What is the Deuce Project?

The Deuce Project is a program that has been running on 89.1fm in Kalamazoo for about 10 years. We play music that contains references to sci-fi, science, mathematics, or anything in that vein. The songs' connection can be via the lyrics, band name, song name, album name, or sometimes just the general aesthetic of the song. Please enjoy. [Banner Image: 1947 by Aurorabomb]

Friday, November 30, 2007

New(ish) Video By Enon

Longtime fans of The Deuce Project (you know, all one of you) probably know the love we have for Enon. The new album Grass Geysers is really rather good. It has a more stripped down feel and is a little bit more straight up rock (and apparently they have fallen in love with the fuzz bass). It is interesting to compare this release to the recent reissue of their first album Believio! Both are fantastic releases, though I have to say the first album will always hold a special place in the emotional processors of this space station. (It may be unfair to compare the two given that the line-up shifted, but these type of comparissons are expected when a band keeps the same moniker despite a considerable shake-up in its active participants)

Regardless, Drekzor 9 was browsing your internet's "You Tube" data base today and came across the following video featuring the song Dr. Freeze, from the new album. Enjoy!

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Aleks and The Drummer

aleksanddrummer

The Deuce Project computers were searching your primitive internet and came across a band called Aleks and the Drummer. Initially it was the jade-tone of the band members that caught the attention of Drekzor 9 (our monitor duty drone stuck with the task of tredging through your "myspace" database.) Mistaking the page as a distress beacon, we quickly learned that the beings actually purported to be the Earthlings known as Aleks andra Tomaszewska and Deric criss. These supposed"human beings," create music that is an interesting mix of live percussion and warm keyboards. The wobble in Aleks' vox is to die for.

They are currently recording a new album with David Sitek of TV on The Radio fame. You will definitely be hearing more from us at Deuce Project Station once this album is released and in our hands.

Can't wait until then? Good news for you. The band has songs available to listen to on their myspace site:

http://www.myspace.com/aleksandthedrummer


Also, The Deuce Project will be featuring their music in upcoming broadcasts. Keep your ears open for them.

Mr. Fab/RIAA Megamix this Saturday! Plus: The Detholz Now!

Things have been incredibly busy up here in the Deuce Project station. We are readying our special program that airs this Saturday featuring the work of Music For Maniacs Mr. Fab, featuring an exclusive 30 minute mix he did especially for our broadcast. We will be following that up with a look at the fabulous sci-fi themed tunes of RIAA. What more can you ask for? (This show will hopefully be available for download this Sunday, and, as almost always, will air on 89.1fm in Kalamazoo this Saturday)

Impatient eh? Well, go check out Mr. Fab's fantastic blog here


The Deuce Project is always looking for new music. Recently, we ran across the lovely band known as The Detholz! While their most recent work isn't as clearly sci-fi influenced, their first album is chock full of sci-fi goodness. Here is a picture of them bending light with sound as taken by Sarah Rhee Danyluk:

Detholz at Light Speed

The Dehtolz are extremely interesting and have a really transparent creative process. They keep an mp3 blog with extensive commentary regarding the tracks and creative process behind them that is definitely worth your time if you are interested.

I'll let the band's web-presence speak for itself, but we dig what we hear up at Deuce Project Station:

Detholz! Website
Detholz! Myspace
Detholz! MP3 Blog

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Chocolate Rain in Space

A listener sent me the following link. For those unfamiliar with the comic stylings of Chad Vader basically imagine Darth Vader as a day shift manager at a grocery store. Actually, pretty good stuff. Okay, now if you are wondering what Chocolate Rain is, it is the masterpiece song by Tay Zonday.


Tay Zonday's Original:




Chad Vader breaks it down:

Monday, November 19, 2007

Space Talk From Dimension Eugene (Updated Repost)

I have posted links to this before, but Superdeluxe now has a nifty embed code that allows you to watch all of the Space Talk from Dimension Eugene episodes from the comfort of the Deuce Project Homepage. I love Eugene Mirman, though that is not the case for all.





Sunday, November 18, 2007

2 Week Vacation

There will not be a podcast this week, as satellite communications with J-unit 1 have been interrupted. We expect the communication link to be reestablished sometime after November 30th. We may post a few surprises in-between broadcasts, but the full 2-hour show will not be returning until after this month.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Monday, November 12, 2007

Sculpting Space-time

The Deuce Project research bots were combing your primitive internet's "google image search" to see if there were any developments in humans engineering Einstein-Rosen bridges. In the process, they came across this very interesting artist named Chris Dunseath.

Chris Dunseath

His work is rather beautiful, thus we felt we should share this finding. His current work is based on "frontiers in theoretical physics" as he states in the link directly below. Very cool stuff.


http://www.broomhillart.co.uk/artists/chris-dunseath.html

http://www.rbs.org.uk/cgibin/rbs_gallery.cgi?userid=102&letter=D

http://www.axisweb.org/seCVPG.aspx?ARTISTID=5746

Nov. 10 Podcast: The Einstein-Rosen Bridges of Madison County

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=CBRIYNTT


The double-spacing between paragraphs indicates where talk-sets occur.

Hawkwind - Sonic Attack
Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist

The Dickies - Gigantor
Rocket from the Tombs - Sonic Reducer
Large Number - The Earth Shrunk in the Wash
Bruce Haack - School for Robots

The Fuzz - Invisible Man
Faction - Lost in Space
The Johnny Harris Orchestra - Footprints on the Moon
DJ Godfather - Aliens Got My 808

Man from Uranus - Satellite Link to Sun Ra
Hawkwind - Robot
Daniel James - Rock Moon Rock
Deltron 3030 - Battlesong

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir - Tear Down The Opera Hose
Dust Galaxy - Sun In Your Head
Six Finger Satellite - Race Against Space
Chrome - Slip it to the Android
Mission of Burma - Einstein's Day

Figurine - My First UFO
Senor Coconut y Su Conjunto - Homecomputer (Kraftwerk done the Coconut way.)
Model 500 - Time Space Transmat
Eyeball Skeleton - Eyeball Skeleton
Redwalls - In The Time of the Machine
Blevin Blectum - Preserving Machine #2
Solvent - Science with Synthesizers

The Sunset People - Silver Surfer
The Opus - Mission Control

Sunday, November 4, 2007

The Event Horizon Ate My Homework

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5V4L7M8Z

Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist
The Most Serene Republic - Present of Future End
Twink W/Ajda The Turkish Queen - Beautiful World (Devo cover)
Popchor Berlin w/Schneider TM - Mongloid (Devo cover)
Polysics - Jerkin' Back N' Forth (Devo cover)
Office - Big Bang Jump
Blackalicious - Chemical Calisthenics
Boys Noize - Arcade Robot
Fat John and Styrofoam - Acid Rain Robot Repair
Senor Coconut - Smells Like Teen Spirit (386 DX mix)
Camper Van Beethoven - Lassie Went to the Moon
Lost Sounds - Destructo Comet
Zolar X - Jet Love 19
Audio Sinner Forks - I Am the Square Root of Negative One
The Android Sisters - Who Nose?
Gouseion - Turing Test
Polysics - Time Shock!
Tm Glazer and Dottie Evans - Why Go Up There?
Sun Ra - Space is the Place
Gil Scott-Heron - Whitey on the Moon
Viper Pilot - Ballad of the Colonial Ruffnecks
Add N to (X) - Inevitable Fast Access
Mochipet - Nelly vs. Poor Kakarookee (Venetian Snares)
Joe Dolce - Ain't No UFO Gonna Catch My Diesel
IOCASTE - Hey Kid, Nice Robot
Semiautomatic - Space Toys