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About Me

A QUOTE I LIKE FIRST OFF--

"The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things --bad language and whatever --it's all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition, There's an idea that the human body is somehow evil and bad and there are parts of it that are especially evil and bad, and we should be ashamed. Fear, guilt and shame are built into the attitude toward sex and the body. ... It's reflected in these prohibitions and these taboos that we have."-- " George Carlin in a 2004 AP interview

NEW...Buy Thanatos Blisters (Bonus) at iTunes....with five new live tracks from the band's final show with William Tucker.

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Thanatos first came to light in the mid 1980s...when Sam Rosenthal and I got together with some out of tune keyboards and guitars. We released our first real music in 1992....band became a live act in the mid 90s. These days we play rarely and with a varied line-up....Still slogging along listening to recordings and trying to figure out what the hell is wrong with them...Keep an eye here for info on new releases.
RELEASES INCLUDE--
"This Endless Night Inside" in 1993 (Projekt),
"An Embassy to Gaius" in 1995 (Projekt),
"The Neighbor of the Beast" (ep) in something like 1996 (Projekt),
"Blisters" 1997 (Projekt),
Illegalteenagebikini "I Am Not Job" 2003 (Precipice).
UPCOMING....The Exterminating Angel....
..and a bunch of compilations...
Feel free to get in touch..we love to hear from anyone...Or almost anyone.......
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/1/2004
Band Website: projekt.com/projekt/artist.asp?id=1030
Band Members: Originally...Patrick Ogle and Sam Rosenthal. Currently Patrick Ogle, Eric Polcyn, Greg Lucas, Tim Larson and Tommy Henry....occassionally the spirit of William Tucker tosses an ashtray at someone or whispers "for fuck's ssake PA-Ht."
Influences: I am not sure who my influences are. But I can tell you who I like (even tho I didn;t like many of them until well after I was doing music...and most of them have nothing in common with what I play)....John Hiaitt..Guy Clark, Peter Murphy, Love and Rockets, Killing Joke, Bauhaus, Nick Cave, Wyclef Jean, Boukman Ekspereyens, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Bob Dylan, Velvet Underground, Iggy, Interpol, Ween, Lee Perry, David Bowie, Billy Bragg, Lou Reed, Claire Voyant, Thrill Kill Kult, Chris Connelly, Tricky....and many many many more....
Sounds Like:

Among the things I took as compliments that people TOLD me I sounded like were--(first two records) "Like the demos for the Ziggystardust album"...."Psychadelic Furs..."..."Peter Murphy"....Of these...the first is the most accurate...Neither of the other two really hold water but it is sorta like when someone tells you you look like Cary Grant....its bullshit but take the compliment and run with it...

Later records (Blisters, I Am Not Job) I heard everything from Pink Flloyd (who I am not really a big FAN of...) there were others but I forget them....
Record Label: Projekt
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Emma Skye, ATR Tape. Annihilate the Hero, The Cosmosonics...

and an interview with a young lady whose music is intriguing...First check out Emma Skye.Next check out an interview with Mike Spitz at ATR Tape. They are manufacturing audio tape for pro recording ag...
Posted by Thanatos on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:11:00 PST

all five Donita Sparks videos and happy birthday to me...

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Posted by Thanatos on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:06:00 PST

donita sparks...three videos up

Here are three videos of my chat with Donita Sparks...Go look and leave comments at Gearwire...and check out her myspace page for show dates....they are super live....(she is on my top friends here) F...
Posted by Thanatos on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:22:00 PST

thanatos live

Shockingly enough there is another Thanatos show coming up...a bit down the road.but a show nonetheless.Sunday, September 7, 2008at Darkroom, 2210 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60622.Tim Larson 8 p.m....
Posted by Thanatos on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:59:00 PST

Videos, articles..a bit of an overload but good stuff

bands worth knowing about....I think anyway,,,Some of which I have already plugged but I am gonna do it again...so THERE...There are now five Firewater videos up...check them out...http://www.gearwire...
Posted by Thanatos on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:59:00 PST

Firewater, The Wedding Present....

Videos with Firewater....interesting stuff....interesting record....http://www.gearwire.com/martin-backpacker-firewate r.htmlhttp://www.gearwire.com/eastman-guitars-firewater.html I I forgot this one wi...
Posted by Thanatos on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:03:00 PST

Bob Taylor in acoustic guitars

Bob Taylor of Taylor guitars talks about the use of laminate versus solid wood.http://www.gearwire.com/laminate-bobtaylor.htmlLeave comments at the gearwire site...Bob has always been really good abou...
Posted by Thanatos on Thu, 29 May 2008 10:25:00 PST

New Songs UP...

in part because the old ones stopped playing.Homage to Catalonia will be on the new record....the live tracks, Went Down Swinging and Scattered may accompany their studio versions on the CD as well.Le...
Posted by Thanatos on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:48:00 PST

the new thanatos CD...

I would be curious to hear from people on here about how many of you would actually buy the physical disc of the new thanatos CD....considering it is likely to have some songs not on the downloadable ...
Posted by Thanatos on Wed, 07 May 2008 01:22:00 PST

The Black Angels...of Austin TX

A band I really like....here are some videos I shot of them while in Austin a few weeks ago...I am gonna post a lot of these from the various folks I talked to...they are still going up...patrickBlack...
Posted by Thanatos on Wed, 07 May 2008 11:57:00 PST