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JamBase Questionnaire: Tom Hamilton

January 25th, 2011 | No Comments

Welcome back to JamBase’s baker’s dozen to the bright lights of the music world. Last time we heard from The Old Ceremony.

It takes an uncommonly open-minded musician to really grok the internal logic of utterly modern, untz-savvy rock and classic singer-songwriter fare, but Tom Hamilton is an uncommonly gifted cat. As the guiding light behind Brothers Past and American Babies, Hamilton shows a range of gifts – warmly charming singer, sharp songwriter, memorable guitarist, keen eared producer – seeming utterly at home in the post-Radiohead atmosphere of Brothers Past as he is plying pop-rock veins akin to Paul Simon and Wilco in the Babies. Hamilton always seems game to explore, be it in his own projects or collaborating with the likes of Younger Brother or The Disco Biscuits, all of which seems to fuel more colors and textures in each new chapter of his evolution.

A new American Babies album arrives later this year, and Brothers Past is currently experiencing a resurgence with active gigging and the monthly Everything Must Go live download series (check it out here), which just issued its fourth volume, a swinging, switched-on post-Phish gig from 2004 (available for the catering economy price of just $5 bucks!) that includes a boss cover of The Cure’s Â“Fascination StreetÂ” and other softly mesmerizing moments. Listen to it here.

What stands out about Hamilton’s work, wherever it crops up, is a totally engaged, often joyful engagement with the world and his craft. His music sends out tendrils into the void and what connections it makes can’t be predicted, only that new ties will be formed. (Dennis Cook)

Brothers Past plays live throughout February and March. Find full tour dates here. A special hometown show is planned for March 26 at the TLA in Philadelphia, PA.

Here’s what Tom Hamilton had to say to our inquiries.

Brothers Past by Dave Vann

1. Great music rarely happens withoutÂ…
Sincerity

2. The first album I bought wasÂ…
The first cassette I bought was Ozzy Osbourne’s Blizzard of Oz and the first CD I purchased was Led Zeppelin III.

3. The last song or album to really flip my wig wasÂ…
Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs

4. When I was a kid I wanted to grow up to beÂ…
Funny you should ask! When I was in sixth grade I had to write an autobiography and I recently found it. Each page was about different assigned subjects with the last one asking to talk about what I wanted to do with my life. I said I wanted to be a musician. Not bad….

5. My favorite sort of gig isÂ…
The small market gig where the stage is shitty, the sound system is questionable at best, and there doesn’t seem to be a chance in hell anyone will be there. T hen by 11 pm the club is packed and you’re covered in sweat with people 10-inches away from you going nuts.

6. One thing I wish people knew about me isÂ…
I enjoy privacy.

7. I love the sound ofÂ…
Jerry Garcia’s guitar in 1973

8. One day I hope to make an album as fantastic asÂ…
The Beatles’ Revolver

9. The best meal I ever had on tour was atÂ…
Some sushi place by The Independent in San Francisco.

10. I always find the coolest audiences inÂ…
Colorado

11. The worst habit I’ve picked up being on the road all the time isÂ…
I have a particular brand of humor, some might say Â“inappropriate.Â” Any internal filter I may have been born with has been completely wiped out from being on the road.

12. The Beatles or the Stones? Por que?
How this is even still a question boggles my mind. The Beatles. It’s not even fair to ask. They’re mark on music is unparalleled, pushing the boundaries of every aspect of song craft, production and album art. They were responsible for new technologies in recording so George Martin and his engineers could keep up with their artistic needs. The Beatles inspired Bob Dylan to go electric, and they didn’t just change music but pop culture as a whole.

13. The craziest thing I ever saw wasÂ…
A drug dog piss itself at the Canadian border as it searched my van.

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Edgy Like a Rocker, Elegant Like a Celeb: How to Dress Like These Stars

January 20th, 2011 | No Comments

Who says edgy can’t be elegant? In today’s anything-goes fashion world, the most noticeable figures don’t follow anyone’s rules! If you’re ready to mix a little leather with your lace, take a few pointers from these famous icons: Lady GaGa No one combines edgy and elegant like Lady GaGa. While no one is recommending that [...]

Imbruglia in shock over Australian floods

January 13th, 2011 | No Comments

Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia is urging her fans to donate to the flood appeal in her native country after seeing the images of devastation just “an hour away” from where she lives. The “Torn” hitmaker flew into Queensland earlier this week and has been left horrified by the impact of floodwaters which are causing chaos [...]

