Category Archives: Music

The Morphine Drip

I’d like to remind people to check out The Morphine Drip if they’re into hard rock. Their site is here. They also have a MySpace account and a PureVolume account. Check them out, and if you like them, look into seeing them or buying an album. Be sure to at least download a couple songs and give them a try! The Morphine Drip’s an awesome band.

Little Shop of Horrors (1986)

Wow, this was really great. I’m glad to finally see it. I a short scene from Little Shop of Horrors done by CAMS Drama a couple years back, downloaded the album, and have loved it ever since. I assumed that I’d love the movie if I loved all the songs. Knowing that no one was within hearing distance of me, I sung (badly) along with the movie for all the songs. The scenes between songs were a great length. Before seeing it, I was worried that there’d be too much time between songs, but that wasn’t so. Rick Moranis played Seymour very well, and I enjoyed Steve Martin as the sadistic dentist, Orin. And Bill Murray played Arthur Denton. Interesting.
Jasmine IMed me while I was watching it and was planning on seeing it at the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. Coincidences. I’d enjoy going to see it.

Requests

I’d like to get the following music. Maybe somebody could send some to me or let me rip it.
No Doubt – any or all albums
Modest Mouse – albums other than The Moon & Antartica
The Postal Service – albums/singles other than Give Up
Little Shop of Horrors (1986) – the movie; I have the album
Donnie Darko – soundtrack as well as DVD rip (I want the extras) or re-release
Frou Frou – they only have one album I think
Apoptygma Berzerk – any or all albums
Those are my main requests ^^;; The following matters less to me, but I’d still like them:
Aerosmith – any albums
Van Halen – any albums
Guns n’ Roses – any albums
Pink Floyd – anything other than The Wall Disc 1
Led Zeppelin -anything other than Remasters Disc 1
Kylie Minogue – anything
Thanks! Bye!

Karsh Kale & Realize and Mercan Dede

Man, I am so tired. This is going to be difficult, but here goes:
Today, Dev came over around 3:00, and we took the metro to Pershing square. We saw Karsh Kale & Realize, which Dev and his friends had heard of before, and Mercan Dede. Karsh Kale & Realize are an Indian electronic band, and Mercan Dede is a Turkish electronic band. The concert was at California Plaza, and we met Dev’s friends Nishant and Avish there. Dev brought a water bottle of 80 proof “water” with us. We accidently sat in the handicapped section, which had the best seats, and after we noticed, we didn’t want to give them up. We sat in the very front row ^^;;. There were a lot of non-handicapped people in the section though, including the person next to me. Both bands were great, but I liked Mercan Dede a lot more. They had a beautiful dancer in the front. She had a large skirt on over her pants and would spin. The skirt rose up and formed waves. It was quite pretty. There were also lights on the performers, on the water, and being projected on to the surrounding apartment buildings. The whole thing was really gorgeous.
At intermission, after Dev and I made it to the bathroom and used it, he went to look for his friends. I walked around just to see the area. I attempted to walk a straight line between the tiles but failed. Even looking behind me at Nishant and Avish was difficult and interesting. (I’m new to this.)
Nishant’s dad gave us a ride to the metro station, where we took the red line to 7th/Metro. Dev didn’t even remember changing and kept asking me when we were gonna switch lines. There was a very friendly Native American guy who was probably drinking too. He held up his hand for no apparent reason, and we tried to high five each other. We missed the first time. There was also a cool guy in a multi-colored hat who was friendly. An asian dude in a red shirt kept laughing when Dev and I were talking. There was a white guy in a tie-dye shirt who started singing “It’s the End of the World” by REM for no reason that I could find. I had to hum along though. We finally found seats after a few stops, which was a relief. At one stop, I was trying to figure out where we were but couldn’t. The woman behind told me where we were. And the woman in front of us sort of held her head in a “oh God…” sort of where. When we reached Wardlow station, it was really difficult to get Dev awake. I stood up, and the guy in the multi-colored hat tipped his hat to me and smiled. On the way out, the asian dude in the red shirt laughed and wished me good luck. (Earlier, we had talked about making sure it didn’t look like we were drinking.) As we were crossing a street on the way back from Warlow Station, Dev decided he was going to wave to a car stopped at the light. Before he had a chance to, the driver waved at us. We waved back, and everybody laughed. Then, Dev kept waving back and giving thumbs up. The driver was very friendly ^^.
Also, there was a lot of fucking hot girls at the concert. A lot of them weren’t even what I’d usually consider attractive. I mean, I’d find them attractive, but I wouldn’t be attracted them. I also kept pointing them out to Dev loudly when they were in hearing range. I suppose I wasn’t myself.
And not to back-track again, but there was a small dancing area. The patrons dancing were all very amusing, lol. They weren’t very good at dancing.
I’m doing a lot better than Dev, who is now sleeping on my couch (I didn’t throw up), but man, it was an interesting night. There’s a first time for everything, I suppose. I’m used to going to bed around 6:00 or 7:00 AM, but I think I’ll goto sleep soon. I might watch Donnie Darko again because the movie’s already so fucked up, I might as well watch it like this.

The Morphine Drip’s New Album, “Life’s Pretty Tuff”

Eric posted three songs from The Morphine Drip’s new acoustic album, “Life’s Pretty Tuff.” They can be found at www.TheMorphineDrip.com/discography.htm. All three songs are really good. I really like the first song, “Falter.” These have a bit of a different feel than their other songs, and I definitely like what I’ve heard of both albums.
Check out the songs, and if you’d be interested in buying an album or if you just have comments, leave comments here or post on their forum on their site.
On a side note, it looks like the transfer of control of TheMorphineDrip.com went smoothly. Good luck guys!