hobbies include: indulging in pursuits that are a constant drain on money

Yeah. I bought another pedal today. ‘Tis the yellow Boss ODB-3 on the left. Mint condition, with box and all the literature, for below RM200. Which I think is a pretty good price.

Haven’t had time to seriously put it through its paces in a noise setting (aside from recording a short demo of  a contact mic being run through it for a friend) but I did try it out with guitar and it sounded pretty good. A bit hard to find a nice balance between too little bass and BASS OVERLOAD, though. And, hey, if it’s good enough for King Buzzo…

Speaking of noise, I’m planning to start a small label to release Jerk Kerouac material (splits too) and, perhaps, stuff from other noise/noisy/wierd/lofi/harsh/heavy projects that pique my interest. Mainly going to be CDrs early on, although I’m not ruling out venturing into tapes somewhere down the road.

I’ve kinda figured out the direction the artwork will take, too. Minimal, with simple graphics (stills from films ala early Godflesh, drawings, image manipulation, etc) and regular, readable fonts (again, Godflesh-esque). Going to avoid anything particularly gory or violent or disturbing, though, as I feel it’s a bit overdone, which will probably lead to a bit of dissonance between the artwork and the musical content of the CDrs.

Imagine getting a CDr with a cover like this in the mail:

Yet have some harsshh noissszz blast out of your speakers when you play the CDr.

Yeah, I guess I’m a fan of contrasts.

Also, I still need a name for the label.