The official site of Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen

Andrew Scott Drums Alongside “Now” by Eyedea and Abilities

skillkrane — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:43:36 +0000

Very cool video of Andrew Scott drumming alongside “Now” by Eyedea and Abilities.

Summer break

KathyAverill — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:07:25 +0000

Micheal, Jeremy + Mijah at the Cedar, Oct. 2010 [Photo Credit: Unknown]

Hi there world, for those who read my funny/crazy/vents/stories I though on this second day of break I would talk about some of the summers Mikey had as a kid. Like most of us I worked summer before I entered the education system. So for summers as most of us know is a long time to find things for kids to do. Mikey had different baby sitters, most were older kids who lived here for one reason or another. I would enroll him in programs that he was interested in. He took a special effects class at the science museum, some summers I would work part time and we would spend either the morning doing things like going to different parks, we would go to the old churches, take advantage of the free days at art museums, hang out at book stores, there is a lot you can do that doesn’t take much money or time. He spent one summer doing karate, he went three times a day and would get upset if he couldn’t. We would take at least two drives a week and just talk. We would play car games, like the alphabet one where you have to find the letters in things out side the car. Maxx and I played it on the way home the first winter holiday after Mikey passed. Of course there was always skate boarding, bike riding, fort building, Mikey even built a couple of bikes. He spent time at his grandparents business building with his uncle Todd, boating with his aunt Renee, playing with the dog. That’s what summer were filled with when Mikey was a child. I hope you find things that bring you close to those you know, a bit of fun and interest, and most of all some sense of calm. Love Kathy

Howdy

KathyAverill — Thu, 30 May 2013 22:45:44 +0000

Howdy y’all. Remember slash marks /// means put in how you would define the over all feel of the action being described.

I would like to try and explain the pictures/saying by my mom. We will be selling these at (how would you put it) here soon, unless Brady has already started it. Any way, back over the winter holidays my mom wanted to give a gift to some people she felt she wanted to say thank you too. So she picked out pictures of Mikey and decided on a saying. Now I don’t know where or who came up with the words. And please don’t message about where it came from or what part is what. I don’t really care, it is something my mom feels strongly about and that’s what matters. The ones who got the first set (if you want to call them that), were pictures she picked for that person. Some got pictures of Mikey and me, Mikey and her, some got a picture of me and her with a picture of Mikey (from when we were walking at the Day of Dead cermony after Mikey passed) and some got a picture of Mikey. The saying changed a bit with each but the jest is as follows “Some bring a light so bright that even after they are gone it still remains” After she made these she decided that maybe some of you less close would like one too. Well we picked 3 different pictures that she really liked because she feels they have special meaning to them. The pictures she picked are: one from Soundset, not sure if it was 09 or 10. But Mikey is jumping around, having fun and she talks often how Mikey would climb anything and jump off. She even talks in one of her poems about swinging high and jumping off. The next one picked is of Mikey playing the guitar in his yellow shirt. She picked this one because Mikey told her yellow was his favorite color and she loved when he played. She was so impressed that within a few years of playing he was so good. As for the last one it is very special to her because she believes it speaks to the person Mikey was. He is hosting a benefit for one of his best friend’s (Joey) sister who had passed the summer right before Mikey. Sheri asked Mikey if he would host and play a benefit to help cover funeral cost. Mikey was touring at the time (I think with Education Consumer but not sure) and he rearranged his whole schedule so that he could be here to help.

So she had me help her with ones to go to soundset and we did. We made 25 of each picture and started to sell them at soundset. To explain why we are selling them it is to continue to put together some music from Mikey in many forms that had not been released into the world. That’s what Grands Sixth Sense is, all about the very first young music that had never been put out. Now that’s not to say that other forms of some of that basic music didn’t work it’s way into music that did come out. It’s just to say that in the raw 1st attempt it wasn’t out. All the money made on here goes to continue this process, and will allow us to put things that Mikey had just been working, the work he had or was doing with others, and to keep connections going the best we can.

I say we because there has been many in and out to help with many different projects/parts/tasks/under takings but the main few who have been the constant have been my mom, Brady(Brody) and believe it or not, You fans. At the very least, all most everyone I meet/get messaged/respond to posts/support events/what ever way you reach out, has been very encouraging. It helps when I struggle with all that keeping things moving, entails.

Thank you all for the love and support you continue to show me.

Love

Kathy

Vote on Which Guest Feature Should be the 2nd ILLusionists Single!

skillkrane — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:26:42 +0000

The ILLusionists are releasing their fifth studio album, Death of a Salesman on June 4th, and we want YOU to choose which guest feature you want to hear as the second single. Voting ends this Friday, May 17th at 12 PM CST (midnight).

