tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66237941024988041642024-02-07T17:57:50.281-05:00Oh No! & the Tiger Pit¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-43262677225443032442023-02-14T17:15:00.001-05:002023-02-14T17:15:21.772-05:00Is this thing still on? It's a funny thing. For a band that is likely dead, we sure do seem to <a href="https://ohnoandthetigerpit.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">put out a lot of music</a>. I believe we've put out more music as a dead band than an active one. We just put out a new one last month, and it's something that was a long time coming. <a href="https://ohnoandthetigerpit.bandcamp.com/album/the-concert-for-healey-gabison-live-at-union-hall" target="_blank">The Concert For Healey Gabison: Live at Union Hall</a> might be the best Oh No album ever made. We were always a better live band than a studio band. But we were also at times a wildly uneven live band. Not so for this show. We're tight, focused, and energetic and the short set list is all bangers. If you like music that makes you want to jump and punch and do wild things with your body beyond your control, that album is for you. I used to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwqfFZ_a3W0" target="_blank">go nuts on stage</a> playing this stuff and if we were to somehow do another show, I would also be going nuts on stage again.
If you prefer to watch the show versus buying an album, you can watch it here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbqntoDGKfyU7n3_fJcOqI3eoSLsiAjeM">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbqntoDGKfyU7n3_fJcOqI3eoSLsiAjeM </a><div><br /></div><div>Well maybe I'll bring this old thing blog thing back after all.</div><div><br /></div><div>Jason</div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-41979426910386218042010-08-26T07:03:00.000-04:002010-08-26T07:04:47.662-04:00We're on iTunes<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/oh-no-the-tiger-pit/id389068474">http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/oh-no-the-tiger-pit/id389068474</a><br /><br /><br />Buy away people¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-83155059324743344102010-07-27T07:11:00.003-04:002010-07-27T07:16:06.266-04:00God made a man...<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iLLjB1yjcpg&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iLLjB1yjcpg&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SfJQ8NdfzMw&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SfJQ8NdfzMw&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />I've been into the Nigerian folk and funk lately. This may or may not have any bearing on how I play. I think it means I'm going to be using the wah wah more. <br /><br />Back at the official Oh No! compound in Greenpoint, we're working on simple songs. Back to basics. Our glorious bass player is back from the High Holy Land and yes, I just called a man with the last name of a type of salty cheese glorious. <br /><br />Shows? yeah, maybe.¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-42147002128863252822010-07-20T07:32:00.001-04:002010-07-20T07:33:32.582-04:00they call me the wandereryeah, i'm the wanderer, I go around and round and round.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FBtmaq0J2kU&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FBtmaq0J2kU&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-45833025095541237642010-07-19T06:38:00.001-04:002010-07-19T06:39:33.102-04:00Live at the Apollo<div>Things i like:</div><div>James Brown Live at the Apollo</div><div><br /></div><div>Things I don't like:</div><div>James Brown Live at the Apollo on vinyl (shocker!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Let me explain this to you baby. James Brown made a top 5 live album of all time. And yes, on vinyl, it sounds amazing. Until you get to the end of side 1. They put the break between sides at the worst possible place, right in the middle of a medley, and it robs the album of its power. </div><div><br /></div><div>In other news, Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 for $2 in great condition! Reason #3421 why I like NYC. Deals abound!</div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-69013130106870862342010-07-18T11:33:00.002-04:002010-07-18T11:38:49.786-04:00more of the samethings i like:<div>Hot fun in the Summertime</div><div>This American Life</div><div><br /></div><div>things i don't like:</div><div>heat</div><div>hot garbage smell</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Summertime and the living is just fucking hot. That's all. Not easy, not hard, just hot. People, do you realize we have two new songs maybe? Eric has been exploring the birthplace of our lordandsaviorjesushchristbygawd. And meanwhile, Ben has given us two new songs on stone tablets. One is done-ish and the other, not so much. I'm starting to get that playing itch. There's no fun in not playing shows, heh heh. that's only funny to me and not even so much. ok, you go out and play now. it's summer and that's no time for the internet.