A.O.T.U./S.O.T.N.

Derek Noble

2008-06-24T20:49:00.001-05:00

Y'alls should check him out

www.dereknoble.fatzombie.com

not dead asshole

2008-06-12T18:59:00.001-05:00

www.fingerslam.com

A.O.T.U. blog R.I.P.

2008-06-05T15:52:00.003-05:00

I have decided to stop posting to this blog due to lack of activity. I will be maintaining my own blog (www.mikefrankcook.tumblr.com) but for now this shit is dead.

Erotic Falconry

2008-05-19T22:58:00.002-05:00

http://eroticfalconry.com/Site/Home.html

Best Bike Ever

2008-05-16T12:52:00.001-05:00

From designboom blog:

Have Fun

2008-05-13T18:06:00.001-05:00

Flowers in a dumpster

2008-05-08T10:39:00.001-05:00

Test

2008-05-08T10:05:00.001-05:00

test

Have Fun!

2008-05-07T11:35:00.002-05:00

Paul's killer hardcore band Have Fun are playing in walkers point at the end of the month. Who wants to go?

Niel Young's lost live album

2008-05-01T21:24:00.004-05:00

Neil Young's excellent, long out-of-print, live album Time fades away Is up for download at Buddyhead right now
http://www.buddyhead.com/2008/04/29/time-fades-away-love-rockets-janes-addiction-and-sly-stone/

cat plays theramin awwwwww.

2008-04-16T15:00:00.000-05:00

Let's get together and record again.

2008-04-13T11:01:00.001-05:00

I'm thinking in whitewater, soonish. All the ususal suspects should be notified.

Tim's next bike

2008-04-12T15:09:00.002-05:00

IT is going down

2008-04-12T13:12:00.002-05:00

Indietorrents is shutting down for what could be a very long time. I suggest you log on and enjoy while it lasts.

edit: IT took in more that $1800 in donations in the eight hours following it's announcement of closure. It may be back up in less than a few days. Still enjoy it for now.

google street view - rockford

2008-04-11T21:03:00.000-05:00

View Larger Map

stupid fucking ups truck

Van Morrison's Contractual Obligation Record

2008-04-08T10:47:00.002-05:00

In order to fulfill his obligation to his early solo label Bang Records,Van Morrison sat down in 1967 or so and cranked out 31 songs on the spot, on topics ranging from ringworm to wanting a danish, to hating his record label and a guy named George. Make sure you get past the first few tunes - it takes him a few to get cooking.
My favorite is Ringworm!
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2005/09/van_morrisons_c.html

Twitter= A.D.D. myspace

2008-04-01T21:59:00.001-05:00

I started using twitter, I think it might be entertaining for more of us to try (If anyone still reads this)

haslam

2008-03-25T16:28:00.001-05:00

Rollins

2008-03-21T14:17:00.001-05:00

Phonetography

2008-03-16T18:51:00.002-05:00

So I started taking photos with my phone and editing them in photoshop. I thought that it might be interresting if we all started doing this. maybe we could put together another blofg or something.

The object is dead

2008-03-13T08:17:00.002-05:00

I know, it's a bit over the top. I don't know how you all feel about nine inch nails, but the model being employed for the new album release is the most forward thinking path for musics future. The difference between it and the Radiohead deal is that for only 5.00 (a fair price) you get to choose the audio quality, from mp3320 to lossless FLAC. Radiohead only offered lower quality rips in the hope that people would still feel compelled to go and buy the physical album. hopefully this will catch on and the record industry will implode.

http://ghosts.nin.com/main/home

Revision 3 = Nerd Porn

2008-03-12T08:13:00.002-05:00

http://revision3.com/

Just thought I'd up this. Revision 3 is an internet only tv station with all sorts of great programming. The bulk of the network seems to be occupied by the former hosts of the G4 (tech tv) network before they started airing shows about cars and swimsuit competitions. I guess I mention this because the shows are great, they are very D.I.Y. and I need more people to watch them so they don't go away and I have to return to watching reruns of Everybody loves Raymond.

of special note:

Pixel Perfect: photoshop tips
Pop Siren: D.I.Y. fun stuff
Systm: technology and potato cannons.

