I don’t want to be the one
This morning, the Inkspots came over the speakers while sitting in a cafe. The Inkspots have the craziest and most fantastic of signatures. One of them always sings the lyric […]
Songwriting
i ain’t singing for Pepsi
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changing their tune
At Outro school they teach how to fade, how to add strings or turn a chorus into an anthem. The least popular course is taught by an old New York […]
a bullet to the heart
I am positioned these days to endure much pop radio since my associate in the back, the one occupying the child-seat, directs the radio preferences. I found it hard to […]
Pleasing Yourself
Was listening to an old episode of the BBC show desert island discs, Salmon Rushdie recorded in 1989 prior to the release of The Satanic Verses. At one point the […]
stories
It’s all about stories, that’s why there is a love of films, books and music etc. And what hurts additionally when someone dies, they take their stories. Can no longer […]
the first one said to the second one there
In the check out at the grocery store, overheard two women talking about Band On The Run as it played over the speakers. First said she loved it and it […]
big green onion gonna come
My grandmother babysat me often and I liked being with her, listening to the same stories like showing up for her first job and the man in charge telling her […]
often return to these
Love is a rose but you better not pick it It only grows when it’s on the vine. A handful of thorns and you’ll know you’ve missed it You lose […]
the big leagues
After Cleave explained that the click track was like having a friend with perfect time, I wandered outside to the lounge at McLear, formerly RCA studios which was formerly CHUM […]