The Minstrel

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Fri, 12 Aug 2011 02:33:47 -0400

This song is money. Use it to buy some bread, Ty.

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:04:07 -0400

This song is money. Use it to buy some bread, Ty.

LORDS OF THUNDER. I will never be able to thank Max Lerner...

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:02:06 -0400

LORDS OF THUNDER. I will never be able to thank Max Lerner enough for bringing this video to my attention.

^ Click it or ticket. “Revolution in Cairo: A Graffiti...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:44:29 -0400

^ Click it or ticket.

“Revolution in Cairo: A Graffiti Story” by Wendell Steavenson

Quick demo of a new song called “Don the Grados.”...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:10:00 -0400

Quick demo of a new song called “Don the Grados.” I’d like to somehow record strings (and some classical sounding piano) for the verses. For the instrumental coda, imagine it being longer with extensive lead guitar work (and intense drumming). You can download this track, and all of my music, at my Bandcamp (http://thehourglassorchestra.bandcamp.com/track/don-the-grados). This track is the first being attributed to Songs Without Drums, an ever-expanding “album” of solo-recorded demo tracks up for free download (all my stuff is free but not even allowing for pay option with these things since they’re just demos). Please give it a listen and share with me your thoughts. Lyrics below:

Hanged French billionaires,
You hang so low,
Your pocket squares
are just obscene.
They make me want to
Cut you down.

Help yourself to one
Or to a chair.
I have two tables,
But none are here.
The men don the grey suits
Here on Broadway.

March them through the rain
The Frenchmen strain
To hear the flies
Who drop in vain.
They had to die;
I suppose they did.

I saw the devil once,
He waltzed in grey
And walked the praying
Fields for the day.
He makes me want to
Cut you down.

credits

“Fully working, manual record player made entirely of...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:09:24 -0400

“Fully working, manual record player made entirely of paper. To play the record the handle needs to be turned in a clockwise direction at a steady 33^1/3rpm. The paper cone then acts as a pickup, amplifying the sound enough to make it audible. (Record shown, The Sound of Music 1965).”

Holy shit. Recorded sound continues to be so mysterious to me (passed on by Boris Smelov. Click for source.)

THE SMITHS COMPLETE - DELUXE COLLECTORS BOXSET Panic on the...

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:04:15 -0400

THE SMITHS COMPLETE - DELUXE COLLECTORS BOXSET

Panic on the streets of my brain. (Click for info.)

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Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:51:48 -0400

Go on anon and send this to 5 people you feel are wonderful and lovely to other tumblr users for whatever reason.

Wed, 18 May 2011 02:27:00 -0400

This was sweet, whoever sent it.

David Lynch on the iPhone

Sat, 14 May 2011 01:58:39 -0400

David Lynch on the iPhone

I Am What I Play: The Modernist Message of David Bowie’s “DJ”

Thu, 12 May 2011 16:20:35 -0400

I started listening to David Bowie sometime between the ages of twelve and fourteen. Prior to this,...

My band, the Exclusive Document, performing “Ink on...

Thu, 12 May 2011 14:22:24 -0400

My band, the Exclusive Document, performing “Ink on Photographs,” our last song from our last show ever, at SOMA/VASA Arts Crawl 2011. ExDoc is was: Devin William Daniels/me (guitar, vocals); Zach Bachtell (bass); Mike MacDonald (drums). Video by Nathan Larimer of The Ghost Appeal.

"The most sensitive among them tried to understand me, and that effort led them to melancholy..."

Thu, 12 May 2011 04:47:48 -0400

“The most sensitive among them tried to understand me, and that effort led them to melancholy...

"Tattooed men who are not in prison are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats."

Wed, 04 May 2011 19:50:45 -0400

“Tattooed men who are not in prison are either latent criminals or degenerate...

Stop Believin': A Brief Overview of Rock Music Discourse

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:00:06 -0400

[Last assignment ever for college, a take-home exam. Like a lot of my cultural studies papers,...

My band, the Exclusive Document, performing “Song for a...

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:00:05 -0400

My band, the Exclusive Document, performing “Song for a Dead President” at our last show ever at SOMA/VASA Arts Crawl 2011. ExDoc is was: Devin William Daniels/me (guitar, vocals); Zach Bachtell (bass); Mike MacDonald (drums). Video by Nathan Larimer of The Ghost Appeal.

Rough conceptual sketch for a possible art installation of...

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:25:23 -0400

Rough conceptual sketch for a possible art installation of “We Are Become Death: Cultural Shockwaves Hiroshima.”

"But how can you really care if anybody gets it, or gets what it means, or if it improves them...."

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:00:06 -0400

“But how can you really care if anybody gets it, or gets what it means, or if it improves...

John Is Sleeping John

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:30:02 -0400

is honest. an activist. an honest activist. mind blown by the lovenotes inside yr graygun. oy vey....

The Function of Authenticity in Music Discourse

Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:00:06 -0400

[Wrote this for a cultural studies class, so it’s not really written in the sort of style that...