Ukrainian Gangster Tombstones

2008-03-11T16:10:00.003-05:00

http://englishrussia.com/?p=1782#more-1782

Someone owes katie some serious royalties.

2008-02-25T13:20:00.002-06:00

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1600610919/downandoutint-20

book case igloo

2008-02-25T08:58:00.003-06:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/in-duce/2220274594/

so i'm googleing images of narwhals and thius pops up

2008-02-24T14:14:00.002-06:00

pretty great. So I know I'm like grand champion of saying and not doing but I was thinking that if the S.O.T.N. site ever does get done, we should release the albums as rar. files containing high bit-rate mp3s and pdf booklets. This makes packaging (and it's costs) a moot point, and embraces an emerging model of the industry. I kind of like it in spite of my object fetishism because it's closer to the intangible, ethereal nature of music. is anyone else going to have a new project going soon. Mr. Fusion is on hiatus, I have no idea what happened to Hot bomb or anything zach is doing. Nick, want to to this with Ice Queen when it's done? Want to race to see if I finish Grand Maul first? should we just give up and shutter the whole operation? I need input.

the voices

2008-02-23T15:09:00.002-06:00

http://garfieldminusgarfield.tumblr.com/

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?
Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb.

Cassette Tape Transformers

2008-02-20T15:11:00.004-06:00

Japanese Toy Monster Collection

2008-02-18T14:03:00.003-06:00

http://www.flickr.com/photos/coop666/sets/72157603831152099

fucking great

The Ice Queen

2008-02-11T22:00:00.000-06:00

hey kids,
I'm working on an album. The first four tracks are on my blog (though the first three need a little work yet). Also, I'm working on a Mr. Fusion remix...anyone up for a Mr. Fusion remix album?

Monkeys + Bikes = Gold

2008-02-05T23:41:00.000-06:00

What I Killed Today

2008-02-05T09:00:00.000-06:00

"I work with a lot of injured wildlife. Also not wild animals that are just in a lot of pain. Sometimes I have to euthanize them. I decided to record each animal I euthanize here".

http://whatikilledtoday.blogspot.com/

Jesus is black.

2008-02-04T17:28:00.001-06:00

Record show

2008-01-29T15:45:00.001-06:00

The milwaukee record show is going to be at American Serb Hall on Oklahoma ave. February 17th 10:00 - 4:00.

The Coffee Line

2008-01-29T02:15:00.001-06:00

From The Wall Street Journal

2008-01-28T09:26:00.000-06:00

http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110007902

An excellent article on cookie monster vocals.

.......

2008-01-25T02:46:00.000-06:00

no cookie monster vocals?

2008-01-24T08:52:00.000-06:00

Ulver | It Is Not Sound

2008-01-22T11:14:00.001-06:00

Joe showed me this, I thought it was incredible!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-01-14T12:08:00.000-06:00

SILVER MT. ZION NEW ALBUM AND TOUR

24 MAY 2008

Asheville, NC

Grey Eagle Tavern

30 MAY 2008	Milwaukee, WI	Turner Hall
31 MAY 2008	Chicago, IL	Logan Square Auditorium

Album is March 25-MY BIRTHDAY!

Finally free of iTunes

2008-01-08T10:08:00.000-06:00

I have hated iTunes and it's increasingly bloated installer for a while now. Finally Mozilla (firefox, thunderbird) has stepped up and developed Songbird.http://www.songbirdnest.com/
a iTunes replacement that is smaller, simpler, and actually finds you music you like. It's still in development but I'm running the pre-release fine.

David Lynch on the iphone movies

2008-01-08T10:07:00.001-06:00

The Witches of Whitewater

2008-01-06T15:34:00.001-06:00

WTF? where are the redwoods Have I missed them

Book club?

