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We have thousands of ways to make language more rhythmic. I’ve listed some of them here, with examples.
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Lyrics live in the rhythm section: Here's why.
How the origin story of lyric gives us a roadmap for revision.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We have thousands of ways to make language more rhythmic. I’ve listed some of them here, with examples.
musiclyricsandlife.substack.com/p/lyrics-liv...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Jon Fosse: "Trilogy" has entered the chat - He makes it feel natural to slide through different states of being, and I don’t know, having read about five of his books now, I’m starting to think that maybe it is.
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Jon Fosse: "Trilogy" has entered the chat
The otherworldly, other-timely 2014 title from the Nobel prize-winning Norwegian
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October 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Jon Fosse: "Trilogy" has entered the chat - He makes it feel natural to slide through different states of being, and I don’t know, having read about five of his books now, I’m starting to think that maybe it is.
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)
Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"
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October 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer
First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
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September 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.
Eleven song titles on Morgan Wallen's new album are mutant Taylor Swift titles. Who's the problem, now? open.substack.com/.../are-morg....
“I Got Better”-“Soon You’ll Get Better”/ “Eyes Are Closed”-“Eyes Open”/“Last Night”-“The Very First Night”/“Cowgirls”-“Cowboy Like Me” "Superman"-"Superman"...
“I Got Better”-“Soon You’ll Get Better”/ “Eyes Are Closed”-“Eyes Open”/“Last Night”-“The Very First Night”/“Cowgirls”-“Cowboy Like Me” "Superman"-"Superman"...
Are Morgan Wallen Song Titles Just Mutant Taylor Swift Song Titles?
Don't tell me this is a coincidence.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Eleven song titles on Morgan Wallen's new album are mutant Taylor Swift titles. Who's the problem, now? open.substack.com/.../are-morg....
“I Got Better”-“Soon You’ll Get Better”/ “Eyes Are Closed”-“Eyes Open”/“Last Night”-“The Very First Night”/“Cowgirls”-“Cowboy Like Me” "Superman"-"Superman"...
“I Got Better”-“Soon You’ll Get Better”/ “Eyes Are Closed”-“Eyes Open”/“Last Night”-“The Very First Night”/“Cowgirls”-“Cowboy Like Me” "Superman"-"Superman"...
Class War. Indigestion. Dystopia. Chaos. Here are my Songs of the Summer for 2025. open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
My Songs of the Summer
For better and/or worse, 2025 wouldn't have been the same without them.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Class War. Indigestion. Dystopia. Chaos. Here are my Songs of the Summer for 2025. open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
Jill Stein voters: How's she doing? You know I worry.
July 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Jill Stein voters: How's she doing? You know I worry.
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Song Demo: "Michelle Owes Me Twenty Bucks"
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Song Demo: "Michelle Owes Me Twenty Bucks"
You don't stiff the band.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Song Demo: "Michelle Owes Me Twenty Bucks"
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New Song Demo: "I'll Be Gone" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
Song Demo: "I'll Be Gone"
NGL, this is scary to post. But I'm doing it.
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June 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
New Song Demo: "I'll Be Gone" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
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How’s this for a creative process: “Take a good large Quantity of New-made Urine of Beer-drinkers and evaporate it gently to the consistency of honey.”
With video of me reading for the audiobook.
On Substack
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With video of me reading for the audiobook.
On Substack
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
Lessons from the man who boiled his urine
(With video excerpt)
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June 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
How’s this for a creative process: “Take a good large Quantity of New-made Urine of Beer-drinkers and evaporate it gently to the consistency of honey.”
With video of me reading for the audiobook.
On Substack
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
With video of me reading for the audiobook.
On Substack
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
All killers, no filler. If you like hallucinations, or the writing process of those who create them, this is your stop.
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open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life
No beach is good enough for them.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
All killers, no filler. If you like hallucinations, or the writing process of those who create them, this is your stop.
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
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The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
May 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
No beach is worthy of these:
A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life
No beach is good enough for them.
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May 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
No beach is worthy of these:
A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
A Summer Reading List for Sometime Later in Life open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
If you’ve ever wondered what my classes are like, now you can go to one as part of Lectures on Tap, “an event series where professors and experts give thought-provoking lectures inside of bars.” Prof life and gig life collide in a personal, on-stage Singularity. www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...
Lectures on Tap -"Pop Songwriting 101: The Origins and Elements of a Hit"
Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in NYC bars.
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May 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you’ve ever wondered what my classes are like, now you can go to one as part of Lectures on Tap, “an event series where professors and experts give thought-provoking lectures inside of bars.” Prof life and gig life collide in a personal, on-stage Singularity. www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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Your School House Rock moment.....🤔
May 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Your School House Rock moment.....🤔
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IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
May 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
IF YOU HAVEN’T READ IT
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR!
Jill wrote as if she were sitting on a park bench with a friend, making up extravagantly detailed histories of ordinary passers-by.
Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night"
Rest easy, and thanks for the music.
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May 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Jill wrote as if she were sitting on a park bench with a friend, making up extravagantly detailed histories of ordinary passers-by.
Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...
Jill Sobule, "Karen by Night" open.substack.com/pub/musiclyr...