More songs in the works!

Well, I came quite short of my goal of ten songs recorded in February. I am still very pleased with the ones I did finish, and am tentatively planning on recording those along with a few new ones. All of these songs could conceivably be adopted by my band Kick Old Man. That would be great, but I'd like to complete them to my own satisfaction first, before letting the other dudes morph it.

Right now I'm in the process of getting a little tape 4 track set up going. As much as I enjoy learning about digital audio and all that, it's really a drag using it and trying to be creative at the same time. It's like trying to read a book a page at a time, instead of line by line; too much going on.

The tunes that would be going on this album are all at various stages of completion. Here's a list:

1. Imitations of Reich
2. Book Hell, Texas
3. Terrible Girlfriend (Terrible Head)
4. Callin' On You
5. Thomas Christ
6. Untitled
7. Outrun the Cops (Again)
8. A Letter to Mr. Richman
9. Tiny Song for Tiny Lauren
10. Christmas Eve

Terrible Girlfriend, Terrible Head

This song is one of 2 planned instrumentals on the record. It's essentially a rip-off of the Meters, the excellent funk band.

The story behind the title: Garth and I were discussing a mutual friend's constant pessimism and self-defeating behavior. We agreed that the only thing that might make him recognize the splendor of life again is to go through a really terrible relationship. To make things even worse, the oral sex would be uninspiring.

The track does have a one line chant: "I guess it could be worse"

my first finished song

The first song that I finished is a little folk number about a girl I used to know. We half-dated very briefly one summer, then eventually just stopped talking (as it often goes). The whole thing wasn't very substantive, and in fact I summed it up neatly in a conversation with a friend with, "We met at a Misfits dance party. She laughed at my stories, put up with my friends, and was the best kisser ever. I think she's dating a hipster in Portland these days."
When I think back on how uncomplicated everything was, I really can't regret any part of it. I thought it fitting to write an uncomplicated song about her, as a way to
place the time we spent together in the "things that were good" pile rather then the "things that could have been" pile. I'll post the song as soon as I get it digitized. The lyrics are pretty much a literal re-telling of the affair:

I met you head first in a freezer at a party
the Misfits were cussing through the air
I said, "If you're free tomorrow, can I call?"
you said you didn't care

And you put up with my asshole friends
and my stories seemed to make you smile
and I admit this silly shit was fun for a while

and when you said you were moving to Portland
I said, "Are you serious?!"
I said it just like, "Are you serious?!"
and just like that you were gone.

It sadly doesn't matter if I loved you cuz the time was wrong.

9 to go!

I've got about 6 song ideas started. Normally I'd run out of steam on most of them, but for the purposes of this project I'll push through and commit them as complete songs, sucky or not!
Tentative song titles:

1. Imitations of Reich
2. D-C-F-G
3. Thomas Christ
4. Keep Talking, Devil
5. Terrible Girlfriend (Terrible Head)
6. Not Dirty Boots

I'm finishing up one tune today. It's a bit of a folk song, and I'm hoping I can get someone to play pedal steel on it. I'll write a whole blog entry about it, once it's done, and hopefully post the rough recording.