“Pretty Black Ship”
July 26, 2006
Home Recording to Analog 8-track - $0.99
I bought a cassette 8-track machine off ebay last month, and the first thing I recorded on it was a silly round that my friend Anais Mitchell taught me, about an alligator named Albert. I sang it eight times, once on each track, to test the machine, [...]
Beautiful 11×17 Posters for Sale Now!
Two items have been added to the Rose Polenzani Paypal shop: gorgeous 11×17 posters, designed by Meghan Dewar. Especially exciting is the limited edition, hand-silkscreened “blue” poster, printed on cardstock and signed & numbered. Only 75 made. Order yours now!.
I made a music video because I could.
it is so funny. First I wrote the song (Tuesday), then I recorded it (Wednesday) and then I made a music video (Thursday) - I am floored by the modern technology and by my love of dancing around in my office. Watch the “Pretty Black Ship” Video on YouTube.
Photos from Toad
These are a couple months old, but they’re very sweet… my friend Thomas took photos at a Toad show (Cambridge) that I played with my band… Jennifer Kimball and Dinty Child both sang a bit as well.
Session Americana on the brain
As soon as I got back from my Summer tour, I went back into the studio to record a couple new songs for the record I’m doing with Session Americana. Since then, I’ve been spending 1-3 hours each day putting the songs in various orders (like making a mix-tape). With 14 songs, this becomes a [...]
panics
I was up very late last night, just kind of tossing and turning, getting up, wandering around, thinking sinister thoughts, pinching myself etcetera. I took an aspirin to help me sleep, and it had this strange weightless effect on my body, and I kept having to smack myself to keep my various parts from floating [...]





