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Sunday, March 18th, 2012

🦋 Folk Process

Practice with John this afternoon was composed exclusively of almost-new and brand-new songs.

• "Chinese Bones" -- we've abortively tried playing this a couple of times before, today was the first time it really came together, through the magical-seeming addition of a short capo on the second fret.
• "Old Joe Clark" -- we've played this once or twice, how could we not have, but not for a long time. Sounded really nice.
• "See Emily Play" -- this one will take some work, I'm excited about doing that work.
• "Jug of Punch" -- we tried playing this (in honor of the Saint's day) a couple of times, it was sounding ok, suddenly John got the idea to speed it way up and completely alter the melody of it; and all of a sudden it was a Mountain Station song! Really fantastic. I will post a video later on.
• "I've Just Seen a Face" -- what fun. We haven't done any Beatles covers but this one might be a keeper.

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Saturday, March 17th, 2012

🦋 More Music Links!

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🦋 There's Whiskey in the Jar

Happy St. Paddy's, all you serpent-haters! Some of my favorite early musical memories are of listening to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem on my dad's stereo, singing Irish drinking songs. Here are two versions of "A Jug of Punch":

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Friday, March 16th, 2012

🦋 Let's Listen to

Two songs.

I've Just Seen a Face

by Lennon, McCartney

I've just seen a face,
I can't forget the time or place
That we'd just met, she's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met
Na na na na na na

Had it been another day
I might have looked the other way
But I had never been aware
And as it is I dream of her tonight
Na na na na na na

CHORUS:
Falling, yes I am falling
And she keeps calling me back again

I have never known
The likes of this, I've been alone
And I have missed things and kept out of sight
But other girls were never quite like this
Na na na na na na

CHORUS

I've just seen a face
I can t forget the time or place
And we'd just met, she's just the girl for me
And I want all the world to see we've met
Na na na na na na

CHORUS

See Emily Play

by Syd Barrett

Emily tries but misunderstands, ah ooh
She's often inclined to borrow somebody's dreams till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind at play
Free games till may
See Emily play

Soon after dark Emily cries, ah ooh
Gazing through trees in sorrow hardly a sound till tomorrow
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play

Put on a gown that touches the ground, ah ooh
Float on a river forever and ever, Emily
There is no other day
Let's try it another way
You'll lose your mind and play
Free games for may
See Emily play

↻...done

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Wednesday, March 14th, 2012

🦋 What? No Love & Rockets?!!!

A mix tape from Jaime Hernandez!

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Saturday, March third, 2012

🦋 Family shot

Lying around the house on a rainy Saturday.

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🦋 Better a good dinner than a fine coat.

Let's watch the Threepenny Opera -- online in its entirety in Criterion Films' restoration, with subtitles that can be turned on or off via the "CC" button at the bottom of the frame:

You're welcome. (And thanks for bringing this to my attention, Allan!)

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Friday, March second, 2012

🦋 With Chifawfaw on the side

The latest addition to The Kitchen Tapes is my arrangement of Nat King Cole's "Frim Fram Sauce" -- and right now it feels like this playlist is complete, it encapsulates my sound very nicely. I'm going to keep recording songs and uploading them to YouTube or SoundCloud or whatever other such service; but The Kitchen Tapes playlist will remain as is -- I'll start working on the next playlist. I've been doing a lot of asking friends to listen to it and link to it over the past week or so -- if you are one such friend I hope you don't mind the spamminess of it all. (And thanks for the link, cleek!) Very happy and proud about how the tapes are sounding -- I have this thought in mind that somehow if enough people put the link out, it could find an audience not composed solely of my close friends and family... If you listen to it and like what you hear, do me a favor and pass it along.

(What I mean to say, I'm really excited about having made a record.)

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Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

🦋 East Tennessee Blues

Latest addition to The Kitchen Tapes mix is short and sweet. It is an old fiddle tune that I've been wanting to learn for a long time; last night I went ahead and tried it out. After five or six takes I got a version I'm pretty happy with.

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Sunday, February 26th, 2012

🦋 Kitchen Concert

More scraping fiddle in my kitchen. No singing for you tonight. Enjoy!

Set listing

1. Jeremy's Breakdown (The Modesto Kid) -- I added this track to the Kitchen Tapes.
2. Harvest Home
3. The Swallowtail Jig
4. Drowsy Maggie
5. The Road to Lisdoonvarna.

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