i know its today so I guess you could say one recovers, it's odd you should call me but then after all we were lovers, i don't wait by the phone like I used to, I don't hope for the kind words you might say, you don't prey on my mind like you used to, but you could still ruin my day. --- jon brion


holy freakin shit. no matter how many times I've seen jon brion, he never, ever ever ever ceases to amaze me.

i'll be the first to admit my heterosexual man crush on jon brion. the guy is just the epitome of "unpopular pop music", he is an encyclopedia of all things good in music. musician, writer, producer..this guy does it all. who else can go through the decades starting with the 20's and re-interpret any song to fit with that decade. for example, singing "purple rain" as if some 1950's garage rocker was singing, or how about using "smoke on the water" music and singing nirvana along with it?

fuck. this guy makes me just want to give up playing music because he's so tremendously talented. at the same time, he's the reason i'm still trying to make a song.

its not just his re-interpretation of other peoples songs that is amazing, its his own grasp of the pop song structure. little 4 minute gems of fleshed out rock n roll.

i got tired, i don't wanna make the same mistakes, the same mistakes on you, but I withheld the truth, I don't wanna make the same mistakes, the same mistakes as you

did I tell you he was special ed? maybe he couldn't pay attention in class, or maybe he couldn't do math for shit, but the guy can play almost any instrument, memorizes so many songs, can improvise, and has a great sense of humor.

I was glad to see brion last night with amy and james last night, drinking my coffee and my black and tans, couldn't ask for a better day. well, if I would have asked for this woman's phone number at the conference, but, you can't have everything right?

so, if you live in LA, or are coming up, you need to go see jon brion. go to www.largo-la.com try to find his cd "meaningless" or check out these albums that jon produced, guest starred in, or whatever..i'm only gonna give you a short list

magnolia sound track - produced and wrote many of the songs that Aimee mann performed
i heart huckabees - wrote the score
punch drunk love- wrote the score
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind- score, again.
macy gray's first album- produced
i belive every fiona apple album, including the unreleased one
rufus wainwright-produced a few tracks on many of his albums.

and, the hottest rumor up to date: he's been hired by kanye west to help produce his next album!!

anyways, I'm gonna get up and be productive.. maybe some pictures from the last few days soon.  ¶ 6/04/2005 08:40:00 AM