[Day #273] “Losing My Religion” by REM (live cover by The Ghost of Michael Stipe)

[Day #273] “Losing My Religion” by REM (live cover by The Ghost of Michael Stipe)

[Day #237] “Proposal” by Jacob Trombley (live from Imago Dei Cafe)

[Day #237] “Proposal” by Jacob Trombley (live from Imago Dei Cafe)

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet." 
--Plato 

[Day #236] “Mercy Street” by Peter Gabriel (live cover by Ian Ste Croix)

[Day #236] “Mercy Street” by Peter Gabriel (live cover by Ian Ste Croix)

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” 
― Abraham Lincoln

[Day #231] “Imagination of Relaxation” by Ian Gage (live)

[Day #231] “Imagination of Relaxation” by Ian Gage (live)

"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun." --Katharine Hepburn 

[Day #230] “Witness” by Tim Kile (Live at Imago Dei Cafe)

[Day #230] “Witness” by Tim Kile (Live at Imago Dei Cafe)

"My witness is the empty sky." --Jack Kerouac

[Day #229] “Brother Cactus” by Niki Ste Croix

[Day #229] “Brother Cactus” by Niki Ste Croix

"Life isn't something you possess. It's something you take part in, and you witness." --Louis C. K.

[Day #228] “Sister Rain” by Ian Ste Croix (live from The Brothers Cactus Inc)

[Day #228] “Sister Rain” by Ian Ste Croix (live from The Brothers Cactus Inc)

“Rainbows apologize for angry skies.” 
― Sylvia Voirol

[Day #227] “Everybody” by Ingrid Michaelson (cover by Nicole Ste Croix. Happy 5th Anniversary!!)

[Day #227] “Everybody” by Ingrid Michaelson (cover by Nicole Ste Croix. Happy 5th Anniversary!!)

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

[Day #225] “Lemonade Song” by Mitch McVicker (live cover by M.C..Escher Cats and Blowout Candlez)

[Day #225] “Lemonade Song” by Mitch McVicker (live cover by M.C..Escher Cats and Blowout Candlez)

“I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.” 
― Ron White

[Day #224] “The Other End” by Amanda McCarthy (live from Imago Dei Cafe)

[Day #224] “The Other End” by Amanda McCarthy (live from Imago Dei Cafe)

“A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.” 
― Richelle E. Goodrich

[Day #223] “Time is Running Out” by Muse (live cover by Chris Cavanaugh at Imago Dei)

[Day #223] “Time is Running Out” by Muse (live cover by Chris Cavanaugh at Imago Dei)

“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.” 
― E.E. Cummings

[Day #222] “Walz #2″ by Elliot Smith (live cover by ian ste croix)

[Day #222] “Walz #2″ by Elliot Smith (live cover by ian ste croix)

“ever thine, ever mine, ever ours” 
― Ludwig van Beethoven

[Day #221] “Upward Over the Mountain” by Iron and Wine (live cover by wayward sons)

[Day #221] “Upward Over the Mountain” by Iron and Wine (live cover by wayward sons)

But kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run.” 
― Barbara Kingsolver, Pigs In Heaven

[Day #220] “Not Thinking” by R.V.Drudger

[Day #220] “Not Thinking” by R.V.Drudger

If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden.  ~Claudia Ghandi

[Day #219] “West Wind” by Ian Ste Croix

[Day #219] “West Wind” by Ian Ste Croix

"You'll remember me when the west wind moves. Among the fields of barley. You can tell the sun in his jealous sky. When we walked in fields of gold." - Eva Cassidy

[Day #218] “Lake Ponchatrain” by Ludo (live cover by Kaylee Cavanaugh at Imago Dei Cafe)

[Day #218] “Lake Ponchatrain” by Ludo (live cover by Kaylee Cavanaugh at Imago Dei Cafe)

"Many drops make a bucket, many buckets make a pond, many ponds make a lake, and many lakes make an ocean."
Percy Ross

