The seagulls exchange glances and fly away. Ophunji, in a multi-media surveillance room next to his office, has been watching Scambot and Kootch on a series of numbered “Seagull-Cam” video monitors.
A red phone labeled “M” glows and beeps noisily; Ophunji picks it up and speaks. “Quaigo! How are you, Corporal? Yes. Yes. Yes...doubt...yes... drinking...despair. Yeah! It’s all good. Send them in, forthwith. Thank you, Quaigo! Ahmmm. Saturday? Badminton? No. Ahmmm..no. Sunday? Ahmmm. No.”
from Scambot 1,
released June 15, 2009
The underlying drone was recorded at
The Rec Room – Lyle Workman’s studio
– in 1999, engineered by me with Lyle’s assistance. I played the rest at Chatfield Manor, engineered by Mike Harris, in 2008.
Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.