Video: Lottery Tickets

Been practicing so that I can record a proper banjo track for the Red Eyed Johnny fellahs.

Grant Thomas, Return of the June Bug

Last week, my buddy Grant Thomas dropped his annual album of b-sides, demos, and alternative takes - The Return of the June Bug. It includes 3 tracks from our collaboration, redeyedjohnny, a few tracks he recorded during the RPMChallenge last February, and assorted …

Inbound: The Boston Comics Roundtable Anthology

A little while back Alexander Danner and I collaborated on a short story "Lending Can Openers." Turns out that the folks as The Boston Comics Roundtable has printed it up in their first issue of their anthology series, Inboundhttp://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.34.0.1/theme/silver/palette.gif); background-color: transparent; visibility: visible; width: 14px; height: 12px; background-position: -1158px 0pt; background-repeat: no-repeat; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top; display: inline;" src="http://i.ixnp.com/images/v3.34.0.1/t.gif" />. There's also a bonus page in there that's …

Great Rainbow in the Sky (Cover)

A couple weeks past, my buddy Grant Thomas posted an early take of his song Great Rainbow in the Sky along with chords and lyrics. I'm kinda infatuated with how folks can write songs that don't depend on rhyming and still make it sound like a proper song. I took a crack …

With Gain

http://www.fabricari.com/music/with-gain.mp3

It wasn't long ago my buddy nvonflue commented on all the folksey acoustic shit we'd been grinding out, asking "so, where's the rock?"

After dumping half the contents of my basement, my old electric guitar surfaced. I cleaned …

I'd name it if it had lyrics...

http://www.fabricari.com/music/with-gain-2.mp3

OK, forget that last one I posted, this one's a full song and much much better, I think. My arm's killin' me, but I think it was worth the finished product. I'm not really well practiced on the electric guitar, but I tried …

Misc Stuff and Season 2 of Video Fabricari Uploaded

As I write this, I'm relaxing to some tunes on a Pandora station seeded with Mark Knopfler's music.

Jeremy finally grew into Guitar Hero this weekend. He learned what it means to rock out and throw the horns. It was hilarious hearing him sing "Story of My Life" - a short …

Last Chance Fabricari Book Sale

Update: Thanks to everyone who ordered. I shipped 'em out today. Now to go clean out that basement! Yay!

As I mentioned earlier, I'm cleaning house. This means I'll be dumping my Fabricari comic inventory that I've lugged with me for the last 10 years. But before they …

Babel, Pages 1 and 2

I'm hesitant to call this my "new" project, but here are some pages never-the-less:


I'll adjust this template to fit the art more efficiently once I figure out what it is I'm really doing. For now, best to click on the images to see the details.

Finger Picking Practice

http://fabricari.com/music/finger-picking-20080430.mp3

Just a 30 second recording of some practice finger picking on the guitar. Fingers are raw and confused now.

New Guitar: We Both Go Down Together

http://fabricari.com/music/we-both-go-down-together.mp3

Intent on renewing my interest in playing the guitar I traded up my old junker guitar for a new one. I thought I'd break it in with a song I was listening to today. Colin Meloy's new live album has renewed my …

New Music: Nothin' Better to Do (Revisited)

http://fabricari.com/music/nothin-better-to-do-2.mp3

This is probably the only song I've ever written that I like. It might have something to do with the fact that it's honest despite the simple lyrics. I wrote this for my son Jeremy last summer on 4th of July. We stayed …

Frailing Banjo: Springtime Medley

It's Springtime, my spirits are lifted, and I thought I'd mesh a few uplifing songs together: Wildwood Flower, Red River Valley, and Cripple Creek. I guess I'm chuckling because I know those high notes are way out of my range, but you know that don't stop me. :D

Sketch Dump 4/14/08

I'm not quite in that place where I can take on a serious comic project, however, I'd like to experiment some with these Babel comics. I'm going to try to make a series of it. I think some very interesting story-telling can be accomplished.

Frailing Banjo: The Coo Coo

I took a crack at playing "The Coo Coo."

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