fire escapes don’t work unless there’s a fire
Posted on January 24th, 2010
Posted on January 24th, 2010
I got locked out yesterday and monky’d it up the back fire escape! I felt like I was in that Persiany game with that Prince-y guy.
Every time I walk outside I remember that I live in Brooklyn, and every time it surprises me for two seconds. “How did I get here? Why are there so many ca-…oh yeah I live here now”.
Check out this new single:
Big Girl
Buy the new single and two other tracks in the Store section of this webbed site.
The most ultimate gun would be a gun that made someone see your point of view. Douglas Adams is a genius.
Also, don’t forget to download the free CD here. It downloads as a .zip file – unzip the contents and open the 14 mp3s for your listening pleasure! Also look at dumb pictures of me. Sign up for the Newsletter! Wes sends ‘em out every 2 weeks and they’ll make you laugh.
So I ask you this: has anyone noticed that as the graphics and general technology in video games tends to increase in quality, the music sucks more and more? Why is that? Sonic The Hedgehog. Mario. For example. I couldn’t believe the cheesy midi accordion crap I heard in Mario Sunshine, an otherwise great game. Mario Galaxies has music that changes dynamics and tempo according to what’s going on and the flute part comes in and out if Mario’s mustache twitches WHO CARES? The melodies SUCK. They still recycle the old melodies, in cheesy jazz-pop vocal arrangements from hell. What happened there? And the first Sonic game. Amazing songwriting. Pushing 8-bits to it’s limits (16 bits?). I still catch myself singing the star light zone song now and then. And the new Sonic games are actually underrated I think – but the music is laughably horrendous. It makes J-Pop look like Be-Bop.
What do you think? Also do you think in a few million years there will be a species of cephalopod with language and near-present-day-human-level analytical and creative consciousness? I do
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The US version of the Sonic CD soundtrack is still one of my favorite game soundtracks to listen to. When I was in 5th grade (1994) my family had the Sega CD add-on for Genesis and I realized that I could listen to the game’s soundtrack if I put the disc in a CD player. I would sit in the living room, mind blown, listening to Sonic CD on repeat for hours. It’s the first time I can remember appreciating the production side of music.
Collision Chaos: Present – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZFjC0uoc_U
Tidal Tempest: Bad Future – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfwHJhdcAb0
Stardust Speedway: Bad Future – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgAfAMmtEN4
Special Stage – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_wAa5ywXvo
Boss – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cU5IIM5vik
AWESOME!! I know right?? I heard the guy that wrote the Sonic music did a lot of the Michael Jackson music. I guess I could look it up right now…..
Thanks for the links – addicted now
Chris man, it’s been a while since the show in Indy (remember the Radio Radio show???) but I just have to tell you I busted out your music over the last two weeks and can’t get enough of it. I just put all your music on repeat and listen to it whilst I do my web development. It causes my websites to be more shiny and spectacular – seriously. Sometimes during your piano riffs I feel like John Nash and the HTML code is floating around on the screen and I am seeing the secrets to the universe.
OK we’re off topic now. I just wanted to say I bought the Big Girl single and am listening to it now. It’s great – duh. Your music keeps getting better and better, and that’s saying a lot because your Upperville and Paperface stuff was amazing.
Also just downloaded MyLifeInMelody. Please continue to include retarded photos of yourself in everything you do. merritt_melody_back.jpg is the best. kthxbai