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for algernon

a leather clad lunatic

About Me

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for algernon began as a recording project for jason to play around on as many instruments as possible and see if he can make a few songs out of it all. while writing and messing around he also became better at navigating around computer recording and the noisey mess began to take the shape of 3 minute folk/pop songs. never louder than a whisper about to break to full voice, for algernon blend catchy melodies, heartbreak, dry humor, literary references, melodica and strumstick solos to create a sound that is honest and unique with room to breathe. the newest release "an ungentlemanly act at sea" came out in September 2007 and is available by request and at shows. work on the next record is well under way with hopes of a summer 08 release, the working title is "consequence of change".

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/12/2005
Band Website: foralgernon.com
Band Members: jasonhowever a live show has everyone and anyone joining in
Influences: the beatles, elliott smith, big star, beck, jon brion, josh rouse, ben folds, the zombies, burt bacharach, joseph arthur, belle & sebastian, the beach boys, tom waits, nick drake, drinking beer with jeremy strickland, wes anderson films, several books, friends
Sounds Like:we are told by people we remind them of the following bands: belle & sebastian, elliott smith, the "softer side" of smashing pumpkins, yo la tengo, track star, sparklehorse, sometimes a little bit like grandaddy even.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

first show of original music in 6 months

thats right, on may 9th, i'll be playing at rohs street. i'm not sure of who will all be sitting in for the band but it will probably be chris and tim and myself. we will be playing with peter adams w...
Posted by for algernon on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:22:00 PST

recording 08

so on thursday, sharon will be coming over to play keys on some tracks and then i need bass and drums and then i will post some samples from the upcoming album. its moving pretty fast. everyday i am g...
Posted by for algernon on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:54:00 PST

numb ver 2.0

alright, so i added "numb" today as recorded with a full band, live in a real big time studio and the result is...weird. it doesn't sound like me, i think but i still kind of  like it. this is wh...
Posted by for algernon on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 04:48:00 PST

for algernon by thaddeus

so, a few months back, maybe as many as 13 i did a cover a song called glisten by the band sleepybird. it appears that thaddeus floodgate has lowered his standards and recorded a cover of "mother mary...
Posted by for algernon on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:21:00 PST

new recordings soon...

so i know, you probably haven't heard the new album yet, maybe i even denied your purchase or request, what can i say i am crazy like that but here is the good news i am currently woking on a new albu...
Posted by for algernon on Thu, 29 Nov 2007 04:37:00 PST

what if?

first, i am at an odd place right now, somewhere i have never been and i feel both empowered and guilty by it at the same time. I can't get into it too much but its what i am thinking about, alot late...
Posted by for algernon on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:48:00 PST

one month later and...

well the cd has been out a month and if you haven't heard it yet or anything of it thats my fault, i am keeping under lock and key and only selling it to people i don't know at out of town shows or gi...
Posted by for algernon on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:56:00 PST

mother mary and ayear at sea, mpmf, new cd

today is a good day. i finished the album, in fact a few people already own it. jeff and i printed and put it together last night and this morning. i am really happy with it and i hope you will like i...
Posted by for algernon on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 02:26:00 PST

a million books and slow fade

hello,   so i put up 2 new songs from the album. a million books: this is a love song, i wrote for someone who knew what to say and when to say it. i love the quality of this recording, it sou...
Posted by for algernon on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:13:00 PST

what a difference a year makes

yeah, that subject says it all. no work on the album this week other than what was posted last blog, its cool, this week will be busy with that and the move. last night sucked. gotta go, my dirty mar...
Posted by for algernon on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:05:00 PST