\nThis track was recorded in a studio for a compilation tape for the Valley Musicians Network (VrMN). Track #2. It's the only Disciple recording that I am not on; I was in Houston for the summer. Hobbes is on lead vocals and my guitar part is simple, so they didn't need me anyway!\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/VrMN/02%20Actions%20Speak%20Louder%20Than%20Words.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "![\"Video\"](\"images/M.png\" "\\"Video\\"")
" }, Desperation: { date: "1990-01-01", time: "3:27", tags: "cover, disciple, live, old", size: "4.0 MB", anchor: "Desperation", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nDesperation is a cover of a song by One Bad Pig, and has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/09%20Desperation.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "![\"iTunes](\"images/itms.png\" "\\"iTunes")
;\nOne Bad Pig" }, "Star-Spangled Banner": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "2:07", tags: "disciple, live, old", size: "2.5 MB", anchor: "Star_Spangled_Banner", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nThis is just me and Hobbes on guitars.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/08%20Star-Spangled%20Banner.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: " " }, Superdelegate: { date: "2008-05-06", time: "2:22", tags: "nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "", anchor: "Superdelegate", subhead: "", desc: "An original love song to the Superdelegate.", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "![\"Lyrics\"](\"images/L.png\" "\\"Lyrics\\"")
\n" }, "Under the Sea": { date: "2007-01-12", time: "4:28", tags: "cover, main", size: "5.1 MB", anchor: "Under_the_Sea", desc: "Similar to the cover I did of the Disney song \"Small World,\" this is a cover of the Disney song \"Under the Sea,\" from The Little Mermaid. I don't know why, but I think these songs are a lot more depressing than the original music portrays, and my versions attempt to reflect that.\n
\nThis song borrows heavily in style from Thom Yorke of Radiohead. It's just one vocal, acoustic guitar, and a Rhodes Suitcase MkI emulator.\n
\nThis was part of a contest I did with some friends of mine, where each of us did our own covers of the same song.", subhead: "", url: "Under%20the%20Sea.mp3", coverart: "covers/underthesea.png", links: "\n;\nContest" }, "Just Getting Started": { date: "2006-12-24", time: "4:19", tags: "main, nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "5.0 MB", anchor: "Just_Getting_Started", desc: "One morning I woke up and this song was in my head. At least the main vocal hook was. The first verse came shortly after, in the shower. I'm think the song's pretty good, and the recording ain't bad.\n
\nThe song is a bit of an homage to Tom Petty, but probably sounds most like his cover of The Byrds' \"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better When You're Gone,\" right down to the Rickenbacker 12-string through a vintage Vox AC-30 (all courtesy Variax/PODxt, of course). Even the guitar solo is meant to be an homage to Petty's Heartbreakers guitarist, Mike Campbell.\n
\nEnjoy. Merry Christmas!", subhead: "", url: "Just%20Getting%20Started.mp3", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n![\"PODxt](\"images/P.png\" "\\"PODxt")
\n\n\n" }, "Runnin'": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "4:19", tags: "disciple, live, old, original", size: "5.0 MB", anchor: "Runnin_", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nRunnin' has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/06%20Runnin%27.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" }, "Liberty Man": { date: "2009-04-09", time: "2:51", tags: "main, original", size: "3.3 MB", anchor: "Liberty_Man", desc: "I wrote this song for the Tax Day Tea Parties. I performed it at the Olympia Tea Party in front of 5,000 people. It pretty much speaks for itself.", subhead: "", url: "Liberty%20Man.mp3", coverart: "covers/PUDGE.png", links: "\n" }, "Lines and Squares": { date: "2007-07-16", time: "2:30", tags: "main, original", size: "2.9 MB", anchor: "Lines_and_Squares", desc: "A.A. Milne wrote the poem that comprises the verses of this song. I added the chorus. It's a song dedicated to Stephen Colbert and his ever-vigilant efforts toward warning the public about Bear Safety.\n
