Monthly Archives: June 2010
Day 181: Berlin
a) because I love Berlin. b) because yesterday I had a beer with my friend Jesse, who also loves Berlin. c) because you, too, should probably love Berlin, but not enough to move there and make all the cool gritty … Continue reading
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Day 180: Thousand Dollar Stroller
Look, I live in Park Slope. A realtor would tell you that, anyway. Point is, I spend most of my non-working time hanging out there, because it’s an awesome neighborhood. I won’t get into that. But it’s also undeniable that … Continue reading
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A song a day keeps the IRS away…
Came across a mildly interesting piece in Digital Music News this morning about superstar songwriters (you know, like, the people who actually wrote "Empire State of Mind," as opposed to a) producing it or b) singing it). Here’s a little … Continue reading
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Day 179: Stop the World
The summer: like your favorite team, easy to love when it’s giving you sunny skies and dry warmth, and just as easy to hate when it’s humid as hell and you can’t make it to the subway without sweating through … Continue reading
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Day 178: Last Minute Panic
Ahhh, the sweet sweet sound of fuzz. Love it. I haven’t been in the city (Manhattan, that is) on the weekend in a long time. What a zoo. I often wish I could just troll around in a submarine and … Continue reading
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Day 177: Grammar and Fuss
I’m overdue for some more uptempo stuff. Tomorrow, I promise. Mostly for myself. I default to quiet acoustic songs when it’s just super late at night and I can’t really justify doing anything else. That said, I liked tonight’s song, … Continue reading
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Day 176: Not Figure It Out
Let me tell you, it’s not that easy to write a song on a Friday night when it’s hot and you’re tired and it’s late and your new next door neighbors are having some crazy dance party and you really … Continue reading
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Day 175: Eden
For a newborn New Yorker… —Lyrics— hush little baby you’re four days old there’s plenty of time left to scream at the world it’s not such a bad place i’ll help you see you may not believe it but it … Continue reading
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Day 174: Reminds Me of the 20s
Why does it remind me of the 20s? Who can say. Things I did today that are somewhat (or altogether, frankly) relevant to the lyrics here: Read portions of the New Yorker’s 20 under 40 issue Watch the last 20 … Continue reading
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Day 173: Wordless (Speak to Me)
Wow, the first day in a while where I don’t have a picture to guide me. It feels almost odd, writing to no images but the ones in my head. Actually, I did take some notes earlier today about what … Continue reading
Filed under electronic songs, keyboard songs
Day 172: Can’t Afford to Love NYC (Train + Ace Reporter)
I saved this picture of Ramit’s for last because I just wasn’t sure what to do with it — something angular? Something a bit harder? At the end of the day (or, close to it, at least), I sat down … Continue reading
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Day 171: County Fairs (Train + Ace Reporter)
I really liked this one of Ramit’s pictures when I picked it out, and when I got around to writing the music it wasn’t actually all that hard (you’ll notice that today’s song is basically a waltz). But the lyrics … Continue reading
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Day 170: Lean Honey Lean (Train + Ace Reporter)
The water tower: it’s such an iconic image of Brooklyn that I could have more or less written any song and it would have been easy to relate it, but I did try to make it a song about late … Continue reading
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Day 169: Swinging Like a Champ (Train + Ace Reporter)
Ok, here’s where I’m coming from: this picture looks really German expressionist to me, a la Egon Schiele or a George Grosz; I’ve been reading a book about the greatest tennis match ever played (arguably) — a 1937 Davis Cup … Continue reading
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Day 168: Sky Escape (Train + Ace Reporter)
I saw this picture and thought, If a fire escape is something you use to get down from a building when it’s on fire, then this sort of looks like a sky escape: something you use to get up into … Continue reading
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