So I met this guy at a Stinking Lizaveta show at the now defunct Moondance in Richmond, Virginia in 1997. We had wild times and fell madly in love. We got pregnant after a particularly wild New Year's Eve house party. We had a baby boy, married, bought a house, I got cancer, we had a babygirl (which Chris caught: see first blog entry ever).  Chris is an amazing partnerand father. He is also a musician of great passion and skill. Since the world wide web doesn't have a comprehensive discography of Chris Farmer, I place it here, along with links for you listening pleasure.

Flat Stanley: drums
                        1987, 10 West Records: album, Hot Cauliflower
                        *toured east coat 1985-1988

Gourd: solo drums, bass, guitar, piano
             1988, 10 West Records: cassette
             * live performances, guitar loops and drums 1989-1991
               LISTEN HERE

             
Breadwinner: drums & co-composer:LISTEN HERE
                       1990, Merge Records: single 010
                       1991, Merge Records: single 017
                       1992, Simple Machines: triple 7" box set, Neapolitan Metropolitan
                       1993, Merge Records: CD 052, BURNER
                       1994, Merge Records: single 052.5
                       * Two ten day tours with Jesus Lizard
                       * Toured east coast 1989-1991

Eggs: Drums on track 11
          1994, TeenBeat: CD, Eggs TeenBeat 96 Exploder
          *4 day tour , 1993

Mao Tse Helen: drums
                          1995, Shamelss Records: single

Hotel X: Drums, percussion
              1996, SST Records: CD, Uncommon Grounds: featuring Bern Nix & Greg Ginn

Manwich Tantrum: Drums
                                  1996-1998
                                 * Live improvisational group including 2 guitar synths, tape manipulations and some bass

Chris Farmer: Drums, bass, guitar, samples, chance radio snippets, mixing, lo-fi experimental...
                         1996, Homehop (self lable) CD 001, getting warm on the trail of heat
                         *contact me if interested in buying a copy :)
                         * check out Track 1: Purple Dusk of Twilight<-------my favorite :)
          
CRUX: sampling, sequencing, mixing and sound creation. photography
                2000, Porcelain Productions: CD, CRUX

Present Day Chris Farmer is looking for a project to sink his teeth in......
     

I've never been tagged on a blog before! Thanks for including me Julie and might I say that this is a deeply difficult task.

01. Total volume of music files on my computer? More than my PC can handle but there is quite a bit of Ween, Bjork, Low and Arcade Fire on it at the moment.


02.The last CD I bought was?
"Sung Tongs" Animal Collective


03.Song playing right now:
Brian Eno's Thursday Afternoon


04.Five songs I listen to a lot or that mean a lot to me(in no particular order):
"Take it to the limit" by the Eagles is the first song I remember singing in car as a young girl. I used to belt out the chorus as, "Take it to the lemon one more tiiiiime." It holds enormous sentimental value.
"The Purple Dusk of Twilight" by Chris Farmer
"La Mamma Morta" by Maria Callas
"Pagan Poetry" by Bjork
"Thursday Afternoon"(61 min. version) by Brian Eno


05.Which 5 people are you passing this baton to, and why?
chris : becaue he's my man and I should know these things
corey : because we it has been a while since we've shared music
p.n. : because I know I'll be surprised and pleased
abbie : because we are new friends and I need to know :)
kirsten : because we've been sharing and it is time for more depth
tracy , that 6...ooops: because I think I'll like whatever she posts

me?

Low (at this very moment)
Bjork (perpetually)
Samba that my father-in-law brought from Brasil
StereoLab
Ween here and there
Gillian Welch

My 5 y.o. son's Growler Tapes
Chet Baker

I've not had a new CD in ages ( money is tight) but my incredibly generous and loving bestfriend had the new Bjork CD preordered for us and it came yesterday. I tried to get the lil girlchild to nap all day but that didn't happen so I listened to it partly while I cooked dinner then sat in front of the PC updating this jank while giving a good listen.

The beats make me happy and alot of the sounds are nice round organic sounds.....me like. Hell, I'm not sure if there is any Bjork I don't like....

Thanks to fellow Squarespacer, Ben of New Monkey , I've been listening to some really eerie and floaty, pretty music called Sung Tongs by Animal Collective . Thanks, Ben.

Anyone else want to recommend some big, beautiful music???