New Recording!: "This Coffee Is Going Right Through Me"

wredfright · This Coffee Is Going Right Through Me

I wrote this song in 2020.  You can hear the demo and read what I wrote about it then here.  For the rerecording, I added a bit of fake bass on the guitar and drums.  I shook a bag of coffee beans as part of the percussion.  I also sang in falsetto just like Prince would have, but I stuck that in the background.  The drum in the chorus is a trash can.  I like its sound.  I slurp some water at the beginning since I already drank all the coffee.

For more Wred Fright music, listen to the Yeast? 7" or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as Spotify or Bandcamp!

Comic: Meet The Voters

I occasionally work the polls.  The last election that I worked was hectic because pot was on the ballot, and apparently Americans love their pot.  A lot of elections though there is a lot of time to kill while waiting for the voters to arrive.  Officially, one is not supposed to read during the downtime (though everyone plays with their phones), so I usually just pass the downtime doodling.  Those doodles inspired this comic.  To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full screen.  You could also download it after you click on it for the primo view, I suppose.  I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).

For more fun (albeit words, not pictures), read one of my novels, such as the latest, Fast Guy Slows Down!

New Recording!: "Starter Spouse"

wredfright · Starter Spouse

I wrote this song in 2020.  You can hear the demo and read what I wrote about it then here.  For the rerecording, I fleshed out the guitar and vocals with drums and a sort of bass.  By a sort of bass, I mean I turned up the bass setting on the guitar amp and played a bassline.  I once played in a band where when our bass player didn't have a bass, she used to do that, and it sounded pretty cool, albeit not as good as an actual bass.  I like the way it sounds here since I was able to do my faux bass differently than I can do on the keyboard.

For more Wred Fright music, listen to the Yeast? 7" or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as Spotify or Bandcamp!

Comic: It Is Time The Sun Set On Daylight Savings Time

Ugh.  I hate Daylight Savings Time.  Yet another idea demonstrating that our society is somewhat daft.  I poured my disdain into this comic.  And no I didn't make up the stuff about the Ohio legislators.  Our leaders are actually that dumb.  So is our media.  As far as I can tell, I'm the only one who noticed their idiocy, which is pretty sad since I'm just an obscure cartoonist.  To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full screen.  You could also download it after you click on it for the primo view, I suppose.  I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).

 

For more fun (albeit words, not pictures), read one of my novels, such as the latest, Fast Guy Slows Down!

New Recording!: "The Whistleblower Takes Up Harmonica"

wredfright · The Whistleblower Takes Up Harmonica

I wrote this song in 2020.  You can hear the demo and read what I wrote about it then here.  Now, it's 2024, and much more evidence has amassed that wearing a facemask does nothing to stop the transmission of a respiratory virus (it appears to be mainly good for preventing a dental hygienist from spitting on you accidentally as she cleans your teeth), but I still see the occasional person wandering the supermarket wearing one.  I suppose it's somewhat helpful for the stupid people among us to identify themselves as such so we can avoid them, but it's still a bit depressing.  For the rerecording, I added drums and keyboard as bass.  Otherwise, it's the usual voice, guitar, and, for this one, harmonica.  And, of course, I kept the whistling.

For more Wred Fright music, listen to the Yeast? 7" or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as Spotify or Bandcamp!

Comic: Big Box Blues

I actually got this speech, almost verbatim (though I updated it from the 1980s), from an older coworker at ye olde KMart.  I think his name was Ron, and he wore cheap suits every day and was very entertaining to myself and the other teenagers who worked there.  I miss Kmart.  The home of the blue light special had more soul than Walmart or any of the other retailers that have replaced it.  It was a nice, fun, fucked-up place to work, you know when coked-out store managers weren't dropping pallet jacks on my toes.  To read the comic, I suggest clicking on the image and making it full screen.  You could also download it after you click on it for the primo view, I suppose.  I've also loaded the panels individually below if you like scrolling down (it works either way).

 

For more fun (albeit words, not pictures), read one of my novels, such as the latest, Fast Guy Slows Down!

New Recording!: "The Plagiarist In Chief"

wredfright · The Plagiarist In Chief

I wrote this song in 2020.  You can hear the demo and read what I wrote about it then here.  Now, it's 2024, it looks like we're stuck in a doom loop as far as major party presidential candidates are concerned; at least, the virus panic has died down, though many who were wrong back then still don't want to admit it.  The demo was just guitar and voice.  For the rerecording, I added drums (including the lid of a cookies can), bass as keyboard, and some tin whistle (I was going for the panic like Pan's flute, but I didn't have access to a Pan flute, so the tin whistle had to do; that's OK, a little panic goes a long way).

For more Wred Fright music, listen to the Yeast? 7" or give his latest album a listen or download at your favorite digital music site such as Spotify or Bandcamp!