Blogging duM Forever

PMF + BATMAN

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:48:00 +0000

I heard a rumor that PMF might make a quick appearance on TV ~~tonight~~. Look for the station YouToo ~~around 10:40pm EST~~. update: 02/01/2012 at 04:28:55 pm EST.

In other news, guess what's not done yet? Yeah, our album. Good thing the Friends of PMF are the most patient humanoids on Earth. BAM!

The Plowing Mud Forever Fan

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 23:53:00 +0000

Mr. Screwnose

We finished mixing the new album.

Plowing Mud Forever, Chinese Democracy

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sat, 21 May 2011 19:17:00 +0000

So close to finishing.

Guns N' Rabies by robeastrollie

PREVIEW OF ANAL PEE

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 13:49:00 +0000

(nope, not the title)

PMFLP2PREVIEW by robeastrollie

This is not a PMF album cover.

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 16:26:00 +0000

No Acoustic Love

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:26:00 +0000

We made some major progress on the album recording this weekend, and I don't just mean we came up with 5 more album titles.

Treading Water Forever

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:38:00 +0000

Yeah, we're still not finished with our album. Even if we finished the recording today, we'd still have the worst obstacle of all--deciding on the album title. We currently have 107 possible titles compiled on our "PMF Untitled LP" Google Doc. So far.

Guillotine of Fire, the 6-song EP we recorded a few years back was no piece of cake to title either. I (me, Rollie, Keymaster of Goser) found this in one of my notebooks in my storage unit. It was just a slice of our brainstorming during the recording session. Behold, the secrets of PMF:

Here's what Archaeologists have learned studying this artifact:

There were 5 members of the band then, but only 4 different styles of handwriting on the page. Wally was clearly too cool for writing things himself.
I didn't know how to spell "Pigeons."
We like animals. Sort of.
We retracted "Sweep the Leg" and "Fiberglass Jaw" before infringing upon other bands.
The Drummer was so into "Maquis" that he felt the need to write out the definition and circle it.
"Guillotine of Fire" isn't even on there, so we must've been hornswoggled at the printer's.

PMF Drummer Gets Married, Film at Eleven

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 17:58:00 +0000

Kirkkast

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:59:00 +0000

Kirk recently guest co-hosted the second episode of Ralph Santiago's new podcast, the RS3FEED. Here it is:

If you arrived at this website after hearing it referred to on the podcast itself, well then enjoy the feedback loop.

As for an update on the progress of Plowing Mud Forever's current album, well, we're just not telling yet. Stuff is happening, and we'll leave it there.

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:17:00 +0000

Green machines

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noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:33:00 +0000

Kirk the carpet murderer.

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noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:46:00 +0000

Drum tracking - Teen Steam Dream Queen

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THIS IS IT!

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:32:00 +0000

It has been a while, huh? Let's start with this video:

I'm not sure exactly where the "as-it-happens" footage is going to get uploaded because I've never sent video from my phone to the Internets, but you may want to become our fan on Facebook just in case that becomes the repository.

While you wait for the initial Friday onslaught of footage, please enjoy some videos from the holiday show:

And here are some behind the scenes shots from our Babyhole performance on February 16th (that we completely forgot to promote):

"Behind the scenes" means no faces, obviously.

Rocks into Diamonds

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:15:00 +0000

Big! Show! Tonight! Live! Hoboken! New! Jersey! Stop! By!

If you don't make it, here's what you'll be missing:

(if you don't see the youtube video, click on "view original post")

You'll also be missing some teeth next time we see you!

One week from today...

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +0000

...we'll be playing a holiday show at our Hoboken practice space with lots and lots of special guests.

Warming things up is our good friend Andy Fuckin' Meagher. He's in town for his final senior recital before officially becoming a Doctor of Organs (pipe organs, that is), and will be showing off some of skills for us. If we're good boys and girls, we'll get to hear a good mix of classical tunes, holiday music, and gangsta rap!

Next up is the funniest man not in show business, the best music critic in history, and the greatest criminal mind of our time, Mark Prindle. He's bringing his wife Brenda, and drummer Jimmy Laakso and assist with the fancy rock stylings and nimble jump kicks. Just like the Rockettes!

Then it's the 1-2 punch from the most hated bands in Hudson County, Plowing Mud Forever and Torrential Downpour. Actually it will less of a 1-2 punch and more of a 3/4 or 7/8 time signature. Because we're outlaws!

Also performing all night will be BEER! Drink it! Norm's doing the lights so you can see the BEER! Here's a flyer! IT'S SO EXTREME THAT IT'S MORE THAN WORDS!!!!!!!!

PMF Barnbuster

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:04:00 +0000

There is going to be an awesome PMF show coming up in 4 weeks. Many, many special guests. Details will be announced soon.

This won't not be one to not miss!

The Kirk Report

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:56:00 +0000

EPISODE X. - The story of "The Night Report."
Sponsored by Jazzermeister (but not Frank Turner).

Poo Shoe Dork

noreply@blogger.com (Kirk Howle) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:30:00 +0000

Kirk's wife recorded the footage of PMF playing their Babyhole show, and Kirk refused to hand the footage over to Rollie and his beard. Instead, Kirk and his beardless face decided to record and edit their own episode of Albumbling. An in-depth discussion of the band's performance, with visual aids, takes place. In your face.

