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EARBUZZ.COM REVIEW "I know that human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully" - so starts the CD, "Bushwacked" by Arizona artist, Tempemonon. The music is rock/pop/alternative for all the tracks except the opening title track, 'Bushwacked'. This tune includes dozens of sound bytes from President Bush - one of the most inarticulate public speakers we've seen as leader of the free world. Tempemonon sets the quotes to a synth groove and could be a dance floor favorite if the low end pumps continuously. Track 2, "Camptown Girls", has a TMBG meets the Ramones feel to it wrapped up in a poppy progressive tune. "Texas Jack", track 7, uses a dynamic device that has the tune starting and stopping. The direct to board guitar distortion adds a unique quality to the song - and the vocals are processed with a matching bull horn track. The band saves the best tunes for last, as track 8 and 10 turn out to be our favorites - 'Lay the Whiskey Down' and 'Time Will Pass Us By'. The latter of which takes a piano and organ sound with a terrific vocal performance that takes advantage of the lead vocalist's compelling tone and easy falsetto movement. The tune is really a fine song - with solid melody and lyric ... good stuff.
Deep within the frozen hinterlands of northern Finland, there once lived a small boy known only as Tempemonon. Orphaned at an early age when an avalanche wiped out both of his parents along with the families entire raindeer herd, he was sent to live with his only surviving relative, an ageing eccentric aunt with a wooden leg and a strange penchant for Badfinger and the Rolling Stones.
Fearing she could not provide adequately for the boy, she smuggled him on board an American ship as a stowaway, thinking hed fare much better in this wonderful land of opportunity than in his native Finland. Though the ship was indeed American, it was actually headed for the island nation of Japan. He lived on stale bread, Pez, and Chocolate Yahoo Soda until the ship reached Japan, where he was discovered hiding under decks amidst the cargo.
Hearing of his plight, the Monks from the local temple took pity on the boy and agreed to raise him as their own. Under the Monks supervision,Tempemonon learned many valuable skills, such as musicianship and the preparation of vast quantities of white rice.
Having grown into manhood, and very tired of white rice, he bid the Monks farewell and secured passage on board a cruise ship working as a musician and comedian. Though he was quite a musician, he spoke english with a heavy Japanese accent, so few people understood his comedy.
One day his ship pulled into the Hawaiian islands, where he disembarked and proceeded to get stinking drunk, so drunk in fact, that he lost all track of time and his ship sailed off without him. Having lost all money and possessions, he was forced to work in the Pineapple fields for some time. There he met the aquaintance of a lovely young tourist named Lola, who fell madly in love with Tempemonon and asked him to accompany her to the mainland to try and convince her wealthy parents to let them marry. Unfortunately, her parents were not nearly as fond of the six foot, two inch, long haired Finish boy with the Japanese accent as Lola, and Tempemonon was sent quickly on his way.
While hitchhiking out of town, he was picked up by an old Cowboy named George, who had a very ill tempered dog named Baron, who bit everyone - including Tempemonon. No doubt feeling bad about the incident, George offered Tempemonon a job cleaning up horse poop on a Dude ranch just outside Sedona Arizona.
Tempemonon was happy for some time, taking care of the horses and teaching the patrons at the Dude ranch to ride. He had all but completely rid himself of his accent and took to writing songs and poetry in his off hours up in a cozy loft above the horses where he slept. But tragically, the ranch burned to the ground one night after a mysterious group of Canadian teens somehow started a fire in the ranch arcade.
Finding himself unemployed once again, Tempemonon gathered up all of his remaining possessions and headed out into the wild lands around Sedona. No one knows exactly where, but this is where he is to this day. A skilled survivalist, he makes his living mostly off the land, slipping back into town like a Phantom every so often in order to reconnect with old friends and to share his latest songs and poetry. Then, as suddenly as he appears, he melts back into the landscape from whence he came.
With the aid of modern technology (namely, a laptop computer and a solar generator) he is able to record, mix and create entire albums completely on his own in the middle of a vast wilderness. Until recently, his pure clean tenor and creative, eclectic mix of genres was known only to the wildlife and locals around Sedona. His diverse musical palette ranges from Rock to Pop to Ballads to Political Satire.
I wouldn't want to create only one kind of music, any more than I would want the same thing for dinner for the rest of my life. I write songs to try to bring a little joy into the world around me - and in the end, what could be better than that?
Tempemonon
Take the blue pill, Neo...
Watch for "BUSHWACKED" on the new INDEPENDENT FILM CHANNEL show " IFC'S MEDIA LAB SHORTS UPLOADED"
Air dates & times will be:
Monday, November 6th, 8:30 PM Eastern
Tuesday, November 7th, 12:35 AM Eastern
Thursday, November 9th, 7:45 AM Eastern
Dubya and Dick Cheney go on a camping adventure to their home town of idiotville! Lots of those Bushisms we've come to love. Dick imposes his dark desires on George Bush...
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are you excited for addy to move?i wasnt for keifer but i guess yesterday he went to go visit and refused to back to the 2s and stayed with sharen the hole day! i think addy will do fine because she is very sassy so the bigger kids wont pick on her:)she moves monday? you gonna be able to help her out? did you ever start on them online survey things i told you about? i hope you did, i just another check, this was for $237 from 2 weeks ago. if you didn't yet, pshhh, get on it; i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is again:
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do u like sea ? sometimes it looks calm and peace but sometimes it makes waves
did u got covered with spray ? maybe u wonder why does i ask so .. well , coz just now i have finished my newest tune named spray :)
spray is very beautiful and thrilling in the twinkling of an eye it's so out of control that we r hard 2 catch its come and go
what's ur come and go ? i sincerely invite u 2 listen ( or experience ) and leave me a review if u r willing 2 share ur personal spray in life also welcome 2 my newest blog "New Tune Release : Spray"
i have a new sharing with you , i just now released my new music named "the distance" , i roughly composed it about 3-4 years ago , then modified several times , this is first time to perform in public , for me , this is a challenge of dream , i sincerely invite you to listen , maybe you can give me some opinions , i hope my dream in music will not be your nightmare :)
if you have listened before my invitation , i have to say "thanks a lot" again & again for your warm support
also feel free to visit my newest "the distance" blog to discuss with me about where is your distance..
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