monday song #100: up in the skies

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this is the final installment of the monday songs blog. in january i’ll be starting a new blog, planning to post a video each week. there’ll be some songwriting, for sure, but the format will be more open-ended, allowing for more experimental content and more of a narrative focus. hoping to make videos for a few of the “monday songs” in the process.

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monday song #99: i’m not lonely

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i wrote this song back in 1999, as part of a soundtrack to a movie i was writing called “danny’s inferno.” the screenplay was a loosely autobiographical collection of vignettes showcasing the pain, suffering, and surrealism inherent in trying to “make it” in the local bay area club scene.

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monday cover #3: (i’m afraid) the masquerade is over

i was working on this as a guide vocal for my daughter singing a song for my father’s 85th birthday.

it turned out pretty well, so i figured i’d share, to round out the cover effort with a standard.

i stole the way-behind-the-beat phrasing from peggy lee, a version my father shared with me some time back. i’m definitely going to work the shmultzy organ in the final version.