May 23 : "Hot Summer" - Jackie Paper

Philly Music!

Blown Away ............................ Again!

Friday night I went to see Jackie Paper play at IHOP Estate. The first time I had seen Jackie Paper was at Comly Haus Basement Sound Laboratory a couple months ago. That first night Josh Dowell, mastermind behind Jackie Paper was performing as a solo act with Iam Mick joining in halfway through. The feel and tempo of the music was similar to what can be found on Jackie Paper's web page.

What caught my attention that first night and what made me a fan after just hearing Josh play his first bar was the chord progressions.

On Friday night at IHOP Estate Jackie Paper was a full band. There was even a flute as part of their lineup. The signature beautiful chord progressions were there (blown away again), but this time the feel and tempo of the music had a more intense rock beat.

Jackie Paper doesn't currently have samples of the faster-tempo music on their web page, but I'm featuring a song whose style was what made me like the outfit to begin with. Current song playing right here on my blog page is "Hot Summer" (from 2009) :::

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: OOPS! Looks like the band removed this song from their webpage!

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To visit Jackie Paper's web page, here is the click ::: Jackie Paper (CLICK HERE)

This was a good show; I had a great night. My only regret was that I couldn't stay longer to hear even more bands, but I had a meeting the next morning where I needed to be awake and alert, so I had to make it an early night. :)

I'm looking forward to seeing Jackie Paper again.

May 20 : "pRODUCT pLACEMENT [2012]" - 185668232

New Sounds / Freshly Arranged (2012)

On Wednesday I went to The Fire to see 185668232. As usual The Fire jumbled up the order that the bands played, so that the playing order was different than what was on their website. I don't even expect that place to stick to what their page says any more.

185668232 has a continuous free-flowing stream of personnel that changes from show to show. Wednesday it was mainly Iam Mick with a spoken-word backup from Sadie Fissinger. I adjusted the first line of this blog to accommodate Iam's perception of his work and to maybe update my perception of work of today's artists in general. While I have normally identified new work as "New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released", Iam told me that he doesn't consider himself a musician (even though I've seen his proficiency playing several instruments), but one who works with "sound", including more sound than what constitutes traditional music. ... And in my conversation with him and another artist learned that there is no way to "write" down in notations on paper what those sounds are in a way that would be similar to writing music on a piece of paper. If you wanted to perform what you're doing tonight again five years from now, you would have to recreate it. There's no way to write down on paper what it would be so you could read it and do it again in five years.

This is an interesting concept to learn as my own horizons or understanding of "music" and "sounds" are also being redefined.

I've seen Iam's more recent work move off into the areas of new "sounds". And with a focusing on the bands that were to be playing that night (that he was largely instrumental in putting together), I've seen him show an interest in "Chalk Harmonica Vibe". And after listening to Chalk Harmonica Vibe on their web page before the show and listening to their music at the show, I would venture to say that maybe they had a little influence in the stylings of 185's specific performance Wednesday night.

One of 185's more experimental pieces is pRODUCT pLACEMENT [2012], which is a continuously evolving work that features a wide array of stylings and techniques. And it's playing right here on my blog page.

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6/27/20 UPDATE! ::: 185 removed the original version from their page and replaced it with a newer version. The recording below is actually from 2014.

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185668232 has a show scheduled for tonight at the Meatlocker in Montclair, NJ..

To visit 185668232 otherwise, here is the click ::: 185668232 (CLICK HERE)

May 18 : "Momentum" - Left Of Logic

New Music / Freshly Written & Recently Released

Philly Music!

The last band to play in the lineup at the Brewerytown Spring Festival was Philly band "Left Of Logic". Their set time actually went over past the official end time of the Festival which was why I was able to catch part of their show. We wrapped up our Farmstand a little after 4, took back our tables and supplies, then I came back up to the Avenue to catch this last set.

It was getting late. The Festival had formally ended, PPA was starting to go around ticketing people who hadn't been paying close attention to time, and one or two of our neighborhood whack jobs came out of the woodwork to do pantomime, try to annoy (unsuccessfully) the band, and act all crazy. In our hood we know how to put on real shows with FULL entertainment haha.lol :).

Left Of Logic played songs from their recently-released ep,"A Common Theme". Current song playing right here on my blog page is "Momentum", which is the second track from the ep.

The band also gave us a good preview of some new work. They announced that work is progressing on a new album, and it should be hopefully coming out in the Summer.

To visit Left Of Logic, here is the click ::: Left Of Logic (CLICK HERE).

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And here's a clip of "Momentum" live at the Brewerytown Spring Festival. This video was taken by Tom Lugo of Panophonic / Stellarscope.

May 16 : "Cryogenic Sleep" - Panophonic

Philly Music!

And playing right after The Gut Strings at the Brewerytown Spring Festival was Tom Lugo's solo project, "Panophonic".

Again, I was working at WGCC's Farmstand up at the end of the block for most of the afternoon, so I actually got to see only a few minutes of Panophonic as well.

Current song playing on my profile page (CLICK HERE) is "Cryogenic Sleep"by Psychedelphia band Panophonic. "Cryogenic Sleep" was originally written by Tom for his solo act, Panophonic, but it also made its way into the repertoire of his three-piece band, Stellarscope.

Also, here's a video of Saturday's performance of "Cryogenic Sleep" :::

As we were listening to Panophonic from our table a block away, I think Patrick is becoming a fan, too.

To visit Panophonic, here is the click ::: Panophonic (CLICK HERE)

May 14 : "Bootstraps" - The Gut Strings

Philly Music!

On Saturday we had the Brewerytown Spring Festival, where I heard The Gut Strings play for the second time, or maybe this was the one and a half time. :)

The Festival stage was set up by 28th and Girard. And for the Festival WGCC had its Farmstand set up at 27th and Girard. So I was helping run the Farmstand for most of the afternoon. I enjoyed listening to The Gut Strings from a distance and did try to get down to the stage for a few minutes to actually hear them close up. ... I thought they were even better than when I heard them at Blockley.

Current song playing right here on my blog page is "Bootstraps" by Philly band The Gut Strings. :::

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7/5/20 ::: OOPS. Link to band page seems to be deactivated.

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5/16----Update! --- And, just posted, Tom Lugo of Stellarscope / Panophonic just posted this clip of The Gut Strings' performance at the Festival.

May 09 : The House

Music has been on the back burner for a few weeks as I've been working on the house. Hope to get back to the music soon.