Biografia:
WHY AM I WRITING THIS PORTASTATIC BIO?
By Tom Scharpling
Why? Because in the bio for BRIGHT IDEAS, Portastatic’s amazing 2005 full-length, my name was mis-spelled. Here’s the offending passage:
“Portastatic first achieved delicacy in 1992, when Tom Sharpling, proprietor of the fanzine 18 Wheeler, persuaded McCaughan to release a 7” of the recordings he had been making for kicks in his kitchen.”
Sharpling? It’s S-C-H, guys. What happened?
Read more on Last.fm
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
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Full of Stars - Portastatic
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Tabbed by: Jeff
intro:
C9 C Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
e|-0--0----0--0---0--------0-------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--1----3--1---1--------0-------1--------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0----0--0---2--------0-------2--------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--2----2--2---3--------2-------3--------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3----3--3---0--------3-------0--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
play rhythm guitar part like this, with palm muting:
e----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0--3-3-3-3---|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---|
E------------------1-1-1-1---|
C F C F
There's an ocean in your ears.
C F C F
There's an ocean in your ears.
C G F Em Am G F
It might take seven seas for the salty water to wash away your tears.
G F C
But if you listen, little girl there's an ocean in your ears.
(play intro again)
C F C F
There's a moon against your cheek.
C F C F
Yeah, there's a moon against your cheek.
C G F Em
And when you're feeling the ground and the wind gets wild,
Am G F G
and the light around you gets weak - just look up, look up,
F C
there's a moon against your cheek.
C F C F
And your hair is full of stars.
C F C F
Yeah, your hair is full of stars.
C G F Em
It's a phosphorescent tangle 'round your head
Am G F
and you will always know where you are.
G F C
Yeah, it's a messy constellation, your hair is full of stars.
Full of stars.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Full of Stars - Portastatic
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Tabbed by: Jeff
intro:
C9 C Fmaj7 Cmaj7 Fmaj7
e|-0--0----0--0---0--------0-------0--------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--1----3--1---1--------0-------1--------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--0----0--0---2--------0-------2--------------------------------------------------|
D|-2--2----2--2---3--------2-------3--------------------------------------------------|
A|-3--3----3--3---0--------3-------0--------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
play rhythm guitar part like this, with palm muting:
e----------------------------|
B----------------------------|
G----------------------------|
D-2-0-0-2-0-0-2-0--3-3-3-3---|
A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---|
E------------------1-1-1-1---|
C F C F
There's an ocean in your ears.
C F C F
There's an ocean in your ears.
C G F Em Am G F
It might take seven seas for the salty water to wash away your tears.
G F C
But if you listen, little girl there's an ocean in your ears.
(play intro again)
C F C F
There's a moon against your cheek.
C F C F
Yeah, there's a moon against your cheek.
C G F Em
And when you're feeling the ground and the wind gets wild,
Am G F G
and the light around you gets weak - just look up, look up,
F C
there's a moon against your cheek.
C F C F
And your hair is full of stars.
C F C F
Yeah, your hair is full of stars.
C G F Em
It's a phosphorescent tangle 'round your head
Am G F
and you will always know where you are.
G F C
Yeah, it's a messy constellation, your hair is full of stars.
Full of stars.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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