FEBURARY 4

Most of Day Three’s morning was spent filling out paperwork for BMI on the ten songs for this pig. I’m not sure I understand all the ins-and-outs of it; but as long as I keep my track record of not making a dime off my songs intact, I think I should be ok.

It was interesting to see that someone on XM Radio had been playing one of my Christmas songs, so I should be seeing check worth well over three dollars in about a year. I got that going for me.


After a fine lunch, prepared by my career woman wife, of some sort of vegetable, noodle and what might have been chicken (or at least some winged thing) soup; I put the finishing touches on ROOT HOG OR DIE. Of course, Julie Brummer must be thanked for the song, but not given so much credit that she gets to beat me out of any BMI money….

ROOT HOG OR DIE

THE GROUNDHOG SAW HIS SHADOW TODAY

BUT HE NEVER SAW ME COMING

I INTERRUPTED HIS LITTLE MORALITY PLAY

AND MIGHT HAVE WRECKED HIS PLUMBING

THERE WASN’T MUCH LEFT TO FILLET

BUT HELP YOURSELF ANYWAY


ANDIE MACDOWELL SAW HER SHADOW TODAY

SHE HADN’T BEEN OUTSIDE IN WEEKS

I HADN’T SEEN HER SINCE MUPPETS FROM SPACE

BUT I’M A BIG FAN OF ANTIQUES

I THINK OF HER WHENEVER GLENN CLOSE SPEAKS

JUST ANOTHER FLAVOR OF THE WEAK


(SOLO)

MY WIFE MADE ME A SANDWICH TODAY

SOMETHING THAT TASTED LIKE CHICKEN

I TRIED TO EAT IT EVERY WHICH WAY

BUT IT WAS LESS SANDWICH THAN WICCAN

SEZ JEAN BAPTISTE PIERRE ANTOINE DE MONET

WE ALL GET EATEN AWAY


The song has that droning feel to it, so I contacted a guy down in R.I. about playing some English Medieval bagpipe in G on it, but he was the kind of a dink that referred to himself as ’a Master of The Dance’ and wanted too much money. Like there’s a huge demand for bagpipers. I’ll probably just end up doing it on keyboards. Friggin ‘musicians’.


I agreed to tape an interview with The Notty Wood Show, on March 1st, which should coincide with the finished CD’s release and I did a quick, new mock-up for the CD front and back covers, but couldn’t remember where I got the photo from, so I’ll probably have to scrap that one.

 

And I managed to run through most of the songs for the Feb. 11th show with the band at night. Barring any Sr. moments, at least they have a passing familiarity with them when we try to video tape them. I wonder what my wife has planned for lunch today?…