Showing posts with label Jimmy Chamberlin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jimmy Chamberlin. Show all posts
Friday 16 February 2018
Thursday 15 February 2018
Friday 19 September 2014
Timeshift
So, it was 5 years ago that I started this blog. Man. How time
really does fly. But I'm afraid, it’s time for me to shut up shop. I don’t have time to commit to maintaining
this here blog anymore. I mean, I know
its design is about on the level of SP.com these days (which almost gets the
prize for most poorly designed webpage in the universe, ever) so it’s not
exactly the most time-consuming endeavour. But, to be honest, I just don't have
the time. It really is as simple as that.
There’s no bad blood or any drama or any of that stuff...
It’s a
shame, in a way, because to be honest Jimmy’s career is on the cusp of
diversifying into a number of rather intriguing facets. His recent musical endeavours for example have again
thrown a fascinating insight into his work in Smashing Pumpkins and just how
remarkable a musician he is. But, alas,
I simply don’t have the time to wax lyrical about how Resolution of Purpose
recalls the bridge in Glass and the Ghost Children, or how in Psalm
for John he is able to conjure a feeling of rhythmical cohesion stronger
than some of his more distinctive, technical & busy beats, in an brilliant
exercise in restraint and sublime subtlety.
I must
say before I go though - to all those who were in and are still are in the SP
community - it’s been a blast. You might
catch me lurking in the last crumbling wreck of the online community (as long
as it still stands) and I might throw out a tweet or two (@drevpile)
if I happen to catch that Jimmy’s doing something particularly cool, but really, I'm
done.
So,
Jimmy, if you ever do stumble across this relic - thank you for your
music and thank you for being an inspiration.
But, for
now folks - until we meet beyond the beyond or at the BC/JC reunion show, I’m
out.
Cheers.
Drevpile
Sunday 27 July 2014
Jimmy Chamberlin and Frank Catalano's Love Supreme Collective Storms Chart...
Whilst Love Supreme Collective currently sits in the Itunes Jazz chart top 3 , head on over to Bandcamp to pre-order your copy in choice of formats. Oh, and listen to Pursuance And Persistence in full!
Saturday 26 July 2014
Love Supreme Collective - (alt. previews)
http://www.junodownload.com/products/frank-catalano-jimmy-chamberlin-love-supreme-collective/2533223-02/
has a couple of alternative preview clips of the forthcoming EP. You can also get the tracks in Wav. unlike iTunes. I've still not seen a details of a physical release anywhere yet... Only a couple of days until it's released in full though anyway.
has a couple of alternative preview clips of the forthcoming EP. You can also get the tracks in Wav. unlike iTunes. I've still not seen a details of a physical release anywhere yet... Only a couple of days until it's released in full though anyway.
Saturday 12 July 2014
Love Supreme Collective - Promo
Frank Catalano Jimmy Chamberlin Love Supreme Coll…: http://youtu.be/bJUuLD6zjJI
Sunday 6 July 2014
LOVE SUPREME COLLECTIVE - PREVIEW / PRE-ORDER
It's been a long while coming, but just a couple more weeks and we'll new music from Jimmy Chamberlin.
Alongside Saxophonist Frank Catalano, Love Supreme Collective's - first release an EP (also seemingly titled) 'EP' - features Percy Jones|Bass (Brand X), Chris Poland|Guitar (Megadeath) and Adam Benjamin|Keys (Kneebody / Jimmy Chamberlin Complex).
Preview / pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-supreme-collective-ep/id895158505
also, here's an interview with Frank discussing the new EP: http://chicagojazzrevealed.podbean.com/e/04092014-frank-catalano-and-stacy-mcmichael/
Alongside Saxophonist Frank Catalano, Love Supreme Collective's - first release an EP (also seemingly titled) 'EP' - features Percy Jones|Bass (Brand X), Chris Poland|Guitar (Megadeath) and Adam Benjamin|Keys (Kneebody / Jimmy Chamberlin Complex).
