Paradoxal Pterodactyl

featuring:

Wally Jones - trumpet

Jerry Jostes - piano

Ed (Chuck) Turner - sax

Bill Davidson - drums

A tribute to an era long past... ballroom dancing, night clubs, and the great musicians who kept the people coming night after night.  Recorded live at the Pardella Club, Lemay, MO, in 1952, on a home reel-to-reel recorder... the music and the memories still live.

SPECIAL THANKS TO: Grandma Jones for saving everything.  Aunt Dot for getting the project going.  Jerry Jostes for the photos and details.  Dr. Mims at SEMO for help in converting the tape.  Chad Pterodactyl for converting the cassette tape.

Jostes Family Band 1976

"All Time Greatest Hits"  

of Piano Artist - Jerry Jostes  

Recorded by - Gary Jostes

curated by chad.  specimens: son of chad, destination machine, chad and his orchestra, ending bits, hawaii, mrs. pterodactyl, chris, stasia & rhiannon, kenny, bobby, party guy, joe & todd, davelybob, alan, michelle

curated by chad.  specimens: chad and his orchestra, adam, mort, stasia, andrew, craig, tim, eamon francis toney (5:21), germ v, dave, george hrab, son of chad, cynical simon

some old bs

60 at midnight

curated by davelybob.  specimens: dick de la, freaky steve (0:38), nikki, @thetarantulacollective, a summer tuesday afternoon on delmar ft. em, mkvxbgbnd, swim ignorant fire (8:41), jaded evil lambs presents "the nail shop incident", airglow (nm $ bin), shannon q, hxxs (19:19), sean hamilton (21:06), eclipse frogs vs. the dub nunnery, love kingsford (30:30), breakdancing ronald reagan (33:11)

if you're the type to look back and contemplate at this particular time of year, here's a look back at a contemplative drone set from our archive. guitarist chelsea gray was probably the hottest ticket in the STL experimental scene back in the summer of 2017, after crushing an absolutely stunning debut set at way out weirdo wednesday #18. she's been on extended sabbatical exploring other interests and investing in her young family for quite some time, but she has assured us on numerous occasions that she's not done yet. for this set she composed two short bowed pieces, and then brought up your dude davelybob to moog up a duo improvisation. also on the bill that night was st. michael, honeydew, and particle devotion all the way from baton rouge. goooooood times.

Our feed has been a bit dry lately.  Here is a little something to moisten the membrane.  I made this one many moons ago.  Up to this point, I had been mostly recording songs on my Tascam 424 mkii.  This was the first song I made using a DAW.  It's just me fiddling with some guitar, bass, drums, and some shakers; but this track has a special place in my pterodactyl heart.  I don't think this song is out there anywhere, but Davelybob slipped part of the ending into an early episode.  The saga continues..

Your pal,

chad

death's dynamic shroud is a collaborative project between James Webster (also known as HCMJ), Tech Honors and Keith Rankin (aka Giant Claw, also label boss at Orange Milk Records, who just released the new record from our pal Problems- more on that later). death's dynamic shroud typically samples video game soundtracks in a mixtape-style format, oftentimes with special distortions and modifications made as a result of being bounced off analog recordings. Since Keith joined up, they have explore a much more high-fidelity, experimental sound (including sampling of anime soundtracks and k-pop), developing a distinct sound and visual aesthetic they personally refer to as "NUWRLD".