[Note: I have a ton of other art-things I sorely need to do, and in fact WANT to do, but which are difficult to say the least - so of course this is the moment I choose to finish and release this obsolete blog post that has been sitting in draft since last summer. Looking... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/U_4xHi6_KoQ I really like you, I'm attracted to youThe way you move, the things you doI'll probably burn in hell for saying thisBut I'm really in heaven whenever we kissBut oh no, you won't change meYou can try for an eternityI wouldn't sacrifice anything at allTo loveTake a look at unsuspecting casesYou'll find love has... Continue Reading →
The fact that she was an actual singer/songwriter was overshadowed by all the other nonsense, and some of the production sounds dated now, but she was a pretty bitchin’ lyricist and I always thought she had something. RIP. https://youtu.be/I6Et5oxanuU
This’ll probably be my last backing track experiment before I seriously get down to trying to figure out a live rig. Delving deeper into this artist and her synth pop-opera theatrics has been great fun. https://youtu.be/dnMGNhHaw_c
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 →
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 →
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 →
"Cyrano is one of the most romantic movies ever made, but it’s not quite a traditional love story in that nobody really finds true love in it. It’s all evasion, heartache, yearning. This is the romance of hidden thoughts and desires, of urges barely spoken (but often unabashedly sung), of a sweet pain we all secretly... Continue Reading →
Darlene Conner, I'm calling you my Valentine because it's nearly February 14 and you're hella important to me. But I never had a crush on you; I just identified with you deeply (as, I'm sure, did scores of mold-breaking, sarcastic-but-vulnerable, masculine-energied young girls in the 1990s). Some of us were paying closer attention than others.... Continue Reading →
I've made substantial strides on the next full-length, which is a concept album, if only loosely. It is typical of me, though, after leaping forward, to reflect a bit. At the moment my retrospection is fixed on the piece of music I'm most proud of from my last album. It's actually part five of five... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 