Lately, I’ve started to go to Tuesdays @ 9 which is this fun workshop series by the Naked Angels. They have writers and actors show up every week and the writers have the actors do some readings of stuff they’re working on. It’s fun!
They also have a musical guest. The [...]
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Song du Jour: “Little Ships”
Week #10 of Song du Jour! This week’s song is called “Little Ships” and it’s based on a conversation I had with Kristen. About waiting for your ship to come in, that it doesn’t need to be a big ship. That you’ll do fine with just some little ships.
Little Ships
I [...]
Song du Jour: “Evil Twin”
This is week #9 of Song du Jour. It’s called “Evil Twin”. Had to write this very quickly this afternoon to make the deadline, but here it is. It’s about… being an evil twin.
Evil Twin
If I wanted to change
I probably would
But maybe I like it all the same
And I’m up [...]
Song du Jour: You’ll Come Back Someday
Here’s the new one… Week #8 of Song du Jour: “You’ll Come Back Someday”. This was inspired by the train ride out to Los Angeles. No offense to people from Kansas!
You’ll Come Back Some Day
She’s gone
Decided not to wait for me
So the next train I could catch
Was the Southwest Chief
She’ll come [...]
Song du Jour: My Hands
This is week #7 of Song du Jour. It’s called “My Hands” and it’s about being a hand model and written for Ashly Covington who said to me, you should write a song about being a hand model. (She’s a hand model.) So I did. Enjoy! (Does anyone remember the [...]
Song du Jour: Not A Funny Valentine
Here’s week 6 of Song du Jour: “Not A Funny Valentine”. I was sort of influenced by Elvis Costello(my favorite!)’s love of the old song “My Funny Valentine”. So this one’s about the not funny valentine. When you’re Charlie Brown and you put out your shoebox and nobody puts anything–in especially the [...]
Song du Jour: If I Could Say Goodbye
Here is week 5 of Song du Jour. It’s called “If I Could Say Goodbye”. Not much to say about it, but I’ve had this progression for a little while and a suggestion of a melody so this morning I put some words with it. Enjoy! Or not. As always! [...]
Song du Jour: House of Pies
Here is week 4 of Song du Jour. It’s called “House of Pies”. Because we live near the House of Pies and I thought… what if someone really built a house of pies. Why would he do that? I also decided to deliver it spoken word ala Tom Waits or Shawn [...]
Song du Jour: Down Franklin
Song du Jour, Week #3! This one is called “Down Franklin”. It was inspired because Porter said I should write about a street in LA that hasn’t been put into a song before. As far as I know, it hasn’t been. But probably someone will alert me right away to this [...]
Song du Jour: One In A Million
Here is week 2 of 2010’s Song du Jour…. It’s called “One In A Million”.
One In A Million
She’s one in a million
Chances only say when somebody finds you
Well, somebody tried to
Chances only say what
Some other line from
One of the guys on
It’s one in a million
Heaven only says what you need to
Survive in
Maybe [...]
