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i’ve been walking home since i was 6. back then i had company for the first few blocks (fellow kindergarteners), and we crossed a bridge over the freeway before going our separate ways. now i just have to walk about half the distance, and my mp3 player provides a soundtrack as the sun goes down. tonight i was listening to a stream i recorded recently on CBC radio 3 (canadian radio). this was one of the songs i heard.

first the tron sequel. then the green lantern. now someone ELSE is digging up the past to make something in the present for future generations, and i can’t wait. thanks to my favorite 80s blog i found out there will be a movie about falco coming soon. even though it’s in german, i’m looking forward to the time warp. rock me (again) amadeus.

i just added a new page, day of mars, that features… well… experiments in sound and music. danny williams comes to my house on tuesday mornings, and we plug stuff into the computer, turn a hand crank, keep an eye on the beaker tubes, and hope for the best. ok, not really, but it feels like it. the audio is odd enough, the impending videos could be a challenge.

man… i was surfing my digital TV stations (we don’t have cable) and discovered a new station that airs classic shows like sanford and son, the partridge family, dennis the menace– even vintage saturday morning cartoons. apparently antenna TV aired last month for the first time with a three stooges marathon. advertisers haven’t latched on yet, the commercial breaks are only a minute and a half long right now.

photo by christy (janouschek) frierdich

a friend of mine offered some advice when i told him i had trouble sleeping, he said “start doing boring things about an hour before you go to bed.” his point was that if i numbed my brain with dull stuff instead of watching an action movie, or working on something that required alot of concentration, i would have a better chance of falling asleep. it reminded me of how i feel when i drive too long sometimes. well, it’s past my bedtime, and i’m trying to get bored. wish me luck.

tonight chris mull and i will call ourselves THE SUBS and play acoustic tunes at a small gathering in west shawnee. what kind of acoustic tunes are they? i’m glad you asked! our setlist has evolved into something that includes (but isn’t restricted to) surf, swing, and spy songs. think ventures, fats waller, and henry mancini. we’ve been doing this under different names, with a revolving cast of characters, and at almost any venue for the last 25+ years. valentine’s day is coming up roses, so we’ll be playing every song we know with the word “love” in it. if you want to hear some songs we’ve recorded, click on the subs link over there on the right… or just click here.

tomorrow night we’ll be at homer’s coffeehouse

i was thinking how this website needs some kind of anchor, focus, central point… i draw cartoons, write and record songs, make videos, and write on this blog. however, sometimes the writing part is like a drowsy sniper… the eyelids get heavy, the crosshairs drift past the target, and the bullet lands in the dirt. as soon as i get my camcorder back (it’s at my sister’s house) i’ll make some more videos and scan new cartoons, but in the meantime i’ll keep shooting out ideas and hope that something sticks.

…had this been an actual blog entry of an unusual nature, you would have been subjected to the author’s recollections of a weird childhood, then directed toward websites that feature human oddities, dead malls, and a surrealist compliment generator. however, THIS is only a test.