Category: art & artists I appreciate

Sunset Lane (Cornelia Street for 51st BDay)

Maile and Anais gave me this incredible tribute song for my 51st birthday and blew me away with the care and tenderness of their song. It’s a personalized history of my life to the tune of Taylor Swift’s “Cornelia Street” which is a favorite of ours.

Anais and I learned to play it on guitar together and she played it in the recording below while they both sang it for me in my studio. Thank you both for this beautiful gift!!!

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Handwritten lyrics on a music stand

Sunset Lane (Cornelia Street For Dad’s BDay 2023)

by Maile and Anais Molin
(to the tune of Cornelia Street by Taylor Swift)

He was born in Arlington, Virginia, in the year of ’72
Tiny little clenched Fists,
Cute Face
Your mom and dad truly loved you
Going to Mrs Elwel’s, curly hair
Then Al Seeber comes along
Away for the weekend, flooding the
basement while you were gone

And we hope we never lose you, hope it never ends
We’d never lose the Flippy Flyer again
That’s the kind of heartbreak time could never mend
We’d never lose the Flippy Flyer again
And baby, I get mystified by all the pretty songs you write
And baby, I’m so goddamn glad that I’ve got you in my life
We’d never lose the Flippy Flyer again
We’d never lose the Flippy Flyer again

Working in the bike shop, The
Great Molinis doing tricks on the weekend Busking in the village, talkin ’bout philosophy with Manfred Moving down to Texas in KK’S House
Buying his own on Sunset Lane
Making Friends with Doug and Americo
Workin the band right into place

Going to class on your bike
Dye your hair blonde, writing songs for an open mic

And we hope we never lose you, hope it never ends
We’d never go to Tarka ever again
That’s the kind of heartbreak time could never mend
We’d never go to Tarka ever again
And baby, I get mystified by all the pretty songs you write And baby, I’m so goddamn glad that I have got you in my life We’d never go to Tarka ever again
We’d never go to Tarka ever again

98, HEB
Meet the checkout girl in her lane On one knee with a ring
From a toy machine
Tiny new beginnings
Crawling in the kitchen Kicking, laughing, spinning, singing And we hope we never lose you
We’d never do the Crabula again
Oh, never again

And baby, I’m so mystified by all the pretty songs you write
And baby, I’m so goddamn, glad that I’ve got you in my life
We’d never do the Crabula again
We’d never do the Crabula again never ends
We don’t wanna lose you, hope we you went
We don’t wanna lose you, yeah

We love you so much Hope you have a happy 51st birthday!

The Song Game

I am thrilled to report that the song game is on. I had played the song game with a group that Gray was in before, but fell off and really missed it. Now Doug, Gray, Danny, and I have started our own version and I’m so grateful to have this group.

Song Game Rules

1. song and next prompt due every Mon. 8 am.
2. everyone comments on every song.
3. 8 weeks on, 4 weeks off

Basically, you have to write and record a song every week. We added the break every 8 weeks because you need breaks. It’s a tough pace for me to keep.

We also added the requirement that everyone give some nice feedback because it’s a drag when no one comments on your favorite new creation.

We’re three weeks in and I couldn’t be happier. Why?

Because it’s so cool to trade songs with such badass players and interesting creators. We’re all trying new stuff all the time and it’s entertaining, poignant, fresh, raw, and inspiring.

Writing for my musician friends motivates me to keep up, make cool music, and get to hear theirs. Accountability and feedback are built in. We learn a lot from and about each other.

And there’s nothing I’d rather be doing than working on a new song. Nothing distracts me or motivates me like making music. And it’s a great way for me to balance the stress of work with immersive play.

As sure as I am that music brings me joy and I want to share it I am often unsure of what I’m supposed to be doing. But writing new songs is always at the top of the list and it brings a sense of focus, hope and confidence.

I will be posting new song demos again. May I play the song game forever.

I took the photo above of Beck and band at Moody Center, Aug. 2023.

Outside Voice, Saturday Songs

I’ve been looking for an opportunity to be part of Outside Voice – Art TV, so I’m happy to have kicked off the collaboration on Saturday with Ron Pippin’s ever-resourceful, ongoing, family-art project. I entertained the troops at Creative Reuse day singing singalong songs to the kids and parents busy with all sorts of projects as part of their open-house for the West Austin Studio Tour.

Here’s robot Ron, a cardboard kid cyborg, and they dome they were working on while I was singing.

Robot Ron

Robot kid

Cardboard dome

Icy Cinema: Feb. 7, 2018

At the end of two hours of improvising music today, we were tossing out name ideas when Darrel said Amen, Icy Cinema, which is a palindrome. To which I said, Icy Cinema and the three of us looked at each other as if to say, I think that’s it! And so it is, I think we have a name for our Ambient trio.

Here are a number of tracks from our last practice, Feb. 7.

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International Clash Day 2018: I’m So Bored with the U.S.A.

In honor of #InternationalClashDay I recorded I’m So Bored with the U.S.A. in the stairwell today on my lunch break. Long live The Clash!!!

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I’m So Bored With The U.S.A.

Yankee soldier
He want to shoot some skag
He met it in Cambodia, but now
He can’t afford a bag

Yankee dollar talk
To the dictators of the world
In fact it’s giving orders
An’ they can’t afford to miss a word

I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
But what can I do?

Yankee detectives
Are always on the TV
‘Cause killers in America work
Seven days a week

Never mind the stars and stripes
Let’s print the Watergate Tapes
I’ll salute the New Wave
And I hope nobody escapes

I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
But what can I do?

I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
But what can I do?

I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
I’m so bored with the U.S.A.
But what can I do?