“Knock knock”… “Who’s there?” “Union…. POOL!” “Union Pool who?” “Fuck you man.” So here’s the deal, we hit the stage tonight at williburgs infamous Union Pool, opening act style (nine Pee em on the dot.) Not to mention, the man whose cock I swam from (I.E. Dad) will be slapping the low ends like a new Feildy track. The only thing better than an Aku show is an Aku show with a garnish of dad. This will be a special, once in a lifetime performance, so make it out… and while yr at it, perhaps make out with my dad… and me… please. Anyways, here’s a post I found about apple cinnamon rice krispies… Matt and Cal are most certainly on the same page.
“i remember when i first tasted them. I’m fairly certain it was in the early 90’s — I’m almost sure it was the summer of 1991. My buddy had just gotten a sample box in the mail while i was hanging out over at his place over the summer. He made himself a bowl — i had already eaten and wasn’t hungry. He wolfed down the whole thing at the speed of light. He told me how awesome it was so later i rode my bike back to my house and found my own sample that had come in the mail. He was right. It was divine. We both kept a lookout for it when we went to the grocery store with out mothers, and within about a month it was on the shelves in a normal sized box instead of the wimpy sample box. The box was white, and had a gorilla (as opposed to the monkey for coco krispies) whose name I can’t recall, on the box. We both quickly became addicts, but within a few months it was no longer available. I wrote to Kellogg’s during my sophomore year of college (2002) hoping that maybe they still made it and I just couldn’t get it in texas. But alas, the PR rep that answered my email had NO clue what I was talking about and answered me with the stock “here are the current products we offer: apple cinnamon cheerios…etc”. So no luck there. Anyway I will sign any and all petitions to bring this cereal back. It was my favorite cereal of all time. And DAMN did that milk taste awesome after the cereal was all gone. BEST CEREAL EVER” Matt, July 22, 2009
Photo by: Blake Charleton
Free Download Expired – Please listen/purchase below
1) Make Meat
2) Imaginary Elves
3) Tick Tock
*These songs are all BLAKE CHARLETON solo tracks. Written, Recorded, & Mixed by Blake.
© 2009 Blake Charleton/BlakeLake Music
TONIGHT – We are back @ Mercury Lounge (NYC)
This is one of our favorite venues, certainly in New York. Our friend/designer/dudeman Matt Jennings made the above poster to help us promote for it. (copy&paste this page link to help spread the word). Matt also designed and hand-screened 20 limited-edition “Hands” shirts that we will have for sale at the show tonight. If we have some left after the gig, we’ll probably put them online for sale in our STORE.
Also, did you know that if you purchase our music from our “BandCamp” page, you’ll get full size cover art, LYRICS, & a 320Kbps MP3 (or any other high quality format) for less than $1/song? Yes, we just figured it out too, and it is awesome! Check out the frsh tunes HERE.
Artwork by some dude on the subway
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1) Thumbelina*
2) Knocking**
* “Thumbelina” music & lyrics by Blake Charleton. Recorded, mixed & mastered by Calvin Pia. Bass played by Jay Goodman.
** “Knocking” first appeared as track #4 on Akudama’s 2005 debut full-length release Flying Over Morning. Music by Akudama. Lyrics by Blake Charleton. Recorded and mixed by Calvin Pia. Mastered by Sid Obando. Bass played by Matthew Weber.
© 2009 Akudama
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01. People*
02. Everywhere At Once**
03. Barbershop*
04. Turtle Tan*
Akudama’s October EP of the month is entitled “the flophouse sessions”, a collection of live songs recorded during a handful of visits to the living room of Somerville’s most hospitable duo, Andy and Jen. We handpicked the most bearable takes to throw along side yr eardrum for whenever you deem desirable (Oughta be often fellas n’ fillets). Feel free to peruse our entire flophouse archive HERE, or, if you want my advice on time better spent, check out Rammstein’s new hit song, “pussy”. It’s as shocking as rubbing yr teddy bear on a carpet, and as interesting as the blog post below.
>>Keep yr ear to the ground for upcoming studio versions of People, Everywhere At Once, & Turtle Tan<<
*Bass played by David Dawda
**Bass played by Jay Goodman
©2009 Akudama/Flophouse
We’ve got another exclusive pre-Lady Gaga video, a Zeppelin cover no less… featuring Calvin (of Akudama) on guitar. Catch it before Perez Hilton or your local librarian does!
Before the paparazzi, Akudama’s very own Calvin Pia had been blessed with the opportunity to take the stage with mega-star-to-be, Lady Gaga. The video might be a little toned down for all you “Gagas” out there, and what I mean by that is, she’s sitting there singing some bullshit song you’ve never heard as opposed to standing there, with no pants on, singing some bullshit song you hear everyday blaring out the window of a guapo’s Jetta, or from a muffled speaker above the chip isle in any Duane Reade (pronounced Dwan-Aye Re-odd-Aye).
The performance is as entertaining as watching Henry Fonda pick blueberries, which is honest to god a ten out of ten by Bitter End standards. Enjoy?
“White men in white suits, only in New York!” exclaims a giddy black man dressed in Ghanaian/union square hybrid drab. These are the kind of elated responses strewn from the mouths of lucky bystanders who happened to catch last Saturday’s live, choreographed, barber shop quartetted rendition of “I Will Be Glad.” We ended up doing the performance in Union/Washington Square Parks, as well as the Union Square subway platform. The idea was to try a new promotion technique, in specific regards to our upcoming residency at PIANOS (158 Ludlow Lower East Side 9/8- 50’s themed, 9/15 80’s themed, 9/22 2050’s themed.)
Come dressed accordingly and receive prizes and praises. Come dressed like shit and we’ll force you to experience the night wearing Bose sound reduction headphones playing Jean-Claude Van Damme commentary on Time Cop commentary.
Artwork by: Falon Neiswander
LOST ON THE BRYAN FERRY E.P. {SEPTEMBER 2009}
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1) Lost on the Bryan Ferry*
2) Blastin’ Outta the Casket**
*”Lost on the Bryan Ferry” music by Akudama, lyrics by Blake Charleton. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Calvin Pia. Bass played by Jay Goodman.
**”Blastin’ Outta the Casket” was written, performed and recorded entirely by Blake Charleton. Mastered by Calvin Pia.
© 2009 Akudama
