The Tentacles

The Cave

2011-09-19T10:28:00.000-07:00

The Cave from John Rasmussen on Vimeo.

Directed by John Rasmussen
Written by Pete Teraberry
Music by THE TENTACLES

Figerprints

2010-06-28T05:49:00.000-07:00

New video for our song FINGERPRINTS. We've all been there.

Studio Rats

2009-12-07T07:57:00.000-08:00

PAN is now available for purchase

2009-11-18T09:40:00.001-08:00

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thetentacles4

WHALE SONG

2009-11-18T09:39:00.000-08:00

Whale Song from Alex Minnick on Vimeo.

1st video from our new album PAN

PAN has arrived

2009-10-08T13:01:00.000-07:00

After much labor we've delivered a new Baby, and its name is PAN. Got a bunch of copies in the mail today and looks and sounds great. Will be available soon.-the Managment

PAN!

2009-08-19T11:17:00.000-07:00

4th album is on the way

The Tentacles and Lauren Jacs 06.21.09

2009-06-29T15:20:00.000-07:00

Sam just loves to take photos on the road! Here are some pics of the audience.

2009-03-03T14:12:00.000-08:00

Tentacles in Art Show

2008-12-09T07:09:00.000-08:00

Jan. 8 at 8:00

4th Album is nigh!

2008-11-17T14:19:00.001-08:00

Our 4th album, PAN, is about half mixed. Comming to ears soon.

Shrine On

2008-10-22T08:12:00.000-07:00

Nice picture of a Tentacle shrine sent to us by one of our fans in Mexico.

Offical Tentacle Haters

2008-09-12T08:00:00.000-07:00

http://wholewheatradio.org/wiki/index.php/Artists:The_Tentacles

Listener Comments

I find pretentious "art" like this boring, trite and the mark of an immature wannabe. Truly creative people who want to express something to the wider world and then hide behind chemically induced fantasy do nothing. Being a drunk does not confer creative abilities automatically. I can hardly listen to Sam's music because he throws up such high walls and makes it impossible to establish a relationship with him. His right. Mine to remove him from the library.
Well said, Mr. Kloss, and I couldn't agree more. Perhaps it seemed like a good idea at the time (while drunk), but, hopefully, one must wake up and sober up at some point in time, and re-examine their "creation". Just because it was captured on tape (or whatever medium) doesn't necessarily mean it should be kept. If it doesn't stand up to the light, don't slap the tag "art" on it and besmirch the rest of the artistic community with this type of insult. This is just a large, formerly steaming but now tepid pile of excrement, in my opinion. 12-stringer (talk/contribs)

American Gothic

2008-09-03T13:56:00.000-07:00

Where did you learn to rock?

2008-07-31T07:18:00.000-07:00

The Slythus

2008-06-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

Working on new lyrics.

A snickers bar

melting

in a dead man's

mouth

yesterday's hair

weave

is blowing the

wind

Post on Juxtapoz

2008-01-28T08:48:00.000-08:00

Attention hipsters an lowbrow art lovers, we got a nice post up on the JUXTAPOZ website.
http://www.juxtapoz.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2388&Itemid=1

The Salty Dog

2008-01-21T17:58:00.000-08:00

Get ready for our version of SALTY DOG. And our upcoming death metal jam, SALTY SLUG.

Go to MODA or U Suck!

2008-01-09T17:27:00.000-08:00

http://themuseumofdrunkenart.blogspot.com/

LOST IN THE SAUCE

2007-12-13T08:46:00.000-08:00

Well LOST IN THE SAUCE is done, thank god. Anyway, check it out, and yes I know it makes no sense.

Bartoons Now Serving

2007-11-28T07:36:00.000-08:00

TENTACLE friend and mad cartoonist Harrod has launched his blog BARTOONS http://bartoons.blogspot.com/ to showcase his BARTOONS. Makes sense.