[Day #216] “If You’re Feeling Blue” by Eli Elkus

[Day #216] “If You’re Feeling Blue” by Eli Elkus

[Day #215] “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye ( cover by Amanda McCarthy @ Imago Dei Cafe)

[Day #215] “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye ( cover by Amanda McCarthy @ Imago Dei Cafe)

“The end is in the beginning and lies far ahead.” 
― Ralph Ellison

[Day #214] “Dress Up In You” by Belle and Sebastian (live cover by Ian Ste Croix at Imago Dei)

[Day #214] “Dress Up In You” by Belle and Sebastian (live cover by Ian Ste Croix at Imago Dei)

“Fashion is only different skins for different flavours of you.” 
― Lauren Beukes, Zoo City

[Day #213] “History of Lovers” by Iron and Wine (live cover by OMGMyNameIsIanToo!!! )

[Day #213] “History of Lovers” by Iron and Wine (live cover by OMGMyNameIsIanToo!!! )

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” 
― George Orwell

[Day #212] “I l Like To Say” by Chris Cavanaugh with Ian Ste Croix

[Day #212] “I l Like To Say” by Chris Cavanaugh with Ian Ste Croix

If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van Gogh 

[Day #210] “First of May” by Jonathan Coulton (live cover from The Candia Chainsaw Massacre)

[Day #210] “First of May” by Jonathan Coulton (live cover from The Candia Chainsaw Massacre)

Ooh, baby, when I see your face. Mellow as the month of may. Oh, darlin', I can't stand it. When you look at me that way.

  Carole King 

[Day #211] “The Holes” by Ian Ste Croix

[Day #211] “The Holes” by Ian Ste Croix


“Time doesn't take away from friendship, nor does separation.” 
― Tennessee Williams, Memoirs

[Day #209] “Manchester” by Kishi Bashi (live acoustic cover from The Greatest Porch on Earth)

[Day #209] “Manchester” by Kishi Bashi (live acoustic cover from The Greatest Porch on Earth)

My joking answer to this question is that I leave a bowl of milk out on the back porch every night for the Idea Fairy. In the morning, the milk is gone and there's a brand-new shiny idea by the bowl.
Sarah Zettel

Weeks 24 and 25: “Sitting on the Front Porch Swing”

Weeks 24 and 25: “Sitting on the Front Porch Swing”

“Art always penetrates the particular fissures in one's psychic life.” 
― Stephen Greenblatt

[Day #208] “Girl in the War” by Josh Ritter (live acoustic cover by The Legend of Zelda)

[Day #208] “Girl in the War” by Josh Ritter (live acoustic cover by The Legend of Zelda)

“It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.” 
― Stephen Crane

[Day #107] “To the Faithful Departed” by Jacob Trombley (with Bohemia Go-Go.)

[Day #107] “To the Faithful Departed” by Jacob Trombley (with Bohemia Go-Go.)

"For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?" Psalm 6:5

[Day #206] “What’s Another Word for Bitch?” by Nicole Ste Croix (performed by Bohemia Go-Go))

[Day #206] “What’s Another Word for Bitch?” by Nicole Ste Croix (performed by Bohemia Go-Go))

“Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman's got to hold on to.” 
― Stephen King

[Day #205] “Jeremiad” by Tim Kile (;)

[Day #205] “Jeremiad” by Tim Kile (;)

“I’m not God but if I were God, ¾ of you would be girls, and the rest would be pizza and beer.”

