BETTER OFF TED has moved!

BETTER OFF TED has moved!
Please find my updates at my new home on Tumblr.
URL will remain the same: http://betteroffted.com

Movies:

Speed Racer - BitTorrent
I am not at all embarrassed to say that I enjoyed this movie immensely.

Now Playing:

Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
The Notwist - The Devil, You + Me
Ufommamut - Idolum
Valet - Naked Acid

Movies:

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control - BitTorrent
For fans of: Being under the age of 10.

Movies:

Doomsday - BitTorrent

Now Playing:

The Stills - Oceans Will Rise
GZA/Genius - Pro Tools

Visual Aid:

Now Playing:

Ticonderoga - Ticonderoga
Bowebirds - Bowerbirds
Beans - Thorns

Visual Aid:

Hollow

Sent from my iPhone 3G

Movies:

Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones - BitTorrent

Now Playing:

The Stills - Oceans Will Rise

Movies:

Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - BitTorrent

Now Playing:

Beans - Thorns

The Streets - The Escapist

Movies:

Star Wars Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - BitTorrent

Movies:

Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back - BitTorrent

Movies:

Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope - BitTorrent

Now Playing:

Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Menomena - Friend and Foe

Found this sweet skull in the window of One Way Gallery in Narragansett, RI.

Castle for Sale.
Unique fixer-upper opportunity. High ceilings, spacious interiors.
Pets OK.

Johnny Cakes on the grille at Jigger's in East Greenwich.

Shad - The Old Prince Still Lives at Home

from: The Old Prince

Coma (Demo 08/21/2008)

I can't get enough of that auto-tune...
Verses are on the way. Stay tuned for more.

Coma (Demo 08/21/2008)

Now Playing:

Pyramids - Pyramids
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Autolux - Future Perfect

Obey (Demo 08/20/2008)

Minor tweaks... Volume adjustments.

Obey (Demo 08/20/2008)

Now Playing:

Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward
Chris De Luca & Peabird - Deadly wiz da Disko

Obey (Demo 08/17/2008)

Just updated. I had to extend the outro a bit to use in my live sets.
By the way, this song is now officially titled Obey.

Obey (Demo 8/17/2008)

Now Playing:

Warp Records - Artificial Intelligence
Warp Records - Artificial Intelligence II

Now Playing:

Hills & Valley - The Dark / Trials
Hills & Valley - The Familiar Place / Rust

Now Playing:

Crowpath - Son of Sulphur

It took me 2 years to find a torrent of this album and it was definitely worth the wait.

Hills & Valley - VII

01. The Familiar Place
02. Rust

The final installment in the Hills & Valley I-VII series.
If you are a fan of noise, ambient or drone, you should check this out. (Think Sunn O))) meets Belong)
Download the full album pack here.
Download the entire series at hillsandvalley.info.
All Hills & Valley releases are currently free to download.

Now Playing:

Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36
Totally Awesome.
Ellen Allien & Apparat - Orchestra of Bubbles
Totally Awful.

Athiest Attack (Demo 08/12/2008)

Remastered. Louder. New vocal parts. Enjoy.

Athiest Attack (Demo 08/12/2008)

Gold (Demo 08/12/2008)

Here it is again. I think this one should sound a little better.

Gold (Demo 08/12/2008)

Do you remember the way we were?
When everything changed
We were as high as the weather was cold
And in the air we were breathing was the essence of fate
Now how strange we would feel without

I'd been waiting in vein for years
Expecting to change
Nothing's different now that I'm older
Always needing repairs
Tossing books down the stairs
I'm still trying to figure it out

Look at me out there alone in the cold
Look at me out trying to lighten my load
Look at me always so far from my home
When you look at me everything turns into gold

So after hundreds of days
We've loved in hundreds of ways
There's a feeling that never gets old
I'm collecting the rain today
In cups with your name
I'll save them till the rain turns to snow

Look at me out there alone in the cold
Look at me out trying to lighten my load
Look at me always so far from my home
When you look at me everything turns into gold

Movies:

Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay - BitTorrent
See you in Amsterdam.

Gold (Demo 08/11/2008)

This song has been around for a while but just today have I finished the lyrics and recorded the vocals for the verses. Vocals recorded through both the MacBook mic and the baby condenser on the microKORG.

Gold (Demo 08/11/2008)

Visual Aid:

My studio-mate and me.

Movies:

Batman - BitTorrent
Wow. I remember actually liking this movie when I was 9. Now I can't figure out why that was.

Now Playing:

!!! - Myth Takes
Jay-Z - Kingdom Come

Now Playing:

Jay-Z - The Black Album
Valet - Naked Acid
Leila - Blood Looms and Blooms
Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue

Visual Aid:

Caught tweeting at No Problemo Taquiria.

Clever as heck.

Now Playing:

Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game in Town
The Bug - London Zoo
Valet - Naked Acid

Novation nio 2|4 Unboxing Pron

Movies:

The Dark Knight - IMAX
I was late in seeing this movie, but man, it was worth the wait.
Note to self: Remember to stay away from $4.50 hot dogs...

Hills & Valley - IV

01. The Last Day
02. Angels (Risque Bouquet Remix)

Hills & Valley - III

1. The Call
2. Shadow
Number 3 of 7

So Strange (Remix)

I brought So Strange back for my last show and couldn't help but tweak it a bit.
Here is the most recent version, complete with halftime breakdown and Lil Wayne Lillipop-style vocal processing.

So Strange (Remix)

Ted James - Live @ AS220

So I had my second "as live as it gets" live show on Saturday night, and ended up having a pretty good time. It was nice to get to play with Mahi Mahi and Saint Jude (the latter of which had removed their pants about halfway through their set) on the same bill.

I ran my songs off Logic on my MacBook, cued up unreleased Risque Bouquet tracks on an iPod to play between songs and sang through the mic on my microKORG. (The microKORG has a great tape-style delay that is easy to access and can be manipulated on the fly) I had to run everything through my old Eurorack which I found had finally shit the bed on me. Nice timing. Apparently the left channel kept dropping out throughout my set, my apologies to Frank the sound guy.

Not to worry, my Novation Nio 2|4 is in the mail...

Set list from Saturday:
1. Torrent
2. Obey
3. Shipwreck
4. The Bridges of Providence County
5. Déjà Vu
6. So Strange

Now Playing:

Chris Clark - Empty the Bones of You
Emily Hanes & the Soft Skeleton - Knives Don't Have Your Back
Dead Meadow - Old Growth