homemade postcards of the day

homemade postcards of the day

Monroeville Music center – le progrès (mp3)

This is the shortest EP from Monroeville Music Center (4 songs = 10.04 minutes). But then again, who am I to complain here? It`s a freebie and all the songs are absolutely perfect (kudos to Kurt Hennig, R.I.P.). Musically, what does it sounds like? Here goes:

1 – en route (3.02 minutes) = instrumental electronic music + a little percussion here and there (recalls old SMS / NES video game music, good stuff).

2 – prépatifs dans la salle de rédaction (2.11 minutes) = melancholic electronic music with percussions, good use of the Motorik synthesizer here.

3 – il pleut des informations (2.35 minutes) = more Motorik synthesizer + percussions = relaxing peaceful, pure music bliss, OH YEAHHHHHHH!!!

4 – à minuit, le 31 décembre (2.16 minutes) = smooth synth music. This one sounds almost like medieval music. The perfect soundtrack for a rainy day, when the only thing you feel like doing is chilling out and / or meditating.  Free download here; https://archive.org/details/Le_Progrs-11704

Monroeville Music Center – generic product manufactured (MP3)

This is a live recording where Monroeville Music Center plays material from their first album titled `generic product`. While hearing this I get the feeling of déjà-vu. The music is great, the various pieces are oh so perfect (even with old school analogue synthesizers) it sounds crystal clear, so perfect. The live album sounds like a studio album (Kraftwerk anyone?). it`s perfect but at a certain level it sounds lifeless, emotionless, almost like a digital recording (CD anybody?). Aside from that I really liked this album. My other complaint, well it`s too short for me own taste buds (nine tracks with a total running time of… Under 20 minutes). But then again I kind of prefer my music short and sweet (definitely better than long, boring and redundant). I can feel / hear some influences at work: Space (proto spacy disco elements), Yellow Magic Orchestra (them nice old school groove synth sounds), Dimitri From Paris (them kitsch but cool vibes), and maybe some NES video game music (Metroid, Battle Of Olympus, Athena, Kid Icarus perhaps). I like this album a lot. Get it here:   http://monroevillemusiccenter.bandcamp.com/album/generic-product-manufactured

Continuity Mad Pride Compilation 2015 (CD)

This is a free album with a limited edition of 1000 copies. Mad Pride originates from England. They

fight for the civil rights and social status of people labelled with mental health problems. I like this idea.

After listening to a lot of noise and / or experimental music, it`s good to relax and listen to `normal`music. This compilation offers various music styles: indie rock, indie pop, alternative

country, lo-fi acoustic folk, lo-fi weirdness and assorted oddities. Most of the music seems

surrounded with a strange aura of madness, a warped sensibility if you will. The whole compilation

is pretty amazing, all the songs are pretty good in their own warped / strange / bizarre styles. A

couple of pieces really blew my mind:

4 – Shy Rights Movement – real love = lo-fi acoustic folk music with some longing / somber elements

thrown in (Neil Young & Johnny Cash jamming

together late at night).

10 – Jim Macdougall & The AMM All Stars – shit or chocolate = weird, out there jam session /

schizoid pop perhaps (sounds like a mix of Alien Planetscapes with Gong, early period).

12 – Alternative TV – the radio story / strange looks = lo-fi weirdness, jam sessions from the end of this

known universe.

14 – The Ceramic Hobs – 33 trapped Chilean miners = weird, spacy, like a black hole collapsing, noise rock

(forget Sonic Youth, this is THE CERAMIC HOBS

BAYBEE!!!). More information here:

https://www.facebook.com/TheCeramicHobs

16 – Esther Leslie – square mile quagmire = spoken word mixed with proto bluesy experimentations

(Steven Jesse Bernstein on Prozac + Mississippi Fred McDowell). More info regarding Mad Pride:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Pride

http://madpridemtl.tumblr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/events/4262557675273

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Monroeville Music Center – generic product (MP3)

One of my Facebook friends recommended this album. I was curious, never heard of Monroeville Music Center before. I got it from www.bandcamp.com . I`m listening to this going to work. I have to admit, I`m pretty impressed. This was recorded with old analogue synthesizers, namely the Optigan and the Orchestron. It sounds like a music mixture of Kraftwerk (with less sequencing), Plone and maybe a little dose of Monsieur Blumenberg here and there. The music is a potent blend of minimal electronics / synth with some elements of funk, lo-fi pop, psychedelics and minimalism. And yes, it does sound vintage, and I mean that with total respect here. This was an enjoyable listening experience. I like everything in there. Standout tracks are:

04- song#4 (2.45 minutes) = weird, mellow, syrupy minimal electronics, miam, miam.