Axl Rose

[Day #204] “Holiday in Spain” by The Counting Crows (live by Skipping Rocks at Horn Pond)

[Day #204] “Holiday in Spain” by The Counting Crows (live by Skipping Rocks at Horn Pond)

“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out loud because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.” 
― Anne Lamott

[Day #203] “It Must Have Been Love” by Roxette (live cover by A Fist Against the Darkening Sky)

[Day #203] “It Must Have Been Love” by Roxette (live cover by A Fist Against the Darkening Sky)

“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.” 
― Frank Herbert

Week 22-23: “Rock You Like a Hurricane”

Week 22-23: “Rock You Like a Hurricane”

“In a perfect world, you could fuck people without giving them a piece of your heart. And every glittering kiss and every touch of flesh is another shard of heart you’ll never see again.” 
― Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things

[Day #201] “Slow Show” by The National (live acoustic cover by Sax and Violins)

[Day #201] “Slow Show” by The National (live acoustic cover by Sax and Violins)


“No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor. ” 
― Betty Friedan

[Day #200] “Beautiful Child” by Fleetwood Mac (live acoustic cover by Ian Ste Croix)

[Day #200] “Beautiful Child” by Fleetwood Mac (live acoustic cover by Ian Ste Croix)

“Dwell on the beauty of life. Watch the stars, and see yourself running with them.” 
― Marcus Aurelius

[Day #199] “Cold Rain” by R.V.Drudger (live acoustic cover by The Reggae Rasta Jah-breakers)

[Day #199] “Cold Rain” by R.V.Drudger (live acoustic cover by The Reggae Rasta Jah-breakers)

“Can't you see that it's just raining?
There ain't no need to go outside.” 
― Jack Johnson

[Day #198] “What it Is” by Mark Knopfler (live Dispatch from Candyland)

[Day #198] “What it Is” by Mark Knopfler (live Dispatch from Candyland)

[Day #197] “Raining in Baltimore” by Counting Crows (live cover by a Trapeze Swinger)

[Day #197] “Raining in Baltimore” by Counting Crows (live cover by a Trapeze Swinger)

[Day #197] “The Swans and the Swimming” by Iron & Wine (live cover from a bench at Horn Pond)

[Day #197] “The Swans and the Swimming” by Iron & Wine (live cover from a bench at Horn Pond)

“It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!” 
― Hans Christian Andersen, The Ugly Duckling

[Day #195] “Angels and the Devils and the Numbers” by Ian Ste Croix (with a Bohemian

[Day #195] “Angels and the Devils and the Numbers” by Ian Ste Croix (with a Bohemian

"There is a 'sanctity' involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it."

James A. Baldwin 

[Day #194] “Jacob and 2 Women” by Rich Mullins (live cover by Two Princes Formerly Known As Artists)

[Day #194] “Jacob and 2 Women” by Rich Mullins (live cover by Two Princes Formerly Known As Artists)

So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love for her.

Day #193] “We All Lie” by Chris Cavanaugh with Ian Ste Croix on crude accompaniment.

Day #193] “We All Lie” by Chris Cavanaugh with Ian Ste Croix on crude accompaniment.


“When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.” 
― Yevgeny Yevtushenko

[Day #192] “One More Cup of Coffee” by Bob Dylan (live from atop a Basement Hill)

[Day #192] “One More Cup of Coffee” by Bob Dylan (live from atop a Basement Hill)

“Coffee - the favorite drink of the civilized world.” 
― Thomas Jefferson

[Day #191] “Sleeping” by Glenn Hansard (live by Someone Swell Out of Season)

[Day #191] “Sleeping” by Glenn Hansard (live by Someone Swell Out of Season)

“Sleep is my lover now, my forgetting, my opiate, my oblivion.” 
― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

Weeks 20-21: “If You Could Read My Mind”

Weeks 20-21: “If You Could Read My Mind”

“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” 
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

[Day #190] “Stay Up Late” by The Talking Heads (live late night cover by Memetic Home Movies)

[Day #190] “Stay Up Late” by The Talking Heads (live late night cover by Memetic Home Movies)

I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up in a steamer trunk at the foot of the bed.” 
― David Benioff, City of Thieves

[Day #189] “Mr Brightside” by The Killers (live cover by A Wild Turkey.)

[Day #189] “Mr Brightside” by The Killers (live cover by A Wild Turkey.)