Press

2007-11-10T11:23:00.000-08:00

Well we've been getting some press lately which is nice. Its all for the visual side of THE TENTACLES, the sonic side is still toiling in obscurity. We made a couple of papers, even made the front page of one. Last night we got interviewed by HDTV which I gather is some kind of television station with high definition programing. I'm sure my greasy mug will look great on your giant plasma screen. Anyway, that's it for now.

I wonder if anyone reads this blog, or am I just talking to myself. I wonder if I care.

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/44/30_44badart.html

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/pdf/30_44bp.pdf

The Museum of Drunken Art Comes Home

2007-10-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

Attention all drug addicts, perverts, glue sniffers, alcoholics, reprobates and all other artistic types: The Museum of Drunken Art (MODA) Is coming home. During the month of November The MODA collection will be on display at Freddy’s Bar and Grill. We cordially invite you to our show. You won't want to miss this event! This is your chance to ogle the masterpieces of the collection... Encounter real artists...live and in the flesh! And if you need more enticement Donald has promised me, if you present the bar tender with a dead squirrel you will receive one complimentary shot of Fools Gold. For those of you who missed our last event in Beacon some of the notable guests included Karl Lagerfield, Emo Phillips and Enoch Emory. If you have never been to Freddy’s now you have several reasons! Freddy’s Bar 485 Dean St. @ 6th Ave. Brooklyn By Subway take the 2, 3 trains to Bergen Street; Freddy's is right around the corner. Or take practically any train in the city to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street Stations; Walk East on Flatbush and take a left on Dean.

http://freddysbackroom.com/

The opening will be 6-9 PM on Satuday, November 3

Bring your own Pen!

http://themuseumofdrunkenart.blogspot.com/

Tentacle Drummer Imortalized

2007-10-15T11:45:00.001-07:00

MODA opening was fun

2007-10-02T09:29:00.001-07:00

The Museum of Drunken Art had its first Opening over the weekend. I was a great time. All three members of the Tentacles contributed extensively to the show. Here's our Guitarist in mask.

Perfectionist.

This drunk asshole broke one the scultures. It's okay. We remodeled his face later one.

The Clams rock.

How much sweat do you think a shoe lace absorbes? Answer: .35 ml

MODA (Museum of Drunken Art) Goes to Beacon!

2007-09-17T14:47:00.001-07:00

That's right folks, the MODA Collection is touring! And we cordially invite you to our show. You won't want to miss this event! This is your chance to ogle the masterpieces of the collection... Encounter real artists...live and in the flesh! And if you need more enticement, there will be a keg of the finest beer that money can buy.

There is supposedly another “museum” in Beacon, you might check while you are there. There are also a number of goings on in Beacon this weekend including the Sprit of Beacon parade! If you have never been to Beacon now you’ve got several reasons!

Selections from the MODA (Museum of Drunken Art) will be on view at:
BAU/Beacon Artist Union161 Main StreetBeacon, NY

The opening is from 6-9 pm on Saturday, September 29th.

Beacon is but a hop skip and a jump from NYC. So come on down and get in on the action!

http://themuseumofdrunkenart.blogspot.com/

PS - It’s not too late to contribute work to the exhibition! Mail your submissions to me at486 Putnam AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11221

TENTACLES 3rd ALBUM NOW AVAILABLE!

2007-08-23T07:01:00.000-07:00

Prepare your brains for scrambbling. The new TENTACLES album, THE SECRET ROOM is now available. Good for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. You can put it your hands, complete with sweet art work, at http://cdbaby.com/cd/thetentacles3 Or for you robot types you put it in your computer at itunes. Enjoy and go in peace.

Handgun on IFC

2007-08-17T07:10:00.000-07:00

Handgun is up on the Independent Film Channel website. Checkout the madness. http://www.ifc.com/films?aId=20130&bcpid=932579944&bclid=958607917&bctid=1119211999

Go Hawks!

2007-08-17T07:05:00.000-07:00

New movie by TENTACLE collaborator Alex Minnick.

BRACE YOURSELF

2007-08-17T06:55:00.000-07:00

Get ready loyal listeners. Our third album will be available nigh. You can purchase it from the fine folks at http://cdbaby.com/ in about a week. This is our magnum opus double album, THE SECRET ROOM.

