Category Archives: found music
And one more for good luck…
Couldn’t help it. I’m an addict. I promise I’m done now. Thanks to the friends and family who helped me sing this one last night. Happy 2011! —Lyrics— should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind? should old … Continue reading
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Day 359: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
I’ve alluded to the fact that exactly a week ago, I (with lots of help from friends ChrisK and Ramit) staged an intimate acoustic show in my brother’s living room. I played a number of songs from my first EP, … Continue reading
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Day 330: St Francis
Another weird one, I know. It was raining, I had some wine glasses lying around, and things more or less devolved from there. If you’ve been wondering, “Hey, when is he gonna start writing some regular songs again? You know, … Continue reading
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Day 321: 4’33″ and 1’33″
A couple days ago, I had a conversation with a friend about John Cage, and it got me to thinking (which is not necessarily a good thing). Anyway, I decided that I’d try to cover his famous piece-not-a-piece 4’33″, so … Continue reading
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Day 319: Gluons (Git Your Pocket Ref)
Dear Me, On a recent business trip, you received a free copy of Thomas J. Glover’s Pocket Ref. Upon examining it at home, you realized that it contained all sorts of potentially useful information. For example: should you be stranded … Continue reading
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Day 306: Inverse Semiotics
Been-there, done-that nihilism. Served up with SpaghettiOs. Continue reading
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Day 296: Mr. Status
—Lyrics— mr status says stop says stop says stop mr status says go says go says go mr status says every second is gold mr status says every minute is all mr status i know it’s hard to do
Filed under electric guitar, found music
Day 285: The System
I had to rent a car today. Here, verbatim, are the two things my Friendly Hertz Representative said to me whilst helping me do so. [Me, trying to sign the paper-that-sits-over-the-electronic-pad-so-Hertz-gets-an-electronic-and-real-signature-all-at-once thingie, but realizing the pen is out of ink]: … Continue reading
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Day 284: Blue Box
My friend Chris Kuklis, aka semi-frequent contributor to this here Project, came by for dinner tonight, and unbeknownst to us, a thunderstorm was brewing outside. If you live in New York, you know I’m not lying when I say it … Continue reading
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Day 279: Bones (Introit & In Paradisum)
Tonight: two tracks. Not really two songs. Maybe better to say two movements. As in a requiem. And, as is probably obvious, this is another installment in the “Previn Warren’s Tunisia Photos” series.
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Day 184: In The City
So, I found an accordion in this farm house. It only plays in one key (G), but that’s ok — anything more complicated than that and I probably wouldn’t have been able to coax anything musical out of it, anyway. … Continue reading
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Day 159: Blindspot
Entering the lair of Chris Kuklis is like a kid walking into a candy store full of antique candies. On the one hand, they all look delicious. On the other hand, a frequent reaction is “um, why the hell do … Continue reading
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Day 91: Deoxyribonucleic Acid Suite
Tonight was fun. My friend Chris Kuklis opened up his stash of instruments for a 20-minute improvisation session during which we composed this three-part suite in honor of DNA. WTF, you ask? Just listen. Part 1: The Mysterious Origins of … Continue reading
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Day 24: Group Rhythm Experiment 1
Last night we had a few friends over for dinner. Once the wine had taken effect, I asked everyone to grab a piece of silverware, or a salt shaker, or whatever happened to be lying about that looked like it … Continue reading
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Day 22: God Part Three
This morning, a woman got onto my D train and started telling me how I needed to be thankful to Jesus for a whole laundry list of things, how I needed to embrace him as my own personal savior, etc. … Continue reading
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