…hey, not just any Captain though – here are some rarer tracks from the bootlegs of the studio session that produced the Clear Spot and the Spotlight Kid.  Kiss sounds like your standard Beefheart twist on the blues at first – but what I really love about this song is the old r&b breakdown guitar part.  Love it.  Then in Harry Irene, the Captain switches to a pretty jazz number that manages to escape without any odd twists – which is a miracle in and of itself.  Surely this never had a chance at making one of his records, but it’s always nice to hear what musicians are playing when they think no one is listening.

   

…just a reminder to everyone to come see us next Wednesday, November 18th at the Scoot Inn at 11pm.  We play with Legs Against Arms and Milk Thistle(two bands I’m anxious to hear) in an Above the Radar Productions event.  Just to make it official, Justin even pulled together another boss poster to mark the occasion.  See you all soon!

The Authors at 11pm on Wed. Nov 18th at the Scott Inn

….more stuff we like. How bout a video showing the intro to movie with a theme written by Basil Kirchin?  Though written in 1968, this wouldn’t sound out of place on a new Stereolab or Broadcast album – two bands who I’m sure are very familiar with Basil.

Basil Kirchin – Theme to “The Strange Affair”

Our ears were burning today and it just so happened this is the reason why.  The Author’s song “Put it On” provided the audio backdrop to Laurie Gallardo’s Texas Music Matters Austin Music Minute on the Austinist’s Local Music is Sexy show tomorrow at Club DeVille and the Mohawk.  Bonus points for me going the distance with all the proper nouns.

In completely unrelated news, I have now been approached by two people who think that song would be the perfect condom commercial theme song.  I guess there are worse things than people thinking “instant sex” while listening to Put it On.  By the way, that last comment was a heavily edited version of something far more crass.


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….thought this would be a fun little section to add to the new website.  At practices we are always sharing music recommendations with each other for exciting new(or old) music.  To be honest, this is one of the highlights of my week.  Being inspired by a great piece of music is a good feeling and the only thing that tops good music is being able to go a step beyond that and hearing the music that inspired the work that is now inspiring you.  For instance, I was grateful to give a hard listen to Fela Kuti’s Afrodisiac after reading that the Talking Heads were heavily influenced by it while recording Remain in the Light(one of my favorite albums).

I figure the new website here would provide the perfect platform for us to share some of the things that are inspiring us right now – for those of you who are just becoming familiar with our music and looking to go a step further in your pursuit of great music….who knows – maybe one day some of you will pay it forward and share our music with a friend (hint hint).

Gram Parsons – She : It’s been a bittersweet day and this song has been in my head all day despite the fact I probably haven’t listened to it in 5 years or more.  It’s a timely blast from the past though as I think this was one of GP’s best arranged songs and I love the mellow production of it.

 
 
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