Hands On, Headpones On, and Figuring the Rest Out As I Go
The finish line on this epic chapbook project is in sight, guys. I’m working on the collection of short poems, I have the proof of the 10th chapbook on the way, and the 9th chapbook didn’t need any edits, so will be popping up on Amazon in short order. (here) Today, I get to share […]
Read More New Chapbook: Dry BonesI decided to write this one on the new baritone uke as an excuse to noodle around with it and get used to it. Ultimately, this song pretty much exists because I had two weird encounters in the same week. This happens to all of us sometimes, I think – where we have a totally […]
Read More New Tune: It’s YouI’m trying to behave myself and be better about actually doing the whole ‘promoting shit I’m doing’ thing, so here you have it: I just hit the appropriate button to make it available on amazon, though it can take a few days before it’s listed as available. When I was working on this one, I […]
Read More Next Chapbook Available: The Dark HoursI have some steampunkery to talk to you about from this year’s festival, but I haven’t taken the pics off of my camera yet, so I’ll have to get back to that later (soon…ish), but in the meanwhile, I’ve been roughing up a new tune. Been debating on calling it ‘Wake up Dreaming’ or ‘Masquerade’, […]
Read More New Tune: Wake Up DreamingThe inspiration for this song is weird. It comes from a thousand different places that all have nothing at all to do with the end result. It comes from my recent hike in Ramanessin where my shoes got stuck in the mud, and from the concentration camps in Chechnya, and from an anthill I stepped […]
Read More New Tune: AdriftHere’s another new one. This one I just finished writing a day or two ago. I’m sure those of you who might be audiophiles have possibly noticed that in spite of all of my talk about audio interfaces and DAW software, etc, I’m still recording these kind of off-the-cuff on my cell phone. It’s all […]
Read More New Tune: UnsaidThat’s “new”, as in new to you, my readers. I’ve been promising to upload this one for a while, and I just haven’t done it. I was going to do a better recording, and I didn’t. I was going to upload it to soundcloud, but I still keep running into space issues on soundcloud that […]
Read More New Tune: On A Quiet MorningYou might construe this one as political if you squint, given our current political landscape in the US, but actually it’s just sort of a coincidence that this one ended up being called ‘Mexico’. True story. This morning at about 9:30, I’m at work and my dad calls. Now, I’m pretty firm about people not […]
Read More New Tune: MexicoFirst run of another new tune. NOTE: This one’s politics, too. If that’s not your can of worms, then skip this post. If you don’t and get offended, I don’t want to hear shit about it. I warned you. I think it’s foolish to assume that any sort of art is not a reaction to […]
Read More New Tune-14Really super rough draft of a new tune. I’m going to preface here: Yes, the song is sort of political. If that bugs you, turn back. Stop now. Do not proceed any further. I will not debate my political views. I feel no hesitation whatsoever about deleting comments. I do make every effort to avoid […]
Read More New Tune: They Dying Light (Very VERY Rough)