</div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-19459827104951818762010-07-15T23:12:00.003-04:002010-07-15T23:20:22.418-04:00summertime bluesThings I Like: <div>Sioux City Sarsaparilla</div><div>Sixpoints Sweet Action</div><div>Sweet Tea</div><div><br /></div><div>Things I don't like: </div><div>consistency</div><div><br /></div><div>Well, we're in the middle of this hot, humid and sticky season people in New York like to call hell. You may also know it as summer. Yes, summer, that wonderful time of year that we pretend to want in winter, but actually hate when we're in it. And summer brings summer vacation, which is rather unfortunate for a band because that means less shows. Also, less blog updates. </div><div><br /></div><div>So to recap: Jason went to South Africa for two weeks, met Dikembe Mutombo, drank bonafide Cuban beer and learned to play the vuvuzuela. Also, futbol (yanks call it soccer) is the tops. </div><div>Eric Gorgonzola found his way out the high holy land of Israel, where he's in the middle of a three week pilgrimage to see where Jesus lived. Also to visit our friend Funky Punky. From what I've heard from Gordo, Nazareth, of Jesus of Nazareth fame, is a shit hole, so huzzah.</div><div>Evan is on his way to Seattle, birthplace of Hendrix and grunge and logging and lumberjacks and Brawny papertowels too, I think. </div><div>And Ben, well poor guy is stuck doing grand jury duty, protecting the integrity of this here judicial system, ya hear? so no trips for that one. </div><div><br /></div><div>July looks lost, but hey, there's August on the way, and there we will be, a full lineup once more. Jerome Scott Umanos has filled in quite ably on our practice sessions. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm looking at one day in particular in August, the 21st. Wonder why? Feels like I may have to wrangle an old, once-dead act for that date, though I wonder if the drummer would be up for it. </div><div><br /></div><div>Anywho, enough riddles and what not. This is for you, Jesse Bryan, since you're our numero uno fano. </div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-67236941255116295702010-02-03T07:09:00.003-05:002010-02-03T07:24:29.469-05:00Sweet Moses Malone! New SongsHi people,<br /><br />If you haven't already, go to this place: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/ohnoandthetigerpit">www.myspace.com/ohnoandthetigerpit</a><br /><br />Ok, now that you're there, listen to the new songs on there. There's a few.<br /><br />Then there's the part where you wait anxiously while we finally finish things up and then go to a show sometime in the next few months and buy the album. <br /><br />And also, if you are really, really lucky and you live in the great city of New York...City, then start listening to FM radio again and turn that dial to 87.7 WNYZ to listen to Oh No! and The Tiger Pit and all of your other favorites from the city ALL DAY LONG! That station is playing the Indie Darkroom program and that show has all of the favorites you never knew were your favorites, including new stuff from the new album. <br /><br />And while you're at it, become a fan of the <a href="http://www.indiedarkroom.com">Indie Darkroom</a> on the Facebook.<br /><br />Happy listening!¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-49305143967887866082010-01-31T00:12:00.002-05:002010-01-31T00:15:06.727-05:00new albumLet's just throw a date out there and see if we can hit it. March 26. Ha. No, not really. But in serious news, the album is mixed, sounds terrific and you, yes you, can't fucking wait to hear it. Right? Shit, I hope so. Keep your ears glued to 87.7 WNYZ in New York for some tracks. Seems as good a place as any to start.¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-63164387470023979312010-01-22T07:57:00.000-05:002010-01-22T07:58:07.552-05:00Our best live performance ever<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_5fR4jSgxjY&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_5fR4jSgxjY&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-63275665089653823482010-01-22T07:55:00.002-05:002010-01-22T07:57:21.345-05:00Some recording outtakesFirst, a Ripped Out My Heart Outtake:<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xSqDGhSYLrE&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xSqDGhSYLrE&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br /><br />And then we got this idea go unplugged. Fuck garage rock, I say.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/RvEbO8VYkeM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/RvEbO8VYkeM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-61740608479997900772010-01-17T18:33:00.005-05:002010-01-20T19:50:44.805-05:00first 2010 update<span><div><span>Hello musically interested person(s),</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>We spent October and November last year recording music for a new album; some new songs and some old songs. We have the final version of You know what I mean. We finished mixing the recorded traxs, and we are going to share two with everybody. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>I know those links don't look pretty, but they work. This was my first time trying to link our music with this site. