SUPERGOD!!! Rabid Peripheral Mermaid

Okay, so I warned everyone when I started this that entries would be sporadic at best because I'm a busy man who has better things to do with his time then blog about any old thing everyday. Speaking about side projects (was I?) for the last 28 days I've been working on my RPM challenge album "SUPERGOD!!! Rabid Peripheral Mermaid" I have it uploaded on the RPM website ready to be streamed by you frothing at mouth public types. I think it turned out pretty good if you're familiar with my previous SUPERGOD! material (this will be my fourth SUPERGOD! release) it's pretty much in the same vein of audio fuckery and loopy shinanigans. I'm going down to Fred's Records tomorrow give them a few copies. Anyway, it was fun, I might make a couple of videos for it, and maybe in the next few weeks I'll start going to shows again and start this here videography project back up. Tell me what you think if you have any thoughts on it at all.
Cheers!

SURGEON

Last Friday I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with up and coming epic instrumental rock force "Surgeon". The band features Steve Cowan (you can see him in action if you check out the AE Bridger entry down below), Phil Maloney, Josh Ward, Andrew Wicks. This was only their third (fourth?) show but the by's are tighter then something really obscene. They got some freaky techniques and I can tell they take it seriously. Anyway, I don't know the name of this song but it's pretty deadly, enjoy!

I took a couple of videos of them but the bass on the other one completely overpowered the microphone and there were a ton of people in the way. I might put it up anyway if I get around to it. Oh, and I'm gonna make sure the next video I take will be at a place other then CBTG's. It couldn't really be helped this weekend since I played there three times in a row. I wanted to take a video of Dan Ficken or "The Mudflowers" from Saturday night but my batteries ran out and I forgot to bring new ones. It was the first time I'd seen The Mudflowers and I have to say they are a lot of fun, I highly recommend checking them out, also they are friggin' adorable so I know my youtube views would soar. Anyway, hopefully my ears will stop ringing sometime soon and I can get some more work done.
Cheers!

More Cyril Sneer action.

I received some requests from total strangers for more Cyril Sneer videos and while I was at the "Last" Downstairs Mix-up the boys got themselves so pretty I couldn't help but take some footage. They played most of the set as a two piece and Derm got right into it he did. Here we have them playing Their old chestnut "The Puncher".

Here we got Cyril as a three piece doing their song "King"

It was funtimes.

The "Last" Downstairs Mix-up

I've already been criticized on Blue Kaffee for not having enough videos of different venues and having too many videos of CBTG's and the Ship. I promise I will try to rectify this in the future but already I have to continue the trend and show a couple more videos of CBTG's. I'm playing there twice in a row this week, on Thursday I'm playing the "last" Thursday night Downstairs Mix-up and on Friday I'm opening for "Surgeon" (I'll try to take some vid's of that one). I'm not holding my breath about this being the last, since there has already been about 7 or 8 "Last" Downstairs Mix-ups. Steve Abbott can be a bit of a drama queen sometimes. But when he's not being a drama queen he's a pretty goddamn excellent guitarist. Here is a video I took from the Mix-up a few weeks ago of Abbott, Steve Ailward (on Drums), Christian Gagnon (on bass) and David Caines (usually a drummer, here on especially drunk vocals) all having a vicious psychedelic jam.


Here we got Cyril Sneer playing their new classic "No Balls" at the same mix-up I think.. I gotta take some more videos of the Sneer, it's one of my most popular videos on youtube, which is strange considering Cyril Sneer have basically no web presence at all. Derm has got secret fans all over the place..

Mopey Mumble Mouse

I had the pleasure of sharing the stage with local crazy art-rockers Mopey Mumble Mouse yesterday at the now sketchiest bar in town Roxxy's, after "The Musician's Bar" closed down they proudly reclaimed their throne. Mopey Mumble Mouse has been around for what seems a dogs age, I remember them starting out back in 2005 at that very same bar (four normal years is at least the equivalent of 25 rock band years in St John's noise rock) and they are just as crazy as ever.
The nicest bunch of dudes, they've had a rotating roster of members with the core group of Curtis Kilfoy, Bart Pierson, and Tom Davis remaining constant. They certainly bring the intensity to their unique messages. Be sure to download some of their tunes from their website (their new christmas song "Hungry for Bricks" is particularly awesome). Here is a mega mega grainy video I I took of them last night (be sure to watch to the end for a special reward)
Cheers

Bluegrass at CBTG's (Darren Browne, Alison Corbett, John Dawe)

Fine local pickers Darren Browne and John Dawe host a bluegrass jam session down at CBTG's every wednesday. Me and my main accompanist Miss Alison Corbett were playing all the local open mics last wednesday as a way of rehearsing for our "Out Of The Fog" taping the next day (long story short, It was one of the most awkward and uncomfortable experiences I've ever had, I don't care if you have it taped off I never want to see it..) anyway, me and Al stopped into CBTG's to go over the songs once more. After we finished that Alison started showing off her new found Bluegrass skills in a few impromptu jams at the bar. It was good times I must say, I shall return there at the next opportunity. I caught a video of the event, enjoy.