So, I am a rabid This American Life fan. I tear through the podcasts like a maniac....devouring them mercilessly. So when they announced a cover song contest, I jumped at the chance to combine two of my favorite things: cover songs and This American Life.

The concept was to take a song written (lyrically) by Starlee Kine and (musically) Joe McGinty and Julia Greenberg, and remix or cover it or just kind of go nuts with it. (listen to their version here) Then they had some judges sift through them and pick their favorites. Turns out some of the judges ended up really digging mine, which is very, very cool. It was ranked 1 by two of the five judges and Starlee Kine ranked it 5. One of the judges who ranked my version 1 is the co-host of another one of my favorite podcasts, Sound Opinions, which is a weekly rock and roll talk show that's featured a lot of my favorite current bands. So, all in all, I'm really thrilled and really honored.

If you don't already to subscribe to their podcasts, you should. Oh and you can check out the rest of the entries here.