Interludes
Side Thoughts, Announcements, Inspirations, Distractions
The book and The EP are coming along. I wrote a shit ton last week and recorded vocals for my next music project, coming soon. I’m having an emo spring so far. Evidence: tracks in my current rotation. I’ve collected them into a sharable playlist, which has lately guided me through spring cleaning, light runs, photo editing and being stuck in I-5 traffic.
Listen on Apple Music, Spotify, or YouTube.
To celebrate the release of my forthcoming 3-song EP, Taglagas, I’m performing a co-headlining show with Abjo’s The Good Foot band on Friday, June 30th at The Clock-Out Lounge, which has quickly become the live music spot for Beacon Hill and the greater Southend.
This EP marks the recommitment to an old EP project, released through Beatrock Music, which was intended to be four 3-song EPs released in seasonal succession over the course of one year (2019). The first two EPs (Tagsibol and Tag-init) dropped in spring and summer before a multiverse of personal and universal derailment collided. Many things would have had to fall back in place before I could find the zone again, and many of them already have. Also, I’m feeding off good energy. Down the coast, a new generation of Beatrock Music artists have re-inspired me, and back in the town, the OTOW fam has given me the space and support to find my path back to the studio and stage.
Tickets are available now at The Clock-Out Lounge website.
I’m on my third listen through Klassy’s new album that dropped on May 1. The album, titled Good Seeds, matches today’s vibe so far: like walking outside on a sunny morning after a stretch of rain. I’ve got my favorite tracks, but so far I’ve just let it play all the way through. Multiple themes—growth, childhood, motherhood, survival, to name a few—thread a narrative that builds in sequence from track 1 to 16. It’s one of those rare albums—reflective of the times, rooted in history, facing the future, all at once. Where the interludes blend seamlessly and also ties it all together. Do yourself a favor and run it from front to back, in one sitting, turned up. I suspect that doing this may have a healing effect. This is not medical advice.
Listen to Good Seeds on the wonderfully artist-supportive Bandcamp platform, or stream it on Apple Music or Spotify.
The Seattle Mariners unveiled a new uniform last week—the Nike City Connect edition. I was invited back to get back in announcer mode and narrate the promo that went out to social media last week. The uniforms pay homage to multiple eras of Seattle baseball. Being a multiple era person myself, I appreciate this nod to local history and am honored to be voicing the announcement. This is my 4th year doing these voiceovers and the team has been better every season since I started. I’m just sayin’.
Brownland is an invite-only discord server I started with some friends a little over a year ago. It’s strangely grown into a sidebar to my creative process: topical post-sharing, running daily polls, catching glimpses of what pre-Algo internet communication was like. No secret government document-sharing, though, I’m afraid. We’re not big meme-ers over yonder, and I suspect that the average age of the Brownland server member runs at least a decade older than the general discord population. But we’re still fun, right guys? The curious amongst you are welcome to board the ship (link expires in one week): https://discord.gg/3c9DAVbB.