Tentacle Drummers start small

2007-07-12T12:02:00.000-07:00

Snip Snip!

2007-07-12T12:00:00.000-07:00

Rio Astrido

2007-06-19T12:19:00.000-07:00

Here's some Character Designs I did for a TV Pilot I wrote call RIO ASTRIDO. It was kind of a space spaghetti western meets Fellini. I knew it would never get made when I was writing it, but it was still fun.

Classic Movie by Tentacle

2007-05-21T09:28:00.000-07:00

Groovy Movie by a Tentacle

2007-05-18T13:44:00.000-07:00

The End of the Universe is Nigh

2007-05-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

New image from upcomming Tentacle Video

The TENTACLES played on WEIRDSVILLE

2007-04-16T11:43:00.000-07:00

The TENTACLES have been played by Weirdsville far out podcast. Check it out http://www.weirdsville.com/podcast.html

Christie from Buffalo

2007-04-10T13:51:00.000-07:00

Christie from Buffalo sends her love to The Tentacles

FREEZE!

2007-03-27T09:33:00.000-07:00

production Still for new Video

2007-03-26T14:23:00.000-07:00

Space Brain!

New Tentacle Video in Progress

2007-03-26T14:10:00.001-07:00

MUSEUM OF DRUNKEN ART SUBMISSIONS

2007-03-20T07:32:00.000-07:00

THE NEW MUSEUM OF DRUNKEN ART is up and running and needs your inebreated art. Booze, pills, pot, terpentine, whatever gets you high, use it, make some art and send it to us.
http://themuseumofdrunkenart.blogspot.com:80/

"You must always be high. Everything depends on it: it is the only question. So as not to feel the horrible burden of Time wrecking your back and bending you to the ground, you must get high without respite. But on what? On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, whatever you like. But get high.And if sometimes you wake up, on palace steps, on the green grass of a ditch, in your room's gloomysolitude, your intoxication already waning or gone, ask the wind, the waves, the stars, the birds, clocks, ask everything that flees, everything that moans, everything that moves, everything that sings, everything that speaks, ask what time it is. And the wind, the waves, the stars, the birds, clocks, will answer, 'It is time to get high! So as not to be the martyred slaves of Time, get high; get high constantly! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish."- Charles Baudelaire

Cosmic Expansion

2007-03-15T09:13:00.000-07:00

Like the cosmos we're expanding. http://www.virb.com/tentacles

Tentacle fans from Naperville, IL

2007-02-28T07:35:00.000-08:00

Image sent from Tentacle fans from Naperville, IL. Shout out from Jen and Michelle. They were listening to the Tentacles at the time.

Run Chery, Run!

