Monthly Archives: April 2010
Day 120: Hush Little Baby
—Lyrics— hush little baby don’t say a word there’s already too much noise in the world just keep your wide eyes wide open to see what is around you and me before you know it you’ll be as old as … Continue reading
Filed under electric guitar, electronic songs
Day 119: Short to Ground
Short to ground: believe it or not, what I spent a good majority of my workday thinking about, from an electrical point of view, as applied to huge computers. (Some days, going to work really is pretty damn interesting.) —Lyrics— … Continue reading
Filed under keyboard songs, rock songs
Day 118: Zerio Herio
It’s not that I’m lazy. It’s that it’s really late, I’m really tired, I’m on the road in Endicott, NY, and god dammit I just want to go to bed. I already fell asleep once with face on keyboard tonight … Continue reading
Filed under keyboard songs, Uncategorized
Day 116: The Fix
—Lyrics— my intentions are tied like cravats on my neck dear every morning I make them fit just so: over and through again until the fight is a fix the boxer was paid to take the fall a swing and … Continue reading
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Changes…
So you’ve probably noticed that I changed the look of the site over the weekend. I just got bored looking at the same page every day. (I’m sure you feel the same way.) More important than the looks, though, is … Continue reading
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Day 115: The World Is On Fire
Has anyone seen The Ghost Writer? It’s good. —Lyrics— one two three and four I do declare it is a fine day for a war let’s check the numbers well the polls say not to go don’t know what’s good … Continue reading
Filed under rock songs, Uncategorized
Day 114: Sand Castles
1) Yes, I remember that dance/pop/techno song about “sandcastles in the sky” or whatever. This is not that song. 2) I have officially abandoned the mimicry project. It started being a total mind-trip to try to emulate an artist without … Continue reading
Filed under rock songs, Uncategorized
Day 113: Little Finger
I am now officially obsessed with the summer: rooftops, parks, food at the Red Hook ball fields. It’s just what I’m obsessed with. Sue me. —Lyrics— take it with a grain of salt little finger raised and cocked in truth … Continue reading
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Day 112: Slow and Steady
Today’s mimicry has to do with The Strokes. Very tough to do them right. Sounds are one thing — I got somewhat close (close enough?) — but their songs are just really good, and written in a manner I’m just … Continue reading
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Day 111: Spider in a Cup
Mimicry Week, Day 3: Bon Iver stylings. (Yes, I realize this is a non-consequence week. What can you do.) Not the most convincing Bon Iver “fake cover” ever, but I think it gets the most important things down. Except, perhaps, … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic songs
Day 110: English Summer Sky
Did I mention I saw Bright Star the other day? Well, I did, and it’s got some pretty gorgeous cinematography. Or maybe England is just really pretty. Either way, I wrote this immediately afterwards:
Filed under movie music
Day 109: Come Back and Haunt Me
Today was an interesting day. I like taking bike rides, mostly because I just like riding my bike, but also because I often come up with good ideas as I’m circling Prospect Park. This evening, I got back with what … Continue reading
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Day 108: Caught In The Middle
Day 108 of the project, Day 2 of my Week O’ Mimicry, in which each day I try to emulate the sound of an artist I like. Today is Blonde Redhead day. I think I actually did a pretty decent … Continue reading
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Day 107: To Save a Life
Q: Can I do a halfway-decent impression of a QOTSA song? A: I guess so (?)… —Lyrics— well we’ve been here before I told you once and I’ll you again contain your urge to ignore there’s nothing worse than a … Continue reading
Filed under rock songs
