January 23, 2016

Three musical practices at our house I'm thankful we instituted:
1. Record every show I play in;
2. Collect at least one recording of every band we hear live;
3. Put our entire collection (including the live stuff) on a hard drive and play it on shuffle.
This means that on top of the stuff everyone our age has, we have a large and diverse mix of mostly recent, mostly local sounds that we can't always identify without looking. "What a great song! Who is that?" It is not yet any of these, but that doesn't mean it won't be:

California Redemption Value
Shines a spotlight on mundane commercial or legal language and transforms the meaning. Does California have value, and can it be redeemed?

Death Muffins
The perfect balance of inevitability and comfort; or, an endearment for your goth sweetheart.

Flamingosis
Now we know what to call it when you find your yard has been invaded by lawn flamingos.

Kaos n Kunfusion
There are never enough K words, so I approve these chaotic and confused spellings. This also gets my vote for the title for the next installment of Get Smart, the great spy comedy of my childhood, in which the nemesis organization was KAOS.

Never Shout Never 
An idiomatic expression with the volume turned up!