i had an idea. it came to me in three parts; as follows…

part the first: i have often mentioned before how much i love explodigdog

Sam, the illustrator, works with the following model; he uses the ideas that are running around in his head, but also solicits titles from his fans and then makes pictures to match the titles. i have always found this very charming. once, i even had one of my titles turned into a picture. this was gratifying almost beyond expression.

part the second: today, while looking at my facebook feed, my friend Sara posted a note that the first 5 people who responded could expect an offering made by her.

part the third: within the last 24 hours my good friend Lyza re-launched her website with an incredibly gorgeous and content-dense makeover that makes me feel simultaneously very proud to know her and incredibly sloth-like creatively.

i was touched by Sara’s idea, inspired by Lyza’s results, and sensitive to the value of external input ala Explodingdog.

sometimes i write songs. occasionally they are kinda good. usually they are really fucking sad. they are also not a little self-indulgent. so i have decided in a Sara Mahan cum Lyza Danger cum Explodingdog manner to offer/request the following:

your song here!

send me titles. and i will humbly try to turn the ones that strike me somewhere, into songs. i will do this with no less than one, but no more than three (trying to be realistic about my time constraints here) and post the results on my website by May 1st. i don’t promise they’ll be good, but i will make my very best go of it.

anyone? anyone? Bueller?