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Pencilina
Bradford Reed is an American multi-instrumentalist, experimental luthier, and member of the avant-garde band King Missile III. In the 1980s he invented the pencilina, a custom made string instrument. Discography Pencilina The pencilina is a custom-made string instrument that Reed invented in the 1980s. The instrument is a double neck 3rd bridge guitar. The pencilina is similar in construction to two long connected thin zithers. Its two "necks" each have a bridge, tuning pegs, and a set of strings; six strings on one neck and four on the other. Both are open tuned. The treble tuning is adjustable via a multiple tuning bridge. Wedged over and under the strings is a wooden drum stick for the treble/alto/tenor strings and a metal rod for the bass strings, which divide each string into two segments with different pitches. The divided strings can be then played separately, resulting in various harmonic overtones. There are four built-in pickups: two are contact mics mounted in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Lunch
''Royal Lunch'' is the ninth studio album by avant-garde band King Missile, released on September 21, 2004, by Important Records. Reception Alex Henderson of AllMusic commends the band's esoteric compositions while saying "Hall comes up with so many nutty, irreverently absurd references that he becomes disarming" and "even when Hall is telling listeners how much he despises Attorney General John Ashcroft and Vice President Dick Cheney, he comes across as more of an eccentric than an agitator." Ink 19 called the album "a worthy collection with some college radio airplay potential" and "thought-provoking and interesting, although it does tend to rely on profanity, especially on the mercifully short "Pain Series VIII: Stubbed Toe." Lollipop Magazine criticized the album's writing, saying "tracks such as the sardonic, spoken word "America Kicks Ass" ("We want cheap clothes, cheap oil, whatever we want. And if they don’t like it, they can suck on it. Because the rest of the world i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Psychopathology Of Everyday Life (album)
''The Psychopathology of Everyday Life'' is the eighth album by avant-garde band King Missile. It was released on January 21, 2003 by Instinct Records. The album is named after a 1901 book by Sigmund Freud. The album cover features a mock Parental Advisory label that reads, "Warning: Contains lots of curses: Do not buy!" Reception Johnny Loftus of AllMusic awarded ''The Psychopathology of Everyday Life'' four out of five stars and said "highlights include "JLH," in which Hall commends Jennifer Love Hewitt for not speaking out against war, politics, or 9/11" and ""Eating People" sets up the classic King Missile paradox, in which the listener is at once repulsed with Hall's logic, while being impressed that he's so convincing." Track listing Personnel Adapted from the liner notes of ''The Psychopathology of Everyday Life''. King Missile * Bradford Reed – drums, synthesizers, samples, piano, pencilina, percussion, backing vocals, production, recording, mixing * Sasha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Failure (King Missile Album)
''Failure'' is the seventh studio album by avant-garde band King Missile, released on September 15, 1998, by Shimmy Disc. Reception Tom Schulte of AllMusic awarded ''Failure'' three out of five stars, calling its music "repulsively absurd, detailed personal attacks of venomous cynicism" that "may be as strongly worded as Jonathan Swift (read ''A Modest Proposal'') and exaggerated as Voltaire (compare Pangloss' philosophy to track one)." Ink 19 commended the band's return to Shimmy Disc and the band's individual performances. However, Lollipop Magazine's Scott Hefflon wrote that "while subtly clever at times, Failure provides no instant gratification such as 'Detachable Penis' nd'Jesus Was Way Cool,'" and "certainly has its moments, but the musical noodling is distracting and there're only a few "must-have" tracks here." Track listing Personnel Adapted from the ''Failure'' liner notes. King Missile * Bradford Reed – pencilina, piano, organ, synthesizer, drums, perc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Experimental Music
Experimental music is a general label for any music or music genre that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions. Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilities radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions in music. Elements of experimental music include Indeterminacy in music, indeterminacy, in which the composer introduces the elements of chance or unpredictability with regard to either the composition or its performance. Artists may approach a hybrid of disparate styles or incorporate unorthodox and unique elements. The practice became prominent in the mid-20th century, particularly in Europe and North America. John Cage was one of the earliest composers to use the term and one of experimental music's primary innovators, utilizing Indeterminacy (music), indeterminacy techniques and seeking unknown outcomes. In France, as early as 1953, Pierre Schaeffer had begun using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2003. Specific locations *2003 in British music *2003 in Irish music *2003 in Norwegian music *2003 in South Korean music Specific genres *2003 in classical music *2003 in country music *2003 in heavy metal music *2003 in hip-hop, 2003 in hip hop music *2003 in Latin music *2003 in jazz *2003 in South Korean music Events January–February *January 6 – The annual Park Lane Group Young Artists festival of contemporary music opens with two concerts in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, London. The first concert, given by the Gallimaufry Ensemble, includes the premiere of a new wind quintet by 23-year-old Benjamin Wallfisch; the second concert features solo bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, who premieres Marc Yeats ''Vox'' for solo bass clarinet and Michael Smetanin's ''Ladder of Escape'' for bass clarinet with prerecorded ensemble of six bass and two contrabass clarinets. *January 7 – The Philip o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2001. 3.2 billion units were sold with a value of US$33.7 billion. DVD-Audio and Super Audio CD first rose to prominence in 2001, with approximately 600 titles available in these formats. Portable music grew in popularity after Apple Inc. released the iTunes media library on January 9 and the first iPod music player device on October 23. Worldwide, the best-selling albums were ''Hybrid Theory'' (2000) by Linkin Park, '' No Angel'' (1999) by Dido, and ''Survivor'' (2001) by Destiny's Child. The best-selling non-English album was '' Cieli di Toscana'' (; 2001) by Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, which topped the charts in the Netherlands and Sweden and was the 23rd best-selling album globally. Specific locations * 2001 in British music * 2001 in Norwegian music * 2001 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2001 in classical music * 2001 in country music * 2001 in heavy metal music * 2001 in hip hop music * 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1999. Specific locations * 1999 in British music * 1999 in Norwegian music * 1999 in South Korean music Specific genres * 1999 in classical music * 1999 in country music * 1999 in heavy metal music * 1999 in hip hop music * 1999 in Latin music * 1999 in jazz Events January *January 7 **After eight years of marriage, musician husband Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. **Paul McCartney attends the launch of his daughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia. *January 11 – During the American Music Awards, Billy Joel is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship." *January 12 **Britney Spears releases her hit album ''...Baby One More Time''. The album is the second best-selling album of the 90s in the US and the third best-selling album of the 90s worldwide. It also enters the list of the top 20 best-selling al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998. Specific locations *1998 in British music *1998 in Norwegian music *1998 in South Korean music Specific genres *#Classical music, 1998 in classical music *1998 in country music *1998 in heavy metal music *1998 in hip-hop, 1998 in hip hop music *1998 in Latin music *1998 in jazz Events January *January 28 **Interscope Records pays a radio station in Portland, Oregon, USA, $5000 to play the Limp Bizkit single "Counterfeit (song), Counterfeit" fifty times. The business move is widely criticized in the media as "payola", but the controversy serves to further increase publicity for the band. **"Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia. At the same time, he grows out his hair and shaves off his moustache, radically changing his trademark look, signature look. February *February 5 **Carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi becomes the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Body Has A Head
John S. Hall (born John Charles Hall, September 2, 1960) is an American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various incarnations. Biography Early life John S. Hall was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Manhattan's West Village.Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). ''Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam.'' New York City: Soft Skull Press, 288. . He recalls being "very quiet and shy" as a child and a social outcast as an adolescent. In 1978 he graduated from Stuyvesant High School. Participation in poetry scene In the early 1980s, Hall began participating in the Lower East Side poetry scene.Aptowicz (2008), p. 287. He read his poems at such venues as Speakeasy and ABC No Rio.Aptowicz (2008), p. 289. According to performance poet Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Hall "became an easily recognizable figure in the scene: p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
