February 2012
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DEBATE TIME
Consumers of music, let’s take a poll! Which do you think is a better method of distributing recordings: CDs or download cards? Show your work.
January 2012
17 posts
“If you got a setback, don’t take a step back, step into a comeback!”
– The support-our-troops, star-spangled cyclist of Seattle.
Watchpaintyhands:
nebulullalovefest ~ sundance dancesun memoires via HR
Who’s that scrawny, poorly-dressed creature dancing at the beginning? Yours truly, of course.
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This is a new song in the works, nearing...
“The pundits have asked, “Is this all some joke?” We’ve all...”
– Stephen Colbert
“I am 100% opposed to SOPA and PIPA, even though I’m one of the artists they were...”
– -Wil Wheaton
Also, some good news.
(via therealkatiewest)
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Love Comes Home (Lyrics)
Just posted this new lyric. Song as of yet unfinished but growing, germinating. http://hitrecord.org/records/637190
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Arms! Encircle me, try to slow me down,
You just try to keep momentum from taking me downtown
Towards the future, towards what nobody knows but everybody could
Eyes! Undress me, come cut me down to size,
Try to keep me mortal, though you know I’m gonna rise
...
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NEW YORK CITY
In a month’s time, I’ll be all up in NYC’s face. This will be my second visit. I still have no idea what to do, where to go.
I’m staying for the whole first weekend of February, leaving on Monday afternoon. Saturday night is already spoken for.
What should I do in New York City this time around?
This song is a draft of a song for my new EP,...
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The Only Goddamn Way To Spend New Year's Day
All of the birds were singing, All of the birds were singing, Singing out of key, out of key on New Year’s Day All of the clouds were hiding, All of the clouds were hiding, Hiding ‘round the mountains, ‘round the hills on New Year’s Day. And there wasn’t anything to do But there was laughter to pursue And food and songs and tales to tell Over coffee, hot and black as...
December 2011
11 posts
The Jot & Tittle
Me: I love that the dot on the letter i is called the "tittle."
Aaron: I love that there's a word for the dot on the letter i.
Me: The stem is called the "jot"! Incidentally, "Tittle and the Jots" is the name of my doo-wop band.
Aaron: Really? Because The Jot & Tittle is the name of my new pub.
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AN ACTUAL TEXT EXCHANGE
Jason: Traffic looks pretty bad. I'm [going to] end up a little bit late.
Me: Due to late buses I am in the same boat.
Jason: It's hard to catch a bus when you're in the boat.
Me: You're right. I should probably just get a taxi.
RIMSHOT
Listen To Me Talk And Sing About A Book On The... →
Well, it’s not gonna be on the radio yet. Not ‘til Thursday. But the idea of my voice and my music being sent through the air on waves of light? Pretty exciting. I mean, with the internet, a more advanced medium, my voice is just traveling on condensed waves of light through a series of tubes. Not quite as exciting as surfing through the atmosphere, is it?
All in all, the universe is...
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The Trouble With Conspiracy Theories
I got friends. I talk to some of these friends about politics. And every now and then, a friend will start talking about something that she or he will not say is a conspiracy, but contains all of the elements thereof. A small group of the uber-rich trying to destroy the world for their own gain, as an example, or the Jew-run media, as another. And here is where I balk, and I try to convince them...
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Two Types of Melancholy
Have you ever noticed it? There’s different kinds of melancholy that have different effects. They have different cures, too, and some you wouldn’t want to cure at all (thought that won’t stop some folks).
Some melancholies render the subject dispirited and immobile. It seems obvious that these are unhealthy and dangerous, but this melancholy obscures the obvious. And...
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There's A Hole In The World
Today I had the great pleasure of writing a song in the bounds of fifteen minutes. Granted, the general idea came several weeks ago. But it all came flowing out today in one swift motion. http://hitrecord.org/records/581887
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In the heart of the world, Your name left a hole Surrounded by diamonds And fossils and coal. The Earth is collapsing, And the cracks, they call came From the hole in...
November 2011
3 posts
Existential Quandary: Should "Man With Hat"...
I’m in a bit of a conundrum here.
There’s a monthly show in which I am involved, a review of local songwriters, and the usually incredibly supportive organizer, Geoff, always forgets to use my stage name when writing up press stuff. I recently sent him an email, asking if it was a big deal. He apologized and said that he never remembers because he doesn’t understand it.
Then, I...
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It's Never Quiet
Last night, I lay in bed for quite a while. It’s a residential street upon which I live, so there was almost no sound. Yet I had to think myself to sleep. I had to keep thinking to keep out the noise. The freeway is several miles away, so there was hardly even the hum of distant, speeding cars. No drunks ramble up this way. But it’s not quiet for me. It’s never quiet. In still...
October 2011
8 posts
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This is my humblest contribution to...
lynchianbedhead asked: Is your name a reference to Men Without Hats?
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What Happened To My Great Aunt
Don’t you worry about the mole on your skin, it’s gonna be just fine. The doctor will take care of it, and the sun will always shine- Unless that surgery goes wrong And toxins flow to your legs so long. But you will always always be a friend of mine, Sister of mine.
Don’t worry about the gangrene in your leg, it’s gonna be all right. The doctor will take care of it, and...
This song by @geoffberner has been stuck in my...
September 2011
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The City of Forgotten Ideas
http://hitrecord.org/records/505461
A double-whammy today! Sample below, full text via the link above.
If you venture to the dark places of the city, where the street lights flicker and the sidewalks buckle from the force of the roots beneath them, you will find Ideas that have chosen to live in the slums and be forgotten. These are Ideas for things that inspire fear and terror; these are...
The Scientist of Death
A new story I have written! Found in full here: http://hitrecord.org/records/505448
The subject of our tale is a female human and her long-time mate. They did not have names, for names were not needed yet. This female and this male had a soul-bond and had chosen not to take any other mates. He assisted their tribe in hunting the wild beasts for food and skin, while she gathered the roots, the...
I need a bigger box to store my memories.
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I'M WRITING A SCIENCE FICTION PARTY SONG
Ideas. Go.
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For my first original entry to my Tumblr, I...