First Friday Recap January 2013

last friday was the one year anniversary of mondo beep, the sound experiment that takes place every first friday on 18th street. i was disappointed when the cold temps kept pedestrians away, even though i brought a decent sized coleman heater that kept us from freezing. laura charged her smartphone and looped some crazy carnival sounds that kept us entertained. afterward we went to YJ’s, and then the screenland arcade.

One Year Beep

mondo beep will be one year old this friday. over the last 12 months we have:
-shared over a dozen instruments & effects with innocent bystanders
-played amidst jazz, hip hop, surf artists and fire jugglers
-discovered kindred spirits
-appeared in the pitch
-recorded audio and video to prove it all happened.
we hope you’ll join us this again this friday night on 18th street between wyandotte and baltimore around 6-ish.

All Was Quiet


i was singing this song to myself when i walked to homer’s this morning to open the shop with kelly. i felt like the only person on the planet. happy new year.

Story & Sound

i made two discoveries this week: the moth and walter steding. steding used to open for bands like blondie and the ramones @ CBGB’s, and his cameo in blank generation knocked me out. i loved the spinning glasses, and experimental violin sounds. and the moth? it’s a podcast with some of the best stories, and storytellers i’ve heard in a long time.

The Day After Christmas

it’s the day after christmas. i had some free time. i recorded this.

Bruce in the 80s

recently i started streaming american top 40 countdowns from the 80s, and heard a really cool intro about bruce springsteen and his charities right at the beginning of his born in the USA period. this one’s for you, zach.

Old School Christmas


matt hawkins told me about this video yesterday. so awesome.

Dead Smart Phone, Etc.

i almost forgot to mention the debut of laura’s smart phone at the mondo beep experiment last week. she downloaded some really cool synth apps that sounded awesome… until her phone went dead. fortunately she recorded this while it was still alive. the last stop for the night was the screenland crossroads arcade where the movie posters are almost as cool as the old games.

Parade of Freaks

i messed around with the webotribe and my electric guitar this morning… not sure how to describe the sound. i think it lies somewhere between a march and a menace… yeah, that’s it… a parade of freaks could be the name for this one.

Splat At Your Own Risk

the image above was created by a flick of the wrist and the push of a button. i was guided by voices and led to jacksonpollock.org. a word of warning: if you’re not careful it could happen to you too.