Chartreuse Skirt #1

In a fit of masochism

Faux Friends,

I am so psyched to announce that today marks the beginning of Volume 8 of “From the Mixed Up Files of Mr. Matthew T. Schindler.”

Here is the cover for the new album:¹

Cover art for the new Faux Jean record which drops today, 3/26/2024.

Each week through Spring of 2024, I will add a new song to the album and veritably blurb it here while commenting on various aspects of my creative journey.

The first song is near and dear to my heart, and I hope you will listen to it here:

I recorded this in Feb/March of 1998—so 26 years ago? It was a fruitful month, as evidenced by the song listing on the cassette folder:

Mixed Up File source material with songs worked on in Feb/March, 1998.

I look forward to sharing more songs from this tape moving forward, as well as other ideas captured in other formats.²

The tagline for the album is “In a fit of masochism.”

Some time ago, my wife asked me what motivated me to write songs, and I told her I try not to analyze too much, but rather just respond to the force to create.

However, on the specific tape from which today’s song is taken, I announce that I am going to record a new version of Bumble Bee and then note that I am doing so “in a fit of masochism.”

So there it is plainly laid out, my motivation is a form of masochism.

Sharing that here is a form of catharsis.

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I must be the luckiest man alive, because my children have two weeks off from school for Spring Break and I am the stay-at-home type dad (who sneaks out to work at night) and golly, what do you guys want to do today?

That is to say, I must tend to my flock and save the story about the actual Chartreuse Skirt for another edition of FTMUFOMMTS.

I remain your humble servant,

OX&C,

Faux Jean

remind me to dust one of these days, eh?

1. I am a big believer in pretty flowers, and I was getting a little tired of looking at my own face…

2. I should note that I did not have a cell phone to distract me at the time I recorded all of these ideas on tape, but I also did not have a cell phone to help me jot ideas down.