Sun Dresses

So I know i haven't put anything up here since we went to the opening night showing of Land Before Time 19, Little Foot Goes to Venus, but I just didn't have anything to write about.  Unfortunately I can't write about sundresses because screech already claimed that, I just wanted to piss him off when he read the title.

I am really beginning this without any subject in mind so I would go into this expecting very little.  Treat it like a date with T.O.   ("Triple Distilled" T.O. not "Get Your Popcorn Ready" T.O.)

Hopefully everyone enjoyed the angry birds song.  I had been messing around with those chords for ages and couldn't get anything of quality.  Then I was sitting out at the lake and muse hit me and I started singing about the iphone game.  and that is how the [future] hit was born.  It is amazing the low level entertainment that the iphone provides.  I mean can you get much simpler than sling shotting birds at pigs?  I guess that is pretty creative but it sure is simple.

That makes you think about a lot of things that people make a lot of money with.  A lot of it is total bull shit and they just end up lucky being at the right place at the right time.  Really music can be like that.  It is amazing the amount of talented people who just play in the coffee shop or in their living room and the amount of talentless people that are just created by the record companies....ahem country music.

It is always incredibly fun to find artists that really have a lot to offer that just don't get all that much publicity.  A local band that you should check out is The Orbans (previously The Lifters but apparently they lifted that name from someone and got sued).  The Orbans are from the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and have this alternative rock sound that also has some bluegrass type influence in the instrumentation.  They really have some good songs (nothing as good as Angry Bird) and have a really original sound.

Peter Black is the lead singer (who unfortunately didn't have his priorities straight and is now having a baby instead of touring) and main writer [edit: apparently they are playing SXSW so maybe they will begin playing again].  The lyrics provide an interesting mix.  Some songs are very easy to follow and are very catchy.  Others are nearly nonsensical and make it hard for me to decide if they are brilliant and I am not quite getting it or if they are just on a lot of drugs while they write them.

Either way you should check them out. http://www.theorbans.com/ A very solid local band and a great show once they start playing gigs again.  I don't know if people are that interested but I am pretty passionate about music and I will likely introduce some more bands in the future (if you are not interested, too fucking bad).

-A