56 posts tagged with improv by man vs sun.
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Judgement Day

Let's go grab a pizza.
posted by man vs sun on May 20, 2011 - 1 comment

Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini

Pope Pius III: His Facebook fan page says it all, but that may be because he served as pope for less time than William Henry Harrison served as POTUS. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Mar 4, 2011 - 4 comments

Giovanni Battista Cybo

Meet the inappropriately-named Pope Innocent VIII. Witch hunter. Innovator in the field of immolation. Simonist. Slave regifter. And don't forget about his army of bastard children placed the Vatican on the brink of financial ruin. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Mar 3, 2011 - 2 comments

Pietro Barbo

Paul II was a poster child (or grand-nephew) of papal nepotism. This fellow made it more difficult to downsize church government because of his tendancy to appoint new cardinals in private. Oh yeah, he also loved bling and some accounts cite his fatal heart attack happening whilst being sodomized by his boy lover. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Mar 2, 2011 - 0 comments

Alfonso de Borja

You probably knew him better as Pope Callixtus III. His legacy, aside from his advanced age, feebleness and incompetence, is marked by a widely-spread (and patently false) rumor that he successfully exorcised Halley's Comet in 1456. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Mar 1, 2011 - 5 comments

Auld Lang Syne

In keeping with tradition, here again are the Demons of Gyrophonia ringing in 2011 with the same old song. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 31, 2010 - 0 comments

Angels We Have Heard On High

More like Black Angels We Have Heard On High, amirite? [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 24, 2010 - 1 comment

Mountain Instrument Medley

A swirling medley of carols from Cousin Jim's back porch. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 23, 2010 - 1 comment

Up on the Housetop

Because this holiday tune appears on every beginning band's premiere concert program, it's one of my favorite to mock. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 22, 2010 - 0 comments

Silent Night

"What should we play next?" "How about Silent Night?" "Okay." [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 21, 2010 - 0 comments

O Tannenbaum

Be patient. I'm told the melody appears in here somewhere. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 20, 2010 - 0 comments

2010.09.02-10: Vocal Loop

Build a loop, add some licks, and before you know it, you're groovin'. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Sep 7, 2010 - 1 comment

2010.08.26-03: Viola & Effects

I can't get enough electric viola. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Aug 31, 2010 - 0 comments

2010.08.19-05: Rejection

In a thread MajorDundee started a few weeks ago, he poses a query, "What talismans, icons etc do you have in your musical workspace?" Allow me to expand upon my response... [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Aug 28, 2010 - 3 comments

Crabtone

This sort of nonsense should be kept under wraps. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 29, 2010 - 5 comments

Potosí

An Evening With... 4.6 [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 23, 2010 - 2 comments

Sobachka

It was sorbet. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 22, 2010 - 0 comments

Ziggurat

At no point do I claim to be able to play cello. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 21, 2010 - 2 comments

Walrus

Almost like having a chamber orchestra in my apartment. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 20, 2010 - 2 comments

Usurpation

usus use + rapere to seize [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 18, 2010 - 0 comments

Sesquiannual

sesqui-, one and a half + annus, year [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 17, 2010 - 2 comments

Qi

The second volume of An Evening With... concludes on a decidedly stupid note. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jun 27, 2010 - 0 comments

Orthokinesis

An Evening With... v2.8 [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jun 26, 2010 - 0 comments

Millieu

If you've been spending An Evening With... us, you'll want to hear this. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jun 25, 2010 - 3 comments

Khat

An Evening With, Volume 2 continues with some Bass Flute by Pheatherwäit. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jun 24, 2010 - 2 comments

Ignominy

The second track from the second volume of An Evening With.... [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jun 23, 2010 - 5 comments

VI. Fortnight

Gun control and the wearing of pants are discussed in this, the penultimate selection of our suite, An Evening With... [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on May 17, 2010 - 3 comments

IV: Dvorak

The fourth in a series of seven movements from our inadvertent album An Evening With... [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on May 16, 2010 - 0 comments

II. Bologna

Second movement of our accidental seven-part suite entitled An Evening With... [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on May 15, 2010 - 0 comments

Homemade Napalm Part II

Polystyrene + Benzene + Gasoline = ? [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Mar 19, 2010 - 5 comments

Étude Chronographique

Viola/Tenor sax duet, to be included in our submission to the RPM 2010 challenge. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Feb 21, 2010 - 5 comments

Auld Lang Syne

Happy New Year, Metafilter. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jan 1, 2010 - 1 comment

The Always of the Always

For snsranch: Three. More. Notes. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Dec 30, 2009 - 5 comments

No Known Survivors

Something horrible has happened in this place. It will never be the same. Be thankful you weren't present. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Oct 25, 2009 - 2 comments

Upon a Plate of Beans (A Meditation)

Inspired by, but not completely adherent to this month's challenge. And this. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Sep 9, 2009 - 0 comments

My Own Personal Light Show

Meditations on a thunderstorm. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Aug 26, 2009 - 0 comments

The Black Angel’s Death Song

Solo vocals with delay, reverb, and amplitude modulation.
posted by man vs sun on Jul 15, 2009 - 4 comments

There She Goes Again

Enough songs about drugs, here's a little ditty about a prostitute. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 14, 2009 - 3 comments

All Tomorrow's Parties

If it ain't baroque, don't fix it. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 13, 2009 - 3 comments

I’m Waiting for the Man

An introspective take on a song that’s a lot more relaxed than it probably should be, given the subject matter. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 11, 2009 - 9 comments

It's a Beautiful Day

Returning to the well of material I wrote almost a decade ago. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 5, 2009 - 1 comment

Femme Fatale (Ambient Take)

If you didn't care for our treatment of Femme Fatale (via askmeaboutloom), may we interest you in something more, possibly femme, or, I don't know, fatale? [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 3, 2009 - 12 comments

Douchebag

step one: get a guitar step two: learn a couple chords step three: ??? step four: douchebag. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jul 2, 2009 - 1 comment

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Percussive groove session. Not a song about sandwiches. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Jun 6, 2009 - 2 comments

The ConstruKction of Light

King Crimson cover
posted by man vs sun on May 14, 2009 - 2 comments

No Talking From You!

When a spoken-word performance goes wrong, improvise. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Apr 23, 2009 - 0 comments

Pastrami on Rye

Performed by a vegetarian.
posted by man vs sun on Apr 15, 2009 - 6 comments

Jersey (Cruel and Unusual Mix)

If you like New Jersey, don't hit play. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Apr 9, 2009 - 2 comments

Paranoid: A Chant

Taken from Stephen King's short story collection, Skeleton Crew.
posted by man vs sun on Apr 2, 2009 - 2 comments

Enigma

On one level, it's about the struggle between good and evil. On all levels, it doesn't really make sense. [more inside]
posted by man vs sun on Mar 26, 2009 - 0 comments

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