American Dogs in Europe- Destination Nowhere

Shortly before leaving on tour I watched a relationship dissolve before my eyes. It's easy to be an outsider looking in, but this one bugged the crap out of me because it was so obnoxious, cold, and completely unnecessary. So I took the first person narrative point of view, and I wrote an argument for my friend. Think of it as a kind of hostile Cyrano de Bergerac, trying to help his friend, not in love, but in war.

This press photo was taken by Matze in 2012

Destination Nowhere

You know more than you’re saying

And you keep, you keep delaying today 

It’s just a game that you play.

You keep on instigating

While I, I keep awaiting today

It’s just a game that you play.

Believing

Deceiving

You’re leaving 

Your destination?

Nowhere.

I Can’t tell if everything’s fine

Or if your out, out of your fucking mind

Because it’s how you unwind.

I wait, hesitating

While you keep on instigating you say

That it’s a game that you play.

Believing

Deceiving

You’re leaving 

Your destination?

Nowhere.

There ain’t no atttraction in this game

No atisfaction, no way

Fuck this game that you play.

Believing

Deceiving

You’re leaving 

Believing

Deceiving

You’re leaving 

Destination nowhere

CD track 4

EP side two/ track two

Released on Concrete Jungle Records, Germany (click here)

Released August 3, 2012

American Dogs in Europe- Stage Diving Daisy's Revenge

More than ten years ago I met a young woman who criticized my life choices. I presented the story in a song by ADZ called Stage Diving Daisy. The song was not a put down, but unfortunately was interpreted that way. I considered it more of an homage to the spirit of punk rock. However, the woman's voice, presented by none other than Josie Cotten, was sardonic and witty, and the song, while brilliant, did not accurately express its intention of celebration. In any event, it caused confusion.

I decided to try to restate the song by celebrating the young woman's growth as a human bein. Where she was once a young rebellious punk rock woman, she has followed her interests and is now has a PhD and helps people. 

Like me, she grew up in public, but she was the last of a generation that would grow up in printed word, as opposed as electronic media. 

Daisy's Revenge is simple, write your own rulebook. No need to explain, justify, or follow others. You are your own leader.

DAISY’S REVENGE

There was a time I was unaware

I’d lock my gaze on everything and glare

For no other reason than my will to be free

There was no power higher than the power in me

No need to justify

Or tell the truth when you look them in the eye

It’s our future, we have the tools

Might be there game but we make the rules.

In measured steps I’d play for time

In metered texts I’m looking for a rhyme

These riddles never made sense.

If I can’t break down walls, I’ll jump the fence

CD track 4

EP side two/ track one

Released on Concrete Jungle Records, Germany (click here)

Released August 3, 2012

The Fastst Kid Alive (Backstory)

the title
the skateboards
the first cover idea
the barefoot bandit

The Fastest Kid Alive- Peace Don't Cost a Thing

The Fastest Kid Alive- Branded

The Fastest Kid Alive- No Child Left Behind

The Fastest Kid Alive- Tokyo Au-Go-Go