With the new year, and at the urging of a couple trusted advisors, I have been starting to consider how to actually perform songs live with more layered arrangements. So far I’ve made a couple videos playing over backing tracks; here’s one of them! Liked this song since I was a kid but was late... Continue Reading →
HNY!
Thanks to anyone who took some time out of their year to have a gander at… whatever all THIS mess is! I appreciate you, even if you noped out immediately afterward! All the best for ‘23! https://youtu.be/2xRVLRpaGWk
Last BandCamp Drop of 2022: Preview
Well, Folks, it's hard to believe we're approaching the Holidays again. I suppose putting out an LP and being point-person for a new admin system at work will do that to a body.I'll be putting one more EP out on Bandcamp before the end of the year: three original tracks and a cover. The way... Continue Reading →
Pareidolia!
This year’s Halloween experiment is a batch of (largely improvised) musical vignettes based on the humanoid tendency (a very intense one in the case of yours truly!) to see faces in inanimate objects. I know, that is SUPER specific! YOU’RE WELCOME 🤡👹👻
2012.
Ten years ago, I turned 30. I didn't feel too ceremonious about the number itself. Maybe it sounded high-ish, because after all, I had never in my life been older. I was vaguely aware of traits the dominant culture might start attributing to me, but I was astute enough to realize that 30 wasn't old... Continue Reading →
“Too Many Stars and Not Enough Sky“
For any passing strangers who might be vaguely aware of my career saga, I’ll give you the latest chapter - though its conclusion has not yet been written. I just went on my fourth internal panel interview in four years. (As you read, keep in mind that I work for a huge corporation.) What my... Continue Reading →
Familiarity Breeds…Well, You Know. Christine (2016)
Though mainly a biopic, Christine (2016) could be viewed as a horror of the banal. A friend of mine who is a horror aficionado just happened to post his review of the film on Zuckerbook this week, and even if I'd had any doubt about watching it after checking out the trailer on YouTube (I... Continue Reading →
Aside from an absurdist escalation of body horror, there are no real revelations in “Men”- but it does a couple of things effectively
So. Career musings aside, I've been methodically posting a few arts-and-culture entries I'd begun but that sat unfinished for a while. Interestingly, if I look at the subject matter, they make an interesting triptych: sex, lies, and videotape, Purple Rain, and, finally, Alex Garland's most recent, somewhat divisive offering: Men. The common thread of course... Continue Reading →
Ugly Truths about Plotting a Career Change, Pt. 1
I've been pretty honest in this blog about my (so far unsuccessful) career change machinations - but as my partner reminded me tonight, there is a saying that "There's the truth, and then there's the TRUTH." Tonight I'm all about cracking open that all-caps truth, in the interest of confronting and hopefully transcending it.1) I've... Continue Reading →
Purple Rain is an Effed up, Complicated Movie
Seems I’ve lately been drawn to popular media I was too young for the first go-round. (See also: my recent coverage of sex, lies, and videotape). As part of that kick I watched Purple Rain in its entirety for the first time. Turns out that was apropos, because my new album is about toxic roots,... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 