Firefighter Font

Origins of Ellis, D

Greg — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:18:26 +0000

The first spoken word edition of the FF podcast. It’s extracted from a pre-practice band meeting where most of our important administrative work gets done. As our normal stenographer was absent, we recorded this meeting. This excerpt finds us stumbling upon the unlikely accomplishment of Doc Ellis and the song title this event inspired. In the background you can hear selections from Beware! The Other Head of Science‘s excellent record Big American Godzilla Party. The conversation starts with Damon bringing to our attention the Santana-sque elements of “Teddy Roosevelt’s Modded Mac Book Pro (Pt 2)” [parental advisory: some adult language]

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Ellis, D

Greg — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:48:12 +0000

This song rests entirely on a bass riff Damon came up with while tinkering with his digital delay pedal. Here is a band exhibiting early stage symptoms of an addiction to reverb (a side effect perhaps of listening to Surfer Blood’s Astrocoast too many times on headphones). The title is an homage to ex-Pittsburgh Pirate Dock Ellis, who in 1970 no hit the San Diego Padres while tripping on acid.

Wire Groupie

Greg — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:45:48 +0000

This song is still in the throes of creation, though we’ve been playing it for three weeks now and I give it a 70% chance at making into our repertoire. The title references the documentary Man on Wire which chronicles Philippe Petit’s attempt to walk a high wire between the buildings of the world trade center in 1977. Note the wah bass intro, reminiscent of a perilous and taught steel cable. Also the newest addition to the band, the Roland SH-201 synthesizer makes its first appearance; the patch we affectionately refer to as “Clark.” File under: moody dance rock.

Rick Astley Porno

Damon — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:30:06 +0000

Our second installment of the Band Practice podcast calls for a Jazz Odyssey. This 5+ mins. jam-o-rama is aptly named: ‘Rick Astley Porno’. I’m not quite sure how the title came about. You’ll have to ask Greg, but the sounds are definitely fitting. I don’t think you’ll be hearing this one live anytime soon, but enjoy

Elation Regimine

Firefighter Font — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:46:55 +0000

The first installment in our Band Practice podcast. These are as raw as you can get. Basically, we record as much of our practices as possible, especially if it is a new track we’re working on. Often times you’ll catch a bit of our pre- or post- song dialogue. We hope this will give some insight into our improvising, and song-writing processes.