16 - Lights

This goes out to Troy, with whom I share a birthday!

Lyrics:

Happy birthday, Troy!  Happy birthday, Troy!
What a cute and wonderful little boy!
Boy oh boy!  Happy birthday, Troy!
Future filled with hope, harbinger of joy!
Seven miles in the morning air
with your winning smile and your flaxen hair,
they all nod when they pass your row.
Your a special kid: that's the way it goes.

I should let you know: it's my birthday, too,
and because I am much older than you,
no one said my name on the intercom
at the bold behest of my doting mom.
That I've survived yet another year
is of no concern to anyone here.
The only looks that are thrown at me
are the tired smiles of solidarity.

Oooh, happy birthday, Troy!

See, nobody aspires to grow older and less attractive.
You can stave it off by eating well and staying active,
but eventually it gets you and you start to understand
why a birthday's less exciting for a thirtysomething man.

But don't you worry, Troy, pay my words no mind.
I'm a silly man; you've got lots of time.
Right now your star is so young and bright;
you're a ray of hope; you are made of light.
You remind us all of the way we were
(I think your mom and dad would concur!)
This is your time and this is the place
to make the world a less depressing place.*

* I just realized what a terrible rhyme that is and will be replacing it in the coming days.

17 - Happy Birthday Troy

This is a poorly-recorded PSA about the dangers of calling strange numbers you find in your call log.  Listen at your own risk.

18 - It's Probably Someone You Don't Know

19 - I Am On Your Side

You can find everyone in the jar on the hill if you look for the jar full of people.

20 - Jar Full Of People

Words by Joshua Allen, Music by Ken Flagg

http://fireland.tumblr.com

21 - Henry Texas (feat. Fireland)

Words & Music by Ken Flagg & Damian Hess

Lyrics:

It's when you let your mind wade deep into the past
that these sorts of things are bound to come upon you
I lost my love from slightly left of center stage
while on the television Garfield ate lasagna
a sudden tingle in my fingers unrelated
to the Yngvie Malmsteen riff that I was shredding
a scene reflected in the glasses of the guy in the front row
revealed a truth which to this day I find upsetting

Why is my guitar on fire?
(It couldn't be burning me more)
Why is my guitar on fire?
(Time to visit the guitar store)

I tried in vain to drop that phoenix to the ground
but my studded leather strap was my undoing
and while I danced an anti-immolation jig
a bunch of hipsters near the bathroom started booing
"FREE BIRD!" they yelled; the pickguard began to melt
and the cinders of regret floated around me
she was gone, she was gone, like the music she had spawned
now her memory, like smoke, is thick and cloudy

Why is my guitar on fire?
(It couldn't be burning me more)
Why is my guitar on fire?
(Time to visit the guitar store)

23 - Why Is My Guitar On Fire? feat. MC Frontalot

A late-night collab w/ Pink Stallone on his modded (glitchy?) CR5000.

24 - CR5000AM (feat. Pink Stallone)

LYRICS:

sometimes you feel like you're the only one
you put out cookies but santa never comes
sit in your living room feeling kind of dumb
merry xmas to you

it has to be your least favorite time of year
if only being good could get you out of here
you force a smile but it's not from ear to ear
merry xmas
merry xmas
merry xmas to you

how you long to see the sun again
go outside and have some fun again
i'll wake you when the world is young again
when it's new

you wish the world were as you saw it in your mind
those decorations were a fucking waste of time
close those windows or the snow will make you blind
but isn't that what you want?
are you to tired to see?
what are you trying to be? (merry xmas)
an empty chair on an unlit stage? (merry xmas)
or maybe nothing at all? (merry xmas)
a flyer taped to the wall? (merry xmas)
life will tear you down. (life will tear you down)



25 - Merry Xmas

Electro-pop-trash for the masses.  The debut album.

5 - If You Were Mine

Orange Julius

This is a jingle for Choc Cream-O-Land Chocolate Milk I managed to pull off of an old VHS tape.  I think it was recorded around 1992.

5 - Choc Cream-O-Land Jingle

Nostalgia meets histrionic dance-pop.  Not totally finished, but I have to move on.

6 - Voyager '86

The bridal processional music I wrote for my wedding.  

8 - Kenelope Bridal Processional

Inspired by a venerable piece of San Francisco street graffiti, this is the first part of a song cycle about Mr. Fong, a community leader and family man who hides a dark secret.

Photo by Robby Virus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25229906@N00/3625802434/

10 - Mr. Fong Goes To Lunch Pt 1

This one was cobbled together!  It is silly and catchy and poorly produced.

14 - You're So Dangerous

Here's a strange little ditty about the magic of summer.

15 - Summer's Almost Here

Composer, performer and songwriter based in Philadelphia.  Currently working on my 52 Non-Consecutive Weeks of Ken project, during which I write and record 52 songs over a period of time defined by when I am done.  I also play keyboards for MC Frontalot, bass for The Paranoid Style and guiar / vocals for Edible Norris.

Ken Flagg

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