SONG-AND-A-DRAWING

hopeless pursuit of ergonomics in the animation work space

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2011-01-12T10:17:00.000-05:00

JOY AND SONGS 2010

2010-12-22T20:48:00.011-05:00

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Here are some christ mass songs by yours truly to engorge your baby jesus boners. I recorded "Will Santy Come to Shanty Town" at the beginning of the month, which was to be part of a Forgotten songs of Xmas series I was toying around with. We'll have to see how that pans out in Christmases to come.

WILL SANTY COME TO SHANTY TOWN (2010)

here is my reference point

ALSO, since where the hell else am I gonna put this stuff, here are two original carols by BGosh recorded in 2004. Caffeine Christmas has been utilized at just about every BGosh show since its inception, even off season. Better Not Wake the Baby, Baby is more of an inside joke. During the record sesh, the worse we played the song the funnier it became to us. I still think the editing has a certain charm to it. Annie Beare guest stars.

BGOSH - CAFFEINE CHRISTMAS (2004)

BGOSH- BETTER NOT WAKE THE BABY, BABY (2004)

RANGER CHOPPER

2010-12-07T15:04:00.000-05:00

little little

2010-11-23T07:37:00.001-05:00

LITTLE LITTLE

our little secret

2010-11-22T13:41:00.001-05:00

THE ELEPHANT DINER

come sit down at the elephant diner where theres 72 marilyn monroes lookin over at me blue ribbon special blue ribbon special blue ribbon special

a demo for you

2010-11-19T07:17:00.003-05:00

OFF THE SHELF

Who knows scales now? Oh, me knows scales now. A music teacher would beg to differ, but I am going to prentend that I know how to do guitar solos all the time from here on. Like they say around the office, "Fake stuff til you make stuff".

Ol' Wilmington

2010-07-14T12:35:00.002-04:00

After doing the last song, I learned that the best method for me is to write the lyrics at the exact same time as the music. Immediately. The same day. I prefer a good loose 40 minute writing session. Followed by sandwich eating. Followed by about an hour of nit-picking guitar licks, rhythms, structure, and finishing up lyrics with rhymezone.com .

I almost scrapped this song for getting way too adult contemp. But there was this moment where I sing the line "get to heaven from 95", where at the same moment the BQE joins in from outside my window with a swarm of motorcycles. possibly an airplane, either way, the cosmos has made its contribution.

OL' WILMINGTON

Will You Consider My Love

2010-07-13T07:36:00.003-04:00

I can't wait to post some songs that arent just lil ol me making demos for all the lil ol yous out there. But I swear the songs I've been recording on my last few trips to Delaware are coming out real purty. Bgosh has even gone electric the last couple of practices. The kind of stuff that would make Pete Seeger pick up an axe to cut off the power @ Newport Folk.

A COVER OF THE BIG BOPPER CLASSIC

2010-06-27T12:01:00.003-04:00

CHANTILLY LACE with Pat Mcnamera Barrett

YOU'RE MY LITTLE FIREGOD

2010-04-19T09:10:00.000-04:00

might color this one later tonight

MONSTER RANGER

2010-04-17T21:06:00.003-04:00

Last time I do this pose with the arms. Yeah right. Go fuck y'self.

FROLICSOME

2010-04-17T18:24:00.003-04:00

FIRE GOD, MY FIRE GOD

2010-04-15T23:01:00.005-04:00

HIKIN'

2010-04-15T15:18:00.001-04:00

GREENSJUSTABROWNYELLO

2010-04-14T14:32:00.003-04:00

DAYGLO BAIT

2010-04-14T12:22:00.005-04:00

FIRST FEW BOARDS/PLAYINS WITH COLOR. I REALLY WANNA OPEN UP ON SOME DEMONIC ASS LOOKING TOTEM POLE ON EVERY Ep.

WILL START RIPPING OFF SOME DAVID HOCKNEY PAINTINGS SOON.

MY HANDS ARE WEIRD AND BIG AND MIGHT BE MY LEGS!! RAAAGGGHHHH!!

2010-03-31T12:45:00.001-04:00

THE ELUSIVE CHEESESTEAK GECKO

2010-03-10T08:04:00.002-05:00

PIZZA SLICE W/ BAT WINGS

2010-03-03T07:50:00.007-05:00

NO WAIT, IT GETS BETTER. HE TALKS JUST LIKE DANNY GLOVER. "I UH... ERG.. I DONT KNOW ABOUT THIS RIGGS". "IM TOO OLD FOR THIS SHIT". NO?

