http://www.odeo.com/channels/38104-Thing-a-Week FaisalMooraby no In 2005/06 Jonathan Coulton published a new song every Friday for a year. Here they are for free. In 2005/06 Jonathan Coulton published a new song every Friday for a year. Here they are for free. In 2005/06 Jonathan Coulton published a new song every Friday for a year. Here they are for free. en 40 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:40:12 -0700 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:40:12 -0700 http://www.odeo.com/episodes/2020161-Thing-a-Week-52-We-Will-Rock-You-We-Are-the-Champions tag:odeo.com,2006-09-30,2020161 Sat, 30 Sep 2006 00:40:12 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045116-Thing-a-Week-52-We-Will-Rock-You-We-Are-the-Champions Unbelievably, we are here. Thanks to all of you who sent in hand claps - every one of them is in there. It was very charming how almost all of you apologized for the quality of the recording, and suggested that I just throw it away and forget about it if it was unusable. I have taught you well - always, ALWAYS doubt yourself. I’m sad and relieved that it’s the end. It’s been a really amazing trip from 1 to 52, and I can’t thank all of you enough for the many different kinds of support you’ve offered me over this last year. If you bought a CD, if you bought a song, if you sent a donation, if you drew a picture, if you made a video, if you stole a song and passed it along to a friend, if you babysat while I recorded vocals, even if you just wrote me to tell me you like the music, you are one of the reasons that this lasted a whole year. The difference between my life then and my life now is enormous, and it’s all because of you. And while the standa... Unbelievably, we are here. Thanks to all of you who sent in hand claps - every one of them is in there. It was very charming how almost all of you apologized for the quality of the recording, and suggested that I just throw it away and forget about it if it was unusable. I have taught you well - always, ALWAYS doubt yourself. I’m sad and relieved that it’s the end. It’s been a really amazing trip from 1 to 52, and I can’t thank all of you enough for the many different kinds of support you’ve offered me over this last year. If you bought a CD, if you bought a song, if you sent a donation, if you drew a picture, if you made a video, if you stole a song and passed it along to a friend, if you babysat while I recorded vocals, even if you just wrote me to tell me you like the music, you are one of the reasons that this lasted a whole year. The difference between my life then and my life now is enormous, and it’s all because of you. And while the standard rich and famous contract continues to elude me, in the ways that really matter I am filthy, stinking rich. Thank you. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Unbelievably, we are here. Thanks to all of you who sent in hand claps - every one of them is in there. It was very charming how almost all of you apologized for the quality of the recording, and suggested that I just throw it away and forget about it if it was unusable. I have taught you well - always, ALWAYS doubt yourself. I’m sad and relieved that it’s the end. It’s been a really amazing trip from 1 to 52, and I can’t thank all of you enough for the many different kinds of support you’ve offered me over this last year. If you bought a CD, if you bought a song, if you sent a donation, if you drew a picture, if you made a video, if you stole a song and passed it along to a friend, if you babysat while I recorded vocals, even if you just wrote me to tell me you like the music, you are one of the reasons that this lasted a whole year. The difference between my life then and my life now is enormous, and it’s all because of you. And while the standard rich and famous contract continues to elude me, in the ways that really matter I am filthy, stinking rich. Thank you. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-29,22045116 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:40:12 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758976-Thing-a-Week-52-%E2%80%93-We-Will-Rock-You-We-Are-the-Champions Unbelievably, we are here. Thanks to all of you who sent in hand claps – every one of them is in there. It was very charming how almost all of you apologized for the quality of the recording, and suggested that I just throw it away and forget about it if it was unusable. I have taught you well – always, ALWAYS doubt yourself. I’m sad and relieved that it’s the end. It’s been a really amazing trip from 1 to 52, and I can’t thank all of you enough for the many different kinds of support you’ve offered me over this last year. If you bought a CD, if you bought a song, if you sent a donation, if you drew a picture, if you made a video, if you stole a song and passed it along to a friend, if you babysat while I recorded vocals, even if you just wrote me to tell me you like the music, you are one of the reasons that this lasted a whole year. The difference between my life then and my life now is enormous, and it’s all because of you. And whil... Unbelievably, we are here. Thanks to all of you who sent in hand claps – every one of them is in there. It was very charming how almost all of you apologized for the quality of the recording, and suggested that I just throw it away and forget about it if it was unusable. I have taught you well – always, ALWAYS doubt yourself. I’m sad and relieved that it’s the end. It’s been a really amazing trip from 1 to 52, and I can’t thank all of you enough for the many different kinds of support you’ve offered me over this last year. If you bought a CD, if you bought a song, if you sent a donation, if you drew a picture, if you made a video, if you stole a song and passed it along to a friend, if you babysat while I recorded vocals, even if you just wrote me to tell me you like the music, you are one of the reasons that this lasted a whole year. The difference between my life then and my life now is enormous, and it’s all because of you. And while the standard rich and famous contract continues to elude me, in the ways that really matter I am filthy, stinking rich. Thank you. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Unbelievably, we are here. Thanks to all of you who sent in hand claps – every one of them is in there. It was very charming how almost all of you apologized for the quality of the recording, and suggested that I just throw it away and forget about it if it was unusable. I have taught you well – always, ALWAYS doubt yourself. I’m sad and relieved that it’s the end. It’s been a really amazing trip from 1 to 52, and I can’t thank all of you enough for the many different kinds of support you’ve offered me over this last year. If you bought a CD, if you bought a song, if you sent a donation, if you drew a picture, if you made a video, if you stole a song and passed it along to a friend, if you babysat while I recorded vocals, even if you just wrote me to tell me you like the music, you are one of the reasons that this lasted a whole year. The difference between my life then and my life now is enormous, and it’s all because of you. And while the standard rich and famous contract continues to elude me, in the ways that really matter I am filthy, stinking rich. Thank you. We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-29,24758976 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:40:12 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1959973-Thing-a-Week-51-Summer%E2%80%99s-Over tag:odeo.com,2006-09-22,1959973 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:44:33 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045121-Thing-a-Week-51-Summer%E2%80%99s-Over Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing - this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be - you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something f... Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing - this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be - you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD. And now, without any further adieu (hee hee): Summer’s Over Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing - this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be - you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD. And now, without any further adieu (hee hee): Summer’s Over Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-22,22045121 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:33 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758977-Thing-a-Week-51-%E2%80%93-Summer%E2%80%99s-Over Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing – this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be – you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little... Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing – this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be – you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD. And now, without any further adieu (hee hee): Summer’s Over Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing – this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be – you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD. And now, without any further adieu (hee hee): Summer’s Over Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-22,24758977 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:33 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22168293-Thing-a-Week-51-Summer%E2%80%99s-Over Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing - this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be - you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something f... Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing - this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be - you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD. And now, without any further adieu (hee hee): Summer’s Over Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Isn’t it though? Here’s the thing - this is song #51, and the next one is #52 and I’m freaking out. It was very hard to write this one. You can imagine how much pressure I’m feeling at this point to wrap the whole thing up with a couple of really kick-ass songs about monkeys and robots, really blow everybody’s mind. As a result, I can’t think of anything really interesting to say about monkeys or robots. So this one’s just about somebody leaving somebody else at the end of the summer (hint: no it’s not, it’s about the end of Thing a Week). It was especially hard because I knew something you didn’t, which is that this is the last song I’ll write for Thing a Week. Next week is going to be a cover. Why yes, it is a cop out. But really, I can’t imagine writing something that’s as appropriate as this cover song will be - you’ll see. It just feels right to me. Speaking of which, I need a little something from you folks to make it happen. If you have the capability to record decently (no built-in laptop microphones please), I would like you to record a single hand clap and email it to me. Your best hand clap please, mp3 is fine as long as it’s a pretty decent bitrate. By doing so you agree to let me use it for whatever I want from now until the end of time without getting any sort of credit for it, ever. But you’ll be on a CD. And now, without any further adieu (hee hee): Summer’s Over Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-22,22168293 Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:44:33 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1917136-Thing-a-Week-50-Pull-the-String tag:odeo.com,2006-09-16,1917136 Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:39:23 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758978-Thing-a-Week-50-%E2%80%93-Pull-the-String This appears to be about a famous person with a terrible secret. It’s not about anyone in particular as far as I know. Maybe it’s about you – Tom Cruise! Or you – John Hodgman! It kind of reminds me of Big Bad World One, mostly because of the A/E ambiguity in the verse. Believe it or not, that acoustic riff in the verse is an idea that’s been floating around in my head since I was about 17 – it’s a relief to finally get that one out the door. Who’s next! Pull the String Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week This appears to be about a famous person with a terrible secret. It’s not about anyone in particular as far as I know. Maybe it’s about you – Tom Cruise! Or you – John Hodgman! It kind of reminds me of Big Bad World One, mostly because of the A/E ambiguity in the verse. Believe it or not, that acoustic riff in the verse is an idea that’s been floating around in my head since I was about 17 – it’s a relief to finally get that one out the door. Who’s next! Pull the String Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week This appears to be about a famous person with a terrible secret. It’s not about anyone in particular as far as I know. Maybe it’s about you – Tom Cruise! Or you – John Hodgman! It kind of reminds me of Big Bad World One, mostly because of the A/E ambiguity in the verse. Believe it or not, that acoustic riff in the verse is an idea that’s been floating around in my head since I was about 17 – it’s a relief to finally get that one out the door. Who’s next! Pull the String Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-15,24758978 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:39:23 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045146-Thing-a-Week-50-Pull-the-String This appears to be about a famous person with a terrible secret. It’s not about anyone in particular as far as I know. Maybe it’s about you - Tom Cruise! Or you - John Hodgman! It kind of reminds me of Big Bad World One, mostly because of the A/E ambiguity in the verse. Believe it or not, that acoustic riff in the verse is an idea that’s been floating around in my head since I was about 17 - it’s a relief to finally get that one out the door. Who’s next! Pull the String Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week This appears to be about a famous person with a terrible secret. It’s not about anyone in particular as far as I know. Maybe it’s about you - Tom Cruise! Or you - John Hodgman! It kind of reminds me of Big Bad World One, mostly because of the A/E ambiguity in the verse. Believe it or not, that acoustic riff in the verse is an idea that’s been floating around in my head since I was about 17 - it’s a relief to finally get that one out the door. Who’s next! Pull the String Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week This appears to be about a famous person with a terrible secret. It’s not about anyone in particular as far as I know. Maybe it’s about you - Tom Cruise! Or you - John Hodgman! It kind of reminds me of Big Bad World One, mostly because of the A/E ambiguity in the verse. Believe it or not, that acoustic riff in the verse is an idea that’s been floating around in my head since I was about 17 - it’s a relief to finally get that one out the door. Who’s next! Pull the String Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-15,22045146 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:39:23 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1862325-Thing-a-Week-49-Make-You-Cry tag:odeo.com,2006-09-08,1862325 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 22:23:54 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758979-Thing-a-Week-49-%E2%80%93-Make-You-Cry Sometime in this week I found this guitar figure that hypnotized me into playing it for about a hundred hours straight. I wish I had picked something that was a little easier to play, because it drove me crazy during the recording process. My poor, stubby little fingers! I don’t think I’ve done a song for Thing a Week that’s just guitar and vocals, and this one seemed particularly suited to it, so there you are. It’s another love song from a crazy person – this guy wants to win the girl so he can punish her for not loving him. I guess. He certainly seems confused and angry and sad. Do NOT hang out with him. And hey, before I go, in case you only read this feed and not the main site: I’m doing a concert in Second Life (the game/virtual world) on September 14th. I’ve been doing some rehearsals and it looks like it’s going to be pretty fun. Bring your virtual self. Details on this page. Make You Cry Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more ... Sometime in this week I found this guitar figure that hypnotized me into playing it for about a hundred hours straight. I wish I had picked something that was a little easier to play, because it drove me crazy during the recording process. My poor, stubby little fingers! I don’t think I’ve done a song for Thing a Week that’s just guitar and vocals, and this one seemed particularly suited to it, so there you are. It’s another love song from a crazy person – this guy wants to win the girl so he can punish her for not loving him. I guess. He certainly seems confused and angry and sad. Do NOT hang out with him. And hey, before I go, in case you only read this feed and not the main site: I’m doing a concert in Second Life (the game/virtual world) on September 14th. I’ve been doing some rehearsals and it looks like it’s going to be pretty fun. Bring your virtual self. Details on this page. Make You Cry Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Sometime in this week I found this guitar figure that hypnotized me into playing it for about a hundred hours straight. I wish I had picked something that was a little easier to play, because it drove me crazy during the recording process. My poor, stubby little fingers! I don’t think I’ve done a song for Thing a Week that’s just guitar and vocals, and this one seemed particularly suited to it, so there you are. It’s another love song from a crazy person – this guy wants to win the girl so he can punish her for not loving him. I guess. He certainly seems confused and angry and sad. Do NOT hang out with him. And hey, before I go, in case you only read this feed and not the main site: I’m doing a concert in Second Life (the game/virtual world) on September 14th. I’ve been doing some rehearsals and it looks like it’s going to be pretty fun. Bring your virtual self. Details on this page. Make You Cry Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-08,24758979 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:23:54 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045161-Thing-a-Week-49-Make-You-Cry Sometime in this week I found this guitar figure that hypnotized me into playing it for about a hundred hours straight. I wish I had picked something that was a little easier to play, because it drove me crazy during the recording process. My poor, stubby little fingers! I don’t think I’ve done a song for Thing a Week that’s just guitar and vocals, and this one seemed particularly suited to it, so there you are. It’s another love song from a crazy person - this guy wants to win the girl so he can punish her for not loving him. I guess. He certainly seems confused and angry and sad. Do NOT hang out with him. And hey, before I go, in case you only read this feed and not the main site: I’m