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Without further ado,</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>C'mon</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><span><a href="https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/C%27mon.mp3?w=e71cf1f9">https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/C'mon.mp3?w=e71cf1f9</a></span></span><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>and </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Honey Bear</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Honey%20Bear.mp3?w=a4a5763a">https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/Honey%20Bear.mp3?w=a4a5763a</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>We don't have shows planned, but we will soon. I will post an update if we book anything. Leave a comment, spread some straw, grow a tree, whatever. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Thanks for listening,</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>oh no and the tiger pit</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>****UPDATE: Those links are broken. We are working on fixing this. For the 3 people reading this blog, please bear with us.</div></div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-19754562831428458322009-09-26T23:27:00.002-04:002009-09-26T23:31:19.438-04:00Recording next saturdayNext week should be the start of something good. We're finally recording some of the stuff we've been playing for more than a year. I'm excited. Really, really excited about it. Feels like it'll be a nice, loose session at the practice space. Hopefully, we'll have something to show for all this by the end of the year. At the very least, expect some new tracks up online on the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ohnoandthetigerpit">myspace site</a> before Christmas.¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-35532745243007384552009-08-28T08:10:00.003-04:002009-08-28T08:28:26.788-04:00of older days that have long since gone byOf the things I regret about in Gainesville, and there are quite a few, one of my biggest regrets is not trying to foster an artistic community there. We had a lot of artistic friends that did music, painting, sculptures and photography among other things. I didn't think about it at the time, but it really would have made a lot of sense to start an artist collective and try to cross promote a lot of shows and showings and try to blend these different aspects of art and bring them together in one space. This happens all the time, even in Gainesville. So I've decided to take a more active role in promoting the work of our friends. A lot of it is very good and there's no reason why they shouldn't get noticed and make a good chunk of change for their efforts. <div><br /></div><div>In that spirit, may I suggest checking out the following:</div><div><br /></div><div>Room 5 Films did a short video about us a while back. They also do many other much more interesting things and they've compiled the best of it in this nice, beautifully shot and edited reel for your viewing pleasure.</div><div><a href="http://room5films.com/reel.html">http://room5films.com/reel.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And they still have our video up on their site too. Click on Oh No and the Tiger Pit on that site. </div><div><a href="http://room5films.com/R5FOHNO.html">http://room5films.com/R5FOHNO.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Our good friend (and kin to our drummer and future brother-in-law to our guitar player) Conor Mitchell has been a productive art machine up in the Great Northwest. He makes beautifully painted pieces of art. But in the true Renaissance fashion, the man continues to make music and try his hand at a number of things. He was once in a rock n roll band, Loaded for Bear, with our good friend Dave. </div><div><a href="http://www.myspace.com/l4b">http://www.myspace.com/l4b</a></div><div><br /></div><div>His latest stuff is up for sale at Mount Salvation. The site is super cool as well, so poke around there a bit. </div><div><a href="http://www.mountsalvation.com/">http://www.mountsalvation.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>And how he got the URL for that site, I'll never know. You'd think there would be an Internet savvy church out there that would have snapped that up. </div><div><br /></div><div>And lastly (but not leastly?), Morningbell, our friends in Gainesville who gave us our first gig, are putting out a new album on September 4th. I got an early preview of the album and saw them perform a bit of it live in NYC in July. It's the best album they've ever recorded. It's different from anything they've put out. It's different from a lot of what other bands are putting out right now. And it's definitely a new peak for them. I'm always amazed at how far this band has come. I remember their Future Feels Good days, playing 3 hour cover-filled sets in Hollywood, Florida. If you're in Gainesville, go to their CD release show at Commongrounds. If you're not, go to their website below and check their stuff out. It's very good.</div><div><a href="http://www.morningbellonline.com/">http://www.morningbellonline.