Pete Drake and his incredible talking guitar

P. Drake. born 1932 in Nashville Tennessee.wiki

"You play the notes on the guitar and it goes through the amplifier. I have a driver system so that you disconnect the speakers and the sound goes through the driver into a plastic tube. You put the tube in the side of your mouth then form the words with your mouth as you play them. You don't actually say a word: The guitar is your vocal cords, and your mouth is the amplifier. It's amplified by a microphone."

apparently, P. Drake picked up where a fellow named Alvino Rey left off.
warning: following video is not to be viewed by those easily creeped the heck out.
But, I guess the last video was pretty creepy too.



Stevie Wonder bonus time:



cheers to JT for the good news.

Department of Eagles

Dan Rossen, as may have been here previously declared, is very special. His buddy Fred Nicolaus is pretty cool too. Rossen (grizzly bear) whispers delicately, his voice vascillating smoothly between the lugubrious twitters of a fresh ghost, and the agitated meanderings of a forgotten poet. Nicolaus just goes nuts with loops, samples, and myriad noises. this album will hold me over until Grizzly bear finally drops that new album of vein surgers.




department of eagles on myspace

In Ear Park on amazon

my favorite la blogoteque vid:
part 1:


part 2:

breathe owl breathe

super folk three piece from Michigan. Their liltings are capable of depositing me atop the mightiest redwood with all of my birds of prey buddies. except they're nice today, and just want to hang out.

breathe owl breathe on myspace.
buy Canadian shield from amazon.

can - future days (psychoscape)