AND ONE MORE THING
i emailed ted leo after i got my litte dawn cover online just cause i felt like it and i have his email address. i wrote:
hey ted
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> my name is jon. about two hours ago i decided that i had to record a cover of little dawn. i had a pretty crappy day and i have a million other things to get done, but right then that was what all i wanted to do. in my experience i find that the best songs i write and art i make come out of pure necessity (emotional, political, whatever). for me, this was necessary. so i plugged into my four track and had at the bloody thing. Heres the result:
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> http://www.ourmedia.org/node/161467
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> its sloppy but i dont like clean things anyways. i thought i should share it with you because you wrote it.
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> jon b
He replied within EIGHT MINTUES
I just got your e-mail, and I'm on someone else's lap top with crappy
speakers, so I haven't listened to the cover yet, but I will, and in the
meantime, at the risk of getting "emo," I just wanted you to know that I
completely understand what you're saying, what you're saying is why I wrote
that song, what you're saying makes me want to pick up my own guitar as soon
as I send this e-mail, so thanks, and "blah blah." !!
--TL
OH MAN
<3<3<3
THUMPA THUMPA
that is all
jon b
hey ted
>
> my name is jon. about two hours ago i decided that i had to record a cover of little dawn. i had a pretty crappy day and i have a million other things to get done, but right then that was what all i wanted to do. in my experience i find that the best songs i write and art i make come out of pure necessity (emotional, political, whatever). for me, this was necessary. so i plugged into my four track and had at the bloody thing. Heres the result:
>
> http://www.ourmedia.org/node/161467
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>
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> its sloppy but i dont like clean things anyways. i thought i should share it with you because you wrote it.
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> jon b
He replied within EIGHT MINTUES
I just got your e-mail, and I'm on someone else's lap top with crappy
speakers, so I haven't listened to the cover yet, but I will, and in the
meantime, at the risk of getting "emo," I just wanted you to know that I
completely understand what you're saying, what you're saying is why I wrote
that song, what you're saying makes me want to pick up my own guitar as soon
as I send this e-mail, so thanks, and "blah blah." !!
--TL
OH MAN
<3<3<3
THUMPA THUMPA
that is all
jon b