MOVIE! 'Phish 3D' by Phish

My friend Valfrid whose music favorites are not essentially the same as me got a copy of 'PHISH 3D'movie from a friend on his internet. Now generally speaking I am not too hot on bands that play the sort of clean drug mish mash that a band like this might embrace, but Valfrid knows and reads AWESOME SUPER WOW and so seeing as it is not only a movie but a movie about a band, it makes sense from a viewpoint of efficient writing to watch this with him.

I arrived at Valfrid's and several of his fellow non-music music loving friends were also there. He had made a pizza consisting of isterband with particular mushrooms and his girlfriend Lotta had baked kladdkaka brownie with dark chocolate she had received in Switzerland from her aunt. Now, although I was not hungry as I'd stopped for smörgåsbord with a friend from tennis camp, the pizza and brownies were both smelling very appealing.

Valfrid had even rented a larger television to watch the movie, and the eager fans of Phish gathered around the pizza and the brownies and the television and we pressed play.

Well, first of all, it was obvious within a few minutes that the DVD copy Valfrid had recieved from his mailing list of Phish fans had something wrong. The stage and players in this band were all weirdly blurry. Soon it became apparent we needed a special sort of eye wear to enjoy it's third dimensional promises. We had a good laugh and ate a few slices. I was not aware at this juncture of the mental changes the mushroom Valfrid and Lotta had put on the pizza. It was not like my mother's svampsoppa as I'd never had her soup and felt my hands turning into gum bands! On top of this the Phish band was looking weird and they sounded like cats stuck on windmill blades. Suddenly I did not feel so well.

At the time the best course of agenda seemed to cleanse my palette with a piece of Lotta's kladdkaka. The chocolate was excellent and I ate it to the crumb. Unfortunately once again I was not told these baked goods contained drugs as well.

At this point, Phish in 3D was the least of my problems. I had managed to hold unto the rug for what seemed like a day as I feared falling off the earth. Someone handed me some water in a plastic cup but all I could appetite was the plastic on my mouth. I believe I did hear Phish play 'Happy' by The Rolling Stones but I was far from it. I awoke in the morning with my hand in my pants and large bag of Svenska Lantchips strewn around my head. The others had passed out in similar way, with Valfrid and Lotta passing out with each other's tongues touching.

MUSIC! 'Them Crooked Vultures' by Them Crooked Vultures

Sometimes, the added up is greater than just the things by themselves. Is that the case with Them Crooked Vultures? It is a great cocktail! Mix one part Led Zeppelin in the amazing John Paul Jones, add two parts Dave Grohl as the former member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighter on drums, add a splash or two of Josh Homme the guitarist and vocalist of The King of Queens and what happens is sometimes amazing, and never ever uninteresting. Many on the websites have complained that more should be assumed with the resumes of these three fellows but rest assured this is not a recording for the short attention span.

First off is 'No One Loves Me...' with a groovy slimy ZZ Top like feeling. Their are cowbell type sounds to augment reminicient of 'Goin' Crazy' by David Lee Roth (I'm dating myself agewise with that!). There's a lot of depth to this record, but track one lays out the map of the rest of the songs: strong foundations of deep bass and head bobbing drum thumps, topped with sexual guitar and Josh Homme's boyschool tenor vocal. 'New Fang' is a pure Zeppelin homage replete with 'Rock N Roll' type drums slowed down to a more love making tempo. Look no further for pure Zeppelin echos than 'Elephants', sounding like an outtake from 'Houses Of The Holy'.

'Bandoliers' and 'Reptiles' are more stomp affairs, recalling Homme's other bread-winner, while 'Caligulove' is a hand clapping sort with wonderful carnival organ flourishs and deeply panned guitar stabs. 'Spinning in Daffodills' has the obligatory LSD like harmonies and arrangement. 'In A Gadda Da Vultures!' Overall, this album did not smack me initially but as the plays continue I find myself coming back and enjoying it even better. If they make it to Sweden soon I'm hoping to secure a seat!

MUSIC! 'II' by Snailface

WOWIE ZOWIE Yowie! This is the band I like. A friend in the U.S.A. tipped me towards the link to obtain this recording at no cost. Apparently, this is a band that once a year makes a recording for a month. This is no throw away! First off, the music is a theme of the YETI! Some people of my readership may recall the Swedish Yeti legend involving Leif Pettersson's movie which I remember reading of which in school. However, Snailface this band is approaching the legendary Yeti with an amazing musical tribute! Awesome!

Track one is 'Yowie Wants a Piece', and it's so many good things at once I may explode. The singer's voice is reminiscent of the great 70's bands like BTO or maybe a baritone Grand Funk. The music is distinctively amazing. The guitars are like progressively Eagles or a more bluesy and slower Iron Maiden. Drumming is out of the country! Wow. Song one is so amazing that the rest of the album could have been a lot of Yeti howls and I'd still think this is a classic.

Track two is 'The Almasty (Kelermes Mirror)' the riff starts like a Queens of the Stoneate and then the vocals are like Kyuss. Sometimes it's very Josh Homme (a good thing!) They swirl around in the mix with nice Billy Gibbons flourishes accompanying. There a few tracks of a sinister sounding person reading things about the Yeti and their flock of Zemu and great treasures.

Musically it's got some Black Sabbath, maybe some Jane's Addiction even in some times, all in all though it becomes its own accompanyment and is not deriving from any one thing. 'Momo, the Missouri Monster' is very classic American rock with hints of Thin Lizzy and maybe some Whitesnake (NOT the Steve Vai recording of Whitesnake: that is not very good!) but there's a lot of grooving. Like its subject matter, 'Snailface II' is mysterious, out of time, yet completely large and animalistic. The close is VERY ZZ Top, never a bad thing in this person's estimate, with more nods to Phil Lynott, the greatest African American Irish bass player of all time.

There are many recordings for far more people and money that are nowhere close to this amazing. I have been listening to this non-stop all day and would suggest you do the same thing. It is rare I put links to the musical groups I cover but go download this right now!!! Here cause you ain't heard nothing Yeti!!!!

MUSIC! 'Transference' by Spoon

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