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Slow on presidential world…

August 26, 2009 PUSA base Caspar Babypants, Chris Ballew, Other

…but there are some interesting new releases not to be missed

Starting with…

The Young Fresh Fellows – I Think This Is

Which features three tracks co-written by our very own Chris Ballew. Here is the track list and details:

01 The Guilty Ones (McCaughey)
02 Lamp Industries (Bloch)
03 Suck Machine Crater (McCaughey )
04 Betty Let the Good Times Crawl (Buck, McCaughey)
05 Never Turning Back Again (McCaughey)
06 New Day I Hate (Bloch)
07 Go Blue Angels Go (McCaughey)
08 Used to Think All Things Could Happen (Ballew, Hutchison)
09 Your Mexican Restaurant (Ballew, Hutchison, McCaughey)
10 Shake Your Magazines (Ballew, Hutchison, McCaughey)
11 After Suicide (McCaughey)
12 If You Believe in Cleveland (McCaughey)
13 Ballad of the Bootleg (McCaughey )

Another interesting release is upcoming Morphine album:

Morphine: At Your Service:

“A double-disc set of unreleased studio and live Morphine tracks called At Your Service will hit stores on October 6th to mark the 10-year anniversary of the death of frontman Mark Sandman. The band’s surviving members will perform a memorial gig at Cambridge, Massachusetts’ Pacific Park on September 27th.”

Tracklist:

Disc One:

01 At Your Service
02 Come Over
03 Come Along
04 It’s Not Like That Anymore
05 Patience (Alternate Version)
06 Call Back
07 Bye Bye Johnny
08 Hello Baby
09 Women R Dogs
10 You’re An Artist (Alternate Version)
11 5:09
12 Lilah II
13 Moons Of Jupiter
14 Lunch In Hell
15 Imaginary Song (Alternate Version)
16 Shadow (I Know You Part V)

Disc Two:

01 Good (Live – WMBR ’92)
02 Only One (Live – WMBR ’92)
03 Shoot ‘Em Down (Live – WMBR ’92)
04 Saddest Song (Live – WMBR ’92)
05 Claire (Live – WMBR ’92)
06 I Had My Chance (Alternate Version)
07 Buena (Alternate Version)
08 Empty Box (Alternate Version)
09 All Wrong (Alternate Version)
10 Put It Down (Wo-Oh) (Live – WMBR ’93)
11 Free Love (Live – WMBR ’93)
12 Sexy Christmas Baby Mine (Live – WMBR ’93)
13 Scratch (Live -WMBR ’93)
14 Super Sex (Live -WMBR ’93)
15 Radar (Live – WMBR ’93)
16 I’d Catch You
17 The Night (Alternate Version)
18 Take Me With You (Alternate Version)
19 Shade (I Know You Part IV)

Last but not least….

New Caspar Babypants album is aimed for mid November:

I am getting feedback now from my test families and starting to select the songs for the next record! Kate and I sketched out the cover art this weekend at the cabin too so it is coming into focus. Hope to have it out mid November! songs that are getting high marks are “Dog Gone Gone Dog Gone” and “Itsy Bitsy Spider” and “Nine Ninety NIne”.

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Windows 7

August 20, 2009 PUSA base Other

I know this has absolutely nothing to with PUSA, but if you are planning on buying the upcoming Windows 7. Amazon UK has a pretty damn sweet deal:

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium £63.99! and the seller is Amazon, and not those 3rd party companies, and it even has pre-order price guarantee. 🙂

Even after taxes + shipping (to Finland), it only cost 85 euros, and that’s about 50% cheaper than it would be on retail here!

I think this is the first time ever you get new Windows cheaper in Europe than US, and that is something!

Just thought i’d pass the info. Sorry if you consider this as spam. 🙂

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Top 5 – YouTube PUSA Covers

August 12, 2009 PUSA base Other, PUSA, Video

There must be close to hundred PUSA (Presidents of the USA) covers on YouTube and here is my top 5:

1. Back Porch – Hormonés

This is done by a Finnish band called Hormonés. All i can say is that these girls can play, and this rootsy acoustic version fits perfectly to this song. Also big thumps up for picking up a song that is not very often covered. Even the “back porch rap” is included, and it’s not easy to do, even if you are a native English speaker.

2. Mach 5 – Ryan P. Sutton

So I bought this little guitar for my son and who ends up using it? Moi. Just wanted to do something silly and fun. Life’s been way to serious lately. Plus I like the dichotomy of ROCKIN OUT on an itty bitty guitar. It really is a kickin song! Go get it if you’ve never heard it

If PUSA plays with “funny instruments”, I’d say playing up Mach 5 with a small guitar fits perfectly to the same category. Really impressive cover, and clearly Ryan is having some serious fun playing this one.

3. Naked and Famous – Mike Rosewood

sunday morning song before breakfast and the sun shining . happy days !

Not what you would expect from a guy that is looking a bit dangerous… Great soft acoustic version of Naked And Famous, and to me that British accent just adds more feeling to it…

4. Some Postman – Remancholia

Too bad there is some sound problems, but this is excellent version of Some Postman. I wonder why no commenting is allowed? There is nothing to be shamed about this performance.

5. Last Girl On Earth (live) – Shréé! alias Pulius Tibi Dead Band