Swivek Pick Of The Week
This week's pick for our Swivek song goes all the way back to our very first album
Drab from 1999. During those days, our songs were recorded in the basement of Patrick and Colleen's house in Couer d'Alene at what we called and 1/2 Studios. Of course Patrick was working out most of my music and with today's pick we also used his words - and it all became
"Mint Downtown" - a saucy little electronic piece of mellowness. If I recall the lyrics actually came from an old poetry notebook of Patrick's that was just sitting in a box. So I give you:
Enjoy, the refreshing taste.
Labels: "Mint Downtown", Drab, Pick Of The Week, Swivek
Swivek Pick Of The Week
Our
Swivek Pick Of The Week this week comes from our second album 2000's
Pissant and it's origins, mix and most of the lyrics all came about thanks to two people, first Patrick English of
Orange Television, who actually wrote the music, did the instrumentation, arrangement, production and wrote all but about four lines of the entire song and second, a special convenience store clerk who won our hearts back in Couer d'Alene Idaho. That's right, today's tune is
"Bernice" - one of our favorites, one of the fans favorites and of course one that even got club play at the little gay club in Lancaster, CA .. so download and enjoy:
Labels: Bernice, Pick Of The Week, Pissant, Swivek
Swivek Pick Of The Week
I hope you all had a great 4th of July, personally I spent my time on the sofa after having a tad too much to drink at a party the night before - but hey that's just how I roll. And speaking of rolling, it's time to roll out this week's Swivek Pick Of The Week. So from 2002 and the first album Swivek made after moving to LA
"Mexican Gods" comes one of our fan favorites - the highly campy and jaunty
"Cherry Go Go"... I hope you enjoy it!
Labels: Pick Of The Week, Swivek
Swivek Pick Of The Week
It's that time of the week again - when we go through the Swivek vaults and pick out a random song to feature - this week we have one of my more thrilling singles -
"Holly wood" - one of the three new tracks that were recorded for the 2003 album
Mondo Blondo 03:99 which was a collection of our songs from our humble basement beginnings in 1999 though the fall of 2003. At the time of the release for
"Holly wood" it was described as
"the best stuff Brad's done so far..." so take that any way you want and I present to you
"Holly wood" - and remember to always ask yourself, "if Holly would, would you?"
Labels: Pick Of The Week, Swivek
So You Think / Swivek Pick
My favorite summer series and the only Reality show I really watch -
So You Think You Can Dance returned a few weeks ago and as of last night we are officially out of the auditions and the top 20 have been picked. Not too many dancers stand out as much as they did last year but it is pretty early in the competition and it's hard to get to know them this early. But that doesn't mean I don't already have some favorites.
My two favorites came from two reasons, 1. The boy
Cameron is hot with his punk hair (the picture doesn't do justice) and because 2. Last night his partner
Lacey (who happens to be last year's winner Benji (the homo) little sister) did an awesome
Mia Michaels choreographed contemporary piece that was definitely the highlight so they totally have my vote. The whole routine was incredible and beautiful done to a fairly cool ballad
"Dancing" by Elisa which I have to track down...
Though in second place were two interesting characters Jesus and B-Girl Sara who took a super cool Broadway type of dance style and told this whole vagabond story that had me loving every single second.. You guys have got to watch this... Tonight, two of the dancers are getting booted and based on last night's performances it's really a crap shoot as to who will go - first off, the lowest rated dancers are signalled out - that is the viewing audience calls in and votes for dancers in pairs then the dancers with the lowest votes have to dance for their lives and then the judges have final call eliminating one boy and one girl from there - everyone was so good last night, I can't even imagine who will get the boot... though I'm thinking lowest calls might be for Fania, a Russian dancer who is the sister of someone booted off last year and comes off kind of pretentious but as for the boy, I'm not sure... don't worry I'll keep you posted...
And in other news, it's time for
Thursday's Swivek Pick Of The Week - this week we have one of my favorite
Swivek songs -
"What Do You Think About That" from the 2005 album
Army Fatigue, which was my rocky attempt at being political and pissed off, most of the songs had some theme of war, guns, politics and government and though it didn't seem to raise as much interest as I had originally planned I think it's a great album.
The song's lyrics were actually written in 1994 and it was a sort of coming out song if you will and I finally got to make it ten years later, that's right world I'm gay! Plus it's got a cool little rocking vibe to it. So without further ado:
Swivek - What Do You Think About That
You can also still download the entire
Army Fatigue album for FREE! That's right it's free at
Flexible Records. You'll love it.
What Do You Think About That lyrics:
Hey little world
What you wanna tell me
Who you wanna sell me
Is this in the best interest for you or me?
Hey little world
Telling me who to be, what to see
How to feed, I need to breed
Oh no, oh no
Sugar coated lies and a politician's eyes
On a rampage for the American dream
I'll cut out the eyes and I'll break all the ties
I'm gonna be me
What Do You Think About That?
