Category Archives: random
21 days
It’s been a while since I’ve posted here, and I’ll be honest with you — I miss it. Over the course of 2010, this project became not just a routine, but a structure. Routines are habits; they can mean something, … Continue reading
Filed under explications, random
Day 347: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Hours and hours and hours later, the Casio keyboard odyssey is more or less complete: Tchaikovsky’s complete Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from his Nutcracker Suite played only on Chris Kuklis’s old school Casio keyboards. The score is public … Continue reading
Filed under collaborations, electronic songs, keyboard songs, random
Day 331: What You Want from You I Want from Me
—Lyrics— someone call a doctor look we’re slipping away thirty million years below the milky way someone call a lawyer look my ip is shot someone stole my car and drove it round the block what you don’t know is … Continue reading
Filed under electronic songs, random
Day 329: Dolce Far Niente
Today’s song is an experiment, and not a particularly experimental one at that. For a few all-too-brief days, I’m on vacation. I’m trying to slow down. Today, I did the following: ate breakfast, took a walk, played tennis, and had … Continue reading
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Day 324: Collected Works
—Lyrics— so say don’t you go so say never, no so say so say everybody’s out for everything because they are so say treat me right so say cut the lights so say so say everybody’s in for everything because … 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 318: Shibboleth (Racial Epaulets)
Oh man, what a good, crazy weekend. —Lyrics— scottish rivulets lavish friends therewith i’m sorry that you didn’t see the kings it’s just so good to see you i’m sorry that you didn’t see the kings racial epaulets fire and … Continue reading
Filed under acoustic songs, random
Day 306: Inverse Semiotics
Been-there, done-that nihilism. Served up with SpaghettiOs. Continue reading
Filed under acoustic songs, collaborations, explications, found music, random, rants
Day 302: PLO #29
When I was a kid I had a few passing obsessions. One of them was astronomy. I had a telescope, a star chart, and a “This is Your Solar System” placemat at the kitchen table. We would go sometimes to … Continue reading
Filed under keyboard songs, random
Updated Best Of list
I updated my ongoing Best Of list (which should show up on the right side of your page ——>). And if you go to the Best Of link you’ll find links to download the entire project so far through Day 250. Hope … Continue reading
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Day 297: Mayflower
Tonight will be a good night: I’m going out to Jersey to see Muse, a band that I used to be really into, and which I would now profess to be pretty into, but in any case a band which … Continue reading
Filed under electric guitar, random, rants, rock songs
Day 290: Trippery
I’m not even sure what trippery means from a technical point of view, but I damn well know what it means from a dinner party p/o/v. Or, at least, I do now: it means ruining an otherwise quite a lovely … Continue reading
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Day 287: Mr. So and So
God, I love Google. I mean, damn. I typed in “Mr So and So” into the search box and this amazing picture came up. Happy days. —Lyrics— i want to feel the sun on my legs and arms i want … 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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As promised, more free downloads
As a few of you have requested, I’ve bundled up the entire project so far into easy-to-download zip files. Enjoy! Day 1 – 25 Day 26 – 50 Day 51 – 75 Day 76 – 100 Day 101 – 125 … Continue reading
