acorn season

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you'll remember when
not too long from now
you'll say, "a.b., you were right, friend." 

on the other side of hell
there's a story of hallelujah glory
when the saints go marching in
i'll be laughing with my friends
on the side of hell
hallelujah glory

john the baptist
that homosexual fuck
took jesus down by the river

fuck what's it gotta do with luck? 
i don't know if i know how to "let it go" 

filled with good intent
fueled by fear
we'll all become monsters

you think i've lost it? 
yeah, i've done lost it all
more than once
i ain't playing no more
i've already lost my mind in this song

i ain't no fucking messiah
i ain't no fucking king
but when it comes to liberty
all you gotta do is sing with me

la la la la long live liberty

i came by to sing rock n' roll songs. 
i came by to yell revolution. 
i came by for all you nonbelievers. 
mad as a hatter, but i ain't evil

hello. welcome to the rock n' roll show.

hello. i just wrote a long, rambling blog post and it didn't save. 

i'm going to do it again. probably a lot less wordy.

take 2: 

hello. my friends and i are playing a rock n roll show in 4 days.

my friend, Tim Craft and I started a band called: acorn season.

i first conceptualized this band name in 2010. 

that's not important in this moment.

i am very grateful for the magical energies that have been happening and mas grateful for friends with the talents to create tunes for me to sing to.

what started as a song and a half wrote by tim craft and i, from August 23rd to Halloweenish has evolved to a full band and 4ish songs that we will be performing at The Know, Monday, February, 1st, at 8:30pm.

if you live in Portland that is on NE Alberta and 20iissshhh. 

the one building near salt n straw and little big burger that doesn't look like the two previous stated establishments. 

unfortunately i hear it is to become something of those said establishments in the future.

anyway for now it is a venue and an opportunity to play a rock n roll show. 

come hang out, maybe dance with us a moment or so. 

acorn season  line up:

tim craft: guitar

cass swan: keys

joel moyer: beats

leona ? : bass 

martha: distracticon, etc

me: singing and acting a fool




david bowie, acorn season, the interwebs (and other words)

hello fellow earthlings.

about 2 weeks ago i made a post on my intention to post more words on this blog and that "2016 is going to be an interesting year, i can feel it."

never in my mind did i think that David Bowie would choose that moment to go home amongst the stars where he came from. 

i have not had a working cell phone for just about 2 weeks now.

the truth is i don't know exactly when my phone quit working.

it's been less than 2 weeks because my last post on here on the 6th i had a phone.

well i still have a phone. it just won't hold a charge. a very first world dilemma. 

that being said.

there was a small window when my laptop was no longer held a charge either. 

in that moment of time.

i was singing "rock n roll suicide" with my friend/flatmate/bandmate, Tim… Tim Craft.

it was his 33rd Birthday. A "merlin birthday" someone pointed out.

i don't know exactly what that means. it seemed more intriguing than the guys who said it was Tim's "jesus year". what does that mean? he's doomed to die? that ain't cool. words words words.

we were singing Bowie as we have been for a moment. we have a show in two weeks. (more on that sonly). it was a song i mentioned possibly covering a while ago. I found out the next morning Bowie passed via word of mouth by Tim.

I didn't have interwebs to reach out. I don't have a phone to reach out to those who were just as upset as me. I spent that afternoon watching his last videos and listening to Blackstar via youtube on AppleTV. 

It's a beautiful, dark masterpiece.

here's to hoping to inherit some of the magic stardust left behind by one of the greatest entertainers, in my opinion. if you haven't listened to the last album. i highly recommend it.

 

you can stream the whole album here:


as i mentioned before i haven't had a phone. it's been nice to recalibrate. 

i do miss the ritual of posting my sleepwalking moments. i'll pick that up soonly. 

i've drawn a lot. given a lot away, too.

there's a lot more in those drawings than this blog can say at the moment. 

hope to get a new phone soon.

this blog is getting really lengthy, really fast. stay with me. 

acorn season! 

i play my first public rock n roll show since moving out West on February 1st.

That is 2 weeks from yesterday. I first learned of this opportunity about 2 weeks ago.

My friend Tim Craft and I wrote a couple songs which i will post below.

We'll be playing those songs and a few more along with our friend Joel who will be keeping beats.

I hope you can join us. 

If not give the songs a listen, please.

I've been wanting to sing and dance to some songs for a while now.

The first song, "bucket" was written of August 23rd that was the first day of the fall. 

it's a bit different than any music of done prior and excited to see what happens with this journey. 

i gotta quit rambling for now.

be free.

-abc

-abc




whitechrizzzmas

i was hanging out with my friend Zak Austin the other day.

He has a cool synth and some editing programs that i myself do not have nor do i have the discipline to master said programs.

the plan was to jam and see what happens, but there is plenty of gear to record if we play something the sound of something we hear.

i made a drony synth line or two. 

i listened to the said riff. wrote down some rambles. wandered in and out of the house.

it's hard to sit still.

recorded a few scratch tracks of this and that.

all the cold rain outside prompted me to write down,

"i'm dreaming of a white christmas"

the rest fell together quite effortlessly.

i've wanted to make my own version of "white christmas" for a long time.

tis the season. happy christmas fellow earthlings.

-abc

 

Halloween Art and Music, Thing, Etc

My friends and I are having an art show / music happenings. 

i've shared a lot of the arts via social networkings and i'll do more on that later. 

i'm very easily distracted and feel like i've been staring at the screen forever

but then i remember i was staring out the window at the sun coming down on the trees,

those shiny yellow leaves still greatly outnumbered by the green

 and smelling the fresh autumn air.

i gotta focus. i have to get on a bus and get to my friend's house to watch this debate. 

So yes. Musics! 

I've started working on this project with my friend Tim Craft called acorn season.

I got a little snippet? is that a word?

anyway a snippet from a song we wrote called "bucket".

i'll ramble on that soonly, also.

there will be other musics too! 

music is a special kind of sanity i can't explain at the moment.

singing songs and sharing art on my favorite holiday!

it's going to be fun!

eek! bus!

be free

-abc

A snippet from a 3 song EP in the happening. more info sonly.

Question

I've been working on a 3 song demo to be released by Halloween with my friend, Tim Craft. I've got a rough demo of the first song. 

Some of the words and melodies are still being worked out. So the question is.. Should I post it now or do you guys wanna wait and here a more polished product? 

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One book written and already have plans for 2 others. As soon as I raise the necessary funds for printing the first book they will be available for purchase via this very website: abcorduroy.com. ​

​With that said if you have money to spare and a giving spirit please donate to my cause. Every little bit helps. There's only 1 backer in the last week. Help me out and let's get this book printed! 

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