Rickter Scale Show 201 - Stuff from 2008
 

airing Sunday, November 2 from 8-11 PM EST and Monday, November 3 from 1-4 PM EST

As I was constructing this show several weeks back, I noticed that 3/4 of the way through that all of the music was from 2008. So I figured I make the whole show new music. On the both last show of 2008 and the first show of 2009 I will be featuring a song or two from all 2008 artists, and will be much more comprehensive. This week features five artists.

Matthew Parmenter - from "Horror Express":

O Cesare
Polly New

I will be seeing him (and nephew Ryan and the band Discipline) back to back to back in Detroit next month. I have featured this record when it came out in full - here is the second song and the longest song from the record.

Gongzilla - from "Five Even":

Say Hey
French Grass
American Dream
Five Even
So High

Been looking forward to this since I heard the songs at 3RP. Bon Lozaga and Hansford Rowe used to play the Of Sound Mind record store, and have put out great music for a long time. Hansford has a lot of vocal tracks - quite a departure from their prior work. His voice is raspy and perfectly suited for the "cool fusion" of the songs. "French Grass" is a killer instrumental.

Octopus - from "Coda":

Part 1 - Slussen
Part 3 - VI-I-VII

Peruvian prog-metal! Some of this is brutal, but mostly instrumental with some blistering instrumentation. The CD is only 23 minutes long but includes a 90-page booklet of sheet music.

Uli Jon Roth - from "Under A Red Sky":

Land of Dawn
Stay In The Night
Light And Shadows
Tanz In Die Dammerung

Former Scorpions guitarist (until 1978), he's put out some interesting music over the years. Before a month ago, I'd only seen him in 1982, with Clive Bunker as his drummer. This record features operatic vocals (by two established singers) and the usual amazing fretwork. The last cut is an 18-minute epic.

Tempano - "Selective Memory"

Victoria Pirrica
Falling Senses
Argos
Despair, Shout
The Farmers
Irus
The Blind Crow
Path
Embestida
Cristalizado
Aguas Redondas

This is on the Moon - and you can get this from their myspace. I have only heard this once, but I really liked it - also, it gave me the impression that subsequent listens will yield many more highlights - the music is that involved and satisfying. Great prog fom Venezuela.

Not living in the past.....

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There are three ways a full record can now appear on the show - one is by permission of the artist (Show 199's "Existence"), or an older release, or the way the Tempano came to be - a full legal download. You can get this from their myspace. I have only heard this once, but I really liked it - also, it gave me the impression that subsequent listens will yield many more highlights - the music is that involved and satisfying. Great prog fom Venezuela.
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Please cite for me the rule or ruling on this.

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What I mean is on MY show. This is no big deal, I probably didn't even need to mention it.

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OK. That's not how it read. However, I'd tread lightly on the downloaded material until there is some definitive ruling. Let's not pique the RIAA's interests what AM is playing.

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Ok, more clarification. The Tempano is on the Moon playlist. It's not from a download, only available via download.

I've removed the sentence from the original post to ward off any more attention. The RIAA is of no matter about this, it was mostly a response to the few record companies that were apprehensive about playing of full CD's. As long as I get permission from the artist I will play full albums, otherwise there's plenty of other music to showcase.

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I'm a dummy. The Uli Jon release is called "Under A Dark Sky" not "Under A Red Sky". While I've no doubt the sky was red at one point, it is indeed not the name of the record. Oops!

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You and we will be able to blow a DARK SKY by your show. ;)

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Play that funky ULI, white boy! Great to see this for show 201. I need to hear some ULI to get that stinking 160 game out of my mind from Thursday night.

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What is a 160 game?

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Sucks!

Ray and I are on the same bowling team on Thursdays.

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nice score Rick...:yougo

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Got it! Bolwing scores that look like golf scores and golf scores that look like bowling scores.

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Gotta admit it was me that had the 160 game, Rick had a better night than I did. The ULI should get me going for next week, though!

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Thanks Rick.
Your excellent show was so suitable for my Monday morning.
Today my workpower owes you. :)

I'm hopeful of your next show.