\nFriends and relatives helped out with the vocals and claps. I played the cowbell and bongos. The Variax bass provided the upright bass sounds, and for reasons of proper balance I played the acoustic guitar part on the Variax guitar. There's almost no effects, not even EQ, used except for on the lead vocal and low background vocal at the end, and a reverb over the whole thing.\n
\nThe guitar part is from a song I wrote 15 years ago that I long forgot, and it somehow made its way into this piece.", subhead: "", url: "Lines%20and%20Squares.mp3", coverart: "covers/PUDGE.png", links: "" }, Slow: { date: "1998-01-01", time: "0:37", tags: "old, original", size: "0.7 MB", anchor: "Slow", subhead: "", desc: "I hate spam.", url: "old/Slow.mp3", links: " " }, "Life Begins at the Cross": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "4:12", tags: "cover, disciple, live, old", size: "4.9 MB", anchor: "Life_Begins_at_the_Cross", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nLife Begins at the Cross is a cover of a song by Altar Boys, and has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/11%20Life%20Begins%20at%20the%20Cross.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" }, "Small World": { date: "1998-01-01", time: "1:30", tags: "cover, old", size: "1.6 MB", anchor: "Small_World", subhead: "", desc: "A dirge about the futility of life.", url: "old/Small%20World.mp3", links: " " }, "Light of My Life": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "3:18", tags: "disciple, live, old, original", size: "3.8 MB", anchor: "Light_of_My_Life", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nLight of My Life has Hobbes on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/02%20Light%20of%20My%20Life.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" }, "Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday": { date: "2006-08-11", time: "3:20", tags: "main, nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "3.8 MB", anchor: "Osama_Bin_Laden__You_Ruined_My_Birthday", desc: "This song is not autobiographical. It just struck me as a funny and, perhaps, interesting idea for a song. And I think it turned out quite well.\n
\nI couldn't quite figure the music out for this, for some time. It was always a country song from the beginning, but I don't really listen to country music much, and I couldn't quite get the proper feel for it, until one day it hit me: Johnny Cash. It was an absolutely perfect fit, with the vocals and the music and the attitude.\n
\nI used the Tweed B-Man amp on the PODxt for both the guitar and bass (there weren't many choices back when Johnny was first starting out!), and used my Epistrat with the Fender Fat 50's pickups, which together gave it a nice authentic sound: you can almost see Carl Perkins playing behind Johnny. Or not.\n
\nThe drums were a sample loop from the GarageBand Rhythm Section Jam Pack. I thought about buying the Pack until I noticed some terribly nasty hum on this loop, but I was able to EQ most of it away (the drums were too bright anyway).", subhead: "", url: "Birthday.mp3", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n\n\n" }, "Whopper Theme": { date: "2006-02-06", time: "1:10", tags: "cover, remix", size: "1.4 MB", anchor: "Whopper_Theme", desc: "Burger King has an utterly ridiculous ad campaign with the creepiest character on TV since Brian Dennehy played clown serial killer John Wayne Gacy in \"To Catch a Killer.\" For the Super Bowl, they unveiled some elaborate song-and-dance number and put the music online. I made it sound spookier to let other people know what I hear in my head when this music is matched up with that character.", subhead: " (Pyscho Remix)", url: "Whopper%20Psycho.mp3", coverart: "covers/whopper.png", links: " " }, "GarageBand Demo": { date: "2004-01-27", time: "0:38", tags: "original, study", size: "0.9 MB", anchor: "GarageBand_Demo", subhead: "", desc: "Just playing around with the built-in loops and amp and synth. Before I had the Oxygen8 and Tascam US-122, so used Yamaha YPR-9 for MIDI and iMic for guitar.", url: "GarageBand%20Demo.mp3", links: " " }, "Alright For Now": { date: "2007-02-07", time: "1:33", tags: "cover, main", size: "1.8 MB", anchor: "Alright_For_Now", desc: "This is a cover of a Tom Petty song, that I sing as a lullabye.", subhead: "", url: "Alright%20For%20Now.mp3", coverart: "covers/PUDGE.png", links: "" }, "I Am Gonna (1961 demo version)": { date: "2007-09-12", time: "4:40", tags: "nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "", anchor: "I_Am_Gonna__1961_demo_version_", subhead: "", desc: "This song started out as a bit of an homage to Bob Dylan. This is the original version I wrote; I've got another very different arrangement planned.\n