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And thus, our session of plugs comes to a close. More to come in the future. </div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-90974144525398876282009-08-26T21:14:00.002-04:002009-08-26T21:33:46.076-04:00a series of unrelated and related thingsHi,<div><br /></div><div>So as you may or may not know or care, we've been trying to record an album for quite some time now. And so far, to no avail. But things are looking up for the month of October, so it may actually happen. I think all of us are dying to just unload these songs that we've been playing for a year or two, get them on an album and just not have to think about them anymore. We've talked about trying different things. In the spirit of this, I've decided to record every time I have a riff or idea pop into my head and I'm near my computer. This happens a lot. </div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, it happens more frequently when I'm on a subway or walking through the city or somewhere that is extremely inconvenient for me to record. And my memory sucks. It's bad. The short-term stuff is just not there, though I do retain an encyclopedic memory of football games from the last 10 years. Weird the shit you can keep in the ol' noggin. Anyway, I have two long tracks of various ideas. Some of this sounds like it could be ok and some of it is doodling. There was something I was working on a long time ago, and I never got it to a point where I wanted to present it to the rest of the lot and make it into a bonafide song. I think I got hung up on it. I don't like unfinished business. So I've been noodling with that a little bit. </div><div><br /></div><div>This also gets to the heart of something else I've been dwelling on: mortality and the life span of a band or any project really. Ben said that Jay Reatard said that you only have a certain amount of albums or years in you before it's over. Very true. I always thought albums, but for some, maybe it's years. We've been together for a while with not a lot concrete to show for it. That said, this band is the most fun I've had. And yet, I know that if it were to end, I would have a lot of regrets because I haven't given 100%. Even at the shows. Even when I go crazy. I haven't given it my all all the time. I've taken the flip a switch approach, and it doesn't work. So I'm ditching that approach in favor of consistently trying. Because I would hate to keep doing this without giving everything I had. </div><div><br /></div><div>And so in that spirit, I've taken to trying to remember the riffs that pop in my head 5 to 25 times a day. I'm recording, even if 90% of it sucks because that 10% might be worth it. And really, the only people that have to hear the 90% crap is the rest of the band, and if I can't be comfortable with them hearing the parts that suck, then I really need to be doing something else. This also means I'm going to have to drop part of my snark filter. But somethings are for the better.</div><div><br /></div><div>P.S. Though I've said elsewhere that Unwrapped is the worst show on television, the Food Network is still a good standby channel when nothing else is on. And really, Unwrapped tries to remove the "mystique" surrounding heavily processed, mass produced, mostly unhealthy, fast food and snacks. Please do not remove this mystique. This stuff is disgusting. Stop trying to make it seem like it is otherwise, Marc Summers. Ok, I've had that tangent in me for a while now. </div><div><br /></div><div>Goodnight,</div><div><br /></div><div>Enrique Schmerhorn and the Panamanians </div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-29952549989148839232009-08-16T11:06:00.002-04:002009-08-16T11:10:47.959-04:00Thanks for everyone who came outGood show last night. We've got one more booked for September 25th at the Trash Bar, and then I think that's going to be it for a while. We're going to try and record a bit in the next few months and work on some new stuff, so that you, the loyal listener/blog reader/showgoer, do not get bored and so that we, the band, also do not get bored. We've been playing the same stuff for more than a year at some of the same places, so a break, I think, is really in order and that's the feeling I get from some of the guys too. I was actually the most resistant to this, but I've come around to it. So, save your hard-earned dollars and make your way to the Trash Bar in Williamsburg on September 25th for what may be the last Oh No! show for a while.¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-75003712669070640312009-08-15T14:10:00.003-04:002009-08-15T14:33:39.985-04:00weird things--show tonightdearest readers,<br /><br />I've seen some pretty weird things around Brooklyn lately. Just the other night, I witnessed a chase scene in my neighborhood. I was coming home late and walking down Rogers street, I was at the corner of Rogers and Lincoln. I was waiting to cross, when, to my surprise, a heavy-set white dude was running full speed down the opposite side of the street. A late night jog through Lefferts-Gardens? A man training for the 2012 Olympic games? An innocent midnight foot race? A chance to show off his sweet cargo shorts? I will never know. Behind him was another heavy-set dude, who was, invariably, chasing cargo shorts man. Only, the trailing runner had to stop every few seconds to catch his breath. Whenever I am in situations like this, I go back to my beloved "Chose Your Own Adventure" books of my youth. Do I chase down cargo shorts man and ask questions later (I have to admit, I was thinking of running him down for fun; for my own ego)? Ask the trailing runner why he was chasing another man at midnight on a Sunday? Run along side the lead runner and ask, "why are you running away from someone?"