now Wisteria & Wo are in my stereo. I haven't listened to it in ages. Whoever produced those songs did an awesome job in my opinion. The eerie gloom that the cello and the piano produce on Wo is awesomatic. But on the other hand, the same instrumentarium produces the awesomely quirky yet gentle feel on Wisteria. So I guess it's up to the songs more. Me likey in any case.
Hi, all you animal lovers. The Animal Rescue Site is having trouble getting enough people to click on it daily to meet their quota of getting free food donated every day to abused and neglected animals. To help is pretty simple...it takes about 20 seconds to go to their site and click on the purple box "fund food for animals" for free. This doesn't cost you a thing.
Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate food to abandoned/neglected animals in exchange for advertising. Here's the web site! Pass it along to people you know. Please tell ten friends to tell ten others today!
http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/
There are other tabs on this website where you can also click to donate towards breast cancer, children's health and literacy, rain forest. Hope you will take the time to do this every day
ah... its better to be pregnant than on tour. at least in my book.
so... congratulate your drummer on the behalf of the biggest C,DJ! fan out there. at least on this side of the pond.
so... its okay. but you need to come sooner or later.
I still have the envelope with your address on it. so... when your album drops, Im going to send you some dollars for it. and CCM on vinyl, and that one renegade 7" that Im missing. maybe a t-shirt and a button if youll have some. YAY!
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