Ep.61 - tomemitsu “Toe-May-Meet-Sue”

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to superchill bedroom pop artist tomemitsu about screamo, post-modern geography, and the LA indie scene circa 2011. Stick around to hear what happens when you swear in a middle school talent show. Tomemitsu on BandCamp, Spotify, Instagram Dream 2 on Vinyl Tomemitsu with Steady Holiday on Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Atriata on YouTube Free Camp on BandCamp - indie rock/motown, like Fitz and the Tantrums, but lofi Basement Babies on BandCamp - Fleetwood Mac meets Sonic Youth - opened for Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel, Puro Instinct (song with Ariel Pink) - backing band for James Ferraro, opening for Real Estate Steady Holiday on Spotify Mountain Bay/Los Altos, CA   Ibanez bass  Sublime, Dire Straits song You Don’t Know How it Feels - Tom Petty Les Claypool - Primus, NOFX, Rancid - bass role models Screamo  Epiphone Les Paul Special Atreyu - the band and the character Gibson SG Burgundy (cherry) Saved up and got a Marshall half stack Peavey Butcher  It goes to 11 Playing acoustic - Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston, Pedro the Lion, Joan of Arc, American Football  Skeeter (like the character from Doug) - pop punk - high school girlfriend and drummer from Ground ZeroH The Bluest Eye - music video with different scenes from the book - Bob Dylan one where he rips off the paper - in 7/4 time - I wish we had that video Elliot Smith trying weird chords Went to USC for college Post-Modern Geography - how place and urban planning effects the population - tapped into empathy Pat Taylor bass genius - Magic cards,  Cap’n Jazz Cossack - band on Strike Through Records  Local H - Bound for the Floor Math Rock Tool - Aenima Got a sync for an ad for Dickies, but fizzled after Pat graduated - touring bassist for Noah Cyrus! House band for American Idol The Echo  Pehrspace The Smell Echo Curio “The FYF block” Bob Odenkirk Taix Echo Country Outpost Non Plus Ultra Silverlake Lounge Bootleg Spaceland The Monday night residencies - Echo, Satellite, Bootleg  Jaws of Love residency First CD Nirvana Nevermind - something in the way Butch Vig - how they recorded that song Edendale Grill Bellwether The Weezer song with the female harmonies