August 2009
5 posts
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July 2009
5 posts
June 2009
2 posts
6/2/09 - “Printed Things”
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So I didn’t write a new song today but I did make this video of a keyboard version of “Printed Things.” It’s one of my hollygorock tunes. This will have to qualify as a daily song. You’ll notice one weird jump cut before the guitar solo part. Yeah. I couldn’t play it all the way through in one take.
May 2009
11 posts
5/28/09 - “Academic”
once, i wanted to be an astronaut.
i even went to space camp with my cousin.
once, i wanted to be a rock star.
i even played on the same stage as weezer.
once, i wanted to be a grad student.
but i’m not an academic in the slightest.
once, i wanted to be a songwriter.
so i signed up for this blog and got started.
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This was supposed to be the...
I like the fact that I played a game called Legend of the Red Dragon.
2400 bits per second off of a Hayes Smartmodem.
To be honest, I was a Death Knight, no skills in the Mystical.
Ten forest fights per day, and it’s best to connect at midnight.
Legend of the Red Dragon.
Legend of the Red Dragon.
I’d hit on Violet and get violent and befriend Seth Able.
And turn the tables on...
Ambien. It makes me call tech support. But I don’t mind, half the time I spend online is trying to find the same thing.
Back in time, still writing in Usenet groups. Alcohol, skater kids, and cover songs. Embarrassing mid-90s.
Oh, we’ll always believe. We believe in indecency.
We never got lost, we never got cross, we never got tired, we saw some porn, but we grew bored before...
everyone will know my name when i turn 16.
they will buy my new cassette tape when i turn 16.
they might even utilize the new program that i wrote in VB (which i stole from bill gates) when i turn 16.
i forgot the name of my first prodigy account
and i can’t even remember when i signed up for compuserve.
everyone will know my name when i turn 16.
i will get a nice plane and...
play this backwards.
hear the messages.
check my websites and you’ll see every microblog.
i’ll make a unique blog.
cater to communities.
technology is burning me.
thank god for backwards compatibility.
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So this is the first day of the new blog. Thanks to Josh Hillyer and Josh LaFayette for inspiring me to do this. Word. Backwards Compatibility by Nick’s Daily Song