I just launched a kickstarter project for my band’s next album. Here’s the link to the promotion and the video: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1427129431/the-purchase-of-the-north-pole-357-lovers-vinyl-al?ref=email

New addition to the Halloween album It’s Haunted Now.
Debuted last night in Seattle’s Bushwick Book Club. The book of the month was The Shining. This song is set in the moment Jack wakes up in the pantry that has been locked from the outside. Enjoy.

Go to bandcamp for an October sale on haunted songs. http://cornmo.bandcamp.com/

I had an great time at the symposium. I met some excellent folks and heard some excellent folks. Jim Jacobmeyer is one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met. He’s a former art teacher who volunteers his time to teaching art to at-risk kids while putting on festivals that benefit the city of Cedar Rapids and accordionists. If people bought him beer based on his goodness, he would be drunk every day.
I’ve posted photos on my facebook page. I’ve also posted videos on my tour diary channel. Here’s one of Ron Borelli:

The National Accordion Symposium is this weekend. I’m playing and giving a songwriting workshop.
Saturday, September 24th workshops 10am-3pm; artist’s reception/tribute, 3-4pm; District Trolley Tour & Pub Crawl, 4-7pm; accordion jam session 6-9pm; Dave Zollo, 9-11pm; Sunday, September 25th, Accordion Dance Party with featured symposium guest artists.
More information at www.thinkingoutsidethesqueezebox.com

Billy Campion is wonderful man. He plays in the bands Vic Thrill and The Bogmen. He’s helped out a lot of fellow musicians over the years. He recently hurt his back and is now having trouble financially. There’s a benefit for him on Friday, September 16 at Big Sky Works in Brooklyn. More info about show here: http://www.thetrapezeloft.com/about.html
Meanwhile, if you want a free download of any of my songs, please donate via paypal to victhrillbenefit@gmail.com.
You can go to my music page and download any of the free songs there. Or, you can email me at cornmo@gmail.com and I’ll send you one.

I sometimes participate in a show called The Bushwick Book Club. We read a book and then write a song about it. I missed last month’s show which was based on the book A Game of Thrones. I enjoyed it so much that I went ahead and wrote one. If you want to download it, go here: Buy Now
You can listen to it here:

From Wednesday, August 24
I guested on Poingly’s radio show.
You can listen to the archived show.
The End of Irony with Poingly

I did a cover of the song The Mansion of Aching Hearts. The music is by Harry Von Tilzer and words are by Arthur J. Lamb. It was written in 1902.
Update: Song to be released by Good Records Recordings. More info, soon.

I went to Sara Schaefer’s apartment and her friend Nikki Glaser came over. Then more friends came over. Sara stuck a microphone in her Emmy’s globe and they listened to me and Eric Drysdale of the Colbert Report talk about stuff. They are really nice, sweet folks.
http://youhadtobetherepodcast.tumblr.com/post/8216005138/this-week-colbert-report-writer-eric-drysdale

I’m writing music for a musical about Grizzly Adams with Nick Jones. Actor Nick Offerman spills the beans, perfectly.
The reveal begins at 1:56:23