\nBut as to the words, I was watching the Scorsese documentary \"No Direction Home,\" and it struck me perhaps more than ever before how much Dylan just really hated people trying to put him in a box and tell him what he should and shouldn't do. And this song was born.\n
\nThe video was a response to Ken Schram and his awarding of The Schrammie award to me for my song \"Osama Bin Laden, You Ruined My Birthday.\"", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n" }, Sunshine: { date: "2004-02-09", time: "0:40", tags: "cover", size: "0.8 MB", anchor: "Sunshine", subhead: "", desc: "Baby on vocals, Daddy on guitars and harmonica. MIDI for bass and cowbell. Loop for drums.", url: "Sunshine.mp3", links: " " }, Look: { date: "1990-01-01", time: "4:20", tags: "disciple, live, old, original", size: "5.0 MB", anchor: "Look", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nLook has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/01%20Look.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" }, "George Bush is Hitler": { date: "2007-04-15", time: "1:48", tags: "main, nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "2.1 MB", anchor: "George_Bush_is_Hitler", desc: "I've heard a lot of people compare George Bush to Hitler and Big Brother and say that the U.S. is one of the least free countries in the world. If that were true, you'd think people would be afraid to, you know, say so. Or that if they did say so, something bad would happen to them. This song is a gentle reminder that people who talk about Bushitler are totally bay.\n
\nThe song was recorded \"live\" with just me, my guitar, and my harp, and two mics. I record most songs one part at a time, but I like to do the folk arrangements this way.", subhead: "", url: "George%20Bush%20is%20Hitler.mp3", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n" }, Images: { date: "1990-01-01", time: "4:20", tags: "disciple, live, old, original", size: "2.8 MB", anchor: "Images", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nImages has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/05%20Images.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" }, Christine: { date: "2005-03-14", time: "2:57", tags: "cover, randy", size: "3.5 MB", anchor: "Christine", subhead: "", desc: "A love song, this time about a sort of forbidden love. I was inspired by all the self-important \"bloggers\" out there. You know who you are. Well, probably not, but I know who you are.\n
\nAnother in a series of covers of songs by people named Randy, this is from Randy Stonehill's 1981 album Between the Glory and the Flame. Of course, I updated the lyrics slightly.\n
\nRecorded with GarageBand.", url: "Christine.mp3", links: "\n;\nStonehill" }, "GOP Debate Song": { date: "2007-11-12", time: "1:27", tags: "nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "", anchor: "GOP_Debate_Song", subhead: "", desc: "I wrote this song about 10 days before the CNN/YouTube Republican Presidential debate in November 2007, on request from YouTube's political director. They liked it and flew me out to the debate in Florida and used the video to open the debate.", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n\n" }, "Wasting Time": { date: "2006-10-26", time: "3:23", tags: "main, original", size: "3.9 MB", anchor: "Wasting_Time", desc: "I came up with this riff a few years ago, and the lyrics came later. It's about doing a lot of things in your life that are, simply, a waste of time. Simple song. Kinda fun to play if I'm ... in the mood. And I love the riff.\n
\nThis is the first song I recorded with the Variax. It's hard to say too much about how cool this guitar is to record with. Tons of great tone with no hum. I've added download links for the Variax and PODxt files. The Variax file is simply the default Lester-3 uptuned a half step.", subhead: "", url: "Wasting%20Time.mp3", coverart: "covers/PUDGE.png", links: "\n![\"Variax\"](\"images/V.png\" "\\"Variax\\"")
