My Geeky Francophile Internet Celeb

Check out this interview with my favorite francophile and geekette from TheBigWordProject (which I’ve blogged about before). Be sure to read the full post, which also features the geeks. [swoooon]

Under Her Dress: The Music Video!

Vlogger Ruthie emailed me asking for my permission to use Under Her Dress, the song I wrote to Pamela‘s words, for a video project, of which she sent me a tantalizing sample. I said sure! But I don’t need to say any more, because Ruthie introduces the video, and the result speaks for itself. Many…

Another Microsoft Music Video

You may remember Microsoft’s surrealist Vista Rocks video. Well, following the Vista fiasco, Microsoft tries to move on, with a Boys Band singing the virtues of the upcoming Windows 7. Appalling. (Via Daring Fireball).

Guitar Envy, continued…

Last May, I described how I caved in to Guitar Envy and bought a cheap electro-acoustic nylon string job on eBay. Following that purchase, I had 60€ left on a PayPal account and thought I might buy myself a crappy electric guitar too, while I waited to treat myself to a decent instrument, some day.…

Publié le
Catégorisé dans Making Music

Misunderstood

I’ve spoken at length on this blog about how my music tends to find a small core of enthusiastic fans, and irk a majority of others (and how these numbers seem to vary widely depending on geography). Despite the fact that I don’t create super-weird avant-garde musique concrète, I’ve proposed some hypotheses to explain this…

Remote Possibility: Canis Horribillis

Canis Horribillis is what happens when an early Remote Possibility song inspires lyrics by Icepac, goes through the hands of a few guest musicians, and gets real drums and a great mixdown by Harmsichord.

Publié le
Catégorisé dans Songs

1 mot, 1 chanson: Canapé

1 mot, 1 chanson has a new contributor. My son Nicolas, 14, wrote the lyrics to Canapé, sang me the tune they should follow, and with great confidence and authority, told me what instruments and general vibe he wanted. Then all I had to do was to follow his orders, which I did with great…