<br /><br />I choose to let the scene run its proper course and let my mind wander--field research scientists are not there to influence nature.<br /><br />Anywhoz, that was only one of many odd encounters I've had: maybe these weird things are harbingers that the world is on its way to a sudden end. Perhaps as the world spins it is chasing its own tail like two heavy-set dudes chasing each other in the night. But as the world ends, won't you want to reflect back on your life and all the times you had?<br /><br />You will certainly reminisce about that night in the summer of 2009, when you saw Oh No! and the Tiger Pit at the Charleston, and you will remember the smiling faces, the moving bodies, and the groovy rhythms. What a beautiful way to meet your maker!<br /><br />Don't f*** with the future--Come to the Charleston tonight (on Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg) to watch a great show.<br /><br />The show starts at 9pm.<br /><br />Oh No! and the Tiger Pit<br />The Hey!<br />Mancie<br /><br />$7¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-14447997122358160792009-07-25T11:18:00.003-04:002009-07-25T11:21:20.704-04:00Attention fans of blog:Show tonight (July 25) at the National Underground on the corner of Houston and Allen, across the street from a playground and near the landmark eateries Russ & Daughters and Katz Deli. We go on late tonight, near or at midnight, but the band before us, the Hey, are fantastic and you should come out to see them too. $10 at the door, a bit pricey, but worth it. maybe. no, definitely. well, maybe. <div><br /></div><div>the set will be eclectic and electric.</div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-43626141830501163262009-07-17T07:53:00.001-04:002009-07-17T07:54:43.295-04:00this is pretty awesome<a href="http://www.beck.com/irrelevant_topics">http://www.beck.com/irrelevant_topics</a><div><br /></div><div>Beck interviews Tom Waits on a variety of different things. Tom Waits is the coolest person ever. </div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-8126844750895321672009-07-17T07:38:00.004-04:002009-07-17T07:53:44.855-04:00shows, shows, showsThree shows coming up. It's incredibly rare that we book this much this far in advance. The first show is next Saturday (not this Saturday; this Saturday, a pretty lady celebrates her birthday in Fort Greene Park), July 25th at the National Underground in the Lower East Side. It's a midnight show for us, and we get to play with the Hey! It's $10, but we've got a couple new tricks up our collective sleeve, and I think it'll be well worth the money. We love the Hey! <div><br /></div><div>If you can't make it out to that show but still want to see the Hey! and Oh No! and the Tiger Pit, you can catch us at my favorite venue, the Charleston on August 15th (6 days before a certain, brown-eyed handsome man's birthday). As always with the Charleston shows, the start times are in flux, but it should be $7 at the door. </div><div><br /></div><div>Lastly, we're returning to the Trash Bar in Williamsburg on September 25th with the Mess Around. It's the Mess Around's birthday blowout rockstravabanza. These guys are pretty good. We've played with them before, and I'll say it again, pretty good. </div><div><br /></div><div>Hope to see you at the shows, at least one of them.</div><div><br /></div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-87247901234104309182009-06-23T23:54:00.003-04:002009-06-25T23:17:40.663-04:00much needed new gear - FIXEDI got an awesome new guitar a couple days ago for a price so low, I don't even really want to say. As you can probably tell, I'm thrilled. Below is a picture from Gretsch's website. But that's pretty much exactly the guitar I got. A Gretsch Electromatic hollowbody G5120 guitar in orange with a clear pickguard. Exactly what I wanted. It's the low end guitar offered by Gretsch, but it's also doesn't cost a friggin' grand like their other models. It's made in Korea and has cheaper electronics/pickups than the Arkansas-made ones, but it still sounds like a dream.<div><br /></div><div>So that's one down. The other guitar I've been wanting is an acoustic resonator to play around with at home. I imagine I won't be splurging on that anytime soon, but you never know when deals creep up. </div><div><br /></div><div>This orange Gretsch beauty will be making its grand debut July 25th at the National Underground in the Lower East Side. Should be a dandy of a show with us and our good friends the Hey!</div><div><br /><div><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 160px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Y44oIkuj9UgZkueRc0qTb932jWpLdmhPoa9XC1HAk3pXLc-czgts-beabZw4Kc0Dm7dBVKxeAMBMynAPrDjPMjc5EtE39nfh6D8BVesaLOhE3GQU0GOrRntbBv0CyuUBSAaHcWSqg5CW/s320/G5120_md.