Today I recorded a cover of R.E.M.’s “Fall On Me” to test out some new software. I love that song. I wish I had Stipey’s voice (or even Mike Mills’)!
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Okay, so it’s been a bit. What. Huh? What now. Well put this in your bubble wand: Alex Arrowsmith and His Pugs are playing at The Know (NE 20th & Alberta in Portland) on June 11! Also on the bill is Tiger House and Yellowstar. It’s gonna rule. Get all your friends and family out to picket it! Get us on the news! I want Jeff Gianola to see me play!
Also, I set up a Band Camp page. Go nuts. Download my songs for free.
And last but definitely not worst! Today I wrote a song based on a kind of inside joke for the podcast by Jorge Garcia (Hurley from Lost) and his podcast partner/girlfriend Beth. It’s about how Jack always manages to talk about dural sacs on Lost, which Jorge and Beth were talking about on their most recent installment. They offhandedly said, “someone should write a song about that.” So I took them up on that challenge. It’s called “Dural Sac Jack.” Yes, the whole thing is way way dorky. But you know, I can never resist dorky. I heard the podcast this afternoon and finished the song by dinner (which was enchiladas…hell yes?!). I emailed it to them, and Beth was super rad enough to post about it on their Facebook! Eeeek! Awesome! Thanks guys! Seems from the comments that other people liked it too. This is the kind of thing that only super insane Lost fans like myself probably give a crap about, but it was lots of fun, and it made my day just the same!
Here are the lyrics, in case I garbled the words a bit:
Jack wants to open up my back
And get his hands in me, fixing up my dural sac
No one else has got the same knack
Watch him count to five
Working magic on my sac
You know it looks so pretty
Like angel hair pasta
Unlike ordinary men who might crack
No one does the job like Dural Sac Jack
Jack wants to open up my back
And put his hands inside me, fixing up my dural sac
Jack always pines for a spine
He’s always working magic
Fixing up my dural sac
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They’re pretty rough, especially “Perfect Timing,” but I liked them enough to throw at your face. (Feel free to play dodgeball with them!)
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To further add to the deluge of Michael Jackson commentary and tributes out there in the past few days, here is a cover of “Man In The Mirror” that I recorded in an afternoon over a year ago. It was recorded just for fun, because at the time I was listening to that song a lot. I had to get it out of my system. It’s a great song!
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I just uploaded six new mind-moisturizing songs from my new album Public Domain Rainbow to my Myspace profile. The album isn’t coming out quite yet, but I thought I’d put a little “sneak peek” out there so you can see if you REALLY want to continue living without Alex Arrowsmith in your life or not. Maybe the songs will even make you refer to yourself in the third person. Like me. However, if they make you refer to yourself in the second person then you might need to seek holistic medical treatment.
Here’s a rundown of the songs:
Sexual Taxi — A Prince/Beck-esque romp through the wrong (or most awesome?) part of town.
A Different Story — Slightly proggy, late-80s/early-90s R.E.M. pop complete with sped-up vocals that only Ween would approve of.
Bad Vibrations — Multi-movement power pop, somewhat reminiscent of songs like “Happiness is a Warm Gun,” “Paranoid Android” and–oops!–”Good Vibrations.”
Saving Up The World — Shiny, hipster-friendly pop complete with ironic synth.
Painted Over — Bouncy, Beatlely, not for rooftops.
My Minimum — Straight-forward power pop that mentions clam chowder.
Like I said, I don’t know when Public Domain Rainbow is coming out, but hopefully sometime later this year. I gotta get my funds together and whatnot. Or find a filthy rich oil tycoon who will release it for me. Those oil men sure know good music when they hear it, believe you me.
Post a comment on my Myspace or something while you’re at it! Let me know that my reality is not a trauma-induced illusion!
Peoples! Lovers! Dudes! Fiends! I just made a video for a new song called “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.” Actually, it’s an old song; it was co-written with Mayhaw Hoons from The Shaky Hands back in 1999, who also put in some singing and clapping duties on this recording of it. After years lost in the wilderness, it finally finds a home on my forthcoming album Public Domain Rainbow, which is being released someday by somebody.
Hopefully more videos of new songs will be coming soon!
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