Preview / pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-supreme-collective-ep/id895158505
also, here's an interview with Frank discussing the new EP: http://chicagojazzrevealed.podbean.com/e/04092014-frank-catalano-and-stacy-mcmichael/
Monday 28 April 2014
Monday 21 April 2014
Jimmy Chamberlin News (Weekly Round-Up)
As promised - here's some stuff >
1. Frank Catalano says that the shows him and Jimmy played in Chicago earlier this year have been filmed and not only that but him Jimmy are going back to the studio (doink) to record even more new music.
2. As part of CIMMFEST - Jimmy will be appearing on a panel entitled "Live Streaming: From Consumption to Cache" on Saturday, May 3rd at 1:30 - 3:00PM (murica Time). One presumes the panel itself will be live-streamed somewhere, though I can't see mention of it on the festival page. Anyway, this is in addition to Chamberlin's performance in his new band "Mary Shelly" and their scoring of the classic Battleship Potempkin.
3. In contrast Jimmy gives Tyson Meade's track Dusty Come Up for Air some old school bombast. Chamberlin features on 3 of the forthcoming album's 10 tracks.
4. The day you have all been waiting for is here; Jimmy will be heading down to Vic's Drum Shop on the 23rd of April to celebrate REMO-DAY!
And lastly, following the disappointment that the most recent Smashing Pumpkins' announcement wasn't the triumphant return of Jimmy to his throne - in a series of rambling and vague posts, it has become apparent that Billy Corgan is using drum machines to write the parts for the next "Smashing Pumpkins" album. Here's hoping this 'new' (re: old) approach to demoing yields more interesting results than those of Oceania- "Hey Mike, try and play like Jimmy might ok?"
1. Frank Catalano says that the shows him and Jimmy played in Chicago earlier this year have been filmed and not only that but him Jimmy are going back to the studio (doink) to record even more new music.
2. As part of CIMMFEST - Jimmy will be appearing on a panel entitled "Live Streaming: From Consumption to Cache" on Saturday, May 3rd at 1:30 - 3:00PM (murica Time). One presumes the panel itself will be live-streamed somewhere, though I can't see mention of it on the festival page. Anyway, this is in addition to Chamberlin's performance in his new band "Mary Shelly" and their scoring of the classic Battleship Potempkin.
3. In contrast Jimmy gives Tyson Meade's track Dusty Come Up for Air some old school bombast. Chamberlin features on 3 of the forthcoming album's 10 tracks.
4. The day you have all been waiting for is here; Jimmy will be heading down to Vic's Drum Shop on the 23rd of April to celebrate REMO-DAY!
And lastly, following the disappointment that the most recent Smashing Pumpkins' announcement wasn't the triumphant return of Jimmy to his throne - in a series of rambling and vague posts, it has become apparent that Billy Corgan is using drum machines to write the parts for the next "Smashing Pumpkins" album. Here's hoping this 'new' (re: old) approach to demoing yields more interesting results than those of Oceania- "Hey Mike, try and play like Jimmy might ok?"
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| Frank and Jim 'do some Jazz' (April 14) |
Wednesday 26 March 2014
Battleship Chamberlin...
Sorry for the headline and apologies that there's not been much happening here of late. I'm afraid that ain't going to change any-time soon. Anyway, to cut a long story shot - I might take the blog to a weekly
round up kind of format rather than try and post stuff "as it happens", I
just ain't really got the time to search for stuff on a regular basis
anymore.
So I know in the last couple of weeks, Jimmy actually seems to have been doing some relatively cool stuff with drums again and we have 2 new albums to look forward to coming out later this year that feature his licks.
So that's where we are.
And this is what Jimmy has lined up next;
http://www.alternativenation.net/?p=45106
This is rather intriguing. Should be cool to hear.
Here's them playing at some charity do at the Metro last year
Anyway, that's all for now.
Catch you later.
Cheers.
So I know in the last couple of weeks, Jimmy actually seems to have been doing some relatively cool stuff with drums again and we have 2 new albums to look forward to coming out later this year that feature his licks.
So that's where we are.
