Sunday, February 12, 2012

Wikipedia Post

Here is a draft of an original article for our Wikipedia assignment. This was tough! I'm not sure how to create footnotes within Blogger, but all references are posted at the bottom. I used blue text to highlight what words would link to Wikipedia articles if those articles existed in real life. Other words are linked directly to actual Wikipedia articles. Because of the topic I chose, there were not any available non-web sources, except for the interview. --Zero's Narrator

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The cover drawing for Songs for Cats
Songs for Cats

Songs for Cats is the title of a split cassette tape recorded and released in December, 2011, by Connecticut indie-punk rock bands Two Humans and Fung Wah Bus.

Recording

Two Humans recorded the music for Songs for Cats in the basement of friend Craig Mills in Wethersfield, Connecticut. The vocals for Two Humans were recorded at Fung Wah Bus bassist Kevin O’Donnell’s house in East Windsor, Connecticut. Fung Wah Bus recorded their tracks entirely at O’Donnell’s.

Packaging

Physical copies were made by hand using blank tapes and a duplicating tape deck. O’Donnell hand drew the album art for the recordings.

Release

In December, 2011, the recordings were released on tape and posted on the internet though sites like Facebook and Bandcamp.

Musicians

Two Humans:
Justin Dubree
Lucas Borgstedt
Jason Rule


Fung Wah Bus:
Kevin O’Donnell
Will Pratt
Jason Rule 

Guest Musician- Mike Hein


Track Listing

Side A (Fung Wah Bus):
David Bowie’s Ass Looks Better Than My Face     03:13
My Love Turned Pt. 2     03:34
Eggplant     03:14
Riverbed     03:03

Side B (Two Humans)
Sabbatical (College Song)     03:40
Lonely Tunez     03:32
Bump Yer Jones     04:28
Yesterday’s Pajamas; Today’s Bedsheets     04:39

See Also

The Red Rash Collective
The Helveticas

References

http://twohumansband.tumblr.com/
http://twohumans.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Two-Humans/192128584149698
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fung-Wah-Bus/101008088397
http://fungwahbus.bandcamp.com/
http://redrashcollective.tumblr.com/bands
http://nevermindtheposers.com/tag/two-humans/
http://www.last.fm/music/%C2%BFFung+Wah+Bus%3F/+wiki/diff?&a=13&b=14
http://www.last.fm/music/Two+Humans
http://f0.bcbits.com/z/29/36/2936578129-1.jpg
Dubree, Justin. (2012, February 8). Email Interview.

3 comments:

  1. Nice work, just have 2 comments:

    1. "In December, 2011, the recordings were released on tape and posted on the internet though sites like Facebook and Bandcamp."

    You already established it's on tape, so how about "the album was released in December 2011 and promoted online on Bandcamp and Facebook"?

    2. "Physical copies were made by hand using blank tapes and a duplicating tape deck."

    You established it's a tape, so I think that's redundant. How about "copies were handmade by band members" or something personal and catchy?

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  2. 1) Interesting suggestion. I consider releasing an album digitally to be a legitimate form. They weren't merely "posted" online...they were released in digital format through websites like Bandcamp. So I'm not sure on that one.

    2) Good idea.

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  3. There is no mention of style, or which musical instruments are played by what members. I would also be curious to know if the band has experienced any success or played these songs at different earth locations.

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