A Book on Before & Beyond (demo)

This blogging thing is too much to keep up with...

Here's a newish song still in demo form.



Lyrics:

I waited outside
I worked out a ride
The only thing I could tell
Was that the white line down there was the tide
The only thing I've been learning still,
The only thing I've been thinking
Is you've gotta haunt
To get what you want
I've heard it's tried and it's true
Just listening to you

I've parked on the pond
I've laid on the lawn
I've thought a lot into thirst
I bought a book on before and beyond
I thought I knew what this love was for
I thought I knew what your thinking
I'm trying to win
By catching the wind
The only way I can talk
Is barely and soft

Who's gonna climb our trees when we're gone
Who's gonna hear Bob's Corrina (x2)
Who's gonna pet our cats and our dogs
Who's gonna be there after we die
I don't know anything about heaven
Or when I die where my soul will go
Just like the busted clock on my shelf
The tick of time couldn't move too slow
We'll try to hide still and even though
You can't escape from the Holy Ghost

The Trick to Chopping Trees Down

I'm not sure what to call this song yet.

Still screens, metamorphine
My bones are in their sockets
Right where they belong

Work weeks, wallowing speaks
Some other foreign language
That somehow I read

The weight of wisdom on water will turn it to tears
The way the world treats our daughters; they're walking with fear

Timelines, bonus bank fines
I'm off to find a problem
Just one I can solve

Calling curteisievening
The trick to chopping trees down
Is to not really care mind

Though dark can swallow the world and wave all it's arms
Despite dependence on dark, the light's still in charge

I know I can't stop living in judgement
It's pretty hard but you know it's true
No matter what stops hurting around me
We know I can't stop hurting for you
I'm not trying to do you wrong here
I'm just trying to live my life
I'm trying to live my life
I'm trying to do it right

Forest Fires (Acoustic)

I recorded a pretty low-fi, acoustic version of "Forest Fires" last night for no good reason. Enjoy some falsetto.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
This album is pretty spectacular. You should try it.

In other news, I really love this cover...

Hermeto Pascoal - Música da Lagoa

Sorry for posting so many videos lately but I'd feel selfish if I kept this one to myself. Thanks to Nate or Brandon or Joel for showing me this video the other night. The butterflies have to be my favorite part.

Listen to Anni Rossi

Testing, Testing, 1,2,3...

A quick clip of some test shots Shaaze & I took this Sunday.

Humm... Hummmmm... No that sucks... p&Dt9*^Etoy

Arranging parts for strings is harder than you might think... We'll see. Maybe Tyler will have some genius idea. I wouldn't put it past him.

P.s. How do you go from this...

to this...

in about five seconds?

Whispering Bees

Tonight, after watching I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, I felt like recording something and this is what happened. The quality isn't great but it's all from the internal mic on my iMac.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

01. In The Flowers
02. My Girls
03. Also Frightened
04. Summertime Clothes
05. Daily Routine
06. Bluish
07. Guys Eyes
08. Taste
09. Lion In A Coma
10. No More Runnin
11. Brother Sport

This album is changing me.

Animalia

It's coming along...

Face Controlled by Music

Daito Manabe is a programmer, artist, and designer. From Daito’s website, “Yes. It is painful. but not as much as you think.”

Sea Organ

Okay, get ready to have your brain blown...

About four or five months ago I was browsing around different photographers' websites when I came across this photo of these stairs in Croatia. (I'd give a photo credit, but I can't remember her name)

I loved this photo so I saved it and hadn't really thought about it much until today when I wanted to see if there were any other pictures of this place. So I googled "Croatia + Steps" and I found this...

It's a sea organ!!! Basically the waves push air through thirty-five perfectly tuned sound tubes underneath the steps and it makes music. How awesome is that? After researching a bit more I discovered it isn't the first one ever built. San Francisco has a similar wave organ that was built in 1986 but apparently it doesn't sound quite as nice. Anyway... I think it's pretty much the coolest thing I've seen in a while.

You can read about it at SeaOrgans.com and about it and other odd instruments at Oddstrument.com

Sights & Sounds From The Studio

Here's a little video of Dan recording some drum.
(Cick to Play)

Song Of The Week/Day (Halloween)

Ane Brun - Petrified Forest Road (Bonus Track)

Stars Are Like Tiny Street Lights

Dear Zlog,

Wrote another song today. Jana says it sounds different but good. Hopefully she's right about the good part. I now have five to finish writing and start recording. We'll see how much I can get done on my trip. I'm not sure how much free time I'll have. Earlier tonight I was laying in the street, listening to Neko Case and looking at the stars and I couldn't find the big dipper to save my life. Searched the entire sky. I also realized that I have no idea where the Leo constellation is or what it actually looks like. According to Wikipedia it looks something like this...

I find it a little hard to believe but I'm going to anyway.

Oh My Gosh, Oh My God

Wrote some pretty good lyrics tonight. I'm trying to get a head start so I have less to accomplish during my down time in NY. Oh that reminds me, I looked up the hotel I'll be in...