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The Ghost of Freeman Hall
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| No thank you. |
[11 Jul 2009|03:22pm] |
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I went to the open mic yesterday. I don't want to talk about that, I want to talk about what happened afterwards. We were all supposed to go to a bar. Half way across the boulevard, I tell them I have to leave. They don't want me to leave. Alex asks, "how come you're always so mysterious?" I don't respond, but I know the answer. Matt offers his hand to me and I deny its existence. Then I say, I have something to do at home (which I do! I have to redirect all the files on my torrents so that they can start working again - I've done half of them and that's about 300 torrents with 300 to go). They all say ok and I head out.
The reason I can't come with you guys is that I can't afford to go to bars or do anything exciting of that sort. I also don't want any of you to buy me a beer or become aware of my "situation". It's purely my fault and I should get a job to rectify this, but you don't know what a mess that is already.
John, I'm only dancing. She turns me on. But I'm only dancing. She turns me on. Don't get me wrong. I'm only dancing...
This song rocks.
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| I'm not feeling too hot myself these days |
[09 Jul 2009|11:39am] |
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I believe now it's the isolation that's leading me to depression. I do believe that when I am with people, I get motivated to become better than myself. That's exactly what I need.
I went to a songwriters workshop yesterday. I presented what is about you that I like?. They said that I should never start a song with a chorus, but it seemed to work here. They said the melody should be more defined because the chords that I'm using makes it sound like I'm accidentally playing a wrong note. (Although, I should mention I did that intentionally.) They also commented on one of the lines which was seemingly out of place "I know you wouldn't want to leave me". Then they said that the line "your cupid's laugh decieves" was good and they wanted me to explore the darker side of my interest in this girl that I'm writing about. They said that I should change the bridge's lyrics from "just one kiss would bring humanity back into what i write" to "back into my life" rhyming with the previous line "just one kiss would breath insanity into my life". Which I disagree with completely, but that's okay, I'll take that criticism willingly as I choose my line to be obtuse at that point. The last thing they said about it was that it seems like I wrote this accidentally. Technically, I did write it accidentally because everything I write is an accident thanks to my stream-of-consciousness technique, but every lyric was very intentional.
Overall, I ended up disagreeing with them a lot, but at least they liked it. The moderator, Dan, thought that I was really coming to be a good songwriter. He mentioned that I had improved significantly over the years that I've been there. Maybe he's right. Or maybe I'm just becoming more commercial. That's what they want from me though - a good sing along type song with cool chords and a nice verse chorus bridge structure. I don't know maybe my writing's becoming too formulaic. I need to break out somehow. Go back to Vexed and Perplexed. Do something original.
Which brings me to my last point. Should I join 50/90? I have to write 50 songs in 90 days. It's already 6 days in. If I did it and succeeded, I would double my repetoire. What do you think.
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| Grizzly Bear |
[07 Jul 2009|01:53am] |
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| A look back on June. |
[01 Jul 2009|06:35pm] |
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First, I completed 30 in 30 yesterday by making that post about my moustache. That's an achievement. There were many days when I fell behind and I quickly made up for it by backdating an entry. I'm not sure whether that's kosher with you other guys doing 30 in 30. It's just, I figure, some days I felt too distracted or hung over to decide to make a post. Other times, I was out at some open mic or at a show so I couldn't post at my ideal time 8~12AM. I'm far too scatterbrained to even put together posts some days. But that's okay. I hope.
Noteworthy things about June:
June 1
I was completing work for my Spring Semester at Kingsborough Community College. I got a 99 on my Pre-Calculus exam and that was awesome.
June 3
I spelled out my frustration with my friends. This is a key subject I would revisit from time to time.
June 5
I talked about my girlfriend at the time as well as other subjects that happened that friday. This is important because later that month, I would break up with her.
June 6
I caught swine flu. Or so it seemed. It seemed a lot weaker than a regular flu, but its intensity was key to my failure to write and deliver school papers.
June 12
I graduate from Kingsborough. Sometime before this I decide to break up with my girlfriend. I travel to North Carolina and manage to get nothing done in terms of songwriting.
June 17
The relationship finally comes to an end with both sides agreeing that we needed to break up. This is the same week I start going to open mics again.
June 21
I finally upload my first video on to the internet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw9tIIa93DQ
June 24
I'm rejected from the college that I want to go to. This is due to a stupid miscommunication where I filled out that my first choice would be Brooklyn College. I file an appeal and try to get things done as soon as possible. The wait could be anywhere from 1-3 weeks. If all else fails, I'm going to Brooklyn College.
June 26
The mystery of June 26. The day after a great night with a cool gal. Probably someone I will not meet again.
June 29
I'm locked out of my Warcraft account. It was apparently hacked. There goes my Keeper of the Grove icon (750 win icon). I was trying for the Warden icon (1500 wins).
Overall, I don't feel I wrote about much. I should write more about music. I'm interested in a lot of subjects musically. I just need to pursue it more in depth I guess. I need to write more in general. I feel so lazy and uncreative. Ah well, boy. What can you do?
