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'the thought criminals' is an official album now, albeit with a handmade aesthetic , it's being processed at cdbaby, itunes will follow in another 2 months or so. the track listing is as follows:
1- everything is byte size
2- hyperion
3- ruler of the flea world
4- failure (the chillmost de-mix)
5- music don't stop (nebulae's music DOES stop remix)
6-right on said jeebus (the sunray estate mix)
7-double down quick (nebulae's sunset mix)
8-get my drift
9-sailing on right by (unplugged)

we'd like to encourage you to purchase the digital copy, either at the cdbaby mp3 store, or on itunes when available. if you must have the plastic, please click here (link due up shortly).

and, we've got some new music for you:
everything is byte size (the sunray estate mix)
right on said jeebus (the sunray estate mix)
daydreams for dollars (unplugged)
get my drift (the loser mix)

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do i amaze you?

if we do amaze you, we'd appreciate a donation at our fundable drive. so far, we've got $90 worth of pledges and 22 days left to go to reach $1605. we'll use the cash to create a small batch of cds/dvds for promo, and get all our of recent tracks up on i-tunes.

here's a bunch of new material, including a 44 minute live set from saturday's internet skypecast. thanks to our friends/fellow musicians jason, jez and kemiso for joining us 'onstage'.

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we're recording this weekend, i've got a few jams ready for the voxstress/abbodroid, tune back in early next week for some prelimi-mixes.

the vj software arkaos is really quite amazing, here's a sample of what you can do with it:

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we love our good friends (well, ever since we resolved that pesky blood feud thing) hidari (listen), but, we'll be the first to admit that they are easily distractable. moments after they penned their latest epic rock anthem, we posed this question: does chuck norris need both hands to count to infinity? predictably, they all whipped out their slide rules, as they argued amongst themselves christina and i slipped quietly away with the lyrics to our newest cover: 'monkey in a bucket' (lyrics below the fold)

terry hopper and i will be playing under the stars (and the occasional comet, perhaps even a neutron star) tomorrow (friday) night at the bridgeport, ct discovery museum's planetarium. a live-looped leap-day synth-fest galore will be yours from 7pm - 9pm, stop by and check it out. (it's free!) (map)

Continue reading "and the puffin said 'fweem'" »

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i reworked the tunage for 'return your regret'.

kinda gomez-y, with some dmb perhaps, and christina dead center, of course.

the title 'ryr' often reminds me of a bloom county strip where milo inquires about his missing sense of innocence at the lost and found counter.

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among his many other predictions, nostradamus foresaw both the lair of the memefolk, and their eventual disappearance, wiped from the planet's surface, 2 / 12 / 2008.

justin, johnny, we hardly knew ye....

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somedays, all you've got is a badge of hope.

(lyrics below the fold)

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the above has been floating round the s.o.t. for a bit now, but, it just hit me: who made this sign? why? for who? to prevent what?

conclusion? fauxtoshoppery, of course.

for some reason, i'm now compelled to tell you to check out laurie king's take on sherlock holmes, i think it is called 'the beekeeper's apprentice'. smart steampunk chicks rule.

(now returning to your regularly scheduled bloggery)

christina and i will be jamming on groundhog's day, so keep the ears peeled for some new songs soon.

the latest batch of instrumentals includes 'emote hunger' and 'children's song'.

free advice: if you have a 401k, withdraw the max, as ap

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i used up one of my wishes for you guys. you can thank me later.

i asked christina to make us an acoustic version of 'persimmon'.

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happy friday, everyone! please remain calm as you move towards the exits.

here's a bit of mood music for you - the 'plunge protection mix' of 'flame to the fuses'.

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here's video of a couple of tracks from our show on saturday at the upstairs bar in hudson, ny, 'failure' (chillmost style, thanks nate & henning) and 'right on said jeebus'.

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happy new year to you, gentle reader, may this post find you well.

we'll start this one with a special latin-flavored hba-nebulae joint, if you went by the moniker of 'bondo, diego bondo', you'd roll with this track blasting on the stereo of your aston martin.

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long. barrels.

time to be aware, alert.

and time to listen to some new tracks from the old hba,

that unplugged version of 'sailing on right by' is here
(lyrics under the fold.)

get my drift is a seriously bouncy little thing.

and everything is byte size might capture that happy feeling you get when you're uploading that video of george allen calling you 'macaca' to youtube.

all of the above include psa's, if you want hi-quality mp3's without all the chat, go here:

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some quick notes and tracks -

the chillmost de-mix of 'failure' is here.
(picture a female fronted velvet underground playing a smoky club in hamburg, germany. that nate (chillmost) is _such_ a tease.) henning thomsen on drums.

the kemiso mix of 'fade in fade out' is here.
(i love this mix, like crazy, but it may take a couple of listens for it to percolate on thru the old bean)

the hba had our westchester radio premiere tonight on wxpk-fm 107.1fm the peak. i think they played chilltower, unfortunately i missed it. the show 'next', hosted by chris bro, will be rebroadcast at 8pm on sunday.

terry hopper and i (sans christina, unfortunately) will be playing live on wpkn thursday afternoon, 3pm-ish. we may have a guest or two, we'll be doing our live-looping thing, please tune in 89.5fm if you're up in fairfield, ct.

christina and i will be making new music for you this weekend, tune back early next week for some preliminary mixes.