THE OTHER DAY I SAW "THE HOST" AT B.A.M. DIRECTOR BONG JOON-HO DID A Q&A AFTERWARD. MORE THAN WORTH THE 12 BUCKS. HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE A MONSTER MOVIE WITH A SOUNDTRACK LIKE THIS:

BYUNG-WOO LEE, HAN RIVER IT IS COLD, 'THE HOST' OST

BLUE RAPIDO

2010-02-28T16:09:00.001-05:00

PAPER TEST

2010-02-28T12:36:00.005-05:00

NEED TO MAKE SURE DARKEST DARK STAYS AT BLUE. SO I'LL HAVE TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH AN EFFECT THATS NOT 'MULTIPLY' (CUS BLUE AND THE UNDER-ORANGE EQUAL BROWN, YUK). KNOW SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK?

FUCK IT, IM DOING CAMP MCCOOL ON PAPER

2010-02-26T14:50:00.006-05:00

MINUS THE RAPIDOGRAPHS THOUGH. I THINK THE TOON WOULD LOOK BETTER WITH SOME REAL PENCILS UNDERNEATH SOME WACOM COLOR. SOUNDS TASKING. AND IT IS. BUT CAMP MCCOOL WILL HAVE TO BE FAIRLY LIMITED, ANIMATION WISE, IF I WANT TO MAKE IT A SERIES. SO NOT TOO MANY DRAWINGS.

ON THE PHONE WITH MY BROTHER THE OTHER DAY, WHO IS HELPING ME WRITE SOME SCRIPTS OUT OF CALIFORNIA. DISCUSSED HOW CHARACTERS WOULD FREQUENTLY BREAK INTO "DEPRESSING MUPPET SONGS". THINK KERMIT'S NEPHEW ROBIN, OR THE SONG "SAYING GOODBYE" FROM MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN.

WHO'S GOT THE RASH?

2009-11-23T10:35:00.002-05:00

BGOSH DEMO- HURRICANE WILL COME

2009-11-19T13:05:00.005-05:00

CAMP ACTIVITES TO DO

2009-10-28T18:29:00.003-04:00

Fun with flash(?). Really hating the vector garbage underneath my drawings, but there aren't a whole lot of options if I want to make CAMP MCCOOL a speedy, efficient, hand drawn web-toon. I could spend a pretty penny of a little app called 'TV Paint", draws like photoshop, animates like flash. Or I could just sit down and figure out how to keep my vector drawns purty.

POSTCARDS

2009-10-19T21:25:00.002-04:00

AN EPIC TALE

2009-10-19T15:45:00.002-04:00

LEAKED!

2009-10-05T17:19:00.007-04:00

BGOSH- LITTLE FINGERS DEMO (NEW, VERY NOT DONE YET)

BGOSH COVERS COLLECTION

2009-09-29T15:26:00.006-04:00

(BGOSH at Bellefont Cafe' 2004, Wilmington DE, left to right, Me, Sam Williamson, Alex Valleyjo)

SO WE GOT THE BAND BACK TOGETHER. BGOSH IS PLAYING SHOWS AGIAN (ME, SAM WILLIAMSON AND A ROTATING CAST OF HUGGABLE MUSICIANS). FOR NOW JUST A COUPLE SHOWS IN DE. BUT WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS FOR A MINI TOUR, SOME NEW YORK SHOWS (I HAVE TO GET OFF MY ASS ON THAT FRONT), AND A WHOLE MESS OF NEW RECORDINGS.

THIS POST IS MORE SO A DISTRACTION FROM FREELANCE WORK I SHOULD BE DOING (BIG SUPRISE), BUT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NEAT TO COMPILE SOME OF THE COVERS WE RECORDED OVER THE YEARS. I PROMISED I WOULDNT GET NOSTALGIC ON THIS BLOG, BUT FRESH RECORDINGS OF SONGS ARE SO HARD TO PLUCK OUT OF ME THESE DAYS. PLUS I THINK THESE ARE JUST A PLAIN OL GOOD TIME:

CRYING (R. ORBISON), STRINGS- ELYSE MITCHELL, GUITAR- AARON ALEXANDER, DRUMS- SAM WILLIAMSON, VOCALS- ME... TWO TIMES

BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES (STANDARD), GUITAR/VOCALS- ME, AIR ORGAN/VOCALS- SAM

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME (D. LEPPARD) PIANO- SAM, VOCALS- ME

BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON (STANDARD) UKULELE/VOCS-ME, DRUMS/AIR ORGAN- SAM

DAVID THE GNOME (TV THEME) LIVE AT 4W5 CAFE! GUITAR-ME, DRUMS-SAM, BASS- ALEX VALLEYJO, VOCS- ALL OF THE ABOVE

I'LL BE GLAD WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, YOU RASCAL YOU (S. THEARD) VOC/GUITAR- ME, DRUMS-SAM, BASS- ALEX VALLEYJO

BERNIE

2009-09-27T17:55:00.001-04:00

CAMP MCCOOL... IN COLOR!

