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Re: ** Oh, Jesus! It's The 2013 BCB Musical Advent Calendar!

Postby Charlie O. » 24 Dec 2013, 06:57

Day 24: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" - Quaco

Quaco gives us a slightly more recent performance than his last submission, and in newfangled video format to boot! A great one to go out on.







And just for the heck of it, here's a surprise bonus hidden mystery message (audio only) from someone who almost certainly would have been a BCB-er if only he'd been cool enough.


Thanks for taking part, everybody, and Happy Holidays!
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Postby kath » 24 Dec 2013, 13:11

Charlie O. wrote:Thanks for taking part, everybody, and Happy Holidays!

and happy holidays to yew, tew... although i aint done yet. ya never know... it could take me a week to finish listening to these. i can be slow if i wanna.

at seven in the morning on christmas eve, they're soundin just right. it's a four cat day over here.



this really is luvly, sniffle. it's got me all misty. maybe i just need a shower.

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Postby kath » 24 Dec 2013, 13:21

Charlie O. wrote:Day 7: "Winter Wonderland" - Maryann

The M.G.M. lioness (two of my favorite singers) warbles and whistles a winner, in her warm and winsome way.


that was great, maryann. (thank the other backup maryann as well.) i luv it. you've got a deep, warm voice, it's true. i also realize this is the first time i have ever heard all the lyrics to the song. i have issyews hearin lyrics, usually. ::smack::

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Postby kath » 24 Dec 2013, 13:37

Charlie O. wrote:Day 8: "Mele Kalikimaka" - Harvey K-Tel

Don't know how things are in your neck of the woods, but much of the US is facing a vicious cold snap right about now - so what better time to go Polynesian? And what better tour guide than some Canadian guy? (Love ya, Harv!)


this is my fave thing ever. you heard me. (i have all this stuff playin thru speakers right now, i'm drinkin coffee... so i'm bouncebouncebouncin on the couch, grinnin like a goof, and i look up to see attila, just waked up, standing there at the end of the hallway, staring at me in outright gaping fear. actually, he was lookin at me, then my computer, then me, then my computer, same expression on his face... outright gaping fear. siiigh. some gifts are truly unexpected.)

run away with me, harvey. we'll pull a bonnie & clyde... except for killin people and getting shot into mincemeat and all that icky crap.

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Postby kath » 24 Dec 2013, 14:18

Charlie O. wrote:Day 9: "O Holy Night" - all mimsy

BCB's beloved borogrove cuts loose with a sweet a cappella stunner.


beautiful.

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Postby harvey k-tel » 24 Dec 2013, 14:25

oliltownofkathlehem wrote:
Charlie O. wrote:Day 8: "Mele Kalikimaka" - Harvey K-Tel

Don't know how things are in your neck of the woods, but much of the US is facing a vicious cold snap right about now - so what better time to go Polynesian? And what better tour guide than some Canadian guy? (Love ya, Harv!)


this is my fave thing ever. you heard me. (i have all this stuff playin thru speakers right now, i'm drinkin coffee... so i'm bouncebouncebouncin on the couch, grinnin like a goof, and i look up to see attila, just waked up, standing there at the end of the hallway, staring at me in outright gaping fear. actually, he was lookin at me, then my computer, then me, then my computer, same expression on his face... outright gaping fear. siiigh. some gifts are truly unexpected.)

run away with me, harvey. we'll pull a bonnie & clyde... except for killin people and getting shot into mincemeat and all that icky crap.


Merry Christmas, Kath.

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Postby Quaco » 24 Dec 2013, 18:18

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Postby ConnyOlivetti » 24 Dec 2013, 19:28

Charlie O. wrote:Day 24: "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" - Quaco

Quaco gives us a slightly more recent performance than his last submission, and in newfangled video format to boot! A great one to go out on.







a perfect ending to a great collection!
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Postby Mike Boom » 25 Dec 2013, 05:29

Well done everybody
Merry Christmas

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oh mannn. that was... epic. mwhaha. dare i say... almost proggy, in its tripartite structure and movement (one thing i really luvv about soundcloud... it has the sound waves charted in pic form as the song is moving along... this one looks just like a piece of candy, wrapped at both ends and the taffy in the middle. what. there is symbolism there, you freaks.)

charlie, how do you actually do sumthin like this? layering sounds and FXs, just too cool. this goes for all you people doin it in this thread. i get layering images. layering sounds is a whole nuther thing.

just for the record, i think it was me at the end there, making those sounds when i was giving birth.

