Someone make the Bunnytart and report back!
― jigglepanda.gif (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 19 September 2008 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
A Stone for Adam NodelmanFlorence VFW - 18 Meadow Street (route 9), Florence, MA$7 - All AgesMusic starts at 6:30pm SHARP!
No Neck Blues Band (playing very early - not lastSunburned Hand of the ManDredd Foole & the Din (featuring J Mascis, John Moloney & Justin Pizzoferrato)Fat Worm of ErrorNorthampton Wools (Bill Nace & Thurston Moore)Tarp (Joshua Burkett & Conrad CapistranNoise NomadsBunny Brains Matt Krefting BandFranklin's MintJow Jowmaybe one more act if they can make it
the band order hasn't been set yet but No Neck and Northampton Wools are on early so come early to have your head checked. This is a benefit show for Adam's family so any donations beyond the entry fee will be beautiful.
please pass this around to anyone / post this to your site, and feel free to email e with any questions.
thanks
John MoloneyYod
― danbunny, Sunday, 21 September 2008 20:05 (fifteen years ago) link
oh well....http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bunny%20brains&defid=3290448
― danbunny, Friday, 17 October 2008 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
weirdo records blurb..thnxx weirdos,,"Loose as a goose rock bashouts. The Bunnies never get any "better" or "smarter". They never stop thinking that unshaven men in dresses holding grimy stuffed animals is good comedy. They also never decide that synth-goth or 60s hippie folk is worth a serious re-appraisal. They're surprisingly skilled songwriters, if you're into Electric Eels-type tension. And even after 20 odd years, they can't sell records to save their lives. A high point on this one arrives when a toy xylophone mimics a phone (badly) and the singer takes it as a cue to launch into a cover of 'Chantilly Lace'!"
― danbunny, Saturday, 1 November 2008 15:59 (fifteen years ago) link
from the Connecticut newspapr th Hour today..slow news day?...." Basement RockPosted on 12/05/2008email | print | link to this article
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<a href="http://www.thehour.com/story/460892/">Basement Rock</a>
Some stupid ideas work in the art world. Though he failed to conjure the level of art he desired to, Ed Wood's "Plan 9 from Outer Space" has remained in the cult cannon precisely because it is so bad that it's good. The Shaggs -- a three-piece featuring three sisters who lacked any notion of how to play their instruments -- created innocent, mildly dim-witted, wildly creative pop tunes.
Then there's Connecticut's own Bunny Brains. Birthed in Danbury, the band is simultaneously the best and worst thing to come out of the nutmeg state -- a fusion of high concept punk rock and the lowest of low sleaze. Imagine the sound of the Butthole Surfers' brown acid punk mating with Hawkwind's hard-edged space rock, Killdozer's stern, weird narratives and Corey from "Life Goes On" and you have a small idea of the band's sound. Bobby Bunny described the band's sound best in the singles collection "Sin Gulls," calling it "mind numbing utter crap and noise."
Bunny Brains' storied history features a one record deal with Matador (then home to Pavement, Liz Phair and Helium), earning a photo spread in a feature on style in the New York Times Magazine and a tour with new age yodeling beard-o Devendra Banhart (wherein Dan Bunny shaved his legs and flicked the dirty cream at the audience). Most of the bands' songs showcase Dan Bunny screaming strange notes while a rotating cast of a rhythm section cranks noisy sludge rock that sounds. Many times swirls of distortion pair with a chaotic "anything goes" exterior and wrap around a bouncy beat for a somewhat catchy Bunny Brains tune. The rest of the time, the band loops ridiculous sections of tapes, records nonsensical ramblings and ridiculous mumblings.
But the signature of the band's existence was (is, depending on who you ask) their live show. The typical Bunny Brains show centered around Dan Bunny, who sometimes threw assorted foodstuffs at the audience, ran around naked and violently attacked audience members. The last Bunny Brains spectacle I witnessed featured general acts of sexual deviancy, fake blood, a stained wedding dress and some skronk rock guitar solos.
