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The End

12/30/2018
So, we’re done here. 50 songs, 1 year. That’s pretty shocking, but I learned a lot.

Duration:00:03:31

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Christmas Shoes

12/25/2018
Merry Christmas, Mom!

Duration:00:04:31

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An Upbeat Afterlife

12/18/2018
This song happened twice. It was posted as week 21 – “A Happy Afterlife” – but I never loved it. Here’s another, totally different version that feels less smaltzy.

Duration:00:02:41

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Real People Jobs

12/12/2018
So, I’ve spent a lot of my time this year writing about work. Working too much, finding too little time for myself; all sorts of navel-gazing shit and it’s not cute. It can be cute if done well, but that’s rare.

Duration:00:02:21

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Fanfare to a Perfect Set

12/5/2018
No such thing as a perfect sound, don’t worry yourself too much.

Duration:00:02:35

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That One Where Seen/Saw Realizes that Absolutely Nothing Matters

11/21/2018
I decided to finger paint instead of use a brush. Sometimes, I don’t want to clean my workstation, so let’s just make it messier.

Duration:00:01:37

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One of the Lucky Ones

11/13/2018
A friend of mine did a bad thing. A very bad thing. This song is me, I think, trying to sort out how I feel about it. Enjoy.

Duration:00:02:22

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Dear Camera, I Wish to be Tall

11/4/2018
“Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials.”

Duration:00:01:50

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Holy Ghost

10/26/2018
Happy Nevada Day? Ne-vah-da. Ne-vaa-duh. I’ll never be a local.

Duration:00:02:40

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Oh, Susanna!

10/17/2018
40 weeks in? There are 40 songs on this website? What kind of crazy horseshit is that?

Duration:00:01:40

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Lucy Rose

10/9/2018
This song is for a person I haven’t met yet and for the two wonderful people who will give that mystery person a home. Too opaque? Rachel and Bryan are having a baby and it’s amazing. They’re going to be great and imperfect and just what the doctor ordered. I...

Duration:00:04:09

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This is NPR

10/1/2018
When I write music, I forget about everything else. There are very few things that do this to me; not even meditation most of the time (Sorry, Goenkaji). It’s a miracle in my life that I’m able to do this without trying too hard. Some would say that means I...

Duration:00:01:36

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The Compassionate Bug Catcher

9/23/2018
“Faith is not superficial or sentimental. It doesn’t say everything will turn out all right, according to our wishes. Life is not likely to deliver only pleasant events. Faith entails the understanding that we don’t know how things will turn out. Faith allows us to claim the possibility that a...

Duration:00:04:08

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maybe

9/16/2018
Another week, another song. Enjoy.

Duration:00:01:46

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Grow Your Hair Out

9/9/2018
Not much to say except this track has a surprise midway. So, make sure to listen the whole way. Enjoy.

Duration:00:02:54

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Cute Girl, Dead Squirrel

9/3/2018
Mornin’ everyone. Hope you had a good labor day, I sure did. Here’s song #34, which is still wild that I’m saying I’ve written 34 songs this year.

Duration:00:02:34

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First Person View

8/25/2018
I went on the retreat. It was difficult and wonderful and I need more of it in my life, but for now I need to sleep.

Duration:00:02:12

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JonBenet, John Stamos, John 3:16

8/18/2018
Another week, another song. I’m losing gusto, y’all. Not just with songs, but with everything in general. I’m working a lot, running a lot, recording a lot and generally just doing a lot. That’s a good thing, normally, but I’ve been really prone to burnout this year. This is my...

Duration:00:01:23

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Life is Strange

8/10/2018
“That’s why we’ll always love you, Yankee Rose.”

Duration:00:03:13

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Losing You

8/3/2018
This week’s been weird. I’m working a lot and running a lot, but all I want to do is write music. Music didn’t feel that way last year; it felt like a thing I did for fun. Now it feels like it runs my life – possibly in a good way....

Duration:00:02:15