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As feared (but anticipated), I did nothing the past month for the Uke Skywalker album. This takes me from having a month of review time to having just a few days, assuming I can pick up the pace ( Read more... )

My brief stint following The Residents is over (went splendidly), and now I'm working on the upcoming Uke Skywalker album ( Read more... )

Here's a new silly project: http://www.planga-la.com/venuesongs/Read more... )

For those keeping score (which I think is just me), here's what's going on at Planga-La these days ( Read more... )

After completing the demo in June, I purposefully stayed away from the album for a couple of months. But then in late August I just didn't have the drive I needed to work on it. Often it was the sheer oppressive heat and humidity of my apartment. I'd sit down at my workstation, and within ten minutes would have to stop what I was doing for fear ( Read more... )

The first demo for the upcoming Uke Skywalker album, May The Four Strings Be With You, has been completed. I will shop this around to various music-minded friends for opinions on where to go with it. I purposefully didn't put a lot of effort into the performances, leaving them more as sketches, to prevent me from falling in love with the demo and ( Read more... )

I was in a park, lying on the grass, reading a story in a magazine, when a meteorite struck my head. For several hours (or was it days?) I swam in and out of consciousness, concerned only that I had to hide the damage from the children playing nearby. Despite my best efforts to cover up, eventually a little boy chasing after a ball saw me and ( Read more... )

The Residents are in the final stretch of a North American tour, and for the past week I have been following them. The shows I attended this week bring my total to 17. Now, why would somebody see a band perform 17 times ( Read more... )

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