At long last, actual cds of Pop Down The Years are available on CDBABY for those of you who want a physical artifact. For those of you who are happy with the purity of the digital realm, you can get the whole cd on iTunes here. The cd is also available on eMusic.com if you want non-DRM-ed mp3s.

Whip out your credit cards, kids.

Here is the original demo for Celeste, which I wanted to use on Pop Down The Years, but the sound was just not up to par. I recorded it a while back, in my living room, live, just me & my guitar synth ... I still like it a lot, but in the studio, all the digital artifacts and noise were too evident and beyond repair. Nonetheless, at home ... I find it perfectly fine to listen to.

My gift to you fans of one of the great pop stars of all time. But won't you sign up up for the newsletter before you download it? You'll be happy you did!

Download Celeste 

Well, as the release of Pop Down The Years approaches, I keep thinking about ways to share the music ... in hopes you will buy a copy on iTunes, or wherever! Here is a video I made from a horrendously bad - you know the kind that's so bad it's good - sci-fi movie from the sixties, probably financed by dentists in hopes they could bang a hot actress or two ...

See it on the front page or in the video section ... or ... sodden thought ... here:

We have set a February 14th release date—digital release, that is, iTunes and such—for the Last Unforetold Man album. We will be printing about a thousand copies for promotional use, and concert sales, as well.

Mixing progresses—tbe heat is on! We have a photoshoot scheduled for next weekend. Lining up models and so on. Taking care of last minute copyright and legal stuff. You know, the fun stuff.

We will be in the recording studio to redo some songs ... we have discovered that some source files are substandard. Just what we need 10 days before we have to hand off to the label.

This stuff happens for a reason. As stressful as it can get, I know deep down that we will come up with much better renditions of the songs as a result. 

Hi all!

I think I forgot to mention that the name of the cd is now "Pop Down The Years." The cover we ended up with didn't fit the old name, Last Unforetold Man.

Thing progress amazingly on the finishing of the cd. Charles Stella is doing a simply amazing job mixing the songs, burnishing them like precious stones. I must be honest: I had no idea, before this, how much an "engineer" could bring to a piece of music. Of course, Charles is much more than an engineer! 

When I originally wrote this piece, I had only received four songs from Charles, but now the cd is finished and will be on iTunes Valentine's Day.

This isn't a fire drill. Or a dress rehearsal.

Nor the maypole. It's ... a ... 'nother ... website ... whee!

We are who have the nerve to pretend to be.

Rules to live by.

Thanks for stopping by!

Come back soon ... take part in the forums ... please be sure to sign up for the newsletter so that we can send you the "Secret" links to download the first two singles, "Hey Little Earthgirl" and "Old Man Cold Man" absolutely free ($1.98 value ... + endless enjoyment) ... and put them on your iPod or iPhone ...

We are looking at a launch date of November tenth for this site.

Why?

Because it is my birthday!

But I don't really want to think about that, to tell the truth. Many more birthdays are on the way. Many have already occurred. So let us forget that part.

So I am trying to think of something special to do to inaugurate the site. Suggestions welcome. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Okay.

That's all for now. 

The arcane wizardry that goes into mixing a song properly will always be a source of wonderment for me. These mixing engineers are simply mad, insane, ass-over-tits bonkers, if you ask me.

But God bless them!

It is a rare and powerful magick they unleash

My very talented and cheap tech guy (me) has just installed a new blogging component, myblog. We are working feverishly to get the site launched in time for the release of the cd.

Time to publish this item and move on.  More to come. More to come.