Coastal Tanzen

This is relevant in that it's within miles of said site; fits the imagery.

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At the unsignaled conclusion of a burst SMS-conveyed conversation between co-founding co-core members, it was decided that the possibly-impending late-October Tanzen Event should take place amongst hardy non-indigenous shrubbery and prolific fog(s) overlooking a raw Pacific Ocean from atop the rough coastal hills of the most Southern fringes of Vandenberg Air Force Base.

A view and spiritual influence of an Ocean whose awesome power needs no further description; shadows and silhouettes from and of grand monoliths of proud American rocketry, whether currently launching towering flames to the Heavens or rust-driven  relics of legendary programs; majestic and unrelenting marine weather, bitter with little respite -- all of these amazing things, yet untapped, within miles of the mediocre home of Tanzen.

Of the wonderfully unamazing history that has been Tanzen events that (never) took place, all were hugely ambitious and naively unrealistic. This event however, is uniquely executable. There is no need for extended leaves of absence from those who depend on its members, no stockpiles of money are required to fund thirsty engines destined for places of unknown promise; just hope invested into a truck, camper trailer, some access requests and a simple afternoon, evening and morning.

Move equipment instead of baggage. Move people instead of hindrances. Move ideas instead of negativity. Move Tanzen; this will be Tanzen's greatest and most honest move.

No lies required. Just a humble truth and a little bit of patience for what is to be the greatest and most realistic Tanzen dream yet. The grandeur of all that is to be and never was Tanzen is surely what has driven its ideals to lodge so succinctly into Tanzen followers, and now it can be realized. I promise that there will be much more development to this concept as Coastal Tanzen moves closer to the eternal present.

The desert, whether high or low, is still the ultimate destination of what can (not) be Tanzen. Consider this Coastal Tanzen as the freshest idea since its inspiration was drawn more from delusion than reality. This could be reality within just weeks and yield more than we have ever know Tanzen to yield. 

This is Big Sur. "This is relevant in that there are tracking sites up in the mountains, it's in California and I've been there, and I live within miles of Vandenberg AFB." - Byelobog

This is relevant because...it is fucking south Vandenberg. The Naval wrecks at Honda/Pedernales. Lolz! Cuz dey shipwrecks!

Also, excerpts from SMS:

May new members be in the mix? Females? Clay figures? That's easily felonious! We'll keep the bio-hazards off of Fedlands as potentially thousands of watts clash with natural vibrations.

Will there be power? Will Coastal Tanzen crave a Monsoon Generator? Will Yamahamp be found? Will 17-55 watts of Apple shine distinctly thru the mix? One should certainly hope that some sharp "yes" answers will nullify the need to ask others. Sometimes it's not about the size, but the effectiveness.

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Whether it be posted throughout the world’s greatest cities or spoken through world leaders’ oration; written about by the most influential blogs or published in the greatest periodicals; speculated about through heralded editorials (both native and opposite the-) or debated on over syndicated media, it no small statement to say that Tanzen has a(n in)credible history of great publicity.

That may lead one to ask, how does Tanzen affect people? Time will tell, or rather not. Tanzen’s founders would like to think that people from all incomparable terrains of life have a happy influence of Tanzen throughout their journeys and struggles for an oft-unreachable level of unrealistic perfection – that is Tanzen, the idea. One should live Tanzen. Tanzen is a great inspiration/delusion for all who have let it deep within their being, not to be taken lightly or let to roam wildly.

For its core members, Tanzen is all-encompassing:

“I always think about [Tanzen] in the shower.” – Paul J. W. Michaels, co-founding co-core member.

Paul’s devotion to Tanzen has been clearly chronicled as an overwhelming patchy mesh of love throughout its existence. His love for this ideal has matched its overall existence one-for-one; no more, no less than what Tanzen one would expect from a core member. History will know Paul as being a great point of controlled reason to lift Tanzen from ineptitude and (dis)illusionment.

Co-founding co-core member, Eric S. Leyva lives and breathes Tanzen more than anybody. It overwhelms his senses and reason to the point of dysfunction. As important deadlines linger and pass, Eric is always there. When the day comes that Tanzen’s greatness overwhelms its humanity, the world can thank Eric.

So follow Tanzen’s progress of non-progressing resurgence and assured atrophy. Its journey will always bewilder and amaze. Tanzen is indefinite. Where in the vast possibilities of existence Tanzen will go, no one may ever know.

“There is no code in the desert; just possibilities.” - Byelobog

And so once again...

