The Winds Of Time

Coming and going,

The tree knows me well,

I circulate wisdom from the leaves, you can tell.

The wandering eye-a vision once told,

Ancestors come, and history folds.

There's laughter in things you'd never suggest,

but ponder upon the slant of a breast.

A humanly thought is worth more to you,

than truth in a touch when thinking is through. 

You'll never love more,

I've seen it before.

You'd struggle against the waves of a shore.

Pride is a thing i'll never endure.

You'll live with a question,

and never be more. 

I Think I Saw A...

THEY'RE BACK

Reunited: Neutral Milk Hotel

Tour Dates

I would like to go on a road trip to one of the shows if they don't add anymore.

Who's with me?

Goodbye Courage, Hello Sadness Again

Time to time when I'm feeling blue this lyric gets jammed in my head. "goodbye courage, hello sadness again". It comes from the song "Hello Sadness" by Los Campesinos. The lyric hits at the prime moment of melody in the song. It's such a great sensation to hear the perfect lyric with the perfect melody. I hope you know what I'm talking about because, in my opinion, that is what music is about. It's not about fleeting scenes or fragile pop culture. If you can personally connect with a song, whether it be from 1962 or 2011, then that's that.

This music video is kind of disturbing in a fingernails on chalkboard kind of way but funny in a "laugh at other people in pain" kind of way. PLEASE just suck it up and watch till about 2:10 to 2:40. It'll be worth it.

Produced and Directed by Casey Raymond and Ewan Jones Morris

http://www.caseyandewan.com/

If you like weird shit go watch the music video "The Hope That House Built" by Future Of The Left on Casey and Ewan's site. It's pretty kick ass. 

New Kicks

4:30am is probably not the most optimum time to post a blog promoting my band on a blog that no one looks at but who gives a shit. We just finished our first EP called New Kicks and it can be listened to and downloaded here:

http://oldkids.bandcamp.com/

I also edited our artwork so here is the before and after:

before

 after 

To Ramona

I've heard you say many times

that you're better than no one

and no one is better than you

If you really believe that,

You know you got nothing to win

and nothing to lose.

Too many things happen at one time. Filming continues with my associate, Blake Stepan, and we have only to wrap up a day of re-shoots. It's turning out pretty well. In between that and working a full time job, I've been attempting to focus on recording my music. Alas, money is a treacherous thing. Money and time. Time and money. You really can't have one without the other. 

What I'm currently reading:

The Annotated Sherlock Holmes Volume I&II by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Bob Dylan Chronicles: Volume I by Bob Dylan

A Collection of Essays by George Orwell

Pinch Me, I'm Dreaming

My non-punctual friend Pete and I are beginning a short film series. When I say short film series, I mean to say we plan on making a film series that are all shorts and have an indefinite number associated with their duplication. Thus far, we have about 5 ideas circulating in our brains and written on digital paper via Microsoft Word 2003. One idea we have prepared up to the point of actually shooting, which is especially exciting. We are naming the series "Pinch Me, I'm Dreaming".

Let me explain, because this is certainly a complex and nontraditional idea.

We plan to create 5-6 (hopefully more) short films, probably about 1-3 minutes in length, that will be included in our "series". We will release these onto our completely new and unused YouTube account which can be found at this link: (no link: YouTube account has yet to be used). The series is based around an idea. The idea that we, as human units, trudge through daily life in a trance of repetition and the only things that snap out of this trance are the tiny miscalculations, errors, and spouts of forgetfulness that are constant in our lives. It's a broad idea, but we are trying to shine a light on simplicity and make it nice to look at.

Here is the logo we are going to use for our series. Something I've worked on for a bit and I'm pretty stoked about. 

We start shooting tomorrow. 

Bobby D & My Cup of Tea

Here's to the hearts

and the hands of the men

That come with the dust

and are gone with the wind

Some may differ on the opinion of Bob Dylan in his musical styles. Some may say that he's not as good as he's made out to be. Truth be told, I don't know. In music and in art, it's all opinion. Opinions always vary and there's nothing we can do or say that will change that. Taste is a valuable thing in itself though. It's not a bad thing that our different tastes set us apart. It's really what makes us interesting as a whole. If I don't like a specific song, that doesn't necessarily mean the song is bad, it's just not my cup of tea. If it's not my cup of tea, it's someone else's and there's plenty to drink!

here's a bit o' bobby d that's my cup of tea