this is the second video from the soon-to-be-released “up, up, and away.” after the overview provided by “the cure,” “cattle” opens part one, a two-song sequence focused on “depression” and feature scenes from koyaanasqatsi, the manchurian candidate, and some rather graphic footage from a beef processing plant. the entire suite tracks an experience of bipolar mania from beginning to end. my experience of mania […]
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up, up, and away #1: "the cure"
over the next few months i’ll be releasing rough cuts from my upcoming album/video up, up, and away. the first installment is “the cure,” aka monday song #11. this piece serves as an intro to the coming videos, which, as a whole, will outline my experience of a manic episode and hospitalization back in 1999. “the cure” […]
monday underground #12: "Joy"
happy 2016!
coming soon: "up, up, and away"
i’m going to take a break for the summer while i work on my next project, “up, up, and away.” my goal is to release an album comprising fifteen plus monday songs (something of a double album), accompanied by a suite of videos and a memoir tracking a florid manic episode i experienced back in […]
monday underground #11: "the music lover"
i’m not a big fan of pet videos. but i found this oddly hypnotic…
monday underground #10: "moving forward, standing still"
lyrics i spent last weekend at a buddhist retreat, and the time i didn’t spend meditating (or trying to), i spent walking in the woods. as opportunities arose, i took photos and a few videos. as i walked, this monday song kept going through my mind. i wrote this when pete seeger died, and since he […]
"monday songs" video #5: gravity
lyrics another nugget from the “monday songs” album.
monday underground #8: "alchemy"
the video is an idea i’ve had for about thirty years or so: take identical shapes in different settings and blend one into the other. while putting together “now you see it” a couple weeks back, i realized how cool a slow dissolve is between two rich images. whites get preference, causing uneven in-between states. […]
monday underground #7: "the power of not knowing"
lyrics this song is the end product of an improvisation. i sat at the piano, without any ideas, and started playing and singing. the result is quite faithful to the original.
monday underground #5: "the 10 o’clock news"
lyrics this song has been a favorite of mine since i posted it back in august of 2010. i tried to make a video for it the following year as a follow up to my first “ghost story” video (monday song #1), but i kept grinding to a heavy-handed halt.