Rhyme (Joe Video)

Joe lipsyncs "Rhyme", from Billy Dechand's album, UP.

Who Would Jesus Shoot? (Lyric video)

I'm still determined to make a video of every song from my Up album. Sure, there's already a solo acoustic version from before I recorded it. But I also made a lyric video. This may be my most grim video yet, displaying my horror and disgust regarding the subject matter.
Enjoy!

Performers: 

• Al Hifi - voice, robots, guitar 
• Dan Sonenberg - drums 
• Mark Youngbauer - guitar 
• Billy Dechand - voice, bass

Billy's Books 66: Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith

Billy revioews the latest Star Wars novel, Shadow of the Sith, by Adam Christopher. It takes places between episodes XII and VII, introducing sweet baby Rey.

As usual, thanks to the Saint Louis Public Lirbary. Support your local library!

Billy's Books 65: Beastie Boys

Here's a music review. An interesting and amusing story of an interesting and amusing band.

Two More Lyric Videos

I'm two steps further along on my quest to have a music video (of some sort) for every song on my recent album, UP. Some are better than others. Here's my cute dog, Lola, acting out the agony of insomnia in "Tired, Not Sleepy". For the record, she has no trouble sleeping; she's simply acting!

I had great ambitions for this lyric video, but it didn't turn out quite like I imagined. But for the sake of transparency -- and since it took so long to make -- here it is anyways: "History, Making It":

UP is available on many online services, including:

• Bandcamp
• Apple/iTunes
• YouTube Music
• Tidal
• Spotify
• Amazon Music
• Pandora

Billy's Books 64: Valiant Ambition

Nathaniel Philbrick wrote our latest Revolutionary War history book: Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution. The basic lesson is a familiar theme in history: treat your soldiers well, or they just might turn on you. The first half of this book is pretty sympathetic to Gen. Arnold: an ambitious, aggressive, kick-ass soldier. Unfortunately, due to various cicumstances explained in the book, he gets treated poorly frequently enough to feel under-appreciated -- and under-compensated. Careful there, (Continental) Congress.



As usual, thanks to the Saint Louis Public Library for lending me the book. Support your public library!