ABC â€œWickedâ€ Miniseries Produced By Salma Hayek

January 10th, 2011 | No Comments

Former Ugly Betty producer Salma Hayek is developing an eight-hour miniseries adaptation of the book Wicked for ABC — the same network that passed on the television event in 2009 — says The Hollywood Reporter. Gregory Maguire’s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West has already spawned a popular [...]

Pontingâ€™s injury may allow Clarke to debut as Oz Test captain

December 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Michael Clarke is likely to debut as Australian Test captain in the Boxing Day Test, if incumbent skipper Ricky Pontingâ€™s fractured finger doesnâ€™t mend in time. Australia has named an unchanged 12-man Ashes squad for the Boxing Day clash that could attract a world-record 100,000 spectators on the opening day. Ponting is confident of being [...]

Liz Hurley â€˜begs forgivenessâ€™ from hubby after dumping love-rat Warne

December 20th, 2010 | No Comments

A devastated Liz Hurley is pleading with her husband Arun Nayar to take her back after she dumped cricketer Shane Warne. The 45-years-old actress dumped the Aussie loverat after finding that he had sent more than 100 sex texts to a married woman at the same time he was having an affair with her. According [...]

Ponting says decision on retaining Oz captaincy not his to make

December 15th, 2010 | No Comments

Ricky Ponting has said that his future as Australian Test skipper is now out of his hands after a dreadful run of results have left his team on the verge of an embarrassing Ashes defeat. “Probably not a decision for me to make, is it?” Ponting replied when asked if he could stay on as [...]

Sunday Crunch Crumbs

December 12th, 2010 | No Comments

-Jazz legend James Moody, best known for his 1949 classic “Moody’s Mood for Love,” died Thursday. He was 85… -Dr. Conrad Murray keeps medical license in Nevada…. -Bobby & Whitney stage an intervention for Bobbi Kris! -Offensive dolls removed from shelves of Australian shops as Oprah descends on Oz…. -Ke$ha & Taio Cruz added to [...]

Just the ticket

December 9th, 2010 | No Comments

With apologies to those who don’t like the rather peculiar – and very British Commonwealth-oriented game of cricket – there’s the biennial ding dong between England and Australia taking place at the moment.

Given the fiendish time difference between the old sporting enemies, the latest I’ve managed is 2am before staggering bleary eyed to bed, but our boys – that’s the English in case you’re in Adelaide – are doing pretty well after being soundly thrashed 5-0 last time down under.

We’ve got a pretty explosive batsman on our side – step forward Kevin Pietersen – who bashed the ball about last week – and he just happens to have a great – Aussie – mate of his – the one and only Shane Warne – who has probably enjoyed a similar if not more amount of tabloid headlines as KP.

England are in Melbourne this week ahead of a touring game before the next Ashes battle in Perth and Warnie – true to form and wanting to show off his Victoria hometown – apparently offered to arrange a Lamborghini for his pal to play with.

Quite how anyone secures a Lambo just like that is anyone’s guess, but Warnie’s pretty much close to Royalty when it comes to Oz, so hey presto, a shiny yellow one was found.

Warnie plus KP is just about guaranteed to deliver explosives. And what do you know? Shortly after Kevin took the wheel of the Lamborghini, he got a speeding ticket and some great headlines to bolster his swashbuckling image even further.

Oz store removes golliwogs from display to avoid offending Oprah

December 9th, 2010 | No Comments

A store in Australia has removed golliwogs from its display so that they would not offend talk show host Oprah Winfrey and her guests. The store in Melbourne removed the â€œMameeâ€ washerwoman dolls after a visit by Winfreyâ€™s production company. But the Dafel Dolls and Bears shop in Block Arcade, where 110 of Winfreyâ€™s guests [...]

Adelaide glory wipes out painful memories of previous Oz tour: Pietersen

December 8th, 2010 | No Comments

Hailing Englandâ€™s 1-0 lead in the Ashes series, middle order batsman Kevin Pietersen said that the Adelaide triumph has wiped out the painful memories of their 2006 tour of Australia. England secured victory in the second Test on Tuesday morning, eventually winning by an innings and 71 runs at the Adelaide Oval. The win was [...]

Oprah Winfrey Naked!

December 7th, 2010 | No Comments

Here’s something we’d be perfectly content to go our entire lives without seeing…. Chat show queen Oprah Winfrey has been offered $500,000 to strip down to a two piece while filming her first and final episode of the exiting Oprah Show Down Under. The billionairess, 56, is due to arrive in Australia Tuesday with hundreds [...]

