Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand
by krisis
we sit back in our easy chairs
and we try to sympathize
whether from the point of a needle or
the edge of our beds
we too, like too many others,
could be dead
our actions
will define us
before a single definition can be said
yeah, so what if god is testing us
what if that’s true
what are you going to do
what is the answer
to you
ani difranco – “on every corner”
by krisis
Apparently some people were in a mad panic yesterday while i was taking my typical monday off from blogger because my last sunday post sounded like some sort of farewell. Of course, it was a farewell: it was a farewell to a blog-filled weekend. Meanwhile, while these people were aghast that i took a weekend off, none of them listened to this week’s trio. I realize not every week is as good as the the first one or the debut of “relief”, but come on – it’s my weekly feature, damnit. I don’t mind that people ignore the rest of my website, but at least you could humor me and listen to my bumbling around on guitar once a week.
by krisis
Trio is in the can, and i am bleeding. Alot. But, the music was good. Ouch. Give, Like Mine, & Nothing To Say.
by krisis
So, the trio i recorded won’t be going up, only because it took me forever to tune up my guitar inbetween playing “little plastic castle” and the next song. For those not in the know, “lpc” is an Ani DiFranco song that’s played on a four string tenor guitar tuned ADAD, whereas a normal guitar is tuned EADGBE. So, i had to turn ADAD into ADGB and then add the E on either side and then launch intrepidly into another song. I managed to do this in about three minutes, and the result was a scorching version of my oldie “Like Mine.” However, the long wait was deathly to keeping listener interest, so “lpc” will have to get cut from this week’s set.
by krisis
My voice is so very tied to my guitar in that i can’t ever find any notes to sing other than ones contained within the chord i’m currently playing. Not only does this make my melodies rather predictable, it makes it entirely impossible for me to correctly sing most sparely acoustic Ani DiFranco songs since she doesn’t use normal chords. Want an example? Here’s a low version of To The Teeth, since i’m in the middle of changing strings on my guitar.