It's nice not to be on facebook - I got a lot done today. :)

WCC Facelift Mocing Right aAong

I did not realize they were going to rebuild the entire plaza.

This African Guitar Lady Rocks!

Today

Banshee Train

A banshee train
just howled its way west through town;
as if incited by murder;
the bad death of a lover.

Blats and blares and wrath spat
soaked up by the already heavy air;
shrieking in voices, all dominant, dissonant, yet unison;
of power, of pain, of rage, of despair

It gave me a thrill and a fright, my children;
and somewhere it's howling, I hear it
still, carried back in fits and gasps
on the leaf-blow'n Halloween wind.

Christina Osborn: Studio Demos

Here are the 4 tracks from Christina's studio demo set.  All songs are original pieces ("All Your Days Are Sad" was written the weekend before the studio session and I posted the original in an earlier journal  - "How Sweet It Is" is my favorite.)  The tracks are CD quality so, they're each about 5 MB.

• 01 - You're Coming Over Soon
• 02 - All Your Days Are Sad
• 03 - Hard Enough To Sleep
• 04 - How Sweet It Is

If you feel these songs are worthy of your support, please feel free to contribute (via the PayPal donation link below) to Christina's musical fund, which will help her book more studio time, which is spendy stuff!  She's been working and saving to move to Michigan to continue her development (I get to participate in that, which is cool!), but, every little bit helps!

Thanks!

The Mourning Pages (#1)

This is the first installment of the Mourning Pages project, a collaborative effort between me and my oldest daughter - I hope to collect discographies from all my children as they grow, and, if Nina is any indicator, I'll have a lot of good music to listen to for the rest of my ecstatically proud life..

The title of the song(s) was a theme we chose as an exercise in writing, recording, and producing an original piece of music at home with a laptop and a microphone.

• Brandon Osborn - All Your Days Are Sad.mp3

• Christina Osborn - All Your Days Are Sad.mp3

As the project progresses, Christina and I intend to co-develop pieces during the coming 2 months, and spend the summer performing together.

Christina has finished her studio demo; it will be available (from somewhere) in a week or less - if you are interested, please PM or email me.

Comments, questions, and good vibes are welcome.

We hope you enjoy!