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Movement #21: Come Celebrate Your Arrival

The Planet Jupiter

Hope everything is going well in your respective neck o' the woods. How is that local sports team? How's the weather? Now that we have dispensed with the pleasantries, it's time to get on to the music. I have some fun stuff queued up including a nice long How Many More Times by Led Zeppelin. Not only were they a great hard rock band but they can also be classified loosely as psychedelic and therefore are loosely eligible to be placed on this loosely listened to podcast. This podcast is going to be a lot of fun. I have some very obscure live Buffalo Springfield, some live Syd Barrett, and one of my favorite Doors tunes, The Soft Parade, again live. Enjoy it and I'll be putting together a Gong and Gong related podcast for next time. Some fun news to announce is that my old musical ball and chain Syd Satellite are moving forward with a reunion of sorts. We'll be playing some songs on an upcoming Syd Barrett tribute album, if we can get all the legal wrangling out of the way. Some goons have been sent to Los Angeles to fight with corporate goons over the particulars. Unfortunately, their goons were better and ours have returned all bloody and bruised. So, we'll have to go the non violent route, I suppose. Still, it was an exciting tidbit to learn that our old drummer will be tossing his kid into the trunk and making his way down to Birmingham to join in the fun. But, the question remains ... where will a group of guys our age be able to find mass amounts of hardcore narcotics?? Title: Come Celebrate Your Arrival Artist: Various Artists Date: Various Dates Venue: Various Venues (all live) The Band: Various Artists Tracks: Pink Floyd - One of These Days (live) Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth (live) Buffalo Springfield - Mr. Soul (live) Jimi Hendrix - Tomorrow Never Knows Medley (live) The Doors - The Soft Parade (live) Syd Barrett - Gigolo Aunt (live) Syd Barrett - Baby Lemonade (live) Pink Floyd - Scream Thy Last Scream (live) Led Zeppelin - How Many More Times (live) The Doors - Unknown Soldier (live) The Doors - When The Music's Over (live) read less

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Movement #21: Come Celebrate Your Arrival

Fri April 20 2007

Hope everything is going well in your respective neck o' the woods. How is that local sports team? How's the weather? Now that we have dispensed wit... read more

Movement #20: Atom Heart Mother (and Father)

Tue March 27 2007

So, I decided to do a Floyd podcast this time to pay tribute to my greatest influence. Of course, I never want anyone to forget that the definitive ... read more

So, I decided to do a Floyd podcast this time to pay tribute to my greatest influence. Of course, I never want anyone to forget that the definitive Pink Floyd podcast can be found here. This is the man that got me started on this whole podcast train so I always have to thank The Doctor. Now, there is a very specific reason why I chose to do Atom Heart Mother. Apart from The Wall, Atom Heart Mother was the first Pink Floyd album I was ever exposed to. Me and my friends listened to this album (I only had tapes in those days being post record/8-track and pre compact disc) hundreds of times. It was in my tape player for at least three months or the entire Summer of '92. I loved the title track and it was my first introduction to a rock outfit using classical instrumentation. I was impressed with how Pink Floyd could use horns and choirs to create this great sound that almost sounded like something you would hear in ancient Rome. I also loved how they managed to create a song that was over 20 minutes long, complete with mellow parts and exciting harmonies and guitar. Of course, my amazement would only grow as I began to listen to additional Pink Floyd albums, culminating in exposure to Piper at the Gates of Dawn, which would cause me to collaborate with my friend to form Syd Satellite. So, I have very fond memories of this album as it takes me back to high school and the times when I would start to really appreciate and enjoy music. I was young, had no responsibilities, was about to start my senior year, and had just inherited my dad's old Mercedes. If you combine that with Summer '68, you can't go wrong. Whenever I listen to this album, and this is the only album that really does this, I am taken back to that time and always have a strong sense of nostalgia and inner peace. This show is from 1970 and 1971 at the Paris Theatre in London. Unfortunately, and I even checked setlists on the web, I can't find a live instance of Summer '68 and they must not have played it live very often. Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast was taken from another show and is part of a separate collection (aptly titled Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast). This is a good one to sit back, relax, listen to, and reminisce on those days when you were younger and didn't have the hassles of life, work, and kids beating down your door every moment. Enjoy a live show from the greatest live band that ever breathed Earth's air, I don't care what the Deadheads and Syd Satellite fanatics may say!! Title: Atom Heart Mother On The Road Date: 09.16.1970 and 10.12.1971 Venue: Paris Theatre, London The Band: David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Rick Wright Tracks: Embryo (live)Careful With That Axe, Eugene (live)Atom Heart Mother (live)If (live)Fat Old Sun (live)Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (live) read less