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Day #189] “Mr Brightside” by The Killers (live cover by A Wild Turkey.)

[Day #189] “Mr Brightside” by The Killers (live cover by A Wild Turkey.)

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” 
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

[Day #188] “Between the Bars” by Elliot Smith (live cover by Waiting to Finally Be Caught)

[Day #188] “Between the Bars” by Elliot Smith (live cover by Waiting to Finally Be Caught)

“I was kind of excited to go to jail for the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.” 
― Quentin Tarantino

[Day #187] “Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls” by Pelle Carlberg (cover by iSc)

[Day #187] “Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls” by Pelle Carlberg (cover by iSc)

"Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth."
Shel Silverstein 

[Day #187] “Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls” by Pelle Carlberg (cover by iSc)

[Day #187] “Clever Girls Like Clever Boys Much More Than Clever Boys Like Clever Girls” by Pelle Carlberg (cover by iSc)

"Tell me I'm clever, Tell me I'm kind, Tell me I'm talented, Tell me I'm cute, Tell me I'm sensitive, Graceful and wise, Tell me I'm perfect - But tell me the truth."
Shel Silverstein 

[Day #186] “Shelter from the Storm” by Bob Dylan (R.V, liver from Horn Pond Mountain in Woburn, Ma)

[Day #186] “Shelter from the Storm” by Bob Dylan (R.V, liver from Horn Pond Mountain in Woburn, Ma)

"There are those who are never ready for the storm, they are to be distinguished from those who are ready for one every time their neighbor pees out the window.” – R.V.Drudger 

[Day #186] “As Is” by Ani Difranco(live cover by The Missing Piece Meets the Big “O”)

[Day #186] “As Is” by Ani Difranco(live cover by The Missing Piece Meets the Big “O”)

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss

Day #184] “I Found Out About You” by The Gin Blossoms (Live cover by Banana Foot Sandwhich)

Day #184] “I Found Out About You” by The Gin Blossoms (Live cover by Banana Foot Sandwhich)

There are no good girls gone wrong - just bad girls found out.
Mae West 

[Day #183] “Accidental Babies” by Damien Rice (live acoustic cover by iSc)

[Day #183] “Accidental Babies” by Damien Rice (live acoustic cover by iSc)

[Day #182] “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell (live cover by A Joni Mitchell Fan and a half.)

[Day #182] “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell (live cover by A Joni Mitchell Fan and a half.)

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” 
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

[Day #182] “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell (live cover by A Joni Mitchell Fan and a half.)

[Day #182] “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell (live cover by A Joni Mitchell Fan and a half.)

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” 
― Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds

[Day #181] “Like A Hurricane” by Neal Young (live cover by Walking Bad Breaking Dead)

[Day #181] “Like A Hurricane” by Neal Young (live cover by Walking Bad Breaking Dead)

"Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane."
Eddie Vedder

[Day #180] “Chain of Fools” by Aretha Franklin (Shawn Deidre live at the Cambridge Farmer’s Market)

[Day #180] “Chain of Fools” by Aretha Franklin (Shawn Deidre live at the Cambridge Farmer’s Market)


“A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell.” 
― Thomas Fuller

[Day #179] “To Be Alone With You” by Sufjan Stevens (Easter Morning Scramble by a Bedraggled Bunny.)

[Day #179] “To Be Alone With You” by Sufjan Stevens (Easter Morning Scramble by a Bedraggled Bunny.)

“Life [had] replaced logic.” 
― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Crime and Punishment

[Day #178] “Old Fashioned Morphine” by Jolie Holland (live by Ericka Cushing)

[Day #178] “Old Fashioned Morphine” by Jolie Holland (live by Ericka Cushing)

“A little morphine in all the air. It would be wonderfully refreshing for everyone.” 
― D.H. Lawrence

Weeks 18 and 19: “Houses of the Holy”

Weeks 18 and 19: “Houses of the Holy”

“You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it himself.” 

