Friday, May 23, 2008

Orangutank - The Three In Demos

  1. In My Memory, Black Is Where White Should Be
  2. This Is Love
  3. 12.21.2.14
  4. the dream that once was morning
  5. Maximilian Kolbe, as used as a metaphor
  6. B&T Strike Again
  7. Brandino
  8. Blessed
  9. 6 More Miles

On sale now. For a dollar, or best offer.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

No more auction block for me

How long, O Lord? How long?

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Casey Stocksmith, with help from Jon and James

Oh, surrounded
By a bright and yellow ring
I know your father
Isn't happy with anything
A shotgun, a promise, I'm trying to want this

Pick yourself up
When you fall and scrape your knee
Time, like peroxide
Will heal, but God, it stings
A headrest, a white dress, I'm trying to want this


Oh, the sun burns
And a bright and shining sea
Carries you further
And further away from me
A ticket, a round trip, I'll try to forget this
A ticket, a round trip, I'll try to forget this


(Please don't leave me, 'cause he'll never really love you at all
He's a lier and a cheater and the son of a fraud)
It couldn't happen to a nicer person
And I think that it's fine for you to be
An empty vessel in a china cabinet
Something precious that will never see the light of day
(And know he'll never really love you at all)

He never really loved you at all

Monday, May 12, 2008

how many times were we standing on the edge of a breakthrough?

It's summer! Can you believe it? It's only begun to sink in for me. I would've thought I'd be used to this summer vacation stuff by now. My family has moved the past four summers. I keep waiting for Dad to announce number five any day now. This was also the year I was supposed to graduate. The band Vroom reminds me of freshman year--Dan Perez, Team 202, those big computers from the stone age... Dan just got his MBA this year. Crazy. I haven't accomplished much at all. I've made some amazing friends, that's for darn sure. But there's just this weird feeling. I've never lived anywhere in my life for longer than 4 years. I've never kept any friends longer than 4 years. I've always had to leave everything and start again, and now I should be out of school. My parents have been pretty quiet about it, but I know they're disappointed I didn't graduate this year. The Liberty University vanity plate on our van still says "TJBB08". I'm disappointed too. I feel stuck, and I don't want to let you down.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

50 Years True

make what you want
take what you build
we'll still be here
a good 50 years

my dear
my dear
my dear

see what you need
choose what you want
we'll still be here
counting our luck

today
today
today

trains will fly with you and i
we'll ride high above
i'll take you there, for 50 years
50 years, my love

make who you are
as i make me too
we'll make plans to be with you

it's true
it's true
it's true

trains will fly with you and i
we'll ride high above
i'll take you there, for 50 years
for 50 years, my love