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A self-explanatory song, recorded a year after it was written.

I wrote this song for the Tax Day Tea Parties. I performed it at the Olympia Tea Party in front of 5,000 people. It pretty much speaks for itself.

This is a song about former Police Chief Fred Walser, who had the Best Week Ever!

He filed to run for State Senate, and then a few days later he pled guilty, and was sentenced to a year in jail, for lying to investigators.

The song is not autobiographical. It is sung from the perspective of someone who -- unlike myself -- is perfectly pleased to have a governor who will not only care for his every need, but also make all of his everyday decisions for him. He doesn't have to think for himself, because Christine is his Everything.

The song is exactly four minutes long, one minute for each year she will have been in office when she leaves.

A.A. Milne wrote the poem that comprises the verses of this song. I added the chorus. It's a song dedicated to Stephen Colbert and his ever-vigilant efforts toward warning the public about Bear Safety.

Friends and relatives helped out with the vocals and claps. I played the cowbell and bongos. The Variax bass provided the upright bass sounds, and for reasons of proper balance I played the acoustic guitar part on the Variax guitar. There's almost no effects, not even EQ, used except for on the lead vocal and low background vocal at the end, and a reverb over the whole thing.

The guitar part is from a song I wrote 15 years ago that I long forgot, and it somehow made its way into this piece.

I've heard a lot of people compare George Bush to Hitler and Big Brother and say that the U.S. is one of the least free countries in the world. If that were true, you'd think people would be afraid to, you know, say so. Or that if they did say so, something bad would happen to them. This song is a gentle reminder that people who talk about Bushitler are totally bay.

The song was recorded "live" with just me, my guitar, and my harp, and two mics. I record most songs one part at a time, but I like to do the folk arrangements this way.

This is a cover of a Tom Petty song, that I sing as a lullabye.

Similar to the cover I did of the Disney song "Small World," this is a cover of the Disney song "Under the Sea," from The Little Mermaid. I don't know why, but I think these songs are a lot more depressing than the original music portrays, and my versions attempt to reflect that.

This song borrows heavily in style from Thom Yorke of Radiohead. It's just one vocal, acoustic guitar, and a Rhodes Suitcase MkI emulator.

This was part of a contest I did with some friends of mine, where each of us did our own covers of the same song.

One morning I woke up and this song was in my head. At least the main vocal hook was. The first verse came shortly after, in the shower. I'm think the song's pretty good, and the recording ain't bad.

The song is a bit of an homage to Tom Petty, but probably sounds most like his cover of The Byrds' "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better When You're Gone," right down to the Rickenbacker 12-string through a vintage Vox AC-30 (all courtesy Variax/PODxt, of course). Even the guitar solo is meant to be an homage to Petty's Heartbreakers guitarist, Mike Campbell.

Enjoy. Merry Christmas!

I came up with this riff a few years ago, and the lyrics came later. It's about doing a lot of things in your life that are, simply, a waste of time. Simple song. Kinda fun to play if I'm ... in the mood. And I love the riff.

This is the first song I recorded with the Variax. It's hard to say too much about how cool this guitar is to record with. Tons of great tone with no hum. I've added download links for the Variax and PODxt files. The Variax file is simply the default Lester-3 uptuned a half step.