Aaron and me at the Emerald City Comic Con. Never go zombie-fighting without your trusty ukulele, ma always said.
This is one of my more ridiculous songs. Watch me sing it and then try to ineffectually explain why it’s funny! Because that’s exactly how you make things funnier, right?
Also in My Talented Brother news: I convinced him to make a video of my favorite of his songs. It’s bloody hilarious is what it is. Please to watch it.
Check this out, my fellows. My insanely talented little brother is offering to essentially do private shows in your home for nothing more than a meal. You’d normally have to bid $500+ on your favorite artist’s Kickstarter for that sort of privilege!
I can vouch that he is a very talented performer, polite and tidy, and will eat virtually anything. If you live in a place that is reasonably busable from Ballard, you should take him the hell up on this.
Hey everybody! I’m writing here to propose something to The Internet at large.
This year has been an exciting one here at Aaron J. Shay Artistic Productions, Incorporated. As you may know, I’ve not only been working on a new EP, but also a chapbook with an accompanying audiobook, and as always,…
Ok, I’m starting to see the similarity so many people claim between Young Tom Waits and My Brother Right Now. Especially those first three photos.
Here I am, performing my Epic Break-Up Song, “The Things We’ll Never Do.” I sought to express my disappointment, my longings and cravings, all of my sparring emotions while at the same time not allowing myself to become mired in those same sensations. This proved difficult, seeing as how I took a vow while training to be an actor that I would never attempt to stifle emotion from myself, that I had to endure and enjoy emotion as fully as I could. Some of the contents are drawn from reality, some are drawn from imagination. In the end, it’s a somewhat funny song? I guess?
My brother wrote this great song that makes me laugh and cry and sounds a little like “Up The Wolves” but that’s ok.
Top 10 Albums of 2011
1. Frank Turner, England Keep My Bones
2. Aaron J. Shay, Nothing Is Ruined
3. Geoff Berner, Victory Party
4. Mark Growden, Lose Me In The Sand
5. Robert Sarazin Blake, A Long Series Of Memorable Nights Forgotten: The Belfast Sessions
6. Zoe Boekbinder, Darling Specimens
7. The Mountain Goats, All Eternals Deck
8. Gregory Paul, The Fremont Abbey Session
9. Renee de la Prade, Notes From Underground
10. Metaphorest, Volume 1
Honorable mentions: Hank Green, Ellen Hardcastle and Other Ephemera, and Laura Cortese, Acoustic Project
Extra honorable mention: Eliza Rickman, whose upcoming album Oh You Sinners should have come out this year, but was beset by tribulations. It will be amazing in 2012.
