Songs I Bet You Never Knew I Worked On

Hey gang! Here’s a weird story about two songs that I bet you never knew I worked on!

the trouble with terkel poster songsAbout six years ago, I was commissioned to work on two songs for an English-language version of an animated film from Denmark. It was called Terkel I Knibe (Terkel in Trouble). The task was pretty unique. The movie had two songs that had been produced in Danish that needed to be re-sung, re-produced, and translated with as much humor as possible into English.  I got to see the whole movie, but more than half of the dialogue was still in Danish. A stream of bizarre, outrageous, half-understood, and obscene animated images paraded before my eyes so I could get a feel for the tone. And then I did the job! I made Americanized versions of “Mr. Cool” and “F*** Off and Die.”

SIX YEARS LATER

The movie is finally coming to America! It’s been renamed The Trouble with Terkel and has already scored a spot in the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.  It’s also making a west coast debut at the Laemmle Noho 7 on February 3rd at 10pm. . I’ll be there, and it would be cool if you were too! Be warned though; just because this is an animated movie about kids does not mean it is for kids. It is a hard R with some rau-au-au-unchy stuff. Raunchy stuff. The aforementioned “trouble,” that the protagonist, “Terkel,” is “in” is both disturbing and profound. But I’ll be singing in it for a couple of minutes, so it’s all ok!

tl;dr I made two songs for this movie that’s playing at the Laemmle NoHo 7 on 02/03/17!

For full details and tickets, check out the theater’s site: https://www.laemmle.com/films/41866


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admin, January 21st 2017 | Tags: , , , , ,
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Live Pretty Oddcast at Stan Lee’s Comikaze!

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Have you heard about the podcast I started last year? It’s called Pretty Oddcast, and it’s a travel show for weirdness. Lindsey Floyd and I have recorded 25 episodes, but the really big news is that our next episode will be a LIVE recording at Stan Lee’s Comikaze Expo. It’s a comic book and pop culture convention like Comic-Con, only less crowded and way better.

Our panel will be in Room 506 at 5:30pm on Saturday, October 31st. Halloween! So dress up, hang out, and party down with us!

You can catch up with our earlier episodes on PrettyOddcast.com, iTunes, Stitcher and wherever fine podcasts are sold (it’s free).

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admin, October 18th 2015 | Tags: , , , , , ,
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Photos for my Ego

Ever since I started performing with Diana Van de Kamp, my action photo collection has drastically improved. I also picked up a nice impromptu, unshaven headshot and found an old one I’ve never used. Why not make a super vain post in the guise of thanking these kind people for their pictures?10300161_10100764903599002_2997867654889613149_n

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Photos by Vaughn Murray, Diana van de Kamp (x2), Marina Meza, Ian Michaels, Mike Carano, and Alex Montilla.

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admin, March 22nd 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , , , ,
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The After Disaster Christmas (Live at the Brea Improv)

I’ve beeafterxmas2n asked to play some of my goofy-ass songs to open for alive podcast, but not just any live podcast. It is the After Disaster (formerly The Loveline After Disaster, but they were stripped of the association for their avant garde ways), which I became aware of because they often record their outrageous podcasts in the studio where I work (The Loveline Studio). Calling it “outrageous” is no hyperbole either as there are several reasons to be outraged with the (often hilarious) content of this podcast. While on-air, the three hosts (Mike Carano, Anderson Cowan and Tyler White) have nearly killed themselves, each other and one of their wives in the name of comedy (and they weren’t even angry).

It’s a big deal for me to A) Be playing a big-ass major club like the Brea Improv (Hello, Improvs, it’s been a while) and B) Be opening for the most unique and compelling tragi-comedic, under-planned, excessively db’d, inside-joke-plagued, mall-grabbing, weapon-wielding, gift-craving, not-really-racist, anger/anxiety/callback-riddled, very famous podcast sagas that shouldn’t have existed in the first place, but luckily does.

If you don’t know it, you should look it up at www.theafterdisaster.com. All the live show info can be found there and on the flier to the left, which I assume was made by one Scott Clark.

So, what I’m trying to say is this; it would be rad if you came. Also, if you haven’t caught me on stage this year, this set will be all new songs (with a reworked oldie or two).

 

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admin, December 7th 2014 | Tags: , , , , ,
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Song Blog: “Rock Discreetly”

It’s Rock O’Clock. Time for a song blog. Why this song, you ask? Because I think it’s the only song on my two albums that has never been performed live. I’ve played the acoustic intro, but the rest of it is beyond my live acoustic set up with all the drums, vocal layers and surf guitar. That’s kind of sad though, because it really captures a lot of my feelings, especially the “Fuck you, I’m going to make whatever sounds I want, even if they’re annoying” one.

I usually try to avoid curse words in recorded versions, because I hate making ‘clean edits,’ but since this yummy number had no potential as a single, I didn’t bother. This song isn’t all that funny, except for the fact that it’s loud and annoying for the sake of being loud and annoying, which I also think, really sums up my stage personality. That’s the opposite of my off-stage personality, which makes this song a real peek into the depths of my complexity. I’m so deep. I’m such a deep, intriguing person that he song right after this one is “Handjobs and Driving.”

This song was inspired by wanting to rock whilst other people, roommates, neighbors, cellmates and the like were trying to sleep and not owning a proper studio. Also, it’s a response to their complaints. All in all, a pretty self-explanatory song with silly voices.

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