Musician Mugshots!

Just for the hell of it - - musician mugshots!! The only one I couldn't bring myself to include was Micheal Jackson's.... creeps the bejeezuz outta me...

Even without sneaking a peek at the names, can you name 'em all?...

Okay, I said I wasn't going to - - but here it is... don't say I haven't warned you...

Yeeeeee-YIKES!!!

outofbodies.com releases Dan Banic - Gun Hill Road album!

Before we get into the good stuff here...

I just want to preface this blog entry (and perhaps the entire outofbodies.com website) with this little reminder... as you know it's always been our collective intention to present you with free music downloads - because basically that's what this little website is all about - sharing creative content with people with like minds, without the trappings of logins, fees, and assorted restrictions... however I do want to remind folks that outside of the music we provide here for free that we still need and appreciate your support - particularly via donations to help keep this site going, and also to inform those who enjoy our sound that Dan offers a lot more where that came from on his own music pages - so make sure to drop in there as well and purchase some tunes! Also help spread the word, whether it's on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Google+, Pinterest, Foursquare - basically everywhere!

The Good Stuff...

One of the very first "Out Of Bodies" compilations that I've helped package for Dan was simply titled "The Out Of Bodies - Volume One" - but in reality us other guys had nothing to do with it and it should've been credited to JUST Dan. Well, that was over 20 odd years ago and TODAY I'm going to CORRECT that by re-creating the "album cover" so to speak to reflect a brilliant solo Dan album!!...

I've titled it "Gun Hill Road" (for it's obvious wink and a nod to The Beatles - Abbey Road) and because that was where Dan would pass every day as he headed home, up to his bedroom in the Bronx where he created ALL of this sound on his own, on his beat-up Fostex 4-track cassette recorder... guitars, keyboards, percussion, multi-layered vocals - this was Dan at his prolific best...

However this was also a bit before our website was created, so we didn't have this forum in which to share Dan's sound with the masses - and certainly not spontaneously. The best we could do at the time was to make up cassettes. Today you'd be lucky if you even saw a cassette player. So basically this reintroduction all came about recently as I discovered one of the original cassettes while wading through the OOB archives. After popping it into my player and hearing it once again I thought it certainly deserved it's long over-do internet debut - and so here you have it...

Click on the song titles below and enjoy some great Dan! Share this, link to us, download it for yourself and as Mike Myers would say as Linda Richman on SNL "discuss amongst yourselves!"... We'd be happy to hear your feedback!

1. Blue Sky

2. I Can See You Miles Away

3. Blue Eyed Girl

4. I Was Made To Live So

5. Heart Of Soul

6. I Love My Girl

7. The Robe

8. Beautiful Sunday

9. I Can Live My Life Upon A Stream

10. She's Gone

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Thanks!!

Dan's Visitor and Donald does Dylan

I missed Throw Back Thursday, so how's about I Almost Forgot About This Friday?

Found this whilst wading through the archives - a live jam recording taped at our friend Scott's apartment on New Year's Eve 1991/1992. Joe, Mark and myself come close to figuring out what that circle drawing in Dan's room was all about - and Dan opens up (just a LITTLE bit) about that time an alien communicated with him while he slept...

...oh yes, and per Dan's request I do my lousy impersonation of Bob Dylan...

Thanks a LOT, SCOTT!!
New Year's Eve at Hooter's House - 1991/1992

Here's just a short little clip to whet yer appetite... eventually I'll be posting more of this jam in our new SIDES pages, Out Of The Archives - stay tuned!!

Click here to listen to Dan's Visitor and Donald does Dylan

Even MORE songs!! An early Easter basket!!

As if all the new site additions announced last week weren't enough - - here are a few MORE new songs that will soon find their permanent spots on outofbodies.com...

ENJOY!!! - - and have a great Easter, everybody!!

Note: Click on the links below the pictures to hear the songs...

Twenty Little Pinheads

Such a LOT of fuss over such a stupid little song! Heh heh... this is actually one of those rare occasions where four OOBs appear on the same recording... started out with Dan, Joe and myself - and then later Lloyd and I added a chorus. It seemed fitting to blow it all up at the end...

The Giant

A terrific "lost" gem I discovered while wading through the archives... this is Dan at his poetic best... telling the tale of a feared giant who becomes missed after he packs his bags and leaves...

