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Holy moly it's been a long time!!! Time flies when you're changing your mind. Let's see if I can fill in some blanks here.
The collaboration with Highdropod has taken on a name, BiPolar Unit, and is heading towards a double cd. It seems that each new piece is weirder and cooler than the one before it. At present there is an outtake (same music is in use somewhere else in the galaxy of Highdropodness) on the Music page. The vast majority of music making has gone into this production since last year.
Alan Evil has five pieces hanging in a gallery on Main St. in Louisville called the Cinderblock. They will be up through the end of the month. Prints of the four photographs will be available for purchase here on the site once the show comes down. The painting (one of a series of six) will also be for sale here on the site if it doesn't sell from the gallery. We are attempting to open an online "store" but if that can't be configured successfully in the very near future we'll make a page with a "buy" button next to each picture.
The art car page is in dire need of an update. There is a new phase coming soon and we're kind of holding the update for that but to say the least the car has seen some nice additions. There are new bits of technology and buttons on the dash, more stripes, lights under the wheel wells, the rear seat has been replaced with a bed for Bubbha the wonder dog, a throbbing interior light attached to the subwoofer lights the cab, it has a new, flourescent rear deck, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something. We promise to update things soon and notify you here.
Oh, and check out Alan Evil's guitar while you're here. It rocks. It explodes with metal fury. It glows under a black light.
5-24-2005
In the last few weeks much has gone on with the Highdropod collaboration. Highdropod has contributed at least three new cuts and Alan Evil has begun pooping all over them (damn that insult dog!). For now there are no cuts from the collaboration on the Music page. This will probably change soon so keep your eyes peeled.
It is also possible that the long delayed album Alan Evil Sings may benefit from the Highdropod collaboration as Alan Evil recently squeezed out what sounds a little like an accursed hybrid of John Cougar, The Kingston Trio, and the Happy Mondays. This song may end up on the Highdropod collaboration but if not Alan Evil Sings is one more step towards completion.
A section has been added to this site for the Psychcreform.com Technocar artcar project. Donations are accepted with profound thanks up to but not necessarily including grovelling in gratitude in a leech infested swamp at your feet. This requires we be in a leech infested swamp at the time or perhaps it could be arranged for a later date. We're easier than a 16 year old blonde with a fake i.d. in a bar in the French Quarter.
One of the kids from the housing projects behind the IFPR studios was so inspired by the Technocar that he spray painted his scooter. I can't wait to see it.
9-11-04
So we are now located only here on this server. It's wonderful and scary at the same time. Expect a lot more free music.
The Highdropod collaboration is lulling just a little but that's ok. It seems to come in spurts (no pun intended) with slow periods between. Keep an eye on the Music page. A recent mix of the elements from HPod's "Punk Thing" from Alan Evil is up on the Music page.
We've also brought back this summer's early environmental recordings at a whopping 192kbps mp3 format. Again, look to the Music page.
Today I saw an old black man walking down the street. He was kind of short, a little bow legged, and his hair was gray. He was wearing all white. As he went down the street he was vigorously kicking something. I was approaching slowly at an angle from about a block away, seeing the old man across empty lots and the wide street. At first I thought he was kicking a can with gusto. But as I crossed the street so I could see him directly ahead down the sidewalk, I realized he was kicking pieces of trash out into the street. He was kicking the shit out of each piece and if they only went to the curb he went after them and kicked them out into the lane of traffic on that side of the street. As I approached the IFPR Studios I noted a yellow fast food container, a smashed plastic bottle, and various paper and plastic shards from packaging and the like. Typical trash for this trashy neighborhood. I'm pretty sure he was cursing to himself as he did it but that's a pretty busy street and he was walking fast. As my dog is very old and very slow the old man booked it away from me, talking loudly and kicking garbage out onto the street. I can easily see myself doing the same thing. Protest can come in the most unexpected forms.
July 29, 2004
So the Homestead site is about to vanish forever. Since 1999 there has been and IFPR site on Homestead and I would still recommend them highly to anyone that would like a professional looking site but knows nothing about it. This real site is more difficult, believe me.
The Highdropod/IFPR project is rocking along and we're up to seven or eight compositions in the works. This is going to be a neat album when it's done. As always, check the Music page for the latest recordings.
Two days ago I saw the strangest accident a block down from my house. A jeep pulled out in front of a car and the car ended up jumping the curb into a parking lot and hitting a police car. A dump truck was blocking some of the view down the road but I could see past it pretty clearly from several blocks away so the jeep was, as with most drivers, in an incredible hurry and couldn't wait to make sure the way was clear. Amazing. If you drive like an impatient child do us all a favor and start using a bicycle.
July 11, 2004
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