Archive for November, 2009
U R I and I
Friday, November 13th, 2009Middle Earth
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009I’ll be giving a short presentation/jam to the pupils of Middle Earth Child Development Center next Wednesday at 10:30. It should be fun.

Weird Animals EP coming soon!
Friday, November 6th, 2009New EP Weird Animals is coming soon. I don’t have a firm date yet but the limited CD will be available in early December with the digital download following in early January. The track list is as follows:
1. Only Grey
2. Weird Animal
3. Madame X
4. Can’t Get Much
5. The Middle
6. Driving in the Dark
I played some of these tunes in Norway. Most of them are songs from the same sessions as “White Noise/Black Music” that either didn’t seem to fit with the other songs or I couldn’t seem to finish. I had a fondness for all of them and thought this EP would be a good venue for them. In December the “single” Weird Animal will be available as a free download. More on that in a few weeks.

Norwegian bus ride playlist
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009I’m still sorting through pictures and thoughts from my little Norwegian tour. Here’s the playlist from my ipod on shuffle on the bus ride from Stavanger to Bergen. It’s a really amazing trip and I skipped any songs that didn’t feel right. I often feel like my ipod is sensitive to it’s environment and situation and it’s strange how fitting it’s selections on shuffle can be. So, if you download these songs and imagine lots of rocks, fjords, clouds, rain, yellow birch leaves and green conifers you will almost be there!
Eric Sarmiento – Strange Power
King of Convenience – Misread
Spoon – Finer Feelings
Beach Boys – Wind Chimes
The Field – Everyday
Clientele – Bookshop Casanova
Lenny Bruce – The Tribunal
Jens Lekman – Psycho Girl
Magnetic Fields – Lonely Highway
Love and Rockets – Holiday on the Moon
Meas Samoun – Dondung Goan Gay
Liars – Hold You, Drum
M.I.A. – Jimmy
The Walkmen – If Only it Were True
Snoop Dog – Lodi Dodi Intro
M83 – Teen Angst
Sleeparchive – Dusty Galaxies
Misfits – Some Kinda Hate
Byrds – You Ain’t Going Nowhere


