tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35342461625711866112024-03-13T22:57:12.717-07:00Bizarre EnsembleExperimental music. The soundtrack to your secret dreams.Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-69677942929241061142023-11-03T20:05:00.004-07:002023-11-03T20:05:34.624-07:00Hairy Ape<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzLDIU1CBBKQfbuLKkgp4hOwXPp9fimKk9blUvAzWr7TNdUxYASqfxNz-PAZxN6Neh_p94Suz4DYgTvjWgYgXqneFIZlnSaUdanVlxU2I6AMC-oWJe0WQ8T8refoEuF9R3dcv6QtGy9SdPAmtQ1bpm6-kmRY7s7kVGj9J2YAJE0jDpfgAb7zcQZF1Fw/s6352/hairy%20ape-1984.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Hairy Ape" border="0" data-original-height="6352" data-original-width="4467" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYzLDIU1CBBKQfbuLKkgp4hOwXPp9fimKk9blUvAzWr7TNdUxYASqfxNz-PAZxN6Neh_p94Suz4DYgTvjWgYgXqneFIZlnSaUdanVlxU2I6AMC-oWJe0WQ8T8refoEuF9R3dcv6QtGy9SdPAmtQ1bpm6-kmRY7s7kVGj9J2YAJE0jDpfgAb7zcQZF1Fw/w450-h640/hairy%20ape-1984.jpeg" title="Hairy Ape" width="450" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Hairy Ape -- mixed media sketch by douglas brent smith, 1984</p>Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-37780682495285638592023-11-02T21:30:00.001-07:002023-11-02T21:30:00.126-07:00happy faces on parade<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Nothing Orange In The Room from the bizarre ensemble album <i>even numbers</i>.<br />
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track one of the album even numbers by the bizarre ensemble: back stage at the new moon theatre<br />
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for a time, when i lived at a house we called the hydrant because there was a fire hydrant in front, we would answer the phone "home of the arts" or "back stage, new moon." that's how we answered the phone at another apartment before that, too. come to think of it, maybe it was just me.</div>
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You may use this music, mix this music, have fun with this music. Please do cite the original source as "sushi accelerated" by the bizarre ensemble, written by douglas brent smith.Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-27759002075929389142018-01-26T19:06:00.003-08:002018-01-26T19:06:55.485-08:00Phil Candya<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Phil Candya, on the right, was a drummer in the early days of the bizarre ensemble. When Phil played with us we had two drummers and Phil brought lots of life and heart and wonder to the band. I miss Phil. He passed on, leaving a void.<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-9274821258704959412018-01-22T19:19:00.000-08:002018-01-22T19:19:16.358-08:00RIP Joe FrankI didn't know Joe Frank. I didn't even, strangely enough, know OF him. Until he died.<br />
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How could that be? How could I have missed his bizarre, twisted sense of humor and deep, detailed narrative? How could his sense of improv and experimentation have avoided me?<br />
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Then I heard that he'd died. Just like that. Barely around we are and then we are gone. All that work. All that sense of the bizarre. Twisted. Gone.<br />
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I heard a show discussing him. On NPR. <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/01/19/579097081/remembering-peabody-award-winning-radio-artist-joe-frank">Here it is</a>.<br />
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There is so much yet to discover. If you have a sense for the experimental, for the bizarre (music or otherwise) and especially for improvisational narrative, maybe you'd like Joe Frank. Or maybe he'd insult you. There is something disturbing about his work. It's at once funny. And not funny. Serious, and yet absurd. Some of the traits we seek in the band The Bizarre Ensemble.<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-51208461052394865682017-08-23T07:45:00.003-07:002017-08-23T07:45:32.894-07:00time and motion controlfrom the bizarre ensemble album "Bizarre Universe!"<br />
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from the track time and motion control by the bizarre ensemble, (c) 2014 douglas brent smith<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-90063037675284986402017-08-16T16:19:00.000-07:002017-08-16T16:19:23.645-07:00Too Much<br />
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from the bizarre ensemble album "even numbers" 2017<br />
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original track: "too much" from the bizarre ensemble album "even numbers" (c) 2017 douglas brent smith.<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-44843565399446798762017-08-16T07:29:00.000-07:002017-08-16T07:30:32.238-07:00Tempest Maximus<br />
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From the bizarre ensemble album "even numbers"<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-25994689400547096562017-05-13T08:56:00.001-07:002017-05-13T09:00:42.369-07:00that little dogharry took a bite from the apple and chewed. "this must be the longest two minutes on youtube," he said, swallowing hard.<br />
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'nah, not even close," she said, slicing a pear. "you've had longer minutes contemplating your next tweet..."<br />
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that little dog, music by the bizarre ensemble from the album "bizarre evolution." another piece of the soundtrack to your hidden dreams. or not.<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-87471449584551608812017-05-12T16:22:00.000-07:002017-05-12T16:45:14.700-07:00shocker shake<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">it was probably 1982. we gave the bizarre ensemble this duo approach for awhile. nena on vocal, doug on everything else. shocker shake, watch him break, electrified amplified shocker shake...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;">thanks!</span>Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-42054686037984994392017-03-30T14:43:00.003-07:002017-03-30T14:43:57.859-07:00planetary hijinkspretending to understand, we do not understand.<br />
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A Metaphysical Circus was written and recorded a long time ago on a rather inexpensive keyboard using a Tuscan 4-track cassette and then later converted to digital. It's not exactly hi-fi, but it is metaphysical if you close your eyes just right.<br />
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dance, she said.<br />
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<br />Doug Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09316502969861903024noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3534246162571186611.post-60151793637216641322017-01-11T18:49:00.000-08:002017-01-11T18:57:59.755-08:00topeka tollwayfrom the bizarre ensemble album Bizarre Universe!<br />
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