Wednesday, August 27, 2008

MP3 of the Day

It's Jeff Fell's birthday today! He was born Jeffery Wayne Fell in Bakersfield, California, the hometown of Buck Owens. In 1990, Jeff founded the band Crayon with Brad Roberts and some other guy in Bellingham, WA. Back in the Crayon days, Jeff would often perform live shows in a full Lion Suit (minus the head). Jeff "the drumming lion" enjoyed a bit of notoriety in the indiepop circles. In the few short years that Crayon were together, a handful of 7" singles, split singles and one full length album called Brick Factory were released. After a six week US tour with The Softies, guitarist Brad Roberts quit the band in the summer of 1994, and Jeff would go onto form Tullycraft. Today we have the song Chutes and Ladders from the one and only CRAYON album Brick Factory. Happy Birthday Jeff!

17 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Jeff!

i still listen to the crayon songs, they are awesome!!

6:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Jeff!

9:46 AM  
Blogger Jim said...

Happy Birthday!

9:57 AM  
Blogger Imaginary Liz said...

Happy Bday dude in the lion suit. You're the raddist... which is much better than a radish.

10:30 AM  
Blogger Sarah said...

Oh crap. Today is Jeff's birthday?

11:05 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Was this photo taken at the Jabberjaw? That club was in one of the seedier areas of Los Angeles but I saw so many wonderful shows there. Have a super birthday Jeff!

11:30 AM  
Blogger Mears said...

ROAR! That's lion for Happy Birthday!

(yes, I am that big a dork!)

11:56 AM  
Blogger Chris said...

yes Jenny, yes you are.

1:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Raccoon's courthouse crime spree ends with capture
Mon Aug 25, 9:24 PM ET

The evidence in his office gave the judge pause: a half-eaten apple and
some very distinctive footprints.
Federal bankruptcy Judge Paul W. Bonapfel reported the break-in last
week at the Richard B. Russell Federal Building in downtown Atlanta.
The intruder made no effort to cover his tracks across a stack of
federal memos in the 14th-floor office. When the judge called in his
staff and others to examine the scene, the evidence was conclusive: The
perpetrator was a raccoon.
In the following days, judges and staff who work in the building
reported other thefts - chocolate chip cookies stolen from a 10th-floor
desk, a sandwich on the 9th floor, and a packet of dried soup purloined
from the 23rd floor.
A court clerk created a "wanted" poster, and Bonapfel's staff posted a
"raccoon crossing" sign on the judge's door.
Workers from a company that specializes in catching wildlife placed a
trap in the ceiling over a judge's office and baited it with tuna.
The wait ended Monday when a judicial assistant heard a noise overhead.
Two workers removed the ceiling tiles and grabbed the suspect.
Office workers named the raccoon "Russell," in honor of the building's
namesake. The General Services Administration, which manages the
building, theorizes that Russell wriggled into the heating system from
outside.
"We're going to see if we can get him turned loose on a farm somewhere,"
said Robert Perkins, the building's manager. "We're going to take him a
long way from this building."

--What the mainstream media doesn't want you to know, is that 'Raccoon (Russell)' is code for, yep, the wascally Jeff Fell.

2:20 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I’m not sure what to make of all of that, still have the best birthday ever Jeff.

2:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i loved and still love crayon. wasn’t there talk of a brick factory reissue + extras? i hope that happens. happy birthday jeff!

4:59 PM  
Blogger J Bombzilla said...

I LOVE YOU JEFF HAPPY BIRDDAY

6:07 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jeff -
Did you know that you share a birthday with Downtown Julie Brown? I hope this little fact makes your birthday even better. Big BZZZZ Shout Out!!!

6:23 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Lies all of it!
I love cooking with onions.

6:35 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wish the lion Happy Birthday! Hope all is well in Tullycraft land.

11:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Jeff is so Freddy Mercury!

5:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

thanks so much....i lost that song a few years back and have been looking for it for a while.... i had a anld shirt i lost also...man i miss it....

3:08 PM  

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