Sometimes I get commissioned to write a silly song for someone. It happens most often for birthdays. Sometimes it’s for someone I care about. But sometimes it’s for someone that someone I care about cares about (but I don’t really know). All are bonkers. On one occasion I have produced…
Author: Dirtsmith
#01 - Things I Believe are Sacred
A Wonderful Day in Photos
Pebbles! Avarice / Dilemma Chores Setting the Post / Applied Nautical Technology Dusted Out (note Applied Nautical Technology – guy wire stabilization) Free Second-Hand Mixer (Refurbished by Ironhorse) / Stabilizing Form with Concrete That’s what you want to see! Post Set in Concrete / Added Rubble Dinner / Sacred Origin…
#02 - Things to Consider
A Hill High Enough To Require Further Explanation
I wrote A Hill High Enough and tossed a rough demo out into the world in about a day and a half (that’s very fast for me). It felt important to set it free immediately, at this moment. I was prompted to do so by feelings of dread and dismay….
#02 - Things to Consider
A Hill High Enough – A Song of Protest
A Hill High Enough I am apolitical (I believe all politics is a futile waste of life and energy at this point), and to preserve my own mental health I no longer follow the “news.” But the big stuff filters through. A Hill High Enough is a song that attempts…
#01 - Things I Believe are Sacred
Elysium (III) – In Praise of Mediocrity
[Read Elysium (1) & Elysium (II) | For a discussion of the term ‘Mediocrity’ as applied, see Why Should You Celebrate Mediocrity?] As a human who has cast upon the waters many wholehearted offerings to Society and never caught the fish, as someone who always felt misaligned with the zeitgeist,…