― George MacDonald

[Day #177] “Creature Fear” by Bon Iver (live acoustic cover by Ian Ste Croix and R.V.Drudger)

[Day #177] “Creature Fear” by Bon Iver (live acoustic cover by Ian Ste Croix and R.V.Drudger)

“There is a loveliness to life that does not fade. Even in the terrors of the night, there is a tendency toward grace that does not fail us. ” 
― Robert Goolrick, The End of the World as We Know It: Scenes from a Life

[Day #176] “What Goes On” by The Velvet Underground (live cover by Phallic Fruit Malfunction)

[Day #176] “What Goes On” by The Velvet Underground (live cover by Phallic Fruit Malfunction)


“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

[Day #175] “The A Team” by Ed Sheeran (live by 3 Stars (Common Bohemians))

[Day #175] “The A Team” by Ed Sheeran (live by 3 Stars (Common Bohemians))

“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” 
― Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses

[Day #174] “Don’t Forget Me” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (live cover by !74 Dalmations)

[Day #174] “Don’t Forget Me” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (live cover by !74 Dalmations)

“Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.” 
― Sholem Asch

[Day #173] “Crematorium” by Jacob Trombley

[Day #173] “Crematorium” by Jacob Trombley

Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets, and takes its own punishment in silence.
Dorothy Dix 

[Day #172] “Tunnel of Love” by Dire Straits (live cover by Fight the Horse!)

[Day #172] “Tunnel of Love” by Dire Straits (live cover by Fight the Horse!)

Everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left.

Victor Hugo 

[Day #171] “Man on the Moon” by REM (live transmission from The Moon!!!!)

[Day #171] “Man on the Moon” by REM (live transmission from The Moon!!!!)

“I want to be the first and second man to dance on the moon. No, I won’t moonwalk. But I will Cha Cha—with my clone.” 
― Jarod Kintz

[Day #170] “Number One Crush” by Garbage (live by Shawn Deidre and Kevin O’Neal)

[Day #170] “Number One Crush” by Garbage (live by Shawn Deidre and Kevin O’Neal)

“Don't think you can watch all the romantic movies, soap operas, TV shows and read all the romantic books out there and not be affected. Ninety-nine percent of the romantic stuff out there is garbage... and what you put in always comes out... UGLIER!” 
― Osayi Osar-Emokpae, Impossible Is Stupid

[Day #169] “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones (live cover by Amy Weiss Ste Croix’s eldest kid.)

[Day #169] “Wild Horses” by The Rolling Stones (live cover by Amy Weiss Ste Croix’s eldest kid.)

[Day #168] “No Myth” by Michael Penn (Lea is Romeo in Black Jeans Cover!!!)

[Day #168] “No Myth” by Michael Penn (Lea is Romeo in Black Jeans Cover!!!)

“By myth I mean the arrangement of the incidents” 
― Aristotle

[Day #167] “A Song For Your Mix Tapes” by Sainte Croix (cover by Badly Framed Boy)

[Day #167] “A Song For Your Mix Tapes” by Sainte Croix (cover by Badly Framed Boy)

I love to mix it up. I love to keep doing different things. Clive Owen 

[Apology for Day #166] “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen (live cover by Ian Graves)

[Apology for Day #166] “Thunder Road” by Bruce Springsteen (live cover by Ian Graves)

“There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way”

C.S. Lewis

[Day #166] “Jump Around” by House of Pain (Live cover by Octopus Mauls Toddler)

[Day #166] “Jump Around” by House of Pain (Live cover by Octopus Mauls Toddler)

"If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down."
Ray Bradbury 

[Day #165] “Crooked Jack” Traditional Irish Drinking Song (live by Ian Graves at Penuche’s)

[Day #165] “Crooked Jack” Traditional Irish Drinking Song (live by Ian Graves at Penuche’s)

From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
Immanuel Kant 

[Day #164] “Boy with a Coin” by Iron & Wine (live cover by Glass & Gold)

[Day #164] “Boy with a Coin” by Iron & Wine (live cover by Glass & Gold)


Silver and gold are not the only coin; virtue too passes current all over the world.
Euripides

[Day #163] “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by The Dropkick Murpheys (cover by Yankee’s Fan by Leprechauns)

[Day #163] “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by The Dropkick Murpheys (cover by Yankee’s Fan by Leprechauns)

“The sea, the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.” 
― James Joyce, Ulysses

[XXX] "Every Little Bit" by Pattie Griffin(live cover with 2 year old gu...

