Ween - Beacon Light - Baltimore, MD - 11/23/2007

Looking up to the sky
Made me realize; made me want to fly
To a place far away
Where they're singing songs and making love all day

Somewhere beyond the sun
Where an atom splits and an ounce is a ton

[CHORUS:]
So don't you be late
I see the beacon light and it's on
So strap on my jammy pack
Fuel it up, 'cause I'm gone

The people all dance
With their big long arms and a peach in their pants
Picking fruit from the sky
As the demon ship goes passing them by
I'm not sure if it's love
But it's coming down from the heavens above

[CHORUS:]
So don't you be late
I see the beacon light, and it's on
So strap on that jammy pack
Fuel it up, 'cause I'm gone

So don't you be late
I see the beacon light, and it's on
So strap on that jammy pack
Fuel it up, 'cause I'm gone

(These lyrics aren't quite right, I don't think, but... you get the idea)

WTF

OOOOOkay, here's a self portrait of Gene Ween looking like a zombie pirate from hell. He's walking the fine line between being a madman and a genius, as usual.

You can see more of his photos on his flickr site, but most of them aren't this wild. In fact there's some really artistic shots including some great behind-the-scene Ween pics from their latest tour. Check em out here.

Take it Easy

Now that Thanksgiving's over, it's time to relax until we get hit by the next wave of festivities. In the meantime you can enjoy these fine and mellow Ween songs. Right-click the song name and grab those mp3's.

Take it Easy is an outtake from The Mollusk. Dean Ween posted this on Ween's website a few weeks ago as part of 'The Mollusk Sessions' — all the original demos from when they were writing songs for the album. It's gone now but I nabbed it in time, lucky me!

Little Miss Mandee is a cool and creepy song about a cat.

The Argus, Part 2 is a song that didn't quite make it to the Quebec album. Not sure why... it's awesome. Maybe it will show up on their next Shinola album… meantime, enjoy this demo. This one actually didn't have a name and I can't remember where I found it. It was just labelled "The Argus – Not the one on the album - totally different song.mp3" or something.

poster graphic by EMEK.

Don't conceal your tragic flaw… give the Doctor Rock a call

Dr. Rock, by Ween, live in Chicago. This was orignally a really sludgy lo-fi song from the album The Pod, just Dean and Gene and a drum machine. Very cool to see it as a totally loud, rockin out crowd pleaser.

Ween. The Stallion, part 3. Live on the infernet.

It's grainy and low resolution but who cares? This is a great version of Pure Guava's The Stallion Part 3, recorded live on the infernet for for their fans, and later released as part of the album All Request Live. Apparently this is the only video available from the session, included as an extra track from the CD. I got mine from iTunes so I never knew it existed til now. I'm the one holding the time back from the sun as I scope the lobe.

Summer Ween Part 2

It's summer and the urge to blog is low, low, low. Here are some really good Ween tracks that should tide you over. They're all taped from various live shows. Right-click the links and grab them mp3s.

First is this renditition of David Bowie's Space Oddity from a Gene Ween solo show. It's great how the crowd gets into the song.

Here's an acoustic version of Pumpin' 4 the Man from Pure Guava, from the same Gene Ween show. Not safe for work! Not even a little bit.

This song's not on any recorded albums, it's The Stallion, Part IV. There's a version on All Request Live, but this live one rocks pretty hard too. Killer lyrics. Total ear worm.

Finally here's a great performance of the bombastic Buckingham Green", Gene goes off the deep end a little near the end.

Enjoy.

Finally Summer?

Looks like the troposphere has finally decided to give us some good summer-type weather. Here's a free rockin' song for you to set that summer mood, it's Doctor Rock, live, by Ween.

Also, Ween has a new EP coming out in about a week called 'The Friends EP" — more info and pre-order here.

Deaner sez, "The Friends EP features 5 brand new songs, none of which will appear on the new full length Ween album scheduled to be released this fall on a "real" record label, not Chocodog. We have recorded a lot of new material the past year and we wanted to give you an appetizer for the summer. It is is the ultimate party record, filled with good beats and good times. Perfect for your barbecue or doing bong hits or whatever it is that you guys do."

Happy summersz1!!