While supplies last all orders ship with FREE copy of Sadistik’s Flowers For My Father a signed CD-R of By the Throat Remixed, and Crushkill Recordings stickers!

Check out the first single, “pwnd.”

Catch their CD release show in Eugene, OR with DJ Abilities:

And the Show Stoppers Tour with Carnage:

Weekend

KathyAverill — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:23:14 +0000

Hi there world this weekend is Mother’s Day and I hope you remember all those who have helped you, nurtured you, loved you, where they birthed you or not, they tried. Even if it wasn’t the best you would of liked as I mom I can say I tried, I wish I would of known more, givin you better tools to deal with life, those who used you, protected you more from the bad in people. I am glad I always told you to take the good out of those you meet and leave the bad, we all have both within us. But now I feel I should of told you just to leave those who showed more bad than good. When Mikey was about 5 or 6 he asked my mom to take him shopping for my Mother’s Day present, and what I got were these felt covered flowers which opened up and had a necklace and ring in them. As I took a couple of pictures to put on here I decided to also take a couple pictures of a few of the toys Mikey received every year for his Birthday from birth to 18. They are in a glass cabinet in the living room, with the Mother’s Day gift on top. I will take others pictures and some day put them up too. One funny thing about Mother’s Day is I can’t remember what last year was like. I can tell you almost every year all the way back to when I was a kid, but last year is a blank. The first Mother’s Day after Mikey passed I do remember it was hard, I spent the day with my mom and sister, we went to look and buy flowers. Last year is a blank. I do feel bad that I have not been nicer to my sister in past Mother’s Day, she hasn’t seen her boys since her ex took them, they dropped off the grid and the court was no help getting them back. We have not seen them since they were about 10 and 8 when their dad moved them out of town and kept them hidden. I know it’s hard for her because she has no idea where they are, how they are doing, and if by any chance they are on the social media please call her. The whole family misses you. I want to say THANK YOU all, the Mother’s and Father’s who everyday do the best we can to help shape the next generation. Also THANK YOU to those who don’t have kids and help those around them anyway to be better and improve the next generation. Enjoy the pictures. Thank you for the love you share with me, the support you give me, and keeping Mikey in this world for those up coming generations. Love Kathy

Records

KathyAverill — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:22:10 +0000

Hi world it’s mid-day Sunday and as I said I would put up the first box of records from Mikey. Again not sure what to do with them all but would like you to see some of the ones he had. So this is the first box of nine that I will let people see. They are in alphabet order of the box. I’m sure some you will know some you will not. Enjoy and THANK YOU ALL for the love and support you continue to give. Love Kathy