“In all my experience along the dirtiest ways of this dirty little world, I have nver met with such a thing as a trifle yet.” 
― Wilkie Collins

[RDay #107] "Every Little Bit" by Patty Griffin (live cover by Casper an...

“In all my experience along the dirtiest ways of this dirty little world, I have nver met with such a thing as a trifle yet.” 
― Wilkie Collins

Weeks 16 and 17: “Homeward Bound”

Weeks 16 and 17: “Homeward Bound”

[Day #162] “The Shape I’m In” by The Band (live cover by this band)

[Day #162] “The Shape I’m In” by The Band (live cover by this band)

“You can tell a rider's fitness by the shape of his ass and the veins in his legs.” 
― Daniel Coyle Tyler Hamilton

[Day #161] “Expectations” by Barbara Ste Croix (live by The New Sainte Croixs)

[Day #161] “Expectations” by Barbara Ste Croix (live by The New Sainte Croixs)

“An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.” 
― Brian Tracy

[Day #160] “Movin’ Out” by Billy Joel (live cover by a guy who is, in fact, moving out.)

[Day #160] “Movin’ Out” by Billy Joel (live cover by a guy who is, in fact, moving out.)
March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
Khalil Gibran 

[RDay #60] "Rosaline's Song" by Nicole Ste Croix

"When the devout religion of mine eye
Maintains such falsehood, then turn tears to fires,
And these, who, often drowned, could never die,
Transparent heretics, be burnt for liars!
One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun
Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun." - Romeo

Weeks 16 and 17: “Homeward Bound”

Weeks 16 and 17: “Homeward Bound”

I just try to go to work, and concentrate on coming home to my girls.

Bruce Willis 

[Day #159] “The Last Temptation of Shoney Lamar” by Shoney Lamar

[Day #159] “The Last Temptation of Shoney Lamar” by Shoney Lamar


“When women go wrong, men go right after them.” 
― Mae West

[Day #158] “OMGMyNameIsJenToo” by Ian Ste Croix (saturated in Technicolor!)

[Day #158] “OMGMyNameIsJenToo” by Ian Ste Croix (saturated in Technicolor!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXuvXqhb2H0

[Day #157] “We Are Not As Strong As We Think We Are” by Rich Mullins (live cover by Ian Ste Croix)

[Day #157] “We Are Not As Strong As We Think We Are” by Rich Mullins (live cover by Ian Ste Croix)

“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.” 
― Criss Jami

[Day #156] “Wet Sand” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (live cover by The Colorform Sandstorm)

[Day #156] “Wet Sand” by The Red Hot Chili Peppers (live cover by The Colorform Sandstorm)

To see the world in a grain of sand, and to see heaven in a wild flower, hold infinity in the palm of your hands, and eternity in an hour.

William Blake 

[RDay #59] "I'm Sorry" by Jacob Trombley (Must be a miracle on Brookview...