Movement #19: Yeah, But I Like The Move

Mon March 12 2007

Howdy there little mushrooms. I recently received a comment on an older post requesting some songs by The Move and Idle Race. Well, if you like thos... read more

Howdy there little mushrooms. I recently received a comment on an older post requesting some songs by The Move and Idle Race. Well, if you like those two bands, then this will be the podcast for you. I have also included some live Great Society and some live Electric Prunes. Links of interest to the various bands are listed below so enjoy. Once again Jeff Lynne makes another appearance in this podcast, who is a member of Rock n' Roll royalty in my opinion, having been a member of The Move, The Idle Race, ELO, and Traveling Wilbury's. Damn. My apologies for the poor sound quality on the voice and the poor editing in some spots. I recently upgraded my recording software and am still ironing out the particulars of the volume and the editing portions. I hope to have those perfected by the next podcast. I'm thinking the next podcast will feature Pink Floyd so hang on for that. Anyone in the mood for a little live Atom Heart Mother? No? Well, you're getting it anyway!! Links:Rock n' Roll Family Tree: Type in Jeff Lynne and let the journey begin. This site links the different artists to all the bands they've been in complete with cross reference to other members in those bands and the bands they've been in and so on. For example, you can look at Jeff Lynne, then go to The Move and follow Roy Wood, which would take you to ELO, on to Balls, then the Hollies, then CSN, etc. Cool. Or, you can type in Yes if you have about 5 hours and see all sorts of rockin' musical inbreeding. The Move: Official site of The MoveTravelling Wilbury's (unofficial) Ace Kefford (this is one disturbed and stylin' bass player). This site has a very cool and interesting bio that you should read. Title: Yeah, But I Like The Move Artist: Various Artists Date: Various Dates Venue: Various Venues The Band: Various Artists Tracks: The Move: Here We Go Round the Lemon TreeThe Move: Flowers in the RainThe Move: Sunshine Help Me (live)The Move: I Can Hear the Grass GrowIdle Race: Sitting In My TreeIdle Race: Mrs. WardIdle Race: Pie in the SkyIdle Race: Big Chief Wooly BosherThe Great Society: Sally Go Round the Roses (live)The Great Society: Somebody to Love (live)The Great Society: White Rabbit (live)The Great Society: Father (live)The Electric Prunes: Get Me To the World On Time (live)The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night (live)The Electric Prunes: Try Me On For Size (live) read less

Movement #18: The Crazy Man Plays Live

Thu February 22 2007

And so, the Lord Hawkwind said that all things must come to an end, and so must Syd Satellite. In about 1997, we broke up for good but only after pl... read more

