My name is Liz. I need direction. I overuse commas. My house is a mess, my hair needs a trim, and I wish I had a dog: It's fun here, you'll see!
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I just put some ham, some mayo and some spinach on a plate for my boss' lunch. He complimented me: "You do a hell of a pile of meat, Lizzy." 17 hrs ago
Louis and the extremely talented Genevieve Artadi (sorry ladies, they’re dating) recently did a cover of Britney Spears’ “3.” They shot it as a video song, meaning that as each instrument is recorded for the final audio track, the player is visually recorded, so that the resulting music video is an accurate representation of what you are hearing. No lip-syncing, air-guitar, or trickery of any kind.
They really do a great job of punching up this song. In the words of the YouTube User SeanDuncanMusic: “dude louis cole is so legit on the drums.” I agree, Sean. He is so legit. Enjoy:
Yes, kids, it’s another Clown Core Musical Blow Out! This time, their song “Brendan Fraser,” featuring some crazy sax solos from Left Clown, Light Show by Beck Malewitz, and excellent fog machine work by David Malloy. Enjoy!
Another one from Clown Core! Please be advised that there’s some slightly stronger language in this little ditty. But it’s for a good cause: Clowns! Here is “Surreal Cereal.”
I’m sure you all remember the last ClownCore video. Well, a few months ago, Left Clown, Right Clown and I decided to revamp their videos. We’ve been working on post production now for the last several weeks. Then, a couple of days ago, they were featured on the “Around the Web” segment of G4TV’s Attack of the Show. It couldn’t have come at a better time; we finished the first of the new videos just last night. Here it is- with improved video and sound quality and an even greater dislike of health bars made for women- “I Ate a Luna Bar and my Dick Fell Off” version 2.0.
Louis, my excellent brother, has created a new masterpiece. It’s called You’ll Believe Me. Harmonically was heavily inspired by the Beach Boys and Chopin. Give it a listen- I know you’ll be blown away.
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I’m simultaneous guilty of both overwhelming pride and mind-altering jealousy. BRAVO, Louie!
As promised, today I will explain to you what’s happening here:
Technically, they are my brother Louie, and Vikram Devasthali. But on Monday night, they were known as the Volvo Mafia: “Bringing you music with Swedish style efficiently since time immemorial.”
The Volvo Mafia took the stage after Commando Strike Force and did three hip-hop tunes of their own composition, and one killer cover of Sonny Rollins’ Tenor Madness. I’m not posting all four songs, because I don’t want to drive you away. But I would like to show you two of them if that’s alright. It is? Okay, great.
The first is about Mario Kart:
The other is a Louis Cole classic and is entitled I Will Make You Mine (it features a surprise guest performance by Adam Bravo!):
And that concludes my coverage of something that happened like four days ago. Tomorrow: Adventures in mini-blinds!
**For some reason, audio uploads are being glitchy…I am working on fixing the problem
Now that the heat has subsided, I am able to share with you some audio and video from the show my brother put on Monday Night at 2nd Street Jazz in Little Tokyo. When he asked me to sing a couple tunes with him for the first set, I was really flattered. Aside from being an excellent drummer, and a musical innovator, Louie is a very talented composer. But if you didn’t know that already, you haven’t been spending nearly enough time reading this blog.
So, Commando Strike Force (the name my brother gave us seconds before he stepped up to the mic) did three tunes, all of which Louie had written. The first was entitled Big Green Suitcase, and featured a smaller ensemble consisting of Adam Bravo on piano, Louis on drums, and Hans Bernhard on bass. But before we did that, we needed to sound check. “Dude. Sing something,” my brother commanded. I gave him one of my signature blank stares. “Just do Mary Had a Little Lamb. Whatever,” he said. You can hear that went by clicking here:
Then the rest of Commando Strike Force got involved. It was Richard Sears on piano, Hans Berhard on bass, Louis on drums, Doug Mosher on clarinet, Sam Gendel on bass clarinet, Vikram Devasthali on trombone, Jon Hansen on tuba and Adam Bravo on harp.
Our second tune was Ghost Story, which has some seriously funny, slightly cryptic lyrics:
The last tune was something that Louie wrote just last week. It’s entitled Swing and, if you are a music dork like I am, you will probably love it. I have a video of it here. Disclaimer: The quality isn’t very good because it was on a tiny handheld camera in the very dim lighting that 2nd Street Jazz is known for. Also, the video is all weird and stretched out. But you can see my brother standing right behind me, smiling, which is the reason I’m posting the visuals here- I love when Louie is happy.
(Please click the “HQ” icon on the bottom of the video there so you can see it in somewhat better quality)
(Also, don’t make fun of me.)
But that was only the first set. Be sure to tune in tomorrow when I will be explaining THIS:
