We are four brothers, sharing the last name May, who are spread across the United States. We participate in a quarterly mix CD exchange and review, a blog, and a video podcast. We trash talk and laugh a lot.
So you guys should have received a non-suspicious package by now...or maybe not...I sent it with the cheapest postage possible. Even though I said that I was pretty much ready during our last Hangcast I sat on it and changed a few things and helped us keep our late schedule. Hope you enjoyed my freehand copy of the above image on the disc...let me just say that each of you got a unique rendition of the mouth/tongue (so hard to draw).
Above is the artwork Reid made for the cover of the first mix CD for our second season of the quarterly exchange. Below is the videocast we recorded, MMORPG 003 (click here for audio), where all four of us got together using Google Hangouts to review the songs. In this episode some improvements are noticeable in Pierce's audio and Reid's video. We are still learning how to get things right, so forgive us for our lack of structure, not using social media, not including the names of the songs and bands we are reviewing, constantly talking over each other, and possible copyright infringement. These issues will dissolve when we finally become rich and professional. And powerful...
At least two of us contributors are devout Thom Yorke-ists, and on the previous mix CD Joel included a Thom Yorke solo track called Atoms for Peace. It looks like he helped form a new band with Flea and some other slightly famous dudes using the track's title as the band name. I heard about it on the All Songs Considered podcast. The Radiohead legacy is nothing to be effed with, but I don't worship their toenails or anything. The discussion on the podcast is mainly about how they put their music together. It's some kind of electronic free-form collaboration, which definitely interests me currently. Listen to it here.
So I figured it would be good to make a top ten list of the songs we liked from the other's MBM contributions for the year 2012. Rules are; it has to be from a MBM in 2012 and you can't pick your own songs. Hopefully we had at least ten songs we all collectively appreciatiated.
Welcome the second installment of MMORPG to the stage! Joel's fall mix cd hit our mailboxes a few weeks ago, and we're finally reviewing it. It's another episode pushing an hour and a half. Don't be surprised if you hear us talk about idols and chick songs, as well as some our collective favorites. Find out what Pierce will keep this mix for, the dumb things Reid did when he had a girlfriend, and Neal elaborates on his passion for Radiohead.
Just in case we didn't mention the titles of all the tracks we reviewed, here they are:
The first official episode of our new podcast is up! MMORPG stands for May Music Online Review Podcast Gibs. We are communicating across the U.S. using Google's Hangouts On Air. In this episode we discuss our reasons for starting this show, as well as reviewing Pierce's summer mix CD. Thankfully, we endured the A.V. and bandwidth technical difficulties we were expecting to have. LISTEN HERE, or watch the show below.
This is the pilot episode for our new show, MMORPG (May Music Online Review Podcast Gibs). We are four brothers, sharing the last name May, who participate in a quarterly mix CD exchange and review, and a blog. We trash talk and laugh a lot. In this episode, we discuss how to go about making the show, coming up with a title, deal with technology, and show off Lego structures. We are trying out Google Hangouts to produce the video.
I've been listening to the Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross soundtrack for the American Girl With The Dragon Tattoo movie. I like it, except for track one, Immigrant Song, featuring Karen O.
I was excited about the idea, mainly because it is a killer song, Reznor is the king, and I enjoy some of Karen O's work with the Yeah Yeah Yeah's. Somehow, they managed to make it very boring and generic-pop-electro. I guess this track was intended for the big ending credit roll, and maybe as a single to sell to the kids. Luckily the rest of the soundtrack has all the great stuff you could expect from the mature Reznor, like synthesized drones and echoes with pretty and simple piano melodies, all with the classic underlying tension and creepiness.
As long as the good outweighs the bad, I'm happy.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Check this out! A full album 8-bit music conversion of Kid A.
Neal, for your birthday, I'd like to suggest we all take a moment to reflect upon one of the songs that resides in the foundation of all of our rock and roll music explorations. This video is almost as awesome as the song.
