Brian Risk's Blog » Music http://brianrisk.com Can it be? Mon, 02 Jan 2012 05:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 We are Graveyard Fields http://brianrisk.com/we-are-graveyard-fields/ http://brianrisk.com/we-are-graveyard-fields/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:30:10 +0000 Brian Risk http://brianrisk.com/?p=625 Graveyard Fields: a favorite of the Blueridge Parkway. Kind of a magical spot with wide, open spaces in an area normally packed with trees. There is not much dirt between the sky and solid rock and this depth is cut right to the quick by a stream running through the park which rolls into waterfalls and swimming holes.

We’ve had out eyes out for a new band name for a while. Though the sentiment behind “Coverhogs” is good (one who steals covers from another) people thought we were a cover band or had something to do with Harleys. It’s important to me to have an ourname.com, and when I found that graveyardfields.com was not taken that was that.

We are now, and will be, Graveyard Fields.

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  • Get away from me, crazy owner woman (a cat’s tale)
  • Laughing in your sleep
  • the first day of snakes
  • spitting blood

All those phrases waltzed into my head while lying as still as possible. Yesterday was the first day of snakes, by the way. I knew it would be. There they were in all their usual hiding places, curled up on exposed roots.

I thought that maybe if I write a really sleepy sounding song then it will make me sleepy. Not true, but I did end up making something like what you would find at one of those Target listening booths titled something like “Sounds of Slumber”.

]]> http://brianrisk.com/singing-in-your-sleep/feed/ 1 It’s Killing Time http://brianrisk.com/its-killing-time/ http://brianrisk.com/its-killing-time/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:59:15 +0000 Brian Risk http://brianrisk.com/?p=585 Killing Time by me and Billy Sugarfix. Special thanks to Rick Rubin.

]]> http://brianrisk.com/its-killing-time/feed/ 0 God Also Yearns http://brianrisk.com/god-also-yearns/ http://brianrisk.com/god-also-yearns/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:24:49 +0000 Brian Risk http://brianrisk.com/?p=566 Stephen Colbert told his audience to NOT remix his audio, specifically chapter 7 of his book I Am America and So Can You titled “Homosexuals”. Billy and I worked up this one minute long track using audio from that chapter and Billy set it to video using archive footage. (You may want to check out Sugarfix Mix to see more examples of Billy’s work.)

If you want to vote for this video, you want to click on the little green thumbs-up button on this page.

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]]> http://brianrisk.com/voices-jam-pack/feed/ 1 Thrifstore Drifter Video http://brianrisk.com/thrifstore-drifter-video/ http://brianrisk.com/thrifstore-drifter-video/#comments Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:29:05 +0000 Brian Risk http://brianrisk.com/thrifstore-drifter-video/ The lyric-author for Thrift Store Drifter rolled in with a home-grown video!

]]> http://brianrisk.com/thrifstore-drifter-video/feed/ 1 My Little Porcupine http://brianrisk.com/my-little-porcupine/ http://brianrisk.com/my-little-porcupine/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:40:51 +0000 Brian Risk http://brianrisk.com/my-little-porcupine/ This is the song I and Mer wished they had been working on in Music and Lyrics. It’s the first recording done with new mic, guitar and all. The thrown-togetherness really comes through in excellent clarity.

Who am I ripping off here? Springsteen? Niel Diamond? Crooked Fingers? Wait a bloody second… Now that I think about it, it sounds, melody-wise, a little like “Borderline” by Mrs. Ciccone-Ritchie.

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Listen to: Eatin’ Poutine.

i love you more than ketchup
i love you more than hollandaise
i love you more than vinegar
i love you more than mayonnaise

when i look in your eyes
there comes a shocking surprise
you know I just cant disguise
I love those gravy and fries

The only thing that I love in this world more than you
is eatin’ poutine

baby, you’re the best
second only to a condiment
you know that you’re soooo good!
right after my comfort food

…

you can call me crazy
call me anything
if there’s one thing that I mean
don’t get between me and poutine

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