I have, of late, had the pleasure of sitting in with the one and only Tris McCall. We played a show last Friday at the Grove Street PATH station in New Jersey as part of the JC Fridays events and got a write up in which Tris is, again, compared to David Byrne. Hee!
all pics by Zac Clark
GUEST SPOT
Wednesday, June 9, 2010PLEASE WORK...
I am going to give this ONE MORE TRY.
Are you ready? No. I mean, are you ready? Are you REALLY ready? Or, are you just kidding around? I'm about to unveil something major here. I've been waiting for a while to do this so you're going to need to be significantly ready to handle what I'm about to "drop".
First, though, the back story: A while ago, a little band called Bel Air released a little album called Pole to Pole that had a little song on it called "Almost". "Almost" is a simple song. A country ballad, sad and slow. Except, NOT ANYMORE!!!
Almost - Disco Remix by belairband
Re-mix genius Chris Amann with Bel Air's own Jeff Mensch
I think we can all agree that Chris is brilliant beyond his years and should quit his job and start doing this type of thing FULL TIME. Thanks, Chris for all of your hard work and Jamaican rapping!
FORT USELESS PREVIEW
Wednesday, May 26, 2010StereoActiveNYC.com wrote up a preview of our show at Fort Useless!
It has some cool pictures of us from our Mercury Show.
Check it out!
photo by Jeremiah McVay
MIX PICS
Thursday, May 6, 2010Hey Y'all! We posted some pictures from our recording/mix sessions on our website including this amazing pic of Wyatt with two pairs of headphones on. Check them all out here.
LUNCH TIME POLL
Monday, April 26, 2010A couple of years ago I was really into recording conversations, particularly really drunk conversations with members of my old band, Breakup Breakdown. Recently, I was going through some old files on my computer and came across a 20 minute recording of Breakup Breakdown leaving a venue in Savannah, GA and going to Krystal, which, if you've never had the pleasure of going to one, is like the White Castle of the South. 
On the recording we decide who's driving, discuss what's on the menu at Krystal, what's the best fast food ever and the end is me ordering at the drive-through. At one point someone tries to drag race us. It's pretty classic. Once we get to the Krystal, everyone gets really grossed out at one of the options on the menu - breakfast-in-a-bowl. After googling a picture of it, I can see why we had that reaction.
Wyatt had a similar reaction to something he saw on TV this morning: the KFC Double Down. The KFC Double Down is a sandwich made up of two fried chicken filets, two pieces of bacon, two slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel's Sauce, which I'm guessing is some kind of mayo based concoction. There is no bun involved here.
When he told me about this, I immediately thought of the burger that Paula Deen once made on her Food Network show, Paula's Home Cooking. Her "brunch burger" is not served on a bun either. It is served on Krispie Kreme doughnuts. Not one Krispie Kreme doughnut cut in half, mind you, but TWO WHOLE DOUGHNUTS. One on the top, one on the bottom. Oh, and it also has bacon on it. Annnnnd, a fried egg.
So, the question of the Lunch Time Poll is - which one is more over the top? Which one is more heart attack inducing? Vote away!
BEL AIR - NEW ALBUM
Last week was a long week but a productive one! We mixed our 10 song album in 5 days at Excello Recording. We were thrilled to have mix master Hugh Pool at the helm because he is so talented and such a great guy. Mixing can sometimes be a daunting process but Hugh made it a really fun experience and the songs sound better than we ever imagined they would. Plus, he made a toast at the end of the session. I love it when people make toasts...
Next up... Album Name and Album Art...
8MS - TOP 30 ALBUMS
Hey Y'all,
Check out this piece on EightMillionStories.com in which me and 8MS film guy, Jon Zelazny list our top 30 albums of all time and then make fun of each other's choices.
Love,
Allie
OH MAN.....
Wednesday, March 17, 2010I've had something up my sleeve for a while and I think it's about time that I let you all in on it. But, only if you think you can handle it... Let me know if not, because this is big. BIG, I tell you!
On second thought, maybe I'll make you wait a bit.
Maybe tomorrow...
Maybe not...
MERCURY PIC
Wednesday, February 24, 2010Here's a pic from our Mercury show on Monday. It was taken by our lovely friend Jamie MacKenzie.
Click on it for a larger version!
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