of Tuesday, April 20th [from the thick, wooded glen]

The time spent on April 20th came and went so very quickly. Old friends returned, new songs hashed out, current conflicts unresolved….it was a carousel of humanity. I can’t pretend that I’m not worrying about when all of us members of Les Debutantes will be dead and forgotten. We can’t rise above what we are.

Personally, I’ve messed everything up. There’s no one with which to talk about it all.

The evidence lies in all my failures. On 10/10/10, you’ll be able to see it lying there like carrion. Centennial! Eat up!

–glen

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have some tea with K

If you’ve never met Keddiz personally, you’ll be happy to know he’s doing well. He could use a lot more support for his campaign for Mayor of Louisville in 2010, but he feels he’s reached everyone that one would deem reachable.

He’s a good man. He’s just waiting for 10/10/10 and the (re-)release of Centennial. If you don’t value him for what he can do, then that’s just how it is. Bless his soul.

Keddiz wonders why the path became a thorny one, but then he reads everyone else talking the same way. Then he suggests he’ll rebound, but then understands that while he very well might, he’ll also later return to where one always ends up.

He thinks about how tonight is Tuesday recording at Su Su Studios. Keddiz needs applause from a personal audience, but that’s not on the way. His commitments have let him down.

“So let’s get some tea,” he’ll say. And you won’t and that’s how it will be.

–not Keddiz

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recent (positive) article about Centennial

from The TipTop Post:

Rub-a-Deb-Deb

It’s an abysmal shame that Les Debutantes weren’t around in the 1960’s, because we would have needed them as much then as we need them now.  In a world where edges are trimmed and value is skimmed, this band of outsiders from mediocre Louisville, KY go out on a limb.  Unafraid of what the reactions would be to their controversial titles, sentiments & methods, Les Debutantes bob alone in a sea that listeners no longer wish to sail with discerning paddles.

Their most recent release, Centennial, will be a 100-song album on five discs.  Insiders have been passing around demo’s for a few years now (of which there are 160+).  Very few genres have gone unexplored.  Once labeled as “circus music,” the Debs’ heralded sound can now be labeled as “everything,” “whatever a particular listener seems to want passed to them,” and “who cares.”  Says band “member” Keddiz:

We do get lost amidst a flooded market, but this is probably for the best.  Best not to be tainted by the influence of anyone but ourselves.  And Glen feeds off the world’s disinterest.  I just hope that someday there’ll be someone in my life that I can count on, because right now, I’ve got nothing.  If only I could persuade myself to know that expectations will never be met but destinations can be perpetually uncovered!

Be sure to be there for all the action on 10/10/10.

–Liza Ephranny, April 2010

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rolling out the newest promo mechanism

Just so you know what’s been going on lately, we’ve finalized our new ad package with the agency and I have to say we’re very pleased. We did the censoring and all that stuff last month. This month, we ran everything past the focus groups.

Now, I know many of you bristle at that. I was no different from you just two weeks ago. But this is part of the creative process. Understand your audience.The best way to do that is to find a group of people–or have your company do it–and see what they would change. Some people would call this selling out, but I say this:

I know what I’m about. The integrity of the project is preserved somewhere. If anyone were to want the pure original…well, it’s only an email attachment away. And no matter what kinds of filters Centennial is shown through, no one can take away its essence. It’ll be there in every auditory morsel. That goes for all creations certainly, but particularly for this one.

Here’s one of the fifteen promo tracks. We sent this one to eastern Canada and India/Bangladesh:

Centennial Promo [#3]

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small but vital

his legs are the concern

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tuesday 03/30/10

Before I get started, I’d just like to remark that Andy Hurt’s contribution last night was invaluable! He’s an asset to both yesterday and all Tuesdays. God bless that guy and all those ideas of his that I respect.

We’ve come so far to just give up. That’s why it’s with great sadness (masking tremendous relief) that I must tell you that we’ve completely abandoned the project. One hundred songs is just too many. Keep up with this blog (of sorts) to see what the next phase of Operation Centennial will be! Believe me, the establishment is already faxing over cease-and-desist memos.

[Disappointed? Tell us! When people organize, changes can be made!]