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| 30 out of 30: My 'stache! |
[30 Jun 2009|09:56pm] |
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Mudvayne - Pharmaecopia |
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The concept is simple. I'm getting a job now so I had to shave my moustache to please the man. This presents a whole series of clusterfucks in terms of what I'll be limited to and I find not having a moustache to be very limiting. I suppose not having a moustache has its benefits, but I won't be kissing any girls so it won't be too beneficial.
TL;DR: Do I look better with or without my moustache?
( You decide )
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| 29 out of 30: Locked out of my account |
[29 Jun 2009|11:30pm] |
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Diane Cluck & Jeffrey Lewis - The River |
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I was trying to get protection for my Warcraft account such that I wouldn't get hacked and my email would always allow me to get my account back. However, I was dismayed when I learned the fact that I couldn't get any sort of protection because my account had not been registered under my email address. Therefore, when I click the password recovery button, my password would reset and I would have to wait for the email from blizzard. I waited long enough and nothing came. As a result, I'm locked out of my main Warcraft 3:The Frozen Throne account. What did I lose? Why don't we check the stats?
Actually, now that I check the stats, I'm in a different clan than I originally was which means I was probably hacked.
sukofme
Wins Losses Win %
Random: 4 10 28.57 %
Undead: 0 2 0.00 %
Night Elf: 1429 1416 50.23 %
Total: 1433 1428 50.09 %
These games take anywhere from 5-1hr30min. You can see that I played a lot of games. This was cumulative over 5 years work. And now, all that work goes down the drain. And there's nothing I can do to get it back. Nothing I can do.
I've started another account which is doing better percentage wise but that can change of course. brokenstar
I've registered this account with my email address. Hopefully, things will work out this time.
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| 28 out of 30: Something I mentioned before |
[28 Jun 2009|08:42pm] |
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The last impression I left on what was once my friend, Meli, was not a favorable one. I smoked, took pills for my headache and asked her why we never went out. All these things annoyed her, but I never figured it would annoy her to the point where she would stop talking to me. She had mentioned that her therapist was telling her that she was bipolar and that she should be on pills. We prayed together and she attempted to connect to me. She mentioned that she felt disconnected from everyone and asked me how to get better. All these things happened, and then we walked from Central Park to 120th street before I told her that I was going home to get some tylenol. She said she didn't want to go to my house so we parted and I never heard from her again.
She deleted her Facebook and her LiveJournals, both of them. She has vanished off the face of my earth. And I'm left wondering, did I push another one away?
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| 27 out of 30: The Home Stretch - Prospect Park Bandshell w/ Dr Dog. |
[27 Jun 2009|11:28pm] |
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I went to a Dr. Dog concert. The opening bands were These United States and Phosphorescent. These United States I didn't like because it sounded like the singer had a really whiny voice. Sorry guys. I just couldn't take it. I tried talking to the old man next to me. His name was Charlie. He was an old dude who went to concerts almost constantly. As a result, he had seen a lot of bands. I tried talking to him about Dr. Dog and how I was fascinated and obsessed with them ever since I saw them at McCarren Park Pool. That venue is now closed, but while it was there, I saw The Walkmen and Dr. Dog. I enjoyed it thoroughly. So much so, I downloaded all of Dr. Dog's work and began to follow them. I came on rather heavily to them as I was dosed by their album Easy Beat. I was convinced that this was something unique and I could not get enough of it. The two lead singers, Scott and Toby are both tenors but Toby has got range down to a bass as noted in "Dutchman Falls". That's a tremendous range, but as he was performing his voice couldn't hit some of the notes so he tried singing lower. It's not that he can't hit those notes, it's that he abuses his voice when he sings. He does the technique called "vocal fry" to give his vocals a gruff horse sound. The band has a psychadelic rock sound, but is not limited to that genre. They're genre hoppers. Their songs are so varied. When I saw them perform, I knew all the words to almost all the songs. That's how devoted I am. I listened to We All Belong and Fate and hated both of them at first, but then hailed them as masterpieces. From the beginning, with Psychadelic Swamp andToothbrush, they pushed the limits of recording technology starting with a 4-track and moved on to 8-tracks and 32-tracks. They still haven't gotten entirely used to using that many tracks, but they're using a lot of tracks. Frank is the motherfucking man. His rhythm guitar is solid and his backing vocals are too. This is a harmony band so they do three-part harmonies from time to time. They have a lot of La la la's and da da da's. I was most excited when they played "From". The song is about love and singing from the heart. That's gotta be my favorite track of theirs off of Fate. Another highlight of the night was when Scott brought his dog on stage. Then he played a song about her. It was pretty cool. People in the front of the stage were petting her.
Edit: This is the setlist:
1. The Ark
2. The Way the Lazy Do
3. Army of Ancients (with strings/horns)
4. The Old Days
5. The Pretender
6. From (so fucking fantastic)
7. Hang On
8. My Friend (this was great too)
9. Alaska
10. Oh No (w/strings)
11. New Song
12. New Song (Scott brought his dog out and played a song for her)
13. Fate
14. The Rabbit, The Bat, and the Reindeer (EXCELLENT!)
15. The Breeze
16. Worst Trip (w/strings and horns)
17. We All Belong
Tl;dr - Listen to Dr. Dog. Start with Easy Beat. Get to Toothbrush. And then We All Belong and Fate.
30 in 30 is finally coming to an end. Let's end this off on a good note.
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