Kid Ornery presents...

Episodes

1. 11

   Hark the Herald Angels Scream!

   Merry Christmas! I present to you the ghost of Christmas past - TDU style! We gave away quite a few of these the year we recorded them... We aren't doing Christmas songs tonight at Bohemeo's (www.bohemeos.com), so I thought I'd give them to you here... enjoy! 1. Joy to the World 2. We Three Kings...

   Dec 20, 2006

   38m
2. 10

   The Sweatbox Sessions - Ornery Master

   I present to you - complete for the first time anywhere - the only studio album ever recorded by any version of The Defenestration Unit anywhere... Recorded under the guidance of Mr. Tim Kerr at The Sweatbox in Austin - we spent the band fund on recording it - and then that version of the band...

   Dec 13, 2006

   54m
3. 9

   The Stooges

   Ever since I started home recording I knew I'd do a cover of this album at some point. It changed my life... I've worked on it off and on over the years and finally, maybe a year ago, I was done with it... well, here it is. It's all me, except for some drum samples of Vaughan Boone. 1. 1969 2. I...

   Dec 7, 2006

   31m
4. 8

   Defenestration Unit Grab Bag in Honor of our new weekly gig...

   We're playing every Wednesday at Bohemeo's (www.bohemeos.com) Here's some tracks from our storied past: 1. From a rehearsal with Candace Vincent - 12/11/05 2. Closing Remarks - Dark Haggis 3. Breakin' 3 - Party Tricks 4. Surplus Cheese - Wednesday Night - Live at Mary Jane's you can buy TDU cd's...

   Nov 9, 2006

   11m
5. 7

   The Defenestration Unit - Live at Java Junction - Oct. 8 2006

   This is for the dancing girls and the piano guy and the other guy not that one guy though the one who played and brought his family and then left and took them with him when he was done... it's not for him. TDU is/was/whatever: Charlie Naked - Saxophones, mouthpieces, percussion, etc. Kid Ornery…

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   Oct 13, 2006

   46m
6. 6

   William Switzer - The Final Solo Recordings

   William Switzer was Jason Bill and Mike Switzer (Kid Ornery's given name). We released one CD - The Illusion of Technique - on Fleece Records... The critics, well, they mostly ignored it, but some, well, some hated it. The girl I dated for a brief period after we recorded it asked if we were...

   Jul 6, 2006

   28m
7. 5

   Goodbye Electric Prince

   I know, I know... I promised you TDU for the rest of June, well that's before I knew Justin Crane (AKA The Electric Prince) was leaving town... so here's yr bonus non-tdu related podcast... Justin plays on all this stuff: Goodbye Electric Prince 1. Guitar/Tromone 1 - E.P./K.O. - unreleased 2....

   Jun 21, 2006

   32m
8. 4

   The Defenestration Unit - Wackiness Ensues

   Time once again for another installment of "Kid Ornery Presents..." digging once again into the vaults of TDU I present this audio collage time travel experience...the years of TDU melt away, change, etc... This one features some vocalizations, lots of theremin, and a funk instrumental in the...

   Jun 20, 2006

   48m
9. 3

   The Defenstration Unit - Live at Rudyards

   The Defenestration Unit celebrates our 10 year anniversary this month... so the rest of June will be TDU month here at the house of Ornery. This recording comes from a brief period in the bands life when we played songs and had a singer. She's under contract now, so I won't mention her name, but...

   Jun 6, 2006

   39m
10. 2

    Last Bastions - Tomorrow Never Knows

    Thought I'd combine the themes of the last two podcasts and give you what may be the last bastions only cover. This piece was comissioned by trombonist David Dove and later released in a private edition of 17. It includes the quietest music we've ever played (the begining and end), a beatles…

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    May 31, 2006

    45m
11. 1

    Last Bastions - Points/Songs

    Two unfinished Last Bastions projects combined with one track from "Music for Bathing" (w/ Ben Lind). Last Bastions are Kid Ornery and Charlie Naked. Songs were meant to have singers, but we never found any... The "Music for Bathing" track has vocals which makes it as songlike as anything in our...

    May 24, 2006

    45m