Category Archives: Describing An Arc

String theory

Posted on 26/12/2011 by rick

As reported last post, I’ve arrived at a release date for both the remastered Luminous City and the first of the two Arc albums. While parts continue to roll in from assorted dots on the Northeast Seaboard and beyond, I … Continue reading →

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You’re gonna cry.. 96 tears..

Posted on 19/11/2011 by rick

As I was saying before I was interrupted… — Jack Paar Not quite. Yes, there were interruptions aplenty, but I don’t know that they were necessarily rude, and some actually made me some money. Even so, I need to catch … Continue reading →

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If there’s anything I enjoy better than doing something once

Posted on 10/09/2011 by rick

… it’s doing it twice. For a while now I’ve been in thrall of the two albums Jem Godfrey and his cronies released under the collective name Frost*, Milliontown and Experiments in Mass Appeal. Lately I’ve been A/B-ing these albums … Continue reading →

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A taste of Over The Curve

Posted on 23/07/2011 by rick

In part to convince everyone that I am still making music after all, and in part to convince myself, here’s a track from the next @Fulcrum record to whet all our appetites. By design, it’s not the best fidelity—but is … Continue reading →

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Lyrics added.. fear the power of the thesaurus

Posted on 02/06/2011 by rick

  So I’m stoked. This is beginning to resemble a real Rock Band Web Site now that I’ve added the Luminous City lyrics to the hierarchy—as though I don’t go out of my way already to make the words listenable … Continue reading →

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A few (OK, more than a few) notes on the new album

Posted on 09/05/2011 by rick

I usually save this sort of reflection for one day a year: my birthday in April. Even so, one morning in October I woke up thinking about this, and felt like examining. Never got around to publishing it till now, … Continue reading →

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Good things, bad things, and chains

Posted on 19/12/2009 by rick

With the whiteout conditions out of doors, I canceled my trip to Woodstock this weekend and decided to continue working on the next @Fulcrum record. It has turned into an arduous affair, this recording. Today I got tired of the … Continue reading →

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With CAPE behind me..

Posted on 16/11/2009 by rick

.. I can concentrate on new musical projects. Finally. First up on my desk is tracking for the next @Fulcrum record, a loosely-connected 70-odd minute description of the rise and fall of a relationship that may or may not involve … Continue reading →

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This thing isn’t on… is it?

Posted on 07/04/2008 by rick

So, m’kay, I’ve been having a bitch of a time posting anything to my blog at MySpace under any circumstances. I wanted to rant and rave about the show I recorded the other night– with the microphone turned the wrong … Continue reading →

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