Eight Brief Tales of Lovers

Listen to and read about an EP I posted late last night that Streets Ahead will put out sometime in the near-ish future.

part one here

part two here

I hope you enjoy it.

EDIT: Download it here.

So Sad Right Now

Click on the picture to download a mix I put together of songs I listen to when "totally bummed out."

The mix is under my alter-ego "DJ So Sad Right Now." DJ So Sad Right Now's mixes aren't always sad, but this one is.

Track List:

1. "Heavy Water/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" by Grouper

2. "In Metal" by Low

3. "Endless Summer" by Still Corners

4. "Keen on Boys" by the Radio Dept.

5. "Where in the World Are You" by Great Lake Swimmers

6. "Blue Moon (Big Star Cover)" by Kendal Johansson

7. "Too Young (Tough Alliance Remix)" by Taken By Trees

8. "Gypsy (Fleetwood Mac Demo)" by Stevie Nicks

9. "Big White Cloud" by John Cale

news concerning my twitter gimmick

I have created a new version of my Twitter gimmick theme song/sexting anthem.

You can listen to and download it here. It's a bit different than the last version and contains an eighties style voice synthesizer tone and maybe higher production value.

Also, Robert Svetlik has become the first person to record a cover of the song, which can be heard here.

If you would like to record your own cover, the chords are on my Twitter.

The last chord is not an A# as noted in the tweet, but a G#. However, Robert uses the A# and it sounds nice. If you do happen to record a cover, post it in the comments. I would love to hear it.

Twitter and Songs About Sexting

As a Twitter gimmick, I tweeted the above tweet. So far it has only been retweeted once.

There are zero shirtless pictures of myself on the internet and I feel like that isn't fair to the approximately 2 billion people with shirtless pictures on the internet.

To support/advertise this Twitter gimmick, I wrote and recorded a song last night. It is something of a theme song for taking a topless picture of yourself.

You can download it here.

"Snoopy Contemplates Suicide," a Comic in Three Acts

Two Poems I Read Recently and Liked Quite a Lot

"Greta Gerwig cried onscreen and it seemed real"
by Stephen Tully Dierks

"Bone Woman"
by Carrie Lorig

I'm blogging these poems here because I've noticed people on Tumblr don't really "give an eff" when I post poems or about poetry.

boys and girls and google

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Blagentine's Day

Every year for Valentine's Day, I put together a mix of songs that are about the opposite of Valentine's Day in order to help people keep perspective.
Here it is.
Tracklist:
"Sorry" by The-Dream (intro)
"Whatever Happened to Us" by Loudon Wainwright III
"When You Were Mine" by Dump
"I Never Learnt to Share" by James Blake (segue)
"Don't Fall in Love" by Still Corners
"To Love Somebody" by Nina Simone
"What Can I Say" by NRBQ
"My Marriage" by Woody Allen (segue)
"Wishing He Was Dead" by The Like
"Guest House" by Ghostface Killah featuring Fabolous
"You Lie You Cheat" by Spiritualized
"The Mermaid Parade" by Phosphorescent
"Girl Don't Come" by Sandie Shaw
"Femme Fatale" by Aloe Blacc
"You're Breaking My Heart" by Harry Nilsson (segue)
"Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad" by Prince
"Only Love Can Break Your Heart" by St. Etienne
"I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone" by Giorgio Moroder (segue)
"What Goes Around Comes Around" by Tony! Tony! Toné!
"Thousand Dollar Wedding" by Gram Parsons
"Can't You See" by J. Dilla
"Non Non Non" by Les Sultans