It references an Osamu Tezuka story of the same name.

In other news, um…school started again.

Elliott Smith > Conor Oberst. Sorry.

Addressed

And delivered.

Hello!

Today I talked to a bunch of people about places to play in Seattle this summer. I think I got some promising leads. My friends Luke and Katrina had lots of good information.

These past few weeks I’ve seen a couple groups perform on campus. The Blow I already liked and was really excited to see. The Next Door Neighbors I heard won 2nd place in the Sound Off! battle of the bands thing EMP|SFM puts on so I went to see them at the Underground Coffeehouse. I ended up really enjoying them! Jessie, their lead singer, sounded a lot like Regina Spektor which was cool, and they had a really uncommon electronic vibe.

There were some other bands I saw at the Coffeehouse, but their names elludes me at the moment. All in all I think I’ll be spending more Wednesday and Friday evenings down there. Who knows, maybe I’ll find someone to play shows with over the summer!

I’ve been working on a couple new songs lately, but only finished one. It’s about exactly what it says it’s about. Here’s a little rough recording I just did.

“May I Sing With You?” by Kyle Levien

I’m not entirely sure I like the bridge melody or what that should be. Oh well.

~Kyle

I wrote a new song.

I videotaped myself playing my new song.

I posted my video of my new song on YouTube.

I show you my new song now.

The beginning is just improved finger picking of the main themes and yes, there are mistakes. Apologies for those of you who love it so much you’re trying to tap your foot along to the beat, I end up switching from 3/4 to 4/4 and back again a couple times.

Hope you like!

~Kyle

I am in love with Sigur Ros. You should watch their movie “Heima.”

Bubye.

Jesse