It’s okay, it was only 2001:

The first of a series, hopefully. Experience it on behalf of the whole planet Earth.

I just made another musical motion picture for another song from my eventually forthcoming album, Public Domain Rainbow. It features a Led Zeppelin record, walruses, a cat and more green screen tomfoolery. The song is called “Painted Over.” Go claim it.

Assumedly,
Alex

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!

Download an mp3 of “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” here, or listen here:

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Best buds,
Alex

The Library of Congress presentation featuring “Bomb Iran” is now online. The little segment about it is at 43:40, which is where this video should start playing. The whole video is really interesting though, you should watch it. It’s an hour long, but worth it.

Also, don’t forget that I’m going to be on KPSU tomorrow at 9 pm. You can stream it for free from kpsu.org. Listen with ears.

—->Alex

WIRED MAGAZINE is now using “Update Your Blog” for the theme song of their new video blog! It features the internet humorist Lore Sjoberg, who has some hilarious things to say about the Zelda games in this first installment. Absorb it:

In other news, I’m releasing a new EP! It’s called the Bomb Iran EP! I figured I should release the YouTube sub-sensation “Bomb Iran” because apparently people would like to have an actual non-YouTube-sounding recording of it. And it gives me an excuse to finish and release some of the outtakes and demos from Missing Briefcase that I really like but weren’t quite right for the album. Also, I re-recorded 2003’s “Soldier Down” specially for the EP, to kind of give a bit of thematic consistency. It should be out by mid-March. Here’s the tracklisting:

1. Bomb Iran
2. Soldier Down
3. Waiting While Sleeping (MB outtake)
4. Just Like That (MB outtake)
5. Choke (MB outtake)
6. Eternal Return (10/06 demo)
7. I’m In The Way (12/06 demo reworked)

Of course, I will let you all know the instant the EP is available on CD Baby, iTunes, and that whole routine. Until then…HIKE!

This afternoon I wrote a new song and recorded a demo. It’s called “Not Salman Rushdie.” Of course, I HAD to videotape myself playing it, so:

In other news, I made some kickass meat loaf last night, which resulted in kickass leftovers tonight.

Bono-like,
Alex

I wanna thank everyone who came out to my Missing Briefcase release show the other night! It was a modest gathering of souls, but it was a lot of fun. If you were there, your presence was invaluable. I really loved seeing The Morals and Mayhaw Hoons & The Casual Encounters too. Good dudes were in abundance. Backspace is totally a cool venue too. I uploaded a couple videos from the show to YouTube as well; “Still Pushin” and “The Zaps.”

So thanks dudes, and come on out to the 21+ release show at Holocene on Tuesday the 22nd! It’s a new batch of bands (Lonesome Radio Heart, New Agency) and a totally different venue, so if you were at the Backspace show, don’t feel like it’s gonna be more of the same. No, man. This Holocene show is like the Barack Obama of record release shows.

Come.

Also, KINK (101.9 FM) is going to be playing “The Zaps” on their nightly local music segment. So if you wanna hear how I look on the electromagnetic spectrum, then listen! It’s gonna be between 9:15 and 9:30 pm on January 23. Next Wednesday.

Fern-like,
Alex