Here's a chilling experiment: compare the average quality of all Beatles-era Ringo-authored songs (What Goes On, Don't Pass Me By, Octopus's Garden) with the average quality of the songs on Wingspan.

Wilco is the best band in America.

David Bowie is the best artist ever to be hit in the eye with a lollipop.

Final: Pistons 100, Lakers 87!

Continuing our journey through the Mimes back catalogue: Substitute Dream.

( The writing and recording process of Substitute Dream )

Turmeric is the devil's spice.

In other news, after a less-than-horrible experience viewing "The Prophecy", I rented "The Prophecy 2". Though it much pains me to say this, I think the movie -- which features Christopher Walken AND GLENN DANZIG -- still isn't worth seeing. *sigh*

Creed breaks up, but a band with such talent and vision will live forever in our hearts.

I don't have any new songs ready and I don't really enjoy discussing works-in-progress, so I thought I'd spend a little time going through my back catalogue. Next up: Dead Wrong.

( The writing and recording process of Dead Wrong )

Skipping Stones is now available for download. Hope that you enjoy.

( A brief description of the writing and recording process for the song )

Sometimes I wonder if my memories of my hometown have been twisted by hindsight. Every so often, though, I stumble upon concrete evidence that supports those memories. I present, for your pleasure, this week's edition of the Times-Indicator, Fremont's local newspaper. A pretty good picture of the town (with the exception of the religious zealotry) ( Read more... )

I was quite happy to see that quietsiege material is now online at download.com. The artistic integrity of the site has approximately quintupled. I'm especially glad to see -- horror of horrors -- a creative artist description. I'm currently straining to come up with a new one for myself.

"Skipping Stones" should be appearing on the Mimes page in the near ( Read more... )