Since their heyday, the band dissolved into two factions. Ultrabunny carry the band's torch musically, with original Bunny Brains members Malcolm Tent (owner of Danbury's now defunct Trash American Style record store) and Bobby Bunny. They're the Velvet Revolver that sprouted from the ashes of the Bunny Brains. Meanwhile, Dan Bunny commandeered the Bunny Brains title and the band's spirit, spreading the chaotic atmosphere throughout the underground. Through anarchistic tendencies and gonzo performances, Dan has gained gallery exhibits and performance from elite New York art hounds. Guess stupid is as stupid does
Steve Kobak is a staff writer at The Hour. He can be reached at sko✧✧✧@theh✧✧✧.c✧✧"
― danbunny, Friday, 5 December 2008 13:06 (fifteen years ago) link
danny, if this ain't the cover of yer new solo album then yoo r crazy:
http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-snc1/v1772/38/48/903755297/n903755297_5388124_2944.jpg
― scott seward, Sunday, 15 February 2009 04:50 (fifteen years ago) link
inter galactic touring band - robot salesman
― kamerad, Sunday, 15 February 2009 06:54 (fifteen years ago) link
someone needs to write a cogent history of this band and its zillion offshoots. so confused.
― Beatrix Kiddo, Monday, 16 February 2009 01:03 (fifteen years ago) link
hint, hint, 33 1/3 book pitchers
― Beatrix Kiddo, Monday, 16 February 2009 01:04 (fifteen years ago) link
im 45like a record
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 21:10 (fifteen years ago) link
harpy birthday, danny! i woulda baked yoo a kake but i forgot. i should call you. i remember when yoo where yung dum and fulla spumoni.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 17 February 2009 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
45, for the record, 's YOUNG! - congrats!
― t**t, Wednesday, 18 February 2009 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
new record is on itunes rhapsody napster and emusic if they r yur cup of poisnzx,,,,,,,,,,i use mainly vinyl so cant vouxch for the beautifulneess of th experiucewnn..but lemme know how it goes
― danbunny, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 00:33 (fifteen years ago) link
,i suppose i may accuratleeeee see th size of th vacuum i make this music for now
― danbunny, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 00:34 (fifteen years ago) link
peter aaron from chrome cranks did a nice piece in this months chronogram http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2009/4/Music/Basketful-of-Noise
― danbunny, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Besides Banhart, another of the Bunnybrains’ famous fans is acclaimed pop singer and bassist Me’Shell Ndegeocello, who as of late has been collaborating with Seward on a soundscape project.
!!!!
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
heres Hisham making us better.
― danbunny, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 17:18 (fifteen years ago) link
bubbybrains 2nite in providence ri stairwell gallery 504 broadway nine o'clock........................
― scott seward, Sunday, 3 May 2009 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
http://mediafiremayhem.blogspot.com/2009/05/bunny-brains-box-bunny-box-set-2004.html
― danbunny, Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
haha thx
― cool app (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Thursday, 28 May 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
from sunypurchases campus newspaper............."CAMPUS BRICK AWARDSRemembering the people & events you’d rather forget(Formerly known as The Tommy Awards)Best Public Display of aPersonal Music Collection:“Monster Truck Weekend”Ever wanted to set up a big sound system in the mid-dle of the Admissions lawn and play your favorite tracks?What about having the bands come and perform live?Well, Alaina Stamatis lived out this dream at CultureShock, while everyone else wondered what happened tothe rides.Forget about the lack of culture,“Monster Truck Week-end” will be known as the Culture Shock without enjoy-able music. Here’s an idea.Promote Mos Def for a semes-ter and then attribute it to being a rumor. Book a noiseband called Bunny Brains and watch the lead stumble andbumble across the stage while saying something aboutacid. And above all,maintain a smug attitude.If people didn’t enjoy the location so much, we’d bewilling to call the whole thing a wash,but people did havea good time—even, ironically enough, if it wasn’t due toCulture Shock"
― danbunny, Monday, 22 June 2009 04:26 (fourteen years ago) link
and..."BunnybrainsDate/Time:Mon., June 22, 7:00pmPrice: $10HERE, BUNNY, BUNNYGet dirty with some lo-fi savagesBY STACEY ANDERSONHERE, BUNNY, BUNNY
Noise punk comes out of Connecticut? After two decades of Bunnybrains, the idea is almost fathomable. The revolving mass of yelping misfits, who glued together in Danbury in 1988, have outlasted their notable freak-squall alter egos Eg the Poet and Beme Seed—a victory accountable to more than 50 folks who've been on the payroll at one point or another—and still deliver the madness and fluids of a younger, saner troupe. This is acerbic and nonsensical, skippy and frantic, and pretty damn disturbing at the core—and pity to any"
― danbunny, Monday, 22 June 2009 04:27 (fourteen years ago) link
oops..its at santos party house on lafayette..first 2 ilxors who find me get a free beer.