Hey little man
You gonna tell your mother
You gonna tell your father
Maybe your life is best confided to a brother
Hey little man
You gonna tell them who you are,
You gonna tell them what you are
They know you go fast but do they know how far
Keep it safe and play it straight
And let your lazy head spin
You cannot wait and it's so very late
And this is how you're gonna live
What Do You Think About That?
Not everyone will be
What the majority wants to see
Vagrant, stagnant, human magnet
It's all the same
Deviant, malevolent
Taking the core right out of it
The American way….
Hey mom and dad,
What you gonna tell the family?
What do you think about society?
How did your world fit in for me?
Hey mom and dad,
Tell who I ought to be
Tell what I ought to see
Tell me not to be me
Oh no, oh no
Federal laws and barroom brawls
And worlds of people you don't understand
Half a city sleeps while half a city weeps
And the world jerks off the dick in its hand
What Do You Think About That?
Copyright © 2005 Bradley Jacobson/
Buzzee Bee Bop Tunes (ASCAP) Labels: Mia Michaels, Pick Of The Week, So You Think You Can Dance, Swivek
Swivek Pick Of The Week
This weekend is
LA Gay Pride and I couldn't be more gay, I mean happy, or do I mean gay? Either way, it's going to be a heck of a hoot with a bunch of 80's ladies set to perform, and I will be there swigging beer if I have to be pushed down the hill on a gurney (I'm still a little sick), so for today's Swivek Pick Of The Week, I thought my 2005 single, a cover of the uber fab
Lisa Hartman's
"Where The Boys Are" was the perfect kick off to the gay pride season. So I give you Swivek's
"Where The Boys Are (Single Mix)" - it's one of my more popular singles (yes I have popular singles you beatch), and incidentally it was my boss at the time, who came up with the idea to do the dancey trance version you hear, I had originally wanted to do a full kitsch ballad a la the original but he heard it differently and he was so right.
Swivek - Where The Boys Are (Single Mix)
And if you want to get your own copy of the single, it's still available for FREE download at
Flexible Records. Along with the single mix, you get the album version, another remix by Blonde Buddha, a super killer remix by Orange Television and an exclusive b-side that isn't available anywhere else.
Just click here!and in ever more faboo news, I have been laying down tracks on a couple of new Swivek ditties - so far two are going very very well and should be ready soon, while four others are looking promising as well - so a new Swivek album is in the works and a single may even show up mid summer after all - so keep your ears and eyes peeled.
Labels: Flexible Records, Gay Pride, Lisa Hartman, Pick Of The Week, Swivek, Where The Boys Are
Swivek Pick Of The Week
This week for our
Swivek song, I picked a rocking little
electro styled track from our compilation album of 2003
Mondo Blondo 03:99 - the album came about as I realized it had been nearly 5 years since our first release
Drab, and
admittedly, some of our early albums are sketchy at best so Patrick and I decided to do a
Swivek compilation featuring the best tracks from the first albums but only after I started cooking up some new tracks, so I came up with three new songs
"Imagination", the single
"Holly wood" and my favorite of the three - today's
"Love By Numbers" - I hope you enjoy it!
Swivek - Love By NumbersLOVE BY NUMBERS lyrics:when you think you found a love unending
you're just a fool, you know you are pretending
soon you're on your knees holding your heart
a broken shell, bruised, battered and torn apart
and then its 1. you're out to have some fun
and 2. it's still up to you
and 3. you start to feel the need
then 4. you go back for more
and 5. your love comes alive
and 6. your heart is in the mix
then 7. you swear it feels like Heaven
by 8. it's hate
9, 10 start it all again
you'll hit the street to find out where romance is
figure "what the fuck" its all about second chances
soon you find another to help you pull through
a hot prospect that outlasts even you
and then its 1. you're out to have some fun
and 2. it's still up to you
and 3. you start to feel the need
then 4. you go back for more
and 5. your love comes alive
and 6. your heart is in the mix
then 7. you swear it feels like Heaven
by 8. it's hate
9, 10 start it all again
words and music by Bradley Jacobson
published by Buzzee Bee Bop Tunes
produced by Buzzee© 2003 Buzzee Bee Bop Tunes/ friedAir Recording CompanyLabels: Love By Numbers, Mondo Blondo 03:99, Pick Of The Week, Swivek
This week's pick for our Swivek song goes all the way back to our very first album Drab from 1999. During those days, our songs were recorded in the basement of Patrick and Colleen's house in Couer d'Alene at what we called and 1/2 Studios. Of course Patrick was working out most of my music and with today's pick we also used his words - and it all became "Mint Downtown" - a saucy little electronic piece of mellowness. If I recall the lyrics actually came from an old poetry notebook of Patrick's that was just sitting in a box. So I give you:
