Nowhere To Run, Slow Burn Is Coming To Town

Slow Burn, a brand new super group conjured from the ashes of of philly favorites Camel Toe Riders and Virgina Death Metal troupe Darkhorse will play their premier gig at the famed Troc on Friday March 27. So much for epic first sentences. Rocker Dave and cohort Drew have been tooling the scene for a bassist than can match their fury on stage and have found the perfect fit in one who simply refers to himself as Duane. Triple D Assault! Togehter, the trio grinds the axes and burns all bridges, musical and otherwise - get ready to be blown away. They are so underground, I was hard pressed to come by some images, but what else does one need than the aural assault delivered via MySpace.

http://www.myspace.com/burnjunkie

Yes, yours truly will be there to document this historic event. Hold on to your car stereos and fanny packs.

Henceforth...

K3PO aka Slumberling, aka Kummshot, aka Dawdlering, aka Zteve shall be referred to as simply:

Urkel.

Help! I've fallen and I can't get up.

{Images coming soon}

The Absolute, Definitive, Way Better Than The One You Bought When The Movie Came Out Ray Charles Compilation To End All Other Attempts. Forever.

RAY CHARLES IS THE SOUL VERSION OF TUPAC SHAKUR (go figure that one out, it's like a sequel to the prequel. WTF.) He just keeps on cranking out records. Well, not in the sense that they are new, or something you never heard of before, but this time, maybe, you'll be able to catch that one note where his voice cracks or a cockroach is doing a tap dance on his piano strings, cus THEY REMASTERED IT AGAIN. Someone take away these people's Consoles. I mean, it's even in the name:

Ray Charles Genius: The Ultimate Collection

See? They ran out of witty things to say. So did I, apparently, because hey, it's Ray Charles. He's good. I mean, he was real good. As the title of (yet another) album states: Genius. Do you think he'd be pissed if he was still around? Probably not, maybe he doesn't care - his families better be getting all of this money that I am undoubtedly generating by posting about this. You can send me the Thank You note later, Charles Family.

BUY BUY BUY AND SUPPORT!!

Scofield "Singing" A Bluesy Gospel?! My Word, Sign Me Up

John Scofield, the jazz guitarist and otherwise musical chameleon is back with his his 36th album and it's bluesy. "Motherless Child" get's the (newer, bluesier) signature Scofield makeover, along with more classics like "Walk With Me" and "Angel Of Death". Essentially I really like the album - say if I were sitting at a bar sipping a bourbon right about now, which I'm not - and that's a shame, but like always, it's Scofield, and one kind of needs to dig his style. At least It'll take Missy Elliot and company another couple of years before they start sampling this because I don't think they have seen the "light", as it were.

For your listening pleasure, I have wrangled one of the songs in the ELECTRONIC FORM.

For you Scofieldheads, which I know there are out there, make sure to buy the record. The gods will shine a light down on you.

Thank you and Good Night.

Speaking of Quality Sound...

This year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will premiere on April 4 at 8PM ET/PT only on FUSE (exclusively, naturally) and if you fancy yourself even marginally interested in music you should TOTALLY watch this. I mean, better than brain rotting MTV, am I right? RIGHT? Who can stand watching that junk anymore. It’s so old I was hesitant to bring it up, but here I am. Instead, watch FUSE! Remember that time it was Canadian? I like Canada. Everyone’s always saying they’re gonna move there, but me? I’m gonna actually do it. But this isn't about Canada, I got so sidetracked for a moment there. THIS IS ABOUT ROCK AND ROLL!! I mean, can you argue with this? Brings some tears to my eyes. Almost. Check it for yourself. It's a free country, after all. All I can say is that you are a little bit more bad ass if you watch the video.



LONG LIVE ROCK AND ROLL ...or whatever's left of it. word.

Enjoy Gr8 Flicks in Gr8 Quality

They call it 4D and they plan to take audio and video by storm. What good are all these *terrific* new records and movies if you can't hear them? AstoundStereo to the rescue.

From the press release:
"The AstoundStereo Expander enables you to hear all your digital audio in a new way. You become completely immersed in the sound with elevation, intensive depth perception and widening of the stereo image, creating a four dimensional audio experience."

My oh my, that sounds fan-cy. I count 4 Ds.
They say, put it to the test. You can download a free version by clicking the logo.

For the music heads, check out www.AstoundStereo.com/freetrack and get some FREE TRACKS. We love free, here at the Marvelous Observations. Basically we don't do anything that is not free. You could call us FREEdomfinders.
Let's see if this manages to come through or just turn into some beta max thing. I'm waiting in ASTONISHMENT. zing.

After The Eye Candy, Some Reality

After a brief hiatus I am at it again. And boy have I missed this. Next on the list is this str8 to DVD release that probably should have gotten a theatrical release seeing as how it's packed with an all star cast featuring Tommy Lee Jones, best two face ever and John Goodman, best Walter ever, doing a book by James Lee Burke. There's others too, like Ned Beatty, but he's not on the cover, so who cares.

The movie is a thriller and has received mixed reviews. Quite frankly, I'll watch anything with Tommy Lee Jones though, so it's on my list. Catch a sneak peak:

Buy It here:
http://www.amazon.com/Electric-Mist-Ned-Beatty/dp/B001NFNFIK