Thing a Week 19 – So Far So Good
There is no funny here, so don’t bother looking. This is a breakup song, or maybe just something about the end of an old thing and the beginning of a new thing. Pretty sparse arrangement, but I’m digging the heck out of the guitar part in the left ear – minor 9th! Also, watch out for the bridgey solo section, lest you be frightened by the sudden appearance of the Ghostly Banjo ™. If you are a movie director who is currently on the set of “Tootsie 2: Still Mannish!”, you may want to call my lawyer to discuss licensing this song for the credits.
JC Sightings
I have a few things coming up that I should probably publicize. Here they are in chronological order for your convenience:
First, Tuesday 2/7 7:30 PM I’ll be at the Red Bank Music Community Songwriters’ Workshop at the Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ doing a few songs and talking about my recording process, my website, and what Thing a Week is all about. If anyone knows what that is please let me know.
Then some more book touring with our friend Mr. Hodgman. Watch this:
1. Friday 2/10 7:00 PM at Book Passage in San Francisco.
2. Saturday 2/11 8:30 PM at “McSweeney’s Presents: The World Explained” in the Red Cat theater at the Disney Music Hall in Los Angeles.
3. Monday 2/13 4:00 PM we’ll be live on G4TV’s Attack of the Show (I think).
4. Monday 2/13 7:00 PM at Book Soup in Los Angeles.
5. Wednesday 2/15 7:30 PM at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, OR.
6. Thursday 2/16 7:00 PM at Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop (Bay View) in Milwaukee, WI.
7. Friday 2/17 7:00 PM at the Tattered Cover Bookstore (Cherry Creek) in Denver, CO.
See you out there in the world…
Trailer Re-Edit
Jonathan (er, not me) sends this trailer re-edit made by Emerson College comedy troup Chocolate Cake City called [title withheld to preserve comedic punch]. You would be able to guess what’s happening from the title if you were very smart, and if I was not keeping it from you – just like mashups, it’s all about the title.
Joan and Jane and Joan
Derek sends me these links, thus demonstrating that there is some kind of creepy resonance thing happening with sisters named Joan and Jane – of course you remember Thing a Week 8. Gotta love Google (unless you are Chinese).
Starting with the obvious
http://www.joanandjane.com/
which included the appropriate button
http://www.joanandjane.com/images/banner_nav/button_meetJJ-on.gif
Then there was the painterly representation
http://www.spanierman.com/wilde/wilde030092c_2f_m.htm
The Story of Jane and Joan, 2001 (Oil on panel, 6 x 8 inches)
The mathematical representation
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/class/1010/janejoanproblem.html
“Extra Credit What interest rate yields equal amounts of money for Joan and Jane at the end of their 65th year? Explain how you got your answer.”
The cosmetic representation
http://www.antell-md.com/vogueg.html
“Jane and Joan Kochan have spent their whole life together.”
And finally, the posthumous representation
http://www.liwomen.com/janegitlineulogy.htm
“Jane and Joan dressed alike up until the twelfth grade.”
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