― danbunny, Monday, 22 June 2009 04:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Bunnybrains - What Makes You Think You Can Save Yourself (From Yourself)Posted by Joe On June - 26 - 2009
Genre: Indie Rock, Noise, Lo-Fi.
I like my albums to contain music. Maybe I’m backwards in my thinking, but it’s the truth. And if they don’t contain music, I want what’s on there to sound good. What Makes is borderline music, borderline “let’s record whatever we want.”
bunnybrains-what-makes-you-think-album-cover
There are very few tracks on the album that are actual “music.” There’s a lot of noise/people playing around, but not a lot of music.
Instrumentally, the album is all over the place. It’s obvious they’re going for some sort of “new age hippie” thing, but I feel like the original hippies had a purpose in mind, and these blokes don’t. Actually I’m pretty sure the group is made up of a bro and a chick. As you can hear from the above track, Bunnybrains thought it acceptable to leave instrumental mistakes in their music. In fact, the album is riddled with them. Mind you, “Love Tree In The Yard” is one of the more structured pieces on the release. Breaking free from conventional time signatures is all well and good, but there has to be some order to the song. There’s a thunderstorm going on right now outside of my house, and I can’t tell if the rumbling is coming from my headphones or the thunder. Did I mention that this album is decently lo-fi?
Vocally, I’ll share the following. Hippies in the 60s had a couple purposes in mind. Love, the war, drugs, and a couple extras here and there. Hippie music tends to talk about those things. In general, hippie music was kind of understandable, even though a lot of it was hidden behind drug metaphors. I can’t understand what the crap Bunnybrains is talking about. 60s hippies could still generally sing in tune. Bunnybrains’ male and female vocalists sound terrible. They’re all over the place. Which leads me to conclude the following: 1) LSD is a lot more potent nowadays, and screws you up so much that it’s impossible to sing close to the right notes, whereas weaker LSD in the 60s allowed for correct tuning, or 2)Bunnybrains’ vocalists can’t sing. Whichever one it is, make the necessary change, ya know? Where’s the good stuff?
Overall, I can’t give this album a good rating in clear conscience. I would be doing a disservice to all of the musicians out there who try to make art, instead of recording unstructured “jams” with a bunch of hollering overtop the instruments. Thus, my rating.
My Rating: 1.9/10
P.S. - I gave it 1.9 because there’s probably a thousand people out of the 6 billion on this earth that would disagree with me. I can’t see it being more than that. Goodnight, and good luck.
― danbunny, Friday, 26 June 2009 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link
first song on new album would make my top ten singles list if i had one. for real!
http://www.divshare.com/download/6230688-e93
― scott seward, Friday, 4 September 2009 02:36 (fourteen years ago) link
this has to be new album cover:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2730/4278065434_ffa704e458_b.jpg
― scott seward, Saturday, 16 January 2010 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
sunday aug 29th i get to have a show with th people i like Bunnybrainshttp://bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=12957BunnybrainsP.G. SixZaimph (Feat. Marcia Bassett From Double Leopards)Diane CluckThe Hat City Intuitive,Nonhorse (G Lucas Crane Of Woods)
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
That sounds very rock.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Wait, what happened with this?
