"I Saw It" (demo) by Lubricated Goat

This is a 4-track cassette version of a song later to appear on the Psychedelicatessen lp. It was originally written for an aborted Salamander Jim album, which was another band Stu, Lachlan MacCleod and I were briefly in. This was recorded on the top floor at Gracelands and features Stu on guitar, bass and sampler along with Ren on sax and me playing drums.

"The explainer" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

A brief explanation of what the fuck I'm doing.

"The Great Temptations Of Biand #507" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

Another stray version left over after burning the 120 cd's in the Radomized Control Trials where every cd is different. This piece in general is probably my favorite of the whole endeavor.

"Autumn In New York" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

Someone asked me if this is some kind of 9/11 tribute or something. It definitely is not.

"It's Really Great To Not Be Here Tonight #487" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

Here is another leftover version of a track from the 120 cd's project. The voices on here are from some old 78's that people used to record themselves as letters to friends and relations back in the 1940's and '50's. In fact, you can hear one guy complaining that the recording machine doesn't work and he's going to take it back to the guy that sold it to him. I would dearly love to find one of these machines today.
The musicians on this one are
Tom Price- guitar and organ, Steve Dukich- baritone guitar and bass, Mark Arm- piano. Martin Bland- drums, Jim Knodle- trumpet, Janis Wildy- electric violin.

Trailer for "Calimari Union" featuring "Love Theme" by Bloodloss

Here is a trailer for a movie called "Calimari Union". The music is a track by Bloodloss called "Love Theme". The movie is by Richard LeFevre and is a recent remake of another older film also called "Calimari Union". This version seems to feature some familiar faces plus some that I don't know. Looks pretty "gritty".

"Oamtanlt #198" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

Here is another leftover version of this piece. The voices are culled from a bootleg tape of the Altamont concert (obvious to some, maybe not to others). There's a lot more banter on the tape, both amongst the crowd and from the stage, but is usually accompanied by Stones music and therefore of no use to me.

"Lurk The Blue Crawfish" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

Another tune. This one features the toy piano stylings of my Mother-In-Law, Dorothy Ramsey and a haiku by her husband, Jerry. The artwork accompanying this piece is by Alberta/Seattle/Louisiana artist Aaron Golson. For more cool fauna, check out his MySpace page under the nom-de-plume Deadly Devout

"Lunar Snakes #352" by Martin Blands Randomized Control Trials

Here is a version of this piece where everything seemed to go right (I think). Sometimes that happens. The musicians on this are



Tim Kerr- guitar
Steve Dukich- bass
Martin Bland -drums, synthesizer
Mark Arm- synthesizer
Jim Knodle- trumpet
Tom Swofford- violin
Donna Brown, Jen Matson- voices
Renestair EJ- saxophone
Adam Weiss- saxophone
Chris Stover- trombone

Bloodloss "Soundtrack From the Musical 'Bloodloss'"

Here is side 2 of the Bloodloss 10" "Ten Rock Solid Inches Of Rock Solid Rock". I assume this will never be released on CD so here it is in the "MP3" format. This was all done with good old tape technology. I'm sure computer sound programs such as pro-tools were available at the time but we didn't have access to them. I doubt this would not have been as much fun to make if we had used them anyway.

Martin Blands Randomised Control Trials on the radio

Here is a podcast of an hour-long broadcast from 10/25/08. The show was called Sonarchy on the local Seattle station KEXP. The tracks are

The Exctasy Of Frank Thring
The Esplanade
Oamtanlt
The Great Temptations Of Beyond
Autumn In New York
The Exctasy Of Frank Thring #2

Oamtanlt #657 by Martin Bland's Randomized Control Trials

Here is another version of this fan favorite. The violin is by Tom Swafford and the guitars are by Tom Price and Mark Arm.

Warehouse Fantasia

An audio odyssey through a real live book warehouse. Strap yourself in for a journey as exciting and thrilling as ACTUALLY BEING THERE!

Nico Vassilakis "Visual Poetry In The Continental Review"

Monkeywrench "On Your Arrival"

Shake Your Leaves by Bloodloss

Here is a song recorded live by Bloodloss. This is a soundboard recording from a not especially large venue and as such the drums and vocals tend to be the loudest things, neither of which were the strongest points of the band. But here it is anyway. The people in this band were Renestair EJ, Mark Arm, Guy Maddison and Martin Bland.

The Ecstasy Of Frank Thring by Martin Bland's Randomized Control Trials

Here's a version of new piece created in the RCT series for a radio broadcast on local Seattle radio station KEXP. The featured musicians are Tom Price (guitar), Dave Holmes (electric sitar), Guy Maddison (bass), Ajax Storm-Wood (voice) and Martin Bland (drums and synthesizer). The theme was written by Tom and is basically a D minor scale with an emphasis on half-tones. It uses repetition to create a structure, much like yer standard-issue rock song. You'll notice that the exact same guitar, bass, sitar and drums phrases reappear a couple of times throughout the number but always in different combinations and contexts.

Lubricated Goat In The Raw

I've had a few folks inquire about other Lubricated Goat tunes so here is another from the Kardomah Cafe in Sydney. Stuart had a guitar synthesizer so that is why his guitar sounds like that.

Hi Squid/ The Rape Of Nanking by Laszlo Alexander

Another exhibit from The Museum Of Strange & Deadly Foods (MOSADF). This product is Hi Squid and is basically a couple of dried tentacles. The musical accompaniment is entitled The Rape Of Nanking by Laszlo Alexander. It was recorded in the late 40's or early '50's and come from a 10" lp called The Secret Music Of China. If you listen carefully, amid all the carnage you will hear an early use of the theremin.

Chicken In A Can/Blind Willie McTell

This is one of my favorites from the Museum Of Strange and Deadly Foods (MOSADF). Suspended cryogenic-style in brine and weighing in at 3lbs 2oz, may I present "One Whole Chicken In A Can". I've paired it here with a couple of Blind Willie McTell tunes. The first is "I'm Gonna Cross the River Of Jordan" and the next is Blind Willie's meditation on all things mortal "You Got To Die". Both are great songs and perhaps inside the can is a great chicken. Well, great tasting anyway.