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Postby kath » 26 Dec 2013, 17:46

Charlie O. wrote:Day 11: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [Lugubrious Version]" - moleskin

An encore from Mummer/moleskin, with his heartfelt rendering of the Greenwich/Barry/Spector classic.


lugubrious version? mwhahaha.

i luvv it. sometimes you sound like a travelling wilbury on the side of the highway.

er, that's a compliment, by the way.

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Charlie O. wrote:Day 12: "Comfort & Joy" - 3 Wise Stooges

bobzilla's Backbiter bites back! (I wish Henry Rollins had a big "Comfort And Joy" tattoo on his back - THAT would have been punk rock.)


kickass, part two. mwhaha. seriously, more festive headbangery over here. somebotty gotta hang that sockkkk... somebotty gotta trim that treeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

it's just... a blast. sniffle.

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Postby kath » 26 Dec 2013, 18:01

Mummer wrote:
Charlie O. wrote:Day 13: "Merry Christmas - Merry, Merry Christmas" [edited version] - Charlie O

Lucky Day 13 finds Charlie O. St. Nickel-less scraping the bottom of his sack of Christmas goodies! This was mostly recorded on cassette 4-track sometime in 1996 or '97 (I think) in the efficiency of the efficient Ken Lee, with Dave Laukaitis on bass, Tim Huber manning the drum machine, Ken playing rhythm guitar, and me the other guitars. Just last month a couple more guitars were piled onto Ken's original mono mixdown, and sleigh bells too (at his excellent suggestion); the vocals and ending were added a couple of days ago. It was originally titled "Wretched" but don't let that influence you.


I like it! :D


i like it, too. it's got its own groovy lil funk goin on. did someone throw in a "happy birthday" down there? mwhahaha.

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Postby Moleskin » 27 Dec 2013, 17:42

Could you put together a zip file with mp3s of all the tracks in?
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Postby Charlie O. » 27 Dec 2013, 21:07

Mummer wrote:Could you put together a zip file with mp3s of all the tracks in?

I don't actually have files for the two video submissions (though there's probably a simple way around that) - nor, sadly, for all mimsy/Tactful Cactus' deeply beautiful "It Came Upon A Midnight Clear".

The rest are, of course, all easily downloadable from SoundCloud!
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Postby Charlie O. » 04 Nov 2014, 22:33

I've been meaning to mention this for a while, and now I am mentioning it: I've been keeping a proud eye on the SoundCloud page since the end of last year, and people are still listening to (and sometimes downloading) our little creations. I don't think a month has gone by without at least ten plays, and at least one download (usually more like seven of them). Not huge numbers, but... considering how under-the-radar we are (what the heck is a "BCB"?) and especially considering that it's an Advent calendar of Christmas tunes, I think it's kinda neat!

Mind you, I don't have any way of knowing who is listening and downloading. It could just be us. I kinda doubt it, though. (For the record, my own plays don't count, as it's "my" stream... so the numbers posted are actually low!)
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Postby harvey k-tel » 04 Nov 2014, 23:33

Is we got anuvver one in us?
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Postby bhoywonder » 05 Nov 2014, 15:29

onions wrote:Is we got anuvver one in us?


I'd be happy to chuck one in the mix if somebody else looks after the thing.

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Postby Charlie O. » 05 Nov 2014, 18:14

bhoywonder wrote:
onions wrote:Is we got anuvver one in us?

I'd be happy to chuck one in the mix if somebody else looks after the thing.

Same here. I don't think I could bear to shepherd it two years in a row!
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Postby bhoywonder » 20 Nov 2014, 15:53

I'm guessing that's a no then...


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