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I Was Recently Invited By The Excellent Wake The Deaf Blog To Create AMystery Mini Mix. I Was Given Six
I was recently invited by the excellent Wake the Deaf blog to create a “Mystery mini mix.” I was given six random prompts with which to choose six songs to put together a playlist, plus the space to write a little about each song and how it fits the given category and why it is significant to me. It was really fun!
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This song went through three huge changes to the lyrics before settling into this version on the album. It started out as my attempt at something like a love song, but then it crumbled away until it was more like a song about obsessive-compulsive disorder ... interesting, to say the least. What exactly does this say about me and my ability to form meaningful, lasting relationships with other human beings? Probably that I suck. Yep.
A photo from a living room style concert that I played at the Muz Studio on Friday night! Thanks to everyone who made it happen, it was a beautiful evening!
Listen/purchase: Everyone is boring by Mark Timmins
This is the second last track on my album, about how boring everyone is.
This song is about just how ridiculous it is, in this enormous universe of infinitely complex beauty, that nothing can compare to the emotional intensity of love. To be sure, reflecting on black holes and neutron stars can bring about a sublime sense of wonder, but what are such refined emotions in comparison to the cataclysmic upheaval of falling in love? At the same time as acknowledging the ridiculousness of it all, the song is also about surrendering to the domination of love and enjoying its special place within experienced reality. Without knowing love, it would be impossible to understand even half of what it can actually feel like to be a human being alive on planet earth.
I’ve just released a new EP called “Unjustified Narcissism.” It’s a collection of four subversive pop songs played on electric guitar. Free to stream/download on bandcamp right now: https://marktimmins.bandcamp.com