Mike

Buddy Holly, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Pete Townshend, Milton Nascimento, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Robert Smith, Prince, Johnny Marr, Paddy McAloon, Stevie Wonder, Little Richard, Syd Barrett, Marc Bolan, Carlinhos Brown, Lo Borges, Frank Black, Tom Collins and George Zoomer quote-"“The last thing I remember about The Zoomers was driving down the levee road on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, in my Dad’s Lincoln Continental drinking Papst Blue Ribbon beer by the 12 pack and throwing Zoomer 45s at whatever we could hit and that wasn’t much, except for that rather large dog that later turned out to be a cow (it’s amazing how much everything looks the same at 100 mph). But like my Mom always said it’s the thought that counts, anyway at the end of a 3 day acid bender, thinking was the last thing on my mind. ”The ZOOMERS -Mike's Apartment CD (Homework #205)Zoomer kept gobbling drugs and writing songs and driving along levees at 100 mph, but before he moved to L.A. and things really blew up, he found his trademark sound. Fans of huge hooks and grubby recording techniques will find fuzzed-out mosquito-infested nirvana throughout this sampling of Zoom's 1987-1994 output, patiently preserved by his pal and #1 fan Mike while Zoomer was off in search of an even deeper deep end... ("Exist" enthusiasts will be happy to know there's at least 4 more songs in exactly that same vein along with the more-evolved/more-hummable tracks)...Check out Zoomer's ever-expanding audio empire at at www.zoomermusic.net and artwork, too..."In a town and geographic region not especially noted for out of the box rock and roll thinking (SHIT DOGS notwithstanding!), The Zoomers were cranking up the phasers, delay effects, plinky keyboards and distortion pedals and layering them on top of genuinely offbeat song structures. ...truly unique slices of early underground lunacy. “From the Planet Moon” (which appears in two versions) is just a hands-down absolute left field classic, starting with the opening proclamation, “My space ship landed” and spinning off into oddball time structures & new invented on the spot choruses from there... "...it’s hard to come away from this and not infer the influence of heavy stimulants on the band’s creative process. That or they were just wacked to begin with; likely both. ....>.. ....>.. ....____ Stereolab .. ........>__Star Best John Photo I Could find At The Momment = ==


Milton now and with Lo Borges and Fernando Brant during Club de Esquina 1972
. ___ King Crimson "Elephant Talk" To You .. Marisa Monte - Infinito Particular - Nico .... L e t t e r s g o i n c i r c l e s W o r d s g o t h r o u g h y o u r m i n d Y o u c r e a t e d t h e w o r d p u r p l e f o r m e t o f i n d I g i v e t h e w o r d l o v e F o r y o u t o k e e p i n m i n d . ???M * * * * * * * .......