Monday, October 31, 2011

Il meglio del decennio 2001-2010: i dischi - puntata IV

Domenica 30 ottobre 2011, su Radio Città del Capo, è andata in onda  la quarta puntata del ciclo speciale che Boomerang!!!, sta dedicando alle migliori uscite discografiche degli anni '00, ovvero il decennio 2001-2010...

...ecco i link per il download della puntata...

PUNTATA4_2001-2010_PARTE1

PUNTATA4_2001-2010_PARTE2

...ed ecco la scaletta...

1. DANIEL JOHNSTON - Syrup of Tears, da Fear Yourself, sketchbook 2003









2. ROBERT WYATT - Beware, da Cuckooland, hannibal 2003








3. BILL CALLAHAN - The Wind and the Dove, da Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle, drag city 2009









4. OFFLAGA DISCO PAX - Onomastica, da Bachelite, santeria 2008


5. WILCO - At Least That's What You Said, da A Ghost is Born, nonesuch 2004





6. OKKERVIL RIVER - He Passes Number Thirty-Three, da Julie Doiron / Okkervil River, acuarela 2003











...vi lasciamo alla visione di questa splendida esecuzione live "in salotto", da parte dei Wilco, di Muzzle of Bees, canzone originariamente inserita in A Ghost is Born...



 
...nonchè a Bill Callahan, che esegue Too Many Birds al Waterloo Records di Austin...

Monday, October 24, 2011

Il meglio del decennio 2001-2010: i dischi - puntata III

Domenica 23 ottobre 2011, su Radio Città del Capo, è andata in onda  la terza puntata del ciclo speciale che Boomerang!!!, sta dedicando alle migliori uscite discografiche degli anni '00, ovvero il decennio 2001-2010...


...ecco i link per il download della puntata...

PUNTATA3_2001-2010_PARTE1

PUNTATA3_2001-2010_PARTE2


...ecco la scaletta...

1. CURRENT 93 - Idumæa" (Vocals: Marc Almond), da Black Ships Ate the Sky, durtro 2006

2. ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS - You are my Sister, da I am a Bird Now, secretely canadian 2005









3. CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE- Bobby Malone Moves Home, da Etiquette, tomlab 2006




4. GIL SCOTT-HERON- I'll Take Care of You, da I'm New Here, xl 2010









5. THE BLACK ANGELS- Telephone, da Phosphene Dream, blue horizon 2010
6. SUFJAN STEVENS- Come On! Feel the Illinoise!" (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition – Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream), da Illinois, asthmatic kitty 2005






7. FRANZ FERDINAND- 40, da Franz Ferdinand, domino 2004











...il regalo di questa settimana è il video di I'm New Year, title track del meraviglioso disco del compianto Gil Scott-Heron...

bye bye

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Il meglio del decennio 2001-2010: i dischi - puntata II

Domenica 16 ottobre 2011, su Radio Città del Capo, è andata in onda  la seconda puntata dell'ottava stagione di Boomerang!!!, dedicata alle migliori uscite discografiche degli anni '00, ovvero il decennio 2001-2010...


...ecco i link per il download della puntata...

PUNTATA2_2001-2010_PARTE1

PUNTATA2_2001-2010_PARTE2

...ed ecco la scaletta...

1. VIC CHESNUTT - Flirted With You All My Life, da At the Cut, constellation 2009


2. DESTROYER - Looters' Follies, da Destroyer's Rubies, merge 2006
3. JENNIFER GENTLE- Take my Hand, da The Midnight Room, sub pop 2007








4. BETH GIBBONS & RUSTIN MAN- Show, da Out of Season, go beat 2002









5. MICAH P HINSON- Close your Eyes, da Micah P Hinson and The Gospel of Progress, sketchbook 2004









6. RADIOHEAD- 15 Step, da In Rainbows, xl 2007











...il video in regalo è un'esibizione del 2006 di Micah P Hinson per la televisione spagnola...la canzone, contenuta nella versione "in studio" in  Micah P Hinson and The Gospel of Progress, è Stand in my Way...buona visione!! 

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Guns N' Roses Drummer










Brian "Brain" Mantia...
Drummer Brian “Brain" Mantia has played with some of rock's more cult/fringe artists (Praxis, Primus, Tom Waits, Buckethead, Godflesh), as well as more mainstream/renown ones (Guns N' Roses). Raised in the South Bay city of Cupertino, CA, Mantia became interested in such ‘groove heavy' artists as James Brown, Led Zeppelin, and Jimi Hendrix early on, but it wasn't until he was 16 years old that Mantia began playing drums. Shortly thereafter, Mantia acquired the nickname “Brain" while playing in a high school concert band, due to his obsession with the complex Anthony Cirone book, "Portraits in Rhythm." Mantia continued to perfect his drumming skills, by studying at such music schools as the Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood. The mid ‘80s saw Mantia join the Bay Area funk-rock band, the Limbomaniacs, who broke up later in the decade, but reformed to issue a lone full-length in 1990, Stinky Grooves.