And this is what Jimmy has lined up next;
On May 2nd, Scott Lucas will team up with drummer Jimmy Chamberlin (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins) and bassist Matt Ulery under the band name Mary Shelley for a unique live performance during CIMM (Chicago International Music & Movies Fest). The trio will score Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent film masterpiece “Battleship Potemkin” at 1st Ward (2033 W. North Ave.). More information about CIMM here: http://cimmfest.org/cimmfest-2014-initial-line-up-announcement/. Lucas, a film buff who also writes about movies for Chicagoist (see his work here: http://chicagoist.com/profile/Scott_lucas), jumped at the chance to combine two of his biggest passions.
This is rather intriguing. Should be cool to hear.
Here's them playing at some charity do at the Metro last year
Anyway, that's all for now.
Catch you later.
Cheers.
Wednesday 5 February 2014
Moar News
"Drum virtuoso and long time Smashing Pumpkin, Jimmy Chamberlin, joins forces with platinum selling saxophone powerhouse, Frank Catalano to headline the 3rd Annual Deer Park Jazz Patio and Wine Festival on August 9, 2014."
Saturday 4 January 2014
Jimmy Chamberlin Live
Thanks to reader Kris (again) we get a little taste of the forthcoming album from Frank Catalano and Jimmy Chamberlin. This is from the show last night at Martyrs, Chicago.
Feat; Frank Catalano (Sax), Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), Scott Williams (keys), Kurt Schweitz (bass)
Hopefully we'll get to hear a bit more from this show. I'll keep my eyes peeled.
[Ed 09/01/2013] New Vid from Vic
Hopefully we'll get to hear a bit more from this show. I'll keep my eyes peeled.
[Ed 09/01/2013] New Vid from Vic
Also, in case you missed it here's the spot on WGN TV
Sunday 29 December 2013
Frank Catalano and Jimmy Chamberlin, Live 31 December 2013
According to a post on Frank Catalano's Facebook page, he'll be playing with Jimmy Chamberlin on Tuesday the 31st of December, 2013 (that's New Year's Eve Sherlock) from 11am to 1pm CST - that's what, about 5PM GMT.
Watch here, I guess
(someone record it please. Ta)
Also Happy New Year, hope you all have a good one.
Cheers.
Drev
(someone record it please. Ta)
Also Happy New Year, hope you all have a good one.
Cheers.
Drev
Friday 25 October 2013
LIVEONE
So, yeah, well. I guess 'news is slow' is kind of an understatement.
There's really not much doing in terms of music at the moment as far as I know. If anyone is interested seems like this is what JC has been up to in the 'non-drumming' world for the past couple of years anyway. Sorry. That's all I got for now.
There's really not much doing in terms of music at the moment as far as I know. If anyone is interested seems like this is what JC has been up to in the 'non-drumming' world for the past couple of years anyway. Sorry. That's all I got for now.
Wednesday 25 September 2013
Friday 6 September 2013
Paul Wertico and Jimmy Chamberlin
Looks like Paul Wertico came to check out Frank Catalano, Jiimmy Chamberlin and Percy Jones the other night...
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| [L-R] Victor Salazar, Jimmy Chamberlin and Paul Wertico |
Sunday 1 September 2013
Thursday 15 August 2013
Wednesday 14 August 2013
Zwan Auditions...
Juan Alderete de la Peña, perhaps best known as the kick-ass bassist for Mars Volta, recounts his audition with Jimmy Chamberlin, Billy Corgan and Matt Sweeney...
http://pedalsandeffects.com/throwback-thursday-another-audition-billy-corrigan-and-zwan/
http://pedalsandeffects.com/throwback-thursday-another-audition-billy-corrigan-and-zwan/
Tuesday 13 August 2013
I don't undertstand Tumblr because I'm old....
but if you're young and hip, a fellow JC fan runs this page here: http://chamberatics.tumblr.com/ has a facebook set up https://www.facebook.com/Chamberatics if YOU'RE DOWN...
Also,don't forget Chamberlin will be playing tracks from his new record with Frank Catalano and Percy Jones @ Andy's Jazz Club in Chicago 31/08/2013. SO THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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