Author Archives: John

I like to write songs, and one day I hope to record or publish them. For now, I’m doing demos in my basement and learning Logic Express!

Vol. 4: “Lost Horizons” Gin Blossoms

“She had nothing left to say, so she said she loved me. And I stood there grateful for the lie.” –Doug Hopkins Amazon.com Widgets Right after Cobain and Company turned the music industry on its ear in the early 90’s, a slew of bands were signed instantly just for having  the slightest stink of grunge […]

Vol. 3: “Love in the First Degree” Alabama

“They’re prisons Jerry! Man-made prisons!” –Cosmo Kramer on Marriage Amazon.com Widgets As a child of the 80’s I’m sure that readers who were not raised on country music early in that decade may not get this week’s selection. That’s okay, it only makes the hooks in this song overlooked enough to be featured in this […]

Vol. 2: “Every Day is Like Sunday” Morrissey

“I was never young. This idea of fun: cars, girls, saturday night, bottle of wine… to me, these things are morbid. I was always attracted to people with the same problems as me. It doesn’t help when most of them are dead.” — Morrissey Amazon.com Widgets Last week we looked at a Brian Wilson composition, […]

Vol. 1: “Funky Pretty” by The Beach Boys

Brian Wilson excerpt