Skip Spence "Diana"
SAXX LAWS (NIGHT FLIGHT TO OJAI) VIDEO
This was a bonus video we made during the shoot for the Sexx Laws video. Bass player Justin (JMJ) volunteered to dress up as a Kenny G style Smooth Jazz soprano sax player and serenade the destruction wrought by the day glo football team. (Coincidentally, Kenny G sat behind me on a flight to Seattle (regrettably not Ojai) a few months after this shoot). It was shot in a few takes before the lunch break and assembled later during the editing for the actual clip, essentially for our own amusement. The track came about when the idea arose to get some one to do a Smooth Jazz arrangement of the song instead of a remix. The music was played by the band, except for the sax player, who was an actual jazz session player. The track beautifully evokes the abandon of smooth. Its a little long, but if you stay with it, it will reward you with a smooth outlook for the rest of the day.
JTV: 9: Instant Wife, Inc.
Midnite Vultures 10th Anniversary T-Shirt
For fans of Midnite Vultures, we've made a special 10th anniversary shirt. The image of the face is from the masked man on the cover, originally designed by Japanese artist Eye, lead singer of the band The Boredoms.
Harry Partch Documentary
A clip from a '68 documentary of the namesake of Beck's new song, where he explains
his home made instruments.
Skip Spence "Cripple Creek"
Jamie takes the lead and Gadson gets behind the kit, while Beck and Brian back them up on this bare bones take on Skip Spence's Cripple Creek.
HARRY PARTCH SONG
A thruway from the external to the internal, in tribute to California bred composer Harry Partch's concept of 'Corporeality'--- the integration of the body with all art forms. The song uses a 43 tone scale in reference to Partch's innovations with alternate tonalities. A peregrination across disparate territory to ascertain an unassumed frame of reference.
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Harry Partch
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