George pointed to a new feature on the E-52s website that hosts MP3s of recordings from years past. Looks like Don has done some updates but hasn’t wrapped any HTML around the MP3s yet. But it’s nice that the site finally allows visitors to hear what we sound like.

Given Clear Channel’s financial difficulties, now might be a good time to point to the Sloan E-52s’ version of the Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll,” available for download in MP3 format, lead vocals and arrangement by yours truly. Lou knew thirty-two years ago that Big Radio was coming:

Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothing happening at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothing going down at all

When we perform that song, I can’t resist adding after that line, “Must have been a clear channel.” :) Other tracks from our live in the studio recording session are available.

The E-52s did their most amazing performance today for the mikes. We recorded our repertoire in a tight two hour session—a far cry from sessions I used to do with the Suspicious Cheese Lords that would take two hours to cut one song. Of course the standards were much higher at those sessions. Here we wanted songs for archival, memory, gifts to families, and possibly on line promotional purposes, which made the pressure much less and we had a lot of fun.

The Spring Jam last night was astonishingly fun. Our guest group, the MIT-Wellesley Toons, were spectacular as expected.

But mostly our group pulled together and put on an amazing show. So to Don Hyun, Holly Hacking, Hey-Sung Han, Ruxandra Tentis, George Chang, Jayne Tan, Jessica Santiago, Clay Jackson, Priscilla Sato, and Mario Yearwood, my hat’s off and my heart’s thanks.

In concert tonight, in the lobby of Building E-52 (50 Memorial Drive in Cambridge for the MIT-impaired), the Sloan E-52s. Featuring lots of fine a cappella stylings. And stuff.

This is by way of apologizing for the lack of blogging today. I have things to say, but I’m saving them for my group.