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this weekend's mixage includes 'get fooled again' and 'sleepy bee'

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wnyc's radiolab has an episode about a goat standing on a cow which is well worth the listen. in an odd form of tribute, i offer a new instrumental, 'tiny cow on a large goat'

we've got a session early in october, i'm getting the new stuff mixed down, so here's another, called 'hovel, sweet hovel'.

more soon, stay tuned.

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here's live versions of 'double down quick', 'circus clown', '6 underground' and 'rhythm', get them while they're hot (and free!).

team hba would like to thank lorrainne zaranski and gene grenci for their awesome photo and video work at the grand band slam.

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here's 'circus clown' and '6 underground' from the grand band slam, there's this really great part at the end of c clown where xtina goes 'ooo ooo ooo'......

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thanks to our fellow musicians, dan ash (guitar), terry hopper (percussion) and oscar sanchez (guitar/percussion) for joining us tonight, and thanks to the fairfield weekly and its readers.

above is 'rhythm', with a touch of ani's 'carry me around'. more soon.

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if the hba could win one contest this year, it would have to be this one:

voting closes in 7 hours, we really need every last one of you to vote, thanks.

after (on your honor) you vote, please have a listen to the latest joint - right on said jeebus.
(lyrics below the fold)

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here's a brand new track called 'on second thought', currently an amie street exclusive.

(lyrics below the fold)

we'll be playing the fairfield county weekly's grand band slam this saturday 9/1 at captain's cove in bridgeport, ct.
check back here for more details soon.

help us win a trip to new york! please vote here:

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we're up for best electro-rock band (again!) in the fairfield county 'grand band slam'. please take a few moments and vote for us here.

here's some video from last year's show:

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above is hyperion, under here is a song named for her. like persimmon, she's negotiating the turbulence, setting a bearing for blue skies, on a quest for the perfect tan.

(that mix of hyperion is an early one, christina and i plan to redo the vox early in august)

here's a few recent instrumentals: 'surfer girl', 'in these shoes' and 'the lair of the meme-folk'.

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'fade in, fade out - (the progress in motion mix)' can be found here (with psa) or at the street of aimes (without):

why do we make 'feel good' music about the end of the world? we were talking about that during our last session and couldn't come up with an answer. we are both quite convinced that the world is ending right here, right now, right around us.

maybe we're like the band on the titanic, playing every song like it is the last one. actually, i want the gig on fhloston paradise, or at the restaurant at the end of the universe. (nice douglas adams interview re: his radical atheism here)

in any case, 'fifo' is probably just the right track to listen to on the lifeboat, as your ipod's batteries wind down, and the remnants of man's folly sink quietly off in the distance. ;-)
(lyrics below the fold)

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christina reminisces about her time at hogwarts (she seems to be quite familiar with a number of the bedchambers therein) on our latest track.

apparently, she acquired a taste for some kind of beverage there called 'severus'.

it's quite a thirst, actually.

listen here:

or download here

the amie street version is psa-free. and, for the next 24-48 hours, it will also be 'free' free ($).

we'll put together a special hba gift pack with lots of fun stuff from new york for the best 'sippin severus' fan vid you guys submit.....

my call?: harry dies. voldemort doesn't. snape is good. hagrid dies (but is resurrected at a key moment). harry's scar is a horcrux, but it doesn't save him.

lyrics below the fold...

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we've got a crazy new piece of gear in the studio - basically a black box, you run your audio through it, there's 2 dials and a switch. usually i don't go for this type of stuff, i'm trying to jettison gear in order to get our traveling rig down to a motorcycle-friendly size. _but_ this friggin' thing is amazing. forget vacuum tubes, forget $5k microphones, if you mix music, you need this thing.

first out, i ran an old abbott tune called 'aces high' through it, setting the dials to '1994' and 'london', and the delusional war-mongering president switch to 'off'. return your regret is what emerged, all loaded with oodles of massive-attacky goodness. unbelievable.

then, practically on a whim, i cued up 'failure', setting the dials to '1965' and 'haight-ashbury'. the switch clicked ominously as i flipped it on. this is the unadulterated result, i'll call it the 'summerlove' mix.

that's guitarist oscar sanchez on colors and shapes.

'failure' must be working, i'm seeing far fewer 'w' stickers these days. the original 'nebulae's lament mix' of failure is here.

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here's an early friday night mix of '6 underground', i still have to polish the vocals a bit, but i thought i'd let you have a listen now.........

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we here at hba labs™ are going to adapt our business model a bit and do a test.

as before, mixes will be posted here as they emerge. however, they will contain 'public service announcements' (so to speak). high-res, unencumbered mixes will be posted at amie street. if we get increased revenue from amie street, this will continue. if paypal donations increase, we'll revert back to the original model and ditch the psa's. we do understand that there is a third possibility.

anyway, without further ado, here are sailing on right by and daydreams for dollars.

ego almost in check, i'll just say that these represent our best work so far.

dan ash plays banjo and guitar on 'daydreams'.

look for more mixes from our session last weekend to be up soon, i'm especially looking forward to neb's remix of 'double down quick'.

