page from the dr-07 field recorder... Heat advisory today, in
affect until tomorrow morning... New show posted with
"skinny wrists" (secret twins' solo alias) for July 22nd at
Crazy Wisdom...
11-27-09 Songs in the new: hadal zone, methyl mercury, north pacific trash
vortex... recording studio setup should be complete no later than March for
animatic's new album formerly known as "ballast water" now to be
christened "roll pitch and yaw" ... i'm still teaching those youngsters...
11-04-08 I just finished mixing a new recording at Worm Farm for the Worm
Farm Sampler. The song is "Super Side" which is a resurrection of an old
song of mine from way back in 2001 when I first moved into the
car-dealership subdivision of oily-cookie-cutter southeast Michigan suburbia.
The new version is a complete revamp: different changes and new lyrics but
maintains the original rhythm and accent and story. The song will be
available on the media page when the sampler is released. Meanwhile, enjoy
reading the lyrics (click here). Jiggs Elko performed some mean percussion.
Because of teaching sixth graders, Ballast water, the album, is on hiatus until I
have more time. It is NOT a sinking ship! The songs are still VERY alive
and I still feel them strongly.
7-20-08 The Ballast Water Sessions have finally begun! HERE, I will treat
you with a pending track list: Grass and Gold, Ballast Water, Invasive
Species, Still 'Neath Water, Escanaba Bridge, Shoulders, Saturday Morning,
The Other Side, The Cosmos Knows! (i know what you're thinking, "albums
with obvious themes are usually weak in creativity! Well my sour-puss of a
friend! These songs were written well before their christened titles and have
little to do with each other in regards to their suggestive themes) HERE enlies
a lyric from shoulders, "from all the waste you're spraying out, and all the
words come water-foam, slipped lips are making serious for all the walls of
plankton!" HERE, I will prematurely present you with other new working
songs and their christened titles that may or may not end up on the album:
work work work, her i love, brain melt, a'floatn' a'frayed, shiloh will come,
below the ocean snow! ... Play and be marry my fellow countrymyn!
*Side Note: I WILL BE MAKING MUSIC 'TIL I DIE! --Secondary Side
Note: Worm Farm Recordings (again)!!!!
4-24-08 Tonight there just might be an Animatic reunion between a certain
key boardist and Jer! This might just involve the song, South Easterner.
Totally Awesome Festival IV begins at the dreamland theater tonight with
Animatic, Fields of Industry, and Poly and the Sexual Animals. It will be a
ruckus! A rag tag bananza as it will last throughout the weekend in different
and the same places! SO SWIVEL YOUR RUDDER AND COME ON
OVER! Beware of certain pan cakes and please yourself with others! This
is the fourth annual TAF. It began in a living room and blossomed into a
festival!
3-5-08 chicago skipping with her! we took the El... the only way to go.
Chicago Diner is a really good vegetarian restaraunt! and we took our time to
see what we want book stores and record shops and the best pasta I ever
had at Geppetos in Oak Park! INtuit had Henry Darger's room
reconstructed. Owl shirt, Owl graffiti, Owl guitar strap, and Owl statues we
saw. food in some cafes. We met my sister for tapas at Imberico and we
stayed our last night 19 floors up in downtown Chicago looking over the
river and lake!
Animatic is on pause/paws, Alex has Mononucleosis and I just got back from
Chicago. All the songs are ready to record but we will wait until maybe later
this month or next when everyone is healthy and free. Alex and I were both
sick while we rocked out our last show! Video from that show should be up
on the media page soon...
1-27-08 Animatic is currently working on their album, Ballast Water. It is
projected to be finished by summer 2008.
I'm probably going to treat this page as my personal blog/animatic news. I
heard an interesting phrase on the radio the other day "...flipped like a
hairdo." Lately I try to match flyers with actual stage antics and/or
visualizations.. In reference to my latest stage backdrop, a close friend of
mine spoke in her sleep saying, "I ... SAW ... The Owl ... Separate into
THREE!!" THE DREAMLAND THEATER WILL BE HAVING LOCAL
MUSIC THURSDAYS AGAIN!! HOSTED BY BRAD PERKINS!!
COME EVERY THURSDAY! ESPECIALLY THIS VALENTINE'S DAY
BECAUSE ANIMATIC, FIELDS OF INDUSTRY, AND UMBERELLA
CLOUD WILL BE THERE! --J.C.