Of all the fantastic moments this week at Pendleton Rock and Roll Camp (more on that later, I hope), the one I’ll remember most fondly was fellow camp counselor Vaughn, a Pendleton native, unveiling his one-man loop pedal band, Day Moanstar, for the other counselors at a spaghetti party just outside of town. It was an amazing set, and we were all hollering along to lyrics like “Jurassic Par-tay / Party on the lawn with the mastadon,” “Hey, fool, you think that you is cool/ Do you take a helicopter to school” and “In the land of the dinosaurs / Oh Christmas tree” (those are two different songs) and dancing like crazy.

Vaughn is a sweet, funny kid, and while there’s a childlike quality to his work (I assure you none of it is feigned, he’s just a funny guy), there are plenty of hot licks, also. I picked “Superhero Song” becuase it balances both the silly and the rocking. If Vaughn told me his dad was Stephen Malkmus, I’d totally believe him. His music isn’t unlike the early Sexton Blake tunes, Mr. Hodges (now of the infamous Starfucker) would have sang about chocolate milk and legos.” If Day Moanstar heads to Portland, we’ll blog it like crazy.

p.s. This Cut of the Day Ought to make up for the three we missed this week because I was swimming and teaching kids.

Download audio file (superherosong.mp3)

Links:
Day MoanstarSpace

Photo courtesy of Day MoanstarSpace