news
august 2008
'the wrong impression'
january 2009
'the blue you'
'mad mystic hammering'
'yokel bumpkin's yodelin' pumpkins'
'nice girl'
'cool breeze'
'blue sky moon'
'too little too late?'
'what can i do?'
'crack the chain'
'don't wait for me'
"sonic landscapes for the superfly ear"
july 2008
i've finally got a plan! i can't tell you what it is yet, but it's there. i think it's a good plan, too. it's not too 'planny' either, you know? some plans are like, "oh god this guy's got some big planny plan" but this one doesn't even look like a plan at first glance. so i think that's good. but believe me, this is a really good non-planny plan that i think you will enjoy. not too sure exactly *how* it will be enjoyed, for any good plan always changes from gestation to fruition. in fact, i think that's the first criterion for a good plan: something that is guaranteed to change.
destiny, but no destination. and really, isn't that basically what everything should be?
june 2008
i just sat down to write something. i didn't know what. i just felt i needed to write. then i saw, george carlin died tonight. i cannot write about him right now because i know i would never stop. but i can't write about anything else because it would read like "i'm working on some new songs and... i really miss george." "check back soon for a remixed version of 'a world unknown' and... i love the baseball and football bit george carlin used to do."
i'll say only that george carlin was my all time favorite comedian and all time favorite philosopher. comedy and philosophy are two of the biggest facets of my life and so i can't begin to imagine how different my life would be if it were not for george. the wonderful thing about reminiscing someone like george is that the sadness cannot build up too much momentum. just the thought of his face and his voice and his words and his rhythm. all of a sudden i just tasted salt, my smile intercepted the path of a tear. that's not sappy pseudo-poetry. that actually did just happen.
i feel like i lost an old friend.
the report said it was heart failure, but i think i know what it really was:
"death can be caused by swallowing small amounts of saliva over a long period of time." (george carlin)
june 2008
many new songs of late. the nourishing womb of creativity is warm and comfortable but you never know when you're going to be pushed out.
'over the clouds'
'can't reach the sun'
'the sky is a kaleidoscope'
'over and over'
'someday'
'shaded sky'
'miles'
'shattuck'
'the revolution'
may 2008
ran into this today. this was taken last year by my beloved 'aunt' joan, whose name i lifted for the lyrics in the last post. it was kind of cold and there was thousands and thousands of dollars of photo equipment strewn about the alley we were in. it was 2am and a cop asked us if we had a permit. it truly was work(!!) to be the subject of this photoshoot. but we had fun. as i look at myself plucking away at my '62 fender jaguar, i can't help but think that with whatever tiny amount of ability i have in this life, it is more easily realized by the ear, than by the eye.
may 2008
go
down to ric's posto bella
you've got to find another fella
you'll find the man of your dreams there
that's what i wrote in the letter
to my friend joanie i've never met her
but we write our secrets to each other
mr. postman, handle this
one with care
i haven't heard from joanie in a while
but that's okay it's just her style
she's cool like a mona lisa smile
cool like the coos bay summer air
all my life
i've been trying to find someone like you
and it's a shame
that you're so far away from me
i close my eyes and try to see you
in my dreams why can't my
dreams come true?
guess i couldn't get joanie to fly out here
to go to posto bella so now i'll write
dear joanie where have you been?
and have you been thinking of me?
i'm starting to feel a little down
it's time to go and hit the town
maybe i'll swing by ric's posto bella
i'll feel better, i'll get a muffin and tea
so i sit down
and a beautiful girl she looks right up at me
i introduce myself
she says she's out to visit a friend
he doesn't know she's out here yet
she wants to surprise him and she sure did
she reached out her hand
and said "my name's joanie"
so i buy joanie a nice dinner
it's true that i have never been her man
but now i am and it feels
so good
'cause now i am forever
may 2008
this is something my good pal eliot morrison did for me. neither of us know what it is, or why it is. but we know we like it. hopefully you do too.
may 2008
next week will begin recording sessions for two very different projects. one song, "never over," should be posted above by the end of the month.
april 2008
i'm gunna take all my money
gunna wait 'til it gets sunny
might even call you honey
and we'll laugh at all the people here
gunna take all our possessions
and write all our confessions
and we'll laugh at their expressions
when we throw it all away
april 2008
