andy liotta: monday songs

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] “not again.” max sits on the couch, a news bulletin has interrupted his basketball game. his roommate looks up from facebook. “what is it?” “another guy killing defenseless people.”

February 21st, 2011 | Tags: country, death, hypocrisy, lonely, madness, murder, sad | Category: a twilight cathedral, monday song | Leave a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] another unfamiliar bed. although this one is oddly familiar. she stares at the institutional acoustic paneling on the ceiling, looking for patterns in the tiny holes, stringing together constellations, waiting for the transition between one unreality and another.

February 7th, 2011 | Tags: emily jane, hospitalization, madness, mania | Category: a twilight cathedral, monday song | Leave a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] with number 34 i begin the second year of monday songs. i hope to be a bit more consistent in 2010, in songwriting, in many things… another in the “mind on fire” cycle. mostly speaks for itself, in that it says very little, and suggests less. and more.

November 30th, 2009 | Tags: madness, mania, mind on fire, walrus | Category: monday song | Comments (2)

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] number 33. jesus’s age when he languished on the cross. the age i was when i slipped over the edge. i was well aware of the jesus connection. in fact, i had a crucifixion of my own. but that is for another monday. the escalation to psychosis took [...]

November 23rd, 2009 | Tags: madness, mania, mind on fire | Category: monday song | Comments (3)

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [show note: i'm playing tonight at the pub below vios in north seattle - 65th street and 20th ave. i'm going on at 7. no cover. kids fly free. excellent food. see all you seattle-ites there. this will probably be the last show for a while.] song twenty. [...]

April 6th, 2009 | Tags: billy joel, key changes, madness, paul mccartney, word play | Category: monday song | Leave a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   [show note: i'll be at the pub at vios again next monday (mar 2). i hope to be doing this once a month, maybe first monday each month. still solidifying. see you there.] number 14. not the pink floyd song. this little ditty was conceived as a [...]

February 23rd, 2009 | Tags: dynamic contrast, harry nilsson, madness, mania, musical, randy newman | Category: monday song | Leave a comment

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   i recorded the fifth monday song a few weeks ago, as i was preparing to launch the site. i had a few ready at the start: “ghost story,” “nadine,” “winston please,” and an up-tempo song called “and here i’m standing” i plan to premiere next week. the [...]

December 22nd, 2008 | Tags: bill withers, country, folk, gospel, joni mitchell, madness, randy newman, sad | Category: monday song | Comments (2)

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   number three.  the guts of this song – chords, melody, the phrase “it’s your birthday” – came to me a couple years ago on a family camping trip, playing it over and over by the campfire. i imagined paul mccartney singing it, solo, with an acoustic guitar, [...]

December 8th, 2008 | Tags: art rock, genesis, george harrison, madness, mania, paul mccartney, pink floyd | Category: monday song | Comments (8)

[Audio clip: view full post to listen]   the second monday song. when i was in junior high there was a girl named nadine in my wood shop class. at some point, the boys started taunting her: “nadine, nadine, the header machine.” i never discovered the background, but, though she disappeared before high school, she [...]

December 1st, 2008 | Tags: billie burke estate, god, jazz influence, lonely, madness, mark almond, piano as guitar, sad, steely dan | Category: monday song | Comments (6)