[LAU] two new songs

[Ken Restivo]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 08:38:01AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've posted two new songs on my site. Both are rough mixes prepared for  
> my band, but I figured I'd post them anyway until I find the time to do  
> a more decent job. Yes, the second song has some tuning discrepancies,  
> and yes, I'm really that lazy.
>
> Notes from my page at http://linux-sound.org/ardour-music.html :
>
> Here in Ohio USA we have an interesting law that requires a convicted  
> drunk driver to put specially-colored license plates on his or her  
> vehicle (assuming s/he's still allowed to drive, of course). Law  
> enforcement officers can easily spot such plates, and of course everyone  
> else gets to cast humiliation on the idiot who decided to drink and  
> drive. The following song is dedicated to my foolish neighbor who  
> managed to fall afoul of the authorities, winning himself some brightly  
> colored tags for his truck. Hilarity ensues.
>
>    http://linux-sound.org/audio/Orange_Plates.mp3
>
> Okay, so much for the poor unfortunate Floyd. The next song was inspired  
> by none other Rusty Campbell, my good friend and fellow musician, who  
> also happens to play drums in my band. Strange to say, this song has  
> become a crowd-pleaser and is one of our most-requested tunes. Of course  
> it isn't /really/ about Rusty (a.k.a. El Viejo). The poor fellow was  
> just minding his own business, then he gets hit with this assessment.  
> Inspiration can be so cruel.
>
>    http://linux-sound.org/audio/drummerinabluesband.mp3
>
> Lyrics are on the page mentioned above.
>
> Happy holidays to all !
>

Funny stuff. I like how you can effortlessly segue between avante-garde ambient psychedelic mind-candy, and funny blues-rock songs.

-ken