From there, Mantia played with a variety of other outfits, including M.I.R.V. (Cosmodrome, Feeding Time on Monkey Island), MCM and the Monster (Collective Emotional Problems), and Tom Waits (Bone Machine), before co-forming the funk/experimental supergroup, Praxis. Included in the group were Parliament-Funkadelic veterans Bootsy Collins (bass) and Bernie Worrell (keyboards), as well as masked guitarist Buckethead and producer Bill Laswell -- resulting in countless releases throughout the ‘90s (including such standouts as Transmutation (Mutatis Mutandis, Transmutation Live, and Warzsawa, among countless others). Mantia continued to work with Buckethead even outside of Praxis -- playing on such solo Buckethead albums as Giant Robot and Monsters and Robots.

The late ‘90s saw Mantia appear on releases by Godflesh (Songs of Love and Hate, Love and Hate in Dub), and longtime friends, Primus (whom Mantia was briefly a member of in 1989, before a broken foot led to his exit). His second go-around with Primus proved more fruitful, as Mantia toured extensively with the trio and played on such albums as The Brown Album, Rhinoplasty, and Anti-Pop. Already boasting quite an impressive musical resume, it was about to get even greater, as Axl Rose invited Mantia to join his overhauled version of Guns N' Roses (at the insistence of Buckethead, who was brought onboard as Slash's replacement). Mantia appeared with the group throughout sporadic live dates in 2001 (the Rock in Rio II Festival) and 2002 (the MTV Video Music Awards), while continuing to lay down tracks for the oft-delayed new Guns N' Roses studio release, Chinese Democracy.

His trip-hop/dub project Fullcone has had songs released on Axiom’s Valis-Destruction Of The Beat, Volumes I and II and Tetragramatron-Submerge compilations. Brain has recorded on several of Buckethead’s own albums including 1999’s Monsters and Robots and 1998’s Colma on Cyber Octave/Virgin Records. The two collaborated for Pieces - I Need Five Minutes Alone, for John Zorn’s label Avant. Brain played on DJ Disk’s solo album Ancient Termites (Bomb Records). A live album and video was recently recorded called Phonosycograph with Disk, Buckethead, Xtrakd, with a guest appearance by Les Claypool, and released on Japan’s BMP/Seven Records.

Worldwide recognition has now cemented Brains popularity as one of the premiere drummers in contemporary music. He has released an Instructional drum video/DVD for Warner Bros. (Shredding Repis on the Gnar-Gnar Rad) and was a regular columnist for Drum! Magazine. He recorded and produced his own Beat DVD-R Brain: One Stroke Done (Big Fish Audio), consisting of 8 GIGs of 24 bit multitrack Pro Tools drum sessions

Not contented as being a mere “drummer” who Brain says, “are burdened with the issue of language”, Brain has dedicated himself to expanding his musical vocabulary by unconventional means. His current studies now consist of advanced music theory and piano technique, the behavior patterns of African honeybees and the economic science of “subdivisions”.

Brain is endorsed by DW drums, Pacific Drums, Zildjian cymbals and sticks, LP percussion, REMO heads, Joe Montineri snare drums, DC Shoe and Clothing Co., Apple Computer, Akai, IK Multimedia, Antares, Cycling 74 (MAX) and Red Bull energy drink.




















































List of Guns N' Roses band members

Axl Rose
Active: March 1985–present
Regular instruments: lead vocals, piano
Occasional instruments: keyboards, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, choir, synthesizers, whistle, whistling, kazoo, percussion, tambourine, sound effects, drum machine, backing vocals
Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases

Dizzy Reed
Active: February 1990–present
Regular instruments: keyboards, piano, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: synthesizers, percussion, organ, clavinet, tambourine
Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Use Your Illusion I (1991)

Tommy Stinson
Active: March 1998–present
Regular instruments: bass, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: lead vocals
Release contributions: "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Chris Pitman
Active: May 1998–present
Regular instruments: keyboards, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: sub-bass, bass, synthesizers, programming, twelve-string guitar, mellotron, samples
Release contributions: "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Richard Fortus
Active: July 2002–present
Instruments: rhythm guitar
Occasional instruments: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal
Active: May 2006–present
Instruments: lead guitar
Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Frank Ferrer
Active: October 2006–present
Instruments: drums
Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008) – "Chinese Democracy", "Better", "If the World", "There Was a Time" and "I.R.S." only

DJ Ashba
Active: February 2009–present
Instruments: lead guitar
Occasional instruments: backing vocals
Release contributions: none

Former members


Ole Beich
Active: March–May 1985
Instruments: bass
Release contributions: none

Rob Gardner
Active: March–May 1985
Instruments: drums
Release contributions: none

Tracii Guns
Active: March–May 1985
Instruments: lead guitar
Release contributions: none

