Not Lame

We hope you all had a great Christmas/Holidays. We hope you were surrounded by people you love and care for, and shared some cheer. (In other words, we hope you didn't spend your holidays like Rich, half convulsing and kneeling in front of Mr. Whirly)

Anyway, back on topic - the Not Lame Top Indie Power Pop Releases of 2006 are up, and Supraluxe is on the list.

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Airplay

Run Rabbit Run.

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Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Merry Jolly Happy Holly Christmas

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Airplay

Where were you at 8:49 tonight?

The Hang Ups

We've been wanting to do an occasional feature on Minneapolis bands. Thought we'd call it The Sound of Minneapolis, but decided that's a stupid title. Maybe a theme, no title. Anyway there's a lot of brilliant music made here, you know. One of the best, if not THE best, bands we have ever heard was the Hang Ups. A classic album of theirs was So We Go, sort of a Sgt Pepper for pencilneck introverts. Not that we would know anything about that.

A review of it at Delusions of Adequacy pretty much says everything we wanted to say about it, only a lot more eloquently.

* You can find the review here

* You can listen to samples and buy it here

We're not going to tell you to run out and buy it, cause we realize it's not for everyone. But these guys are on our all-time favorites list, and that list is pretty short.

Boom goes the dynamite

Sorry, I just had to post this - I kind of have a theme going.

Supraluxe HQ

The final results are in...

And we are (cough) number (cough) two.

Barry Gibb Talk Show

New clip!

These bad things just blow in.

This may or may not be real, I don't know. But it's a RIOT regardless.

Update: This is apparently very real - a student broadcast from WOUB in Ohio.

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It didn't seem weird until somebody else said it....

I was chatting up the checker guy at the local Kowalski's today - we talked about energy drinks, we both like Monster. I like the blue ones, he likes green. We talked about the bad flavored drinks; I said I can't stand Tab because it tastes like sweet liquid celery, and he said he hates Blue Ox. Then he told me he bought a Blue Ox again because he wanted to know if it was as bad as he remembered. I've done that - bought stuff I know I don't like just to experience the ick again. Like Zero Bars. I never really thought about why, but figured it was so inconsequential that I never mentioned it to anyone. I guess that's what blogs are for.

Not Top Ten

We have achieved Honorable Mention status, which puts us somewhere between 11 and infinity.

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Stop The &%$#'in Presses!

Remember how back in November our Amazon sales rank was #236,946? Well somebody must have bought a copy because we leapfrogged 126,993 other CDs to move up to #109,953. Now if one more person buys a copy we'll move up another 126,993 places to number...... +17,040! We'd have to actually stop selling CDs to move back to #1. This whole commerce thing is a piece of cake.

How 'bout a little George Winston to go with that National Geographic?

On the turntable

The first reviewer's comments about this CD at Amazon are pretty funny! Especially considering how amazingly cool it is.

Update: I've been listening to this non-stop today. There are so many beautiful moments, but about 2:45 into the song "Good News" if I close my eyes the visual imagery is so strong it feels like I'm dreaming. So cool.

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No time to post yesterday so today you get two.

Tiny Drum3.0

This thing is a little addictive...

The Rich Theme:



Funny, the mood this evokes after 10 minutes or so. Like watching Empire.

You can also copy and paste this code to play this theme:
8193-2081-577-8193-34817-17045

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On the turntable

35 minutes of messy, beautiful, satisfying feedback.

Podcast: Get Jacked

We make an appearance on the latest Get Jacked podcast, "Better Living Through Chemicals". You may want to take a guess as to which song of ours they chose. You only get one.

Who Are These Guys?

Well, it’s the holidays and you know what that means. Relatives. We here at Supraluxe have lots of relatives… most of them we know of. When these guys showed up, we were in a bit of denial. Ladies and Gentleman…

James Coxxman and Hot Carl.

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Portrait Machine

Bob's portrait.



It's not quite as cool as the Rich portrait, which is the unfortunate consequence of being named Bob and not Rich.

On the turntable

Neil Young's Mr. Soul. Amazing.

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On the turntable

I forgot how much I love this one. Vol one's great too.

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

On the turntable

10 Highly Pretentious Musical Instruments

#6 Keytar

I do not understand...

...how so many people can miss something so obvious. How can a plane take off without airflow over the wings, something that a treadmill does not provide?

Lift is attained by airflow over the wings as a result of the forward motion created by the engines. This is motion relative to the surrounding air, not relative to the treadmill. Also, what's with the wheel rotation argument?

Like one poster said, time to start taking away voting rights.

Ask Dr. Science!

I was once in a band with a guy who, as an adult and in all seriousness, said he didn't understand how it was possible that bathtub farts could smell. That band didn't last very long.

