....giants, legs, truth, unusual hairstyles and cool weather, hope, irony, eyeglasses, echoes, oklahoma redbuds in the middle of the spring, all sexes, pronunciation, other trees and bushes, the wind, automobiles and some bicycles, rooftops, pants, phalanges, a pen, the state of texas, reasons, comfortable shoes, teeth, skin, bellies, the extended family, criminals, allergies, papers, concept albums, cigarette smoke, jokes, button-ups with the sleeves rolled up, the state of confusion, sunsets, very small/large objects, rest, beds, white lies, ideals and the absense of ideals (culinary and/or religious), symbols, shoulders, socks, sickness, so-called imperfections, love, change in a bottle, gum, rocks, grant m.f.c., orange sherbet, beating hearts, many musics, music-playing-people, elephants, books and the writers and the audiences, rolling films and the makers, and touch....
Sounds Like
...smells, airplanes, pearl snaps, metroid, carousels, sliding fingers, sizzlin' hashbrowns, sleigh bells, feedback, clapping, loud pizza from loud napoli...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ REVIEWS, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, & DESCRIPTIONS (lovingly posted without permission):
"best work to date and some of the
best music I have heard in a
long time... I feel like you should do something about
it." --michael r. welch of the meanderthals.
"...No one stands above him. He is quite tall."
--anonymous we shot j.r. comment.
"His songs manage to balance sincere emotion and humor without falling into overwrought emotion or relentless irony. Unnecessary but interesting found sounds and odd instrumentation spice up some of his songs."
--jesse hughly of the dallas observer.
"I didn't have a headache until you started playing." --Jacob Barnhart.
"He is also in the Ponystars and used to play soccer and he looks so cool and has nice parents."
--funanimal comotion.
"...this guy is damned entertaining! if Banter's intuition is correct, this man's ablilties are much deeper than we know... musically, imaginatively, & spiritually." --banter.
"...heartfelt....uncompromised..."
--jim cross of jim cross.
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