“I'm sorry' I said again. Whenever someone tells you something said, it's the only thing you can think to say, even if you're already said it before.” 
― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

[Day #155] “Walking Far from Home” by Iron and Wine (live from the Woodshed)

[Day #155] “Walking Far from Home” by Iron and Wine (live from the Woodshed)

“inspiration is not a thing, its every thing, open your eyes and inspiration is everywhere.” 
― L.L. Caulton

[Day #154] “Symmetry” by R.V.Drudger (live with a Velociraptor or Two)

[Day #154] “Symmetry” by R.V.Drudger (live with a Velociraptor or Two)

If you look at music, you see theme, variation, you see symmetry, asymmetry, you see structure, and these are related to skills in the real world.
Dave Van Ronk

[Day #153] “Blue Valentine” by Tom Waits (live cover by Shoney Lamar)

[Day #153] “Blue Valentine” by Tom Waits (live cover by Shoney Lamar)

[Day #152] “New Slang” by The Shins (Live cover by Epic Fail Decapitation)

[Day #152] “New Slang” by The Shins (Live cover by Epic Fail Decapitation)


I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
J. B. Priestley

[Day #150] “Older Chests” by Damien Rice (live by The New Sainte Croixs)

[Day #150] “Older Chests” by Damien Rice (live by The New Sainte Croixs)

[Day #148] "Burning Down the House" by The Talking Heads (cover by Shark...

Weeks 13 and 14: "With a Little Help from My Friends"

“It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.”
~Kermit the Frog

I relate to Kermit the Frog.

It was not always so.

I previously related more consistently with the curmudgeonly old bastards in the critic's box.

"I've seen better film on dishes.
My brother Stuart and I, circa 1992.

I had periods of not relating to muppets at all.

 Dark times.


I sometimes expected Muppets to be something they weren't.

Blue times.

I discovered magical, new Muppets that can scarcely be imagined.

Green Times.

I even dreamt of Muppet paradise, where we wrote rainbows about songs! 

Technicolor times.

“It’s true—there are only, like, two songs about rainbows, including that one. He should be asking why there are so few songs about rainbows.” 

― Cheryl Cory

[Day #90] "The Golden Age of Radio" by Josh Ritter (live cover by Ian Ste Croix and AJ)

A.J's brilliance as a musician is often his ability to withdraw, which was, in fact, Stonewall Jackson's strength as a general.

A.J. accompanied me in our final, "warm down," performance of the day. I love this song and chose it in order to commemorate having seen Josh Ritter live on New Year's Eve the previous year.

A.J's mother, Ericka Cushing and I have known each other for years. She is a dynamic performer, a marvelous vocalist and a visceral songwriter.

I first met her son a few months ago. He was my new brother from day one.

They came to the woodshed to perform together, this was the last performance of that day.

Mostly, for recordings, A.J. plays light, percussive drums with one hand and the keyboard with the other.

Nerf Druids!


His tone is subdued to say the least, almost insecure at times, but melodic  and hypnotically rhythmic.

Like all the best musicians I play with, he is forever wondering if what he is producing "sounds okay."








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Good music is like good conversation. Just avoid being small, petty, rude, crass or irrelevant.

Whenever in doubt, be silent.The fine art of tactical retreat.
I have always felt a kinship to Stonewall Jackson.

A.J. is kindred too.

 

[Day #91] "Heartbeats" by The Knife/Jose Gonzalez(live cover by Ian Ste Croix)

When the mountain touches the valley, all the clouds are taught to fly

Thus our souls shall leave this land most gracefully

Though our minds be filled with questions, in our hearts we’ll understand

When the river meets the sea 

[Day #92] "The Lioness" by Songs:Ohia (cover by iSc, jT, Erika Cushing and AJ on keys)

Jacob Trombley, Ericka Cushing and I are classic musician types flighty and prone to distraction and wandering.

As such, we have each had our share of haters.

To be fair, they correctly see us as fruitcakes.

To be more than fair, they are all assholes.

“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.” 

― Nicholas Sparks

“It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.” 

― Kermit the Frog

Hear that?

;)

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[Day #93] "Devil Outta Me" by Rockspring (live cover by The Old Man Music Collective)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Man-Music-Collective

I believe in something that a good friend of mine likes to call synchronicity. 

I hate going to bars. Open mics or crippling loneliness are usually the only draws.

Open mics in Manchester, Nh are especially lame. 

Except for that one time that I met Mikey D. Morrison and Eddie Mclean.

