Texas by Super Famicom

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Like the state, I considered this album to be diverse and expansive, full of inside jokes and easter eggs. Its tracks were recorded in a number of places, using a lot of different stuff. Some are hits, and others are just silly, the kind of stuff you'd expect on an edgy cd's "hidden" track. In 2007, you could get away with calling it experimental. This is also my Super Famicom album with the most guest appearances. Maybe if you listen really hard, you'll hear yourself on it. The original cds were released on a short-lived label from the Kansas City area, called Red Chair Records. I might have chosen a less obvious, less wholesome album art. But you know how it is. You have to support these kids when they want to start their record label, even if they do jump the gun on the art for Your album. Cause you never know. Maybe they'll get really big and Not forget they ever knew about you.

Super Famicom split with Real Live Tigers

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Upon first listen, I was a fan of Tony Presley's Real Live Tigers. I liked what he was going for, and we became fast friends, and did this split cd. Among twenty or so songs written and recorded in the same way in the same place, I hoped these few had the coolest vibes, representing more of what I was really going for. Ohio's famed Tract Records was putting out a cd-r of this, after all. And I also wanted Tony to think my songs were cool. I had to get the art for this from discogs, and I got to do the inside stuff (which you can find at discogs), which was a half-assed painting and a random photo of a tiger. I guess I kind of phoned it in, so I should probably remember that everytime I think of others going limp on me. But from here on out, I'm going to put maximum effort into every pixel of album art. Mark my words.

Super Famicom split with LA Beard Club

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The LA Beard Club was a musical project of a guy named Daniel Mueller, from California, probably LA. He was a total stranger who asked me if I, with Super Famicom, would do a split with him. I said that would be cool. It was 2007, and I was interested in doing what I could to help beginners get 'out there', the way I was 'out there'. My songs were all quickly recorded in my parents' basement, around the time that I did Emily Songs 2. There was a back room at the Red Herring Vegetarian Restaurant in Champaign, IL. That was where I did most of the singing and playing that went into the writing of these songs. I think there was someone who worked up stairs who didn't like that I did that. At the time I was really into writing lyrics at diners, and my songs were kind of goofy, and I used a very cool fake accent. The cd covers on hand-colored copy paper, wrapped in laminate, so I wouldn't say they're all of equal quality.

Emily Songs 2 by Super Famicom

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The spring of 2007 was a time of some severe ups and downs. There was something in the insert of this cd about how Emily and I had broken up before I finished this album. That's the truth. At the time, I really believed in seeing things through, and I was a little sore about having ruined my life for the sake of a relationship that wasn't worth it. Sometimes I chalk it up to my issues with self-worth. These songs were recorded in my parents' basement while they were probably sleeping. I didn't have a sleep schedule.

Super Famicom split with My Bicycle Emergency

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At the same time I moved back to Jacksonville, my buddy Wilson moved back to his hometown of Winchester, which was nearby. He also played guitar and had a solo project called My Bicycle Emergency. We hung out a lot and did some tours together. It made perfect sense for us to do a split cd, so we did. The cover art was done by a real southern guy named Chris Mantle, who Wilson and I met on our first tour together.

Everybody Else in My Band is Romantic by Super Famicom

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In the fall of 2006, it was an imperative that, if I were to remain Emily's boyfriend, that I would need to go back to school and get a good job, and support her financially until her career as an opera singer took off. FYI, I don't think she did find a career in vocal performance. The only school I could afford to go to was Illinois College, where my dad worked and got me some free classes. So I moved back to my hometown. Most of my friends had moved away, and I no longer had a room at my parents' house. I slept on the old couch in the unfinished part of the basement. I was very depressed about this bad decision, and wrote songs about death. With my music, I didn't want to do what it took to attract the younger crowd of new scenesters. In fact, for a long time, I'd wanted to write music for grown-ups and hipsters. The only way I could figure to do that was to start singing with a weird, fake accent. So I did, and it worked. As a cool freak folker, I got a label called Tract Records to put out this cd.