Shop Vac Video
Garrick Van Buren has taken a 1950’s promotional film for suburban life called “In the Suburbs” and edited together a nice video to go along with Shop Vac – another great example of Creative Commons-enabled collaboration. The video is public domain and available on archive.org, which is a pretty amazing resource for all sorts of things.
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.
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