If you missed Caspar Babypants (aka Chris Ballew of The Presidents of the United States of America) on The Marty Riemer Show this morning, you can download it or watch the webcast now. He talks about memorizing his songs, preparing to play a wedding with The Presidents, and writing music for children. Later on in the podcast, Marty’s daughter Josie joins them in the studio for Caspar Babypants’ performances of “$9.99? from his first album, More Please!, and “Brown and Lonely Worm” from his new album, Here I Am!.
There has been some hardware upgrades done to the pusabase hosting server, and it might take a while before things runs smoothly again. I had to press refresh button couple of times just to write this blog post. 🙂
..and when it’s not melting hot, pusabase site will get an update. As always: I’m collecting more material for the next update. Submissions at pusabase help page:
Until then. Here is some of the latest Presidential activity:
2010-06-18 – The Blue Loon, Fairbanks, Alaska
The Presidents have a more relaxed approach to touring. Instead of officially hitting the road, about every six weeks they play a few gigs in different parts of the country. This time it’s Fairbanks; next time it’s Washington state and then Illinois after that.
Lead singer and player of the basitar (a six-string guitar with two of the strings replaced with bass strings) Chris Ballew said it’s just a way for everyone to chill.
“We’re cooling our heels, taking walks on the beach,” Ballew said. “Enjoying the fruits of our labor.”
The Presidents, who formed in Seattle in 1993, are known for their highenergy, alt-grunge rock sound. But Ballew said that underneath it are just simple songs inspired by traditional folk elements.
“But with a frosting of irony on top,” Ballew clarified.
When asked to give a more specific description of The Presidents’ stage style, all Ballew could say was this: “It’s a sugar-coated pillow fight.”
1) Recordings section now has a list of known unofficial PUSA live recordings. (NO, I don’t have any of those shows listed as uncirculating, and I wish I had!). Video list to follow.
2) YouTube-channel launched. I will upload new videos from time to time. I need to get some DVD’s. 🙂
It’s now also possible to upload your videos to pusabase.com, and get them enchanted! (stabilized, sharpened, color corrected, upscaled to HD, and audio remastered etc…)
3) Front page now has a list of upcoming shows. In case you have missed it. 🙂
+ I’ve added some “silent” updates to the site on last two months, and some shows between 1995-2010 got their details updated.
