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The music I love is from the 90s.

Here’s a hastily thrown together top 10 of sorts. But with 14. And in no order. Thrown together. Derp. 1) Everclear - Sparkle and Fade 2) Screeching Weasel - Anthem For a New Tomorrow 3) Descendents - Everything Sucks 4) Presidents of the USA - Presidents of the USA 5) Guided by Voices - Mag Earwhig! 6) Bettie Serveert - Palomine 7) NOFX - Punk in Drublic 8) They Might Be Giants - John...

Feb 14th

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Jan 2nd

It's about that time.

I finally decided to put “Huffy Hog” online. http://hollygorock.bandcamp.com/ This album is more or less a “greatest hits” compilation from the daily song blog. I only say this because if you happen to be one of the few who followed the blog and read it on a regular basis, this album will have very few surprises. In fact, even if you are hearing these songs for the first...

Aug 31st

Running a little behind on DINNERSONGS but...

Aug 28th

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All work and all play.

It’s expensive to self-release an album on vinyl! Oh well, I’m down with it. Still working on getting “Huffy Hog” in the can. Also busy writing songs for a restaurant review blog. Check it out here: THE DINNER NET. Anyone need an invite to Spotify? I’m not even sure if they still require invites but apparently I have a few to give out.

Aug 3rd

thedinnernet: “A is for Atkins Park” a musical...

Jul 29th

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They’re the traveling blinds. No, they...

Jul 16th

Video Armageddon

Here’s another video we recorded last time Pike was in town. The song is a one-stanza summary of the movie The Wizard, and was a daily song from the blog in 2009. The studio version is also on the upcoming Huffy Hog LP!

Feb 22nd

Here’s a Stop The Revolution demo that never...

Feb 21st

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Feb 17th

Mark David Chapman is a Piece of Shit

I wrote this song after reading a few bits of Time Life’s Most Notorious Crimes in American History. It’s pretty obvious. Mark David Chapman is a piece of shit. Mark David Chapman is a piece of shit. Mark David Chapman is a piece of shit.

Oct 29th

Working

The new album is coming along nicely. Some of the songs you’ve already heard if you’ve paid any attention to the daily songs from the past year. I’m doing another round of songs now, some of which may end up in some form or another on the new album. I’m having a bit of writer’s block but the daily songs always seem to cure that. I really like the two so far. Still...

Oct 28th

The Traveling Blinds

Kati and I were playing poker with Dan and Lins one night and the blinds rolled across the table and disappeared. They were the traveling blinds. Everyone knows blinds can’t see. CHIPS AHOY! They’re the travellin’ blinds. No they can’t see. They drive around in a big brown bus they’re the travellin’ blinds. Three of a kind beats one pair. Straight...

Oct 27th

I Look Like Jesus

I had something written up about this but Tumblr thought it’d be cool to delete it. Party foul! But anyway, here are the words. I dreamed them up in bed while Kates played Oblivion. Hence the Oblivion reference. And this morning I realized that there is a They Might Be Giants song with the lyric “I look like jesus, so they say”. Oh well, mine’s differentz. Time to...

Oct 27th

Radio Spam, pre-programmed.

Hooray for the new practice space! We converted half of my garage into a studio / jam room / awesome place and here’s the video to prove it. This is “Radio Spam” from last year’s EP. We also learned a song from Nick’s Daily Song Blog and I’ll be posting that soon as well.

Aug 30th

Money, honey.

We ain’t got no money honey we’ve just got a huffy hog. Thinking of a release date for the upcoming hollygorock LP. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OMGZ!?!

Aug 10th

You are in the know

The Daily Song project is going swimmingly! Just looking at the statistics I can see that more people have listened to “Days of the Week” all the way through than any other hollygorock song on the site. I like this! It’s my favorite, too. Shaddix likes it. Obviously I didn’t write a new song every night last week. Think of it as an on-going experiment in deadlines and...

Mar 30th

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The time was 9:30pm and I had nothing. So I threw together my attempt at a children’s song called “Days of the Week” and it’s probably the weirdest song I’ve ever written. Here are the words! Running so late on a Monday. Running so late on a Tuesday. Running so late on a Wednesday. Running so late on a Thursday. Running so late on a Friday. Running late,...

Mar 26th

Play It Again, Samwise

So, the chords to “Marketing” had been around for a few months. This particular demo has been around since 9/29/2005. It was supposed to be something for Stop The Revolution but we never did anything with it. Kati just listened to it and says it’s her favorite! Here’s what I originally wrote about it when I first emailed it to stoptherev: Date: Thu, 29 Sep...

Mar 25th

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Marketing

Finally finished tonight’s songling. I kind of cheated because I wanted to go to Trivia. So I didn’t write this song today. Well, I did write about half of the words, but the music has been around for a few months. But I could never find anything to do with it. Figured it’d make a Grand Daily Song. Plus it gave me an excuse to work on it and sort of “finish” it....

