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Better Off Working

April 13th 2010 by

Better Off Working

Spent a little more time working on this than the last one, I'll admit. They say that if you don't have anything nice to say, you shouldn't say anything at all. This song's kinda like that.

gijoe man on the marta tracks

This is actually something I've (sort of) done before, but have been tempted to do several times. I've always loved songs like Sonic Youth's "In The Kingdom 19"  or the Minutemen's "Take 5, D" - songs with spoken word over them, or songs with found lyrics that have a weird poetry to them.

So that's why I have thought occasionally about making songs from tweets.

And that's what this is: http://twitter.com/vomikronnoxis/status/12068252341

This isn't really as much a found piece of poetry, because I think Rob intended it to be read that way. But that's why I liked twitter anyway.

Hopefully I'll have more stuff up soon.

I Get Back Up

April 11th 2010 by

A mashup from the archives. 2007. Still waiting for Lil Jon and Andrew W.K. to tour together.

MW - I Get Back Up

someday i'm going to have to take this seriously

Koala Song

March 2010 by

It's been a while since things got overwhelming and I haven't been able to record with any regularity. Still, I've found a few occasions. Hope everyone is doing well and please excuse the slightly delayed posts.

This was recorded in November, for my girlfriend's birthday. Many thanks to my friend Vincent for guitar and whisper vocals.

koala (koala), in barcelona (barcelona)

you climb in the tree eating eucalyptus leaves
you shop for moda on the paseo de gracia

koala (koala), in barcelona (barcelona)

you are an architect
you build koala houses in the trees of Parc Guell

koala, in barcelona
happy birthday to you

a koala from barcelona

koala song

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