Blawgs
Back in the old days I used to have a lot of time to sit around and type. Not so much anymore, but I still try whenever I can! Below is my Blawg in its entirety imported from my old Blogger site which started way back in 2004.
7 Years of Pun: The Evolution of Guy Who Draws
In early 2013, my amazing musician/artist/brother Chuck bought me a sketchbook. I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do with it. Drawing always took a backseat to my music and I was ready to change that, so I made a promise to myself to make at least one quick doodle a day in the book to get back into the drawing groove again. To make sure I made good on that promise, [...]
“String Poem” circa 2019
After converting one of my Gretsches into a hybrid guitar, I now have the ability to not only play my acoustic music on an electric - but also blend the two sounds together. It has been the sonic equivalent of discovering the combination of chocolate and peanut butter... I'm rediscovering acoustic tunes I've been neglecting since I grew tired of them years ago. Here's one called "String Poem", a piece I wrote for my cat DEVO [...]
Airport Song, Finn-again style
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I lived in what I call the "Real World house"... it was an interesting cast of characters to say the least, even the pets were a little "different". One week the planets aligned and everybody was out of town but me. After I dumped the last of the roomies off at the airport and finally had the place to myself, I was in complete la-la land [...]
Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebie
To keep myself from going bonkers these last few months of winter, I focused on creating this brand new high-octane glob of ICED INK music instead. "Neo-Maxi" is my musical tip of the cap to Anthony Michael Hall in his prime. The boy could do no wrong back in the day as far as I'm concerned! He lost me around "Johnny Be Good"... but "Vacation", "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club", and my personal fave "Weird Science" [...]
Raceway To Fun
I was wondering when I'd write the next ICED INK song after moving back from New York, and this month I finally have my answer! "Raceway To Fun" was started in November of 2017 and just finished in November of 2018. Jeepers, I remember being able to crank out 2 songs over a single weekend a couple of years ago! But now that we're feeling a little more settled in MN and ICED INK has proven to [...]
My 2017 takeaways
If I didn't know any better, I'd swear that it was New Year's just about a year ago! I decided to dust off the ol' website and wrap the year up with some keyboarding. Not this kind: But this kind: Is it even still called keyboarding? I remember taking a keyboarding class in 1987 or 88 in summer school. I sometimes wonder how I ended up in that class. I guess I must have expressed [...]