2009-09-25T11:12:00.005-04:00

BEST SELF-IMPORTANT SUMMER CAMP CARTOON SINCE CAMP CANDY.

CAMP MCCOOL

2009-09-24T15:20:00.009-04:00

ANIMATIC NOW. SOME DAY FULLY ANIMATED?

FRIEND SAVAGE RECORDINGS 2005-2009

2009-08-20T10:10:00.006-04:00

NEW CD KIDS! ME RECORDINGS 2005-2009. LET ME KNOW AND I'LL SNAIL MAIL YOU ONE. AND IF WE'RE FRIENDS ENOUGH, YOU'LL GET IT LIKE... REALLY FREE.

1.BOY LOSES DOG 2.OVERUSED ANIMAL 3.FEED THE BEES 4.ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN (A SONG FOR SQUEAKER) 5.SHITAKE-AKE 6.TRUE LOVE IS MY BICYCLE 7.PUPPIES IN DRESSES 8.BELGIAN STOUT 9.TELEPHONE CALL FROM TJ ALICIA AND STEVEN 10.ART IS HIGHER THAN MINE 11.SKELETONS ARE EVERYWHERE 12.EARTH KIT 13.BILL GROGANS GOAT 14.I WANT A NEW DUCK 15.IF MY BURGER TURNED INTO A LADY 16.MILK AS USUAL IN A SAUCER 17.ROMANCE IN A BARN 18.BUFFALO COMB 19.I AM A GREAT APE 20.BILLIE JEAN (COVER) 21.GODS PINK FUZZY BACK

THE FIRST TRACK: BOY LOSES DOG

MEMORIES OF TAXES

2009-08-19T22:52:00.002-04:00

INSPIRATIONAL POSTER

2009-08-19T22:39:00.003-04:00

WHATS SWINE IS YOURS

2009-08-19T20:26:00.002-04:00

IM DOING A VIDEO (POSSIBLY A SERIES) FOR A "HEALTH LITERACY" CAMPAIGN. SAT AROUND DOING CHARACTER DESIGN TYPE THINGS TODAY.

F.D.R. SKETCHBOOK CONCEPT ART

2009-08-18T21:49:00.009-04:00

BEFORE THERE WAS "HAVE YOU SEEN MY FDR"....

SHERBERT

2009-08-12T14:36:00.002-04:00

EXQUISITE CORPSE STRIP BY PAT BARRETT, MYSELF

2009-08-12T13:51:00.008-04:00

MADE SURE TO GET IN SOME BRO TIME WITH PAT BARRETT BEFORE HE UP AND LEFT US ALL. VERMONT WILL EAT HIM ALIVE, THE BUGS WILL ANYWAY, BUT UNTIL THEN ENJOY THIS COMIC WE MADE TOGETHER, I DID THE FIRST FRAME, PB DID THE SECOND AND SO ON...

(AND ANOTHER ONE WE DID POSTED ON PATS BLOG)

CONSUMPTION JUNCTION

2009-02-24T23:43:00.003-05:00

for a storyboard job

SHAKEDOWN ON SOUTH 5TH ST

2009-02-22T17:06:00.005-05:00

I AM THE LAST VCR

2009-02-13T13:47:00.011-05:00

this is for a submission i did for I AM THE LAST VCR (dot com). A community art blog I just launched with Pat (the patch) Barrett and Todd (toddge-podge) McCarthur. The ultimate in songs drawings and whatever the fuck you feel like.

Check it out if you didnt already know.

www.thelastvcr.com

RED MEAT

2008-09-07T21:30:00.001-04:00

DELEGATES AFTER HOURS

2008-09-07T13:20:00.002-04:00

CHAMP-TON COMES ALIVE!

2008-07-08T00:22:00.009-04:00

In 2005 B'GOSH played a show at a joint called the 4w5 in Wilmington DE. One of my fondest memories. 2 live uke jams from that show, "Telescope" followed by "Hungry Lion". Sam Williamson-Drums, Alex Valleyjo-Bass and Backing Vocs, Recorded by Pat Nakijima.

B'GOSH- TELESCOPE/HUNGRY LION

How about..."Get 'em Champ" A film by Dan McCool... So its like 1939. Mother fuckin scientist builds a metal man like that mad scientist in that Fleischer/Superman cartoon. Takes on this washed up wrestler. Think Stallone, Rocky 5. The wrestler triumphs. Years later, in 1975, the aged mad scientist attends the wrestler's funeral in a wheel chair pushed by the metal man.

PLAIN BLACK JANSPORT

2008-04-30T10:33:00.008-04:00

A Couple from Spacious Canopies ("Space-ish Can-o-peas", or "Space is a Can of Pies"). Sam WIlliamson, Elyse Mitchell, and Mii. Recorded in a very large garagey room at the end of Summer 06.... Garage-gee.

