Ossein - Sativa

This is more of a dark, evil, psychotic (yet melodic in its own right) soundscape than an album. I know, I know..you have been treated to a summer mood for quite some time now. And you thought it would go on forever now, did you? Oh, well... fools.
I guess words about the music are not exactly capable of capturing what's going on here, so I will quote a legend to give you an idea.

"It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of culture."
-John Cage

"Two Riders Were Approaching"

"The task was to fill exactly one CD (that is 80mins max) with a melange of tunes new and old, weird and commercial, uplifting, loud, crazy, unexpected, beloved, typical and whatever else they might be.
As long as they form a collection that we'd like to listen to this summer.
The task was to make a group of songs that make us want to dance, drive faster, drink a mojito more, feel alive and embrace the nostalgic moments a summer has to offer.
Did we fulfill our tasks? I strongly doubt so..too ambitious, too little time.
Nevertheless, the results of our quest will be played this evening in a special AboutTheSunCast and we will offer our CD's as a download for you to burn and spin through the summer."

The post above, our blog duties in general and our worries were left behind for the last 3 weeks, since your favorite bloggers rested (or so we keep telling ourselves) on the golden beaches of the three legged-paradise... As far as we're concerned, the tasks were fulfilled. We drove listening to our CDs, we went to a concert, we drank a mojito or a "submarine" more, we danced (a bit), we fought over my need to read a newspaper and we finally met Sr. Cartmanez's mentor's brother!
But since the summer is not over for many of you, our three compilation CDs are available for you to download and enjoy with the sun hitting your face.
"The Sun Smells Too Loud". Summer 2010 awaits us... Better, stronger and drunker...
Two Riders Were Approaching, Vol. 1, Vodka Gimlet, Sr. Cartmanez
Two Riders Were Approaching, Vol. 2, Joker's Tea, Dr. Mephesto
Two Riders Were Approaching, Vol. 3, Whiskey, Double, Sr. Cartmanez

Twit-Twit-Twit...

As you are all well aware by now, we are always searching for methods to push the bar further and incorporate fancy new technology and trends into our tireless (uhm...yeah) efforts to reach you guys with our musical tastes.

So we just had to include Twitter into this endeavour. thus you could expect the occasional tweet from one of us to appear on both twitter and on the right on the top right of this blog saying that we are bored with the Boredoms, drinking coffee to Blur, eating icecream with some Slayer, driving our cars (dude...where is my car?) to some Pelican while watching the waves or anything of the sort.
Yes, we want to share those cute little moments that we so often describe and it will help us harness the occasional spontaneous moment to communicate with you guys.
You might also want to drop in to leave us a comment if you liked a certain idea or notion, so as usual, it is meant to be VERY interactive.

We do all of this for you, people...

Dr.M/Sr.C

"There is no spoon..."

Another successful Radio Show has come to pass. Once again, a big thank you to our listeners. The recording from the Soundtracks tribute is now available for you to download. Sorry about the delay, but we had to put all our audio engineering skills in motion to fix some problems. The result is of high quality for you to enjoy properly. In other news, all podcasts have been updated, with better ID3 tags and some artwork. We are perfectionists...(when we want!)
Also, all the links from the "Music" section have been updated, since most of them were inactive. So, those of you who listen to us only from the web-radio, have a look at the albums, it's really worth it. Again, the promise for more music posts, stays...
Before the end of June, another special tribute will be presented, so we can send you away in groovy, psychedelic and pretty fucked up fashion for the summer! Stay tuned...

Very Smooth

I promised to explain the origin of the tag "Christian Brothers" on Friday.
Well, there you go... (although personally I usually stick with Mr.Jack. You know, Mr.J.D. was no saint, but he did start something of a religion)




And don't forget: It's better with brandy !

The Rorschach Inkblot

On Friday night our Radio came once again to life. Few were there to enjoy a really remarkable set by Sr. Cartmanez. A show, which I think will be a measure to the next dark (and loud) acoustic sets to come. I'm sure many will follow.
For those of you who missed it, it is there (in our podcast directory) for you to listen on demand. When the time is right, when the weather is shitty, when your inner self rebels again and needs to express itself.
In the last months these radio shows have suddenly become the first priority of the blog. I guess it's the best output for the present time for your two favorite bloggers. And it is in this last show, that a visualisation of our musical nature as a duo came to mind... We are a Rorschach Inkblot.
We invite you to get lost. When the ink transforms into notes, when the notes get amplified, when the amplifiers challenge our neurons.
The trip continues...

Dr. Mephesto

Announcement and a thank you note...

In about an hour, All About The Sun Radio will once again be on the air. It's the first time a follow-up show is too soon, but you should get used to it, since we have a lot of ideas for the near future.
Posts will appear again in a regular basis and the announced BEST OF 2008 will also be ready soon. Keep coming back.

We want to thank all of you who were with us on Sunday. Hopefully we'll be playing together again soon. The technical difficulties were (as usual) present. An apology for the abrupt ending, but everything went suddenly down.
The recorded show will be in the podcast directory sometime today. Probably during or after Sr. Cartmanez's set. You can find all of them if you click on the respective picture on the right.

See you later...