Mark Weber | Okie Music Conrète | Zerx
“The reel-to-reel as honky tonk band.” — Mark Weber Continue reading
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Mark Weber | Bygone Tumbleweeds, Tarnation Of Smoke | Zerx
This record is about memory. A train ran through my backyard in Cucamonga where I grew up. Songs like “Que Sera Sera,” “Pistol Packin Mama,” “Born To Lose,” “On Top of Old Smokey,” are some of the earliest songs I ever heard, as a baby, my grandfather romping around with his guitar. Continue reading
Mark Weber | Precarious | Zerx
“One great record if I do say so myself. Everything’s coming up roses. You got Ken Keppler on here, and Jeanie, and Mark Weaver’s nocturnal tuba, and Lisa Polisar’s clandestine flute, and Courtney Smith’s nautical harp, and Alicia Ultan’s eternal viola (we love you Alicia), and Stefan Dill’s auto transported flamenco guitar, AND AND AND ! Janet Feder (!) and her prepared & sautéed guitar.” — Mark weber (guitar & vocals & all songs & text & linocut) Continue reading
The Bubbadinos | We’re Really Making Music Now | Zerx
“The quiet before the storm. Lonesome whippoorwill. My grandfather used to call me up and say, “Mark, when’re we gonna make some music?” and I’d haul over to his place and we’d make some. Will the rappers someday be able to call their grandkids and ask the same?” — Mark Weber Continue reading
J.A. Deane | Mark Weber | Vehicle Vortex Vertigo | Zerx
“Hubcaps & poetry. Used cars three year warranty. We were asked to do this installation at an art gallery for this city-wide cultural provocation on the theme of auto transportation. Autotransportation? ( We used a volunteer for the levitation portion of our act but there was something wrong with the foot pedals. )” — Mark Weber Continue reading
The Bubbadinos | The Band Only A Mother Could Love | Zerx
“As it sez right there on the slip cover, Ultra Americana Deluxe. And may I just add to that, here and right now, that these here Bubbadinos continue to explore the EXTREMELY alt. Western kinda canyons even Johnny Dowd merely peers down every now and then… provide more than their fair share of Uneasy Listening Pleasure… Turn it on, tune in, drop far out.” — Gary “Pig” Gold, In Music We Trust, March 2003 Continue reading
Stefan Dill | Flower and Song | Zerx
“The piece de resistance of the album is the splendid “Zakil Amak’El (Light That Lasts)” with Dikeman, a beautifully crafted nine and a half minutes, after which the duos with drums and bass come as something of light relief.” — Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic, Fall 2003. Continue reading
J.A. Deane | These Times | Zerx
“These Times comes on the heels of Deane’s Grand Cross Eclipse (Zerx 024), and though the two disks were recorded about 12 years and 2000 miles apart, with different accompanying musicians, the similarities between these two recordings demonstrate how strong Deane’s music-making concepts really are… An interesting recording, and one highly recommended for fans of experimental electronics, and distorted guitars (especially Frisell’s).” — Dave Wayne, JazzWeekly Continue reading
The Bubbadinos | Yup, We’re Beating A Dead Horse | Zerx
As much as Bubba D loved playing the tracking sessions Dino loved the mixing sessions with the post crew DQW (dino/quincy/weber). When we finally dug into the studio “concept album” (#4- yup, we’re beating a dead horse/the sargent bubbadino sessions), we used George Martin’s book (with a little help from my friends), about the making of Revolver/Sgt. Pepper’s/Magical Mystery Tour, as the script for the entire project.– J.A. Deane Continue reading
The Bubbadinos | Set In Our Ways | Zerx
When Big Web asked me to join his new band the (as yet un-named) Bubbadinos he asked me to play trombone but I told him that I wanted to play lapsteel guitar. He said “I didn’t know that you could play the steel guitar”, I said “I can’t”. — J.A. Deane
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