This is my 200th post. It neatly coincides with my decision to start being more disciplined in posting. I’m going to start using “tags” and “categories,” because I’ve heard that people like these things. Also I’ve heard that they make people be able to find your site. Ah, that. Readership.
An update on projects:
- I “released” the album today. Its “official” release was December 21. I say all these things “in quotations” because when there’s no money being exchanged, it’s very unimportant to have things like “release dates.” Nevertheless, it is now available at this website for free. You can listen to and download the whole thing, and all you have to do is go to www.stephencarradiniandthemidnightsons.bandcamp.com. Honest! I won’t sell your e-mail address to strangers, I swear. Quick numbers: 13 tracks, 5 years to write, 9 months to record, 8 musicians, 7 recording sessions, 4 completely solo tracks, 1 cover song.
-Now that the album is “released,” I’m going to start editing The Last Unicorns on Earth in earnest.
-I want to get re-started on the fantasy project that Peter C. Myers and I started writing this summer but put on hold for the semester while I wrote Unicorns.
-I’m in the plotting stages of my next solo novel. Details are fuzzy, but it looks like there will be a lot less cursing and probably more fight scenes (as odd as that combo seems).
-I’m in the process of making Independent Clauses back into a daily pub (that is, five times a week). It’s going to be a lot of work, but it’s what I want to do.
-Listening to a lot of good music: Post Harbor’s excellent post-rock manifesto “They Can’t Hurt You If You Don’t Believe in Them,” Freelance Whales’ Myspace at the urging of my friend Jenn Scott, and Wild Light’s Myspace because of my friend (and incredibly talented illustrator) Jason Flack.