music and video, both annoying
We've got some live performances on video, plus some mp3s you can download at your earliest convenience and use to bug that guy who sits in the cubicle next to yours. Left-clicky listen, right-clicky downloady. You can also listen to The Anarchist Fakebook in its entirety here.
F***ing Winter F***ing Wonderland, 1/10/10
The 2009 Christmas Eve Oklahoma Blizzard managed to completely incapacitate more than half the state, making it (to say the least) a challenge for those of us who actually DID have to get out and DRIVE in it. Those of you who live in snowier climates, think of it thus: take your normal icy winter temps, add 6-8 inches of snow and ice, subtract all plows and salt trucks, then leave it that way for two full weeks. That's Tulsa this winter. So to commemorate these paralyzing effects (which returned at the end of January), here is the first-ever Acoustic Ross seasonal-type song, a variation on the old chestnut "Winter Wonderland," with new lyrics that - inspired by actual events and containing language appropriate to our situation at hand - are most definitely not safe for work, the easily offended, and/or children you don't want learning That One Word just yet.
Now that that's out of the way, please to enjoy. Video to the right, mp3 below.
- F***ing Winter F***ing Wonderland [click for mp3 (1.6 MB)]
Live videos via YouTube
"The Medley" live at Cain's Ballroom 2/6/09
video by brandoninda
(no, I don't know why you can't hear the guitar)
"Swallow You Down" live at Tulsa PAC, Dfest 2009
video by phunkeemonkey80
"Without" live at Tulsa PAC, Dfest 2009
video by phunkeemonkey80
Live videos from OklaVision TV, 7/15/08
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Live on TV in Tulsa
"Swept Down the Plain" live on KJRH 5/14/08
Video quality is pretty lousy. If I could tell you why, you'd laugh.
Live at the 918 UFN EP Release Party, 4/17/04
This gig saw, among other things, the public debut of "Ugly American," more than 4 years before it appeared on The Anarchist Fakebook. This version contains the long-since-removed verse about a certain celebrity religion. I'd love to say that verse was removed over pressure from said celebrity religion's legal department, but I really just didn't think it was funny enough. The levels are a little low on a couple of these, so you may need to crank these up a bit. Also my voice is pretty raspy on the stuff from the second set, so you might want to imagine someone else singing those.
- Swept Down the Plain [click for mp3 (3.4 MB)]
Ugly American [click for mp3 (3.5 MB)]
Nothing Ever Happens [click for mp3 (1.8 MB)]
Live on The News on 6 at Noon, 7/28/00
I'm proud to say that the KOTV switchboard fielded lots of complaints that afternoon, most of which seem to have centered on the words 'idiot' and 'crap.'
- Idiot [click for mp3 (1.9 MB)]
Time For One More [click for mp3 (2.0 MB)]
Other Oddities
Here's a little interview I did for TulsaOriginalMusic.com and 104.5 The Edge, mainly about the then-pending release of The Anarchist Fakebook, 7/4/08.
- hey, I'm on the radio [click for mp3 (3.9 MB)]
Here's the non-album, original 'contest version' of the duct tape anthem "Just the Thing" from 2002 (full story here). To submit this for the contest, I had to stay under a four-minute limit, which meant editing out the intro and almost all of the instrumental breaks. I didn't win, but a new recording of this track, with an all-new bridge and other revised lyrics, wound up on the 918 UFN EP. Sorry about the way I sang the word 'haze.'
- Just The Thing (early version) [click for mp3 (4.1 MB)]
Here's the original version of the Acoustic Ross concert staple simply known as "The Medley." It's an organic, ever-evolving part of the set and I never play it the same way twice. Here's the earliest version, circa 2002 - quite different from the way it sounds these days.
- The Medley (circa 2002) [click for mp3 (4.1 MB)]
Finally, you can go HERE to download the entire Math Lab EP from 2006. It sounds nothing like the rest of this stuff... and I highly recommend it.
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