tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68452443196675883442024-03-13T22:41:58.711-07:00Psychic EnvelopesParkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-78874197389668291642009-05-07T18:32:00.001-07:002009-05-07T18:33:12.189-07:00"Three hangovers"Possible source for the Psychic Envelopes' name?<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K7RWaIURRIQ&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K7RWaIURRIQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Ed Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968478096142741974noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-47507012151781889302009-02-06T06:31:00.001-08:002009-02-06T06:32:02.088-08:00The "Lost and Found" video...has been found!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/09_boDrwYJ8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/09_boDrwYJ8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />(Video probably made late fall 2007.)Ed Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968478096142741974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-69095560619052708722008-07-16T11:45:00.000-07:002008-07-16T15:15:13.630-07:00Your ex-best friendVirgin Acrylic covers the Psychic Envelopes' "<a href="http://www.myspace.com/virginacrylic">Winter Losses</a>."<br /><br />UPDATE: Now "Winter Losses" and Team Knucklehead's version of "Raleigh" are available on this <a href="http://psychicenvelopes3.muxtape.com/">Muxtape</a>.Ed Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968478096142741974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-73491209460930044542008-06-28T03:21:00.000-07:002008-06-28T03:26:08.016-07:00Psychic Envelopes reviewed—sort ofNEW YORK—In what is possibly some kind of Guinness-worthy record, two books by members of a <span style="font-style: italic;">single band</span> were reviewed in in consecutive weeks by <span style="font-style: italic;">The New York Times</span>: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Mitchell-t.html?ref=books">Sarah</a>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">The Two Kinds of Decay</span> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Sarvas-t.html?8bu&emc=bua2">Ed</a>'s <span style="font-style: italic;">Personal Days</span>. Publishers are now vying to put out <a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://psychicenvelopes.muxtape.com/">Cryspace</a><span style="font-style: italic;">: </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://psychicenvelopes2.muxtape.com/">The Recording Diary</a>, as well as the musings of Aileen and Eugene. Members of the Psychic Envelopes had no comment on the startling development.Ed Parkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06968478096142741974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-65408435384051900642008-05-08T06:54:00.000-07:002008-05-08T06:56:51.665-07:00The long-awaited <a href="http://psychicenvelopes2.muxtape.com/">Side B</a> of the Psychic Envelopes' first full-length release, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cryspace</span>, is available as a Muxtape. (Bonus track is an all-uke Billy Bragg cover.)<br /><br />And here is <a href="http://psychicenvelopes.muxtape.com/">Side A</a>.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-52754928768004506582008-04-19T18:02:00.000-07:002008-04-19T18:06:41.553-07:00Him & HimAt the <a href="http://psychicenvelopes.muxtape.com/">Muxtape</a>, the Envelopes add a bonus track—a ukulele orchestra cover of She & Him's "Sentimental Heart," featuring the inimitable cello stylings of new Envelope Eugene.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-51532887296835623252008-04-18T06:46:00.000-07:002008-04-18T06:51:29.513-07:00Muxtape and moreSide A of the Psychic Envelopes' album <span style="font-style: italic;">Cryspace</span> can now be experienced as a <a href="http://psychicenvelopes.muxtape.com/">Muxtape</a>! Side B will surface soon.<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight: bold;">Track listing (Side A):</span><br />Lost and Found<br />The Consequence of You<br />Raleigh<br />Just Like Heaven<br />Providence #3<br />Everything's All Right!<br />Just Between You and Me<br />Candy Says<br />Winter Losses<br />Bonus track: Indian Summer</blockquote><br /><br />For downloadable tracks, check the <a href="http://myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">Myspace</a> page, or drop a line to thedizziesATgmailDOTcom. Allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Contents may settle during shipping.