Things You Should Know

Posted in life, music, nerdery on December 16th, 2008 by jared

My house is currently a wreck.  Among the numerous Christmas decorations, are an expensive cardioid microphone, an 8 channel mixer (neither of which is mine), numerous cables, guitars, amps, effects pedals, etc.  Why is all this here?  My wife and I have been asked to record an album to give to my family for Christmas.  We were going to do it last year, but for whatever reason, we didn’t.  We’ve laid down three tracks so far, and it’s been a blast.  We’ve chosen a pretty awesome set list:

Come Thou Fount
Window -  Damien Jurado
Yankee Bayonet and Shankhill Butchers – The Decemberists
Killing the Blues – John Prine
In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine
When the Stars Go Blue – Ryan Adams
Casimir Pulaski Day – Sufjan Stevens
Moonshiner – Uncle Tupelo
To Make You Feel My Love – Bob Dylan

Yeah, I know.  They’re all over the place.  The only theme holding them together is they are mostly duets (with the exception of Moonshiner).

The Christmas season is upon us, which means my favorite time of year is here.  Work is slow.  Lights are up.  It’s cold.  And presents are coming.  Christmas takes me back to my childhood.  I used to lay awake at night, wondering what wondrous gifts I’d be receiving.  Not a lot has changed, aside from the fact that I now realize why we have this wondrous holiday and I try not to let the presents overshadow that.

If you haven’t in a while.  Check out my photostream at Flickr.  I’ve been doing a little urban exploration.  Let me know what you think.

Sorry it’s been so long since my last post.

I hope everyone has a blessed Christmas.  God bless.

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