doing a concert in Second Life (the game/virtual world) on September 14th. I’ve been doing some rehearsals and it looks like it’s going to be pretty fun. Bring your virtual self. Details on this page. Make You Cry Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music ... Sometime in this week I found this guitar figure that hypnotized me into playing it for about a hundred hours straight. I wish I had picked something that was a little easier to play, because it drove me crazy during the recording process. My poor, stubby little fingers! I don’t think I’ve done a song for Thing a Week that’s just guitar and vocals, and this one seemed particularly suited to it, so there you are. It’s another love song from a crazy person - this guy wants to win the girl so he can punish her for not loving him. I guess. He certainly seems confused and angry and sad. Do NOT hang out with him. And hey, before I go, in case you only read this feed and not the main site: I’m doing a concert in Second Life (the game/virtual world) on September 14th. I’ve been doing some rehearsals and it looks like it’s going to be pretty fun. Bring your virtual self. Details on this page. Make You Cry Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Sometime in this week I found this guitar figure that hypnotized me into playing it for about a hundred hours straight. I wish I had picked something that was a little easier to play, because it drove me crazy during the recording process. My poor, stubby little fingers! I don’t think I’ve done a song for Thing a Week that’s just guitar and vocals, and this one seemed particularly suited to it, so there you are. It’s another love song from a crazy person - this guy wants to win the girl so he can punish her for not loving him. I guess. He certainly seems confused and angry and sad. Do NOT hang out with him. And hey, before I go, in case you only read this feed and not the main site: I’m doing a concert in Second Life (the game/virtual world) on September 14th. I’ve been doing some rehearsals and it looks like it’s going to be pretty fun. Bring your virtual self. Details on this page. Make You Cry Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-09-08,22045161 Fri, 08 Sep 2006 15:23:54 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1813922-Thing-a-Week-48-The-Big-Boom tag:odeo.com,2006-09-01,1813922 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:15:46 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045198-Thing-a-Week-48-The-Big-Boom Last weekend when I was staying with some friends in Pennsylvania, there was a very loud noise that woke me up. It was thunder. But it was crazy thunder - it seemed to last about a minute and a half, and it wasn’t a bang, it was this huge, diffuse roar. And after it stopped all the car alarms were going off. It sounded like the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought when I sat bolt upright in bed and reached for my car keys and a weapon. My first thought, probably before I was fully awake, was that someone or something had scraped Philadelphia out of the Earth, and that I was going to have to grab some provisions, get in the car and head north. I don’t know why this would be my default explanation for a loud noise. I suppose it means I’m a little on edge. At first this was about a loud boom that led to nothing, but it didn’t take long before I realized it would be better if it was about a loud boom that really did signify the end of the world.... Last weekend when I was staying with some friends in Pennsylvania, there was a very loud noise that woke me up. It was thunder. But it was crazy thunder - it seemed to last about a minute and a half, and it wasn’t a bang, it was this huge, diffuse roar. And after it stopped all the car alarms were going off. It sounded like the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought when I sat bolt upright in bed and reached for my car keys and a weapon. My first thought, probably before I was fully awake, was that someone or something had scraped Philadelphia out of the Earth, and that I was going to have to grab some provisions, get in the car and head north. I don’t know why this would be my default explanation for a loud noise. I suppose it means I’m a little on edge. At first this was about a loud boom that led to nothing, but it didn’t take long before I realized it would be better if it was about a loud boom that really did signify the end of the world. The Big Boom. And then I changed Philadelphia to Michigan because there are too many syllables in Philadelphia. The rest of it writes and records and mixes itself! The Big Boom Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Last weekend when I was staying with some friends in Pennsylvania, there was a very loud noise that woke me up. It was thunder. But it was crazy thunder - it seemed to last about a minute and a half, and it wasn’t a bang, it was this huge, diffuse roar. And after it stopped all the car alarms were going off. It sounded like the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought when I sat bolt upright in bed and reached for my car keys and a weapon. My first thought, probably before I was fully awake, was that someone or something had scraped Philadelphia out of the Earth, and that I was going to have to grab some provisions, get in the car and head north. I don’t know why this would be my default explanation for a loud noise. I suppose it means I’m a little on edge. At first this was about a loud boom that led to nothing, but it didn’t take long before I realized it would be better if it was about a loud boom that really did signify the end of the world. The Big Boom. And then I changed Philadelphia to Michigan because there are too many syllables in Philadelphia. The rest of it writes and records and mixes itself! The Big Boom Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-31,22045198 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:15:46 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758980-Thing-a-Week-48-%E2%80%93-The-Big-Boom Last weekend when I was staying with some friends in Pennsylvania, there was a very loud noise that woke me up. It was thunder. But it was crazy thunder – it seemed to last about a minute and a half, and it wasn’t a bang, it was this huge, diffuse roar. And after it stopped all the car alarms were going off. It sounded like the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought when I sat bolt upright in bed and reached for my car keys and a weapon. My first thought, probably before I was fully awake, was that someone or something had scraped Philadelphia out of the Earth, and that I was going to have to grab some provisions, get in the car and head north. I don’t know why this would be my default explanation for a loud noise. I suppose it means I’m a little on edge. At first this was about a loud boom that led to nothing, but it didn’t take long before I realized it would be better if it was about a loud boom that really did signify the end of the ... Last weekend when I was staying with some friends in Pennsylvania, there was a very loud noise that woke me up. It was thunder. But it was crazy thunder – it seemed to last about a minute and a half, and it wasn’t a bang, it was this huge, diffuse roar. And after it stopped all the car alarms were going off. It sounded like the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought when I sat bolt upright in bed and reached for my car keys and a weapon. My first thought, probably before I was fully awake, was that someone or something had scraped Philadelphia out of the Earth, and that I was going to have to grab some provisions, get in the car and head north. I don’t know why this would be my default explanation for a loud noise. I suppose it means I’m a little on edge. At first this was about a loud boom that led to nothing, but it didn’t take long before I realized it would be better if it was about a loud boom that really did signify the end of the world. The Big Boom. And then I changed Philadelphia to Michigan because there are too many syllables in Philadelphia. The rest of it writes and records and mixes itself! The Big Boom Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Last weekend when I was staying with some friends in Pennsylvania, there was a very loud noise that woke me up. It was thunder. But it was crazy thunder – it seemed to last about a minute and a half, and it wasn’t a bang, it was this huge, diffuse roar. And after it stopped all the car alarms were going off. It sounded like the end of the world. At least that’s what I thought when I sat bolt upright in bed and reached for my car keys and a weapon. My first thought, probably before I was fully awake, was that someone or something had scraped Philadelphia out of the Earth, and that I was going to have to grab some provisions, get in the car and head north. I don’t know why this would be my default explanation for a loud noise. I suppose it means I’m a little on edge. At first this was about a loud boom that led to nothing, but it didn’t take long before I realized it would be better if it was about a loud boom that really did signify the end of the world. The Big Boom. And then I changed Philadelphia to Michigan because there are too many syllables in Philadelphia. The rest of it writes and records and mixes itself! The Big Boom Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-31,24758980 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:15:46 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1813885-Thing-a-Week-47-I%E2%80%99m-Your-Moon tag:odeo.com,2006-08-26,1813885 