Fathers of Our Grandsons

Another new recording.
This song contains one of my favorite sentences I ever wrote: "Not everyone who's walking needs a ride from you; not everyone who's talking has nothing to hide from you."
Stephen H.

Welp...

I just baught a ticket to fly. The fifteenth of this month I'll be gathering my luggage from the conveyer belt, or however you spell that big word, and getting in my sisters car in the parking lot of Manchester Airport.
It's gonna be great coming home. I've really missed it. The California State Government is completely evil and wrong... Everyone here suffers because of it. And it's one of the most liberal states in America... How... Why... Is this possible?! The State workers here care more about the poor... More about the working-class citizens than anywhere else, and they're hardly inhibited by Republicans at all. Yet there's more poverty and homeless people here than anywhere else? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS PLACE IS A HELL-HOLE WHEN THE GOOD-GUYS ARE IN CHARGE?!! Probably Shcwarzenegger's fault, the dirty Republican (who's only been in office for a short time; not long enough to drastically effect the economy). I'm just being painfully sarcastic.
Ssssoooo.
I'll be recording again later today... I think I'll re-record Fathers of our Grandsons.
Stephen H.

New Songs

YEAH! I just recorded a song called Closer to Me. It's the Christian song I mentioned before.
I also recorded a love song called How do I Look at the Sun? which my brother Ben and I wrote over the phone about a half-a-year ago.
Both of these songs are now online at www.soundclick.com
I talked to my brother Bill yesterday. There's a phone in his dorm at Thomas More College. He wants me to join him there.... Veery tempting. I'm thinking of going next Fall, which is unfortunate. I won't be able to be the savior of the music industry; the one who revitalizes the common view of modern music. I won't be able to single-handedly bring the Catholic Faith to a status of number-one religion in America. I won't be able to be the first father of twelve to become a billionaire. I won't be able to be the first billionaire to give all of his estate away to his eccentric younger sister Teresa as a retirement gift.... Ahh, all these things, and the World will have to wait if Bill succeeds in seducing me into college... For four years, they'll just have to wait.
Listen to the songs! They're good.
Stephen H.

Swingin'

I went swing-dancing with my brother John, his fiance Aletheia and her coworker, and her little sister Mary.
I took a beginner's class first, and then danced. It was very very fun. Awesome. This morning I also went down to the Golden Gate park, where they have a swing-dance every Sunday morning and afternoon. That was also fun. I saw at least three people at both last night's and this morning's dance. If it weren't fifteen bucks a pop I'd be taking lessons all the time from now on. It was pretty much the most fun thing I could do with myself here in the city, other than perform. And in some ways, it's really great to get away from the artsy scene for an evening now and then.
I'm going to be going to meet Carey Elwis (he played Westley in Princess Bride) next month at the premier of the movie John Paul II, which is being put on my Ignatius Press, where John works. John's been crazy-busy designing the DVD cover and booklet for that movie. It's a pretty big deal. He's also been in contact with the director of the film, who will also be at the premier, along with John Voit (who plays JPII as an older man, following Carey Elwis's perfomance as the younger Carol.
It's pretty exciting.
I also wrote a very heart-felt Christian song for my neighbor. She told me that if I wrote her a song, she'd pay for two hours of recording time. Trouble is, I don't know if she's very Christian; hope she doesn't mind my subject matter.
Well, I'll keep all of everybody who's reading this updated, so keep reading.
Stephen H.

Walice in Onderland

Walice in Onderland (pronounced "Wallace in Underland [with a 'Bastonian' accent]")

Walice in Onderland, how did he get to Onderland?
He used a giant rubber band, that he stretched between two trees
And he puuulled it back, and he shot himself off
And that's how he got to Onderland

Walice met a Chesher Cat, and he tried to talk to a Dodo Bird
But the Dodo Bird wouldn't say a word...
Walice got mad and knocked him flat...
"Birds can't talk!" said the cat, "didn't you know that?"

Walice in Onderland, how did he get to Onderland?
He used a giant rubber band that he stretched between two trees
And he puuulled it back, and shot himself off
And that's how he got to Onderland

He met Humpty Dumpty on a wall, and Walice said "Sir, before you fall
Could you give some advice for when I'm tall...
Humpty Dumpty told him "The only thing better...
Than to love one another is to love TWO anothers"

Walice in Onderland, how did he get to Onderland?
He used a giant rubber band that he stretched between two trees
And he puuulled it back, and shot himself off
and that's how he got to Onderland

I bet you thought it was all it his head
But it was really under his bed

Physysiologoly

Hello all you millions who loyally read my blog during every free moment.
Well. I was in line at the Seattle auditions of American Idol. It was a heck of a fun time. My brother Ben and I were singing together some of the time, and with a guy called Davy (not really probably spelled like that). Ben and I think that he may very well get to the top twelve, so it's gonna be cool watching the show this year.
Also, the way it's run is very unromantic. I felt like most of the actually audition process was quite a lot like orientation for a new job at a multi-million dollar company. Which means reviewing all of the unpleasant policies and procedures which make the whole thing seem sort of... Sad.
Oh well. It was very fun in line, and I got filmed and recorded a few times with my guitar by various radio stations.
I'll be writing more wonderful music soon; my neighber wants to pay my way through two hours of recording in exchange for me writing her a song.
We'll see.
Stephen H.

I found another poem

I found this piece that I wrote a month or two ago. I kind of like it. It was going to be a song, but I never finished it.

There are two on the One Dollar Bill
One has longs since died, and the other never will
I don’t know about you, but I’m placing my bet
On the one who made Mankind, but never made a cent

I'm gonna be taking a trip on the sixteenth. I've baught a plain ticket for Washington State. I'll be visiting my brother Ben and his wife Anne. They've got a baby girl named Jacinta, who I've never yet met, and they're expecting again. It's gonna be fun.
Ben and I decided to spend some of my visit standing in line in Seattle for the American Idol auditions. I don't expect to get in, but I could still be pretty fun.
Stephen H.