What has been happening is out of my hands and has been up to the sky. The new moon has been really hard on me. I downloaded a bunch of good vibes over at crystalvibrations.blogspot.com I strongly recommend Iasos - Angelic Music, for any heavy headed mind. Final Details on that show are...

Glenn Jones

http://www.myspace.com/glennjonesguitar
Justin Pigott
http://www.myspace.com/justin pigott

Crystalline Roses
JANUARY 31st
311 NORTH STREET
PITTSFIELD, MA
8 BUCKS.

So please come out if you can. Justin is talking of a 3 way Split CD release between myself, him, and a friend of his Peter who was in the band Gorilla Angreb. So I have been thinking about that, as well as preparing for the next studio session to crank out some more tracks for Chemosynthesis, and first and foremost the show. Hope some folks will drive out, I know pittsfield seems far away, but its really not.

Another Lost Soldier.

Rip. Ron Asheton. For those who did not know who this guy is/was, he was the guitarist for the Stooges. And if you dont like the Stooges, I guess I can say I feel bad for you....

FROM ROLLING STONE.
Ron Asheton, guitarist and founding member of the Stooges, was reportedly found dead at his home in Ann Arbor, Michigan this morning. He was 60. Official cause of death has not yet been announced but initial indications suggest Asheton had a heart attack. Police entered Asheton’s home and discovered his body on a couch after his personal assistant was unable to reach the rocker for days. Detective Bill Stanford told Michigan Live it appeared Asheton passed away several days ago.

As the guitarist for the Stooges, Asheton crafted some of rock’s most memorable riffs, including “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “No Fun” and “TV Eye.” Guitarist Asheton, along with his brother Scott, Iggy Pop and original bassist Dave Alexander formed the Stooges in Detroit in 1967. The original lineup released two albums, The Stooges and Fun House, before Ron Asheton shifted over to bass guitar for 1973’s Raw Power. All three LPs made Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, ranking at Number 185, 191 and 125 respectively. Asheton was also Number 29 on Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

After the Stooges initially split, Asheton went on to play with the New Order (not the U.K. one), Destroy All Monsters, New Race and the Wylde Ratttz, a supergroup featuring Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis and Mike Watt, who would eventually become Asheton’s bandmate when the Stooges reunited in 2003. For the band’s comeback album, 2007’s The Weirdness, Asheton was once again in his rightful place onstage as the Stooges’ guitarist as Watt picked up bass duties. Last year the Stooges played as Madonna was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; this year, the band was nominated for their own induction. Check back later in the day for more on Asheton’s death and his immeasurable impact on rock music.

heres a link to an active download of funhouse.
http://rapidshare.com/files/18628212/Fun_House.zip.html

Using Again.

Lost, Lost...

nothing is at it seems, everything wears a mask, at least a veil.

upon re-listening to some of the recordings, vocals are gone, lyrics need to be rewritten.

I have been trashing a lot of stuff lately.

There is a show in the Works At the Microtheater in Pittsfield, MA, I am hoping to have Chemosynthesis ready, but it is looking doubtful. I may do another tape release of some kind for it.
Glenn Jones http://www.myspace.com/glennjonesguitar
Justin Pigott http://www.myspace.com/justinpigott
Crystalline Roses

more info as it comes.

Feeding Tube Records may be releasing an unreleased LP of mine (recorded Spring/Summer 08), but I am working on re-mixing/adding/subtracting to it.

"the plastic arts are dead"
so am i.

Secrets Revealed...

So the old Secret Museum of the Air show that was on WMFU, has almost all its episodes archived and available for listening pleasure. I believe you can even download a couple. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

Citizen Kafka and curator Pat Conte scour the world of international 78 rpm recordings to bring you the Secret Museum of Mankind. This program is no longer being produced but we're happy to re-run it as a podcast.

http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/SM

NEW TRACK.

So I guess being snowed in can have its benefits, because I created a mediafire account and uploaded 1 track from the stuff I have been recording. It is as of yet Untitled, and the SQ will be a little low, so apologies.

thanks for listening.

copy and paste link, sorry I couldnt get it to work
http://www.mediafire.com/?nyfn2znhzih

Snowed Inside

Show the other night was great on all fronts, both people present and people performing. It brought forth the release of an edition of 10 hand painted/ink drawing covered tapes with demo versions of songs for the Chemosynthesis record. While I have been trapped I have been recording for the aforementioned release, so far I have about 6 songs done, that all could use a decent mixing. Today I will record at least one more, and rerecord this song of which I didn't really like the way it came out. Maybe I can even find out how to put some music up on this thing.

As I am typing this, the snow is back at it, in heavy doses, at least it is not the ice that plagued us a week back.

recommended LPs for those snowed in...
Ancestors - I
Clive Palmer - Just Me (CD)
Incredible String Band - Balmore Hoard Recordings (CD)
CSNY - Deja Vu
Burzum - Filosofem
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Maestros Choice (CD)
Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets

Washington Phillips - What Are they Doing in Heaven Today?

Country Joe and the Fish - Feel like I'm Fixin to Die
Walknut - Graveforests and their Shadows (CD)
Octopus Syng - Birds of the Morning are Never Late

Show/Aleister Crowley

Thursday December 18th, 2008
Mystery Train Records
Amherst, MA
6 PM
Lil Dusty
Byron Coley
Sunburned hand of the man
Crystalline Roses

This is my first show since the show in Pittsfield that was on or around November 7th, looks like a good time...

Have been diving into the collected works of Aleister Crowley, and i leave you with this...

Since here is nothing for the soul to love
Or cling beyond self. My chamberlain
Once showed me a pet slave, dwarf, savage, black,
A vile, lewd creature, who would cast a staff
Far wheeling through the air:-'twould suddenly
Break its swift course, and curving rapidly
Come hard upon himself who threw. Even so
These vile deformities-our souls-cast forth
Missiles of thought, and seek to reach some end
With swift imagining-and end of self.
What sage called God the image of man's self
He sees cast dimly on a bank of cloud,
Thrice his own size? And I whose life has been

The Alchemist, p.32 Collected Works vol. I