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15 minutes

05 Apr
15 minutes

See this photo? This is where Rosanne transported me while she was singing Katie‘s song “15 Minutes” at Why Can’t I Be You last Friday night. Back through time, exactly one year ago. The Larkin. April Fools Day. Songwriters in the round, with Katie, Earl and Karen. Katie’s singing “15 Minutes” and I’m hypnotized. Haunted. […]

The rise of Babylon

02 Apr
rosanne raneri does haverly and thomas

Legend has it that when Otis Redding first heard Aretha Franklin sing his song “Respect,” he said (admiringly): “That girl stole my song!” And as much of a genius as Mr. Redding was, he was right. After all, what percentage of America knows that Redding wrote it and had a hit with it first? Well, […]

Video killed the radio star

31 Mar
Video killed the radio star

Radio star. Yeah, right. How about the “only in his tiny little mind” star? Anyhoo, this just in from Mr. Liss. From: cliss@bane-of-bryan’s-existence.comSent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:39 PMSubject: “Babylon” is Finished! And it’s great! Ladies and Gentlemen, I just wanted to send word that Nate and I recieved the final edit of Bryan Thomas’ […]

Seven-year itch

31 Mar
jonathan bright

A little background for ya: Seven years ago in this very room (Tess’ crib), singer-songwriter Jonathan Bright broke a string in the middle of a song, bringing his set to an abrupt end. It was one of his last local performances. So, here he is tonight, finishing that song. And here’s to more. Peace y’all, […]

Julia got back

30 Mar
Winston and Julia embrace.

It’s official. I’m the worst audio engineer on the planet. Julia hides in plain sight. She’s rough. Prole-like, even. (But don’t tell her that. She’ll cut you.) She’s also a bit bottom heavy. But that ain’t necessarily a bad thing. And she’ll never be as bottom heavy as Jennifer. (See ya at Why Can’t I […]

Piano 1, Bryan 0.

28 Mar
broken glasses on bass

Still no glasses. Headed to Dr. TJ Eckleburg’s today though for the hookup, thanks. I posted MP3’s of what I hope are the final mixes for the new song “Out,” which I wrote and recorded last week for my brother Jason’s new short flick In the Alley. They’re for Jason’s ears only – unless you […]

In the works…

23 Mar
Jason stares down a gun.

The bad news: my glasses snapped in two last week. Still haven’t had a chance to replace them. Busy busy busy. Put out his eyes. Apologise. The good news: thanks to a lot of late night sessions in the home studio, the new song ‘Julia’ is almost done. Acoustic and electric guitars, bass, a simple […]

To release or not to release

23 Mar
To release or not to release

That is the question. After much toying with the idea of an official CD release of Spy Love Box – and even after the rush and satisfaction and sense of closure that’s come with recording ‘Julia’ as the final track on the project – I’m back in the “it’s only available for download” camp. Feels […]