Ad Astra

This place will be out of business in 10 years right? The only other people here is a retired couple. Commercials are still playing. Got here too early. This Geico commercial is actually good. Regal calls there employees "cast members". Robert Pattinson is his generation's Leo. Lots of World War I movies coming out. The … Continue reading Ad Astra →

Do yourself a favor and listen to Angel Olsen’s new album

It's easy when you're passionate It's easy when you know your way around It's easy when you love something It's easy if you know exactly how https://youtu.be/dyDVUA-t5xU

What if we ditched Facebook for our own personal blogs

“I guess what I’m saying is that Facebook isn’t really all that much better or more convenient than having your own website, or sending emails or chats. But for some reason, Facebook (and Instagram) are where we post now.” Doing my part. We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbanny/we-should-replace-facebook-with-personal-websites

Be Like Water

In physics, highly organized structures make materials hard yet fragile. Hard solids like glass resist small damage and small attacks. But any significant force would smash the fragile system beyond recovery. On the other hand, a fluid system like water adapts, embraces and incorporates small attacks and is capable to recover, restructure, and reshape itself … Continue reading Be Like Water →

I Fucking Love Weyes Blood’s Album Titanic Rising

This album as been giving me goosebumps over and over again since I started listening to it in the beginning of June. The arrangements are fresh and dense. There always new sounds that swim to the surface with each listen. The songs are long-ish, but I never get bored. The vocals are huge, lush, and … Continue reading I Fucking Love Weyes Blood’s Album Titanic Rising →

My first solo song and music video, “I’ll Just Dump You”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loeOdA2gMXI&feature=youtu.be Lyric video Oh snap, I wrote and recorded a song by myself, it's called 'I'll Just Dump You'. I like it and I hope you do too! Stream on Bandcamp or Soundcloud and check out the lyric video I made one afternoon on iMovie (shouts to Lana Del Rey for the inspiration). As the … Continue reading My first solo song and music video, “I’ll Just Dump You” →

“Writing Songs Should Be Easy”

Writing songs should be easy. You shouldn't have to labor over writing a song. I hear people working on a song for a week. You've been writing a song for a fucking week? Are you kidding me? It's time to let go and move on.Linda Perry on Broken Record podcast I've often said the only … Continue reading “Writing Songs Should Be Easy” →

Movie theme songs

On the Netflix show "Love", Paul Rust's character Gus gets his friends together at his apartment where they write theme songs for old movies: The joke was that these guys live in L.A., one of the most exciting cities in the world, but spend their time inside watching movies. So we thought we'd have them … Continue reading Movie theme songs →

Allen Ginsberg’s speech(?) at the end of Rolling Thunder Revue documentary

I really love this speech / poem by Allen Ginsberg at the very end of the new Martin Scorscee documentary on Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Tour from the mid-1970's. You who saw it all, or saw flashes and fragmentsTake from us some exampleTry and get yourselves togetherClean up your actFind your communityPick up on some … Continue reading Allen Ginsberg’s speech(?) at the end of Rolling Thunder Revue documentary →

Balancing Spontaneity and Fine-Tuning When Recording Songs

In early 1979, the band entered the studio with producer Mike Chapman to begin work on their debut. Get the Knack was wrapped up in less than two weeks. "I don't think we did two takes on any song, except for 'Maybe Tonight,'" Fieger once said. "What we had to do was make the record quickly," added … Continue reading Balancing Spontaneity and Fine-Tuning When Recording Songs →