Watson was under-bowled at Gabba, is crucial to Oz attack: Blewett

December 2nd, 2010 | No Comments

Former Australian batsman Greg Blewett believes that all-rounder Shane Watson was under bowled in the Gabba Test, and has urged skipper Ricky Ponting to see him as a vital cog in the Australian bowling line-up for the rest of the high-profile series. Blewett, now a Fox Sports commentator, said Watson was one of the few [...]

Warne dons Roman Emperorâ€™s skirt and sandals to taunt Poms ahead of Ashes!

November 24th, 2010 | No Comments

Oz cricket legend Shane Warne has always entertained his fans through his outstanding â€˜match winningâ€™ boundaries and sixes, but now the former Australian leggie is all set to become an â€˜eye candyâ€™ for his supporters by starring as a Roman Emperor in the latest Ashes advertisement arsenal. In the latest commercial, which is yet to [...]

Warne tweets his disgust over Oz selectorsâ€™ decision to drop Hauritz

November 20th, 2010 | No Comments

Spin legend Shane Warne has criticized the Australian selectors for dropping Nathan Hauritz from the 13-man Ashes squad for the Gabba Test. Hauritz was left out of the Australian team with Tasmaniaâ€™s Xavier Doherty and leg-spinning all-rounder Steve Smith named in the squad instead. Warne used his favourite medium, Twitter, to question the decision to [...]

Strauss, Cook centuries ominous portent for Oz ahead of Ashes opener

November 13th, 2010 | No Comments

England skipper Andrew Strauss and opening batsman Alastair Cook struck centuries on Saturday to give their team a dominant hand in the second Ashes warm-up match against South Australia in Adelaide. Resuming day three at 94-0, Strauss (102) and Cook (111 not out) shared a 181-run partnership to quell fears of the opening partnership emerging [...]

Sexy cousin gives Lara Bingle a run for her money

November 12th, 2010 | No Comments

It seems Oz bikini model Lara Bingle has some competition and that too from her own cousin. Nicole King, a petite 20-year-old, was the standout at the Zoo Weekly Swimsuit Calendar launch, reports the Daily Telegraph. She is the second cousin of Michael Clarke””s ex-girlfriend. King, a part-time promo girl from Wollongong, seems to have [...]

Oz stripper tells of sex romp with Mel B and her hubby

November 12th, 2010 | No Comments

A Kings Cross stripper has claimed that she had a spicy night with self-titled “horny” couple Melanie Brown and her husband Stephen Belafonte last weekend. The table dancer, who asked not to be named, said the raunchy reality TV star and her partner had their personal security guard proposition her during their night out on [...]

Mark Waugh says Ponting will have win Ashes to keep Oz skipperâ€™s job

November 11th, 2010 | No Comments

Former Australian middle-order batsman Mark Waugh believes that if Ricky Ponting loses a third Ashes series to England, his days as captain are numbered. Ponting goes into his fourth Test series with England in charge of the Baggy Greens with one victory and two defeats to his name. Only Billy Murdoch and Percy McDonnell have [...]

Sat Eye Candy: Robert Trujillo of Metallica

October 23rd, 2010 | No Comments

LOW END THUNDER!

In February 2003, Robert Trujillo became the bassist for Metallica. For the general public it was the introduction of a phenomenal (and phenomenally entertaining) musician, but for hardcore fans Trujillo was already a well-known quantity as a member of Suicidal Tendencies, not to mention a stint with Ozzy in the early 2000s and his low-end role in Infectious Grooves. Trujillo seems to stalk a groove, his eyes alight with mischievous purpose. And most times out he bags something very compelling. Robert Trujillo turns 46 today and we’re here to celebrate his work. (Dennis Cook)

Just like Jason Newsted before him, there are signature pieces associated with Cliff Burton, arguably metal’s greatest bassist of all-time, that must be tackled. Trujillo equates himself admirably here.

Based on a track like this, it’s not hard to imagine why Metallica had Trujillo on their shortlist of possible bassists. The guy really is a perfect fit.

Without question, this is one of Ozzy’s finest solo band lineups. Here they are at Budokan kicking around a Sabbath classic.

Few musicians have had their first steps with a famous band exposed to the world in the same way as Trujillo, whose induction into Metallica was captured in detail in the documentary Some Kind of Monster.

And what heavy music bassist doesn’t want a chance to sink their fangs into juicy beasts like “Whiplash” and “Enter Sandman”?

2001′s Down To Earth, the one Ozzy studio release Trujillo played on (besides controversially re-recording the original bass parts for the CD reissues of Blizzard of Oz & Diary of a Madman), remains one of Osbourne’s strongest solo efforts, including this standout.

The title kinda says it all.

One more taste of Trujillo in Suicidal Tendencies.

And a last blast with Metallica.

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