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president bystander

nice night for a knife fight

About Me

New Orleans kid makes noise for the adult-contemporary set...

(1) Not building a wall, but making a brick.

(2) The slightest breath will alter it completely.

(3) A man should grow in five directions, like a star, not in one direction, like an automobile.

(4) A good artist borrows, a great artist steals.

(5) Repeats until it fails, half a goon and half a god.

(6) Fumms bo wo taa zaa Uu, pogiff, kwii Ee.

Enjoy,
President Bystander

I repaired my own brain with a cordless power drill !

(1)Eno;(2)Kandinsky;(3)Walter I. Anderson;(4)Picasso;(5)Devo:(6)Kurt Schwitters

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/24/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/weflyatzero
Band Members: Pres. Bystander: guitars, voice, banjo, keyboards, pedals, microphones, toys, junk, record button.

Influences: buzzing appliances, broken equipment, catastrophic flooding, inept governance, parenthood, family, friends, hearts, arms, eyes, and ears.

Sounds Like: Repetition. That, as well as the same thing being played again and again. Repetition.

Record Label: Din Den Recordings
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A word about "The Imposter Syndrome"

This song was recorded in Houston Texas on or about 12/12/05. My wife, son, dog, cat and I had evacuated to Houston the saturday before Katrina.  We lived in hotel for a week or two and then move...
Posted by president bystander on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:20:00 PST

a lesson in myth building

A LESSON IN MYTH BUILDING:Pre 1985: Dubbing deck and two crappy microphones used to amass layer and layer of hiss, trumpet, found sound and spoken word.  Called it "The headache song."  It ...
Posted by president bystander on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:42:00 PST