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Happy Day
A song about the pleasures and disappointments of meeting somebody new. [more inside]
The Men the Booze the Cocaine and the Grind
A song about strippers who blog. [more inside]
NSFW
Lyrics somewhat NSFW. [more inside]
Big Fat Love, or: Fast Food Is Bad For Your Heart
This is a song about a guy who works at a fast food place and the girl that loves him. [more inside]
cavacavaco
I started with a cavaquinho (uke), but then it spiraled out of control. [more inside]
Hallelukulelejah
Hallelujah, on a ukulele.
Portland, City of Roses, City of Dreams
Ok, so I was playing around with the two-chord song idea, struck on something that sounded nice, and this is the end result.
Brought to you by the letters G and D7. [more inside]
Ballad of the Mountain Creek Lake Park Hill Forest Trail Spring Creek Park Murders
Who's Got the Nerve
A St. Patrick's Day song from my pierced and tattooed puppet, Sailor Martin. [more inside]
The Power of Alcohol
Sailor Martin sings about what he knows. Ukulele, toy accordion, tambourine, wooden fish that makes "clopping" noises, and, at one point, a duet between a tin whistle and a plastic ocarina. The 15th and final entry in the RPM challenge. [more inside]
Cell Block Number 4
Sailor Martin find true romance. A song featuring ukulele, harmonica, wooden sand-filled egg, tambourine, and a duet between Sailor Martin and himself. Song 14 in the RPM challenge. [more inside]
Why Are Women So Afraid of Seamen?
A tropical shanty featuring ukulele, some horrible whistling, a cheese greater, and a glass struck by a spoon. Entry 13 in the RPM Challenge. [more inside]
The Twitch
A dance song from Sailor Martin, or, rather, a song about uncontrollable movement. Ukulele, harmonica, finger snaps, and a kazoo pushed through some sort of crazy filter. Song 12 for the RPM challenge. [more inside]
You Homo-Loving Commie Sons of Guns
Inspired words of actor Sean Penn, Sailor Martin sings a very short song of social change, accompanies by ukulele, harmonica, jew's harp, and tambourine. Entry 11 in the RPM challenge. [more inside]
You're So Boring Here
A Sailor Martin song about discovering your lover is not who you expect her to be. Tambourine and ukulele. Entry 10 in the RPM challenge. [more inside]
I'm Hard On Her But She's Down On Me
A raucous garage-band blues number, featuring ukulele, tambourine, and harmonica. Entry number 9 into the RPM challenge is a song about a mean woman. [more inside]
I'm Not As Drunk As You Am I Think
A drinking song from the British Isles, written for an performed by Sailor Martin as song eight in the RPM challenge. Ukulele, egg, handclaps, and a tin whistle. [more inside]
Pour Me Another Box of Wine
An instrumental from Sailor Martin representing his state of mind most of the time: noisy, jug bandish, sloppy, yet unexpectedly chipper and mellow. Listen closely and you can hear Sailor Martin singing along in the background. Entry number 7 for the RPM challenge.
I Married Her for Her Money (She Married Me for My Lies)
My 6th RPM song for Sailor Martin. A close harmony country song about love and deception. [more inside]
If This Bed Could Talk
The fifth song for the RPM challenge. Sailor Martin does a song in the style of Andrew Bird. [more inside]
How Am I Gonna Enjoy It When You Just Sit On It
Third RPM song for my puppet Sailor Martin. Ukulele, harmonica, and a whole lot of inappropriate. [more inside]
If You Don't Want a Razor Fight
My second song for the RPM challenge, written for my horrible puppet, Sailor Martin. [more inside]
Horrible Things What Live in the Sea
The first RPM challenge song written for my creepy puppet, Sailor Martin. The title is self-explanatory. The electric guitar he is singing along to is actually a ukulele. [more inside]
I've Been to Hollywood Too
A song about watching someone else succeed in a town that wasn't very kind to you. [more inside]
Kari Ann
A getting ready to leave town song. [more inside]
Apartment 503
A somewhat naughty true story. [more inside]
Tracey Knows How to Lie
In truth, I am not sure the actual Tracey was a liar, and didn't simply live a completely unbelievable life. Either way, she was enormously entertaining. [more inside]
This Is Hollywood
Two chords and a lot of bad memories. [more inside]
Steven's Sunset Boulevard Bookstore
Sort of in the style of Marshall Crenshaw. Or Crenshaw in the style of Buddy Holly. Or Holly in the style of the Everly Brothers. Anyway, written in celebration of a transgressive bookstore on Sunset. [more inside]
First Person Three-Way
A song about the porn scene in LA. [more inside]
The Day of the Christmas Parade
Hollywood is famous for its annual Christmas Parade, which inspired the song "Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)", which Gene Autrey wrote after playing Santa in the parade and hearing children call out to him. I decided to write my own song about the event, as experienced by slightly older children -- the homeless teens who used to (and probably still do) squat in abandoned buildings and under bridges in Hollywood. Ah, memories. [more inside]
Zillion (cover)
Zillion was a game for the Sega Master System. This is a song from the game (which you can see/hear here -- this song starts about 17 seconds in). I have, however, added lyrics, which are about the game's lack of a save function. With 77 tracks of tiny instruments, this song is probably my grandest musical venture yet. [more inside]
Shelley Winters
A song about an actress I knew once. [more inside]
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
I recorded this version of the old Christmas standard with the original, depressing-as-hell lyrics. Check out this FPP for the backstory. [more inside]
The Shelter Gang
A song based on the dozens of teenagers I saw pass through the Citrus House homeless shelter in the summer of 1992. [more inside]
If They Made a Movie of My Life
A song about a girl I knew. [more inside]
When John Drinks
A song about a former roommate. [more inside]
Silent Night
Silent Night with acoustic guitar, ukulele, and 4 part vocals. [more inside]
L.A. Xpress
A song about Los Angeles's notorious free girlie newspaper. [more inside]
Fuck You LA
A song about leaving Los Angeles. Some cussing. [more inside]
Watch It Burn
A song about watching the LA Riots from the rooftop of a Hollwyood apartment. [more inside]
Danny Says
Another in my series of autobiographical songs based on my experiences in Los Angeles in the early 90s, this one based on a fellow I used to do some writing projects with. Every line of this song is true. [more inside]
The Moviegoer
Another in my series of autobiographical songs about my experiences in Los Angeles in the early 90s, this based on my obsessive movie watching habits back then. [more inside]
Santa Monica
A song about male prostitution in Hollywood. Lyrics NSFW. [more inside]
Holy Diver
Yes, that wasn't an idle threat. For your listening pleasure, I present to you Dio's "Holy Diver" on ukulele, electric ukulele, drums, and far too many vocal tracks. [more inside]
Allergies
So, I was planning on recording my ukulele rendition of Holy Diver (yes, that one), but my allergies were acting up so I felt like crap. So, that's what this song is about. And it's NSFW. [more inside]
Thirty-seven Seconds
My wife went out of town, and she took our son with her. It was the middle of the night, and I was playing ukulele, hoping that I wouldn't wake my daughter up. [more inside]
Annalee
A song about getting old. [more inside]
When the Water Rise Up
A song about storms, levees, and floods. A new song. [more inside]
Mansion on a Hill (v.3)
Here's a first crack at adding a little gospel organ. [more inside]