Sunday, December 5, 2010

186,000 song/album titles per second. 61-80.



Here it is, part 4 of the continuing list of unused song titles. The title above is a reference to Richard Brautigans story, "A Confederate General at Big Sur".

61. Midlife
62. Election Food Crisis
63. Selective Misogyny
64. No Other Word for Poontang
65. Old Police, New Cops.
66. Chicken Haters
67. Plasticene
68. I missed.
69. Been to Bayonne?
70. Cannot Be Destroyed
71. Elliptical Moon.
72. Slowly Dis-invited
73. Try and Find Me
74. Not Caring but Writing It Down.
75. Embarrass Me Again
76. It's not like Cheese.
77. Paper Chewing Class
78. Alone in Love.
79. Talking Faster than you Think.
80. Get Your Mother.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Song/Album Titles Galactica 41-60.


First post since November 4th! Here's the continuing list of song/album titles I wrote in a state of forced sleeplessness due to my Verizon work schedule. Hope you enjoy them!

41. Frustrated Mexican
42. Alert America
43. False
44. Somebody Bit Me
45. Missing Urinal/Black Scar on a White Wall
46. More reasons to Shut Up.
47. Refusing to Bleed
48. Burdening
49. Look What Happened.
50. Party Favor Attack.
51. He's a Pig, She's a Pig.
52. Pieces, Thick Slices
53. Infected Query of Reason.
54. Sail a Boat Alone.
55. Umlaut in the Spotlight. #
56. Born into Murderous Rage.
57. Never Come Back.
58. Fucking Lucky. #
59. Meet Yourself
60. Beaten til Pretty.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Song/Album Titles of Notre Dame Part II: 21-40


I started yesterday by listing 15 then changed it to 20. Why? It feels more complete that way. I do wonder if different groupings would give different significance to the arrangement. Also, already been used indicated by #.
21. Starview Inn.
21. Electric Street Meat.
23. Write 21 twice Everytime.
24. Entwhistle Supreme.
25. Field of Crushed Lettuce.
26. Poor in Spirit, Laughing all the way to the Bank.
27. Mixed Motor Skills. #
28. Feeling Real Remorse.
29. Incredibly Dry.
30. Daylight Warrior (Warrior).
31. Wall Mark.
32. Spanish Salad Dressing.
33. Rock Feels Good and Rocks Feel Good.
34. Eleven Twelve.
35. Black Wind Marks I.
36. Too Far.
37. Bloody Bloody Lincoln.
38. Little Silver.
39. Ex-Messenger.
40. Damn-alot.

Mixed Motor Skills appears on EQC: Empty Quotation Casino. The title became F--K this but the original inspired lyrics are included.
EQC Facebook Page

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Post -Midnight Album/Song Titles part. 1


One night a half of a zillion years ago (2004) when I worked my horrifying job at Verizon, I needed something to do. You see, my job at the time was to answer 411 calls from 10pm-6am. Fifteen second conversations with drunk people several hundred times per shift. While usually midnight to say 2:30 is relatively entertaining, after that the joy quotient drops off significantly. Some people at the job brought crosswords, word search puzzles, magazines. You couldn't get too involved because a call could pop up any second "city and state please?".
I used to read magazines, attempt to do homework and bring blank paper and pens. I could doodle and sketch, or write. One night I decided to make a list of song titles I could use for future songs (or perhaps albums). My goal was 100. I surpassed it.
I'm not claiming any specific right to any of these but if you ever decide to use one, let me know. I'd like to hear where my inspiration ended up.

100+ Song titles part 1: 1-20.
1. Sick of a lot of Stuff.
2. Had his heart (rate) set on it.
3. Beat you to the Glass.
4. Spanish Pavillion
5. Mysteries and Malcontents.
6. Second Soul on the Left.
7. You wish it had meaning.
8. Nuts upon Dots.
9. Learn how to Spell before you Die.
10. Nothing this Service Obscures.
11. Restaurant Economy.
12. Metapunk Dendrite Revolution.
13. Upset about your Cold Feet.
14. Every Foreign Word.
15. I'm a Free Thinker and you should be too.
16. You Should Just Quit.
17. Old Shuffling Pretender.
18. Conundrumitis.
19. The First Three Times I Quit Smoking.
20. Funny Fuzzy Ruddy.
I'll continue the list in a few days or a week.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Sunday, May 9, 2010

My 30 day project (on paper)


My interest is in interpreting a piece of music every day for 30 days. I don't actually have time to record every day but I am generating
a list from which to work from . Dirty deeds is actually recorded. I 'll probably get to one or two a week. My real project, in fact,
is in keeping the list up to date.

1. dirty deeds
2. stand and deliver- adam ant
3. after the gold rush
4. this is the picture excellent birds- peter gabriel
5. god (tori amos)
6. i saw her standing there.
7. fallen angel- king crimson
8. why do fools fall in love?
9. take me with u

Monday, April 26, 2010

Mute Pt.: Aardvark Spleen "Center of the Universe"


Is there a Rhode Island "sound"? Is it some combination of Canned Heat, Jim Hensons' Muppet Show and a philosophical inquiry into cannibalism? If you're listening to Dr. Zeke and Aardvark Spleen, the answer is yes, without a doubt.
The new disc, "Center of the Universe" is Spleen's first since 1999's "Love of Wisdom". This group opens fresh in 2010 with Cosmic Sludge, a little reminiscent of Floyd on "One of these Days" and it's mellow sax intro. The first line of the album tells you just where these guys are coming from; "Listen to the preacher lie...explain away cro-magnon man."
Where are they actually from? I think that's answered in the super stompy blues of Foster. Don't listen to this one before bedtime kids. If you want to relax, pick Smells So Good which sounds like a loaf of freshly baked bread.
When I heard Them Last Ten Beers which features a couple of solos containing 9.6 percent alcohol, I felt like I was there. Streaking, fighting ,whatever, it's hard to resist the simple charms of a good old party song. Sober up at the Chinese Buffet, try the sweet and sour kitten or consult with Lao-Tzu "who proclaims I need no virtue..." So goes our journey to the center...how exactly will we get out?
The harmonic lament of I Killed the Dinosaurs begins the second half, setting in motion the de-volution that may lead to a Shellfish Orgy. This is not a metaphor: "The hardshells...will be oozing slimy fluids tonight!" This song also contains a stinkin' hot slide solo, possibly my favorite moment on the whole disc. What happens when plants gain self awareness? They conspire to Eat the Vegetarians (and the Vegans too). Gimme Money sounds more like Captain Beefheart falling off stage at a blues festival every time I hear it. Everybody loves Grampa, and it might be Aardvark Spleens signature tune.

The fun and the hard work that created this disc is evident in every tune. Leave it to Paul "Dr.Zeke" Swift, Tim Johnson, Scott Ulricksen, Erik "Spiney Norman" Ryfa, Harold Lawton, Christine Andrade, and Chris Lussier to bring this mix of rock, blues, and existentialist thought to life with such energy and freedom. Here's to the Rhode Island sound of Aardvark Spleen. You can buy it on iTunes or from the band through Facebook.