Their band, So It Goes, blew my barn doors off from the first measure I heard.

Mikey D. is a sensitive and profoundly, beautiful poet. His lyrics resonate very strongly and gain  emotional momentum with familiarity.

He has a dynamic and textured vocal style.

In other words, he is multi-leveled.

Perhaps complex is a good word?

And also a talented multi-instrumentalist.

And don't even ask about Eddie Mclean.

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[Day #94] "Arrow Pointing Up" by Sainte Croix (live acoustic by Yo Ma Ma)

http://www.facebook.com/IanSteCroix

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If I wasn't already Kermit, Chris Cavanaugh would no doubt be.

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Perhaps he fits the bill for Fozzie the Bear?

Not funny enough?

Maybe Scooter?

Too cool.

To old.

To square.

Not wild enough.

Too wild.

Fraggles are NOT Muppets!


Jimmy Fallon?

Yes, Jimmy Fallon.

 Chris is the Jimmy Fallon of Muppets.

Or maybe just a bigger Kermit and I'll be his nephew Robin.

;)

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[Day #95] "Everyday" by Buddy Holly (Live cover by The Cutest Kittens Ever)

http://www.facebook.com/DIZZYB666

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Brian "Dizzy" Roffer and I met through a goofy music website that was overrun by under-budgeted, metrosexual, boy bands and 12 year old, Hungarian girls singing Ed Sheeran covers.

After a brief correspondence and a phone conversation, he agreed to trek to the woodshed to make some music.

He would, of course, have to transport his drum kit all the way here.

2 hours from where he lived.

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What we produced together is hotter than Jennifer in Jamaica!

[Day #96] "Jennifer in Jamaica" by Bruce Boucher (performed by Goodwin Street Jazz)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Goodwin-Street-Jazz/100551693356334

Goodwin Street Jazz is a quintuplet.

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I met the guitarist, Bruce Boucher, while practicing in a park in Manchester, NH over a decade ago. He is Einstein on a guitar; soft spoken, adventurous, brilliant and shy.

Charlie's trumpet is collected and his note sequencing is precise and astutely structured.

Scoop is a floutest with a warm and truly "muppety," personality. 

Jackie is on fire though I feel as if we  never got her bass loud enough in the mix to fully compliment its range and pacing.

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Andy's use of cymbal dynamic was inspiring and his consistency is everything I love about jazz.

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[Day #97] "Where Am I Now?" by Shelby Lynne (acoustic cover by Ian Ste Croix)

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I hate Elmo and Miss Piggy.

How to say this.............without saying that Elmo is a pussy and Miss Piggy is a bitch?

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(Not like that apparently.)

Elmo is bland and Miss Piggy is obnoxious.

I won't say which muppet Jacob Trombley is because you would scoff.

I won't say that he isn't Miss Piggy because it's funny to imply that he is.

I will say that he isn't Elmo.

He doesn't whore out his image.

He never confuses his mouth for his ass.

He never litters.

He isn't tacky.......

....................or retarded.

He would never treat a child cruely.

Jacob is not ticklish.

Jacob........................................................................................................................what was I saying?

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[Day #98] "Riddles" by Jacob Trombley (with Yo Ma Ma)

1.2.3.4.1.2.3.4.1.2.3.4

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When I conceived the idea for this blog and told Nicole that I was Kermit she had one response.

"As long as we are clear that I am not Miss Piggy."

For the record, she is not Miss Piggy. 

She is simply another female Muppet.

Tina Faye is clearly too busy playing with Tina Faye.

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How about This chick?

Does Nicole clutch and grab for attention?

Would that make people more or less likely to hear her?

Who the hell is that muppet anyway?

And which Muppet Is Nicole?

Am I a Muppet or am I a man?

Riddles, Riddles, Riddles.

[Day #99] "Darkest Hour" by Arlo Guthrie (acoustic pre-breakfast cover by Sainte Croix) 

To be continued..........

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