05- song#5 (1.44 minutes) = nerdy, melancholic electronica, great stuff.

07- song#7 (1.49 minutes) = old school (it sounds like those dirty seventies) analogue electronic music.                                                 This album is short, nine tracks with a total running time of 15.50 minutes. Sort and sweet indeed. More info here: http://monroevillemusiccenter.bandcamp.com/album/generic-product

TFTTDH Part 18

Invasion of the puppy snatcher

It`s Friday night seven o`clock p.m.

I`m lying on my couch

I light up a cigarette

Phone rings

Yep

Hey Tom

Chris is that you?

Long time no see

Indeed

So how are you man?

I`ve been way better bro

What`s up?

I broke up with Terry

Next thing I know

She kicks me out of the apartment

Do you have a place to stay?

Yeah I found a cheap apartment

On J-B Martineau street

Close to boulevard Pix-IX

That`s in Montréal north is it?

Yeah

You like it down there?

It`s near Cabaret Chez Mado

Mado is that a stripper`s club?

Yep

I heard it was a dive

Wanna go there Tom?

I`m thinking about it

But you know me

I`m not much for going to the strippers

There`s a cover charge

The booze is fucking expensive

You look but you can`t touch

It`s like

You didn`t eat anything for a couple of days

You`re oh so fucking hungry

There`s a buffet all you can eat in front of you

You`re smelling it

You`re looking at it

But you can`t taste it

It`s like having a useless boner

I prefer to watch porn

It`s cheaper and gets me there

You`re sick man

Compliments will get you somewhere

Wanna come to my place and rent movies?

Sure let me call Pat first

Yo Tom I`m already here man

Pat?

Yep

Gimme your address and I`ll be there shortly

I write down the address and call a cab

The cab arrives I light up a smoke

And away we go

We finally arrive

That will be 15.25$ sir

Here`s a twenty keep the change

Thank you very much young man

You`re welcome old man

We both start to laugh

This guy`s in his early forties

I`m in my late twenties

For me he`s an old geezer

And for him I look like a kid

Now I`m in my late forties

Wish I was in my late twenties though

Time…

Time…

When you`re young

It looks like you have all the time in the world

As you get older

You realize

Time is a luxury you don`t have anymore

I exit the cab

Light up another smoke

For good measure I`m thinking

I`m excessive sue me

I ring the bell the door opens

Tom my brother

Chris you sick lil pup 

How`s it hanging?

Getting slowly into it

We`re reunited

DA THREE MUSKETEERS!!!

Ok let`s rent some movies

The vidéoclub is a couple of streets from here

Let`s go

It`s cold and pouring rain outside

Typical early November weather

It`s cold

There`s no snow

It`s raining

It`s so fucking humid

You`re wearing a coat

But it doesn`t feel like it

Almost feels like you`re naked

We finally arrive at the vidéoclub

That`s when I say ok guys

We each rent a movie, then meet up at the cash register

Yes

Alright then

Here we go

I take` the people under the stairs`

Hey

It`s a Wes Craven

Remember `the last house on the left`?

The original version

Not the shitty remake done by Dennis Iliadis

Yes, now that`s what I`m talking about

Pat rents `Stone Cold`

With former NFL Seattle Seahawks linebacker

Brian Bosworth

Never mind Brian

Lance DA MAN Henriksen plays the bad guy

Anybody remembers `Near Dark`?

Well don`t just stand there use your stupid phones and google it

Chris rents `the silence of the lambs`

With Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins

Sir Anthony Hopkins performs a scary as hell performance

As Dr. Hannibal Lecter

Even though if you`re into horror movies with serial killers

I totally recommend `Henry portrait of a serial killer`

With Michael Rooker himself

Need I say more?

