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About Me

MellotronGirl! Is Currently Campaigning To Introduce Vowels To Balkan Nations


First of all--Tan-Dem is two people...and this myspace site for now is the Jenny side of things...as Jeremy develops his website...his fave bands, projects and influences will come to light for all of us to see. The name Tan-Dem is his idea; we are two-thirds of an experimental project once known as They Made Me Do It. They Made Me Do It did a handful of live music shows in La Grande in 2001 through 2004 and was the brianchild of local projectionist and videographer Derek Wildstar. Tan-Dem's rehearsals are the result of connective spontaneous wavelengths, known usually as "crush" sessions when we get our gear together under one roof (usually Jeremy's studio or the studio of the university radio station) and cut loose with whatever groove we can capitalise on. And occaisionally a few of our friends will drop by, and we'll coax them into plugging themselves in.

DJ Suspension Has Been Known To Order Pancakes With Beer At Denny's

Tan_Dem appreciates music of all classifications that inhibits thought processes...be it ambient or kinetic. As long as we know it's done with brave conviction and is from the deep soul of expressive thought. We like all three bands named Ragnarok, and all three bands named Cathedral, and all three bands named Kaleidoscope, and both bands named Genesis, Family, Zeitgeist, Cranes, Isis, Dada, Kingdom Come, Utopia, and on and on. And of course all the bands whose name is all their own...like Opeth, Hawkwind, Tripsichord Music Box and Premiata Forneria Marconi.

Tan_Dem Has Seriously Considered Performing In The Recycle Room At Wal*Mart

Jeremy likes Kate Bush, Anonymous Bosch, Tori Amos...Jenny likes Fantomas, Semiramis, Amon Duul 2...Jeremy is the whiz at studio production, digital engineering and mixing it all into a cohesive finished product...right down to the artwork and the conections with outside sources to make it all happen. Jeremy has released a handful of CD's as DJ Suspension over the past few years.Jenny just likes to bang around on old vintage keyboards and is totally content with loads of volume, feedback, fuzz, and distortion.Jenny and Jeremy are both DJ's and are fearless and misunderstood as to why they (we) don't play all the shit that makes the Billboard Top 40 charts and all the mainstream radio crap whose music can be found at Wal*Mart. We're onto the other 99% of the music that's out there, so there ya go.They say criticism incites an artist to grow, but we must be doing okay, because no one confronts us about it. Hmm...maybe then people don't say anything because nothing has gone wrong. Ask why, and we will say why not.As I mentioned, this site for now is the Jenny side o'things:Her influences/hobbies beyond Tan-Dem are:Aircraft design, livery, safety Longboards Art deco architecture Skylines/Skyscrapers Nightclubs/nightlife/socialising Gardening Meteorology Volcanology Live Entertainment Localised/Timely Comedy Writing Electric Vehicle Conversions Vintage Keyboards Obscure Records-Kitsch/Novelty/Prog/Psyche/Techno/IndieMetal/Punk Bakelite Radios Inuit/Nunavut Culture/History Getting Outside On A Nice Day

Tan_Dem Joins Self-Proclaimed Sammyville Mayor To Shoot Down Any Meteors Over Union County

VISIT

The National Association For Amateur Radio at http://www.arrl.org
The Grande Ronde Radio Amateurs Association at http://grraa.org

"Collectively, broadcasters are the number one provider of public service"

- David K. Rehr, President/CEO, National Association of Broadcasters; September 2008

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/10/2005
Band Website: www.clarkconceptual.com
Band Members: DJ Suspension: Drum Programming, Digital FX, Casio, all bas 'n beats, other synths. Jeni Kayoa: Mellotron, Farfisa, Kaoss Pad KP3, Optigan/toy keyboardsOur friends who drop in w/voices, guitars, etc.Derek Wildstar Rikki Jo Hickey The Dainster The Gilmore Family The Ellison Family The Clark Family
Jeni Wholly Endorses Technics @ Stanton TT's, Denon Slipmats, Rane & Stanton Xfaders, Korg, Zoom
Influences: Kayak, Mighty Baby, Wallenstein, Mad River, Tripsichord Music Box, Kebnekaise, Todd Rundgren, Gong, Hawkwind, Frijid Pink, Savoy Brown, Leafhound, Spirit Of Christmas, Ibliss, Rolf & Florian, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, MotoFotos, The Robot Ate Me, Jonesy, Osibisa, Barclay James Harvest, Dando Shaft, Junior Private Detective, TekOrji, Elbow, Ui, Euphone, Portishead, Hapshash & The Colored Coat, High Tide, Kosmos, Rudder, Pretty Things, Blues Image, Laibach, Omega, S.F.F., Garybaldi, Osanna, Genesis, Refugee, Killdozer, Minmae, SexMob, Jorma Kaukonen, Earth & Fire, Burnin' Red Ivanhoe, Tori Amos, Sarah McLauchlan, Spooky Tooth, Cressida, Forever More, Autosalvage, Affinity, Manfred Mann's Chapter 3, Sufjan Stevens, Hudson & Ford, Lee Scratch Perry, Big Black, Kinks, Lowbelly, Dickies, Titus Groan, Tir Na Nog, Man, Renaldo & The Loaf, Yello, Junior's Eyes, King Crimson, Spring, Lila Downs, Funkadelic, DJ Food, Jade Warrior, Kak, Lavender Diamond,Gilgamesh, Constants, A Young Man's Gash, Walpurgis, Mothers Of Invention, Checkpoint Charlie, Joey DeFrancesco, Terje Rypdal, Eberhard Weber, The Fugs, DJ Qbert (the most outrageous turntablist in da land), Judy Henske, Tesch, No Fixed Address, Midnight Oil, Ill Wind, The Clash, Quatermass, Gracious!, Steve Hillage, Mad Professor, Per Se, Tuli Kupferberg, Icehouse, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Long Distance Runner, Gorta Berlings Saga, Cosmos Factory, Flied Egg, Kornelyans, Brobecks, Junius, Morello, Quatermass, Soft Machine, Khan, Arzachel, Organ Grinders, Sir Lord Baltimore, Buddy Miles Electric Church, Wanted, Franklin Delano, Mandrill, Kevin Ayers, Il Balletto Di Bronzo, Zephyr, Bubble Puppy, Jandek, Built To Spill, Residents, Ophelias, Dresden Dolls, Eugene Chadbourne, you get the idea???