...Tanzen will be taken off of the simmering back-burner, re-covered and put into the refrigerator. There was nearly a REAL reunion of Eric, Paul and maybe even Pêrj that was to have yielded the most significant results since the core of Tanzen last gathered in Rip's garage, but sadly, it was averted days prior.

No need to fret, as Tanzen's shelf-life has been amazingly categorized as "simply indefinite". Over the next few weeks it will congeal into a cool sludge, making its flavors richer and its sensation more fulfilling.  Tanzen will be back sometime in September, as predicted by an 11th-hour compromise between scientists and incumbent politicians.

Consider the two pieces of (multi)media below as food to sustain you until then. Draw them deep within your bosom and let them writhe around until they subdue your sins. They are both relevant and interconnected. Creamy beaver, hotter than a fever.

  

A few weeks off, now on!

Tanzen has been left in the studio for the past few weeks while real-world taskings of greater priority demanded immediate execution. But that's that's over, until next time. 

I personally welcome the idea of Tanzen back into the once every-few-days rotation. An hour and a half tonight has left compiled a working draft: a culmination(!), of years of musical development and growth, a hodgepodge of long-since archived lyrics and a few sporadic ideas thrown all over an oft-neglected fantasy has finally come to fruition!

More directly, a founding member has spooned together some lyrics into an old project. Fifteen more to go and we'll have a rad triple-length LP. It's a great call of what could never be, but could (may)be:

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The Page

Tanzen is afresh yet again! 

For weeks, a division of Tanzen studios has been open and available at a moment's notice: heavy bass, clashing guitar and a beat-steady microphone all through too much warm Germanium fuzz can impart their emotive signals to the world's masses! Tanzen is afresh yet again through these devices, new and old.

Lately, Eric S. Leyva, aka Taco from the golden times, has been warming up fingers and throats with sultry grooves with the ultimate goal of reuniting the unmatchable Tanzen forces.

These new songs/recordings have been floating up, or across networks rather,  to SoundCloud. Upon noticing a convenient Soundcloud App on Facebook, it was decided to create a Facebook page to promote such material. It's most-definitely another short-lived but well-intended promotion of the ever-stagnant ideals of the group, but that's totally fine; keepin' in tradition.

So stay tuned, clicked or whatever the new jargon is in the days of social media for awesome new developments.

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No Idea

“There's nothing in this world than payback from a jealous girl. The laws of man, they don't apply when blood gets in a woman's eye.” - The Black Keys

I don't know what I've done with the past four months! Especially the past few weeks, I've been unmotivated to perpetuate my projects, study for rank or even keep myself busy; awful. It's not just my creativity, but my life all around - just a lack of motivation to do anything. It shows around the house, but not as much at work. My wife is sick of my laziness. I am, too.

I made a few songs 'round the turn of the year, compiled a few years' worth of blog posts and journal scribbles into a much more full Fluorescence blog and even recorded a minute (¡¡¡I KNOW RIGHT!!??!) of vocals to a track. 

For the sake of this blog I'll call it depression, but more on the "in a funk" side than of hopelessness and despair. Never been there before, thank the Lordy! Perhaps a mild state that clouds my ambition and callous energies that come and go. As of now, they're OTL.

Where did my motivation go? I'll make it thru short-sighted ideas, but nothing of consequence on which I can build atop of for later. Yikes. Fix that sentence. Thanks.

Is it the weather? Probably not. The sun usually makes the world a better place.

Changing my work schedule? Perhaps being at home for more days at a time and having half of my days being devoted to spending time with my family, as much as I love them, keeps my selfish ambitions subdued and thus I'm less motivated overall.  Meh. Perhaps a bit, but not the main cause.

Sleep probably has a lot to do with it. I regularly go to bed late and don't sleep in to make up for that. Work days are even worse as I'll still be up late. In fact, I'll bet that not having enough rest affects me more than anything else right now. That. I'll blame that for now, take it on first and get some rest and check back in. No, actually I probably won't check back in. When was the last time that I wrote here? Not the point.

Beyond that, I should just try to push something out and hope that I can get a snowball going. No no no, a terrible metaphor as Winters thaws thru the Spring towards the Summer.  I'll start the melting and help the river to surge into a torrent of awesome!

So, I'll wrap this one up. Not a great entry that ties together many ideas in a ridiculously-worded grammatical noodlepile, but hey, I can say that I did something besides clicking between Facebook, Talkbass and Google News.

Aside:  I was reading about Robert Fripp's idea of what King Crimson is and I found it to be very similar to that of my earlier rantings and entries about what Tanzen is/was/could be: it's somewhat an idea, maybe an attitude, but most definitely a state of mind.