\n" }, "Flower Man": { date: "2005-02-09", time: "1:29", tags: "main, original", size: "1.9 MB", anchor: "Flower_Man", subhead: "", desc: "Another older song I wrote, just in time for Valentine's Day. It's a song about the man we've come to take for granted, who helps us in our time of need.\n
\nI recorded this one live, both vocal and guitar at the same time, as I finally got my second mic. And done with GarageBand 2, testing out the multitrack recording and other new features.", url: "Flower%20Man.mp3", links: "\n![\"old](\"images/D.png\" "\\"old")
" }, KLB: { date: "1999-01-01", time: "3:46", tags: "old, original", size: "3.6 MB", anchor: "KLB", subhead: "", desc: "A lament about people who refuse to do some research before asking questions.", url: "old/KLB.mp3", links: "" }, Crossroads: { date: "2004-04-10", time: "1:08", tags: "study", size: "1.4 MB", anchor: "Crossroads", subhead: "", desc: "Three loops of the blues standard Crossroads, to compare old Epistrat sound (in the left speaker) to new (in the right). I like the new one better. Drum loop, and MIDI for electric bass.", url: "Crossroads.mp3", links: " " }, "Christine, Christine, Christine": { date: "2008-05-29", time: "4:00", tags: "main, nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "4.6 MB", anchor: "Christine__Christine__Christine", desc: "The song is not autobiographical. It is sung from the perspective of someone who -- unlike myself -- is perfectly pleased to have a governor who will not only care for his every need, but also make all of his everyday decisions for him. He doesn't have to think for himself, because Christine is his Everything.\n
\nThe song is exactly four minutes long, one minute for each year she will have been in office when she leaves.", subhead: "", url: "Christine%2C%20Christine%2C%20Christine.mp3", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n;\nDino Rossi" }, "Johnny Got Suspended": { date: "2004-07-02", time: "1:48", tags: "cover", size: "2.1 MB", anchor: "Johnny_Got_Suspended", subhead: "", desc: "An update of \"Johnny Got Suspended\" by The Zambonis, substituting the Yankees and Red Sox for the Islanders and Rangers, which I wrote because I was very angry after the Yankees won a thirteen-inning game where the Sox scored in the top half of the 13th. I know there's quite a bit of clipping, and that frankly some of the playing sucks, but a. my US-122 is in the shop so I recorded with the built-in iMac mic, and b. it was 2 a.m., and I didn't feel like redoing it. I kinda like how raw it sounds.", url: "Johnny%20Got%20Suspended.mp3", links: "\n;\nZambonis;\nYanks;\nGame" }, "You Forgot Ron Paul": { date: "2007-11-21", time: "2:35", tags: "nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "", anchor: "You_Forgot_Ron_Paul", subhead: "", desc: "This is a song about how YOU FORGOT RON PAUL! Even if you didn't.\n
\nYou Ron Paul fans asked for more lines about Ron Paul, so here it is. Be careful what you ask for next time.", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n\n" }, "Living the Good Life": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "6:51", tags: "disciple, live, old, original", size: "7.9 MB", anchor: "Living_the_Good_Life", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nLiving the Good Life has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/10%20Living%20the%20Good%20Life.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" }, "Caves of Steel": { date: "2004-10-29", time: "2:26", tags: "main, original", size: "2.9 MB", anchor: "Caves_of_Steel", subhead: "", desc: "A song I wrote in high school and recorded in college, and have now re-recorded. It's very different for me, as it is entirely electronic, except for the vocals, which have heavy electronic effects too. I booted up the song on an old LCII in EA's Deluxe Music Recorder, exported the MIDI, plopped it on a floppy disc, and then imported it into Logic. Then I re-recorded the vocals, tightened up the MIDI, and kept tweaking the sounds and effects until I was relatively happy with it.\n