Ahmad Jamal trio 1958

America 1971

Antiworlds Andrei Voznesensky

Arlo Guthrie 1978

Arlo Guthrie hobo’s lullabye 1972

Arrested Development 1994

Barry Whites greatest hits 1973

Best of Little Anthony

Billy Cobham’s Glass mengerie 1982

Billy Cobham Spectrum 1973

Bob Dylan Greatest hits

Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding

Bob James Touchdown 1978

Boiled in lead from the ladle to the grave1989

Bootsy 1978

Bread 1972

Charlie Byrd Aquarius

Chick Corea

Chick Corea again and again1983

Chick Corea 1976

Chick Corea 1982

Chick Corea Return to forever 1977

Chopin concert #2

DJ Swamp never ending breakbeats

Deep Purple who do we think we are1970

Del the funk homosapien

Donald Byrd Steel Lady

Earth Wind Fire Gratitude 1975

Eric Quincy Tate 1972

George Winston 1982

Hendrix Band of Gypsys 1969

Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock Sextant

Jeff Beck group 1973

Jimi Hendrix Experience

Jimi Hendrix Rainbow Bridge 1971

Jimi Hendrix what’d i say 1965

Jimi Hendrix # 2

Jimi Hendrix

Johnny Cash Jerry lee Lewis Hank Williams

Illogic celestial clock work

John Lennon Double Fantasy 1980

Johnny Cash I walk the line

Kimya Dawson and friends Alphabutt

Led Zeppelin III 1970

Led Zeppelin 1969

Mahalia Jackson

McCoy Tyner Trident

Janis Joplin Pearl

Pink Floyd Dark side of the moon 1973

Ohio Players Honey 1975

Organized Konfusion

Stanley Clarke Journey to love 1975

Santana

Sesame Street 1 1974

Sketches Megan McDonough 1974

Steppenwolf abc collection1976

The Rolling Stone goats head soup 1973

The Wizard of Oz

Time out to think Fr. Gene Jakubek

Weather report heavy weather 1977

Sun/Moon

KathyAverill — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:03:40 +0000

When I went out for my break the past couple of days as I looked at the moon and sun both in the sky. I remembered something Mikey and I use to do, even when he was an adult. We used to watch the moon, and when both the sun and moon were in the sky we would try to guess when they would be at the same height/latitude/meet. We would say things like: I say they meet in 10 mins., he would say today they wont meet or we say lets time it. We would just sit and move our heads back and forth until we were tiered or laughing or they would meet or had to go inside or get on with the day and couldn’t wait any more. We always tried to catch the moon at each stage and just say hi. He was always happy at watching the moon. The loved weather to watch a storm come in, the changes in the sky, clouds. When he was little and we took long drives and he would tell me all the things he saw in the clouds as we drove along. One time when they (Mikey & Maxx) did a show in Santa Cruz we had a room in the hills and the hot tub was cut into the hill. We sat there for at least an hour just looking at the huge full moon and all the stars. So today I found myself saying well I would say you’ll meet in 20 mins. Then I thought your mom really is crazy or at the very least came up with crazy things for us to do. I wish I could of stayed out to see if I was right but break isn’t that long. Oh well maybe next time. So the next time you see the morning or evening sun and moon sky how long do you think it’ll take to meet or wont they? Thanks for reading and supporting. Love Kathy

What to do with Sunday’s

KathyAverill — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:24:33 +0000

Hi there cyber world. Who’s up, who’s just waking up, and who’s not gone to sleep??? Me I have been up awhile. Believe it or not Sunday’s are still very hard for me. Most times I wake up remembering how I had to go to my folks and tell them Mikey passed. My mom just saying Oh No, my dad say what are you talking about. Me asking them to call my brother and sister. I have to get back to the house and start calling everyone, I had 100′s of people to call. I got very good at it, I would start by asking where are you? Then depending on what they said I would either say pull the car/van over and stop but if they were not driving I would say sit down. Then I would tell them Mikey died last night. I never left a message other than to call the house before you do anything, it’s important. The hardest one to get a hold of was Nettie, she was hosting a football party and didn’t answer the phone. I left her a message saying don’t go on the internet, keep the kids off it too, don’t watch the news until you talk to me. When she finally call back the first thing she said was why can’t I go on the net? I told her and like everyone she was in shock. I got a lot What, what are you saying from most people. Sometime I would just like to skip Sundays, the day most people rest or get ready for their work week but me I find myself just wanted to run away. I don’t of course. I don’t run away from all the work there is still to be done. Mikey’s things still have to be gone through more, the music has to be listened to and then what do we want to do with it, I still have clothes, nick nacks (from his place and those he left here), the journals, books, movies, equipment, and then there are millions of pictures (I took from home and shows). Now this may sound funny but I’m not ready to let go of or go through some of his stuff. I know I have to but sometime the anxiety gets so high, I’m lucky if I just don’t sit in the corner and flip the TV. Well as the rest of the world is waking up or going to bed depending on what part of the world your in, I should get to work cleaning out the garage so I can once again move things around and find places for all this stuff. As always THANK YOU ALL for the love, support, and well wish. Love Kathy

Me

KathyAverill — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:01:31 +0000

So this is about me not Mikey but I think it could apply to all of us. Have you ever try to look at where are neurosis, phobias, fixations any term you call the things that we all have that affect what we do come from. I have recently looked at why I’m uncomfortable with things tight around my neck. So this is something no one but the person who did it knows. I was choked to death. When I woke up in the hospital with no permanent damage they seemed surprised and I was very confused at what had happened. As years have gone by and I get older it has become a unconscious decision to not have things tight on my neck. I even wake up if my necklace slips when I’m sleeping. It’s hard to find the start of when things affect us. Now that I know where this one comes from I might try to work on it. I did just get a turtle neck cashmere sweater. I had talked about Mikey and not wearing jewelry and I did find a couple picture with him with a necklace on. I even still have it. As the winter ends and we move into spring try looking at what has caused you to change. Somethings will be good and some will be bad. But maybe just maybe if we find where they started we can decide to change them or live with them. Thanks for the love, support, and always reading. Love Kathy

New Red on Black Crushkill Recordings Shirts!

skillkrane — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:38:32 +0000

A very limited second run of Crushkill Recordings shirts!

Crushkill cupid logo in red on the front, Crushkill Recordings cursive font on the right sleeve.

Shirts are printed on black Tultex pre-shrunk shirts (100% ringspun cotton) and will ship with Crushkill stickers while they last.

Grab yours here.

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