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:43 (thirteen years ago) link
itsz all happening ned...itsx happening in minds and thoughts soon to go to fingers and buttons..u have lost a sock in th dark at least once in yur life?
― danbunny, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Come out this Sunday in NYC
― danbunny, Thursday, 26 August 2010 03:03 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj242/donaldparsley/BB2.jpg
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Thursday, 26 August 2010 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meganmossfreeman/sets/72157624719483837/
― danbunny, Saturday, 11 September 2010 07:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow. That looks like an insanely entertaining performance. I haven't been exposed to BB music here in Belgium, but that makes me want to check them out even more now.
― StanM, Sunday, 12 September 2010 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Friday May 4th10:00pm until 11:00pm16 Avenue C New York NY 10009bunnybrainsthe stonemay 4th10pm10$avenue C and 2nd streetthestonenyc.comthebunnybrains.com
― danbunny, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:05 (twelve years ago) link
Man, used to live 3 blocks from this place, but not any more. Sorry to miss this! Give it to 'em d-bunny.
― grandavis, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
SCOTTI BRAINSKEEP YOUR EYES OPEN BOYLimited and numbered to 250 copies on Speedy Wunderground (The label has previously released singles by Steve Mason and Emiliana Torrini, The Archie Bronson Outfit and Toy and Natasha Khan). Scotti Brains is label chief and producer Dan Carey, best friend and fellow producer / recording artist Oli Bayston and Beth Buxton. Taking their name from a shared love of San Franciscan psych band Bunny Brains and Dan's cat Scotti (who coincidentally is prone to close his eyes and 'dance' upon hearing Bunny Brains), Scotti Brains was initially a project born out of early morning recording sessions following parties at Dan's South London studio.
― scott seward, Friday, 16 August 2013 18:59 (ten years ago) link
still love this one. 1993! i barely remember that year. i do remember playing this 45 in my store in philly a lot though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk6iy6S_txM
― scott seward, Saturday, 17 August 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
a few weeks back I reactivated the long dormant email address I use for ILX and had a look through its 3000+ unread messages to find that eight years ago Dan sent me a PM answering a couple of questions I asked him. Thanks, Dan!
― SKYLER FFS SKYLER SKYLER SKYLER (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 17 August 2013 03:28 (ten years ago) link
no problem skyler merydueux
― danbunny, Tuesday, 10 September 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
i wont bore yu
http://www.thebunnybrains.com/++++++++++++++++++++**still adding**still bunny******====================16 April==Hudson NY The Half Moonw special guests
17 April==Brooklyn, NY @ Trans Pecos with Hamish Kilgour (The Clean), Pyramid Dawg (NYMPH), Weyes Blood915 Wyckoff8 PM I $10https://www.facebook.com/events/510833375693208/
18 April==Philadelphia, PA @ Pageant Soloeevwith Alumbrados (members of Bardo Pond)607 Bainbridge St
19 April==Pittsburgh, PA @ The Shop (S.A.D. Fest)with Gangwish, Brian DiSanto, Satyr/Elfheim and Radon Chong4312 Main St.
20 April==Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon St. with Microwaves, Hyrrokken, Blood Noize2216 summit st10 PM I $5