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The Current top albums, 2006

The Current has listed the staff picks for Top Albums of 2006. Oddly, Supraluxe does not show up on anyone's list. A clerical error, I'm sure.

You, loyal reader, have an opportunity to set things straight by voting for Supraluxe on the listener favorite albums 2006 page. Voting ends this Friday, so like they say in Chicago - vote early and often.

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Memo to share holders

In the interest of time, Supraluxe has decided to bypass fledging band status and will be proceeding to superstar status. As such, the following will need to be provided at practices and performances from now on as per contractual agreements:

1. Champagne to dip our testicles in. (It's wonderful....really...you should try it!)
2. Female genital casts molded from the finest bavarian chococate (Honestly......why separate two of life's greatest pleasures!)
3. Golden drum sticks forged of lightning from the almightly hand of Thor
4. High colonic bags filled with Remy-Martin
5. Chicks. Lots of chicks. Special requests from Bob (keyboards) include larger boned woman from the Wisconsin state college system. Leg warmers and tall hair a must.
6. 84 back up Charvel Shredders for road gigs
7. Cocaine pancakes each Sunday

Thank you for your continued backing and support.

Sincerely,

The band

Portrait Machine

Portrait of Rich, courtesy of Ryan Terry. Answer a few questions and it generates your image. Click on the image to have a go.

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Podcast: Programa El Universo Pop

Two songs appear, Marmalade & Flower.
Direct link to Supraluxe episode here.

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

Group Meeting

The Supraluxe marketing dept has proposed a few changes in an effort to increase sales in the burgeoning senior market. Among these changes are song subject matter, which in the future will be more targeted at this key demographic:

1. Prunes and Vodka Are Gonna Rock Ya
2. Is That Your Horrible Swollen Bloody Prostate in Your Pants Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
3. My Heart Aches, But My Back Really Hurts
4. Esther My Love

On the turntable

Fauré: Pavane Op. 50

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On the turntable

Christmas 2006 with Supraluxe

The engineers at Supraluxe are bursting with Christmas cheer. We toast you, loyal customer, and wish you and yours the very best holiday season.

And please don't run away children, that's just a candy cane in Santa Jim's pants.

We're doomed - doomed I tell you!

The Singularity is nigh.

What to do, what to do.

On the turntable

Slowdive bender. Souvlaki. The whole record's great, esp Good Day Sunshine and Missing You.

I've been a bad boy!

Pompous Autoerotic Self Aggrandizing Masturbatory Horn Tooting of the Most Vain Sort

I put a couple songs on Garage Band last spring. Love Sweet Love got some "All Time" placements I was not aware of until today. #1 Best Power Pop Melody - we'll take that.

Track of the Day on 20Mar2006 in Power Pop
Track of the Day on 1May2006 in Pop
#22 Best Drums in Power Pop, all-time
#16 Best Keyboards in Power Pop, all-time
#17 Best Production in Power Pop, all-time
#5 Best Melody overall, all-time
#1 Best Melody in Power Pop, all-time
#5 Best Beat in Power Pop, all-time
#2 Best Mood in Power Pop, all-time
#5 Feel Good Track in Power Pop, all-time
Best Male Vocals in Power Pop, week of 3Apr2006
Best Drums in Power Pop, week of 10Apr2006
Best Bass in Power Pop, week of 10Apr2006
Best Keyboards in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Best Keyboards in Power Pop, week of 3Apr2006
Best Keyboards in Power Pop, week of 10Apr2006
Best Production in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Best Production in Power Pop, week of 3Apr2006
Best Lyrics in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 20Mar2006
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Best Melody in Power Pop, week of 3Apr2006
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 20Mar2006
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 3Apr2006
Best Beat in Power Pop, week of 24Apr2006
Best Mood in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Best Mood in Power Pop, week of 3Apr2006
Feel Good Track in Power Pop, week of 27Mar2006
Feel Good Track in Power Pop, week of 10Apr2006

Yeah, we know.

We live here.

Supraluxed

On the turntable

Two great ones today. In the car today The Current played their My Three Songs segment at noon and the winning entry played Mr. Blue Sky by ELO, A Day In The Life by, um, some band, and Everyone's a VIP to Someone by The Go! Team. I was pretty blown away by VIP - I was sure it was Ennio Morricone.

Next up is Bluebird Is Dead by ELO, from On The Third Day. The original is standard issue Beatles-Lite, but on a Jeff Lynne tribute album Todd Rundgren stripped it down and rebuilt it into a psychedelic ice sculpture extravaganza. Unfortunately the clip doesn't really do it justice. Plus it helps if you like Todd.

Spam Zen

I'd appreciate the poetics more if I didn't have to wade through so much of it...........

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On the turntable

Keane - Under the Iron Sea. Lush atmospheric warmth.

Ruben's Tube

I've never seen anything like this.

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