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351470058746260706" /></div><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p></div></div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-89275688123960710712009-06-18T07:34:00.002-04:002009-06-18T07:41:48.442-04:00Geeking out at the end of the universethe other thing i've been into lately is astronomy. yup, astronomy. minus the complex mathematics that's needed to fully understand it. i'm content at the moment to just soak in the pictures and come to the humble realization that i am not at all important in any sort of cosmic sense. enough blather, look at these <a href="http://www.celestronimages.com/contest_entries.php?show_result=1&contest_id=1&sessionid=78f99ohds1mllsmr4msst01af7&page=3">pics.</a> <div><br /></div><div>There's so much out there. If you can imagine, say there are a million galaxies (there are more, but for example's sake here). And in each galaxy, there are a million stars (again, there are more in reality). And even if just half of those stars have planets orbiting around them. think of how many fucking planets that is. jesus. </div><div><br /></div><div>ok, enough thinking. here's another <a href="http://www.celestronimages.com/details.php?image_id=3708&mode=search&sessionid=78f99ohds1mllsmr4msst01af7">pic</a> to make you cry out sweet moses and feel like a blip on the grand radar of the universe.</div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-34547560629827384812009-06-18T07:29:00.002-04:002009-06-18T07:32:20.101-04:00two thingsa Gretsch 5120 hollowbody with a Bigsby tailpiece<div>an acoustic resonator</div><div><br /></div><div>but first, tea, juice, water, chicken soup, drugs, drugs, drugs and i've gotta shake this damn cold i picked up in detroit. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-1375967422420257362009-06-11T23:26:00.002-04:002009-06-11T23:36:02.869-04:00the scourge of no dancingi hate to say it, but some people are too cool for school. look, rock n roll is about dancing and having a good time. those are the roots of rock n roll. in the 50s and 60s, people used to dance to rock music and have fun doing it. then, for some terrible reason, things changed. people regressed from dancing to toe tapping to head bobbing to where we're at now: standing with your arms folded and politely applauding after songs. that sucks. i hate it. i hate it as a fan and as a performer. fuck that hipster shit. too cool to fucking dance? ridiculous. we played what i thought was pretty dancey set a week ago and most people were too cool to dance or show any kind of emotion and thought it more fun to enjoy a show with their arms folded while standing statue-like in corners. how is that more fun than being an active part of something? this is the other bad part of shows nowadays. people are legitimately afraid of coming close to the stage. what's going to happen? honestly! This is going to sound like sour grapes, but it needs to be said. Rock n roll shows are for dancing and some form of movement is always appreciated. I hate playing shows where there is a five foot buffer between the band and the audience. I hate seeing a huge empty space between us and you. It's stupid and artificial.¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6623794102498804164.post-82005247857089317172009-06-08T22:46:00.002-04:002009-06-08T23:30:55.493-04:00David ByrneDavid Byrne makes music so beautiful that I want to quit making it myself because there is no way that I could ever do what he does. I saw him tonight, kinda. I could only see him on the monitors outside the Prospect Park bandshell, but I could hear him. Oh yeah. He sounds and moves like the 23 year old guy in the Talking Heads, except he's 57 now and wears white suits to match his white hair. How is that even possible? How does he still have it after all these years? I saw him today, and I wanted to quit, just for a little while. I've listened to his new album a lot over the past couple months. It's gorgeous. There's no other way to describe it. Especially a song like My Big Nurse. It's music I want to listen to while sitting on a porch and staring out to the abyss of the Pacific Ocean and drinking a beer poured into a stout glass. <div><br /></div><div>He drew a huge crowd of people. He filled the whole bandshell area, and then that crowd spilled out to the playground area behind the stage, the grassy areas south of the bandshell, the picnic tables to the north, the street to the east that faced the stage, and the grassy area across that street. People sat on blankets, ate sandwiches, stood, contorted, kneeled, sat on other people, sat Indian-style on the streets, grass, seats, makeshift seats and whatever else they could find. And when he started Once in a Lifetime, everyone slowly gathered themselves and stood up to try and dance to it, except the audience is filled with awkward white dancing and the space to do that was nil. A worth effort nevertheless, and at least some hipsters were roused to movement. Beats standing cross-armed and silent any day of the week.</div><div><br /></div><div>And when we thought we had our fill of humanity, we walked through the park, though it was more like a hurried jaunty wading through the crowds, and we found the subway home.</div><div> </div>¡Oh No! and the Tiger Pithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10504194412807414289noreply@blogger.com0