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:29:58 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045205-Thing-a-Week-47-I%E2%80%99m-Your-Moon A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-25,22045205 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:29:58 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758981-Thing-a-Week-47-%E2%80%93-I%E2%80%99m-Your-Moon A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-25,24758981 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:29:58 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22168294-Thing-a-Week-47-I%E2%80%99m-Your-Moon A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week A few people suggested I do a song about Pluto, and I thought it was a fine idea. It was turning around in my head last week when the first line of the chorus came to me, as if from deep space. As you certainly know by now, Pluto is not a planet anymore. Just yesterday the International Astronomical Union made it official by redefining “planet.” Pluto is a now considered a dwarf planet, along with a few other small, icy spherical things out there. Obviously very upsetting to Pluto. As you are also no doubt aware, Pluto’s moon Charon is kind of unusual: it’s about half the size of Pluto, which is pretty large for a moon. And it doesn’t orbit around Pluto, they actually orbit around each other, faces locked, like dancers. You wouldn’t be crazy to think of them as a double dwarf planet. What I’m getting to is this: Charon sings this song to Pluto. I’m Your Moon Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-25,22168294 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 18:29:58 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1755895-Thing-a-Week-46-You-Ruined-Everything tag:odeo.com,2006-08-18,1755895 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:10:03 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045222-Thing-a-Week-46-You-Ruined-Everything I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling - I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated. You Ruined Everything Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling - I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated. You Ruined Everything Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling - I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated. You Ruined Everything Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-18,22045222 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:10:03 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758982-Thing-a-Week-46-%E2%80%93-You-Ruined-Everything I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling – I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated. You Ruined Everything Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling – I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated. You Ruined Everything Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was having a conversation with a friend who had recently become a parent, and she reminded me of something I had forgotten about since my daughter was born. She was describing this what-have-I-done feeling – I just got everything perfect in my life, and then I went and messed it all up by having a baby. I don’t feel that way anymore, but the thought certainly crossed my mind a few times at the beginning. Eventually you just fall in love and forget about everything else, but it’s not a very comfortable transition. I compare the process to becoming a vampire, your old self dies in a sad and painful way, but then you come out the other side with immortality, super strength and a taste for human blood. At least that’s how it was for me. At any rate, it’s complicated. You Ruined Everything Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-18,24758982 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:10:03 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1713107-Thing-a-Week-45-Mr-Fancy-Pants tag:odeo.com,2006-08-11,1713107 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:58:50 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045229-Thing-a-Week-45-Mr-Fancy-Pants I tried to write something else, believe me. But this stupid line about Mr. Fancy Pants having the fanciest pants just wouldn’t get out of my head, so I was forced to follow it through to whatever this is. I’ll warn you, it’s a short one. A nice little amuse bouche (but for your ears). Even so I kind of like it - some kind of strange morality lesson about beating Mr. Fancy Pants at his own game. Or something. Anyways! Mr. Fancy Pants Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I tried to write something else, believe me. But this stupid line about Mr. Fancy Pants having the fanciest pants just wouldn’t get out of my head, so I was forced to follow it through to whatever this is. I’ll warn you, it’s a short one. A nice little amuse bouche (but for your ears). Even so I kind of like it - some kind of strange morality lesson about beating Mr. Fancy Pants at his own game. Or something. Anyways! Mr. Fancy Pants Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I tried to write something else, believe me. But this stupid line about Mr. Fancy Pants having the fanciest pants just wouldn’t get out of my head, so I was forced to follow it through to whatever this is. I’ll warn you, it’s a short one. A nice little amuse bouche (but for your ears). Even so I kind of like it - some kind of strange morality lesson about beating Mr. Fancy Pants at his own game. Or something. Anyways! Mr. Fancy Pants Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-11,22045229 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:58:50 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758983-Thing-a-Week-45-%E2%80%93-Mr-Fancy-Pants I tried to write something else, believe me. But this stupid line about Mr. Fancy Pants having the fanciest pants just wouldn’t get out of my head, so I was forced to follow it through to whatever this is. I’ll warn you, it’s a short one. A nice little amuse bouche (but for your ears). Even so I kind of like it – some kind of strange morality lesson about beating Mr. Fancy Pants at his own game. Or something. Anyways! Mr. Fancy Pants Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I tried to write something else, believe me. But this stupid line about Mr. Fancy Pants having the fanciest pants just wouldn’t get out of my head, so I was forced to follow it through to whatever this is. I’ll warn you, it’s a short one. A nice little amuse bouche (but for your ears). Even so I kind of like it – some kind of strange morality lesson about beating Mr. Fancy Pants at his own game. Or something. Anyways! Mr. Fancy Pants Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I tried to write something else, believe me. But this stupid line about Mr. Fancy Pants having the fanciest pants just wouldn’t get out of my head, so I was forced to follow it through to whatever this is. I’ll warn you, it’s a short one. A nice little amuse bouche (but for your ears). Even so I kind of like it – some kind of strange morality lesson about beating Mr. Fancy Pants at his own game. Or something. Anyways! Mr. Fancy Pants Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-11,24758983 Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:58:50 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1639499-Thing-a-Week-44-Big-Bad-World-One tag:odeo.com,2006-08-05,1639499 Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:15:26 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045236-Thing-a-Week-44-Big-Bad-World-One Enough with the bigfoots and zombies, this one is pretty straightforward subject matter. The headline is “Sadsack Can’t Find Love,” which is just about as classic as it gets. I have spent more time than I would like to admit hanging out by the food table at parties, because it makes me look like I’m busy with something instead of just afraid to talk to anybody. I like the way the title phrase sounds out of context - it seems like maybe it might mean something, but you can’t really say what. And I’m incredibly relieved to have broken out of the endless series of sad songs in the key of D that I appear to have been working on. It feels nice to do something a little different. This one’s in A, D and G! Crazy! While I have your attention, I will mention to you TAW feed readers that I will be playing at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this Sunday 8/6 at 8 PM. Let’s rock (softly). Now then… Big Bad World One Buy the song Send a Donation Hear... Enough with the bigfoots and zombies, this one is pretty straightforward subject matter. The headline is “Sadsack Can’t Find Love,” which is just about as classic as it gets. I have spent more time than I would like to admit hanging out by the food table at parties, because it makes me look like I’m busy with something instead of just afraid to talk to anybody. I like the way the title phrase sounds out of context - it seems like maybe it might mean something, but you can’t really say what. And I’m incredibly relieved to have broken out of the endless series of sad songs in the key of D that I appear to have been working on. It feels nice to do something a little different. This one’s in A, D and G! Crazy! While I have your attention, I will mention to you TAW feed readers that I will be playing at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this Sunday 8/6 at 8 PM. Let’s rock (softly). Now then… Big Bad World One Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Enough with the bigfoots and zombies, this one is pretty straightforward