31/9/1983

Dave M. exits the liquer store. He’s about to celebrate quitting his crummy job. After some serious setbacks in his life, things seem to be finally going in to the right direction. In his wallet is a newspaper ad for a cheap Hollywood apartment. Perfect headquarters to live and start a new band.

On his way back to the car, Dave M. slips in a banana peel. Only with great agility he avoids landing in a pool of very suspicious looking liquid. What poor Dave M. doesn’t realize, is that his wallet has somehow slipped from the back pocket of his very tight jeans. Financial loss: 3.50$.

9/3/1984

Dave E. grows increasingly frustrated practicing “Runnin’ with the Devil” by Van Halen. He has tamed the song alright, but playing just by himself feels so pointless. He puts his bass down, and looks sadly out the window of his cheap Hollywood apartment.

Suddenly a brainstorm hits: “Screw this”, he says to himself. “I’m stayin’ solo!”

12/7/1985

Crumpy Grampa Records Ltd. releases “The Spirit Of The New Age” by Dave E. The album goes highly unnoticed, but it’s opening track “DAVES HOLIDAY MOOD” receives heavy airplay in Akron, Ohio. The song eventually becomes a much loved holiday stable in the area.

I was trying to find out the number of published Lucky Luke-albums, and the exact number seems to be somewhere between 82 and 90.

Wow, that’s like a lot!

The Dalton brothers steal the money & the show in at least 14 of ‘em. The world’s greatest dog detective Rantanplan (or Rin-Tin-Can or Bushwack) is the main character of one LL-album, and has it’s own spin-off series with several solo albums.

Jolly Jumper, on the other hand, has no starring moments. (As far as I know)

Such disgrace!

So, I made a tune for everyone’s favourite merry hopper: JOLLY JUMPER.

That’s better.

Sea monsters are aplenty.

We got Cetus, Hydra and the Sirens of the Deep. Apkallu is Akkadian, Moby is a Dick and good ol’ Nessie lives in the Loch. Kraken terrorizes the seas of Norway & Greenland. Greeks got Scylla. Leviathan is biblical and everybody loves Cthulhu.

Finland’s got one too: Iku-Turso, the old bugger!

TURSON IKULLE (“For Iku-Turso”) is supposed to be Finnish folk music, as ancient as it comes. Well, not banging two rocks together ancient, but pretty old nevertheless.

Fun fact of the day: The cling-blingier string instrument parts features only five (5) notes – as if it was played by a 5-string kantele!

Jacksonville Marvelboyos
Miramar Topsoldiers
Orlando Multicats
West Palm Beach Goodfellas
Fort Lauderdale Itgirls
Clearwater Meanmen
TAMPA HYPERSPIES
Tallahassee Motherpeople
Cape Coral Cooldogs
Gainesville Rockincrew

So, what’s missing?

Last update contained some horribleness, therefore we change the course:

FAIRY SONG. It’s cute & fragile.

So, how about those mallets, huh? They are really my go-to instrument when producing this kind of stuff. Let glockenspiel do it’s trick and wham, you have entered the fairytale land, where everything’s colorful, fantastic and magical.

Addition to the New Musical Genres List:

– Magic is in the Air ‘n Sh…

This one starts off with some ear-hurting noises, and ends up in a particulary nasty chord. And what’s hanging there between those two points, isn’t very soft ‘n nice ‘n comfy either. But hey, when a tune is named TERRORTRON, you really shouldn’t expect marshmallows and sunshine.

There’s also some additional bumpy noises, that somehow reminded me of the walking sounds that the enemies do in the video game “Wizard of Wor”.

Or “walking sounds”, ‘cos I played the game on Commodore 64. (It was originally an arcade game)

Oh the memories: Fellows in spacesuits, trying not to shoot one another, those blue wolf guys – which we named as “guys”, the lightning fast spiderbro and of course the terrifying witch, who only appeared once in a blue screen.

Dear modern manufacturers of vintage computer things: Why no TAC-2 with an USB cable available in my location?!

Modern Musical Genres, the short list:

– Produced by Dan
– Toothpaste
– Encouraging Cooking, Subscribing & Liking
– Trashy Trailer Music
– Green & Inclusive
– Only Listenable At Gym
– Shill AI Boogie
– Too Artsy Anachronistic Vintage
– Low End EDM
– Grandpa Pantera
– For Lip Syncing

MARSUPILARI falls into the category “For Kids, You Know”.

And we’re back!

Here’s something that is considered illegal in Norway: PARIS DAKAR.

It’s smooth, it’s jazzy and it has latinic stuff in it. Perfect combination to annoy your metalhead friends!

… I just realised, I’ve visited both of the cities mentioned above. Neat. But I still haven’t seen “Paris, Texas”, that’s been on my to-watch-list for years.

I’ve also been in Norway.

And we’re back!

What do you do, when you’ve barely slept a wink, and even after injecting a couple of pints of coffee, you’re still a wreck?

Why of course, you make NEON SPIES.

Considering the circumstances, under the tune in question was produced, I’d call it a masterpiece.

A masterpiece in persistence that is. Maybe not music.

And maybe not a masterpiece. Maybe a solid musical thing.

(Editor’s note: This blog was written based on notes of something that happened a few months ago)

So, I was visiting some familiar places back in Northrend.

I rode my trusty wolfy like heck, all across the continent. I met some people, ate some cheese, and let the lightning flash.

The weather was mostly lovely, albeit a bit cold. On specially lazy days, I enjoyed sitting on the pier with my fishing pole. Then I got back to bullying some piggies and help strangers to find their lost luggage.

It was all fun – for about 30 days. Then I was happy to get back home.

Afterwards – this was weeks after my return – it turned out, that a humble musical thing had followed me home. I recognized it… I think I first heard the thing in Dragonblight… Yes, I think that’s what the place was called. Then I casted my spell and made BLOOMINGUS to come alive.

I also considered getting some letters on top of my head, that says “salty”. But after a serious thinking – of about 1.1 seconds – I decided not to. Because I’m not insane.

No wait, I am!