The above song was what Paul Simonon was asked to sing when he auditioned for the Clash. He wasn't familiar with it, but fortune smiled upon him as the main lyric involves chanting "radio on" and there's only two chords in the whole thing (I-IV, and a couple of very brief V chords). Go listen to a clip on Amazon and you'll get the idea.

I'm going nuts. I keep thinking there are things I'm forgetting to do, and most of the time I'm right. I have no idea how I'm going to finish all this stuff:

-an opera
-a song cycle
-a new record
-recital paper and other junk

I have to finish the opera by May. The song cycle has to be done by September, and the recital junk has to be pretty much done by December so I can schedule it for spring 2006 without any problems. The record doesn't have a deadline but I want to start it as soon as possible, before it loses all momentum.

It may not sound like much, but I also have classwork, playing commitments (string quartet, orchestra) and various other stuff. So I'm a busy dude.

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