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-29619885279862538842008-03-31T08:43:00.001-07:002008-03-31T08:44:31.034-07:00Symptoms of decayFrom <a href="http://driftwoodsingers.blogspot.com/2008/03/leftys-listwood-drift.html">The Driftwood Singers Present</a>, on "Raleigh":<br /><blockquote>This song, in all its wobbly weave of guitaring, has mysteriously grabbed hold of me and won’t let go, especially the spooky/shocking miniaturist guitar solo at minute 2:14 or thereabouts.</blockquote>Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-60797974193667754092008-01-03T21:58:00.000-08:002008-01-03T22:04:23.536-08:00'Cryspace' single and moreThe title track to the Psychic Envelopes <span style="font-style: italic;">Cryspace</span> album has found its way to the MySpace page, where it is available for free download.<br /><br />Another "new" track is the rare "Everything's All Right!" 8-31-07 mix, featuring a single S.M. vocal track rather than the more recognized double-tracked vocal.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-20071442332736078482007-11-02T19:39:00.000-07:002007-12-06T05:28:49.436-08:00Track listing for 'Cryspace'SIDE A<br />Lost and Found<br />The Consequence of You<br />Raleigh<br />Just Like Heaven (Cure)<br />Providence #3<br />Everything's All Right!* (J. Moran/E.P.)<br />Just Between You and Me* (April Wine)<br />Candy Says** (Velvet Underground)<br />Winter Losses<br /><br />SIDE B<br />Berlin Wall*<br />Wall St. Girl<br />Cryspace<br />Any Way That You Want Me* (Troggs)<br />You Don't Know Me and You Won't See Me (J. Moran/Beatles)<br />Good as Gold<br />Something Happened*<br />The Only One (B. Bragg)<br />Blue Moon* (Big Star)<br />RUOK?<br /><br />Bonus tracks: Indian Summer (Beat Happening)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">All songs written by E.P. except as indicated<br />Vocals, ukulele, guitar, accordion, keyboards: E.P.<br />*Vocals: S.M.<br />**Vocals, ukulele: A.P.<br />Produced by E.P. except **produced by A.P. and E.P.<br /></span>Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-88441149089491856792007-10-18T06:34:00.001-07:002007-10-18T06:56:28.365-07:00Psychic Envelopes announce free download of entire 'Cryspace' album<span style="font-weight: bold;">October 18</span>—The new Psychic Envelopes album, <span style="font-style: italic;">Cryspace</span>, will be available for free download, a spokesperson for the band announced last night. "All of the tracks will be available at some point over the next few weeks on <a href="http://myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">the band's Myspace page</a>," he said. "Currently, 'Berlin Wall,' 'Winter Losses,' the demo version of 'Something Happened,' and the cover of 'Any Way That You Want Me' are up, and the selection will change every few days until all the songs have been offered."<br /><br />Although most of the tracks have been put on the page before, the group promises to include demos, covers, and other rarities. The "entire Cryspace experience," according to the spokesperson, "consists of 20, 22 tracks, maybe 25." It's "open-ended," he added.<br /><br />"We're very excited," said E.P., who had been hovering around the proceedings incognito, dressed like a fumigator.<br /><br />Watch this space for a complete track listing.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-40920644912520126072007-10-17T10:28:00.000-07:002007-10-17T10:30:07.828-07:00Right through the heartFrom the <a href="http://people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ehhsu/2007/06/ed-parks-seasonal-favorites.html">archives</a>: E.P. on P.E.'s "Raleigh"<br /><br />I should explain that my iPod has no volume control, so if a song plays too loud, I can either fast-forward to the next track, or take off the headphones until the noise subsides.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-31671364085804110702007-10-09T04:53:00.000-07:002007-10-09T05:25:10.622-07:00"Berlin Wall""<a href="http://myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">Berlin Wall</a>" was the final song recorded in the same late August '07 session, featuring crystalline Sarah vocals and yielding "Everything's All Right!," assorted covers, and "Something Happened."<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Q: What's the story with the music?</span><br />A: The backing track had been composed many months earlier, featuring two ukuleles, two keyboard lines, and a completely different melody and set of lyrics. (The only bit that survived is the bridge.)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Q: Anything else you want to tell us?