Before I recap last night's radiotastic fun, let me take this one last opportunity to remind you that the Scamper residency at the Abbey Lounge begins... tonight tonight TONIGHT! Joining us on stage are Furvis, the Valhalla Kittens and the Halogens. Rumor has it that this one might be pretty well-attended, so I'd advise getting there early and taking advantage of the Abbey's world famous cheap beer.
Now, on to some highlights from last night's appearance on WMBR's Pipeline!, the local music show on 88.1FM:
- Your heroes arrived at the station around 6pm, parking on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Immediately, we had to maneuver heavy equipment around the hip-high snowbanks while traffic whizzed by our ears at 60 miles per hour. It was, in a word, terrifying. Oh, and I was wearing all black. But according to Fashion Police on E!, bloody and splattered on the snowbank is the new black.
- Before we soundchecked, we enjoyed a few sandwiches at the local MIT cafetorium where a TV was showing the new Family Feud starring a casually dressed Richard Karn. When they asked the question, "Name something you do in the shower besides clean yourself," no one said "Jerk off." I mean, how do you not say "jerk off"? Okay - I'll accept that the #1 answer is "Sing." But the #2 answer has to be "Jerk off." Right? Am I living in another America that all of a sudden doesn't jerk off in the shower?
- Soundcheck was a little on the rough side. For whatever reason, my vocals were either completely missing from the mix or loud enough to split the very core of Nate's and Keith's souls. After much bitching to our extremely patient sound engineer Brian, the mix was to our liking and we hit the airwaves.
- The live broadcast started on a few sour notes and missed bass parts. Personally, I thought I sounded like crap for the first two to three numbers. Playing for the radio is a little weird because it mixes the usual anxiety of live performance with the additional anxiety of being recorded for posterity and ever and ever. I guess it got to me a little because I messed up notes that I normally can nail in my sleep (I sleep with my bass. What? Don't judge me.). After a few songs, we loosened up and started to find the groove. By the end of the set, Scamper was feeling pretty Scamperrific.
- After our set, we waited about 10 minutes for our interview segment to begin. In between, our kind host Jeff played a song that I would describe as a mix between an Indian raga and a squirrel with its tail caught in a paper shredder. If you survived this song to wait for our interview, you are a true fan. Scamper salutes you.
- During the interview, I accomplished most of my pre-determined goals: a) I made fun of Mike. 2) By request, I managed to use "cannibal" and "Darryl Hall" in the same sentence, as well as "It's like having a pickle in my pocket," much to the delight of the lovely Ms. Stacy. III) I made our host Jeff look at me as if I had a third head growing out of my already-sprouted demon second head.
Overall, it was a successful appearance. Keith listened to the mix afterward and said it sounded okay, except for the low-mixed vocals. Any thoughts from the listeners? How'd it sound out there?
Now, on to some highlights from last night's appearance on WMBR's Pipeline!, the local music show on 88.1FM:
- Your heroes arrived at the station around 6pm, parking on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Immediately, we had to maneuver heavy equipment around the hip-high snowbanks while traffic whizzed by our ears at 60 miles per hour. It was, in a word, terrifying. Oh, and I was wearing all black. But according to Fashion Police on E!, bloody and splattered on the snowbank is the new black.
- Before we soundchecked, we enjoyed a few sandwiches at the local MIT cafetorium where a TV was showing the new Family Feud starring a casually dressed Richard Karn. When they asked the question, "Name something you do in the shower besides clean yourself," no one said "Jerk off." I mean, how do you not say "jerk off"? Okay - I'll accept that the #1 answer is "Sing." But the #2 answer has to be "Jerk off." Right? Am I living in another America that all of a sudden doesn't jerk off in the shower?
- Soundcheck was a little on the rough side. For whatever reason, my vocals were either completely missing from the mix or loud enough to split the very core of Nate's and Keith's souls. After much bitching to our extremely patient sound engineer Brian, the mix was to our liking and we hit the airwaves.
- The live broadcast started on a few sour notes and missed bass parts. Personally, I thought I sounded like crap for the first two to three numbers. Playing for the radio is a little weird because it mixes the usual anxiety of live performance with the additional anxiety of being recorded for posterity and ever and ever. I guess it got to me a little because I messed up notes that I normally can nail in my sleep (I sleep with my bass. What? Don't judge me.). After a few songs, we loosened up and started to find the groove. By the end of the set, Scamper was feeling pretty Scamperrific.
- After our set, we waited about 10 minutes for our interview segment to begin. In between, our kind host Jeff played a song that I would describe as a mix between an Indian raga and a squirrel with its tail caught in a paper shredder. If you survived this song to wait for our interview, you are a true fan. Scamper salutes you.
- During the interview, I accomplished most of my pre-determined goals: a) I made fun of Mike. 2) By request, I managed to use "cannibal" and "Darryl Hall" in the same sentence, as well as "It's like having a pickle in my pocket," much to the delight of the lovely Ms. Stacy. III) I made our host Jeff look at me as if I had a third head growing out of my already-sprouted demon second head.
Overall, it was a successful appearance. Keith listened to the mix afterward and said it sounded okay, except for the low-mixed vocals. Any thoughts from the listeners? How'd it sound out there?
10 Comments:
i'm watching "family fued" right now. you would think after being on air for so long, people would realize how stupid they look clapping and high fiving each other with those big goofy grins...
and i would love to meet these 100 people that they survey..seriously
i wonder what it would be like to have a pickle in your pocket now that i think about it...i mean..really..it could probably pull your pants down..i guess it all depends on if you've got one of those big sucker dills or those bread and butter chips..ya know?
oh..and last nite was the most entertained i've been in maine ever..and yeah..that guy had it out for you by playing that god awful ear murdering noise between the set and the interview..
but thanks for playing "bruised"(cause it's my faaaavorite)and saying your phrase..and umm..yeah..good luck tonite..wish i could make it down...
are you guys gonna make last night's show downloadable for people who missed it?
I believe it is downloadable on the Pipeline(!) website. I'm not sure if it's up yet, but they do archive old shows.
Check out the above link and thank you for your attention.
I tuned in to hear my darling boys. The vocals were indeed mixed too low, the song in between scared the kittens out of the room, seriously. And strangely, your voices all sounded...odd. Diggity sounded like someone was pinching his nose shut, Keith sounded...well...drunk (which is obviously not true!) and I want to know who kept talking about cold medicine? it was before I could really seperate the voices.
Amusing... see you tonight.
Actually, I may have been wrong about that. I can't find an archive on their page. Hmm.
It looks like the archives on the Pipeline (!@#!) site only go up to 2004. So we may be out of luck.
Cherylyn, the cold medicine victim was me. I was, and continue to be, high as a kite on DayQuil.
On further inspection, even the archives are just lists of who was on, not recordings.
I was, and continue to be, legally retarded.
Will DayQuil replace Vitamin water as the drink of choice for Scamper?
If Keith starts downing DayQuil like he downs the Vitamin Water, we're in for some serious fun.
I don't like fun, remember?
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