Piccadilly Circus

I saved the best for last... this song had me laughing so hard and you'll see why... no matter how many times Joe and I sang the name of the song correctly - Dan kept singing pull-a-dicky circus (or something like that) and I DON'T think he was trying to do it on purpose! Heh heh... anyway, this is one of those wonderful boom box recordings that never got finished to 4-track - and so I souped it up a bit in post and I think it worked out great! It will have you smiling!

Stick around, folks! There's more to come, I'm sure!! 

Lots of NEW ADDITIONS added to outofbodies.com!!

Yum yum eat 'em up!! Uncle George loves SIDES!!

 
Uncle George looks quite excited - and why not? FINALLY, the updates have gone LIVE - and without further ado, here's where you'll find 'em!!...
The biggest addition is the SIDES page, "sides" being any side projects, collaborations and miscellaneous obsessions that we've done (or are STILL doing) ASIDE from the music we've created collectively as the Out Of Bodies... Got it? That includes a plethora of previously unheard recorded material - including but not limited to "The Comedy of Lloyd & Donald" where you'll find such lost "gems" like the infamous "Grandma's Shit Chips" sketch and the underground favorite, "Preparation Buttock"!

Also previously unheard, "The Minstrels - Medieval Radio One!" - a pre-podcast "radio" program featured in two parts (Joey and myself) - and other miscellaneous odds and ends which defy definition...

Add to that the solo music of Dan Ban, the cartooning websites of Mark and myself, and Joe's Haunted Barn Movie Museum/Movies To Go - - and then add to THAT a few MORE songs added to the MUSIC page and some new VIDEOS on the OOBtube page - - just to keep you as satisfied and pleased as ole' Uncle George!

Doodles!!

Some doodles by Mark, Dan, Joe and myself - collected by Joe!! Thanks Joe - I've never seen those by you, Dan and Mark!! Love it!! hah hah....

Dan Ban and The Setting Sun

This is for my buddy Dan... 

The other night I was listening to one of the CDs he made for me, which included solo Dan material - and I came across "The Setting Sun"... a simple, folksy tune of his which immediately prompted me to create this video for it...

I hope you like what I've done, Dan - put it on your Facebook page - add it to your music download sites - promote the crap out of yourself - and when you become rich and famous, just invite me to your pool every now and then and remind your servant to keep those Sangrias coming!!

Now, for our visitors - if you enjoyed this, make sure to check out Dan's other solo recordings, including one of his most recent endeavors, Dan Ban - Storybook Vol 1 on broadjam. You can listen for free, but more importantly I hope you decide to buy! He can also be found on iTunes, Amazon, and spotify.

Oh yes, and if you just happen to be a big wig in the music industry looking for an unsigned artist - then keep in mind you can contact Dan directly on his Facebook page! Pay no attention to the Rene Zellweger photo albums and his tributes to Susan Dey... the man's a little obsessed, but he's one helluva talented musician!!!

Zombie Selfie

by Mark DeGross

Dan Banic's powerful Satan's Boat!

Be prepared to be just a little bit creeped out... great, bluesy song by Dan, just put to video by myself for the website, merging it with some 1933 stop motion animation by early film-maker pioneer Ladislas Starevich - depicting what one enthusiast called a Hieronymus Bosch-like vision of Hades... a little spooky, yes, but after all - Dan's song is a warning - much like many down South blues records - to steer clear of that ole' Satan! (If Hell is anything close to this I'd listen to the man.)

Oh, and by the way Dan, I thought you'd appreciate that I made sure to include the part of the film where the little puppy escapes... showing that even at a ball thrown by the prince of darkness himself, good can still outwit evil!

Joe, I thought you'd love this too, being stop motion animation.... there are NO dinosaurs in it, but I DID see an APE!! Enjoy.....

Walking Dead.... cartoons?

Robert Kirkman's already behind the highest rated show on TV today, the popular ongoing comic book that started it all, interactive video games and a spin-off show in the works... could an animated project be far behind? One might come to that conclusion, perhaps, after tripping upon these Walking Dead caricatures I found today - but let's not jump to any conclusions... personally I don't think the world is ready to feel hopeless in another medium - the show already on is fine, thank you, I don't need ANOTHER zombie distraction in my life!!

But I digress... just LOOK at these beautiful drawings by Edward Pun... they are really quite good...