And so, the Lord Hawkwind said that all things must come to an end, and so must Syd Satellite. In about 1997, we broke up for good but only after playing a great show at a Lake Jordan lake houseto a bunch of nutty friends on July 4th, 1997. It was a great show and I'm so glad that I got in on tape. I have transferred it to CD and will play it in it's entirety here on this podcast, part 3/3 of a special Syd Satellite edition of the podcast. Memory fails me as to how complete this show is. Certain songs get cut so there is more to the show that is forever lost. This show was one of our last and for a long time I had thought it was our last show until Greg refreshed my memory that wedid play onefinal show where Bradley would, in true David Bowie form, announce it would be our last. No one was more surprised than Greg or myself. We formed the band and only we could tear it asunder. I guess we were wrong about that because it's hard to play psychedelic music without a drummer! True to the 60's psychedelic movement, though, we were around and "on top" for about three years. In that time, we played many shows, recorded three albums, won the 1997 Battle of the Bands in Auburn, had a guru, played live on WEGL's Cosmic Kitchen, and had more people in the lineup than the Brian Jonestown Massacre or Hawkwind combined. We influenced people's nights and made many friends. Stories will circulate and there will always be someone out there who remembers at least one show we played. I'm glad for all of it and had a blast. And who knows. Maybe when we're all 40 years old, we'll have a good old fashioned reunion. This lineup included Greg, Bradley, Alex, and myself. An old friend named Jason did the mix and even played some guitar, although I don't know if that made it on the tape or not. It's a little hard to tell. I always wonder what ever happened to Mr. Jason. Did you cut your hair? Are you still playing music? I'll be back to normal next podcast with a special war protest edition. War conservative freaks need not apply. Rants will fly. Special thanks go to Greg, Bradley, and Alex, for whom none of this would have ever happened. Thanks to Greg for coming in and giving a rare interview. Title:The Crazy Men Play Live Artist: Syd Satellite Date: July 4th, 1997 Venue: Lake Jordan (somewhere between Auburn and Birmingham) The Band: Bradley Morgan, Greg Slamen, Karsten Propper, Alex Yacker Tracks: Who Do You Love Season of the Witch Lucifer Sam Careful With That Axe, Eugene The "E" Jam Natural Times read less

Movement #17: The Crazy Man Goes Silent

Tue February 06 2007

I apologize for the length of time it took to get this together but I needed to get Greg into the studio to get some of his comments. With all the l... read more

I apologize for the length of time it took to get this together but I needed to get Greg into the studio to get some of his comments. With all the lawsuits we both are involved in, it's hard to coordinate these things. We ended up just doing the entire show ourselves, which was really nice. I also decided to break this up and add a third podcast since this podcast in its original form would have gone on too long. So, this show will contain the remainder of our studio recordings and the next show will contain one of the final live concerts that we did. Two of the song intros are incorrect. I mention that I'll be playing "Hello" and "Sam the Octopus" but when I tried to play them I noticed they had too much bass and peaked out the speakers. So, the song list below is the actual list of the show and you can't trust a damned thing I say on the actual podcast. Also, I was pretty drunk recording "Through" so apologies for the lazy vocals. This era finds us not only influenced by Pink Floyd, but also by a man who would eventually become our guru. He exposed us to a lot of music and ideas we otherwise never would have encountered. He had a weekly psychedelic radio show, The Cosmic Kitchen that we listened to religiously each week. Special thanks goes out to Hawkwind Mike, wherever you are today. Two great songs to look out for on this podcast are "Don't Be A Stranger, Cleophus" and "Sunlight Flows Softly", which were two of our flagship songs. The first song, Nine Shades of Grey, is also a good one. This show encompasses the years from 1995 to 2001 and it was great getting Greg in the studio for a nice little stroll down amnesia lane. I also wanted to post a couple of relevant links, which I will do here: Alex Yaker's Band Sites - Alex Yaker was the fourth Satellite and an amazing keyboard player and person. He still plays music today and this is a link to his site on MySpace Through the Sparks - Greg is also in a band today (the unfaithful bastard) and they can be seen on many nights at Bottletree. Piper no longer has an officialweb site but if you are feeling masochistic, you can start your pursuithere (theoretically). Just email the writer/producer. Or, you can email me and get a copy. I still have three or four being used as paper weights somewhere. As always, special thanks go out to Greg and Bradley, without whom this entire journey would never have been possible. Title: A Crazy Man Goes Silent Artist: Syd Satellite Date: 1995 through 2001Venue: Auburn and Birmingham The Band: Bradley Morgan, Greg Slamen, Karsten Propper Tracks: From Light Side Night Side (1995/6/7): Nine Shades of Grey Don't Be A Stranger, Cleophus Mom and Dad I'm Really Mad (aka Pork Brains and Milk Gravy) Sunlight Flows Softly Today Through The Red Queen (aka The "E" Jam) From The Piper Soundtrack (2001): The Realization The Piper Exits Not On An Album (2001): The Village Is Not Quite Done read less