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my roommate paul bernhardt has got an exhibition of paintings up at the dolly maass gallery @ suny purchase. it's worth checking out, he's done some fine fine stuff.

this is the last weekend of my photo exhibition at the artists in the country gallery, 52 county road, west woodstock, ct. if you hail from boston/providence/hartford and you're looking to burn some fossil fuels it is worth checking out. aside from my prints, there is some excellent pottery (as above by emine cichowski) (doesn't he look just like robert de niro?), cool paintings too. you will find this google map to be indispensible in locating the gallery, which is situated just east of lake bungee in the only rural pocket left between boston and dc.

christina and i have a session scheduled for early may, so keep close by for some brand new tracks.

recent instrumentals include 'ocean banafsheh' and 'ankara time'

that's dan ash on the banjo on 'ankara time'.

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another week, another contest at saatchi online: as before, please click here and give me some stars.

thanks!

here's a batch of fresh instrumentals:
what would jesus smoke?
talk less breathe more
smells like nirvana
every time is the last time

or listen to all of them here.

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i've got a photo in competition at the online saatchi gallery - please click here then give me some stars.

just 2 clicks, that's all i ask. your reward? how about some new honorary hot bitches for/from the arsenal.......

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some dude nicked that line [space tween sleep.....] off of 'stina - i keep hearing it on the radio.

the 'loli nessa monster mix' of 'shiver shake' surfaces here. unlike 'nessie', loli nessa prefers sunnier climes, and thus makes her home in southern italy, where she can frequently be spotted on land, freshly brewed cafe breva in hand, before sliding sideways into the waves of the mediterranean. if you see her, please wish her a happy birthday.

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this is the 'quds force remix' of 'flame to the fuses', featuring ed henry of cnn.

does it sound like christina is singing 'treasure cat' or 'chesire cat'?

the part i hate most?: when bush says "as you know, i hope, the quds force is a part of the iranian government.".

these guys couldn't run a taco bell.

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the wonderful folks at amphetameme posted about us the other day, don't miss the part about 'ms. abbott's voice'.

'amphetameme' wins for best named blog in my book.

here's isobel in a stripy slideshow set to lines blur:

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tonight's jam goes out to all the korean girls currently residing in mexico (i know there's at least one).

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the sploit:
when shipping a laptop today via ups i devised this scheme: ship a package insured for big bucks. rig the package so that its label swaps itself for another, either after a few hours, or, preferably, by remote control. wait until the package shows up on the ups site as scanned, trigger the label swap (heat/time activated invisible ink? scrolling mechanism?), report the package as undelivered, collect your (insurance fraud tainted) money.

the invention:
a button that is worn by the deaf which provides a vibratory alert when it detects siren sounds (building/fire/smoke/police).

the photoshoot:
isobel is beautiful, mysterious, and, like all great steampunk grrls, scientifically curvaceous.

the bonus track:
here is 'double down quick', 'you show me the way', and 'all along the chilltower' from the last bit of our set on new year's eve. i've trimmed out a bit of fluff, and tweaked the mastering.

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here's live-looping video of a session loosely based on 'la valse d'amelie'. i think i've drifted too far away from the original, my next take will head back in that direction. plus i gotta get some accordian sounds. i've left all of the false starts in to keep myself humble. if i may say so, however, i do some of the best slide guitar work i've ever done near the end.

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if you're not familiar with the 'it crowd', then my suggestion to crank this while imagining seven identical mosses spasmodically head banging to the beat won't do anything for you. tant pis......

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this is mp3 audio of our show at red square new year's eve. uneditted, warts and all. (36:26)

and this is the 'thirteenth moonth mix' of 'all along the chilltower'.

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that's christina and her brother chris, trendy, stylish, cutting loose for new year's eve. below is a bunch of video from the show last night. thanks for tuning in to hba tv, and happy new year to all.

you show me the way

double down quick

jane says

all along the chilltower

thanks to margot lynch and chris abbott for their superb videography.

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merry christmas, gentle blog readers. may it find you and yours safe and sound.

i have no xmas photos for you, my camera is in the shop. so, butterflys it tis.

we're playing red square albany on new year's eve! the exact time is tbd, probably 9-ish. this will be a short, upbeat, dance-y set, probably including music don't stop, from the start, you bet i will , failure, double 'a', triple 'x' (nsfw), and some variant of cantaloop/rhythm-carry.

we'll be doing a sound check thursday afternoon/early evening - please stop by and say hi - we'll buy you a beer.

some year-end hba stats:
top 'hit' (12,649 listens so far this year) 'all along the chilltower'
50,000+ unique visits to the download page this year, an average of 151/day.

(bandwidth costs $, so why don't you take a few moments and give us two bucks, or maybe five if you're feeling flush). take the music, leave the cash, that's the plan. it's like an old fashioned roadside fruit and vegetable stand, except for tunes.

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