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Our Polka Moment
I Wish That I Were Gay - Polka Version

Once upon a time we made an EP with some remixes of our song "I Wish That I Were Gay". If you can turn that song-loving market over to polka: bingo! Jackpot! (That joke works if you've seen The Last Polka with John Candy and Eugene Levy.)

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2023-03-14 Read post
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Dollar For Every Dime
aka "The Lotto Song"

Why don't more people write songs about money and more specifically: not having enough money? We're doing our part.

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-11-29 Read post
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Always Be
An Unusual Song ... For Us

Reflections on a song that doesn't really sound like us about a topic most people don't sing about. (Spoiler Alert: it's about suicide)

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-09-20 Read post
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The Ballad Of Bob Dylan
"Like A Maggie's Positively Leopard-Skin Homesick Blues"

Full disclosure: I'm about to brag a little about a song I love that I wrote and performed. It's a LONG love letter to Bob Dylan that sounds like mid-1960s Dylan while singing in 2020 about his past 55 years.

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-08-09 Read post
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Adam & Eve & Ted & Alice
The Comic Book That Instead Became A Song

Once upon a time, we wrote and recorded a song called "Adam & Eve & Ted & Alice" which isn't as irreverent as one would think. Here's everything you want to know about the song. And more.

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-05-31 Read post
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4:20
Bah Humbug

Why we wrote and recorded the 4:20 song about the tradition of 4/20

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-04-19 Read post
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Score One For Our Side (Part 2)
How Our Music Fit Into A Movie

Reprint of Charlie article for San Diego Troubadour. Second of 2-part article detailing how we came up with music for an indie documentary.

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-04-05 Read post
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Score One For Our Side (Part 1)
Writing Music For Film & TV

Reprint of Charlie article for San Diego Troubadour. First of 2-part article detailing how we came up with music for an indie documentary.

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-03-29 Read post
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Why It Took 3 Years To Release A Finished Album
Hiya

Our album Hiya was pretty much in the can in Summer 2017. Why in the world did it take us until October 2020 to release it?

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-03-08 Read post
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California King
More Than You Wanna Know About Our Song

Plenty of info about our original song, California King. A reaction to a state recall election in California prompted our most beloved piece of music.

* Posted by Charlie Recksieck on 2022-01-18 Read post