It’s time to clean up our act! For years now, Les Debutantes have been doing some unwanted things. But it’s now time to connect with everyone else. That would be….YOU! Look at you! You’re not ready for the SECRET songs. They’ll make you feel unexpected, inner elements. They’ll make you complain to your friends. Those friends of yours are, frankly, fools. Just think of the negative repercussions those friends will bring about! It’s time you set off on your own. Who needs a bunch of hangers-on? Be a man! ….Yeah, you won’t. I can’t trust you. You’ll hear what I say, and even openly agree. But then when it’s time to act, you’ll rip up the pact.

We had so many plans. They’re all ruined. You’re to blame.

Remember though: On 10/10/10, Centennial will be at your door. Don’t open it.

–keddiz

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this past weekend was a blast

What a weekend I had! I’ve been calling up people all morning telling about what happened! Sometimes you wonder if things will turn out great. If and when they actually do, you’re BLOWN away by it! Thanks to all of you who have offered your support over the years. Sincerely, I could never repay you.

Last Thursday was canceled due to pants that needed changing. And I read on the internet about the weekend’s “kick-ass shows.” Good to hear, Brent! Continued good luck with your other band, The Ravenna Colt, which keeps its information on the website below and gives its readers information on Brent as well as pictures of Brent. All Brent, all the time:

http://www.theravennacolt.com/

Tomorrow, we will potentially get together to do further schoolin’ for droolin’ (by way of noodlin’ and doodlin’). Be there for all the action. Dr. Feel Speculum only has so many folding chairs in the crawlspaces of Su Su Studios, so be prepared to sit in our warm laps.

Again, can’t say enough about this past weekend.

BEST,
keddiz

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03/23/10: from the thick-wooded glen

Brent was at the hospital. Hurt was in Excuseville. Keddiz was on the campaign trail. So that just left myself and Dr. F-Spec.

The Speculum roast was sizzling on the oven-top. Mmmm? You could smell the pleasure even on the porch. While I was eating it, I could hear Grandpa Jones describing it to me. It’s as though he were standing on the spoon detailing each bite. This was quite a unique experience for me because all my roasts are soy.

When the food was consumed, the doctor turned to me, put up his hands as though he were pushing buttons on a video game controller and said, “Lil’ mixin’?” And so it began.

We gave up on Pack It Inn. That song still needs parts from past songs to be cut-and-pasted in. It’s the ol’ “this has been going on too long” trick.

Then we tackled “The Game of the Criss-Cross.” Feel noted that the “organ parts are terrible and they have always BEEN terrible, so either redo them or consider me out [of the project altogether].” It was an empty threat, but a potent one. I will midi my way back into his favor.

Finally, we absolutely nailed the mixing of “Hell Is Real.” You could hear dogs out the window barking pleasurably for miles! (Note: The dogs are one yard over, in an interminably deep, stomach-churning cavern.) I’ll never forget the lack of enthusiasm we showed to (ostensibly) mask our throbbing fervor for this our two coins for the charon. We’ve already burned a cd of it, put it on the wall of Su-Su-Studios and hung our hats directly on it.

Thursday should get back to the Mormon normal. I expect we’ll have emotions to convey. (We tend to bottle them up on Wednesdays.) I’ll tell you all about our field trip to the dog races and how our performance on the Main Lawn was wrought with violent dissatisfaction. We’ll also reveal the winner of the Centennial perennial pot that has been thriving in Keddiz’ kitchen for weeks now. You’ll need to wash off the bottom of it.

–glen

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last Thursday 03/18

It was the final, official day of tracking. No tears. No contentment. Just continuance.

The mixing begins Tuesday. The question remains: Can you make a passable paragraph from 168 consonents? The Debutante answer continues to be, “Yzz Ww Cnn!”

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I wanna be with General She

Now, you can search for unobtainium ’til you’re blue in the face, but…. Hi, folks! It’s your ol’ fictitious pal Keddiz here to give you some grist for that mouth of yours we think of as a mill. Read on as I cram it in!

Tuesday was jam-packed with information from the newly-returned Ass of Bass. He told us all about Ishmael Chinstrap and his friendly cadre. They’re taking over the great upper south-east with no regard for anyone.