Next stop the local dépanneur

That`s where we get da beer

And lots of it too

In case the movies are shitty

Or good

Or average

You never wanna run out of beer in the middle of a movie

In those times when I was young and had hair left

I would purchase 6 to 8 710 ml Budweiser cans

For my own consumption

Yep I`m thirsty

We all are anyways

We finally arrive at Chris place

Light up some smokes

Open our respective beers and away we go

We would perform this friendly ritual

Every Friday and Saturday nights

For a couple of weeks

Or months

Times sure flies when you`re having fun

Eventually

We all caught cabin fever

Cabin fever what a funny expression

To be honest

We were all horny like a bunch of hyenas in heat

We needed to get laid

We had to get out

It was a Friday evening

I just came out of the shower

Phone rings

Tom WAZZUP???

WAZZUP???

Whatcha doing?    

Just came out of the shower ya dummy egg

Yes and my balls are full of yolk too

Believe you

Don`t need to show me physical evidence

Agreed

Wanna rent some movies again Chris?

No I want to do something different this time around

Ok what is it?

Let`s go to Cabaret Chez Mado

Mado you gotta be shitting me right?

No I`m serious man

We might get laid there

Man you know how I feel about them places?

Yes I know but

But what?

Pat`s here and he wants to go too

What is this a mutiny?

I`m saying it while laughing at the same time

It is a mutiny on the Montréal Bounty

Ok I surrender

Come at my place first Tom

We`ll have a couple of pre-production brewskies

And save us a couple of bucks as well

Good thinking guys

I`m leaving ciao

Ciao Tom

I put on my new tight jeans

A nice t-shirt

A little gel for me hair

A little perfume here and there

I look at myself in the mirror

DAMNED TOM YOU SEXY BEAST!!!

Can I have your phone number?

Hey

It`s free to dream on

And fantasize you know

If you don`t believe in yourself

If you don`t have any confidence

Nobody else will

I exit

Call a cab

The cab arrives I light up a smoke

I`m about to enter when I hear the driver

Hey buddy this is a non smoking cab

For real?

Damn straight

There`s actually non smoking cabs now

Of course we also drive for non smokers

Ok then

I throw my smoke on the floor and sit down

Where are you going?

Pix-IX and J-B Martineau street

That`s in Montréal north you know that?

Why is there a problem?

There`s a lot of blackies down there

My wife`s black got a problem with that?

No no not at all forget what I just said

Eh, eh ,eh that line always works

You throw me a right hook

And I verbally uppercut your ass

How to easily shut up a racist motherfucker

I should light up a smoke to piss him off some more

Naw he`s not worth it

I just hope he doesn`t have any kids

Morons like that shouldn`t be allowed to procreate

But then again

Half of our planet would be empty

We finally arrive

I pay him then exit his cab

Good riddance I`m thinking

I light up a well deserved smoke

Hey guys !!!

Yo Tom how are you?

Thirsty like hell where`s me beer?

Here you go big guy enjoy

I take a huge sip

I drink half of me bottle right away

Gobble gobble

Ahhhhhhhhh

Nice

Can I have another one?

Yeah sure thing man

We sit down and listen to some music

Feels good to finally relax

Chilling out

Doing nothing

Nothing at all

After a couple of beers

I`m starting to feel numb and I`m not the only one

Wanna watch a movie or something?

Sure why not

Pat looks at me

Hey hold on a minute

We`re supposed to go to Cabaret Chez Mado

Chris says it`s true

Are you trying to pull a fast one on us Tom?

Of course not

Ok then let`s go

It`s still cold and raining outside

Man I hate this weather

Good thing Mado`s almost next door

About five minutes walk

We arrive

There`s a huge guy in front of the entrance

Long black hair with a ponytail

About six feet eight and near 300 pounds

Oh my God another Steven Seagal wannabe I`m thinking

is he gonna karate chop my ass

or kill me with his bad breath?

CHRIS YOU LITTLE PRICK!!!

DA FUCK YA DOING HERE?

SHOULD I KICK YOU OUT MONTRÉAL STYLE???

You can`t catch me Dale

I run too fast

I`ll wait until you`re drunk

Then I`ll kick you out Montréal style

There`s no hurry bro

I know just kidding

What is this you`ve got some friends now

Yeah meet my buddies Pat and Tom

Pleased to meet you

Likewise I`m sure

That will be five dollars gentlemen

Sure thing

Here`s a ten spot keep the change

Thank you very much Tom

Anytime

I always give bouncers, barmans and waitresses

A good tip

It always pays in the long run

If you`re scrooge

Employees are like elephants

And you know what they say about an elephant`s memory?

