Honer Boners and etc.
The sad thing? I think a few stray thoughts have probably fallen through the cracks during my accidental and spontaneous trip to blog silence. And no, I'm not about to back-track a month and try to piece together all the thoughts I might've had. That's just the sort of thing that's been delaying me getting back to this in the first place.
But it would be irresponsible not to touch on Cherry Blossom. And a little disappointing too, I'm sure. So randomly:
- What exactly is a "honer boner" then? Throughout the unplugged tracks, I could've sworn it was a harmonica, until the chords starting getting a little more sophisticated (I clearly tackled the theme to Gremlins at one point?) I can't - for the the life of me - imagine what this instrument looked like. Please help.
- High point of the Cherry Blossom sessions came in the most unexpected stretch (as high points usually do.) During the blue screen segment with Andy on guitar, I was assaulted with a sudden (and impossibly black) spring thunder-storm. It sprang from nowhere and smacked the car with hailstones, all while Andy's outrageous arpeggio's were starting to take me deep inside my skull. It was the sort of storm one imagines will precipitate the end of the world. Yet the whole time, Andy's guitar playing was divine. And transporting. I don't remember this session at all (though it sounds like I was there...)
- Surprised the piano didn't show up more. I didn't remember that we ever used it (I'm wrong) but sometime during the first CD, I was trying to remember if you'd had a piano in your basement or if it was my imagination. Then there it was. Sounded nice.
- I need the story here. The tracks with Raph's random sampling ("They're called fingers, but they don't fing.") really messed me up and were probably the least enjoyable part of the Cherry experience. Especially the backwards stuff (it's safe to say I never want to hear Raph putting on the Mexican accent in reverse again, until such time as I forget that it's there and stumble into it like a fool.) How did this all happen? And why, oh why, did it happen on at least 3 of the CDs?
- Speaking of repetition, for a Blitz that repeats almost never, listening to all 18-minutes of Drop the Ham three times in less than 48-hours is a tall order. I won't say I didn't enjoy it, because I did - but I didn't want to hear it that third time. No, sir.
- Raw Cherry. Explain please. I thought I had it figured out (ie. in the short bits that were clearly meant to capture the original drum samples, etc.) but then here comes another full-version of Drop the Ham. The whole damn thing. What's the general theme of this CD?
But it would be irresponsible not to touch on Cherry Blossom. And a little disappointing too, I'm sure. So randomly:
- What exactly is a "honer boner" then? Throughout the unplugged tracks, I could've sworn it was a harmonica, until the chords starting getting a little more sophisticated (I clearly tackled the theme to Gremlins at one point?) I can't - for the the life of me - imagine what this instrument looked like. Please help.
- High point of the Cherry Blossom sessions came in the most unexpected stretch (as high points usually do.) During the blue screen segment with Andy on guitar, I was assaulted with a sudden (and impossibly black) spring thunder-storm. It sprang from nowhere and smacked the car with hailstones, all while Andy's outrageous arpeggio's were starting to take me deep inside my skull. It was the sort of storm one imagines will precipitate the end of the world. Yet the whole time, Andy's guitar playing was divine. And transporting. I don't remember this session at all (though it sounds like I was there...)
- Surprised the piano didn't show up more. I didn't remember that we ever used it (I'm wrong) but sometime during the first CD, I was trying to remember if you'd had a piano in your basement or if it was my imagination. Then there it was. Sounded nice.
- I need the story here. The tracks with Raph's random sampling ("They're called fingers, but they don't fing.") really messed me up and were probably the least enjoyable part of the Cherry experience. Especially the backwards stuff (it's safe to say I never want to hear Raph putting on the Mexican accent in reverse again, until such time as I forget that it's there and stumble into it like a fool.) How did this all happen? And why, oh why, did it happen on at least 3 of the CDs?
- Speaking of repetition, for a Blitz that repeats almost never, listening to all 18-minutes of Drop the Ham three times in less than 48-hours is a tall order. I won't say I didn't enjoy it, because I did - but I didn't want to hear it that third time. No, sir.
- Raw Cherry. Explain please. I thought I had it figured out (ie. in the short bits that were clearly meant to capture the original drum samples, etc.) but then here comes another full-version of Drop the Ham. The whole damn thing. What's the general theme of this CD?
posted by J. at 9:53 PM
1 Comments:
The Hohner Boner was built like a recorder, and played like a lady. It was fat (and in no way phat), beige, and turned into a magic stick in your hands by the railways tracks. Go deeper: http://www.hohnerusa.com/about.htm
You have me at a loss as to why Ham shows up on Raw Cherry. When you said you heard it 3 times I couldn't figure out where the 3rd came in - I thought it was just on the main disc and the Hits. The hits, CD, by the way, was the least interesting one for me to go through. It had none of the fantastic appeal that it once had - I had been spoiled by Blossom Totality. Are you absolutely sure Ham was on that CD? Is it possible you lost 18 minute of your life in commuting and subconsciously filled in the blank space with Ham?
The World on Top of The House. The House on The Bottom of The World. I think those are the titles of two of the three backwards and forwards talking sample-icious epics. It happens 3 times because I thought it would be fun to reverse the original track and hear what we were really saying, and discovered later that we had already done that in an original recording. So, I kept all three.
Yeah, Andy was fantastic. It's my favourite guest-spot, I reckon. That Easy Bleeder loop turned out to be maybe our most underused sample. We all had to play quietly that night because Mike was upstairs complaining about the noise. That's why we turned the lights out, turned on the Tank TV to blue screen, and did a slow jam. Cherry Blossom intimate and interactive.
You're right - I would be disappointed if you didn't give me more Blossom stuff. Think back, give me more. It is one of the three sequences of this blitzeroo that I am most eager to hear lots about. The other two, as you might expect, are still to come.
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