The 2011 song-a-day-a-thong

Songs down

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:32:17 -0600

Eric here. I took my songs offline. Because they’re rough and most people don’t like things that aren’t polished.

Thanks a lot for listening.

Chihuahua, Presidio and cheap souvenirs

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:25:00 -0600

Eric here. Today’s topic was Chihuahuas. I bent the rules, but the word Chihuahua is in the song like seven times, so I think that’s fine. This is the last song by the way.

Poorly recorded (some clipping toward the end), but these things happen with demos.

Day 30 - Chihuahua

Songwriting is cheaper than dirt (but dirt is useful)

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 20:15:00 -0600

This is Eric. Everyone out there is a songwriter, and the good ones are rarely the ones who are serious about it. FYI I HATE songwriting. HATE IT. I’ve hated almost every part of this stupid exercise.

Day 29 - songwriting is the cheapest lamest %#^@& thing

Skins never cheat, shirts always quit

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:39:09 -0600

Eric here. Today’s suggestion came from Patrick Day, who’s probably a better songwriter than Donavan and me put together.

Day 28 - shirts v. skins

P.S.: Tumblr was down yesterday. I know you noticed.

pulchritudinous. i bet i’m the only one who posts today....

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:59:58 -0600

pulchritudinous. i bet i’m the only one who posts today. cuz im not a pusy

donivan

Bachmann on top (of Palin)

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:32:37 -0600

Eric here. Only FOUR MORE DAYS!!!

Today’s suggestion was Michele Bachmann. I hope you get all the stupid jokes.

Day 26 - Bachmann on top, man

Day 25: song suggestion list

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:25:00 -0600

Day 1 - stormy
Day 2 - wish
Day 3 - la playa
Day 4 - Josey Wales & the pussycats
Day 5 - carburetor
Day 6 - blowfish
Day 7 - Calvillo’s buffet
Day 8 - glitter
Day 9 - esophagus
Day 10 - armadillo
Day 11 - satellite dishes
Day 12 - beauty
Day 13 - free spirit
Day 14 - love is annoying
Day 15 - cigars
Day 16 - big empty house
Day 17 - bubbles
Day 18 - innocence/naivete
Day 19 - irony
Day 20 - rude canadians
Day 21 - no more GMOs
Day 22 - Gretchen Wagner Borders
Day 23 - gous
Day 24 - turquoise
Day 25 - CO guy in love with LA girl
Day 26 - Michele Bachmann
Day 27 - pulchritudinous
Day 28 - shirts vs. skins
Day 29 - songwriting
Day 30 - Chihuahuas

Leftovers - pizza, song about a bookshop that sells ice cream and is trying to survive a year-long construction project that’s choking the life out of it and killing the souls of its owners (basically the same as day 29), portend, verklempt, ravens in a sunflower field, trash kitties, posture, laurelin’s european vacation, Tang, percolate, steak, moment with a bashful raccoon

NOTE: We reserve the right to accidentally skip ahead as whims dictate. Thanks very much for your suggestions and understanding.

Colorado guy, LA girl

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:06:00 -0600

Eric here. Dave from Boulder asked for “Colorado guy in love with LA girl.” This is my version of a folk song by this girl Emily Robinson who’s crazy scary good. 100 times better than I am.

ONLY 5 MORE DAYS OF THIS!!!! HELL YES!!!

Day 25 - LA Girl

Turquoise crapola

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 15:01:00 -0600

Eric here. Mark Mauldin of Denver suggested “turquoise,” which is a pretty cool word I think. If I’d had the energy to produce it out with strings and bass I think this might have been decent. But I was exhausted. Probably the worst song-a-day I’ve done.

Day 24 - turquoise

Gretchen Wagner Borders

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:57:00 -0600

Gretchen Wagner Borders:

Its a song that uses her name frequently.

Donovan

Gous

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:54:00 -0600

Gous:

New Artist That Amazes Nearly Everyone!!!

Donovan

GMO. Donovan. It was gonna be instrumental but that seemed lazy.

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:45:07 -0600

GMO. Donovan. It was gonna be instrumental but that seemed lazy.

Irony

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:34:21 -0600

Irony:

God i got behind. I’ll be caught up tomorrow and it will be awesome

Donovan

Rude Canadian

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:16:40 -0600

Rude Canadian:

Rude Canadians don’t exist. Donovan

Innocence is the girl next door. Donovan

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:35:10 -0600

Innocence is the girl next door.

Donovan

Gous Gous

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:12:00 -0600

Eric here. Professor Steven Bauer took the suggestion guidelines to heart and reduced his song topic to one syllable. Gotta love when someone gets creative with the “one word or less” rule.

So he gave us “Gous.”

Awesome.

Day 23 - Gous Gous

Bubbles

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:12:36 -0600

Bubbles:

Bubbles. Song.

Donovan

Big House

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:37:00 -0600

Big House:

This song is about a house and emptiness and stuff.

Donovan

Catching up!!! you probably thought i quit. Here is...

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:28:37 -0600

Catching up!!! you probably thought i quit. Here is beauty.

Donovan

Gretchen Borders (are like flowery victorian details)

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:24:00 -0600

This is Eric. Gretchen Wagner Borders suggested we use her name for today’s song topic. I decided Wagner Borders are some kind of fancy wallpaper or wood trim.

Day 22 - Wagner Borders