</span><br />A: The male vocals were rerecorded in mid-October. A snippet of guitar was added to the coda as well.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-2690990384730544302007-09-24T19:32:00.000-07:002007-09-25T04:43:36.570-07:00"I can't be summed up in your 50 words or less"Jumping off "Everything's All Right!," their quasi-collaboration with <a href="http://myspace.com/teamknucklehead">Team Knucklehead</a>, the Envelopes return with a quick 'n' dirty <a href="http://myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">cover</a> of T.K.'s classic "You Don't Know Me"...and barely pause to breathe before following it up with an abbreviated version of the Beatles' "You Won't See Me"!Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-68723860304451079212007-09-12T08:36:00.000-07:002007-09-12T05:46:04.192-07:00"Everything's All Right"NEW YORK—The Psychic Envelopes have released their <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=154769886">new single</a>, "Everything's All Right!"<br /><br />The Envelopes cowrote "E.A.R." with Team Knucklehead back in 1994 (some sources say ’93) in an apartment on West 105th Street.<br /><br />The song was forgotten for over a decade. Earlier this year, while the Envelopes were cleaning out the closet, they found a notebook containing some intriguing scraps: "I keep yelling at you, 'We don't have to fight.'"<br /><br />Memory kicked in; those days on 105th Street suddenly came to life. The Envelopes recalled that these scrawls had eventually become a song, but it was never recorded, and no complete set of lyrics could be found.<br /><br />Team Knucklehead was contacted and was able to dig up a (dot-matrix) printed copy of the words, including chords, which the Team had typed out upon returning to Little Rock back in ’94. This was enough to enable them to piece together and record a version (hopefully soon to be officially available on the <a href="http://myspace.com/teamknucklehead">Team Knucklehead</a> Myspace page), on which the Psychic Envelopes duet version is based.<br /><br />The only other song written during that session—now over a dozen years in the past—is "Mr. Wrongchange," a poignant air about never having the right number of coins when making a purchase, forcing Mr. W. to break large bills and tote the correspondingly heavier change around town.<br /><br />"Everything's All Right!" features the vocals of new Envelopes singer <a href="http://sarahmanguso.com/">Sarah</a>. Also up on the Myspace page for a limited time is another rare P.E. cover: "Any Way That You Want Me," by the Troggs.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-41268476917879053472007-09-05T03:49:00.001-07:002007-09-05T03:51:40.171-07:00We've got it coveredFor a limited time at the <a href="http://myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">MySpace page</a>, the Psychic Envelopes offer two super-rare covers: a duet version of April Wine's barely bilingual ballad "Just Between You and Me," and a ukulele'd take on a classic VU tune. Plus the Hellerific double-header "Good as Gold" and "Something Happened."Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-69948737063027493342007-09-03T18:16:00.000-07:002007-09-03T18:22:12.903-07:00Something and everythingAUGUST 30—Psychic Envelopes have added a <a href="http://sarahmanguso.com/">new singer</a> to their lineup and recorded six new songs—three covers and three originals: "Something Happened," "Everything's All Right!" (cowritten with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/teamknucklehead">Team Knucklehead</a>), and the uke-driven synthpop duet "Berlin Wall."<br /><br />The first is available for a limited time at the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">MySpace</a> page.<br /><br />It is rumored that the Envelopes will try to write more songs that share titles with Joseph Heller novels.Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845244319667588344.post-32416706484453233212007-05-08T08:02:00.000-07:002007-05-08T08:06:22.082-07:00Who are the Psychic Envelopes?Excellent question!<br /><br />Find out more, and listen to tunes, at our <a href="http://myspace.com/psychicenvelopes">Myspace page</a>.<br /><br />Recordings to date (2007, earliest to latest):<br />"The Only One" (B. Bragg cover)<br />"Good as Gold"<br />"Raleigh" (Inflatable Fun Guys cover)<br />"The Consequence of You"<br />"Lost and Found"<br />"Winter Losses"<br />"Wall St. Girl"<br />"RUOK"Parkus Grammaticushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14971881002056384680noreply@blogger.com0