Would you like to sit close to the stage?

This table looks fine

Yeah it`s near the washroom too

In case of emergency you know

We sit down and order some drinks

We watch the girls come and go

It`s surprising the amount of great looking strippers

I mean Cabaret Chez Mado is a small place

Pat spots this tall skinny blonde

She looks like Savannah (1970-1994)

How much for a lap dance girl?

That will be eight dollars

Here`s a ten spot keep the change honey

She sits on Pat`s lap in a dark corner

I light up a smoke

I look around and right away I spot her

A tall woman, about six feet two

She looks a little bit like Hyapatia Lee

A brunette with all the right things

Simply stunning

I`m hooked

She comes near me

What`s your name big boy?

I`m Tom and you are?

Tamara

Pleased to meet you

How much for a dance?

Eight dollars big boy

Let`s do it

She sits on me and starts to move oh so slowly

I try to hide it

And be subtle about it

Yeah right me subtle

But I`m slowly getting a boner

Hey no physical contacts big boy!!!

But I`m not using my hands

I`m sorry

She gets up looks at me and laughs

BIG BOY GOTTA BONER!!!

BIG BOY GOTTA BONER!!!

I`ll make it easy on you Tom
I`ll just dance in front of you

Yeah good idea Tamara

Would you like another dance?

No it`s cool maybe later on

I`m sitting at our table all alone

Pat is having another lap dance with the same girl

Chris is nowhere to be found

I light up a smoke and order another pitcher

I`m drinking looking at the strippers and relaxing

Pat comes back with the girl

Kelly this is my good buddy Tom

Hi Tom

Hello girl

We have a couple of drinks

Kelly`s still lap dancing with Chris

I`m slowly getting intoxicated

Kelly goes to the washroom

You think those are real tits?

I dunno man probably silicone valley territory

I can`t tell but they`re nice though

Agreed

I gotta know if they`re real ones

Go ahead and ask her

Ask her what you got fake titties babe?

No not like that

I dunno be subtle

Or poetic

Poetic?

Ask her in a poetic way

Like what?

Lemme think

I got it

As I look at me cock

Which is hard as a rock

Slowly I start to shake it

Not to break it

Then someone knocks at me door

SHIT I JUST CAME ON DA FLOOR!!!

Ah, ah, ah Tom you fucking moron

Look she`s coming back

I think I`m gonna grab them

Hey don`t be nuts

Or we`ll get thrown out of here

It`s cool don`t worry man

Trust me

That`s what I`m afraid of

Kelly comes back

Chris says something to her

She bends over to hear him

Suddenly

He grabs both tits with his hands and says

HOLLY FUCKING MOLLY THOSE ARE REAL FUCKING PUPPIES!!!

LEMME GO ASSHOLE!!!

She throws Chris on the floor

I see Dale with two other bouncers coming in our direction

I`m sitting down playing mister cool

Usually works

Not this time

GET DA FUCK OUTTA HERE!!!

They grab Chris

I`m still sitting down

GET OUT TOM!!!

But I didn`t finish me beer

GET OUT GET OUT!!!

Ok relax man

I get up

Grab me pitcher and

RELAX TOM YOU DON`T WANNA DO THIS!!!

I do man I do

I hold the pitcher and chug right away

Beer is expensive these days

I finish me pitcher, turn around

And run as fast as I can outside

I manage to outrun the bouncers

Not bad for a drunk guy

Chris is laying outside

Half knocked out half drunk

I help him get up

Are you alright man?

My head`s spinning

I`m ok

Where`s Pat?

I dunno still inside I guess

I light up two smokes

Thanks Tom

No problem bro

What shall we do next?

Go back to your place

Drink some more and wait for Pat

Good idea

Hey you guys wait for me

PAT!!!

Da fuck you where?