21 April==Cincinnati, OH @ Rake's End with Public Housing2141 Central Ave
22 April==Louisville, KY @ DreamlandMA Turner (Warmer Milks), Three Legged Race (Hair Police)810 E. Market St.
25 April==Lawrence, KS for Whatever Forever @ Seedco Studios
26 April==Lincoln, NE @ The Bourbon Theater EARLY SHOWwith Thundersandwich1415 'O' St.6 PM I $5https://www.facebook.com/events/241657922688079/
27 April==Omaha, NE @ Sweatshop Gallery with RAKE KASH2727 N. 62nd
28 April==Minneapolis, MN @ Madame of The Artswith Forced into Femininity, Boob Dylan
29 April==La Crosse, WI @ The Cavalier Theaterwith Zobin, Voodo Sunshine114 5th Ave N
30 April==Madison, WI @ TBA
1 May==Milwaukee, WI @ Borg Wardwith Lucky Bone, WC Tank, Irrelevant Mouth823 W. National Ave.8 PM I $6https://www.facebook.com/events/1467387273479522/
2 May==Chicago @ Connie's Plank Housecollab with Plastic Crimewave SyndicateWith Ono, US Tribes, Toupeeask a pal where++++++++++++++++++++====================BUNNYBLURB******************************************http://www.thebunnybrains.com/
NOW"Basket Full of Noise" article by Peter Aaron (Chronogram)http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2009/4/Music/Basketful-of-Noisesays Dan: "Years later, I learned that a lot of the kids secretly respected me for being different, but when I was on these bills with [hardcore crew] Youth of Today or whoever, most of the audience just wanted to kill me.”
THEN"Acid-gobbling psychedelia, performance-art mayhem and an obscure album Matador supposedly released on a dare. These are the planks that build record geeks' wet dreams, and they are all part of the story of Connecticut's Bunny Brains. The band slithered around on its stomach through the '90s.....The Brains picked the ugliest scabs off the Butthole Surfers and ate them with a smile." -Pat Wensink
4EVA“The last of the jazz musicians.....Being around Dan is experiential and insightful.The Bunnybrains are a mind-child that opened the door to my courage.” -Meshell Ndegeocello
"This raving maniac is Dan Bunny, the only omnipresent member of a constantly shifting lineup of drinking buddies.The BunnyBrains are worth checking out if you've never heard them."–Edward McElvain, The Independent Mind
"You probably can't handle this. Hell, we can't really handle this, but somehow we still love the Bunny Brains to death." -Aquarius Records San Francisco
Video:Bunnybrains 20th anniversary at the Knitting Factoryhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvL1sqqvMw8
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― danbunny, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 22:11 (ten years ago) link
my brother in omaha...
https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t1.0-9/10258746_10153016217747137_2913771202209889336_n.jpg
― scott seward, Monday, 28 April 2014 16:50 (ten years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/bunnybrains is where u can hurt yurself
― danbunny, Sunday, 12 July 2015 23:39 (eight years ago) link
Here's a new thing we recorded on Th spring 2014 tour in Lincoln Nebraska w sum stoner jam band kids. They were very polite https://bunnybrains.bandcamp.com/
― danbunny, Tuesday, 19 January 2016 20:55 (eight years ago) link
So UK engineer producer Dan Carey who has a tribute band called Scottibrains when hes not busy producing Kylie Minogue.. Has put out a track that we worked on the other day for 2 seconds turn it up loud
Listen to QUARANTINE SERIES 11 // SG Ft. Bunnybrains - Let The Light Out (To Blind Everything That Kills) by speedywunderground on #SoundCloudhttps://soundcloud.com/speedywunderground/quarantine-series-11-bunnybrains
― danbunny, Friday, 24 April 2020 17:55 (four years ago) link
Also been so blessed to work w sic alps wizard Mike Donovan..he the koolest..we did an accidental Fall tributstrium right over here...
http://bunnybrains.bandcamp.com/track/spring-back-fall-forward
― danbunny, Monday, 27 April 2020 01:35 (four years ago) link
The Fall forever.Recorded on Jan 24 2020
Was thinking The Fall, and then read that
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 April 2020 05:29 (four years ago) link
It was not planned that way..but it coincided murkily mystically..so I asked Elenis approval..and everyone went home full of cake.
― danbunny, Monday, 27 April 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
Long live Sir Tom Smith!!
― danbunny, Friday, 21 January 2022 02:19 (two years ago) link
<3
― aegis philbin (crüt), Friday, 21 January 2022 02:22 (two years ago) link