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Post by technomedics on Mar 23, 2008 18:52:44 GMT
Catawampus, feeding the whimsy and imagination of catawampii. Fierce imaginary oddities. We wriggle we twist, strangeley obtuse, gnarly diagonal, Catawampii are loose!!
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Post by ash on Mar 23, 2008 19:11:47 GMT
Good luck in your new ad - venture xx you don't need it anyway hehe x
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Post by Choo Choo on Mar 23, 2008 20:30:09 GMT
All the best guys n gals xXxXxXx
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Post by galacticmonkey on Mar 23, 2008 20:41:51 GMT
i am looking forward to this journey we have chosen to take,who knows where we will end up peace out!
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Post by technomedics on Mar 24, 2008 7:14:07 GMT
our myspace is coming together go for a peep...x www.myspace.com/catawampusrecordssomewhere for us to gather and get info about our new forming entity, until our website is launched. see ya's x
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Post by messmedia on Mar 24, 2008 11:01:14 GMT
good on y's cobers.how come none's asked what catawampus means?
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Post by ash on Mar 24, 2008 15:14:27 GMT
I never..... but i can not get it out of my head either haha
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Post by Choo Choo on Mar 24, 2008 20:29:21 GMT
I means diagonal... as far as I can remember...something from trigonometry, or something else weird and mathematical I think...? I only know cos I've already asked
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Post by SteveJ on Mar 24, 2008 22:05:34 GMT
catawampus catawampus [ káttə wómpəss ] adjective Definition: diagonal: in a diagonal position or arrangement adverb Definition: diagonally: diagonally [Mid-19th century. Origin ?] Definition;D
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Post by technomedics on Mar 25, 2008 8:17:46 GMT
Catawampus, to us, describes the askew quirky nature of the music we are releasing. The unusual, twisty wriggliness, and its bonkers nonsensical nature. We adored the word and it was just perfect for the style we are pitching. It is such a wonderful word to say, so many images and feelings conjure when you think/say 'Catawampus' X cheryl This is also what we found. "The first element of the word, "cata," is probably related to "cater," also found in the related word "catercorner" (or, as many folks know it, "cattycorner" or "kittycorner"). "Cater" in these words is an Anglicization of the French "quatre," or "four," and "catercornered" originally just meant "four-cornered." To specify that something is "catercorner across" from something else is to stress the diagonal axis of an imaginary box, as opposed to saying "directly across" or just "across." Both "catercorner" and "catawampus" are native American colloquialisms dating back to the 1880's or earlier. The "wampus" part of "catawampus" is a real puzzler. It may have come from the Scots word "wampish," meaning "to wriggle or twist," which would certainly seem to fit with "catawampus" meaning "askew" or "crooked." But "wampus" also may have been a completely nonsensical element, made up by someone because it sounded funny.. Two other aspects of "catawampus" bear mentioning. First, "catawampus" can also mean "a fierce imaginary animal," or simply "fierce." The theory is that this sense of "catawampus" is entirely separate in origin from the "askew" sense, and comes from "catamount," which is an old American folk term for a mountain lion (cat-a-mount, get it?). " Definition
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Post by galacticmonkey on Mar 25, 2008 15:00:04 GMT
touche' cheryl mate!
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Post by nanook on Mar 25, 2008 16:03:58 GMT
good luck guys n gals!
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Post by Lloyd the Positivist on Mar 26, 2008 22:51:02 GMT
Sounds wicked guys! Nice one.
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Post by Distortion Orchestra... on Apr 5, 2008 10:21:43 GMT
Hey hey hey....what's all this den? Is this a label venture? Nice one. Got some (finished) unreleased stuff if you need any gap fillers between decent choonz...
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Post by Distortion Orchestra... on Apr 5, 2008 10:27:52 GMT
Oh yes...Herds of them, untamed and unleashed...
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Post by galacticmonkey on Apr 6, 2008 20:16:45 GMT
is right jud mate!!!! sound like a plan
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Post by nanook on Apr 7, 2008 13:54:36 GMT
the myspace is coming togeather eh! NICE
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Post by Thom on Apr 7, 2008 23:54:33 GMT
im sure this will blossem nicely, looking forward to hearing the collab album guys. good luck with everything,
if you want any artwork for CDs or promotional stuff then id love to get involved... ive also got some musical treats on the horizon that would love to be released on a comp sometime too.
plur
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Post by technomedics on Apr 9, 2008 15:39:57 GMT
nice one guys! thanks for the support the first plan is to release the skyhighatrist / galactic monkey album - strangely obtuse. after that we aim to release compilations of suitably twisty catawampine tunes. contributers and collaborators will be needed. we hope to support and promote our scene and similar minded people from elsewhere... @ jud - please send me your tunes bud would love to hear them. @ thom - likewise - send me your tracks bud would love to hear them and thanks for the offer of help, i'm sure i'll take you up on that when i've got my act in gear. thanks again everyone - your comments, help and suggestions are very much apprieciated. m
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Post by Thom on Apr 9, 2008 20:53:11 GMT
at the moment im well tuned into the pool of infinate creativity, since ive got into ableton last weekend ive wrote 2 newly evolved unsanity tracks. well, one in process now. will send you the new ones when ive done this,,
as for collabs - as im now set up in ableton im ready to get bounce writing with anyone whos up for it...
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Post by galacticmonkey on Apr 10, 2008 10:01:59 GMT
look forward to them thom mate you know how i feel about your work
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Post by nics on May 20, 2008 18:10:40 GMT
best off luck with this guys x
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Post by galacticmonkey on Jun 3, 2008 14:49:31 GMT
thanks nics !!!! we need to get the wheels turning again tho
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Post by technomedics on Jun 13, 2008 7:23:42 GMT
frist album getting there now ..... its very exciting....! Mark is nearing completion of the mastering, we have artwork in production by IZWOZ ( www.izwoz.com.au/index.php ) such an amazing artist and luckily a friend of ours from Adelaide :-) he has recently done the cover for mushroom magazine and cd covers for outu lintu and va-comp No tone unstirred. go peep its amazing! licensing barcoding and embedded track ISRC code (like an isbn only for music) getting sorted so we just have to finalise replication, printing and distro and bobs you aunty!! just thought id explain where we are at. x cant let you think we are sat on our beautiful derrieres!! Catawampine gurgles xx cheryl
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Post by galacticmonkey on Jun 13, 2008 11:09:40 GMT
website should be up in a couple of weeks also,everything is coming together v nicely!!!! and a big shout to cheryl with the lyrics ha!
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Post by Optimus Prime on Jan 28, 2009 18:12:41 GMT
congrats on getting the album out, just seen it on psyshop. I look forward to hearing it
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Post by technomedics on Jan 28, 2009 22:31:57 GMT
oh yes IT IS HERE i have a copy in my sweaty paw! this looks wonderful WOW! massive congrats Trev and Mark this is a good thing fellas xx cheryl
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Post by technomedics on Jan 28, 2009 22:32:01 GMT
cheers very excited about it m
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