jackasspenguins

Isn’t that something?

I will never sing with the perfection of Freddie Mercury, play guitar with the imagination of Jimi Hendrix, play drums with the skill of John Bonham, play bass with an ear for underlying melodies like Paul McCartney, pen lyrics like Bob Dylan, arrange a song like Brian Wilson or have the production skills of Phil Spector. But I have a damn good time creating my music with all its flaws, tempo fluctuations, missed or wrong notes, crappy production and mediocre songwriting. This is Jackass Penguins. If you don’t like it, thanks for trying, but it’s not for everyone. And if you do like it, wow, that’s really something, isn’t it? I always am caught off guard when that happens. For something that has been a secret to so many people close to me for so long, it really means a lot that you can connect to it. The majority of people in my life don’t know that I create this stuff since I have compartmentalized this part of me for so long. So if you happen to be one of the few people who like my songs, thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you don’t, I still appreciate that you took the time to give it a shot.

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This is the third most played song on the jackasspenguins SoundCloud page. Topic of the Day recently passed She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not for the top spot, and is getting about 20 plays a week. But this song should be given just as much love. It’s one of my favorite songs that I wrote, and unlike the other two songs I mentioned, I actually planned out how this song sounds beforehand.

jackasspenguins:

I like this version better than the one on sea change.

I’m going to break this puppy out when I get home.

quarecords:

Beck “It’s All In Your Mind” 7” on K Records from 1995. I actually got this a day or two before the whole Grammy thing went down, though I’m just getting around to enjoying the single today.

This is my favorite work from Beck (actually I am going to change my answer to Woe On Me, but I don’t have that on vinyl). I was really disappointed with the version of It’s All In Your Mind on Sea Change. You can’t beat the simplicity of just Beck and his guitar. Couple that with some great B-sides in dazzling lo-fi that are exciting, yet a little sloppy. I always bring this out for a few spins in a row, and it is always fresh.