The Summer of Help continues
July 9th, 2007
It’s hot in the city streets, and the city streets are hot. Help yourself to two flavors of Get Help this month:
Tuesday July 17, 9pm
PA’s LOUNGE (Band in Boston Residency)
Somerville, MA
Our very first show was at the Band in Boston Flophouse, and its necessity mothered some invention; invention which has left an enduring imprint on how we go about writing and playing our songs. So while we may not exactly owe them our first born…um, no. We owe them our first born. Moving on, this concert will feature the full experience: Bill, Dennis and Dan will be bringing the noise as well.
Friday July 27, 8pm
CLUB MIDWAY
New York, NY
There isn’t much of story here, other than to say it’s Mike and I performing as a duo, it’s an early show, and we may be joined by some special guests. We hope to see you there.
Oh and because they were lying around, here are two more mp3s from our first Band in Boston set.
Red Jacket Orchards (v2)
July 8th, 2007
Compression is a (the?) wonderful beast. Used incorrectly, it’s a weapon; it’s the metal spatula, squeezing the bejesus out of the already tired-looking chicken about to be laid to rest in a grave of yellow rice at your local Halal truck.
When overused, it’s also a weapon I guess, but something more along the lines of the Death Star. It makes drums sound like surface-to-air missiles. Listen to this version with headphones.
It Begins (Well, Again) (v2)
July 8th, 2007
Get Help has long studied Japanese “just-in-time” management techniques as a model of efficiency. This slightly updated version of It Begins Well grows leaps and bounds over its predecessor, it’s the 15,000 cars in a month that Hunt Stevenson had promised us; all we’ve done is throw in three gallon-drums full of drums and a tub of fuzz guitar. A new song is born, and damn if this isn’t the definitive version.
I had intimated in the previous posting that this song borrowed generously from an already commercially released recording, and all of our listener calls have missed the answer. Here’s a clue: this is a song recorded by a Flying Nun band, and later covered by an Elephant 6 band.
C’mon people, we’re here to educate. Do the research.