Monkeystador – Page 16 – Los Bastardos Reunidos

December 1, 2022 // 2 Comments

Hey White Boy

whatcha doin uptown?

November 29, 2022November 29, 2022 // 2 Comments

No Band, No Problem

When I was at college my band broke up and I started playing solo. I ended up coming by a loop pedal and loved the freedom it gave me. Over the year I’ve added more instruments and effects to my rig as I’ve needed them and my sound output has naturally grown with it. I make a lot of noise for one man.

Funke and the Two Tone Baby. Enjoy some stomp.

November 28, 2022 // 3 Comments

I Laughed

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 // 11 Comments

I’ve followed this story with some delight. Apparently Michael Lewis, who wrote The Big Short, has been trailing FTX guy Sam Bankman-Fried around, so we’ll certainly get a kick-ass film out of it someday. Among many, many remarkable facets to the tale is that the crypto market has supposedly lost $2 trillion of valuation this year… and Wall Street has barely flinched.
When Sequoia Capital – allegedly the most intelligent venture capital firm – invested $210 million in FTX last year, it asked to see financial reports and instead was told “we’ll send you a few bullet points.” It’s traditional when investing that much into a firm to have someone on the board, but Bankman-Fried wouldn’t let anyone on the board of directors, which was him, an attorney, and an FTX employee.
For a company “worth” $32 billion at one point.

Zero oversight! What could go wrong?

I’ve followed developing news with Patrick Redford of Defector, who is typically hilarious. But there are several excellent reporters and twitter feeds. Ed Zitron on Twitter is great.

Here, a professor of finance at King’s College splains it to us. He keeps showing photos of Phil Spector for Sam Bankman-Fried, so gotta respect his game:

It’s an exciting time to be in the crypto world.

November 14, 2022 // 1 Comment

Nice Gig

But today was the first time someone actually needed dumpster access mid-set… he was really reluctant about interrupting us, if only he knew how psyched we were to have someone throwing garbage into the very dumpster we chose. We were downright giddy. pic.twitter.com/n3Rw22G8Nz

— Brian Rosenworcel (@Bowl_of_Worcel) November 10, 2022

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 // 2 Comments

Loathsome Collaboration

I would say that they should all know better, but it’s clearly untrue. Maybe pre-1985 Sting.

Please enjoy the schmoozy behind-the-scenes intro and soft focus.

Obligatory:

November 7, 2022November 8, 2022 // 6 Comments

Polymeter?

The Strange Brew podcast on Lennon’s musical influences circa Double Fantasy sent me down some rabbit holes: Touch and Go, and time signatures. This was never one of my Cars favorites, but I’m totally fascinated by it now.

The song’s verses feature the use of polymeter. The bass and drums are playing in a time signature of ⁵₄, while the vocals, keyboards, and guitar are playing in ⁴₄.

Bastards! While my rather limited rhythm lobe tried to tap out the beats, my remaining auditory cortex projected the contemporaneous Spirits in the Material World, which only confused me more. Apparently that tune is ⁴₄but so ska and misleading that you’ll fool yourself trying to count it out.