• Lonely Stranger – Acoustic Cover

    This song is originally by Eric Clapton. The recording has some rough spots, but it’s close enough for horseshoes. A flawed cover of a song by a flawed man. Playing on a Cordoba Spanish guitar. I need to figure out a better camera angle to get both hands in view.

  • Storybook Love (Acoustic Cover)

    Storybook Love – acoustic cover. Originally by Mark Knopfler, and probably best known as the theme to The Princess Bride.

  • Love Me Tender

    Love Me Tender, by Elvis Presley.

  • Pure Imagination (acoustic cover)

    I’m planning to post one recording every week. This week I’m doing Pure Imagination from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. It’s a really beautiful song, and I can’t help playing it when I pick up a classical guitar.

  • Creep (ukulele cover)

    Mom advisory: explicit lyrics Ukulele cover of Creep by Radiohead. Warning: Explicit lyrics. I’m using a comics filter because otherwise I can’t stand to watch a video of myself. I changed the lyrics in the second verse because I felt like it and I’m a grown-ass man that can make my own choices.

  • No Surprises

    Just an acoustic cover of No Surprises by Radiohead. #music

  • Stoic Save Points

    Stoic Save Points

    While on vacation with my family, I had a rare moment of solitude at the beach. My wife and kids were at the house getting snacks. It was warm, and I was laying back in a lounge chair in the shade. I closed my eyes and focused on the sensations around me. I could hear…

  • Stuff I Like: April 2021

    In the spirit of random positivity, here are some things I like that you might want to try. No affiliate links or anything, just some random things I found worth my money or time.

  • The Better Piece of Pizza

    There were two pieces of cheese pizza left. I wanted one. One of them was clearly better than the other. A bit larger. Better looking cheese. Better. I asked Violet do you want any more pizza? She said yes but I can have some. I told her to pick her piece. So she came to…

  • Writing Advice to Myself

    I’m working on a bit of fiction and as such find myself experiencing soul-crushing doubt. I understand this means I am doing it correctly. It turns out there’s a whole world of aspiring writers doing this terrible thing to themselves. What pathos. Part of what makes this hard is that I’m not other people. I…