January 2012
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1.26: “On-Your-Way-Bicycle-Boy… What-Do-You-Know?” It’s my new baritone uke! I had a crappy $30 Chinese one, and thought all baritone ukes sucked. But then I got to try a friend’s Lanikai baritone and it was so much easier to play. I got the electric version of the same ukulele and love it. Still haven’t plugged it in, though. Anyway, here’s a song on the new...
Jan 27th
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1.19: read a list of names and find one I was about to head out to work when I remembered I had a song to record. The words are kind of wedged in there (it’s no “rubber rubber, rubber”), but there’s some finger picking to make up for it. And now, I bike.
Jan 19th
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1.12: Rubber Rubber. Rubber. Rubber Rubber Rubber Rubber Rubber Rubber Rubber. Rubber belting, packing, gaskets, and hose boots, and shoes boots, …plus a mystery bonus song! Well, I said I’d try to find other sources of inspiration, but I haven’t looked very hard. I had some worries the other day that @Horse_ebooks was getting a little cocky, a bit big for its horsey britches and...
Jan 13th
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1.3: The views of a lemon Hello from the future! You’ll be disappointed to hear that we STILL don’t have jetpacks and sexbots in 2012—but at least we’ve got @Horse_ebooks. If you’ve ever tried to write a song but worried that your lyrics were too trite or nonsensical, go do karaoke some time. Every pop song ever is 10% awesome hook that everyone remembers and 90% waiting...
Jan 4th
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