subject matter. The headline is “Sadsack Can’t Find Love,” which is just about as classic as it gets. I have spent more time than I would like to admit hanging out by the food table at parties, because it makes me look like I’m busy with something instead of just afraid to talk to anybody. I like the way the title phrase sounds out of context - it seems like maybe it might mean something, but you can’t really say what. And I’m incredibly relieved to have broken out of the endless series of sad songs in the key of D that I appear to have been working on. It feels nice to do something a little different. This one’s in A, D and G! Crazy! While I have your attention, I will mention to you TAW feed readers that I will be playing at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this Sunday 8/6 at 8 PM. Let’s rock (softly). Now then… Big Bad World One Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-04,22045236 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:15:26 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758984-Thing-a-Week-44-%E2%80%93-Big-Bad-World-One Enough with the bigfoots and zombies, this one is pretty straightforward subject matter. The headline is “Sadsack Can’t Find Love,” which is just about as classic as it gets. I have spent more time than I would like to admit hanging out by the food table at parties, because it makes me look like I’m busy with something instead of just afraid to talk to anybody. I like the way the title phrase sounds out of context – it seems like maybe it might mean something, but you can’t really say what. And I’m incredibly relieved to have broken out of the endless series of sad songs in the key of D that I appear to have been working on. It feels nice to do something a little different. This one’s in A, D and G! Crazy! While I have your attention, I will mention to you TAW feed readers that I will be playing at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this Sunday 8/6 at 8 PM. Let’s rock (softly). Now then… Big Bad World One Buy the song Send a Donatio... Enough with the bigfoots and zombies, this one is pretty straightforward subject matter. The headline is “Sadsack Can’t Find Love,” which is just about as classic as it gets. I have spent more time than I would like to admit hanging out by the food table at parties, because it makes me look like I’m busy with something instead of just afraid to talk to anybody. I like the way the title phrase sounds out of context – it seems like maybe it might mean something, but you can’t really say what. And I’m incredibly relieved to have broken out of the endless series of sad songs in the key of D that I appear to have been working on. It feels nice to do something a little different. This one’s in A, D and G! Crazy! While I have your attention, I will mention to you TAW feed readers that I will be playing at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this Sunday 8/6 at 8 PM. Let’s rock (softly). Now then… Big Bad World One Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Enough with the bigfoots and zombies, this one is pretty straightforward subject matter. The headline is “Sadsack Can’t Find Love,” which is just about as classic as it gets. I have spent more time than I would like to admit hanging out by the food table at parties, because it makes me look like I’m busy with something instead of just afraid to talk to anybody. I like the way the title phrase sounds out of context – it seems like maybe it might mean something, but you can’t really say what. And I’m incredibly relieved to have broken out of the endless series of sad songs in the key of D that I appear to have been working on. It feels nice to do something a little different. This one’s in A, D and G! Crazy! While I have your attention, I will mention to you TAW feed readers that I will be playing at Jammin Java in Vienna, VA this Sunday 8/6 at 8 PM. Let’s rock (softly). Now then… Big Bad World One Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-08-04,24758984 Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:15:26 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1583126-Thing-a-Week-43-Under-the-Pines tag:odeo.com,2006-07-28,1583126 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 13:04:54 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045241-Thing-a-Week-43-Under-the-Pines Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear. I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline - hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it&#8217... Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear. I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline - hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it’s about Bigfoot and Leonard Nimoy. Godspeed. Under the Pines Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear. I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline - hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it’s about Bigfoot and Leonard Nimoy. Godspeed. Under the Pines Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-28,22045241 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:04:54 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758985-Thing-a-Week-43-%E2%80%93-Under-the-Pines Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear. I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline – hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it... Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear. I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline – hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it’s about Bigfoot and Leonard Nimoy. Godspeed. Under the Pines Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Not many people know this, but when Leonard Nimoy did the Bigfoot episode of “In Search Of…” he and the creature hooked up one night and had this crazy fling. These kinds of things never end well, but Bigfoot in particular is a bit of a cad anyway (being mostly wild animal). As you might imagine, Leonard Nimoy came out of the experience somewhat worse for wear. I’m almost sure that I have stolen this melody from somewhere, or maybe parts of it from lots of places, it sounds very familiar to me. And the bassline – hello? Blue Bayou? At first this was just a “bigfoot broke my heart” song, but I wasn’t getting a lot of traction. It wasn’t until I realized that it was Leonard Nimoy talking that it came together for me. There are just a couple of subtle references to Spock in there, and bigfoot’s name is never mentioned, so if you’re haven’t read this explanation you are either confused, or blissfully unaware that it’s about Bigfoot and Leonard Nimoy. Godspeed. Under the Pines Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-28,24758985 Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:04:54 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1532997-Thing-a-Week-42-Creepy-Doll tag:odeo.com,2006-07-21,1532997 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:29:54 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045256-Thing-a-Week-42-Creepy-Doll I don’t know what’s going on with this one, I just decided earlier this week that it was time to write a song about a creepy doll. I was thinking about various 70s horror movies that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Back then you didn’t need to torture people with chainsaws and drills to make a scary movie, it was enough just to have a doll that kept showing up. Or maybe a clown. I couldn’t keep a straight face though, somewhere in the middle of the song the doll just becomes not so much creepy as annoying. And before you post it in the comments, yes I know that it sounds like Bacteria in the beginning - it’s the same Glock sound and the same key, and kind of the same music. Sue me. We’re on song number 42 here people… Also, just a little merch plug: I’ve just added T-shirts for “Re: Your Brains” to my CafePress store. The image is the song lyrics typed in memo form decorated with a delightful blood spatter. Buy ... I don’t know what’s going on with this one, I just decided earlier this week that it was time to write a song about a creepy doll. I was thinking about various 70s horror movies that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Back then you didn’t need to torture people with chainsaws and drills to make a scary movie, it was enough just to have a doll that kept showing up. Or maybe a clown. I couldn’t keep a straight face though, somewhere in the middle of the song the doll just becomes not so much creepy as annoying. And before you post it in the comments, yes I know that it sounds like Bacteria in the beginning - it’s the same Glock sound and the same key, and kind of the same music. Sue me. We’re on song number 42 here people… Also, just a little merch plug: I’ve just added T-shirts for “Re: Your Brains” to my CafePress store. The image is the song lyrics typed in memo form decorated with a delightful blood spatter. Buy zombies, buy! Creepy Doll Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I don’t know what’s going on with this one, I just decided earlier this week that it was time to write a song about a creepy doll. I was thinking about various 70s horror movies that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Back then you didn’t need to torture people with chainsaws and drills to make a scary movie, it was enough just to have a doll that kept showing up. Or maybe a clown. I couldn’t keep a straight face though, somewhere in the middle of the song the doll just becomes not so much creepy as annoying. And before you post it in the comments, yes I know