The Out Of Bodies are an odd entity... It can be five of us, but never has been. It can be four of us, but seldomly. More likely it's been three of us, even more frequently than that, two - and it's been speculated that the essence of the Out Of Bodies can even be channeled through a singular unexpecting host, which can be any one of us at any given time.
Having been art school friends for as long as we have been, we've discovered it futile to resist this strange phenomena which has brought our like minds together - melding our individual tastes and influences into one strange musical embodiment.
Seldom organized (to say the least) we recorded sporadically, haphazardly, and as Mrs Torrielo next door would say "too damn loud". Our recording techniques were crude - a beat up analog Fostex 4-Track recorder and when that wasn't available, a Sharp double-deck boom box, purchased by a slippery electronics boutique salesman on Times Square. And yet, we still managed somehow to accrue quite a repertory of original recordings and covers of our favorite songs by other artists. Admittedly, none of us professional musicians, with the possible exception of one , today our website serves as an archival home for many of these recorded tracks and various artistic endeavors.
As one of us said once "...we wanted to be the Beatles... we'd settle for the Monkees... we ended up the Bugaloos." Never having recorded anything outside of our bedrooms it was obvious we were joking - but still it moved one writer friend of ours to coin us as "the greatest band that never was" - and so there you have it.
Hopefully the spirit of the Out Of Bodies will overtake you too, as it has with dreamers and free thinkers everywhere... Hear more tracks and see a lot more OOB-iness at outofbodies.com
The Out Of Bodies Pick Of The Week... I'm Popeye!!!
...Recently released - something I've always been wondering about, but never found - until now... the original black n' white Popeye cartoons from the 30s! I almost creamed my spinach when I saw this one - a 4 disc box set of beautifully restored episodes, beginning with the first Popeye cartoon ever - which was actually a Betty Boop cartoon, but let's not confuse things....
Anyway, here's a little Popeye clip I found on Youtube... which is from a cartoon that came out AFTER the ones featured on the box set. But it'll give you a good idea of what to expect - and remind you just how GREAT those old Fleisher cartoons were! They sure don't make 'em like this anymore.....
Bonus Picks Of The Week
Just some odds and ends I found intriguing...
Paul McCartney telling a dirty joke... Heh heh heh - Good one, Paul!