Posts from — September 2008

Speaking of Hanks Williams III, here is a great bootleg of his April 3rd 2006 show at Alley Katz in Richmond, Virginia. It was recorded right off the board, so the sound quality it top notch.

As always, it includes a full set of country songs, followed by a 12 song set by Assjack that will rip your face off.

1. Intro
2. Straight to Hell
3. Trashville
4. Thrown Out of the Bar
5. Smoke & Wine
6. D. Ray White
7. I Don’t Know
8. Mississippi Mud
9. Pills I Took
10. Lowdown
11. Longhaired Redneck
12. My Buckets Got a Hole in It
13. Hoedown
14. Cocaine Blues
15. Crazed Country Rebel
16. Long Hauls & Close Calls
17. Not Everybody Likes Us
18. Outskirts of Life
19. Nighttime Rambling Man
20. Don’t Wanna Go Home
21. Praying For a Heart Attack
22. Life of Sin
23. Go Fuck You
24. White Trash Pt. 2
25. Hellbilly
26. Interlude
27. Gravel Pit
28. Cocaine
29. Trepanation
30. Cut Throat
31. Punch, Fight, Fuck
32. Redneck Ride
33. We Take Pills
34. Choking Gesture
35. Black Destiny
36. Death Comes Ripping
37. No Regrets
38. Rise To Die

Download Hank Williams III - Live at Alley Katz (zip-185mb)

I first became aware of Neltner Creative through their design and photography work on the Hank Williams III album Straight to Hell. It was a great balance of illustration and photography, all layered together in a dark, gritty package.

Based out of Kentucky, Neltner Creative consists of two brothers - visual artist Keith Neltner and graphic designer/photographer Rick Neltner. In addition to Hank III, Neltner Creative has done work for Black Rebel Motor Cycle Club, Those Poor Bastards and Superjoint Ritual among others.

One of the more unique projects they have been involved in is creating numerous visuals for the campaign to have Hank Williams Senior reinstated into the Grand Ole Opry. For more info visit the official Reinstate Hank Campaign website.

Check out www.neltnercreative.com for lots of great samples of their work and don’t miss the news/blog section for lots of unique insight into their creative process and latest projects.

It took a while for it to arrive, but the first installment of Measurements of Sound is online and ready for your downloading pleasure.

For those who don’t know, Measurements of Sound is podcast which will be uploded to the website sporadically. Simply put, it’s a big mp3 file that consists of some mind bending music. So download it, enjoy it and do whatever you want with it.

Measurements of Sound - Volume 01 Track Listing:

00:00:00 Neurosis - “Suspended in Light”
00:01:57 Mono - “Com(?)”
00:17:02 Battle of Mice - “Salt Bridge”
00:22:46 A Storm of Light - “Breach”
00:24:49 Tomahawk - “Ghost Dance”
00:28:30 Angels of Light - “Sometimes I Dream I’m Hurting You”
00:34:55 Dälek - “Culture for Dollars”
00:41:36 Hive - “Vaya Con Dios (A Suspended Remix)”
00:47:01 Melvins - “Lovely Butterfly”
00:49:05 Humanfly - “Nenhuns Deuses Nenhuns Mestres”
00:57:09 Aluk Todolo - “Disease”
01:06:38 Cobalt - “Androids, Automatons & Nihilists/Cephalopod”
01:15:12 Explosions in the Sky - “What Do You Come Home To?”
01:20:11 Cult of Luna - “Dim”

Measurements of Sound - Volume 01 (MP3 - 01:39:59)

As we all know, music is primarily digested through your ears. However, I always find it interesting to see how bands choose to represent their music visually as well. Be that though the use of traditional graphic design, the internet, video and even in the live setting.

One such band who has always excelled in this area is Nine Inch Nails.  Wired has posted a great article about the technology behind the stage show of the bands current tour. It is a very interesting read and offers lots of insight into the inspiration behind what they are doing, along with the technology behind it.

Also go download their new album. After all it is free.