2008-01-01T18:05:00.000-06:00

Anyone interrested in starting a book club.
I'm going to start Soon I will be invincible by Austin Grossman

...everybody's got one

2007-12-30T18:57:00.001-06:00

Best and Worst of 2007

Love:
Epicly Later'd
thanks to Nick and Zach I became hopelessly addicted to The Vice mag online tv channel VBS.tv. The site's chock full of amazing programming but for an aging skate nerd Epicly Later'd is pure gold. Speaking of skate nerdary, the Nike and Lakai video's this year were (to quote MMXEKE) Redonkulious.

Juno
Beowulf
Grindhouse
the best movies I saw this year for very different reasons. I would also like to take this opportunity to state that I will never be going to a movie theater again. I simply can not trust the rest of the human race to not fuck up my experience. The last time I went a kid started talking on a cell phone with his outdoor voice. No joke. Hello jank as fuck home theater system.

Music
There have been way to many good records this year, and those of you who know me are aware of my tendency to ramble on at length on the subject. So in place of actual artist shout outs, I'd like to give kudos to the following musical genre's that made it big on my stereo this year.

Melodic Scandinavian Death Metal from the 90's
Crust punk and D-beat (my bullet belt's in the mail)
Anything fronted by an asian woman.
Hip Hop artists that sound like chipmunks (thanks Anticon)
Hip Hop artists that sound like bears (I was late to the chopped and screwed party)
Bears with musical instruments (also known as Vancouver stoner rock or anything on Jagjaguar)
European pop stars with questionable vocal abilities
The thirty or so amazingly heavy bands from the 60's/70's that were not Black Sabbath or Led Zepplin
Dubstep (for the third year running)
90's rock monster revival (Dinosaur Jr., Qui)

Hate:
Comic Sans
worst font ever, those that use it should die.

Project runway
Like when you buy and apple, cause you fucking love apples. And you wait to long to eat it and it's all soft and brown. Seriously.

more later

Spoken word hip hop at its best

2007-12-28T20:22:00.000-06:00

Saul Williams has his new album "The Inevitable Rise And Liberation Of Niggy Tardust" for free download at www.niggytardust.com I strongly suggest downloading it.

Lock & Key Re-up

2007-12-15T17:23:00.001-06:00

a silver mt. zion: Stumble then rise on some awkward morning

2007-12-11T10:01:00.001-06:00

Sensual Massage

2007-12-09T20:32:00.000-06:00

it's my first flash animation!
my folks must be so proud

G.I. Joe "American Hero"

2007-12-08T19:07:00.001-06:00

Uncomfortably Gay

2007-12-08T19:04:00.001-06:00

Uncomfortably Energetic (Part Deux)

2007-12-08T19:03:00.001-06:00

Uncomfortably Energetic

2007-12-08T19:02:00.001-06:00

LETS HAVE OURSELVES A LEMON PARTY BITCHES!!!!!!!!!

2007-12-08T19:01:00.001-06:00

Whose Scene?

2007-11-28T15:51:00.001-06:00

mDude

2007-11-25T17:11:00.000-06:00

my dad played this song constantly when I was a growing up. The best part is the "well I'd like to spit some beech nut in that mDudes eyes"
classic.

Beowulf

2007-11-25T16:33:00.000-06:00

The.......most......awesomely......masculine........movie......EVER

Seriously, this movie is like a two hour ode to the erection. It's what Rob Halford's dreams must be like.

List of antics (spoiler alert!)

1.) Wrestles a man-demon in the nude to make it a "fair fight"

2.) Constantly unhooking and removing clothing to reveal baby smooth chest ( all item's of clothing during this time in history apparently unhooked simply and dramatically from shoulder clasps. The perfect mechanism to go from zero to nude in seconds)

3. If you replaced demon blood with semen, this would be the godfather of gay porn.

4. self references after any accomplishment. Rip off an arm "I AM BEOWULF!!", jump through a sea creature's eye "I AM BEOWULF!!!!!" seriously, I'm going to start doing this all the time.

5. When not killing things or talking about killing things, Beowulf carries on numerous extra-marital affairs with both teenagers and demons (played by an eight-foot Angelina Jolie) I'm not sure which is more disturbing.

thanks to Zach and Chelsea for the best plan-B ever

The next logical step

2007-11-25T16:26:00.000-06:00

My new favorite band

all female grind metal from Japan.

Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation

be sure to check out the images for cutesy anime versions of band

2girls1cup Banger

2007-11-10T19:13:00.000-06:00

New work from Tim Atwell @ delicious

The Museum is hiring

2007-11-09T16:22:00.000-06:00

If anyone is interrested, 12.00- 14.00 per hour. full time
Prop/Floor manager

repair/build exhibits. Work with douchebags like me.

Herzog/Danzig shirt

2007-11-09T07:34:00.000-06:00

Cinefile is selling shirts to immortalize great filmmakers in classic metal fonts.

http://www.cinefilevideo.com/2007/10/11/new-t-shirt-von-triervan-halen

The Blood Brothers call it quits

2007-11-09T07:27:00.000-06:00

From Lambgoat:

Just two weeks after recasting their purported break-up as a "hiatus," The Blood Brothers have officially split. The following statement has been issued:

"After 10 years of making music as The Blood Brothers, we have made the collective decision that our time together has come to an end. We feel extremely fortunate to have spent such a deeply memorable and amazing part of our lives with each other. At this point, however, we feel it's best that our futures move forward on separate paths. We'd like to express our sincerest thanks and gratitude to all the bands we've played with, individuals who have helped us make our records, and fans who have come to our shows and picked up our music throughout the years. Your friendship, support and love hold such a profoundly special place in each of our hearts. We hope that the memories you attach to our music are as fond as those you have given us. Thank you and take care, we'll miss all of you."

Danzig's Book Club

2007-11-08T22:25:00.000-06:00

Halloween Shenanigans

2007-11-07T18:58:00.000-06:00

Man is the Bastard Documentary coming

2007-11-07T08:25:00.000-06:00

The only PowerViolence band that really matters. Those of you that like experimental sound will recognize Henry Barnes as the nutcase behind Bastard Noise and Amps for Christ.

consistently funny

2007-11-06T23:55:00.000-06:00

http://www.bendependent.com/dirtfarm/

Fucking Grim

2007-11-06T22:26:00.000-06:00

Justin From Austerity Program (if you haven't heard them yet, I highly recommend Black Madonna) made a very humorous video mocking Black Metals low-fi recording approach.

Black Metal Makeover

2007-11-06T21:22:00.000-06:00

From Sept. Issue of French Vogue

Scream of The Narwhal 0002 available now

2007-11-04T22:08:00.002-06:00

We're back and number two is out now:

The Cassette Only, Request Only
The Whitesnake Probably
the comical and mostly un-listenable result of a less-than-cohierent session at Art Haus.

On the horizon:

15 minutes to awesome abs-(AOTU session 1)

Grand Maul - Thunder Mountain Monument

Hot Bomb - title TBA

Mr. Fusion - title TBA

Crotches!

2007-11-04T21:23:00.000-06:00

http://smallswordsmagazine.com/articles/sound/rockcrotches.html

found this while researching the the W.S.P. album art (forthcoming)

Quilts

2007-11-04T11:12:00.000-06:00

http://www.jenniferjenkins.org/

Further support for the "Andrew w.k. is actually smart and calculating" argument

2007-10-27T14:13:00.001-05:00

yes I've been a bit youtube happy lately

Oink is gone I.T. down for now

2007-10-23T23:45:00.001-05:00

For those that use them, trackers oink.cd and indietorrents.com are down and may be gone for good.

That reminds me...

2007-10-21T21:31:00.001-05:00

I forgot to do my yearly Joe Preston Research.

it appears that in the wake of dissolving Men's Recovery project and quitting High on Fire, Preston is now making recording drum machine madness under the moniker Mancampus check it out.

also i found this live Thrones video on youtube.

Last night was epic!

2007-10-21T21:19:00.001-05:00

In place of a pic or live footage I present the ever quoteable High on fire from an old tv eye episode. (not the one where he talks at length about "molding the riff" but still good

Melt-Banana

2007-10-19T15:43:00.000-05:00

Wednesday October 24th @ the High Noon Saloon $10.00

edit: also Thursday @ the Cactus in Milwaukee.

