Archive for March, 2006

Thing a Week 24 - Don’t Talk to Strangers

Friday, March 10th, 2006

Yes: the Rick Springfield song. This recording is based on an arrangement I once did live at Little Gray Books with my friend Phoebe. I heard a recording of it recently and my voice sounded terrible, but I liked the arrangement a lot so I thought I’d flesh it out a little more and give [...]

Furry Lobster Survives

Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Oh, come on! Are you kidding me?! Apparently some divers found an actual furry furry lobster in the South Pacific. It is white, blind and covered with hair (just like Ronnie Milsap). If we wait long enough, everything in Hodgman’s book will become true. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.
If you don’t see why [...]

Site Updates

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Since everyone’s crazy for acoustic versions of things, I’ve put a bunch up along with what was in the old “Other Experiments” section as part of a new virtual album. As usual, every song is streamable and buyable, with a few freebies in there because I love you. Just scroll to the bottom of the [...]

House of Cease and Desist

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

Waxy.org has been sent a cease and desist for hosting the House of Cosbys videos, and the out-of-print “Cosby Talks to Kids About Drugs” album. They’ve taken down the album because that’s pretty clearly illegal, but they’re leaving the videos up.
House of Cosbys was an animated show made for a site called Channel101. That site [...]

Thing a Week 23 - A Talk with George

Friday, March 3rd, 2006

Chapter 23 in which you are visited by the ghost of George Plimpton and he relays to you an important message about life.
It was Jim Hanas who told about the song contest going on at The Plimpton Project, an organization dedicated to getting a statue of the man erected somewhere in the city. George [...]