that it sounds like Bacteria in the beginning - it’s the same Glock sound and the same key, and kind of the same music. Sue me. We’re on song number 42 here people… Also, just a little merch plug: I’ve just added T-shirts for “Re: Your Brains” to my CafePress store. The image is the song lyrics typed in memo form decorated with a delightful blood spatter. Buy zombies, buy! Creepy Doll Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-21,22045256 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:29:54 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758986-Thing-a-Week-42-%E2%80%93-Creepy-Doll I don’t know what’s going on with this one, I just decided earlier this week that it was time to write a song about a creepy doll. I was thinking about various 70s horror movies that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Back then you didn’t need to torture people with chainsaws and drills to make a scary movie, it was enough just to have a doll that kept showing up. Or maybe a clown. I couldn’t keep a straight face though, somewhere in the middle of the song the doll just becomes not so much creepy as annoying. And before you post it in the comments, yes I know that it sounds like Bacteria in the beginning – it’s the same Glock sound and the same key, and kind of the same music. Sue me. We’re on song number 42 here people… Also, just a little merch plug: I’ve just added T-shirts for “Re: Your Brains” to my CafePress store. The image is the song lyrics typed in memo form decorated with a delightful blood spatter... I don’t know what’s going on with this one, I just decided earlier this week that it was time to write a song about a creepy doll. I was thinking about various 70s horror movies that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Back then you didn’t need to torture people with chainsaws and drills to make a scary movie, it was enough just to have a doll that kept showing up. Or maybe a clown. I couldn’t keep a straight face though, somewhere in the middle of the song the doll just becomes not so much creepy as annoying. And before you post it in the comments, yes I know that it sounds like Bacteria in the beginning – it’s the same Glock sound and the same key, and kind of the same music. Sue me. We’re on song number 42 here people… Also, just a little merch plug: I’ve just added T-shirts for “Re: Your Brains” to my CafePress store. The image is the song lyrics typed in memo form decorated with a delightful blood spatter. Buy zombies, buy! Creepy Doll Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I don’t know what’s going on with this one, I just decided earlier this week that it was time to write a song about a creepy doll. I was thinking about various 70s horror movies that scared the hell out of me when I was a kid. Back then you didn’t need to torture people with chainsaws and drills to make a scary movie, it was enough just to have a doll that kept showing up. Or maybe a clown. I couldn’t keep a straight face though, somewhere in the middle of the song the doll just becomes not so much creepy as annoying. And before you post it in the comments, yes I know that it sounds like Bacteria in the beginning – it’s the same Glock sound and the same key, and kind of the same music. Sue me. We’re on song number 42 here people… Also, just a little merch plug: I’ve just added T-shirts for “Re: Your Brains” to my CafePress store. The image is the song lyrics typed in memo form decorated with a delightful blood spatter. Buy zombies, buy! Creepy Doll Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-21,24758986 Fri, 21 Jul 2006 09:29:54 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1492819-Thing-a-Week-41-Seahorse tag:odeo.com,2006-07-14,1492819 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 12:47:45 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045265-Thing-a-Week-41-Seahorse I was thinking about how with seahorses, the males are the ones who carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch. And then of course I started thinking of a sad seahorse, whose female had left him alone to care for the kids - AGAIN. I’m pretty sure this is not actually the way things really are for seahorses. But if it was, you know, this song would make sense. I can’t believe we’re on Thing a Week V. Seahorse Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was thinking about how with seahorses, the males are the ones who carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch. And then of course I started thinking of a sad seahorse, whose female had left him alone to care for the kids - AGAIN. I’m pretty sure this is not actually the way things really are for seahorses. But if it was, you know, this song would make sense. I can’t believe we’re on Thing a Week V. Seahorse Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was thinking about how with seahorses, the males are the ones who carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch. And then of course I started thinking of a sad seahorse, whose female had left him alone to care for the kids - AGAIN. I’m pretty sure this is not actually the way things really are for seahorses. But if it was, you know, this song would make sense. I can’t believe we’re on Thing a Week V. Seahorse Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-14,22045265 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:47:45 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758987-Thing-a-Week-41-%E2%80%93-Seahorse I was thinking about how with seahorses, the males are the ones who carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch. And then of course I started thinking of a sad seahorse, whose female had left him alone to care for the kids – AGAIN. I’m pretty sure this is not actually the way things really are for seahorses. But if it was, you know, this song would make sense. I can’t believe we’re on Thing a Week V. Seahorse Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was thinking about how with seahorses, the males are the ones who carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch. And then of course I started thinking of a sad seahorse, whose female had left him alone to care for the kids – AGAIN. I’m pretty sure this is not actually the way things really are for seahorses. But if it was, you know, this song would make sense. I can’t believe we’re on Thing a Week V. Seahorse Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I was thinking about how with seahorses, the males are the ones who carry the fertilized eggs until they hatch. And then of course I started thinking of a sad seahorse, whose female had left him alone to care for the kids – AGAIN. I’m pretty sure this is not actually the way things really are for seahorses. But if it was, you know, this song would make sense. I can’t believe we’re on Thing a Week V. Seahorse Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-14,24758987 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:47:45 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1464413-Thing-a-Week-40-Skymall tag:odeo.com,2006-07-08,1464413 Sat, 08 Jul 2006 06:36:45 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045277-Thing-a-Week-40-Skymall Ah, the joys of travel. I actually enjoy browsing the SkyMall - never mind the delicious array of products for the person who already owns all the world’s products; the copy alone is worth the price of admission, which is zero, since Skymall is free. Look into it. SkyMall Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Ah, the joys of travel. I actually enjoy browsing the SkyMall - never mind the delicious array of products for the person who already owns all the world’s products; the copy alone is worth the price of admission, which is zero, since Skymall is free. Look into it. SkyMall Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Ah, the joys of travel. I actually enjoy browsing the SkyMall - never mind the delicious array of products for the person who already owns all the world’s products; the copy alone is worth the price of admission, which is zero, since Skymall is free. Look into it. SkyMall Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-07,22045277 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:36:45 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758988-Thing-a-Week-40-%E2%80%93-Skymall Ah, the joys of travel. I actually enjoy browsing the SkyMall – never mind the delicious array of products for the person who already owns all the world’s products; the copy alone is worth the price of admission, which is zero, since Skymall is free. Look into it. SkyMall Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Ah, the joys of travel. I actually enjoy browsing the SkyMall – never mind the delicious array of products for the person who already owns all the world’s products; the copy alone is worth the price of admission, which is zero, since Skymall is free. Look into it. SkyMall Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week Ah, the joys of travel. I actually enjoy browsing the SkyMall – never mind the delicious array of products for the person who already owns all the world’s products; the copy alone is worth the price of admission, which is zero, since Skymall is free. Look into it. SkyMall Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-07-07,24758988 Fri, 07 Jul 2006 23:36:45 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1422466-Thing-a-Week-39-Pizza-Day tag:odeo.com,2006-07-01,1422466 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 02:14:45 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045283-Thing-a-Week-39-Pizza-Day In