Um...

Man we really dig the idea of performance art. The idea of performance art... unfortunately most performance art ends up somewhere between "well that happened..." "wait, what just happened?"

Like this:



The act itself (fellatio on a microphone) probably means something... I guess, I don't know. To be honest watching the video makes me a little uncomfortable. I do sort of dig listening to it though. I think if you added in Brian Chipendale on drums I could listen to this.

Dan

ART WE LIKE: Crsipin Glover

It might seem weird to pick someone who works in the traditional art-form of "acting" in what are mostly "narrative feature-length motion pictures" as an artist we admire. But watch the above clip from the film River's Edge...

Crispin Glover is not traditional, even when doing traditional actor things, like going on a talk show...



Or making a guest appearance on a sit-com...



Or a playing a small role in a slasher film...



Or releasing an album...



Or directing his own films...





Crispin Glover is awesome.

Dan

Isn't it Ironic (How Wrong You Are?)

Alanis Morissette's song 'Ironic' often comes under fire from jaded, over-analytical hipsters determined to put their Bachelor's degree in English to good use and claim that the situations listed in the song are not actually ironic.

Now, I'm not going to go through the song line by line since some of them are sort of questionable, but I do want to defend the commonly called-out chorus:

It's like Ray-eyyyain on your wedding day...

For some reason people like to point to this line as something that is not ironic, but they are wrong. Or at least simply not well-versed in traditional American wedding superstitions.

If it rains on your wedding day- congratulations, that's considered good luck. The superstition tells us that your marriage will be very successful. Of course, if you're so lucky, why are you and all your friends and family standing around in suits in the rain.

Rain + Wedding Day = Good Luck? Sounds kind of ironic. A little too ironic? Well, no, not really, since it was probably thought up to help calm down distraught, wet bride, but, yeah, ironic.

So now back to our smart ass friend who is dominating the happy hour conversation by calling out Ms. Morissette for not knowing the definitoon of a pretty simple word. He is, in fact, the dumbass, and by making said 'call out' he has done nothing but draw attention to his own stupidity.

Now isn't it ironic... and yes I really do think.

Dan

Field Recordings - Remixed

I'm going to admit that we're a little disappointed that the Capatcha Field Recordings we posted last week never really took off. I wasn't expecting [Insert name of successful field recording artist], but at least a few comments.

Anyway, it is in rejection that the artist can truly take time to reflect on his or her art. We have done so, and we've realized that the reason our earlier recordings didn't take off is because, when it comes to music, you can be as avant-garde as you like, but people just won't listen to something they can't dance too.

So, we present (in co-operation with morecowbell.dj) our very first re-mix!

Check it out HERE!

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Enjoy!

Dan

NEW PROJECT: Field Recordings

After a long hard day of work, who doesn't like to sit back, pour themselves a scotch and listen to some nice field recordings? It's what Vince and I do to cap off every day of surrealing.

But I must admit that sometimes when listening to something that sounds like a train in the distance on a windy day or someone in tap-shoes walking through an airport, I sometimes think 'I could do this...'

But I never have. Simply because I don't want to join the long list of people who have tried and failed to enter the highly profitable field of experimental field recording. Because unlike traditional music making all the cheap stuff like talent and practice don't amount to anything in the world of field recording, the one thing you need is the expensive recording equipment. Until now.

My friends, what would you say if I told you I had discovered a way to create field recordings inside of the series of tubes commonly referred to as the interwebs?

How, you say. One word. Capatcha.

I'll get into specifics in a later post, but until then please enjoy three tracks from our forthcoming album Dan and Vince - Field Recordings, Vol. 1







Dan