so, this is an instrumental solo record by the guitarist for a local frat boy rock band called citizen zero that i've never heard of before, but, as guitar music, it's not that bad - if not all that good, either. i can at least tolerate and passively enjoy this; i suspect that would not be the case for the band he plays in.

the thing is that he relies on a large number of cliches, without really extrapolating on the writing. so, if you're approaching this as though it's a di meola record or something, you're going to be disappointed by the lack of substantive musicality in the writing.

it's really better described as instrumental pop-metal, so you're going to lose me in the lack of serious musicianship. but, at least i'm not cringing at the vocalist, right?

stevie stevens did some records with tony levin and terry bozio, and that's what it is mostly really reminding me of. that's not a bad drop, either - it's just a little lightweight.

if it was closer than pontiac, i might think about it.

i did actually get most of the way through this.

there was a time when tame impala were kind of exciting to me, as they managed to be retro and forward thinking at the same time in a way that avoided the pitfalls of cliches like retro-futurism or steam-punk.

that hasn't been true in a while.

i'm not really sure what people would find to be compelling about this, so i'm not going to waste a lot of time on it, other than to point out that i got most of the way through it before turning it off. but, a tame impala / elo concert would be an interesting catastrophe, i must say.

so, these were the re-releases from jan, 2014 that i'm working on, now:

1) the liquify single, newly split off from inrimake (see entry 3). this is now inri031. this is dated to the summer of 1999. it was remastered in 2017.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/liquify-ep

2) the book it! single, newly split off from inridiculous (see entry 4). this is now inri034. this is dated to late 1999.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/book-it-single

3) the newly expanded and finalized inrimake, without the liquify single (entry 1), which is download only. this is a covers & remixes collection, entirely unauthorized. it's now inri032. this is dated to late 1999, but some of the material was from 1998.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inrimake-covers-lp-2

4) my third official record, inridiculous, was uploaded without modification, except to strip out the last track into the book it! single (entry 2). this is now inri033. i did not even remaster this record. this is dated to late 1999, but some of the material was from as far back as 1996.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/inridiculous

5) the inricycled b compilation was initially released in parallel to inricycled a as a way to salvage material from the 1997-1999 period that i thought was otherwise unworkable. when i realized in 2015 that i could actually remaster this material from tape, this compilation was deleted from my discography by appending it to the inrijected collection, inri022. i suppose the compilation dates to jan, 2014, even if the material is raided from 1996-1999.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/track/inricycled-b

6) the let freedom ring single, newly created from a discarded remix of a track on deny everything (see entry 11) that included martin luther king and doonesbury samples. this is now inri036. this is dated to late 1999 and early 2000. it was updated in 2017.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/let-freedom-ring-ep

7) the first ever release of the full curious george suite in it's original form, which was thought lost until it was found later in the year. this is dated to the spring of 2000. it is now inri037.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/the-curious-george-suite-ep

8) the ignorance is bliss single, with a comprehensive exploration of remixes of the track over the period of 2000-2014. the track was first written in 2000, but the lead track at this time was recreated from source in early 2014. it was updated with a final lead mix in 2017. this is inri038.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/ignorance-is-bliss-ep-single

9) my fourth symphony, released in final standalone form as the acidosis ep, for the first time. this recording was created in the summer of 2000 and has not been modified since. this is inri039.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/acidosis-ep

10) i also had to split off a separate curious george single, as the sample version did not exist until late 2000 and neither makes sense in the context of the suite, nor in the context of the record (now without any samples). this is a comprehensive collection of remixes created after 2000. this is inri040.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/curious-george-single

11) my fourth official record, deny everything, was initially created near the end of 2000 out of material created since late 1999. this record was re-released several times between 2000 and 2014; this is the final version, void of all vocal samples, except the star trek sample in gravity's rainbow. this is inri041.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/deny-everything-lp

12) my truncated experimental guitar experiment, an ep called j's adventures in guitarland, was one of the first things i uploaded to bandcamp back in 2010. it was re-released without further modification at this time. these are renaissance guitar pieces that i recorded in 2001. this is inri045.
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/js-adventures-in-guitarland-ep

this actually exists.

well, golly, i couldn't imagine saying anything too rotten about this band.

except, of course...

shut up, flanders.

https://okillydokilly.bandcamp.com/

this was definitely a bucket list show.

sad to see them cancel...