happy new 2007

hello, from 2007. honestly, i'm ready for it.

the above image is a limited to one and hand made ep that i created this winter break for someone. it contains three songs, two that you can potentially hear at shows, and one instrumental you will never hear at shows.

i hand made this as a gift, and the person it was for will probably never get it. and that's okay with me. i made it out of water color paper that i received for free during my first year of college. i then laid down lots of yellow marker (prismacolor and sharpie) on the front side, and drew many lemons with ink. the opposite side contains a similar method of work only with red marker and ink. I then cut the sleeve out and scored the edges to obtain a perfect fold and then glued the tabs so it would hold a cd. the cd just has yellow marker and pigment liner on it. the insert was a little more complex; it contained one sheet of parchment paper that had various lines of different prismacolor marker on it while another sheet was placed over it and glued down with a note written on it and the tracklist. i didn't post this as it was a little personal. this took only two days.

i recorded three songs in my bedroom on my computer; guitar, drums, reason and vocals were used. the songs that appear on this are: pockets/hearts, some kind of song, and an instrumental track entitled this song has no lyrics.. and runs just over eight minutes in total. this took only two days as well.

i don't really know why i'm posting about it, but maybe someone should see it rather than have it collect dust on my computer desk or in my closet in a box. i was kind of proud of the way it came out, aside from the vocals. i guess this record was the end of 2006 for me.

but there will be an attic/house show this thursday with some good people:

A Drum and an Open Window (Boston)
Somolian Bonaparte
Little Yellow Bird
Linc Halloran(also on tour)
and Ghostharm

It will be jordan's cd release of "Stories" and it will be a really nice fun time. Please bring donations for the touring bands!

7pm, 42 oxford street, in the attic.
please come, i have some new songs to play for you.

then you can follow steven and i to the bug jar for the first thursday night shakedown of the new year.

lastly, some music you should look into(or rather, that i haven't been able to stop listening to:

jens lekman - opposite of hallelujah (song), how much you mean to me (song), someone to share my life with (song).

page france - tomato morning (ep)

the chairmen of the board - give me just a little more time (song)

BARR - summary(album) note: i will also be playing with barr at the a/v space in march

the most valuable players - you in honey (album - some of the most beautiful songs that struck me instantly, i found out about them by way of jens' death of this summer mix)

cat power and owen records to appease the sad sack mood i've been having on and off.

hope to see you soon.