Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.
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krisis: My friends hear me play stuff for my webpage and afterwards are like “When did you write that? What do you mean you wrote it a year ago? I’ve never heard you play that before”
Tink: wow… then play more… if they ask, then they like it!
krisis: yeah. I suppose that’s one of the points of the website, is that my friends can have me whenever they want me.
krisis: Err… that came out a little wrong…
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Trio is a unique and mostly spontaneous thing, and i’d just like to emphasize that point. This week marks the twelfth concert of three unedited (and mostly unrehearsed) songs i’ve performed for this site, and out of the 36 songs that have appeared so far there have only been 4 repeated songs and 3 covers (two of them in #3). That means i’ve performed 29 original songs. Now, i am both modest and honest, so i can tell you that not every one of those songs is amazing. Sure, there are ones like “crashing” and “never say goodbye” that stand out as great compositions and performances and all that, but then there are those songs like this week’s “fad” and “burn” that are just not quite there. Both of them have their moments, but they both have some other (clunkier) moments where they lose your attention or make evident the fact they they never got “finished.” But, that’s sorta the point of trio; obviously with as much writing as i do not every song gets “finished,” but whether or not the song is set in stone this lets me bounce it to a few willing ears. Last week’s performance of two brand new untested songs drew a ton of positive feedback and really encouraged me to work on both tunes despite previously giving up on them. So… you really are changing my sound by responded to my performances, and whenever my next demo disc is finished you will hear the difference. So, thanx. xoxoxox
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A new and varied trio was just recorded in one take, freeing up the rest of the day for me to lounge around and do nothing. First is the work-in-progress “burn,” and then an amazing turn at my longtime favorite “bridge“, and finally an oldie that i basically rewrote as i sang it: “fad“. The latter was a shout-out to my hostee Sky, who took a liking to the lyrics of the song. So, have a listen to a second week’s worth of unrushed and uncluttered Trio. Yum.
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Just as a note … if you should ever find yourself in one of those traditional “kiss” situations with me, where i’m supposed to put my arm around you or something, and nothing happens – don’t panic. I’ve obviously just failed to take any initiative because i’m in awe of your perfection and grace. What you need to do in these situations is give me a hint, like putting your head on my shoulder or something of the like. If you’re feeling brave, you can just go ahead and set up the entire “kiss” scenario on your own, or at least enough of it so that i get the hint. Rest assured that i’ll participate in a lively and active fashion as soon as i find out i’m not going to be horribly and awfully rejected.
This has been a public service announcement. We’ll now return you to your regularly scheduled bitching and whining. Thank You.
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Wow… getting to know the blogger behind a blogger totally turns perspective around. Some people i know now have allowed me to appreciate their sites ten times more than i used to. Others have exposed themselves as the juvenile idiots that i initially pegged them to be. I suppose it’s the same with rock stars… heavenforbid we should all know the motivation behind our favourite song, we might never listen to it again. That should teach you not to peek behind the curtain…