FREE MUSIC!!!

The music industry is constantly changing.  With the Internet as a window to the world, indie bands are making #1 hit songs and even getting awards for their music without ever having a label behind them.  KHP is 100% independent, if you buy a shirt, we designed and printed it. If you listen to our music, we wrote it recorded and produced it.  If you buy our album, we designed it and had it printed.  If you contact any of our websites or social media, you are talking to US not some management team.  For KHP all of you amazing and supportive people are our label.  You are the reason that we are able to do what we do, and we want to get our music out there for you to listen to.

We decided as a band that we will now give away downloads of our music for FREE. Of course it will still be available on Itunes, Google, Spotify and all of that stuff and for people that like to have an actually CD in a case, we will still always sell those.  But if you want to have KHP on your ipod or phone or computer, you can always download it for free from www.reverbnation.com/khptheband. Thank you everyone for your Continued support and love that we get. Keep coming out to shows and keep listening to our music, there is plenty more on the way!!

Song post - First Sight

I won't go into a lot behind the story of this song, I think it speaks for itself. This is definitely the most sexual song that KHP has ever written.  It comes of course from a crush on a girl, seeing her at a party, wanting to be with her so much that it sends you into a fantasy about being with her.

First Sight

When our eyes met it felt like it should be a sin

Can't fight this want that is brewing within

unspoken desires they float and swim

in my glass with the ice and the tonic and gin

I know you want me

Just say that you want me

I walk up from across this crowded room

I'm just close enough that I can smell your perfume

You look so good in this light

Please say that you'll come home with me tonight

I do more than undress you with my eyes

I can feel my hips pressed against your thighs

I can see your eyes change your pupils grow

we both glisten with sweat as we move and flow

you know I want you

why can't I have you

I walk up from across this crowded room

I'm just close enough that I can smell your perfume

You look so good in this light

Please say that you'll come home with me tonight

New Studio, New Engineer, and upcoming new album

That's right.  KHP, although lacking in the blog department, has been working on a new album.  We have been shopping around for the last couple of years trying to find a studio and engineer that fit our style, wants, and needs as a band.  We have finally found what we are looking for in the form of Matt Hepworth at Studio Nu.  We are about half way through recording our first full length album and it is turning out exactly how we wanted.  Our song writing style has seemed to morph into our own style now.  There was a little taste of those stylings on our previous release 55°C but we have really pulled it together for some new songs on this upcoming album.  If you look at the history of the blog posts here on the blog, we are in no position to make any promises of future posts, but it is our intention to post some lyrics of some of our newer songs.

Besides all new equipment and even some new instruments. There have been a lot of changes with KHP.  The biggest change of recent is DJ Richard Mixin leaving the band.  He has recently build his own studio and has been working on his own music and collaborations.  We recently all sat down, had a band meeting, and came to the decision that we would go our separate paths musically.  We are all still really good friends.  In fact Mixin has still been coming to shows to hang out with us and listen to our music.

The picture at the top of this blog was taken by Kayla Bertagnolli. She did a live photo shoot with us at one of our shows and did an amazing job.  We are planning on working with her for some of our album insert art.  The cover of the album was done by a U.K. photographer named Joe Biskup, so not only is this album going to sound awesome, it is going to look awesome too.  Hopefully we remember to keep you up to date on how the album is coming!

How hot is the new KHP album? 55°C to be exact...

KHP have been working hard in the studio to bring you their very first EP titled "55°C". It was recorded at S.I.S Records in Salt lake City by Toby Seljass.

Originally this was only going to be a 6 song EP of all original KHP songs, But when we got into the studio, we worked through the songs a lot faster that we had planned. We had a little bit of extra time in the budget and decided to throw in another song. We decided to do the Tom Jones cover "Delilah" because it is just a fun song that we really want to share with you all.

We chose 6 of our own songs to put on this EP, and they are all songs that we really feel best portray the different styles that we love to play. We have a slower song like "Blood Stays On The Blade" a fast hip-hop style song called "Leadlight Iris" with some good rock and ambient songs inbetween. The actual album track listing is as follows:

1. First Sight



2. Blood Stays On The Blade



3. Direction



4. Volar Alto



5. Only This



6. Delilah (Tom Jones Cover)



7. Leadlight Iris

Right now the album is available for download at our Reverbnation store (Click Here) for only $5 or you can buy each individual track for $0.99 each. We are offering a download of the song "Delilah" for free here just to give you a preview. While you are there you can preview all of the songs streaming before you buy. For now, the album is only available on disk at our live shows, but we are working on making it available for both download and an actual CD on itunes and amazon soon. Thank you all for being so patient with the release of this album. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed recording it.

A Step in the right direction... FORWARD!

One of the most important things for a band to have of course is musical talent and ability, but eventually you get to the point where your sound is only as good as the equipment that you use. KHP is a band that is full of talent, but has been limited on the quality of the instruments, that is, until now. Yesterday, we showed up to practice to see that Jason Gough had just bought a beautiful brand new DW drum kit complete with a full set of new cymbals. It sounds INCREDIBLE!!! But that is not all, Clint Brace has been having trouble with his amp that he has had for years, it has been in and out of the shop with problems and just seemed to not be able to stay in running order. Clint showed up to practice last night with a brand new Vox amp. Both Jason and Clint are finally playing instruments that match the quality of their talents. Now it is time to hit the studio. When trying to record before, be ran into a lot of problems getting the great sound we want with the instruments that KHP had. Now there is no holding us back. I can't wait to be posting about the studio and the progress. We will definitely keep you posted

Band Updates!

