Today’s track is a wee rave-up version of “I Fall in Love too Easily,” by Jule Styne and Mr. Sammy Cahn. The tune was originally launched by a boyish Frank Sinatra in the film Anchors Aweigh in 1945 (herewith, a…
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Bean Curd
by Cecil Vortex • • 1 Comment
It’s one thing when an adult calls one other adult, “Baby.”
But it’s a whole other can of bean curd when an adult calls one other adult, “Babies.”
“What’s happening, Babies?” he said to one other adult. And all hell broke loose.
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Virtual LP: Wallabees Are Back
by Cecil Vortex • • 1 Comment
A crazy long time ago, one of my brothers gave me lyrics to a song about Clark-brand Wallabees. Wallabees were the preferred shoe-wear of Vortices in the ’70s. Their return to the scene had upset him. I set those words…
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Virtual LP: Over You
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It’s been a little bit since the last addition to the virtual lp. This one is a cover of an obscure-ish velvet underground song, featuring Ira Vortex on bass, and Shonny Vortex helping out with back up vocals. Recorded last…
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Happy Crazy-Clown-Wig-Hat Day
by Cecil Vortex • • 0 Comments
Younger: “Why are you wearing a clown wig?”Older: (with implied duh) “Today’s ‘Crazy Hat Day.’”Younger: “Oh my God!!” (panicked exeunt) And what about you? Did you remember to wear your crazy hat today?
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People Fish
by Cecil Vortex • • 1 Comment
The kids wrote “people fish exist” in chalk on the driveway and I don’t know if that means “people, fish exist” or “people-fish exist.” But there’s a big difference there.
Million-Dollar Ideas
Million-dollar idea gone bust
by Cecil Vortex • • 1 Comment
I had a brilliant new movie idea go awry this past weekend — I tried to cross “Three Men and a Baby” with “Two and a Half Men” and ended up with “Two and Three-Quarters Men and a Half a…
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Electricity
by Cecil Vortex • • 2 Comments
I don’t mean to brag, but the electricity in this coffee shop is just exceptional. My screen is showing colors I’ve never seen before. Silver-Red? What the hell is that?! My keyboard is warm. The CD eject button is borderline…
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Hippies
by Cecil Vortex • • 1 Comment
I’m talking with politics with my son (who has a heart as big as the outdoors) and he says, innocently enough, “Hippies are people who don’t live anywhere and sneak into people’s backyard, right?” So, OK, he’s pro-hippie now. We’ve…
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Virtual LP: Single-Cell Critter & The Reuben Kincaid
by Cecil Vortex • • 0 Comments
A little twist in the ongoing Virtual LP story this week. After a few years of recording fun, including collaborations with swell folks like Yaniv Soha, Jake Vortex and the notorious eb, MC DD von H, Shonny Vortex, Power Vortex,…
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Comparing Compressor Recipes for Vimeo and YouTube
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I spent a little time the other day running several different Compressor recipes so I could compare different compression options. I thought I’d share the results here, in case they’re of use to other folks on the interwebs. And of…
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New Movie: A Visit to the Olive Operation
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I posted a different kind of movie (for me) over the weekend — a 4 minute micro-documentary in which my buddy Joel and I get a tour of our pal Kirk’s chicken house followed by a look at how Kirk…
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Virtual LP: I Cook It 2 It
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Here’s another track for Der Virtual LP in a blatant attempt to capitalize on the recent media frenzy surrounding Ira and my cover of “Welcome to the Working Week.” This one’s called “I Cook It 2 It” and it’s, well,…