I was backstage sharing a joint with this cute red head

Next thing I know Clyde tells me he kicked you out

You grabbed Kelly`s tits

It`s true

They were nice and firm too

That story happened more than twenty years ago

There`s no more lap dances happening in Montréal

For ten dollars now

You`ll get a contact dance

The stripper sits on your lap

And you can legally fondle anything you want

The evolution

Or devolution of society

I don`t know

I`m going to bed now

Sweet dreams every body

XXX

  

homemade postcards of the day

Monsieur Populaire – pensées de bouteille (1989) (mp3)

From 1989 up until 1999 Jimmy Beaulieu (an amazing cartoonist from Montréal, buy his comics||| THIS I COMMAND!!!) recorded solo music under the name `Monsieur Populaire `. at the time he didn`t have any computer. Everything was recorded with a mixer and a lot of old school anal-logue equipment. This mini album (23.13 minutes) was created when Jimmy Beaulieu was 15 years old (at the same age I was into The Dead Kennedys, The Clash, The Sex Pistols and The Slits). The gear he used on this album is pretty primitive: a mixer, a microphone, two tape decks, a fuzz pedal, a guitar and his dad`s scrap yard. Necessity is the mother of invention and it shows. This is not music per se it`s more like noisy experimentations with some industrial undertones. I really mean old school industrial like: Bourbonese Qualk, Faust, Throbbing Gristle, and Coil perhaps. There`s various styles at work here: low-fi noise + children singing and / or vocal samples (enfantines 1, 2, 3), extremely minimal ambient noise (titre inconnu 2), percussions / metal banging + noise bursts (titre inconnu 3, 8, 4 , 1), ambient noise with meditative qualities (titre inconnu 5), and various noisy / industrial jam sessions (titre inconnu 7, 6). I liked this album and I can`t wait to hear some more. Get it here: http://jimmybeaulieu.com/monsieur-populaire/

 

Painful Defecation – songs about Jesus volume - 3 (MP3)

Last but not least here`s my last Painful Defecation review at present time (gotta find some more music / noise to listen). I always enjoy Kurt Beaulieu`s various albums. They`re short so you don`t have time to get bored either. This one is 17.40 minutes long and has eight `songs`. To give you a better idea of what`s in store for the innocent listener, here`s a brief descrition:

1 – Christian ass pirate (1.09 minutes) = lo-fi minimal dark ambience.

2- frenche-moi (1.42 minutes) = weird as shit sonic jambalaya / manipulations, psychotronic noise perhaps?

3- nous avons mal (au péteux) (55 seconds) = lo-fi minimalism mixed with space ambience.

4- pièce par pièce (2.07 minutes) = weird psychedelic electronic music.

5- wurst with noon (2.59 minutes) = ambient noise + drones with a dash of minimalism thrown in.

6- les robots en famille (2.39 minutes) = non-linear sequencing + aural minimalism = definitely a chaotic sonic joyride.

7- test informant (2.53 minutes) = strange lo-fi PSYCHO-delic noise.

8- stop it (1.16 minutes) = even more bizarre  lo-fi PSYCHO-delic noise.

Recommended for noisers who are fed up / tired of the same old, in your face, full blast, distortion pedals noise (which sounds the same over and over again my friend). There`s a couple of exceptions of course: Napalmed, Atrax Morgue, Atari Teenage Riot, Aube, Brighter Death Now, Deconstruct, Einstürzende Neubauten, Tim Hecker, Kapotte Muziek, Kid606, K K Null, Lightning Bold, Francisco Lopez, Maeror Tri. Melt-Banana, Daniel Menche,etc, etc…  

More info here:  http://painfuldefecation.bandcamp.com/

Painful Defecation – songs about Jesus volume - 2 (MP3)

Here`s another short album (33.56 minutes) of Kurt Beaulieu`s solo experimental music / noise projects. This time around we`re treated with 13 tracks of mostly minimal electronics, weird as hell INM (intelligent noise music anyone?). and / or weird / out there / strange instrumental electronic music. I liked all the tracks and noted a couple of standout pieces, which were:

5 – cosmic consciousness = minimal electronics going into electroacoustic territory, nice one.

8 – disco is forever part 3 = weird and challenging sonic experimentations.

12 – gloop gloop = big beats mixed with instrumental electronic music, just what the doctor ordered.

13 – Merzbow can suck my dick = short and minimal noise bursts, well go ahead Merzbow make his day. More info here:  http://painfuldefecation.bandcamp.com/