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I have to say, I've always been a huge fan of jazz music, so OK Go + jazz = the best possible music the world can create.
Favorites so far have to be "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" and "It's A Disaster," but it's hard to pick!
Is that Tim with a hula hoop!?
iTunes wouldn't let me purchase it unless I upgraded. I think I still had version 7.0 and had to upgrade to 7.4 or something. So, if I could have gotten it without the upgrade I would have.
I'm happy now that I'm not dealing with my PC currently and can listen to Damian, Tim and Bonerama all I want on my iPod.
annnnd i've added AMW OK Go & Bonerama style to my myspace. Holler
Here's the write-up from Martyr's:
The sheer force of four trombones playing simultaneously was to be their calling card. New Orleans is well known for its excess and it should be no surprise that their musicians are prone to overindulge a bit. Still, when Mark Mullins and Craig Klein formed the trombone blitzkreig of Bonerama, skeptics and traditionalists raised their voices in puritanical protest. A funk-rock troupe of trombone players had never been done, even in the ‘anything goes’ environs of New Orleans. Who did these guys think they were? Isn’t one trombone loud enough? Mark Mullins and Craig Klein didn’t think so.
The initial stirrings of the trombone cavalcade known as Bonerama began in 1998, when Mullins and Klein found themselves with some rare time off from their steady gig in Harry Connick Jr’s big band. Though both have exposed their fine jazz abilities, Mullins and Klein didn’t envision a jazz trombone assemblage. Instead, the Bonerama sound was to deliver pure horn muscle - Rock ‘n’ roll along with the second-line funk of their New Orleans roots.
Gathering up a dizzying display of trombone talent, Mullins and Klein quickly brought fellow honking peers Steve Suter, Brian O’Neill and Rick Trolsen into the fold. Augmenting their horn attack came the imaginative and dynamic sousaphone player, Matt Perrine, the edgy experimental guitar of Bert Cotton, and the entrenched rhythmic pocket of drummer Chad Gilmore (though New Orleans drumming heroes Russell Batiste, Doug Belote and Kevin O’Day have been known to step behind the kit on occasion). After several well-received local gigs, a noticeable buzz began to form around the Bonerama sound as one that defied typical labels. A thunderous funk attack might suddenly turn into an acid rock meltdown. Their unpredictability was infectious…
It made me pretty happy
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/02/so-ok-go-you-kn.html
I'm definitely going, just picked up some tickets. Woo-hoo, more boardie fun!
It made me pretty happy
I saw that too! It was also in the iTunes newsletter under New Releases.
I really wish they put Good Idea on the EP too. Or maybe just redo the entire album. That'd be pretty awesome.
I just checked and it's now at #36.
Ooooo that's awesome! Might have to look more into that...I'd love to see them again, obviously
And, of course, I love that the money is going for charity.
Is it possible to view the booklet on your ipod? I can view it on iTunes, but I don't see it on my ipod.
The more the merrier!!
Have fun at the Chicago Bonerama show!! I know a few people that are going, and would LOVE to go. Of course I want to go to all shows!!
Katie, my mom, stepdad and a couple friends and I are going to see them in Chicago. Just bought the tickets. CAN'T WAAAAIT!
Katie, my mom, stepdad and a couple friends and I are going to see them in Chicago. Just bought the tickets. CAN'T WAAAAIT!
Sweet! We're gonna have fun, fun, fun.
I remember when I got the EP I was talking to somebody saying I liked trumpets and stuff and quoting the one or other line from the songs and got weird answers and like... high eyebrows, you know like saying "oooooookay.... whatever" I don't care, this EP has made those past few days perfect!
I really hope in the album there's lots of Tim. I love Damian as a singer, but when Tim sings too, it brings the music to a whole other level- Tim is like magic.