\nThe track uses lots of Logic plugins, including the EVD6 (clavinet, for harp), EVOC20 (vocoder, for robot voices), ES2 (synth for guitar and lead) and EXS24 (sampler for bass, strings, drums), and Space Designer for various reverbs (I especially like the metal room sound on the chorus).", url: "Caves%20of%20Steel%2004.mp3", links: "\n;\nDMR" }, "Leap of Faith": { date: "2005-06-10", time: "3:50", tags: "main, original", size: "4.5 MB", anchor: "Leap_of_Faith", subhead: "", desc: "I wrote this song many years ago, and performed it exactly once: at my wedding, 10 years ago today. I've recorded it to mark the occasion.\n
\nLike other songs I've done, this one is big on the theme of how we can't know it all, and notes how that's a really good thing.\n
\nIt was recorded with Logic, using only acoustic instruments: three guitar parts, and a cello, which I've not played in over 15 years.", url: "Leap%20of%20Faith.mp3", links: "\n" }, "The Hand That Feeds": { date: "2005-04-16", time: "3:38", tags: "cover, remix", size: "4.4 MB", anchor: "The_Hand_That_Feeds", desc: "This is a remix of the Nine Inch Nails song. I added cowbell to it. And added a new album cover to go with it.", subhead: " (NMC Remix)", url: "hand-nmc.mp3", coverart: "covers/with_cowbell.png", links: ";\nNIN News" }, "Quite Enough": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "3:11", tags: "cover, disciple, live, old", size: "3.7 MB", anchor: "Quite_Enough", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nQuite Enough is a cover of a song by Rez, and has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/04%20Quite%20Enough.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "Rez" }, "Best Week Ever": { date: "2008-06-16", time: "1:07", tags: "nandorswhitecastle, original", size: "1.3 MB", anchor: "Best_Week_Ever", desc: "This is a song about former Police Chief Fred Walser, who had the Best Week Ever!\n
\nHe filed to run for State Senate, and then a few days later he pled guilty, and was sentenced to a year in jail, for lying to investigators.", subhead: "", url: "Best%20Week%20Ever.mp3", coverart: "covers/nandors_white_castle.png", links: "\n;\nFred Walser" }, "World War Three": { date: "2006-07-18", time: "4:09", tags: "main, original", size: "4.9 MB", anchor: "World_War_Three", subhead: "", desc: "It seems like no matter what we try, we can't start World War Three. What's up with that?\n
\nThis song was written and recorded during the first several days of the outbreak of violence between Israel and Hezbollah. Recorded using Logic. For some reason I thought an 80s-ish vibe seemed appropriate, hence the delay, driving bass, and so on.", url: "World%20War%20Three.mp3", links: "\n" }, "Best of You": { date: "2010-01-11", time: "2:44", tags: "main, new, original", size: "3.1 MB", anchor: "Best_of_You", desc: "A self-explanatory song, recorded a year after it was written.", subhead: "", url: "Best%20of%20You.mp3", coverart: "covers/PUDGE.png", links: "\n" }, "Through the Glass Darkly": { date: "2005-05-11", time: "6:02", tags: "cover, main, randy", size: "7.1 MB", anchor: "Through_the_Glass_Darkly", subhead: "", desc: "This song is another cover by Randy Stonehill, from his 1980 album The Sky Is Falling, and has always been one of my favorite songs. It's also a bit of a departure for me: longer, more parts, more effects, more intricate, and so on; I spent a lot more time on this than any of my previous songs -- just over a year -- and far more than any of the other covers, which were each done in a day.\n
\nThis title of the song is a reference to 1 Corinthians 13:12, \"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.\" It's a bit of a statement about how we can't know it all, not unlike the theme of You're Clueless.\n
\nIt was recorded with Logic, using the Washburn and Martin, drum loops, and the B3 organ synth in Logic. I love that synth.", url: "Through%20the%20Glass%20Darkly.mp3", links: "\n;\nStonehill;\nBlair Loops" }, "Political Science": { date: "2004-04-16", time: "1:37", tags: "cover, randy", size: "2.0 MB", anchor: "Political_Science", subhead: "", desc: "This is just vocals and piano, in an unauthorized performance of Randy Newman's classic. I wanted to mess around with recording the Yamaha digital piano, and vocals, so this was the result.", url: "Political%20Science.mp3", links: ";\nNewman" }, "Unconditional Love": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "3:23", tags: "cover, disciple, live, old", size: "3.9 MB", anchor: "Unconditional_Love", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nUnconditional Love is a cover of a song by Donna Summer (as covered by Altar Boys), and has me on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/12%20Unconditional%20Love.