Douglas Witmer

Thursday, July 31, 2008

more landscape paperweight

Parallel Road, 1988 original. The video actually begins with the last few minutes of one of my new originals called "Come Around." "Parallel Road" was written by Daryl. Our recording of this is one of the most sonically sophisticated things we ever did (whether it worked or not), and lyrically I always found it compelling. It's easily my favorite song of ours. Back in high school I could barely play guitar. I mostly sang and "danced" awkwardly. Through the years I always wished we could have given this song a really good go in front of an audience. The highlight of the night for me was being able to front the band on this one, singing and playing guitar.

Wishes and Sand, 1988 original. This one was one of the few entirely written by me. I favored the tidily arranged, moody-chorded, melodramatic love song. It has a nice melody and was probably our most popular song. (Word has it some of our friends in the crowd were singing the back-up vocal parts.)

Labels: Landscape Paperweight, music

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

more landscape paperweight

Photographic Memory, 1988 original. This one was written by Daryl and heavily influenced by Hüsker Dü. Our 4-track cassette recording of this song breaks down into some transcendently scorching feedback that ends with Daryl simply pulling the cord out of his guitar. That's how Side 1 (how I miss sides) of the album ended.

Labels: Landscape Paperweight, music

Sunday, July 27, 2008

more landscape paperweight

Be With You, 1987 original. This was the opening song of our set.
In his blog post, our guitarist Daryl pretty much sums up my feelings about this one:
...Alec (our drummer) counted off. Man. The release of energy was palpable.

Tribute, 1988 original. One of my favorites of ours.

Labels: Landscape Paperweight, music

Friday, July 25, 2008

landscape paperweight video teaser

Being that we were a band of the late '80s, I guess it was only appropriate that we recorded our show on VHS. But now it seems we're having a little trouble getting our footage transferred properly. Here's a little teaser, though, made by our bassist using the built-in camera on his laptop aimed at the TV. Hence the quality and lag time between video and audio. It captures the spirit. And the tune...New Order's "Love Vigilantes" from 1985...is kinda timely I think.

Stay tuned for more!

Labels: Landscape Paperweight, music