Tommy Santee Klaws (guitar/voice) Donna Jo (toys/voice) Sam Seree (voice) Daniel Banes (voice) Dirk Doucette (percussion/voice) Tom Paige (upright/hair) Jason Boles (mandolin/voice) and the occasional cave dweller.
"Chasing Bodies" by Your Friend Frank, for Tommy Santee Klaws. Please watch the high quality version at youtube.com for best viewing.
"It's the Hyperion Tavern on Thursday, January 29, 2009, and Tommy Santee Klaws is standing outside, with Cave Country, and I'm blissfully unaware that I'm about to see one of the most incredible live shows I've ever attended. Once they took the stage and began, they rose to a level that left the audience standing back on earth as the band rose into the atmosphere, becoming rarefied objects of adulation. This music is not normal, is the first thing that comes to mind. The twinkling little artifacts, the fiesta, carnival ambiance coupled with the funeral dirge beat and the gorgeous bass violin, led by the high, heavenly, and truly astonishing vocals of Tommy and his brother, bathe the listener in a haze of euphoria. What separated this from the amplified show I saw them give at the Echo Curio last October was the restraint necessary to make sure each element of the music was at the proper level. This required a discipline that both impressed and moved me. Watching how in tune with each other this band is, made me see how rare that quality can be. Especially impressive was the drummer, who could easily have dominated, but, instead played with such extraordinary restraint it became a delicate tour de force of percussion. But each performer provides such an important function in their sound that no element seems less important than another. Their cryptic/ironic lyrics are another distinguishing feature of this magical musical combine. I was soaring the whole next day from this show." -Feed Your Head
"The KLAWS is definitely like a time machine of music, stuck on several different parts of the 70s, drawing from Neil Young, CSN, Mommas and the Poppas, the (good) Eagles, and pretty much any form of California folk rock you can imagine. Thankfully, they have forgone all the Yacht rock accoutrements that some mistakenly see as nostalgia. Instead, it is honest to goodness songwriting, performed with the purest of feeling." -Echo Curio
"One of my favorite new acts in Los Angeles. If you haven’t had the opportunity to check them out live yet make it a point to in the coming months." -Rock Insider
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Yes on both. I really want to get back to LA. I think i might come down for a visit soon. Man, you have a pretty sweet collection of projects going. I love freaky mountain.
Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel 1e druk uitverkocht – 2e herziene druk eind oktober verwacht
Muziekreis door het Berlijn van toen en nu - van jazzhel tot technohemel is een boek dat in slechts 4,5 maand volledig is uitverkocht. De tweede druk van het boek ligt inmiddels bij de drukker en wordt eind oktober verwacht. Wie tussen nu en 25 oktober het boek online besteld, maakt dus in feite een reservering voor een exemplaar van de 2e druk. En dat belonen we graag! Wie vóór 25 oktober online besteld, betaalt geen verzendkosten.
Revu: '…. aanstekelijk historische werk…. ' Volkskrant: '… een prima excursiereader, maar ook een reisgids om zelfstandig mee door muziekstad Berlijn te lopen.' Dagblad van het Noorden: Jonker omzeilt de valkuil van betweterigheid en waakt voor een te gedetailleerd informatiebombardement. Daardoor leest haar boek als een vlotte, alternatieve resiids, ...' FileUnder.nl: 'Een must voor zowel muziekliefhebbers als politiek geïnteresseerden.' LiveXS: 'Voor iedereen die ooit in Berlijn is geweest, er nog naar toe wil of gewoon precies wil weten hoe Berlijn is geworden tot wat het is, lees dit.' CuttingEdge.be: 'Al weet je best veel van de Duitse geschiedenis, zo aangenaam compact, met een rode draad, kom je zelden tegen.'
yeah, im gonna get back on this and actually do something with this myspace again. you inspired it. thanks. by the way first time casting a critical eye on your recordings and I REALLY DIG THEM.
Something definitely happened to Bruce Hornsby. Did some digging. Pretty much Wanker city like you thought, up until this new album with tracks featured on Worlds Greatest Dad movie (Awesome movie as we both know!). Really interesting album and different and at times cool. Pretty experimental actually. -T