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "\n" }, Tetelestai: { date: "2004-11-11", time: "3:50", tags: "cover, main, original", size: "4.4 MB", anchor: "Tetelestai", subhead: "", desc: "The aforementioned Porthos wrote some lyrics to a song he was working on and posted them, wondering what sort of music they might evoke in others. So me and Drewsef and (the aforementioned) Hobbes, that very night, all recorded our own versions. As they were all done in an evening or so, they are not well-polished, but the results are good. Go to Porthos' Tetelestai page to find out more and hear the other versions.", url: "Tetelestai.mp3", links: "Porthos' page" }, "(Oops) I Did It Again": { date: "2005-05-02", time: "2:53", tags: "cover, main", size: "3.5 MB", anchor: "_Oops__I_Did_It_Again", desc: "I found some old versions of the Britney Spears song \"Oops, I Did It Again,\" one by Louis Armstrong and some Big Band thing. In that spirit, I also \"found\" an old version of the song by Bob Dylan, although he apparently thought the word \"oops\" was beneath him.\n
\nRecorded with GarageBand.", subhead: "", url: "I%20Did%20It%20Again.mp3", coverart: "covers/didit.png", links: "Louis;\nBig Band" }, "New Year": { date: "2004-12-07", time: "2:18", tags: "main, original", size: "2.8 MB", anchor: "New_Year", subhead: "", desc: "I've never really felt that interested in celebrating the new year. It's ... tomorrow! Hooray! So, trying to find some meaning in the occasion, and noticing there are not that many songs about this widely celebrated holiday, I wrote a song of my own.\n
\nI wanted to make sure I got it done in time for this year's New Year celebration, and I believe I accomplished that goal.\n
\nYep, I did.", url: "New%20Year.mp3", links: "\n" }, "You're Clueless": { date: "2006-05-25", time: "4:27", tags: "main, original", size: "5.2 MB", anchor: "You_re_Clueless", subhead: "", desc: "This was first recorded in 2004, but in 2006 I remixed it in Logic, jazzed up the organ, reamped the electric guitars and bass with the PODxt, and cleaned up the beginning and end.\n
\nThis is a song I wrote in college, while driving along I-5 in SocCal along the Grapevine. It's about how you know a lot less about anything than you care to admit. I do too, so don't take it as an insult. (In fact, I am so clueless, the first version of this that I put up excluded the final verse. The newer version adds just a little bit of vocals, and is modified primarily with copy/paste. It's also remixed quite a bit.)\n
\nIt was recorded in GarageBand. Drums and organ are MIDI, and it uses the Epistrat, bass, and Martin. It was first performed 10 years ago with Whirlygig, a band I was in with Porthos and Hobbes.", url: "You%27re%20Clueless.mp3", links: "" }, "Who Will Save the Children?": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "5:04", tags: "cover, disciple, live, old, randy", size: "5.9 MB", anchor: "Who_Will_Save_the_Children_", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nWho Will Save the Children? is a cover of a song by Randy Stonehill (with Phil Keaggy), and has me and Robbie on lead vocals.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/07%20Who%20Will%20Save%20The%20Children_.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "\n;\nStonehill" }, "Goin' Home": { date: "1990-01-01", time: "4:10", tags: "disciple, live, old, original", size: "4.8 MB", anchor: "Goin__Home", desc: "Disciple was the band I was in, in the late 80s and early 90s. We played a bunch of shows in the Livermore/Pleasanton area in California. Disciple was Chris Wilson (Hobbes) on guitar, Robbie Miller on drums, Ian Shaeffer on bass, and me on guitar.\n
\nGoin' Home has me on lead vocals and harmonica.\n
\nYou can see videos of Disciple too!", subhead: "", url: "old/Disciple/Live/03%20Goin%27%20Home.mp3", coverart: "covers/disciple.png", links: "" } };
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// stolen from del.icio.us, Joshua won't mind!
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