149: Ten Essential

I was surprised / excited / flattered to see the "Ten Essential" section in the back of this month's Alternative Press. I really had no idea. Apparently they had contacted someone here to secure the permission to use the shirt artwork, but no one even told me about it. So it was a total shock.

AP's Ten Essential Threadless Jingles:
Blog
Clouds Are People Too
Empire
Goodbye My Hopes And Dreams
Know Your Meats
No Peeking
Pessimistic Or Optmistic
St. George Vs. The Dragon
Undercover Pirate
You've Got Some 'Splainin to Do

It's perfect timing since I'm heading to Seattle next month to re-record a bunch of the songs for a 2007 CD release. I'll be spending a week or so at Matt Bayles & Chris Common's Red Room. Woohoo! The double CD will probably have 30-60 songs and feature re-recordings, re-workings, and some other fun stuff. It will be released on Redder Records.

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I've been seriously busy doing all of the songs for the most recent holiday sale. Hence, my recent absence. And you remember how I was going to sell / giveaway a lot of stuff in October? Well, I ended up giving a lot of it away as prizes. I also took some initiative to just straight up throw stuff in the dumpster. Sadly, by the looks of my room, you would barely be able to tell. Sigh. It's quite possible I've amassed just enough junk in the past two months to fill the recent void. For instance, I just received a large secret santa box full of gifts. Fun gifts. Gifts I can't just throw away. So... I know have a sea monkey tank on my desk here at work. I had to give it a shot.

Speaking of the holiday songs, here they are for your convenient downloading pleasure. They're all different, lyrically, instrumentally, and structurally, so if you want to drive yourself crazy, have at em.

The 30th Day
The 29th Day
The 28th Day
The 27th Day
The 26th Day
The 25th Day
The 24th Day
The 23th Day
The 22th Day
The 21st Day
The 20th Day
The 19th Day
The 18th Day
The 17th Day
The 16th Day
The 15th Day
The 14th Day
The 13th Day
The 12th Day
The 11th Day
The 10th Day
The 9th Day
The 8th Day
The 7th Day
The 6th Day
The 5th Day
The 4th Day
The 3rd Day
The 2nd Day
The 1st Day

And now it's back to work. I'll be back.