https://youtu.be/QlRoMf7ITKw Down for GoodYou call me from some transient addressTo sew some tears and patch some holes and maybe confessYou say you wanna see me, I comply Cos I’ve wrongs of my own that I’d like to redressWe ride with winter sunlight in our eyesYour anger still reminds me of a blood orange skyI push... Continue Reading →
Wayback Weekend #1
Everything old is...eh, you know. This past weekend was the start of a thing: I’m going to relearn some of my old songs (including some juvenilia) and present them in YouTube vids. The first was a song called “Cake” which I wrote when I was in grad school in 2005. You can check it out... Continue Reading →
Severely Belated New Years Single Release (from the font of my formative influences)
Note: This entry and the accompanying single were supposed to come out on New Years '21 - a sort of Prohibition-era vibe - but for various reasons that didn't happen. Now here we are, past the first quarter, but the kind of quarter it's been makes this feel even more appropriate. In 1980, John Huston... Continue Reading →
“Wise Up” Demo
Consider this an epilogue to the last entry. Been listening to a lot of Aimee Mann this weekend; to me she's always been the sound of stiffly picking yourself up after a fall. (Photo: My new and improved jars - see yesterday's entry to get what I'm on about. Note: I usually have a distaste... Continue Reading →
“You make all the rest just an afterthought”
If I'd read the voice of Holden Caulfield as a teenager, I'm sure I would have fallen in love like all those other boys and girls did before me. Mercifully, though, Catcher was one of those staples I somehow missed, probably for focusing on whatever other staples a teacher was force-feeding me at the time.... Continue Reading →
Identity Matters.
A couple reflections on the delicate thing that is self-perception. Since I began wearing wigs for universal autoimmune hair loss in 2017, I have consistently maintained a strict visual delineation between my work self and my, shall we say, unshackled self. Yes, there are practical reasons that one’s work wig of choice might be plainer,... Continue Reading →
Take a Good Hard Look at the One Behind the Curtain!
Everyone knows what the Wizard yells. Don't look at me, in here fiddling with these controls! See only the finished product, not the fumbling. I'm not a malfunctioning, fallible human - I am Great and Powerful! If you all haven't noticed from my sporadic fits of bellyaching, my MO in this blog of late has... Continue Reading →
“Wish I Knew What You Were Looking For/Might Have Known What You Would Find”
It’s impossible for me to talk about having a rough time without giving thanks first. In the scheme of things, I am NOT having a rough time. I am in a good place. As much as anyone really can be, I am safe from harm. But, given my frame of reference… Guys… I am having... Continue Reading →
Alexandra Rising (2007) – BandCamp Re-Release
Went ahead and uploaded my old 2007 solo debut (under the name Alexandra Rising) to BandCamp, as it might be interesting how the old and the new material play off each other. I had the privilege of working on that album with some great Richmond folks: Designer Recording (Meredith Brooks & Wayne Todd, formerly of... Continue Reading →
Something New, Something Old
The day following the completion of an artistic product is always weird. You wrestle with yourself over which new path to chase down next, which can result in a good deal of starting and stopping. What I ultimately landed on today was a plentiful lot of file management, to prepare for finally losing the home... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 