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Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone (CFTPA) was the musical solo-project of musician Owen Ashworth (born April 22, 1977) of Redwood City, California. CFTPA was active from 1997 to 2010, and released five studio albums, alongside numerous other releases. CFTPA toured with other indie artists such as The Donkeys, Papercuts, P:ano, The Dead Science, David Bazan, The Rapture, and Xiu Xiu. Following the end of CFTPA, Ashworth began a new project, Advance Base. History Owen Ashworth started CFTPA after dropping out of film school in 1997. The project was initially established under a set of Dogme 95-like rules: short songs, played in C, on the white notes of Casio keyboards. The band's musical style was characterized by the use of electronically-produced beats, cheap keyboards, and slow, frank lyrics. From ''Etiquette'' onwards, CFTPA widened in musical scope, adding more analog instruments and crafting an overall more organic sound. In 2010, Ashworth announced that he was retirin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twinkle Echo
''Twinkle Echo'' is a studio album of Lo-fi music by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone. It was released in 2003 on Tomlab Tomlab is a German record label based in Köln. It has released works by bands such as The Books, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Deerhoof, Thee Oh Sees, Les Georges Leningrad, and acts associated with Blocks Recording Club, such as Fi .... Track listing #"To My Mr. Smith" – 1:52 #"Jeane, if You're Ever in Portland" – 2:28 #"Toby, Take a Bow" – 1:59 #"It Wasn't the Same Somehow" – 2:21 #"Hey Eleanor" – 1:29 #"Half Ghost" – 3:04 #"Calloused Fingers Won't Make You Strong, Edith Wong" – 1:43 #"Blue Corolla" – 2:03 #"Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in a Yellow T-Shirt" – 2:18 #"Students for Scarves & Charm" – 0:55 #"Roberta C." – 3:45 #"Attic Room" – 3:08 #"Giant" – 2:10 #"Twinkle Echo" – 0:39 Casiotone for the Painfully Alone albums 2003 albums {{2000s-indietronica-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco, California
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th most populous in the United States, with 815,201 residents as of 2021. It covers a land area of , at the end of the San Francisco Peninsula, making it the second most densely populated large U.S. city after New York City, and the fifth most densely populated U.S. county, behind only four of the five New York City boroughs. Among the 91 U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco was ranked first by per capita income (at $160,749) and sixth by aggregate income as of 2021. Colloquial nicknames for San Francisco include ''SF'', ''San Fran'', ''The '', ''Frisco'', and ''Baghdad by the Bay''. San Francisco and the surrounding San Francisco Bay Area are a global center of economic activity and the arts and sciences, spurred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casiotone
Casiotone was a series of home electronic keyboards made by Casio in the early 1980s. Casio promoted the Casiotone 201 (CT-201) as "the first electronic keyboard with full-size keys that anyone could afford". The name "Casiotone" disappeared from Casio's keyboard catalog when more accurate synthesis technologies became prevalent, but the brand was reused for new models launched in 2019. The first Casiotone keyboards used a sound synthesis technique known as vowel-consonant synthesis to approximate the sounds of other instruments (albeit not very accurately). Most Casiotone keyboards were small, with miniature keys designed for children's fingers, and were not intended for use by professional musicians; they usually contained a rhythm generator, with several user-selectable rhythm patterns, and often the means to automatically play accompaniments. Families The original Casiotone keyboards came in three distinct families, separated by the method of synthesis. * The famous VL-To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etiquette (Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Album)
''Etiquette'' is a studio album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, released in 2006. ''Etiquette'' is thought by many to have slightly abandoned the simple lo-fi "made in a basement" sound by including a more diverse range of instruments and a marginally higher production quality than previous albums. Track listing #"Etiquette I.D." – 0:05 #"New Year's Kiss" – 2:02 #"Young Shields" – 3:04 #"I Love Creedence" – 2:33 #"Nashville Parthenon" – 2:55 #"Scattered Pearls" – 2:42 #"Happy Mother's Day" – 0:47 #"Holly Hobby (version)" – 2:43 #"Cold White Christmas" – 4:56 #"Bobby Malone Moves Home" – 3:14 #"Don't They Have Payphones Wherever You Were Last Night" – 2:21 #"Love Connection" (Parenthetical Girls Parenthetical Girls was an experimental pop band formed in Everett, Washington in 2002, and disbanded in 2013. History Begun primarily as a recording project between Zac Pennington and Jeremy Cooper, the band, originally known as Swastika Girls, ... cover) †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006. Specific locations *2006 in British music *2006 in Irish music *2006 in Norwegian music *2006 in South Korean music *2006 in Swiss music Specific genres * 2006 in classical music *2006 in country music * 2006 in heavy metal music * 2006 in hip hop music * 2006 in Latin music * 2006 in jazz Events January *January 10 – Eric Burdon releases the album '' Soul of a Man'' and begins touring with a new band. *January 11–15 – MahlerFest XIX, honoring Austrian composer Gustav Mahler, is held in Boulder, Colorado, USA. * January 13 – Mylène Farmer launches her '' Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy tour'' at Paris-Bercy, France. *January 14 – Eminem remarries ex-wife Kim after five years of separation. *January 16 – Transplants frontman, Rob Aston, announces that the band has disbanded shortly after their fall tour was cancelled. * January 20–February 5 – The Big Day Out festival takes plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2003. Specific locations * 2003 in British music * 2003 in Irish music *2003 in Norwegian music * 2003 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2003 in classical music *2003 in country music * 2003 in heavy metal music * 2003 in hip hop music * 2003 in Latin music *2003 in jazz Events January–February *January 6 – The annual Park Lane Group Young Artists festival of contemporary music opens with two concerts in the Purcell Room at the Southbank Centre, London. The first concert, given by the Gallimaufry Ensemble, includes the premiere of a new wind quintet by 23-year-old Benjamin Wallfisch; the second concert features solo bass clarinettist Sarah Watts, who premieres Marc Yeats ''Vox'' for solo bass clarinet and Michael Smetanin's ''Ladder of Escape'' for bass clarinet with prerecorded ensemble of six bass and two contrabass clarinets. *January 7 – The Philip on Film Live festival (until Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pocket Symphonies For Lonesome Subway Cars
''Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars'' is an album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, released in 2001. This album was reissued and remastered in 2005 accompanying ''Answering Machine Music'' as a two CD set entitled ''The First Two Albums by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone''. The song "Yr Boyfriend" was covered by Welsh indie pop group Los Campesinos! Los Campesinos! are a seven-piece indie pop band from Cardiff, Wales, formed in early 2006 at Cardiff University. Though the band formed in Wales, none of the members are Welsh people, Welsh. The band has gone through several lineup changes dur ... as a b-side to their 2008 single " My Year in Lists". Track listing # "We Have Mice" – 2:00 # "Tonight Was a Disaster" – 1:48 # "Suitcase in Hand" – 2:25 # "Caltrain Song" – 2:18 # "Dying Batteries" – 0:50 # "Oh, Contessa!" – 3:26 # "Bus Song" – 3:10 # "Yr Boyfriend" – 0:54 # "Casiotone for the Painfully Alone in a Green Cotton Sweater" – 2:18 # "Number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2001. Specific locations * 2001 in British music * 2001 in Norwegian music * 2001 in South Korean music Specific genres * 2001 in classical music * 2001 in country music * 2001 in heavy metal music * 2001 in hip hop music * 2001 in Latin music * 2001 in jazz Events January *January 9 – Apple Inc. introduces the iTunes media player. *January 12–21 – Rock in Rio 3 is held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Headlining acts consist of Sting, R.E.M., 'N Sync, Iron Maiden, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers and a new line-up of Guns N' Roses. *January 17 – Bass player Jason Newsted leaves Metallica after 14 years with the band. *January 19–February 4 – The Big Day Out festival takes place in Australia and New Zealand, headlined by Rammstein (in all venues) and Limp Bizkit (in Auckland, the Gold Coast, and Sydney). *January 26 – A crowd crush occurs during a set by Limp Bizkit at the Sydney Big Day Out music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in 1999. Specific locations *1999 in British music * 1999 in Norwegian music * 1999 in South Korean music Specific genres * 1999 in classical music * 1999 in country music *1999 in Latin music * 1999 in jazz Events January *January 7 **After eight years of marriage, musician husband Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. **Paul McCartney attends the launch of his daughter Heather's first housewares collection in Georgia. *January 11 – During the American Music Awards, Billy Joel is awarded the Special Award of Merit for his "inspired songwriting skills" and "exciting showmanship." *January 12 – Britney Spears releases her hit album ''...Baby One More Time''. The album is the second best-selling album of the 90s in the US and the third best-selling album of the 90s worldwide. It also enters the list of the top 20 best-selling albums of all time. *January 12 – Fredrik Johansso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Answering Machine Music
''Answering Machine Music'' is an album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, released in 1999 on Owen Ashworth's label Cassingle USA. This album was reissued on Tomlab in 2002 and included four bonus tracks (13-16 below). In 2005, a remastered version of the album, along with a remastered version of ''Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars ''Pocket Symphonies for Lonesome Subway Cars'' is an album by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, released in 2001. This album was reissued and remastered in 2005 accompanying ''Answering Machine Music'' as a two CD set entitled ''The First Two Al ...'', was released on Tomlab as ''The First Two Albums by Casiotone for the Painfully Alone''. Track listing # "Theme from Answering Machine Music (David Hanna)" – 0:23 # "When the Bridge Toll Was a Dollar" – 2:45 # "Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Joins the Foreign Legion" – 2:38 # "Cold Shoulder" – 2:08 # "Rice Dream Girl" – 1:53 # "Secretest Crush" – 1:54 # "A Normal Suburban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscillating Innards
Oscillation is the repetitive or periodic variation, typically in time, of some measure about a central value (often a point of equilibrium) or between two or more different states. Familiar examples of oscillation include a swinging pendulum and alternating current. Oscillations can be used in physics to approximate complex interactions, such as those between atoms. Oscillations occur not only in mechanical systems but also in dynamic systems in virtually every area of science: for example the beating of the human heart (for circulation), business cycles in economics, predator–prey population cycles in ecology, geothermal geysers in geology, vibration of strings in guitar and other string instruments, periodic firing of nerve cells in the brain, and the periodic swelling of Cepheid variable stars in astronomy. The term ''vibration'' is precisely used to describe a mechanical oscillation. Oscillation, especially rapid oscillation, may be an undesirable phenomenon in proce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Nora
Dear Nora is an indie pop band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1999 by songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist Katy Davidson, drummer and vocalist Marianna Ritchey, and bassist Ryan Wise. Ritchey and Wise were previously members of Wolf Colonel. They named their new band after Lewis & Clark College music professor Nora Beck. Dear Nora's first album, ''We'll Have a Time'', was produced by Amy Linton of The Aislers Set and released on the Portland label Magic Marker Records in 2001. After moving to San Francisco, Davidson continued to record under the name Dear Nora with a rotating cast of band members. The band released two more main albums, ''Mountain Rock'' (2004) and ''There Is No Home'' (2006), as well as several 7" singles and EPs. From 2004 to 2007, they performed locally in San Francisco and toured with musicians such as The Blow, Mirah, and YACHT.Dear Nora [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
