Archive for July, 2010

A Song A Week 30: The Bad Felt – I’m Sad Because I’m Happy

Friday, July 30th, 2010

I was explaining the concept behind The Bad Felt to a friend the other day, and told her that we tend to pick darker songs from Sesame Street. She was surprised that there were any dark songs on Sesame Street. I told her that Count songs and Grouch songs tend to work the [...]

A Song A Week 29: The Hitmaker Algorithm – Search and Destroy (Iggy and the Stooges cover)

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

I liked the sound of the electronic cover of Carbona not Glue so much, that I decided to retoractively call it a Hitmaker Algorithm song, and do a whole Hitmaker Algorithm album of classic punk covers. This will also come in handy when the baby is born, and I need to mostly do songs [...]

A Song A Week 28: The Nemesis – You’re Gonna Die (A Love Song)

Friday, July 16th, 2010

This song comes off a little jokey, but it’s actually really sincere. This has been one of my biggest fears for almost as long as I’ve been married.
The Nemesis – You’re Gonna Die (A Love Song) by thenemesis
Also, not including The Bad Felt, this is the first song I’ve recorded [...]

A Song A Week 27: The Nemesis – Too Hot to Rock

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Between the holiday on Monday and jury duty on Wednesday, this has been a really short and weird week for me. I almost forgot I needed to start a song yesterday. Also, as the song explains, it’s been really hot here the last few days.
This ended up a lot closer to last week’s [...]

A Song A Week 26: The Nemesis – Funeral

Friday, July 2nd, 2010

As some of you already know, I flew down to California last weekend and attended my grandfather’s funeral on Tuesday. This is kind of a sound collage, combining the Hail Mary prayer from the rosary service, Ave Maria from the funeral, and Taps from the burial. I wish I could have actually recorded [...]