Slash
Active: May 1985–August 1996
Regular instruments: lead guitar
Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar, six-string bass, talkbox, banjo, dobro, co-lead vocals, backing vocals
Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Appetite for Destruction (1987) to "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994)

Steven Adler
Active: May 1985–July 1990
Regular instruments: drums
Occasional instruments: backing vocals
Release contributions: Appetite for Destruction (1987), G N' R Lies (1988), Use Your Illusion II (1991) – "Civil War" only

Izzy Stradlin
Active: March 1985–November 1991
Regular instruments: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: lead guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion, lead vocals, sitar
Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Appetite for Destruction (1987) to Use Your Illusion II (1991)

Duff McKagan
Active: May 1985–August 1997
Regular instruments: bass, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: acoustic guitar, lead vocals, percussion, drum, drums, tambourine
Release contributions: all Guns N' Roses releases from Appetite for Destruction (1987) to "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994)

Matt Sorum
Active: July 1990–June 1997
Instruments: drums, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: percussion, choir
Release contributions: Use Your Illusion I (1991) to "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994)

Gilby Clarke
Active: November 1991–June 1994
Instruments: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Release contributions: "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993)

Josh Freese
Active: March 1998–August 1999
Regular instruments: drums
Release contributions: "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Paul Tobias
Active: October 1994–July 2002
Regular instruments: rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Occasional instruments: acoustic guitar, piano
Release contributions: "Sympathy for the Devil" (1994), "Oh My God" (1999), Chinese Democracy (2008)

Buckethead
Active: March 2000–March 2004
Regular instruments: lead guitar
Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar
Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Robin Finck
Active: May 1997–August 1999, October 2000–April 2008
Regular instruments: lead guitar
Occasional instruments: rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Bryan Mantia
Active: October 2000–October 2006
Instruments: drums
Release contributions: Chinese Democracy (2008)

Monday, October 10, 2011

Ricomincia Boomerang!!! - 2001-2010: i dischi

Domenica 9 ottobre 2011, su Radio Città del Capo, è andata in onda  la prima puntata dell'ottava stagione di Boomerang!!!, puntata che apre un ciclo dedicato alle migliori uscite discografiche degli anni '00, ovvero il decennio 2001-2010...


...ecco i link per il download della puntata...

PUNTATA1_2001-2010_PARTE1

PUNTATA2_2001-2010_PARTE2


...ecco la scaletta...

1. GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR - Lift Yr. Skinny Fists, Like Antennas to Heaven, da Levez Vos Skinny Fists Comme Antennas to Heaven, constellation 2000
2. CAT POWER - Love & Communication, da The Greatest, matador 2006
3. THE DECEMBERISTS - From My Own True Love (Lost at Sea), da Picaresque, kill rok stars 2005




4. THE NATIONAL - Karen, da Alligator, beggars banquet 2005



5. LOW - Monkey, da The Great Destroyer, sub pop 2005





6. BON IVER - Lump Sum, da For Emma, Forever Ago, jagjaguwar 2008 



...il video-chicca a tema della settimana è una versione live di The Greatest di Cat Power, registrata ad Austin, Texas, nel dicembre 2006...buona visione!!
 

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Top 10 World Best drummer




1) Yoshiki Hayashi 'Best drummer ever'
Attent his concert and see his drums solo is in my "100 things to do before you die"
So glad that I got a chance to accomplished it on Jan. I can die with no regret now!



2) Craig MacIntyreCraig
fantastic drummer and fun to watch. Drummers have always fascinated me. Talk about multi-tasking... amazing! Before joining Josh Groban’s band, Craig performed with Jackopierce, Toni Lynn Washington, Jess Klein, Johnny A, and the Swinging Steaks, among others. Thanks for sharing your drumkit with you know who Craig. ;



3) Neil Peartneil
should be number 1! and why isn’t mark portnoy on this list?



4) Lars Ulrich - Metallica
seeing travis barker ahead of lars made me sick to my stomach please vote for this man he is a awesome drummer



5) Tico Torres - Bon Jovi
bon jovi is one of the best bands.



6)Joey Jordison - Slipknot
my favorite and in my opinion #2, Peart is just to great, and Travis Barker isn’t good at drumming, he is good at keeping rythm and creating beats. He is a slow drummerTico has done great work



7)John Bonham - Led Zeppelin
Hes great, no Neil Peart or Keith Moon, but um all drummers play with their hands...



8)Buddy Rich
The swingmaster should not be forgotten. He was definitely instrumental in pushing early jazz to its’ popularity.



9)James "The Reverend" Sullivan - Avenged Sevenfold
“the rev is simply a beast just listen to blinded in chains or listen to critical acclaim, he’s the one singing in the chorus try to tell me what other drummer can play the drums insainly and play the double bass insainly and sing amazingly all at the same time"



10)Travis Barker - Blink 182
Blink 182 is the best band ever and travis is the reason I play drums