Imagine that Doogie Howser had become a computer programmer rather than go into medicine, and one night while in the local bar, he meets this granola looking 18 year old Deadhead who's lately been very disillusioned with the whole retro music vibe thing, and wants to get into something more progressive. After an awkward conversation about a bowl of peanuts in which Doogie asked, "Did you say 'cashew' or 'a tissue', I couldn't make it out over the sound of EMF?" the two get to discussing their varying musical tastes and begin to find some common ground. The pair begin late-night jam sessions in Deadhead's parent's basement which eventually leads to some free studio time from one of the guy's Deadhead knows, as long as they promise to clean the bathroom, because the contract janitorial company that usually does it went under last week and the men's room is getting real rank. Doogie, being a genius, has trained lab rats which he instructs to do the cleaning job, leaving he and Deadhead more free time to work on what they call their 'sound collages'. These initial demos are really quite shit, but the spark of imagination is there; Doogie dumps the Deadhead, buys himself a Mac, puts an ad in the local paper for a real guitarist and lays down some fat dance beats and electronic noise-chunks. When his ad is answered by a Johnny-Marr-a-be young upstart with more than a few choice licks up his sleeve so too are his prayers, for together they create a new musical blueprint for the future: Coltrane Motion.
Coltrane Motion, "Ex-Girlfriend In A Coma"
Note: Neil Patrick Harris, TVs adorable Doogie Howser is not now, nor has he ever been a member of Coltrane Motion, and any similarities between the band Mr. Harris or the character of Doogie Howser are purely coincidental and the fruits of my overactive imagination.
Another Note: Coltrane Motion releases their first full length disc, Songs About Music, May 29, 2007 on Datawaslost.
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