Uncle Dave's House of Useless Crap

Summary for Sore Eyes

My eyes are VERY tired and I can hardly even read this screen. But a few notes -

The last Flint gig was a weird one - played in a basement in some neighborhood, along with a Boston based band that had left Philly that morning just to play there and make $13, and Realicide, who drove up from Cincinnati. That should tell you something about the current state of the underground scene. It has become so expensive to open an nightclub, and is such a hassle beciase since the Great White show in Rhode Island the fire marshals and building inspectors make it so hard to open one, that there is nowhere for the subterranean band to play. Hence, driving hundreds of miles to play a basement...

I was really shocked at how well received I was. People were calling my name from the crowd, and there was riotous screaming after every song played. I can't recall the set that I did, except in part - I played JFK, Dash Out the Brains, Academy of Anthrax (did not go well, but they cheered anyway), Dorothy Stratten, Osamalude, Jammin' with Gene, The Eternal Frat Boy and a couple others.

Afterward some guys came up and said "Now Uncle Dave you've GOT to have some vinyl on you or a tape..." No, I didn't have nothing - I've really got to work that out. The guys from Boston said "We've been on tour and seen a bunch of bands. You're the best thing we've seen on the whole tour."

I would like to have seen them play, but my wife has only limited ability going up and down stairs, and she had enough to get down and up the basement steps one time, and then went out to the car. Needlees to say I wasn't going to leaver her sitting there, so we left kind of early. Ran into the Realicide guys as they were coming in. Would've liked to have seen them too. I DID see Will and Adam perform their set together, which will be the last for awhile, as Adam moved to Arizona just a couple of days after the gig. Best of luck to you! I understand that performance is going to be issued on a mini-CDR, as shown below:

adam mokan/will soderberg... i love my mangina
3" cdr (wrn-1o4 may 2oo5)
-recorded during the infamous nude 2deadsluts house
burning incident inbetween narco-fights in flint last
saturday... adam's farewell to michigan show...
electroniknaks, hammer on gear, log guitar...
mp3 sample:
http://www.existentialista.com/~uforika/ihmm.mp3
order here: http://white-rose.net/sounds.html#wrn-1o4

A bit of my set was recorded, but I have't heard it yet, as Adam recorded it, and understandably he's been busy.

RIP Frankie

Sad news came by the Pony that Ron Orowitz' legendary 17-year-old feline has gone to that great scratching post in the sky, as of Thursday. She was buried in the adjacent lot next to Ron's house and a tombstone will be set up in her memory.

This week's compositions in progress.

Hastur the Unspeakable, song for 2 voices & guitar
This one is written for me and Greg Fernandez to sing in Lopez Sophisticates. While David Bowie may write about "Scary Monsters" and "Super Creeps" I'm content to write a song about monsters that aren't so scary.

El Rancho Copland, song for voice & keyboard
This is a very short, humorous song based on a bit of Copland.

The most recent radio show

Aired on May 12th. It was a good one. Playlist is below, remember that these go in reverse order:

8:58 AM Fletcher Henderson  Big John's Special  Swing's the Thing  MCA
LP 
8:56 AM Hasil Adkins  She Said  Out to Hunch  Norton 
8:51 AM Herbie Duncan  Hot Lips Baby  Mar vel' Masters  Rykodisc 
8:48 AM Gradie O'Neal  Turkey Neck Stretch  45 rpm single  Uncle Dave 
8:46 AM Link Wray  Comanche  Link Wray  Ace LP 
8:43 AM The Bell Notes  I've Had It  45 rpm single  Eric 
8:39 AM Duke Ellington  Way Early Subtone  Anatomy of a Murder 
Columbia LP 
8:38 AM Modern Jazz Quartet  Bluesology  Fontessa  Atlantic 
8:25 AM Dizzy Gillespie  Swing Low Sweet Cadillac  78 rpm single  Dee
Gee 
8:23 AM Will Bradley & Ray McKinley  Celery Stalks at Midnight  Best of
the Big Bands  Columbia 
8:20 AM Agustin Lara  Tirana  Bailemos  Musart 10" LP 
8:18 AM Fats Waller  Mandy  Complete Fats Waller Volume I  Bluebird 
8:16 AM Ambrose  Maracas  The Continental  Vocalion 
8:12 AM Hal Kemp  There's a Small Hotel  Best of the Big Bands 
Columbia 
8:06 AM Jan Garber  Don't Bring Lulu  Edison Jazz  Saydisc LP 
8:00 AM Jack Hylton  Ain't Misbehavin'  Edison Jazz  Saydisc LP 
7:56 AM Irving Aaronson's Commanders  All By Yourself in the Moonlight 
78 rpm single  Uncle Dave 
7:53 AM Manhattan Marrymakers  Songs of Yesterday  78 rpm single  Uncle
Dave 
7:50 AM Fred Van Eps Trio  The Original Fox Trot  78 rpm single  Uncle
Dave 
7:47 AM US Marine Band  German Fidelity March  78 rpm single  Uncle
Dave 
7:43 AM John McCormack  Keep the Home Fires Burning  78 rpm single 
Uncle Dave 
7:41 AM Joseph Moskowitz  Hungarian Csardas  78 rpm single  Uncle Dave 
7:30 AM Gregor Piatagorsky & Lukas Foss  Capriccio for Cello & Piano
(Foss)  Chamber Music by Harrison, Weber, Foss & Dahl  New World LP 
7:26 AM Frederick Fennell & Eastman Rochester Pops  My Robin is to the
Greenwood Gone (Grainger)  Country Gardens  Mercury Living Presence LP 
7:22 AM Kaori Muraji  Hiroshima To Iu Na No Shonen (Takemitsu) 
Transformations  Decca 
7:14 AM Rhehische Kantorei/Hermann Max & Das Kleine Konzert  Nisi
Dominus aedificaverit (Franz Tunder)  Franz Tunder: Concerti  cpo 
7:04 AM Barrel Organ  Sailor's Hornpipe/Old Rustic Dance  78 rpm single 
EMI 
6:52 AM Gustav Leonhardt & Orch of the Age of Enlightenment  Symphony
for Strings No. 5, Wq. 182 (C.P.E. Bach)  C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies &
Cello Concertos  Virgin Veritas 
6:39 AM Noriko Ogawa/Kees Bakels & Malaysian Philharmonic orch  Piano
Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 30 (Rimsky-Korsakov)  Rimsky Korsakov:
Capriccio Espagnol  BIS 
6:25 AM Charles Prentice & Drury Lane Theater Orch.  Orchestral
Potpourri from "The Dancing Years" (Novello)  Ivor Novello - Centenary
Celebration  Pearl 
6:15 AM Werner Hoppstock  Variations on La stessa, WoO 73 (Beethoven) 
Beethoven: Keyboard Variations  Musical Heritage Society LP 
6:08 AM Festival Concert Orchestra  Overture to "The Beautiful Galatea"
(von Suppe)  Famous Overtures  RCA Camden LP 
6:04 AM U.S. Army Band  Washington Greys (Grafulla)  Forward March 
Altissimo 
6:03 AM Fletcher Henderson  The House of David Blues (used as theme) 

It's bedtime for Little David, c ya.

Uncle Dave Lewis
uncledavelewis@hotmail.com
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