
“My Space” is a wonderful song from a project created by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. A host of gang vocals include Francis Bean Cobain, Andrew WK, Weird Al Yankovic and Neil Gaiman. My gang-vocal track was recorded here in my kitchen.
Free Download at Stereo Gum: http://stereogum.com/322561/evelyn-evelyn-my-space-feat-amanda-palmer-jason-webley-frances-bean-cobain-weird-al-yankovic-andrew-w-k-neil-gaiman-et-al/mp3s/
Archive for March, 2010

I will be reviving the role of Benjamin Franklin this evening.
STRAIGHT UP VAMPIRE
Friday, March 26th
NYC
Joe’s Pub
11:30pm
$15
It’s 1763 and there are vampires in Philadelphia.
Paula Abdul Blackwood is a beautiful young Quaker girl being forced into marriage with the wheelwright’s son.
Jack Sheridan, a politically idealistic young vampire, is the man she loves.
Everywhere there is dissent. Fractious parties debate the future of the colony.
Master Commodore Skat Kat and Benjamin Franklin vie for power in the Assembly.
Tickets
I’m playing tonight at Northeast Kingdom, an excellent establishment a few blocks from my house.
No mics. Parlour style.
Show starts at 10pm.
Northeast Kingdom is at 18 Wyckoff Ave. which is near the Jefferson stop off the L.
Also playing are Susan Hwang, Preston Spurlock, Yoko and Sara Lautman.
Doing lead vocals on 4 songs and then some background vocals and then that’s it. Yesterday, we did lead and background vocals as well. Ron got an idea for a song that involved kicking an amp, sounding off the reverb coils. It’s going to sound really good. This album is going to sound really good – maybe not to everyone, but definitely to me.
I can’t drink today because I’m re-recording vocal tracks. To be sure, Ted Templeman once told David Lee Roth to go eat a couple of cheeseburgers and drink whiskey after his initial vocal takes were too good. As a result, we have the first Van Halen album which is perfect. But, for me I’ll stick with water and honey. Tomorrow night, though, I’ll sit in an empty bar and enjoy myself.
For those who are embarking on a celebration today, I’ll repost this song. It’s called “I’m Going Out With My Friends Tonight” and was originally written for New Year’s but you are welcome to enjoy it on this day as well.
I’m Going Out With My Friends Tonight
Put down some vocal tracks today. I got a bad cold on Sunday. I hardly ever get sick which makes the timing of this excellent. There are two other times when I was sick doing vocal tracks: MC Duncan’s Dog and Pony Show and The Polyphonic Spree’s Together We’re Heavy. You can tell I’m sick on the former and can’t tell anything on the latter since it was backing vocals that were barely coming out. I didn’t want this record to have sick vocals but I did them anyway. Some may be kept and some are definitely being thrown away.