R. Stevie Moore's UNPOPULAR SINGER VOL. 6

Hey kids!

I'm mighty proud to announce that Big Mistake, the song I wrote and recorded with R. Stevie Moore from my disc OLD SCHOOL OLD FOOL, is also featured on RSM's new compilation, UNPOPULAR SINGER, VOL. 6.

Go here:

http://www.rsteviemoore.com/tp/unpop6.html

If you are not familiar with the genuis that is R. Stevie Moore, you need to get with Stevie
right now: www.rsteviemoore.com.

Thanks, R Stevie. You are my hero!!

OLD SCHOOL online review

The first review for OLD SCHOOL, OLD FOOL is now online at: http://applchn.livejournal.com. Thanks, Jeanne! You ROCK, mama!!!!

New album OLD SCHOOL OLD FOOL out now

After working on this thing for God knows how long, I have finally molded (or pounded) this into a shape where I can listen to it without my wince muscles getting a workout (much). Old School Old Fool is a 14-song release featuring new tracks as well as re-recordings and re-workings of tracks I did with R. Stevie Moore, Don Campau and Ken Clinger.

It's the usual pretentious crap you've come to expect from me...ambient sound collages run head-first into gooey psychedelic bubblegum pop, tribal rhythms bump into electronic folk music, children's songs trip over autumnal ballads, and ghostly acoustic pieces stumble over guitar-based power-pop. It's kinda like a typical kindergarten recess period.

Miraculously, no one was hurt.

There's a few bum notes here and there (some critics might refer to that as carelessness,I refer to it as "charm"), and as usual it was recorded on 4-track cassette (see, I really am old school...) so fidelity is pretty much a moot point, but I still think it's rather enjoyable. It doesn't rock exactly, but it sure snaps, crackles and pops.

The songs are:

1. Zero Zero Zulu (Carmen) - 2:54
2. Gather (Clinger-Carmen) - 3:47
3. Little Angel (Carmen-Campau) - 3:17
4. I Told Her Everything (Carmen) - 3:33
5. Ideals (Carmen-Campau) - 3:52
6. Grown Man Cry (Carmen-Campau) - 2:44
7. Spinning In My Grave (Carmen-Campau) - 2:58
8. No Matter (Carmen-Clinger) - 2:21
9. Little Clockwork Man (Carmen-Clinger) - 3:10
10. Lost A Friend (Carmen) - 2:18
11. Leaves Of Absence (Carmen-Clinger) - 3:03
12. Slow Chimes (Carmen) - 1:35
13. Trial By Fire (Carmen-Campau) - 3:18
14. Big Mistake (Carmen-Moore) - 5:12

And it's available for a measly $5 postage paid from me at: Cut And Paste Records, POB 152, Green, OH 44232 USA. Please make checks or money orders payable to Ray Carmen, not Cut And Paste Records. Overseas orders please add one dollar.

I will be posting the first Cut And Paste Records podcast soon, which will feature the new album in its' entirety. In the meantime, lyrics and liner notes can be found here: http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/cutandpasterecs/cp02osof.html

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In other news, I recently provided Beach Boys-ish backup vocals for an incredible song on KS in-studio member Joe LaRose's upcoming solo disc. I will have copies available for a sale at my site when it's ready to go.

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Coming up in the not-so-near future:

Remixed and remastered versions of Duet Yourself and Naive Assumptions.
A Cut And Paste Records 20 year retrospective (which probably won't happen until next year...).
A re-edit and re-issue of the Picture Start video from several years ago.
The Cut And Paste Records podcast.
More on-line liner notes.
More releases.
More...

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Ray Carmen
Grand Poobah/Cut And Paste Records
http://members.aol.com/cutandpasterecs/cp.html
www.raycarmen.com

Email: cutandpasterecords@yahoo.com.

Rewind And Pause

Lonely Whistle Music has just released a compilation of music made by hometapers spanning the years 1981-1998. It's called Rewind And Pause, and it includes a track of mine called "It Must Be Hard" from my Pop Victrola cd. The track was recorded and overdubbed entirely on a dual cassette deck in mono in 1986. It sounds like shit, and it's a classic. Other artists include Don Campau, Ken Clinger, Big City Orchestra, Hal Magee, Dino Dimuro, R. Stevie Moore, Heather Perkins, Lord Litter, MJB, and many others.

If you are not familiar with the early years of the home taping underground, this is a very good palce to start. This is a beautiful and stunning 2-cdr compilation (and not just because I'm on it ;) ), and you can order a copy by going directly to the Lonely Whistle Music web site: http://lonelywhistle.tripod.com/lwcatalog/.

The Inay

My good friend Dani from The Inay (www.inay.info) very kindly posted three excerpts from my cdr Too Old For Angst. Dani's home recording project The Inay has just released his first cd which I am quite anxious to hear. The Inay makes some of the most beautiful pop sounds I have ever heard, drenched in atmosphere and meloncholy, and you can hear tracks from the album at his website. You can also check out his page at MySpace: www.myspace.com/theinay. And tell him Ray sent ya!

As for my music, well...my new solo album is almost done. I have thirteen tracks mixed and ready to go, with maybe one more on the way. Upcoming projects include remixed and remastered versions of Duet Yourself and Naive Assumptions, a Cut And Paste Records best of, as well as a Cut And Paste Records podcast, and Lord knows what else, depending on what I have time for.

Again, don't forget to check out The Inay. You'll be glad ya did.

Welcome

Hey kids...

Welcome to the new Cut And Paste Records News Blog. From now on, whenever I have news to share I will do it here instead of having to pester Ken Clinger to post it for me. Ken already has enough to do periodically updating my web site as it is.

So...here's what's happening.

2006 marks my 20-year anniversary making music. I didn't actually start hurling crap onto the unsuspecting public until 1988, but I began recording in 1986. So, in celebration, as it were, I will be releasing a new album called Old School, Old Fool, hopefully this summer. I have 12 tracks ready for it, but I would like to record one or two more. Also in the works is a Cut And Paste Records best-of, a re-edit and re-release of my Picture Start video, a Cut And Paste podcast, a new album from my band Kinski Spiral tentatively titled Antenna Farm, and a few other things.

In the meantime, may I remind you that Kinski Spiral has a new three-song ep out called Kinski Kovers, featuring our versions of Martin Newell's "Let's Get Married", Devo's "The Day My Baby Gave Me A Surprise", and Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze". Even though it's an ep, we're gonna sell it as a single, so send $2 to Cut And Paste Records, POB 152, Green, OH 44232 USA. Make checks or money orders payable to Ray Carmen (not Cut And Paste Records, or I'll have to send it back).

And don't forget our MySpace pages: www.myspace.com/raycarmen, and www.myspace.com/kinskispiral . I also have a music review blog at: http://cutandpaste.mindsay.com .

Ok, well, that's about all for the moment. I'll be updating this regularly, so stay tuned.

Ray Carmen/Grand Poobah, Cut And Paste Records,
and 1/3 of Kinski Spiral.
www.raycarmen.com