Avant to Catch You Off Garde Week (3) -- Sonic Geology
Birdsongs of the Mesozoic--especially when Roger Miller was part of the group--did some incredible chamber rock, and this video weirds their oddness up a tad.
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Birdsongs of the Mesozoic--especially when Roger Miller was part of the group--did some incredible chamber rock, and this video weirds their oddness up a tad.
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I have some problems with technology, could you tell me how i do it to put a youtube video in a post??
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It's pretty easy to post from YouTube. First, you have to have an acct with them, so set one up if you don't. When you set it up, you can set a blog or blogs to post to.
Then, if you look at videos while logged in, there's a link under the video that says "post video." Click on that and it's easy from there.
Amazing timing, George. I just pulled out my "Sonic Geology" CD a couple of weeks ago and have been revisiting it (i.e., loaded it on my MP3 player). I saw them perform somewhere around 1986-87 or so; big fun.
And that video looks like their tribute to Bunuel (Un Chien Andalou) or David Lynch (Eraserhead).
Steve--
I saw Birdsongs about the same time when I lived in Iowa City--I remember it as a great show but it's so long ago I don't even have t-shirt I bought anymore. Sonic Geology might be my favorite instrumental CD.
Indeed, that film has Bunuel and Lynch all over it.
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