Mar 24th

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My New Mascot Friends (In a Cave)

First song success! It’s only the first night but I’m already feeling good about the week. Time from conception to finished product: 3.5 hours. Stay tuned for another new song to be posted tomorrow night at 11pm! I reckon’ I’ll start writing it as soon as I get off work tomorrow around six. Can I complete a song and still make it to trivia at Locos at 9:30? OH...

Mar 23rd

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Reposting my favorite song from 2009’s Nick’s Daily Song blog, “Quit Waking Me Up.” Starting on Monday night, March 22nd, I’m going to do a week of new Daily Songs. If you’re unfamiliar, each day I will come up with some sort of original idea and run with it. The plan is to have 7 brand-new, fully-produced tunes by the end of the week. Some of them will be bad....

Mar 16th

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Space Oddity.

Played a David Bowie song the other night. That is all! I should post more often. Still working on the layout of the new website.

Mar 11th

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Keep on keepin' on.

As much as I love the folks at @squarespace, I’m going to convert this Tumblr blog into my main site. Central headquarters for all things hollygorock, so to speak. With a little work, I’ll make this place home. I should commission some artwork from @joshlafayette.

Mar 10th

SleepDreamSeeMe.

The first hollygorock show was a success. We’re getting back some pictures and video we’ll be posting on teh intarwebs soon. Thanks to everyone who came out and rocked with us! More shows on the way. For now, here’s the first song we played, which is also the first song from the EP.

Feb 12th

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“For No One” by The Beatles, arranged for one guitar and vocal, recorded in one take. The mix is rough intentionally. It’s not really a hollygorock tune but I’ll post it anyways. Who is to say what is and isn’t a hollygorock tune anyway? I’m proud of this!

Jan 25th

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This list never changes.

Top 10 bands. I own all or most of their stuff. The Beatles Descendents Guided by Voices They Might Be Giants Bettie Serveert Elvis Costello Ben Folds Five Saves the Day Poster Children NOFX

Jan 16th

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Jan 12th

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“You look so nice in that red dress. That’s a nice building.”

– Lord Batur Shroobs, esq.

Jan 10th

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Jan 9th

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Here’s the original demo of “Look at...

Dec 30th

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Top 5 netcasts

I like to watch and listen to shows on the internet. Some people call them podcasts. Leo Laporte calls them netcasts. Who am I to argue with Leo Laporte? This Week in Tech This Week in Fun DiggNation FilmRiot The Tech Guy

Dec 30th

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About four years ago I thought about doing an EP of Screeching Weasel covers. I did all of the music for 4 songs but never recorded the words. I finished the words to this song tonight, 4 years later. Hooray! It’s called Totally and it’s from the band’s 1993 album Anthem For a New Tomorrow. I definitely have songs by other bands in the works for the next few weeks. I guess...

Dec 4th

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First list in a while.

Top five albums beginning with In. Saves the Day - In Reverie Sean Lennon - Into the Sun Green Day - Insomniac Foo Fighters - In Your Honor Garth Brooks - In Pieces

Dec 1st

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For the second week in a row I’ve recorded a cover song. Might do this for a few more weeks. This time it’s 1985’s Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears. I cut out a few parts of the song to make it more hollygorock-ish so hopefully you TFF fans won’t mind the missing words. Have any ideas for more songs to cover? I made an album over at BandCamp to stream...

Nov 20th

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Decided to record a Guided by Voices song called Sad If I Lost It. Was going to do another acoustic video but I went ahead and did a studio recording after work. Turned out just fine. It’s track two from the band’s 1997 Mag Earwhig! album. The Telecaster was in the Jeep so I used the ol’ Harmony from the flea mall behind McDonald’s. I kind of like the idea of recording a...

Nov 10th

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Good night in the studio yesterday. Worked on vocal harmonies. Finalized a set list. Did some work with a Casio keyboard and an eeePC. A medley of beats and melodies. Samples from The Matrix and Ally Sheedy movies. Might take a couple of pictures tonight. Dan Cloud is in town again which makes everyone happy. Wrote down on the dry-erase board four more songs that might be performed in a live...

Oct 26th

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Took a break from Beatles Rock Band tonight to play an acoustic version of “Art” from the hollygorock EP. It actually turned out okay. Got a text message in the middle of it. Kinda funny. Left it in. YouTube was out of order tonight and Vimeo was down for maintenance so this video is brought to you by MySpace. MySpace, there for you when the two best options are unavailable. They...

Oct 16th

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Yuki is a ninja, stealth-mode creeper.

Recorded this acoustic version of Yuki last night. It was the daily song from 5/17/09. I imagine hollygorock will end up playing this song. I kinda dig it.

Oct 13th

Michael Jackson - Liberian Girl →

i swear this video is so fucking charming. watch the entire thing.

Jun 29th

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“I’m lifeguarding a swim meet… which makes absolutely no sense.”

– Patrick Williams (my brother)

Jun 22nd

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