In honor of its 10-Year Anniversary, Onebody is now available on digital radio. Onebody was recorded nightly from 2005–2007, while we were working at a train-yard for a paper company. Saugerties-stylies. Grimy brow. Finger-cuts. Living up that Aughties bubble. Eating out at Friendly’s every night. You know, real blue-collar shit, except we wore white crew-neck […]
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Two Birds, One Song
In a recent post, we covered the song of two chickadees. Now that we’re deep into summer weather, the chickadee’s song has raised to a fevered pitch. The first of my backyard birds whistles a high C, while a second bird answers a semitone below. Together the two birds create an unintentional song in the […]
Radio Woodstock
@doggieslos live on #locallygrown – full set tonight at 10 on @radiowoodstock A post shared by MaryKate Burnell (@mk.ultramatic) on Jul 17, 2017 at 2:59pm PDT Listen to the Full Performance on WDST
Double-Minor Ballad of Sadness
This is a very beautiful song by my good friends The Warp/The Weft, although this ain’t no “friend-rock.” I would surely recommend this song even if it was written by my enemies. Your pointer finger trembles nervously on the click as you consider scrolling past. “Nothing but a minor ballad in 4/4,” you announce, a […]
The Loudest Note in the World
New video about industrial noise and planetary chords. This is actually made from an old post because I haven’t had a new idea in 10 years. I prefer the classic bloggy style featured on this site, which is more of a literary adventure augmented with sounds and music, like a book—half-on-tape. But these days, information […]
Lydian Birdsong
In my backyard, two black-capped chickadees sing an unintentional Lydian song that sounds like “Better Man” by Pearl Jam. Click on the score below to listen and loop. The Eb-bird sings his phrase while the F-bird answers, and the Eb-bird answers that; then there is a measure of silence. Are any females listening to these […]
Interview
Literary mag SPANK the CARP interviewed Evan from Los Doggies (that’s me). Herein you can find many startling truths and incomprehensible insights into musical creation, including how to write a song, why to write a song, and the nature of the song itself. Enjoy! Link to interview
