Thu, 22 February 2007  And so, the Lord Hawkwind said that all things must come to an end, and so must Syd Satellite. In about 1997, we broke up for good but only after playing a great show at a Lake Jordan lake house to a bunch of nutty friends on July 4th, 1997. It was a great show and I'm so glad that I got in on tape. I have transferred it to CD and will play it in it's entirety here on this podcast, part 3/3 of a special Syd Satellite edition of the podcast. Memory fails me as to how complete this show is. Certain songs get cut so there is more to the show that is forever lost. This show was one of our last and for a long time I had thought it was our last show until Greg refreshed my memory that we did play one final show where Bradley would, in true David Bowie form, announce it would be our last. No one was more surprised than Greg or myself. We formed the band and only we could tear it asunder. I guess we were wrong about that because it's hard to play psychedelic music without a drummer! True to the 60's psychedelic movement, though, we were around and "on top" for about three years. In that time, we played many shows, recorded three albums, won the 1997 Battle of the Bands in Auburn, had a guru, played live on WEGL's Cosmic Kitchen, and had more people in the lineup than the Brian Jonestown Massacre or Hawkwind combined. We influenced people's nights and made many friends. Stories will circulate and there will always be someone out there who remembers at least one show we played. I'm glad for all of it and had a blast. And who knows. Maybe when we're all 40 years old, we'll have a good old fashioned reunion. This lineup included Greg, Bradley, Alex, and myself. An old friend named Jason did the mix and even played some guitar, although I don't know if that made it on the tape or not. It's a little hard to tell. I always wonder what ever happened to Mr. Jason. Did you cut your hair? Are you still playing music? I'll be back to normal next podcast with a special war protest edition. War conservative freaks need not apply. Rants will fly. Special thanks go to Greg, Bradley, and Alex, for whom none of this would have ever happened. Thanks to Greg for coming in and giving a rare interview. Title: The Crazy Men Play Live Who Do You Love Comments[2] |
Tue, 6 February 2007  I apologize for the length of time it took to get this together but I needed to get Greg into the studio to get some of his comments. With all the lawsuits we both are involved in, it's hard to coordinate these things. We ended up just doing the entire show ourselves, which was really nice. I also decided to break this up and add a third podcast since this podcast in its original form would have gone on too long. So, this show will contain the remainder of our studio recordings and the next show will contain one of the final live concerts that we did. Two of the song intros are incorrect. I mention that I'll be playing "Hello" and "Sam the Octopus" but when I tried to play them I noticed they had too much bass and peaked out the speakers. So, the song list below is the actual list of the show and you can't trust a damned thing I say on the actual podcast. Also, I was pretty drunk recording "Through" so apologies for the lazy vocals. This era finds us not only influenced by Pink Floyd, but also by a man who would eventually become our guru. He exposed us to a lot of music and ideas we otherwise never would have encountered. He had a weekly psychedelic radio show, The Cosmic Kitchen that we listened to religiously each week. Special thanks goes out to Hawkwind Mike, wherever you are today. Two great songs to look out for on this podcast are "Don't Be A Stranger, Cleophus" and "Sunlight Flows Softly", which were two of our flagship songs. The first song, Nine Shades of Grey, is also a good one. This show encompasses the years from 1995 to 2001 and it was great getting Greg in the studio for a nice little stroll down amnesia lane. I also wanted to post a couple of relevant links, which I will do here: Alex Yaker's Band Sites - Alex Yaker was the fourth Satellite and an amazing keyboard player and person. He still plays music today and this is a link to his site on MySpace Through the Sparks - Greg is also in a band today (the unfaithful bastard) and they can be seen on many nights at Bottletree. Piper no longer has an official web site but if you are feeling masochistic, you can start your pursuit here (theoretically). Just email the writer/producer. Or, you can email me and get a copy. I still have three or four being used as paper weights somewhere. As always, special thanks go out to Greg and Bradley, without whom this entire journey would never have been possible. Title: A Crazy Man Goes Silent Tracks: From Light Side Night Side (1995/6/7): From The Piper Soundtrack (2001): Not On An Album (2001): Comments[5] |
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