I'm a Driver, I'm a Winner

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:25:00 +0000

We played our second Babyhole Comedy Show last night at the Lamp Post in Jersey City. Melissa Surach, the usual host, was allegedly out of the country (possibly just stalking Councilman Steven Fulop) so PMF Superfan Ralph Santiago took over emceeing duties. Our best performances seem to always be hometown shows, and we are very appreciative that Melissa keeps asking us back to Babyhole. I think I'm getting a little teary eyed.

Anyway, after a long night of playing, driving, and unloading equipment, I reflected on the night in yet another PMF Albumbling episode:

Once the Howle Productions Team comes up with show footage, we'll make with it.

I Think That I Can Learn

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:29:00 +0000

We're pretty weird when the camera is on. We're even weirder when we don't realize we're being recorded. Episode 7 is what happened when PMF gets drunk and forgets to turn off the tape recorder after rehearsal. Most of the footage is stuff that didn't fit in any other episodes, so that makes it even more special. Yes, that kind of special.

IT'S ALL ON TAPE!

It's Magic!

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:58:00 +0000

This PMF Albumbling Episode is so awesome that Sony bought ad space for it!

(Ok, not really. I put some music in the video owned by Sony that they automatically detected which gives them the right to throw ads all around the video... oh well. Fair trade, I guess.)

Stay tuned for more bullshit about another new song.

EPISODE 5!

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:31:00 +0000

Partially closed captioned in Spanish!

Beating a Dead Dog

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:58:00 +0000

PMF is a democratic band in a lot of respects, but when it comes to the songwriting craft, it becomes more difficult to maintain that. All three of us write words and music, so we typically take turns introducing home-recorded songs to the rest of the band. Sometimes parts for other instruments are already written and sometimes there are just rough guidelines. Other times it's as open as "play what you want and we'll see what happens." There's really no formula for us, so occasionally we will run into a section of a song where we have three completely different perspectives. So who gets the final say?

Last night, Kirk heard something he wanted tweaked in "Dog Milk" that Ryan and I never really had issues with in the past. We had been playing a part of the song the same way for probably close to a year, but we weren't playing it exactly the same way. For one of us to add or subtract a single beat felt unnatural. For Kirk, it was important that Ryan and I were tight and synchronized. Sure, we outnumbered him, but we still owed the songwriter his vision (or at least his vision of PMF's vision), so we descended into an obsessive half-hour of counting madness over a two-second part of the song that never shows up again. The final tally was 3 beats followed by 5 beats and a lot of bruises.

Was it worth it? Sources say yes, but only Captain Kirk knows for sure. The funny thing is that he didn't even write the part in the first place! When the band played the song for the first time, I wasn't present, but I received recordings of the practice the next day. One of the takes featured either Wally or Ryan (I'll have to do some digging) playing a sped-up part at the end of one of the measures in the intro. It may have been an accident for all I know, but it was unique and worth learning for the next practice. We finally played it together, but I was the only one doing the part. The rest of the guys threw rocks at me until I was unconscious. When I woke up, Kirk decided the part could stay, under one condition: we must fight about it in a year's time and post it on YouTube. We shook on it.

Now please allow this close-up of my giant beard-garden to continue the story (I assure you there are finally other faces in this episode):

Victim of the Tiger

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:23:00 +0000

Same car, different striped polo.

Here is some more bumbling on about a Ryan Stevens-penned track that we will be recording for The New Album, and it's relationship to click tracks and "Eye of the Tiger":

Because it was raining, and there wasn't any low-speed traffic in the tunnel, I was more preoccupied with my driving this time, so if I was too distracted to make any intelligent points, here are my intended conclusions:

"Eye of the Tiger" is an awesome song with a off-beat, quirky intro.
"Victim, Himself, No Problem" is an awesome song that will have an on-beat, quirky intro and second verse.
Time is like a clock in my heart.
Pop into Pop-Up Video

Next episode: Someone else talking.

The Rabies of Oz

noreply@blogger.com (Ro-Beast Rollie) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:36:00 +0000

The recording adventure continues...

One thing we're trying to accomplish during pre-production is tightening up our songs by using a click track. It's the first time we've done the metronome thing as a band, so we spent some time last week experimenting with the logistics of it. We tried hooking up a clicking drum machine to Ryan's headphones, but it wasn't loud enough. Then we gave the headphones to Kirk and let Ryan play along with the bass that was playing along with the click in yet another set of headphones. This convoluted setup wasn't effective either. Then I recorded a guitar track with a click on the 8 track for Ryan to listen to while he played drums, but it ended up being too slow. We wouldn't be able to vary the speed without recording it several times, which was unrealistic.

Finally, Mike Moebius, Master of Moonlight Mile Studios said "Why don't you just play it through the PA, dummies?" So we did, and it worked pretty damn well. After playing each song two or three times, we got the hang of it and zeroed in on the exact tempos we wanted to the songs to be. The final breakthrough was changing the click sound itself to a much more exhilarating midrange snare beat. From then on it was fucking Dance Party PMF.

Here's a shortened, vocal-less version of "Rabies First Battle" that ended our Thursday night: