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what a fabulous year 2011 has been so far! let’s reminisce together… january- the original shot-story four years come, four years go is published. it is a narrative companion to my first album, humans, and foreshadows the imminent release of the “expanded edition“. doesn’t make a blip on the radar. february- the announcement is made [...]

tentative track list for the “best of jonathan t marlowe & yearlongday” album. the album will span 2000-2010 as a companion to the forthcoming biography, smothered by the silence. at the moment, no album art. 1. my formula (from humans) 2. believe (from humans) 3. nobody hurt without an excuse (from humans, 2000) 4. sally [...]

i am very pleased to announce that the restoration of my first three albums is now complete. on march 8, humans: expanded edition became commercially available on compact disc. although it was the last of  the pre-yearlongday trilogy to be restored, humans was my very first attempt at producing an original demo album. the new “expanded [...]

david lee roth (crazy from the heat) phil collins (hello, i must be going) billy idol (vital idol) a few words before i explain the images above… food science has made it household knowledge that we will likely experience flatulence after eating beans, process regularly after consuming prunes, increase our alertness after drinking caffienated beverages. the way [...]

in the year 2000, i released my first demo album. it was called humans, and the image above is the artwork i used with it. the concept behind  the artwork is the plaque carried into space by Pioneer 10 in 1972. as i prepare to release the decade-anniversary disc of humans, the album artwork challenges [...]

Now that grunge has hit the east coast, we call it “alternative“, as in an option to mainstream lifestyle; which means differences, which, in turn, means preferences. Everyone has their own set of preferences, and I guess that what it comes down to; individuality is what it’s all about. Some people think that doing your [...]

tonight, i lost a cut-throat game of scrabble. i paced myself, biding my time and reserving my letters for more valuable words, including “stadium” for 40 points. in the end, however, i fell short of victory. sometimes, i find game-like ways to write music… in 1995, the first year i really approached songwriting seriously, i read something about how brian [...]

we’re into the second month of our new online home. i’m getting comfortable with the surroundings, but noticed a  trend of inverse correlation… the bigger our splash into an endeavor, the smaller our resulting waves. perhaps a few examples to illustrate? two of the three albums we promised to release this year are in the [...]

reawakening. returning. rebirth. yearlongday is thawing its winter frost, and preparing for a new musical season in the sun. in fact, i am convinced that this will be our best year so far. not only did i insist that yearlongday would do things differently in 2010, i also promised at least three albums this year. what will we [...]