‘blood sweat and tears’. i was going to try to draw on some sweat but it would have looked pony. the first line of the song goes, “i went down, to disorder’s edge, to see what’s going on, in my head”. a typical D.O.T lyric, almost classic soul/rock but with an angle on mental health slotted in there because that’s what we like to talk about
today we are grading the video for ‘blood sweat and tears’. it’s the one with jesus in it that i’ve been talking about for months. it’ll be ready at the end of the day which means you get to see it in another 3 months. the great thing about grades are the plates of biscuits and sushi menus you can choose anything from which someone brings to you. there is also someone there on hand all the time just to make tea. this is the sort of thing edwardians had. i’m reading about harry selfridge at the moment who built my favourite department store. he was all about that. someone to give him a shave at his desk, a change of clothes in case his collars felt limp and someone to roll him a big spliff at lunchtime
track 5 on the new d.o.t album is called ‘under a ladder’. i wrote the words and sang it. i wish it had included this line…
“when you climb the ladder of success, be sure it’s leaning against the right building”
track 6 on the new album is ‘makers mark’. though i’ve been on a one man mission to preach the gospel of whiskey in sour form, this has nothing to do with that. the lyric for makers mark came from an early episode of game of thrones where sean bean talked about who made someones sword. in the world of the pisshead, fare dodging street artist you might call it a tag. i don’t tag but a mark of my making are words that are all in lowercase. just like all forms of minimalism it is harder and takes longer. everytime i write a sentence i have to uncapitalise the first letter that my phone assumes i want upper case. it’s a significant time sacrifice that i happily immolate. because when i do use a capital it’s like i really mean it. like when i say The D.O.T.
‘left at the lights’ is track 7 on the new D.O.T album. it features a heavy clanging antonym in the chorus just like i like. “you sent me left at the lights, but left was so right…”. context is everything in music. it’s what makes this chorus good because on its own the lyric is almost identical to an album title by bon jovi, “this left feels right”. the thing that makes our lyric really good and the album title by bon jovi not, is that bon jovi has horrible soft rock hair and too much money. whereas our almost identical lyric is surrounded by a good song and sung by a guy who can really play football. context is everything.
today we are grading the video for ‘blood sweat and tears’. it’s the one with jesus in it that i’ve been talking about for months. it’ll be ready at the end of the day which means you get to see it in another 3 months. the great thing about grades are the plates of biscuits and sushi menus you can choose anything from which someone brings to you. there is also someone there on hand all the time just to make tea. this is the sort of thing edwardians had. i’m reading about harry selfridge at the moment who built my favourite department store. he was all about that. someone to give him a shave at his desk, a change of clothes in case his collars felt limp and someone to roll him a big spliff at lunchtime
track 5 on the new d.o.t album is called ‘under a ladder’. i wrote the words and sang it. i wish it had included this line…
“when you climb the ladder of success, be sure it’s leaning against the right building”
track 6 on the new album is ‘makers mark’. though i’ve been on a one man mission to preach the gospel of whiskey in sour form, this has nothing to do with that. the lyric for makers mark came from an early episode of game of thrones where sean bean talked about who made someones sword. in the world of the pisshead, fare dodging street artist you might call it a tag. i don’t tag but a mark of my making are words that are all in lowercase. just like all forms of minimalism it is harder and takes longer. everytime i write a sentence i have to uncapitalise the first letter that my phone assumes i want upper case. it’s a significant time sacrifice that i happily immolate. because when i do use a capital it’s like i really mean it. like when i say The D.O.T.
‘left at the lights’ is track 7 on the new D.O.T album. it features a heavy clanging antonym in the chorus just like i like. “you sent me left at the lights, but left was so right…”. context is everything in music. it’s what makes this chorus good because on its own the lyric is almost identical to an album title by bon jovi, “this left feels right”. the thing that makes our lyric really good and the album title by bon jovi not, is that bon jovi has horrible soft rock hair and too much money. whereas our almost identical lyric is surrounded by a good song and sung by a guy who can really play football. context is everything.