Statue

My wife and I have this conversation all the time.

Your Shoes DEMO

Music commissioned to accompany Dutch artist Steef Crombach's July 2022 solo exhibition at the Women and Their Work gallery in Austin, Texas.

ONE BAD MONKEY

Steef Crombach uses iconography as clues to understand our physical environment. She finds inspiration in the commonplace and the local and surfaces overlooked but shared points of reference buried deep within the collective consciousness. In One Bad Monkey, Crombach focuses this process on Austin’s advertising sculptures for commercial businesses.

Through soft sculptures and draping foam relief tapestries, Crombach examines the secret life of local icons like the Wheatsville Raptor and the Big Star Bingo Gorilla. She explores each character’s evolution as its identity morphs over time and place. Her focus on these sculptures highlights the often intangible nature of change and attempts to create a deeper understanding of our shared physical reality.

One Bad Monkey Original Soundtrack

instrumental: https://soundcloud.com/bjorn-vader/the-impaler

and to all who participated
i wanna say this loud and clear
but it can wait to the piss is dissipated
and the air is clear
i'm not a sadist
i'm just proud and queer
i'm not the greatest, i'm just outta here
like a homerun someone else hit
and to all who participated i hope your proud of it
cuz i wanna say this loud as shit 
i'm out where i belong 
and someone like me don't come around too often
so if you wanna show me love you might need to do some walking
i'm sorry when it's awkward
grateful for the offers
plate full from ya presence
tank full from my travels
ain't full of my memories
i leave em on the road behind me
let go what i know
but not what it remind me
i'll be back again
then i can remember
and if i never am
i'll be gone to november
that's why i write these songs
that's why i learned these words
this ain't for myself
i'm speaking to the heard
this ain't from my mettle
i'm grounded in the earth
bound in my circumference
around by circumstance
for instance, i drown in modern comfort
i'm watered by the sky
the rains fall i rise
the wind calls i fly
song burst from my breast
i whistle so high
the sun comes i'm wax
and i burn too fast to learn from that
molded by the fall
the cold of my reception
shatter on connection
holdin on's for y'all
i got different directions
so to all who participated i wanna say this loud and clear
i made it, i'm safe as houses, know my way around it, and i'm stayin out here

08272022 - Out Here

it's a minute and i'm feeling....
up and down and gone around.
it's a...
focused on the clowny clown.
it's a ...
hopeful that it's getting better.
it's a ...
dreadful views of awful weather.
it's a ...
anxious as i see tomorrow.
it's a ...
love and cheer and friends and sorrow.
it's a ...
awful close to going under.
it's a ...
rep rep rep rep e tition.

and so you say you want to go, so do i... oh wait, no i don't, or maybe i might....

Its A Minute (demo)

Ecstatic Dance Austin 6/16/24

Written after discovering a letter Leonard Cohen sent to ‘So Long, Marianne’ Muse Before Her Death. The song speaks to a life long friendship and stepping into the unknown together.

Lyrics:
So it looks like we both reached that age
when our bodies start their ultimate decline
But know that as your light begins to fade
I'll only be a step or two behind

There's no need to waste our tired breath
on tender words you've heard a million times
as you fade away I won't be upset
I'll see you soon, this isn't goodbye

I was only yours for a lifetime
Just a moment passing by
So on the other side
reach out your hand you'll find
soon I will be holding it in mine
cause I won't be far behind

This world is big I've seen all I need to see
It'll feel a little smaller when you're gone
As you leave turn around and look for me
and we'll dive into the wide and great beyond

I was only yours for a lifetime
Just a moment passing by
So on the other side
reach out your hand you'll find
soon I will be holding it in mine
cause I won't be far behind
I won't be far behind

Underachiever

I Won't Be Far Behind

dj handcrank sloth set

INTRODUCTION

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Increase memory, focus, clarity, and positivity. Simply listen to this binaural soundtrack while meditating, reading, or resting. Headphones required.

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