All of My Love, by Ween

Here is a pretty amazing rendition of Led Zeppelin's All of My Love performed by Ween. This is from the Ween: Live in Chicago DVD, filmed at the Vic Theatre. It's a little goofy at first, but watch to the end.

Get it before it's gone (or get the original from Amazon.)

And Now I'm Freaking Out

Here's an early X-mas present.

This is Ween, live in Minneapolis performing "Now I'm Freaking Out." This song's not on any albums yet, but it has been floating around as an mp3 for a while. Click here to download this live version. Or, you can find the whole damn concert here in easily downloadable chunks. They were pretty crazy at this concert... check out their final encore song, "Someday".

Cop Killer vs. Dean Ween?

Dean Ween kept a pretty funny travel log of all the gigs Ween played this summer. But check out this entry from the show at the New York State Fair in Syracuse:

...now i swear to god that this next part is true. if you follow the news at all, you'd know that there was a fugitive in upstate new york named ralph "bucky" phillips, wanted for shooting three state troopers and he was also an escapee from the erie prison. there was a massive manhunt underway for him right about the time we were up in that part of the state. i had only heard about the story and hadn't seen him on the news at this point. on our drive back to new hope from syracuse i fell asleep in the van and when i woke up we were off the interstate at this tiny little gas station with a shitty little diner. the other guys were inside using the bathroom and gettting food and i was the last one to wake up and get out of the truck. as i was walking across the gravel parking lot all groggy this dude was walking towards me and i remember thinking as i looked at his face "if i don't stare at the top of my sneakers right now, this motherfucker is gonna kill me on the spot." it scared the fucking shit out of me. to make a long story short, i got home, slept for a couple days, turned on the t.v. and lo and behold, there was the same dude from the parking lot. they captured him right after that, and no one believes my story, but it fucking happened just like i told it.

So what do you say, supersleuths? Did our man Dean escape a brush with death? Here's an interactive map that might help you puzzle out this mystery for yourself.

Some Ween Videos

For your viewing pleasure, here are three videos that are sure to amuse and confuse.

First is a very well-done, fan-made video of Ween's "Where'd the Cheese Go" jingle that they wrote for Pizza Hut. See it here.

Next, I've been looking for this video for a long time, and it's finally been posted to YouTube. (Legality be damned!) This is Freedom of '76, featuring Dean and Gene getting caught trying to sneak off with Philadelphia's Liberty Bell. See it here. Great video for a great song.

Finally, scraping the bottom of the proverbial barrel is another fan-made video, a Star Wars montage with Ween's "I'll be your Johnny on the Spot" playing in the background. Oddly satisfying... it's here.

Birthday Boy — by Ween

Here's a live acoustic version of one of Ween's older songs, Birthday Boy, from GodWeenSatan.
It's a simple, melancholy little song, with a strange blend of lyrics that evoke some complicated emotions.

Right-click HERE to download Birthday Boy, by Ween!

By the way.... according to their website, Ween's just about done with their new album. Looks like about 40 (!!!) new songs are on the way!

A Free Ween Song For You

Thanks for stopping by, everybody. Here's a little treat just for you.
This is a live version of Ween's "A Tear For Eddie" that will melt your brain into a warm pile of goo.

I got this song from weenftp.org a while ago, but it looks like that site is down now. I don't know the date or the venue.

Click the image or click HERE to download "A Tear For Eddie," live, by Ween.

Dean Ween vs. Star Wars

This is a funny interview at starwars.com which consists entirely of Dean Ween talking about Star Wars. Click my masterfully Photoshopped image on the right to read it.

While watching the films, Ween says he can't help but appreciate the Jedi characters that fans rarely get to see, as well as the new villain that dominated Episode III. "My favorite characters are the lesser known Jedi Knights like Shaak Ti, Mace Windu and Kit Fisto," Ween says. "General Grievous is by far the coolest character in the series though. He's pretty much the last dude I would want to fight. He's the only villain that you ever actually see the Jedi afraid of."

Being the Star Wars fan that he is, Ween says that he enjoys playing a Jedi Knight even if it is in brick-like form. "I'm kind of embarrassed to admit that I have finished Star Wars LEGO for PS2," Ween smiles. "I even went so far as to build all of the ships and attain true Jedi status on every level, unlocking the secret door for the bonus at the end. It took me about eight weeks."