my school, it was Friday. The pizza wasn’t any good at all, but you can’t really argue with pizza at school can you? Those of you who’ve spoken to me in the last 24 hours may be surprised that there’s a song here - until about 2:00 this afternoon I had pretty much nothing. I was all ready to blow it off and go play some tennis when this came to me. The music is an idea that’s been floating around in my head forever, but the sad guy singing about pizza was one of those things that just bubbled up from somewhere. It’s by necessity a pretty simple structure and arrangement, but I kind of like it that way. It’s economical. And recording it also felt very old school for some reason, reminded me of high school, sitting in my room at home with a four track cassette and a chorus pedal. And maybe a piece of pizza. Pizza Day Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week In my school, it was Friday. The pizza wasn’t any good at all, but you can’t really argue with pizza at school can you? Those of you who’ve spoken to me in the last 24 hours may be surprised that there’s a song here - until about 2:00 this afternoon I had pretty much nothing. I was all ready to blow it off and go play some tennis when this came to me. The music is an idea that’s been floating around in my head forever, but the sad guy singing about pizza was one of those things that just bubbled up from somewhere. It’s by necessity a pretty simple structure and arrangement, but I kind of like it that way. It’s economical. And recording it also felt very old school for some reason, reminded me of high school, sitting in my room at home with a four track cassette and a chorus pedal. And maybe a piece of pizza. Pizza Day Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week In my school, it was Friday. The pizza wasn’t any good at all, but you can’t really argue with pizza at school can you? Those of you who’ve spoken to me in the last 24 hours may be surprised that there’s a song here - until about 2:00 this afternoon I had pretty much nothing. I was all ready to blow it off and go play some tennis when this came to me. The music is an idea that’s been floating around in my head forever, but the sad guy singing about pizza was one of those things that just bubbled up from somewhere. It’s by necessity a pretty simple structure and arrangement, but I kind of like it that way. It’s economical. And recording it also felt very old school for some reason, reminded me of high school, sitting in my room at home with a four track cassette and a chorus pedal. And maybe a piece of pizza. Pizza Day Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-06-30,22045283 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:14:45 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758989-Thing-a-Week-39-%E2%80%93-Pizza-Day In my school, it was Friday. The pizza wasn’t any good at all, but you can’t really argue with pizza at school can you? Those of you who’ve spoken to me in the last 24 hours may be surprised that there’s a song here – until about 2:00 this afternoon I had pretty much nothing. I was all ready to blow it off and go play some tennis when this came to me. The music is an idea that’s been floating around in my head forever, but the sad guy singing about pizza was one of those things that just bubbled up from somewhere. It’s by necessity a pretty simple structure and arrangement, but I kind of like it that way. It’s economical. And recording it also felt very old school for some reason, reminded me of high school, sitting in my room at home with a four track cassette and a chorus pedal. And maybe a piece of pizza. Pizza Day Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week In my school, it was Friday. The pizza wasn’t any good at all, but you can’t really argue with pizza at school can you? Those of you who’ve spoken to me in the last 24 hours may be surprised that there’s a song here – until about 2:00 this afternoon I had pretty much nothing. I was all ready to blow it off and go play some tennis when this came to me. The music is an idea that’s been floating around in my head forever, but the sad guy singing about pizza was one of those things that just bubbled up from somewhere. It’s by necessity a pretty simple structure and arrangement, but I kind of like it that way. It’s economical. And recording it also felt very old school for some reason, reminded me of high school, sitting in my room at home with a four track cassette and a chorus pedal. And maybe a piece of pizza. Pizza Day Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week In my school, it was Friday. The pizza wasn’t any good at all, but you can’t really argue with pizza at school can you? Those of you who’ve spoken to me in the last 24 hours may be surprised that there’s a song here – until about 2:00 this afternoon I had pretty much nothing. I was all ready to blow it off and go play some tennis when this came to me. The music is an idea that’s been floating around in my head forever, but the sad guy singing about pizza was one of those things that just bubbled up from somewhere. It’s by necessity a pretty simple structure and arrangement, but I kind of like it that way. It’s economical. And recording it also felt very old school for some reason, reminded me of high school, sitting in my room at home with a four track cassette and a chorus pedal. And maybe a piece of pizza. Pizza Day Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-06-30,24758989 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 19:14:45 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1371921-Thing-a-Week-38-Drinking-with-You tag:odeo.com,2006-06-24,1371921 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:26:23 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045293-Thing-a-Week-38-Drinking-with-You I don’t know what it is with me and the office crushes - I haven’t had a job in almost a year so you know, it hasn’t really come up. But I find them very sweet, I think because offices are a lot like high school, which is the best time to have a crush. Except when you have an office crush, you are most likely old enough to drink, and so you can go out and get drunk with your crushee, which is also the best. I am sensitive to the fact that some might misconstrue this song to be not so much a “sweet love song” and more a “pro-date-rape” song. This is not what I mean. I’m talking about that night long after the two of you both know very well what is going on but haven’t acted on it, and you make this mutual but kind of secret decision to “go out for drinks” - and you’re playing it cool on the outside but inside you’re jumping up and down and doing a one-person conga line singing “Going out for dri-hinks... I don’t know what it is with me and the office crushes - I haven’t had a job in almost a year so you know, it hasn’t really come up. But I find them very sweet, I think because offices are a lot like high school, which is the best time to have a crush. Except when you have an office crush, you are most likely old enough to drink, and so you can go out and get drunk with your crushee, which is also the best. I am sensitive to the fact that some might misconstrue this song to be not so much a “sweet love song” and more a “pro-date-rape” song. This is not what I mean. I’m talking about that night long after the two of you both know very well what is going on but haven’t acted on it, and you make this mutual but kind of secret decision to “go out for drinks” - and you’re playing it cool on the outside but inside you’re jumping up and down and doing a one-person conga line singing “Going out for dri-hinks! Going out for dri-hinks!” If you aren’t old enough to drink, don’t go out for drinks with your crush. It’s really not that awesome. Stay in school kids. Drinking with You Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I don’t know what it is with me and the office crushes - I haven’t had a job in almost a year so you know, it hasn’t really come up. But I find them very sweet, I think because offices are a lot like high school, which is the best time to have a crush. Except when you have an office crush, you are most likely old enough to drink, and so you can go out and get drunk with your crushee, which is also the best. I am sensitive to the fact that some might misconstrue this song to be not so much a “sweet love song” and more a “pro-date-rape” song. This is not what I mean. I’m talking about that night long after the two of you both know very well what is going on but haven’t acted on it, and you make this mutual but kind of secret decision to “go out for drinks” - and you’re playing it cool on the outside but inside you’re jumping up and down and doing a one-person conga line singing “Going out for dri-hinks! Going out for dri-hinks!” If you aren’t old enough to drink, don’t go out for drinks with your crush. It’s really not that awesome. Stay in school kids. Drinking with You Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-06-23,22045293 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:26:23 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758993-Thing-a-Week-38-%E2%80%93-Drinking-with-You I don’t know what it is with me and the office crushes – I haven’t had a job in almost a year so you know, it hasn’t really come up. But I find them very sweet, I think because offices are a lot like high school, which is the best time to have a crush. Except when you have an office crush, you are most likely old enough to drink, and so you can go out and get drunk with your crushee, which is also the best. I am sensitive to the fact that