We also learned from the A of B all about who might be able to score a little blowcaine. (Eh? Eh? Wink wink! Let’s do it!) And just in general, it was brought to our attention that life on the road is better than you’d ever imagined! Picture it: Pizza rolls, girls, rage, injuries, use the bathroom in the club, and we forgot toothpaste. Who out there plays the glock? Email us before this weekend!

And Andy dropped the tomato on me.

Take care,

K

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Dreams

How many of your dreams have ended? Speaking as a person in his mid-30’s, I’m at 100%. I’d start dreaming again, but I’m just not there anymore, and I’ll never be there again.

I have walked over our city’s pipes and headed alone to the alternate town, one with no houses or lights, no churches or pets. This town is the one that depends on what I choose to do. If you know anything about me, you know that my choices leave me longing for the old city. But once you leave it, no one wishes for your return. It’s too bad, because I’m so very sad here.

10/10/10 won’t help me.

–Keddiz

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Wigwam For Food at Rax

Prior to 8am, I sit in a cat-ruined computer chair and prosper.  The grants are pouring in.  And it’s no wonder, for the paperwork was in order and the justification is Centennial.

The Ass of Bass returns from his hiatus tomorrow only to take another on Thursday.  Dr. F. Speculum has no time for deviation.  Andy Hurt [of Hurtful Words With Andy Hurt] has only mockery to send from afar.  Glen is put upon like no other.  The others have their things.

And finally, me.  It is closing in on 8am and I don’t have a handle on the present, much less on distant dates like 10/10/10 which will turn my life–which may be facing the right way already–around.  May I turn to you for help?  No one around me will help.  I surely won’t help myself.

–Keddiz

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let the truth decide for us

Here is what I’ve done for you: For the purposes of this website’s palatability, I have changed the name of a very important Debutante song to “Mommy’s Kitchen.” One letter supplants another. Simple as sample.

I’m not trying to ruffle any of you. I’m not trying to cause anyone to have to defend his or her association with Les Debutantes. Furthermore, I hadn’t thought about any of this at all until the last couple of days. …But each must do as he must and face alone his own mess.

As time has gone on today, I haven’t been able to stop focusing on the kitchen, or Mommy. They don’t have hot browns. And it’s all very inconveniently located by the truck stop. How can I look myself in the face? Well, I cannot look myself in the face. Art is blindness, for the blind man paints with a brush-ful of allegories. He dips his brushes into colors he despises, stains a shiny paper, and asks you in particular to perceive earnestly.

This is all too much to ask! So I ask you to see that 10/10/10 will mark the day Centennial will ask nothing of you, but you will ask in your heart why it is there. The answer will be because no one was able to stop it. Not the careful, or the self-assured. Not the professionals, nor the frightened. And judgment will pound down only from a gavel 100-songs strong.

–keddiz

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Raze His Kids Right

Dominating Louisville isn’t easy.  That is, if you aren’t Glen. Last night during a particularly unproductive session at Su-Su-Studios, he was able to move his “game pieces” into everyone else’s “areas of town” and subsequently receive Rick’s brass bounty. Glen was quoted as saying, “This was ultimately unsatisfying.”

Tonight, Brent will be “sleeping in the corner” in Tennessee. The Debutante faithful however will be here throwing it down full-force. Special guest, Jessica Reid [from the band No-Love Frankie], will be there to make the skies open up in a Cubase kind of way!

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Plight of a Volunteer Paraplegic w/Jason Bassman

So much bass!  Last night!  My ears!  Brent’s good at it, but why did he take so long to do it?!  So much dedication to one night!  So much indifference to the last five years!  …I enjoyed watching him enjoy playing Glen’s songs.

Good morning.  The Keddiz explosion continues to jostle jugglers & rustle the rabble.  If you find yourself on that SHORT end, here’s a brighter bit I can PORtend:  For on 10/10/10, the Fall of 2006 will enter your frame like the undesirable din that’s doing the same.  Be there.

Andy Hurt wasn’t there last night.  Here are some statements made in light of that fact:  ”I feel better because of it.”  ”Finally, we can accomplish something we won’t have to delete later!”  ”Drums? I laugh with vigor!  Do you hear it? It’s the return of mouth noises!”

Please see this demo from the demo vault.  ”Bilge Juice for Sno-Cone”:

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