FAVE METAL BANDS (some punk too)
..May Blitz, Blue Cheer, Leigh Stephens, Silver Metre, Leafhound, Slade, Frijid Pink, Laibach, Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Dream Theater, Godflesh, Trivium, Trouble, St. Vitus, Gore (Holland), Good Riddance, Catch 22, Doom (Japan), Patto, Corrosion of Conformity, Mind Funk, Nevermore, Meatmen, Neurosis, Code of Honor, Napalm Death, Nailbomb, 7Seconds, Necros, JFA, Voivod, Jason Becker, Alex Masi, Alkatraz, Isis, Fantomas, Dust, Bile, Biohazard, Crypic Slaughter, Supersuckers (early!), Motorhead, Dayglo Abortions, Dead Kennedys, False Prophets, Black Flag, The Great Kat, Mastodon, Entombed, Aereogramme, Fattbacker, Cathedral, In Flames, Grimace, and even The Kinks, Yardbirds, Eric Burdon and Hardin/York got loud at times...and lets not forget Jimi Hendrix, April Lawton and Frank Zappa either while we're at it...
DECENT METAL LABELS: Griffin and Man's Ruin while they existed...Magna Carta, Shrapnel, Nuclear Blast (esp. their European connections)

"I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denegrate those who do. And for those people who like country music, denegrate means 'put down'..." - Bob Newhart
"How great an artist must truly be...if they are constantly being derided by extremes in critical acclaim..." - The Proffett, member: progressiveears.com
"Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there" - Franklin P. James
"Republicans are all about making big money as fast as they can make it with the least amount of effort, but the Democrats are all about taxing every bit of it away" (overheard on the Rush Limbaugh show one day--and don't ask me what the hell I was doing listening to that program)"You'll never get rich by being nice" - someone who used to work at a drugstore talking about the family who owned the place...
Can I add a few of my own philosophies? Okay, here goes...
"Ah, it's great to be self-employed, but for those who savor a simplified lifestyle it doesn't work out that way 99% of the time"
"The more you're in love with someone, the more pet names you have for them"
"The further you are away from your bike, the more ridiculous spandex looks"
showing prejudism shows a lack of education

Sounds Like: Jesus Burger, Hugh Hopper, Pierre Henry, Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, Silver Apples, Justice, Lothar & The Hand People, Boredoms, Nurse W/Wound, Throbbing Gristle, John Zorn, Gary Windo, Systems Theory, Swayzak, S up e rc o ll i de r, and a cross between stuff that winds up on indie record labels like Gulcher and DFA.
Record Label: Soulest Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

All Those Rysdam's up Elgin Way

Lots of big names in the Valley...Casebeer, Wagoners, Winterton, Tsiatsos, Oglevie, and on and on (and the Klickitat County, Washington connection around Summerville it seems)...and no doubt the Rysda...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 08:16:00 GMT

The Twain Shall Meet: Dave Kean (Mellotron) & Dave Biro (Birotron)

I came home from an abbreviated visit to a couple bars downtown long before last call, and sometimes goof off on the internet if I'm not quite ready for bed. Many times I comb eBay and craigslist look...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:38:00 GMT

Survive The Economic Downturn-Diversify Your Business

A handful of companies have branched off into splintered secondary ventures...makes you wonder where the minds of the higher-ups are when you house fireworks and fur under the same roof like our frien...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 03:56:00 GMT

Ashamed Of Contributing To eBay-Induced Inflation

It seems that lately I've been sharked at the last minute--being outbid on cool old collectables I find on eBay--and thus driving up the cost of these items for those who (I guess) want it more than I...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:27:00 GMT

Musing And/Or Amusing: Halloween

First of all, I spell Hallowe'en with an apostrophe. Let's face it, it's all the rage to spell the names of the major islands in Hawai'i with an apostrophe, so why not welcome yet another word that be...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:56:00 GMT

Why I would *never EVER* want to be President

It's all about the sacrifices, folks! * You must succumb to an itinerary of strict scheduling for four years; right down to every waking minute. No time for diarrhea, high-altitude cooking instruction...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:37:00 GMT

Steal My Idea & Cut The ATM Drama

It sure seems like a lot of smash-and-grab criminals are going way beyond assaulting the ATM user by going after the whole ATM machine itself. Typical scenario: A pick-up truck rams into a storefront ...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:45:00 GMT

Huntington, Oregon Undocumented History

Here we go again folks...a town the size of North Powder, a town the size of Cove...or perhaps Imbler and Summerville put together, and ten years ago ambitious plans were on the drafting table to fire...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:00:00 GMT

China Dilemma/Yard Sale Trauma--two blogs in one!

Aren't you glad you don't live in China? No crossword puzzles, no Chinese version of Wheel Of Fortune or Scrabble! And now they are planning to get the folks in Hong Kong to drive on the right side of...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Aug 2008 08:00:00 GMT

Phord Phocus

Well, yesterday I caught wind of a used car at the local Phord dealership so I thought I'd check it out...you know the place..they have billboards all over Eastern Oregon that have a $700 low price gu...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:55:00 GMT