Pick it up first thing in the morning
Looking down when the day is dawning
Takin it along from room to room
Bright icons on a tiny screen
Means more to you than me
I’m hoping you notice pretty soon
It’s clear, and I fear
It’s understandable…
Now appearing in the movie "Going Cardboard: A Boardgame Documentary". See http://www.boardgamemovie.com/
A song about a classic boardgame: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/13/the-settlers-of-catan
Lyrics:
You find a table and put…
Worked with a couple of college interns last year who'd never heard of any band I like. I felt like an asshole bragging about going to shows that happened 20 years before they were born.
Lyrics:
Oldie Bear was there at woodstock
Dancin…
Like the bass line on this one especially. Really fun album, Dave. I like hearing you do different things with your voice. I'd like to hear some more vocal experimentation from you! Excellent RPM!
I wrote this song for my brother, who'd recently had surgery. Yes, I know it's long. I cut something close to three minutes out of it...FWIW it's supposed to butt right up against the next track "Oldie Bear" but you can't really do that in an…
A post on the Facebook RPM group featured a quote from an aging Dave Grohl complaining about Kids These Days and Their Terrible Music, pointing out that the current number-one song was about someone's butt. So, I wrote a song about my butt…
I wrote this from the point of an old person, such as myself, but my vocals came out so bad that I had to get Olivia to sing it for me.
Lyrics:
Looking over a modern meme
It's the worst that I've ever seen
Everything looks a little strange…
There is actually a LOT of goose poop at my office park, but I opted to use the joke title referring to my favorite Beach Boys song.
FWIW, the drum loops came from https://www.organicdrumloops.com/
Woah, this is a woozy little number.... maybe it's the goose poop vapors going to my head. Very Weenish, especially when the vocals come in!! Nice one.
This one is the only track that I am a little disappointed in. I thought it would be a banger and a lead-off track, but I had trouble getting it to exactly where I thought it would be. I think the problem is that I am nowhere near as good a singer…
This song features my first attempt at recording myself playing a drumkit. I only did four takes, sorry.
Lyrics:
They’re gonna say I stole this song
And I knew it all along
They own the copyright on C, G, C, G, D
They’re gonna sue the…
I asked Olivia to name something (in three or four syllables) that causes her consternation. Her answer, "Society". Sometimes she follows my scratch vocal line when I record a demo for her, this time she just let it rip, and it is probably the…
This song is for everyone who has failed at their Assertiveness Training.
Lyrics:
Sittin
Spinnin
Doin evrythin but winnin
Startin to talk but instead I cough
like an angel hell-bent on sinnin
Moanin
Groanin
fightin with my demon…
Wrote this as a thank-you to someone who has been very kind to me, and who REALLY likes photography.
Lyrics:
Waking up on a dreary morn
Eatin a big bowl of flakes of corn
Read a text at 9 am
55 minutes or the chance will end
R…
A post on the Facebook RPM group featured a quote from an aging Dave Grohl complaining about Kids These Days and Their Terrible Music, pointing out that the current number-one song was about someone's butt. So, I wrote a song about my butt…
THE CHECK IS GONNA DROP (Bohnenberger)
Hungry on vacation
Have a conversation
Think a gettin something good to eat
Cookin in the kitchen
thinkin my ambition
may be just grillin some meat
Vacation make me tired
sticky and perspired…
THE CHECK IS GONNA DROP (Bohnenberger)
Hungry on vacation
Have a conversation
Think a gettin something good to eat
Cookin in the kitchen
thinkin my ambition
may be just grillin some meat
Vacation make me tired
sticky and perspired…
MOUNTAIN LAUNDRY (Bohnenberger)
Staying in the mountains a week and a day
running out of underwear is all I have to say
Find an alternative outside the cabin door
And old-fashioned laundromat with a wooden floor
A rusty tank of propane…
THE RAVEN (Winthrop)
Looking far out
Along the distant shore
were we ever here before?
I see a place I’ve never been
So peaceful, so serene
I watch it
such a beautiful scene
But the raven in my dreams
How it really screams
Heard…
ICE CREAM OPERATION (Bohnenberger)
Another day
Sittin round the cabin
Just coolin your feet
We gotta plan
An ice cream operation
let’s get somethin to eat
We're goin out
Sneaking down the pathway
Try to find the way
We find the…
CONSTELLATIONS (Winthrop)
Stars shine in the twilight sky
I wonder and dream away
Constellations I try to find
I can’t find my way
The darkness of the night
Oh what a sight
So beautiful to light blue eyes
Those constellations of…
THE CHECK IS GONNA DROP (Bohnenberger)
Hungry on vacation
Have a conversation
Think a gettin something good to eat
Cookin in the kitchen
thinkin my ambition
may be just grillin some meat
Vacation make me tired
sticky and perspired…
Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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Here comes my life again on the upswing
feels like I've been down
for so long
like a carnival ride
I'm not scared of the heights
as much as the ground below…
Recorded for the 2013 [NaSoAlMo challenge.](http://www.nasoalmo.org/)
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You're livin' hard
And I understand
You have my word
I won't make demands
There's a feelin'
I got about you
And we'll soon find out
If the feelin's true…
Hi Mike,
I have not really done any recording since RPM 2012. However, I should be back this year.