Beautiful, beautiful condoms

2007-10-18T18:10:00.000-05:00

These are images from a Beijing fashion show:

DEERHOOF!!!

2007-10-17T16:13:00.000-05:00

Deerhoof has an album up for free on their website, it might be something that ya'll would be interested in picking up...

Anyone else in the wisconsin/illinoise area going to HIgh on Fire/Coliseum/Mono/Panthers on saturday?

2007-10-15T12:41:00.000-05:00

Sure to be a good time
9:00 @ high noon saloon
$15.00

Oh my fucking god

2007-10-11T23:15:00.000-05:00

I mentioned this a few months back. The Boredoms with a 77 member drum core.

wait for the trident.

Craft Time in Hell

2007-10-05T10:49:00.001-05:00

http://www.kakoueda.com/

HOLY CRAP this is scary!

2007-10-04T23:03:00.000-05:00

Today I made a two-story tornado

2007-10-04T10:36:00.000-05:00

Sometimes my job does not suck, I forgot to mention that the tornado was supposed to have a swarm of flying monkeys (see old post) that the committee nixed (after i was well on my way to having them done). This reminds me, lets see more work up here. I would like to see what you all are up to.

can't step to this

2007-10-01T22:54:00.001-05:00

Skate Night?

2007-09-29T17:27:00.001-05:00

a couple of the indoor parks up here (national, cream city) have special "old man" sessions. any interrest in a skate night?

More 5RC fun

2007-09-28T22:23:00.001-05:00

Deerhoof Video

2007-09-28T22:15:00.000-05:00

Catherine's been jumped in..

2007-09-27T10:16:00.000-05:00

welcome to the first female to "man-up" (this is slightly unfair concidering we never asked Eunice, Megan, or Bekah to go with us)

Max's Studio Mate-So Good

2007-09-26T12:57:00.000-05:00

Amy Newell
http://winnebagostudios.com/artists/Amy_Newell/
http://www.portalwisconsin.org/online_gallery_artist.cfm?artist=65&sort=name

Also, Max is back from Europe (YAY).

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up

2007-09-26T09:51:00.001-05:00

http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~ptk1nc/cinderella/horan/horan.htm

Now see, isn't this nice

2007-09-24T12:04:00.000-05:00

I love the recent flourish of activity, I had honestly contemplating announcing a time of death for this fucking thing. Also, Congrats go to Tim ($oap) Atwell for finally getting the word pussy up on the board, It's been a long time coming.

Oh your going to want to check this one out too...

2007-09-24T00:29:00.000-05:00

Hannah Linden

Clothing made out of the insides of animals

2007-09-24T00:22:00.000-05:00

Pinar Yolacan

un-fucking-believable

POWWOW

2007-09-22T00:42:00.000-05:00

I will be flying into Milwaukee on Monday, Nov. 19. I propose a AOTU/SOTN Pow Wow/Ice Cream Social sometime between then and the 27th. Rock and roll-tutti and frutti.

Dominos

2007-09-21T18:51:00.001-05:00

Those are some fucked up pictures. Quit being a pussy and cowboy the fuck up. I want to see blood next time. So quit wasting my time. OH and I'm down for dominos tomorrow in Beloit. WORD!

$oap & Xeke on the horn

2007-09-21T18:48:00.000-05:00

lets DO this shit

Justin Quinn

2007-09-21T15:22:00.000-05:00

http://www.mmgalleries.com/artists/quinn.html

Soooooo. What's going on in Whitewater?

2007-09-13T08:38:00.000-05:00

anything? Or Rockford?....... or Janesville maybe?

The new Baroness record = Roger Waters making love to Matt Pike on a bed of nails......that good

2007-09-08T17:32:00.000-05:00

hear it here
http://www.myspace.com/yourbaroness

download it here (if you use IT)

http://www.indietorrents.com/details.php?id=97970

You can get the vinyl from robotic empire.

Shitty day, needed a laugh.

2007-09-07T17:11:00.000-05:00

http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/reviews.cfm/id/1322/page/top____most_ridiculous_black_metal_pics_of_all_time.html

Black metal - Metal + the color red= clowns