Trying to Stop being Clever

I don't think I have ever been outraged at what I considered to be a racist comment by anyone on the internet. If I see a truly ignorant and shameful comment about a race or a group, I typically dismiss the commenter as just that: ignorant and shameful. I also find many of the people who cry "racist" to be ignorant or just caught up in their idea of what is right. In the exchange above I cried "racist!" only to get the ball rolling, I guess. I mean, based on what people consider to be racist these days, this definitely falls into that category. Not because it's insulting, but because it makes assumptions about a nationality (I've learned that the antiquated definition of the word "race" is now obsolete, and that racist doesn't have to deal with someone of one of the old-timey "races" of Caucasoid, Negroid and Mongoloid. People who post things like this know that someone is going to call it racist. As soon as they see it, they...

For our "wooden anniversary" I bought a birdhouse and a set of paints and brushes that we could use together. She got me these great wood-handled steak knives. Just after our "copper anniversary" we finally got around to painting it. Afterward she realized that, if we're going to put it outside, we would need to finish it with a lacquer or shellac to protect the paint. So we stopped in at Lowe's today before our shopping trip at Sam's Club. We found a can of shellac and bought it. On our way out we were passing the entrance door on the outside when a young guy came barreling out pushing a shopping cart with two Dyson vacuum cleaners in it. He almost ran into me. I said, "woah, excuse me" and he just kept charging by. I said, "hey, small child here!" when I noticed Delilah was not stopping to let him go by. I heard him say "sorry" but he kept going. I heard someone else around us say something, either to him or to us, but I c...

Some cover songs I've recorded in various states of cars and parking lots and bed. I do it for love. Click below for links to the YouTube videos. It's Time by Imagine Dragons Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men Little Black Submarines by The Black Keys Too Close by Alex Clare Ho Hey by The Lumineers I'll Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie She's Leaving Home by the Beatles Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park Madness by Muse (Rum&Coke version) Big Me by The Foo Fighters (cover by Orange Cones) Wait Wait Wait by Hanni El Khatib Lady Midnight by Leonard Cohen Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head by Burt Bacharach Unbelievers by Vampire Weekend Lovesong by The Cure Tired of Being Alone by Al Green You Are the Sunshine of my Life by Stevie Wonder Riptide by Vance Joy

Everything It's not so hard to say how I feel I make it too big of a deal If I could stand all night by your side Everything I dream about is everything you wake up as Everything I want is what you are If it's not too big of a deal I wonder what it's like Won't you take me there just for tonight? Everything I dream about is everything you wake up as Everything I want is what you are Guitar solo I guess it's not that big a deal to tell you what it's like So you're not everything just everything I like Everything I dream about is everything you wake up as Everything I want is what you are Audio on YouTube Copyright 2008 David DM Coutant

Sound If a tree falls in the woods and no one's around to hear it does it make a sound? Well, that depends on what you consider sound Sound is a vibration on the air that's picked up by the ear and perceived by the brain so if there's not an ear what does the vibration mean? If it's just a movement of the air until it hits an ear well, that's one way to look at it But if that's true then there is no sound on any other planets that we can see no matter what falls down cuz there's never anyone around It does all the things that make it sound except be perceived as sound but would it count if someone were to set up a tape recorder? If it's just a movement of the air until it hits an ear well, that's one way to look at it If I sang this song and no one was here would I make a sound? Well I guess I would cuz I'd be here, and I would hear / and I have ears If a tree falls in the woods and nobody's there it sti...

I Imagine So Do fishermen have fish talk? Everybody's got their slang I imagine so I imagine so Do better men have wish talk? It's all a plan I imagine so I imagine so Do people have a breaking point? Well let's find out I imagine so I imagine so I imagine so I imagine so and I want you to know the time and know that I won't hurt you and know the time, and know that I won't hurt you I imagine so Do tears ever stop working? Well tell her that I imagine so I imagine so I imagine so I imagine so Audio on YouTube Orange Cones live on YouTube Corduroy Lifejacket live on YouTube Copyright 2008 David DM Coutant

Papaya (I'll Thank You) Papaya, frozen moments in the bathtub Underwater I like the way it sounds in here My body's warming over down the hatch, the war is over I'd feel good if I felt at all Look for my pills, I'll thank you any way you say Look for my friends, I beg you anyway, anyway One more and now I'm settled Just one blanket, just one candle Just one more day to call my own And when the night is over if I wake up, starting over I'll start again with one more try Look for my pills, I'll thank you any way you say Look for my friends, I beg you anyway, anyway Guitar solo Look for my pills, I'll thank you any way you say Look for my friends, I beg you anyway, anyway Audio on YouTube Corduroy Lifejacket live on YouTube Copyright 2008 David DM Coutant