BTW, digging this album right now. Nice spare arrangements fit your vocal style well.
A song to get up and dance to, much like you get and dance when someone whose loudly voiced opinions you don't share is sent packing. Narcissism and hero worship have no place in a civilized world. ;)
This is the fourth song from the Thomas - Lennon project.
A collaboration with Michael Thomas of Cave Street.
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
Michael and I always have something going on, So I'm sure there will be more.
Lyrics and…
The first of 4 tunes coming your way with
the spotlight on my friend "Michael Thomas of Cave Street"
http://alonetone.com/cavestreet
This one is my favorite and chills me every time I hear it.
It never, ever, gets old.
Until Then (Shine…
Come Tomorrow
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I'm like a tumbleweed, got no roots
I'm like a climbing vine, leaves and chutes
Come tomorrow, I might not be around
Come tomorrow
I'm a reflection, you see me in your mirror
A missed connection, so far and yet right here…
Who should come down the cellar to see Elvis but Bon Scott. Reg got on with him like a house on fire, i mean they have a lot in common. Reg told him all about his new love. S o they decided to jam and this is what they came up with…
Top Of The Pops circa 1972! Remember when all those bands in the early 70's where adding synth to every song but the lyrics meant something (sometimes)? Pure excitement, pure bubblegum, pure fun. Well, this is my offering and thanks to all of…
Goodbye Blue Monday
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Goodbye blue Monday
There's nothing else to say
We always knew
we would part this way
Time comes to say goodbye
To pause perhaps and wonder why
Why we always had to be
So blue, so blue
I can see that life…
This song was born on the 18th of Feb. 2011. It was the last piece I wrote/recorded for the challenge. It was a very sad day for me, almost as if all my usual winter sadness was concentrated and crammed into one day. The process of writing and…
Harmonica by Dr. K
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Paper hearts in your window
paper hearts on your door
Paper hearts ripped in pieces
And Strewn across the floor
but who am I to question
The intentions of old…
Comments on Dweeb's stuff
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This song is legit awesome and DAVE IS THE MAN!!!
Like the bass line on this one especially. Really fun album, Dave. I like hearing you do different things with your voice. I'd like to hear some more vocal experimentation from you! Excellent RPM!
Dave, I think this is one of your best songs & best vocals, love the effect on the guitar break too.
LOL, TMI. I actually wish I could favorite this one twice!
Dude I can totally hear this as a Go-go's song. Another excellent vocal by Olivia!
Woah, this is a woozy little number.... maybe it's the goose poop vapors going to my head. Very Weenish, especially when the vocals come in!! Nice one.
More excellent lyrics, and I actually like the vocal blend. Only halfway though this album, and I'd say it's your best ever!
Great lyrics, Dave! And you play the drums better than I ever will.... keep it up!
Wow, what a great vocal from Olivia!! Great arrangement too, Dave. Definitely one of your best.
This one is really great, Dave!
Nice harp!!
With luck this will get to the top of "kicking ass" ;)
really cool song...fist pumpim' and greasy.
The best track on RET, in my opinion. The vox effects complement the wheedling synth very nicely.
Brilliantly oddball! The Handsome Family meet The Waitresses
Nice blues folk fusion!
Showing off some serious guitar chops here! Nice vibe throughout.
Intimate sounding mix - very lovely.
Compared to Mountain Laundry, Dave sounds completely different in this rocky guise - really cool! Nice synthy solo! A really fun listen.
Comments made by Dweeb
Too damned sweet!
Hi Mike, I have not really done any recording since RPM 2012. However, I should be back this year. BTW, digging this album right now. Nice spare arrangements fit your vocal style well.
If hero worship has no place in the civilized world, why am I here?? :)
Tell it! Do tell it!!
Toooo cooool....
Beautiful - great vocals.
Awesome! Leonard Cohen on Alonetone!
Nice rock caterwaul!
Alright, you've kinda outdone yourself this year. This is insanely hot.
OK, does it really make sense if I designate EVERY track as a "favorite"? - looks like I'm doing it anyway!
Cool percussion here.
A beauty...
OK, I'm dancing, I'M DANCING!! :)
New version??
Cool! I expect that Vancouver show will be something to tell the grandkids about!
The finest Christmas song I've heard this year.
Smokin'
Wow - three for three! Congrats on the smokin' hot EP!
Too cool!
Such a cool groove.