2007-01-16T11:29:00.000-08:00

IN THE BEGINING

2006-06-23T13:54:00.000-07:00

In the Beginning

In the beginning Harry was our leader. He was a great big black hairy thing that came and went mysteriously. Some would say he was more beast than man. I agree. Harry inspired us to action not through his words (which no one understood) but through his actions. He was a force of nature. He was pure will like the waves or a rock or at very least like some rabid wolf running wild in a forest that abuts your property. In short he inspired fear but he inspired none the less. He inspired all of us.Back in those days we lived in a house, all of us. It was a great big sloppy house that needed paint and suffered from neglect. When it rained the house leaked. So we’d put buckets and pans everywhere, under the streams of piss that ripped from the ceiling. We’d wait for the buckets to fill then we’d bail them over the side of the front porch. I t made me feel as if we were living in an old boat, perhaps more like a shipwreck than a boat. And there we lived if not too well.I am sure that all of us worked at various trades during the day. I am certain that one of us worked as day labor picking fruit, and another was an accountant. I cannot recall my own particular trade, which leads me to believe it was one of little consequence. I would like to imagine that I was a baker, a proud baker inspecting his rising dough or sniffing warm muffins while the others are still asleep. But I myself have never been much of an early riser so I know this must not be so. Needless to say we got by and not too poorly when it wasn’t raining. Things weren’t so bad when you got used to the mold and gradual decay which consumed the house. And in the evenings we‘d sit on the not unsoggy front porch, sip on 2 penny ale and listen to warped Jimmy Buffet records which were pulled from water logged sleeves. When the record ended we’d listen to the crickets and then we’d go to bed in our respective rooms. One day we returned home from each of our particular trades, only to discover there was no longer any order there. Everything had been smashed. The chairs were smashed. The table was smashed. The stereo was smashed. Even the Jimmy Buffet albums were torn to shreds. Smashed and stacked into one great mound in the center of the living room. You could no longer tell the chair from the table, or the stereo from the records. It was now just a mound. We were perplexed to say the least. Some one of us said that he wouldn’t mind a 2 penny Ale, and others assented. It was then that Harry stepped in through the kitchen door.Harry told us that he believed the universe was in a state of chaos. And that he had transformed our living room into crude model of his vision of the universe. He said if we wanted order in our universe we would have to impose our will upon our environment. He said thus far we had not imposed our will at all but merely accepted what was given to us. None of us followed what he was saying. We nonetheless promised to try our best to carry out his orders. Some one brought in a case of 2 penny ale. We sat on the floor and solemnly hummed Cheeseburgers in Paradise. The next day we got down to work. With sheets of cardboard and a roll of Scotch Tape we began to recreate everything that had existed before in the universe which we called our living room. It was hard work. And nothing looked quite right. You might be able to name the things we made. For instance, that thing would be called a chair. But that was about all you could say for the thing, and God knows you wouldn’t want to try to sit in it, unless you were an extremely daring person. Just when we finished cleaning up, and sat down next to our “furniture” to have a 2 penny Ale, Harry busted through the kitchen door with a fireman’s axe, and began to savagely chop apart our work. Then he stacked the broken bits in a mound in the center the living room. He told us he wasn’t too happy with our work. He said we hadn’t exerted our will upon the Universe, but created a cheap facsimile of someone else’s. He told us to be more original. He told us we have to use the junk and detritus of the old one to create the new one. He said that’s all we got, someone else’s junk, do with it what you can. He taught us that the act of creation is the thing that matters. He put little emphasis on the thing it self and said we shouldn’t either. To illustrate this he destroyed each and everything we made. He said, like it our not that is the way it is. But he let us drink our 2 penny ale and there we lived in a constant cycle of creation and destruction. Despite Harry’s Will, some of the Objects of Creation have survived his brutal hands. These objects we have created in a universe we call the living room. These are the things we will show you, the graven images that have escaped the hand of the destroyer.

Museum OF Drunken Art

2006-06-14T12:23:00.000-07:00

The Tentacles guitarist has started the MUSEUM OF DRUNKEN ART and is looking for sumissions. Go to http://home.earthlink.net/~peterteraberry/themuseumofdrunkenart/index.html to veiw the booze fueled creative process. You can almost smell the alchohol emanating from your computer screen. The museum is always looking for submissions, the only stipulation is you must be drunk when making the art, or at least high.

Abraham on the Subway

2006-06-14T07:48:00.000-07:00

I saw a man almost sacrifice his kid on the subway yesterday. The car doors were closing and guy starts running with his kid in a stroller. The doors close as he slams the stroller into them. They they partially open agian like they sometimes do here in NYC, and he starts trying to wedge the stroller into the opening. Finally he started to get cold feet and backed off. I suppose the image of the subway dragging the stroller and his kid to their grisley end finally dawned on him. Anyway, this has nothing to do with the TENTACLES.

2nd Album out now

2006-06-13T13:53:00.000-07:00

Feeling anxious, depressed, bored, hungry? Try THE TENTACLES second album HEROES: HOT & COLD. Now available to the public.

This time we even got a little help from our friends. Check it out, guaranteed to plug all the holes in your soul. No refunds.

http://cdbaby.com/cd/thetentacles2