DOOM Gathering for Late 2016

[cranefly]

Say, should we try for a DOOM gathering before end of year?  I could likely host.

If we do get together, I strongly suggest that thatguy bring a suitable number of ferrets.  Maybe they can be rented from a pet shop, or imported from a neighboring state.  It would be nice if thatguy also provided everyone with suitable leggings, but maybe that should be left to the individual.

Meanwhile, I've found a reliable source for bullet ants, and just bought a bunch of oversized gloves.

My idea is that we do the ferret leggings and bullet ant glove rituals simultaneously -- while watching Andy Warhol's Empire (485 minutes of panning up and down the Empire State Building).

Every time someone yawns, they drink.

Could be lots of fun!

Here's someone who seems somewhat prepared for the gloves.

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Here's someone who appears prepared for a fun time.

[Greg]

I hope we pair Empire with Warhol's 'Sleep'

[thatguy]

Ferrets are illegal in California. We'll have to some up with an indigenous substitute, like possums. I'll see what I can do.

--tg

[El Dingo]

I am always happy to host and/or attend.

[El Dingo]

So - 2016/2017 gathering? Maybe we should time it around the KF tournament?

I am happy to host couch-surfers!

[cranefly]

So I've sort of been flaky and vague in offering the Cranefly Lair for a gathering.  Let me be more forceful (as forceful as a cranefly tapping along the popcorn ceiling).  Any chance of a gettogether in the next week or so?
If Greg had an interest in attending, it would be nice to stage it while he's in the area so that he doesn't have to post a separate set of bathroom-break and meal-break photos of the I-fuckin'-5 causeway on facebook.

Any thoughts on the candidate days?  Are we restricted to Friday and Saturday evenings?

Can we make this happen soon, or should we travel the precarious 2017 road a spell before we unsleep?

[Drunk Monk]

Greg is sick. And he leaves to return to hell-A tomorrow. Plus he has a cold.

He just left here in a vain attempt to gift his cold. He left for Millbrae to pull a string.

[Greg]

But. But. The I-5 photos are my favorites.

My work here is done. I leave in the am. Could be the pm if I get kicked out of the house.

[Drunk Monk]

Which isn't to say we can't do a DOOM gathering sans Greg. However trying to swing something before the years end will be tough. Heck I don't even know what I'm doing for New Years, which is really surreal for me. 

2016 has been surreal.

[Dr. Ivor Yeti]

I'm pretty much just working, so I'll do my usual "yes, absolutely!" and then bow out. Holiday traditions are important.

[thatguy]

I have been slammed with work all the way up until the holiday break, then I was slammed with trying to get ready for the holidays before they actually happened. To add to the fun, I also moved about 3 miles in the middle.

Things have finally calmed and today is the first holiday of 2017, so I'm starting to wind down. Tomorrow, it's back to work fun!

DM - Might you be interested in a mid-week show this Wed?

http://www.moesalley.com/artist.php?id=2...ing_Dreads

Moe's Alley presents the Santa Cruz debut performance of TALKING DREADS.


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THE NAME OF THIS BAND IS TALKING DREADS. TALKING DREADS? TALKING DREADS!

Sounds familiar? Of course! And a dead giveaway as to what they're throwing down! But what's in store is so much more than a reggae-tribute of the Talking Heads' top hits. Picture that famously funky frequency, picked up on the sunbathed beaches of Jamaica and put through a polyphonically Caribbean kaleidoscope!

You may think "this ain't no party, this ain't no disco, this ain't no foolin' around" music, and you're right: this is serious… as in seriously good! A non-stop, fun-loving musical journey that's as good for the head as it is for the soul. So get ready to get up, get set and get down as Talking Dreads take you joyriding in their tour-de-force debut!

TALKING DREADS: ISLAND VIBES

Talking Dreads began as a project born from the audacious notion that hardcore Heads-lovers wouldn't mind a tinkering or two with their favorite Talking Heads tunes, and there is a lot of great music here that will make you stop, listen and smile a little bit more as you're grooving along to the joyous rhythms and jubilant spirit of the island vibe.

Talking Dreads is the brainchild of Head Dread, Mystic Bowie, a Jamaican artist whose long and close relationship with Chris Franz and Tina Weymouth, founding members of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club, began when he joined the latter group as a singer in 1996. He then recorded and performed with Tom Tom Club for nearly twenty years and continues to bear fruit from their unending collaborations.

This inaugural effort from Talking Dreads features an amazing lineup of stellar reggae stalwarts including Freddie McGregor ['Rastaman Camp', Bobby Babylon], ska-guitar master Ernest Ranglin (session player and arranger of Millie's smash 'My Boy Lollipop', the Melodians 'Rivers Of Babylon', and countless other tracks], and Tarrus Reilly ('Start Anew', 'Good Girl Gone Bad') as well as a little help from punk-pop diva Cindy Wilson of The B-52s ('Rock Lobster', 'Love Shack').

TALKING DREADS: NOT SO SAME AS IT EVER WAS

Talking Heads' music was a formative influence on Mystic Bowie since childhood. The marriage of Talking Heads jagged, Rhode Island art school punk with bouncing, sunny Caribbean rhythms appealed to him because "reggae's dance-inspiring, feel-good vibe is universal as are many of Talking Heads' songs. And don't forget their intelligent, powerful lyrics! I'm convinced that there are a lot of music lovers who will appreciate this fusion as much as I do".

Mystic Bowie determined what songs he wanted to record before going into the studio, but added one more song to the list at the suggestion of a Talking Heads insider. "I had all of the songs decided before going into the studio except for 'Love Building on Fire', which was added at the request of Sire Records founder Seymour Stein. Seymour told me that that song really influenced him to give Talking Heads their deal."

In addition to these livelied-up re-takes of Talking Heads' classics, Talking Dreads' debut recording also includes two timeless pop bonuses: "Piece of My Heart", so often attributed to Janis Joplin thanks to her famous cover with Big Brother and the Holding Company, and "Shakedown Street", a song near and dear to all those in Deadhead nation. "If audiences have even a fraction of the fun listening to this as we had making it, we'll return to the studio to skank-ify more great songs in the near future", says Bowie.

Talking Dreads has sold out performances under their belt including shows at High Times Magazine Cannabis Cup Festival in Negril, Jamaica and Fairfield Theatre Company (FTC) – The Warehouse in Fairfield, Connecticut.

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

I saw that advertised. Sounded amusing. I could totally imagine it as Tom Tom club has a reggae vibe. 

Wailin' and shakin' to Bob Marley

Reggae's expanding with Sly and Robbie

I dunno if I have the gas. Got a big weekend planned. Let's keep in touch about it.

Where are u living now?

[Drunk Monk]

It's very unlikely I can make that show, tg.  I'll be coming home late tomorrow and gotta get up early on Thursday for my commute.  Not much spare time to do more than sleep.  

Maybe I'll have a sudden change of heart, but unlikely.

[thatguy]

No worries...just putting it out there. Commute in the rain requires a clear head!

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

So are you still planning to go?

And you never said where you moved to...