When You Go Sheet Music
Roger sent in a transcription of the voice parts in When You Go – actual sheet music, Sibelius format (free demo version available), I’ve posted a link to it on the lyrics page for that song. There’s a small difference in the opening figure that I’ve explained there. All you a cappella kids get on it, and send me your recordings so I feel loved. Thanks Roger!
Videos from the Inbox
From Dana, a WoW video for Chiron Beta Prime. Those poor tiny mini people!
Good old Spiff is at it again, this time taking on Podsafe Christmas Song. More tiny mini people!
Jarod sends in this delightful piece of battery replacement porn using A Laptop Like You, plus bonus footage of bacon frying.
From Mike (actually a non-Spiff Mike), here is this flash video for Sibling Rivalry.
Dr. Rock Star himself, a.k.a. Jonnie Bock, sends this cover of my cover of Baby Got Back. Maybe I should do the bald thing.
And look, this year really HAS been a little crazy for the Andersons.
Here’s another JoCo-soundtracked family Christmas card from Kristin of the Manic Mommies podcast – boy, that guitar solo sounds so perfectly crappy if I do say so myself.
Now, do you see how well my music works with moving images? Do you see, wealthy advertisers who need music for their national ad campaigns?
Here I Am
For the last week and a half I’ve been enjoying some family time away from home, and for the last chunk of it I was completely off the grid – no cellphone, no internet, no nothing. It was awesome, but also a little scary, and now I am way behind on almost everything. Happy new year! I’m diving into the inbox today, so if you’ve been thinking that I’m a total dick for not having the decency to even respond to your email: 1) you’re right and 2) I’ll get back to you very soon. Here comes 2007…
Harvey Danger Like Fritos
I think my network is eating itself. Miles points me to this ebay auction in which the band Harvey Danger auctioned off the right to choose a song for them to cover, as part of a charity thing that Seattle paper The Stranger was doing. The winner of the auction, a wonderful young man named Charles, decides that he wants to hear Harvey Danger cover Code Monkey, which thrills me to no end. Then on the band’s message board, lead singer Sean Nelson claims both to have HEARD and ENJOYED this song. I can verify the former, I’ve met, played in front of, and ENJOYED Sean a few times while Hodgman and I were out seeing and being seen in Seattle. But I didn’t know he’d actually NOTICED me. Harvey Danger also has my respect forever because they gave away their last album for free on the internet. Plus, in gathering links for this post, I discovered that Sean was part of The Long Winters, a band that came across my radar (and whom I ENJOY very much) when I met singer and song writer John Roderick at the New York 826 benefit, sometime in the recent past.
Takeaways: 1) a real band made up of real musicians may cover Code Monkey, 2) Harvey Danger and The Long Winters are great, and 3) all roads lead to Hodgman, usually through Seattle.
4) It is time for the Hoboes to take over the United States government.
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