SPACIOUS CANOPIES- LITTLE MOON

SPACIOUS CANOPIES- SPARROWS

Sing it if you know it! I picked up a SANDPIPERS record for a buck. They do Louie Louie in spanish. And no, I'm not apologizing for this. I could put it on some kind of vinyl blog, but I probably wouldn't update that either.

THE SANDPIPERS- LOUIE, LOUIE

And a couple from my latest storyboard jobby job. gum and logs, logs and gums.

SEEGER SESSIONS

2008-03-18T17:46:00.007-04:00

When my brother and I were youngins, my dad would take us to upstate NY every year for the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival. I didnt give a fuck where it was because it had this sweet fucking ICE PALACE with a slide. To prepare for the six hour drive we would fill a couple shoe boxes with cassette tapes. My brother's cassettes: Nirvana, Blind Melon, Def Leppard, Danzig. Mine: Weird Al Yankovic, The Animaniacs soundtrack, Phil Collins (pretty sure Phil was a hand-me-down from my brother). Nothing we played over our walkmen however could keep us from giving in to what my father would inevitably play on the car stereo; a Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie live album titled "Precious Friend". I was never sure why this became the tradition, but we genuinely loved those songs. I've been wanting to cover a Pete song for a while. Heres one from that album.

PRECIOUS FRIEND YOU WILL BE THERE

Pete, "Brother Kirk", and Big Bird

SPITTY BABIES

2008-03-14T08:49:00.002-04:00

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, I haven't been doing what I'm supposed to do. Well first My birthday happened. Then I got Shining Force 2 for my birthday and couldn't stop playing it. Then I had to go back to work for a week. Still there too. But I aint giving up on this baby. This baby is going to be a good strong, healthy, spitty baby.

So here we go again, SOME OLD STUFF! I've not forgotten that I'm supposed to write and record song and draw a drawing day.

PUPPIES IN DRESSES

Not that sure if anyone has seen this either. I was planning on doing another 3 little santas film... until i had this crazy fucking dream last night about something else, and then i wanted to make a film about that.

FEED THE BEES

2008-03-05T15:48:00.007-05:00

For Stevie-Lynn's last birthday present I gave her permission to have a cat in the apartment. Then I got her one, a small black bombay kitten with a white whisker on its forehead named "The Bees", short for Beasley. Five months or so later, The Bees became my companion in unemployment and a true friend. He even shed his white whisker recently in honor of my own male pattern baldness. The song is about the bees biting my ankles every morning when I'm walking to the john, meaning hes ready for breakfast.

FEED THE BEES

The song reminded me of an older drawing from my sketch book. That day I happened to be worried if I broke my cats leg after accidentally slamming the door on it.

FIRST SONG-A-DAY

2008-03-04T13:16:00.010-05:00

It was bound to come up on an unemployment blog, folks. That's right! Excruciating pain in my right heel without the hope or convenience of medical benefits. Web MD suspects me of having "Achilles Tendinitis", most common with ball players, gymnasts, and NYC commuters. I say its Gout. Or is that a toe thing? The Song of the day is about the dying animal connected to my leg. I was talking about my foot, but yeah, i guess there are a couple different ways you could look in to that.

CONNECTED TO AN ANIMAL

I worked from 9am to 4pm on this blog today. That's one hour better than an actual job!

TRIANGLE SMILE

2008-03-02T22:59:00.006-05:00

It is SO ME to cop out this early on a great idea. I promise to actually record a song-a-day when my craptop gets back from the apple tech shop. For now its just too much fun pulling out these old recordings. Plus we need to get those toes wet.

A couple summers ago Ian Calder(friend and self-proclaimed psychic)and I worked on five songs under the name STUD BAND, the only group in which I played drums (fortunately).

STUD BAND- Triangle Smile

Ian Calder-Bass

and if stepping into the unspeakable wild of my triangle smile doesn't make you uncomfortable enough:

CHECKING OUT MY OWN PEEN

2008-03-01T19:19:00.008-05:00

To start things off I wanted to experiment with this 'DivShare' player. Mighty impressive. So here is an oldie but goodie by Sharkicorn: Me, Joy Smoker, and Chuck Goodwin during our days at Pratt Institute. this is the cover of MJ's Billie Jean.

SHARKICORN- BILLIE JEAN

Funny story, I was just playing this for Stevie-Lynn, who only 15 minutes ago found out that I was doing the lead vocal. Despite hearing the track 300 times prior. Said "Finding out that wasn't a chick singing lead was like seeing the arrow in the Fed-Ex logo for the very first time".

a drawing: