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It’s Good To Be King
2017 10 26 1:29PM

[INTRO]

VERSE 1
Draw the card from the trebled deck
And claim your prize
You don’t have to get old to get wise.

You’ve pulled down the Autumn Moon
From the leaden skies
Your thin smile is a pale disguise.

REFRAIN 1
A moonbeam pierces the clouds, her face cloaked in ( Read more... )

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My friend Myke Hutchings posted about a favourite album of his from 1995. I’d never heard it, as it turns out, and I wondered how that had happened, because ’95 was a big year for me, musically. I was 24 in ’95, I was (temporarily) out of Etcetera for the moment, living alone and with no friends to speak ( Read more... )

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I’ve been trying to get back to work on STEEP INCLINATIONS for months, to no avail, but at last, I made a bit of ‘me time’ and rerecorded the intro to the album. I’m still ambivalent about the drum track I used as a click for the orchestral keys (strings and brass separately; also left and right hands ( Read more... )

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So I guess it’s time to reassess my plans for 2014, since I was thinking I might be painting a mural this year, which it now seems clear I won’t be.

APPROXIMATIONS
So the plan at this point is to finish THE APPROXIMATE DISTANCE TO LIMBO. But that’s almost done. I’ve decided that, if there’s a third act, I’ ( Read more... )

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I’m writing a novel today. this is just something to distract you with while I’m working. Go buy it. I need to order pizza for dinner. Thank you.

Have a nice day. I’ll be back in a bit to talk about what I’m actually doing today.

Lee.

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Interesting morning, so far. Last night, I attended a party thrown by Richard Miller for his sister, Kim, which was a surprise birthday party disguised as a Hallowe’en party. it seems to have worked. Kim was charmed, and looked good in her pirate wench costume. There were a few pirates, some feminized DC ( Read more... )

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Here’s what I’ve been doing over the last 24 hours:

Philo’s Thesis - Rough Work in the margins (1992-1998)


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There’s an earth mover outside squealing away that could seriously use some oil. Dawn has been woken early because of it. I’ve been listening to old music I recorded in the past year or two, as well as a few tracks from decades ago. This one piece I did, though was for one of our cats, Charlie, who died ( Read more... )