Hollywood – A Pretty (Apocalyptic) Song

Hollywood – A Pretty (Apocalyptic) Song

I’m not sure why exactly, but so much of the music I have created over the years has evaporated into the digital void. (Actually there is a lot of it in the analog void as well, going all the way back to the first songs I ever wrote and recorded on a tape deck four-track).

But every now and then I stumble over a song I forgot I even recorded; a song with lyrics and structure I don’t even remember because at some point I decided I didn’t like it anymore and stopped playing it entirely. And sometimes it is even a beautiful song. This may be the nicest vocal recording I have ever managed to produce.

Please enjoy this song. It’s Pretty. It’s Pretty Apocalyptic (in a whimsical way). Written on a rooftop in Buenos Aires in the springtime of youth, recorded in a home studio at the peak of vocal tonality, discarded in the doldrums of midlife disappointment. Now renewed through a realist Celebration of Mediocrity.

Hollywood – A Pretty (Apocalyptic) Song

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Hollywood – A Pretty (Apocalyptic) Song

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