the Martian Entropy Band

[This article was in the New York Times today. notice it discusses the Star Trek Convention of 1972. The Martian Entropy Band performed at the Star Trek Convention of 1973. Several of the same people were at the one the MEB played. -admin] http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/nyregion/21winston.html?_r...

Hi Mumbles, yes you are correct! I had the wrong date above, Mich Theatre gig was actually March 10 1975. I thank you for your kind comments. I have been listening to that tape too, and I am definitely amazed at the level of musicianship we had attained as a group by the time we got to that gig. And...

Well, here I go blogging again. First of all, why "the Professor" ? I distinctly remember Tim referring to me as that during the band days. Plus, Tim had given me a mortar board hat, one of those ones that students wear on graduation day, which I wore proudly. (I don't know if Tim remembers...

I created an embedded html page with the code directly from YouTube... it should work on all platforms. So, if you want to hear The Blimp by Captain Beefheart click here! you should TURN OFF the Martian Entropy Band concert (if it is playing) by locating the MP3 player at the bottom of the page and pressing...

BTW. I mentioned this entry to Billy when I jammed with him last Monday night, and he laughed loudly. He did say that he was dropping Bobby McGhee off somewhere that night, and going 70+ when he came to the place where Earhart Road changes from 4 lanes to 2 lanes ... and he was in the wrong lane. Earhart...

I'm so glad you reminded me of the "zombie hoof". When billy wiped it out into that tree up on the hill on Earhart road, the hoof left the antenna and flew into the woods. We never thought it would be seen again, but I somehow think I remember that Billy went back, possibly a few weeks...

Yeah - Billy was one awesome drummer - highly energetic and extremely solid, with a rare technical proficiency. Billy's nickname was "the Blimp", but it wasn't because he was overweight (you can see in the pictures, he was as thin as any of us, which was ... pretty doggone thin). Billy...

I have been working with the recording a little bit, especially Warp Factor 217, which I think is really stupendous, and amazing musicianship on everyone's part, all the way down the line. Bill hasn't been mentioned much YET in this blog, but I just wanted to say that I've been listening...