Leonard Smalls

Excellent stuff from al, yet again! Let's hope the next pic is something chaotic so I can do some noisecore or free improv...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1432922571' post='2786283'] [/quote] OK, to the one with the most donkeys in it...

Perhaps all un-cast votes should be allocated to the song that has the dubbiest feel...

Excellent reviews, as always!

[quote name='alyctes' timestamp='1432685311' post='2784005'] I think I might take Russell Hoban's 'Riddley Walker'. If you've not read it, treat yourself. [/quote] Awesome book!

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1432668455' post='2783840'] I tend to get all excited about trying to write and record something, then, when its done and published, I feel a bit gutted that I have finished it , but then when voting pops, up I am happy cos I know its not long till the next one [/quote] Luckily I'm also recording backing keyboard arrangements for the Weeds upcoming Sheffield Tramlines gig which will occupy me until the next piccy... And I've narrowed my votes down to 4!

Today I'd have: 1. Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos (cos it's gorgeous) 2. Parliament - P Funk (wants to get funked up) {cos it's The Bomb} 3. Jacques Loussier - Play Bach - Italian Concerto {then I can have both jazz and Bach. In fact I can't relly listen to the Italian Concerto played "straight" without thinking it was somehow wrong...) 4. Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun {it was the first punk I heard and it changed my outlook on music and the attitude needed} 5. Ian Dury and the Blockheads - Hit me with your rhythm stick {got me into both bass and funk} 6. Praxis - Transmutation/Transmutandis {Bootsy, Buckethead, Bill Laswell, Bernie Worrell and Brain! What's not to like?} 7. Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Derek Bailey and Calvin Weston - Mirakle {free improve jazz funk noise!} 8. Zapp - Dancefloor {you've got to have a bit of a boogie!} As a book I'd take my annotated copy of Selected Climbs in Snowdonia by Paul Williams, and the luxury would be a cellar of fine wine.

I'd have a nice bit of bass fried the Thai way with a chilli and tamarind sauce.

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1432211742' post='2779216'] Really?! [/quote] Only joking...

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[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1431732902' post='2774558'] I have only just clocked why you were first in here Mr Smalls , You do have a connection with Arizona [/quote] "Name's Smalls, Leonard Smalls. Friends call me Lenny, only I ain't got no friends."

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1431204143' post='2768836'] OK then Lots of singing on this one I am afraid , but I suppose a ballad has to have some words [url="https://soundcloud.com/lurksalot/the-ballad-of-ed-schieffelin"]The Ballad of Ed Scheiffelin[/url] I hope you enjoy [/quote] Nice! I could definitely imagine that going on in the bar while Audie Murphy stands on a box battling with the likes of Broderick Crawford!

Tà very müch!

Liking the donkeys! Chickens are so passe... (how do you do an accent?)

As the great Nigel said, tis verily a fine line... Here's some terrible band names: Clap Yur Hands Say Yeah Death Cab For Cutie Hoobastank Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly Lake of Anal Mucus Does it Offend You, Yeah? Dogs Die In Hot Cars AndersonBrufordWakemanHowe (PLC)

[quote name='MB1' timestamp='1431090366' post='2767717'] MB1. Those Naughty Lumps Butthole Surfers Splodgenessabounds [/quote] I saw those Naughty Lumps a couple of times at Eric's in 1979ish. They were excellent, with Julian Cope on bass, Dave Balfe on keys and Bill Drummond: [MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXDWm8WE8S4[/MEDIA] As for the Buttholes, awesome in the true sense of the word is all I can say! Different league from Splodge and his crisps/lager!

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1431084744' post='2767613'] There's a band currently doing the rounds who never rehearse, don't have songs or a set and improvise for every performance. You've got to admire their balls... they are called Commercial Suicide. You'd have to go a long way to find a band name more appropriate than that! [/quote] Free improvisation bands have been doing that for years... My first, and recently resurrected, band never rehearsed. We just went to parties and played for 4-5 hours at a time. We sounded like a funk/reggae version of John Zorn's Japanese noisecore bands! Fortunately this was Leeds in the 80s so everyone was completely off their faces. Y'all will be pleased to hear that we rehearse now...

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1430942584' post='2766251'] Another one of yours I really like , your voice is definitely sounding awesome on this one , great use of the harp , ties it together really well , excellent starter for ten with that tune . I wouldn't normally listen to others before mine is done, however, the tune is done , but I am now on take 50 or so with the vocal , even Mrs Lurks had a go , that was soooo funny , I have however promised her I won't use it , [/quote] Ta! You'll no doubt be unsurprised to hear that the vocals are samples...

Looks like I'm first out of the blocks with a large slab of dub, just like them thar old timers used to play round the camp fire when there wasn't other cowboys to shoot... Hasn't come out quite as big as it sounded before Soundcloud compression! https://soundcloud.com/dredd-and-the-badass-weed/tombstone-dub

I got [url="http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk"]www.pcspecialist.co.uk[/url] to build me a Windows 8 laptop with 16gb RAM, a 1Tb hrbrid hard disc (250gb SSD), a 17.3" screen and i7 quad core processor for £700...

I'll sing it for you...

[quote name='Dad3353' timestamp='1430667449' post='2763540'] Back soon, I hope...[/font][/color] [/quote] Aye! Get well soon! At this rate I might be the 1st to submit an entry and nobody would want that!

If you're just playing a slide show from Windows picture manager, or a looped video or similar, it's easy to project it from a laptop/notepad so long as it's got an HDMI output. Otherwise you'd need a projector with USB input. You've also got to think about how far from your screen the projector is going to be situated, and how much light there is likely to be. More light/further away means more powerful projector, which is more expensive. Frinstance, our village hall projector needed to produce a 5m image from 15m away. So we had to buy an Optoma at nearly £2k. But my home projector only needed to produce a 2m pic at 3m away, hence it was £700. You can get cheaper than that if you're not enormously worried about absolute image quality.

[quote name='lurksalot' timestamp='1430589959' post='2762959'] I am just going to keep making a selection of noises till I like the sound of one , then run with it , add too much to it , and add enough finishing touches to hide the lack of quality in both the performance and production [/quote] Aye... Mine's had its first roll in glitter. Next comes the 2nd coat, followed by some ribbon bows and one of those raffia pom-poms. Or maybe 2!

Watch the bloke who does Mule Train with a tray for some inspiration! That's what I did, and now I've got Cowboy Dub complete with slide guitar and harmonica. Yee Har!