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I'm up at Central now. Lot's of boredom. I've been listening to more rap this week than I have during the course of my entire life. That's ok, though. The Prurient gig is a week from today, and I'll be bringing my recording equipment up with me when I come back. So hopefully I can get some work done on my album, or at least some Patents stuff, nevermind schoolwork.

My Father's Many Patents, Volume 1

Alright then, here is the first installment in the ongoing "My Father's Many Patents" series. Two tracks... the first is basically just me experimenting with Audacity and my computer's ridiculously shitty built-in mic. The low rumbling drone that fades in and out is pan flute, so look out for that. The second track is an organ improvisation. Here's to new equipment!

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considering abandoning this blog in favor of a more generalized livonia blog... the record label is on hold... potential title for toad album "heroes and villains"... reading 'watchmen' and 'elegant universe'... car battery dead... one week left...

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Nihilism: moral laziness, or spiritual challenge?

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Summer is nearing an end, and its last "hoorah" is due to make an appearance this weekend, as my parents are leaving town. Obviously, some Disco activity is bound to occur. Perhaps it will be the first installment in my new series of recordings entitled My Father's Many Patents. I came up with the concept today while ripping Tim Buckley's Lorca from vinyl. On the wall downstairs are 21 of my father's patents, and each one has a name that's hard to get out of your mouth in a single breath. The project will be released in however many volumes I find necessary to get the point across. It will most likely feature albums, eps, and perhaps even a single or to. The point is to explore the more varied possibilities I might otherwise ignore in sound and music.

In addition, to Patents I have also been working on a new full-length that is meant to be a more in-depth exploitation of the Hot Pink Happiness sound. This record will surely be the greatest thing I have done once it is completed. I have no doubt about that.

Hosts still have a bunch of material waiting to find its way onto a full-length at some point, as well as a new concept inspired somewhat by the Western Disco session, which would have The Toad Disco and The Western Click! releasing albums of the same length simultaneously, as well as a Hosts album of both projects played together at once. John and I each have one instrument we are focusing on for the piece.

And finally, Half-Pair of Trios got together the other day and recorded some new improvised material in John's basement. As of this moment, we aren't 100% sure of what will be done with it, but I will definitely let you know as soon as that news breaks.

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Western Disco
violin (John) and piano (Alex)

So You Think You Can Dance?
feedback (Alex) and hip electronic rhythms (John)