First and foremost, thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered my new album, A Badly Broken Code. I know that 2009 wasn’t flush for most folks, and there are a lot of other ways to spend $12.99. Now, down to details. I’ve just sent off an email to Ander Other, our trusty intern, about the live broadcast that’s associated with … Read More
Video and the Radio Star: A Delicate Ceasefire
Last night, we finished filming for my second music video. We shot in the woods of Fort Snelling, flood lights trained on a bend of desolate road. Directed by Todd Cobery. Shot by Bo Hakala. Cameraphone image snapped by My Roommate (Thanks Jaclyn).
This Is It.
Well, this is it. I’ve spent the last few years writing and recording to try and produce an album I’m proud of. I came up with a collection of 15 tracks titled A Badly Broken Code. Doomtree has spent infinite hours, and most of our finite dollars, to support this album. For the first time in our history we’re … Read More
Earning my Miller Light
Got a little mention on the New York Times site today. Feeling fancy. May just be drinking from a plastic champagne flute this evening. http://tiny.cc/Pf0Oa
From the vault.
Cleaning up my files today, I found the mixing notes that I made about Doomtree’s 2008 self-titled release. I’m not sure what the first sentence referred to. The second second is the irrepressibly, Puritanical me. INTRO The line about POS that shows up at the start of the song may give listeners the wrong impression, in that no other performers … Read More
Fact Check.
Oh man. I just got a list of questions from the fact checker at Minnesota Monthly magazine. The fact checking process is pretty standard fare: you talk to a reporter then somebody from that reporter’s office contacts you to make sure that your statements were captured accurately. Nonetheless, some of the questions in this round were pretty stellar. 1. You … Read More
Birthdays and 12 steppers.
The new Whitney Houston album is out. I’ve heard snippets of it on the radio, but I don’t think I can listen to the record in its entirety. If it’s garbage, it’ll just kill me. Somehow in the murky years of childhood, my impression of Whitney Houston became inextricably linked to my understanding of my mother. They looked sort of … Read More
Dessa in Duluth.
I’m writing with a characteristically light-night announcement about an uncharacteristically early performance this evening. At 7 p.m. tonight, I’ll be speaking at Saint Scholastica in Duluth. The topic of the address: “Hip Hop and Human Dignity.” The address of the topic: 2100 Kenwood Ave. I’ll be in the lecture hall in the main auditorium. Tickets are five dollars. Singles would … Read More
Oh, Now this is just ridiculous.
I’ve always been pretty reluctant to chime in on the ‘body issue’ topics that female artists are asked to comment on. It seems like there’s already more than enough discussion on image and the inflated role it plays in our culture. Nonetheless, this ad riled me up. I mean come the fuck on. I give in. Bring on the … Read More
Dessa at the Cedar
The Walker Art Center was kind enough to ask me to play at one of their events–I intend on pouring my PBR into a champagne flute for the occasion. I’ll be performing on Wednesday at the Cedar Cultural Center with a new little quartet, pictured below.