some might misconstrue this song to be not so much a “sweet love song” and more a “pro-date-rape” song. This is not what I mean. I’m talking about that night long after the two of you both know very well what is going on but haven’t acted on it, and you make this mutual but kind of secret decision to “go out for drinks” – and you’re playing it cool on the outside but inside you’re jumping up and down and doing a one-person conga line singing “Going out f... I don’t know what it is with me and the office crushes – I haven’t had a job in almost a year so you know, it hasn’t really come up. But I find them very sweet, I think because offices are a lot like high school, which is the best time to have a crush. Except when you have an office crush, you are most likely old enough to drink, and so you can go out and get drunk with your crushee, which is also the best. I am sensitive to the fact that some might misconstrue this song to be not so much a “sweet love song” and more a “pro-date-rape” song. This is not what I mean. I’m talking about that night long after the two of you both know very well what is going on but haven’t acted on it, and you make this mutual but kind of secret decision to “go out for drinks” – and you’re playing it cool on the outside but inside you’re jumping up and down and doing a one-person conga line singing “Going out for dri-hinks! Going out for dri-hinks!” If you aren’t old enough to drink, don’t go out for drinks with your crush. It’s really not that awesome. Stay in school kids. Drinking with You Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I don’t know what it is with me and the office crushes – I haven’t had a job in almost a year so you know, it hasn’t really come up. But I find them very sweet, I think because offices are a lot like high school, which is the best time to have a crush. Except when you have an office crush, you are most likely old enough to drink, and so you can go out and get drunk with your crushee, which is also the best. I am sensitive to the fact that some might misconstrue this song to be not so much a “sweet love song” and more a “pro-date-rape” song. This is not what I mean. I’m talking about that night long after the two of you both know very well what is going on but haven’t acted on it, and you make this mutual but kind of secret decision to “go out for drinks” – and you’re playing it cool on the outside but inside you’re jumping up and down and doing a one-person conga line singing “Going out for dri-hinks! Going out for dri-hinks!” If you aren’t old enough to drink, don’t go out for drinks with your crush. It’s really not that awesome. Stay in school kids. Drinking with You Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-06-23,24758993 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 19:26:23 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/1359460-Thing-a-Week-37-Rock-and-Roll-Boy tag:odeo.com,2006-06-17,1359460 Sat, 17 Jun 2006 01:46:12 -0700 no Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/22045310-Thing-a-Week-37-Rock-and-Roll-Boy I went trolling for some interesting audio this week over at the Internet Archive - frankly, I’m a little sick of writing songs, and I wanted to flush out the system with a found audio thingie. I found this treasure trove, a collection of kids on cassette in the public domain (if you’ve never been to the Internet Archive, you should check it out - it’s non-profit with an enormous library of, like, everything). It brought back fond memories of yelling nonsense into the grill of a 40-pound tape recorder with a record button you had to lean on and mash down with your whole hand. And I was blown away by six-year-old Justin’s “Rock and Roll Boy,” which begins with the most fantastic opening lines in the history of rock and roll. So I wrote a song around Justin’s vocals. He wasn’t thoughtful enough to provide a third verse or a bridge, and he wandered a bit in terms of key, so I had to improvise. But I really think he had an actual song in h... I went trolling for some interesting audio this week over at the Internet Archive - frankly, I’m a little sick of writing songs, and I wanted to flush out the system with a found audio thingie. I found this treasure trove, a collection of kids on cassette in the public domain (if you’ve never been to the Internet Archive, you should check it out - it’s non-profit with an enormous library of, like, everything). It brought back fond memories of yelling nonsense into the grill of a 40-pound tape recorder with a record button you had to lean on and mash down with your whole hand. And I was blown away by six-year-old Justin’s “Rock and Roll Boy,” which begins with the most fantastic opening lines in the history of rock and roll. So I wrote a song around Justin’s vocals. He wasn’t thoughtful enough to provide a third verse or a bridge, and he wandered a bit in terms of key, so I had to improvise. But I really think he had an actual song in his head. Which is more than I can say for myself some weeks… Rock and Roll Boy Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I went trolling for some interesting audio this week over at the Internet Archive - frankly, I’m a little sick of writing songs, and I wanted to flush out the system with a found audio thingie. I found this treasure trove, a collection of kids on cassette in the public domain (if you’ve never been to the Internet Archive, you should check it out - it’s non-profit with an enormous library of, like, everything). It brought back fond memories of yelling nonsense into the grill of a 40-pound tape recorder with a record button you had to lean on and mash down with your whole hand. And I was blown away by six-year-old Justin’s “Rock and Roll Boy,” which begins with the most fantastic opening lines in the history of rock and roll. So I wrote a song around Justin’s vocals. He wasn’t thoughtful enough to provide a third verse or a bridge, and he wandered a bit in terms of key, so I had to improvise. But I really think he had an actual song in his head. Which is more than I can say for myself some weeks… Rock and Roll Boy Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-06-16,22045310 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:46:12 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week http://www.odeo.com/episodes/24758994-Thing-a-Week-37-%E2%80%93-Rock-and-Roll-Boy I went trolling for some interesting audio this week over at the Internet Archive – frankly, I’m a little sick of writing songs, and I wanted to flush out the system with a found audio thingie. I found this treasure trove, a collection of kids on cassette in the public domain (if you’ve never been to the Internet Archive, you should check it out – it’s non-profit with an enormous library of, like, everything). It brought back fond memories of yelling nonsense into the grill of a 40-pound tape recorder with a record button you had to lean on and mash down with your whole hand. And I was blown away by six-year-old Justin’s “Rock and Roll Boy,” which begins with the most fantastic opening lines in the history of rock and roll. So I wrote a song around Justin’s vocals. He wasn’t thoughtful enough to provide a third verse or a bridge, and he wandered a bit in terms of key, so I had to improvise. But I really think he had an actu... I went trolling for some interesting audio this week over at the Internet Archive – frankly, I’m a little sick of writing songs, and I wanted to flush out the system with a found audio thingie. I found this treasure trove, a collection of kids on cassette in the public domain (if you’ve never been to the Internet Archive, you should check it out – it’s non-profit with an enormous library of, like, everything). It brought back fond memories of yelling nonsense into the grill of a 40-pound tape recorder with a record button you had to lean on and mash down with your whole hand. And I was blown away by six-year-old Justin’s “Rock and Roll Boy,” which begins with the most fantastic opening lines in the history of rock and roll. So I wrote a song around Justin’s vocals. He wasn’t thoughtful enough to provide a third verse or a bridge, and he wandered a bit in terms of key, so I had to improvise. But I really think he had an actual song in his head. Which is more than I can say for myself some weeks… Rock and Roll Boy Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week I went trolling for some interesting audio this week over at the Internet Archive – frankly, I’m a little sick of writing songs, and I wanted to flush out the system with a found audio thingie. I found this treasure trove, a collection of kids on cassette in the public domain (if you’ve never been to the Internet Archive, you should check it out – it’s non-profit with an enormous library of, like, everything). It brought back fond memories of yelling nonsense into the grill of a 40-pound tape recorder with a record button you had to lean on and mash down with your whole hand. And I was blown away by six-year-old Justin’s “Rock and Roll Boy,” which begins with the most fantastic opening lines in the history of rock and roll. So I wrote a song around Justin’s vocals. He wasn’t thoughtful enough to provide a third verse or a bridge, and he wandered a bit in terms of key, so I had to improvise. But I really think he had an actual song in his head. Which is more than I can say for myself some weeks… Rock and Roll Boy Buy the song Send a Donation Hear more music Subscribe to Thing a Week tag:odeo.com,2006-06-16,24758994 Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:46:12 -0700 no Thing a Week Thing a Week