Sorry everyone that I haven't updated this with any new blogs, sometimes I have a hard time deciding what band news is blogworthy. Then when I think about it, I realize that everyone deserves to hear about anything going on with the band!

There are a couple of good things I want to share with you. The first is an upcoming show that we will be playing that we are very excited about. Along with fellow local bands "Kiss me, Kill me" and "ECS" we will be opening for "Caroline's Spine" on November 27th at Club Vegas in SLC. We really feel like this will be a really good show for us. We are a good fit with these bands so I have to give a good shout out to Pat at Club Vegas for doing such a good job of fitting bands together. Tickets are $10 and you can contact anyone in the band to get your tickets. We would really appreciate the support on this one.

The next thing I want to share with you all is we finally have a YouTube account up and running and for the last month or so we have been adding live video from the shows we play. Check it out at www.youtube.com/khptheband If you have never been to a show, there is a lot of music on these live videos that isn't on any of our sites. While you are there, subscribe and leave some comments and share with your friends. Thanks all

KHP's first Recorded track from the upcoming album

Well, we have finally made some headway on recording. We have been working on trying to find the right sound and in the process have been completely changing our sound along the road. It has been a long process because we have been working on recording songs, get them recorded and then decide that we weren't happy with the sound that we got. We would make the necessary changes and then start over. Well we feel like we finally got one right. We recorded our song "Blood Stays On The Blade" at Resurrection Studio with Lazarus as the Engineer, and then sent the song to The Analog Room to be mixed by Kevin Smith. We are really happy with the sound. Hopefully you had your sound on while you were reading this blog, if it is then you are probably listening to the final product right now.. If not you can turn on your sound and refresh the page, or go and check it out on our website www.khptheband.com

Now that we have finally found the sound we are looking for, It is going to be a mad dash to get this album finished. As I am sure you all agree, it is long past due! We will slowly be releasing track by track until the album is finished and then we will print them all on a CD. So keep checking back to see what we might have new!

Major Show Announcement

On March 22nd KHP will be opening up for OTEP for their Rise, Rebel, Resist Tour in Salt Lake City!!!!

Although KHP is a little different kind of music, the band are fans of OTEP and some of the other bands on the tour. It is always a great time to open for bands that you admire and listen to. So come out to this show, not only will you get to see what a kick ass performance OTEP always gives, you will get to see KHP have a great time playing with some good bands.

This is also KHP's first time playing at "In the Venue" So come out and show this club what great support KHP have and you will be helping us get other shows booked at this club.

Hope to see you all there!

Leadlight Iris, A colaboration!

If you haven't already noticed, KHP is a band with no limitations to the type of music that they play. They have written and performed songs touching on lots of different genre. The newest venture touches on the world of hip hop. The band had been working on the music to a new song, and when hearing it, Kristian decided that this song would be perfect to have hip hop verses to it.

Many rock bands have tried to do hip hop and always make it sound cheezy and ungenuine. KHP wanted it to sound as good as possible and so colaborated with a local hip hop MC named "Constable" from the group "Drunken Masters"... Constable wrote the verses to this new song and Kristian wrote the chorus. KHP performed this song at their last show in Ogden and will soon be putting it up on  youtube, so look for the links.. In the meantime, here are the lyrics to the song. The meaning behind the name is fairly simple. Leadlight is another name used for Stained Glass, and Iris of course is part of the human eye, the part said to map the soul.. so in other words "Stained Glass eye"

Leadlight Iris

I'm sick of struggle, sick of stressing sick of life

sick of liquor and its vigor being why I sleep at night

I need some light with this dreary darkness closing in

its hard to play the game when you know you'll never win

now look into my eyes, the window to the soul now tell me is there one inside

tell me what you see, a reflection of yourself or are you seeing through to me

is it sin? or is it just impending defeat?

I miss the days when I was too intensive to be beat

these bitter sweet, sweet and sour contradictive lives

I hear that normal people do not wish for their demise

they say the sky's the limit but its deminished in my eyes

two cups of coffee mixed with whiskey in the morning when I rise

now look into my eyes, the window to the soul now tell me is there one inside

tell me what you see, a reflection of yourself or are you seeing through to me

I despise the fact that I despise myself

would I rather that I'm not alive or be somebody else

or is it wealth? that happiness inside a dollar bill

why should I do my best to supress my desire to kill

and free will's a joke, cause nothings for free

even imaginary gods will try to tell you how to be

so don't you see I search for meaning at the bottom of a cup

and even though I keep on trying I'm not having any luck

only the good die young, which means I'm probably stuck

and I guess I could keep caring but I just don't give a fuck

So look into my eyes, the window to the soul now tell me is there one inside

now tell me what you see, a reflection of yourself or are you seeing through to me now

The New KHP shirts!

They are finally ready to go, We now have the new KHP T-Shirts printed and available for all of our fans. We still have to decide what color combinations we will do, but we can now do custom shirts. This design can be printed on a hoodie, a girls fitted shirt, a tank top, or anything else that we can fit it on!

We have one more design that is in the works right now that should be ready at the end of this Thanksgiving weekend. There have been a lot of changes in KHP in the past months and I think that the new shirt designs will reflect our new image and style. So, you can pick your shirt up at the next show, or you can contact us at khptheband@gmail.com to place an order!

Quick Update!

Just a quick word to let everyone know what is going on. If you have been following along on the studio process, On Monday we recorded Bass and Lead Guitar for the first track. Tonight we will be recording all of the vocals, and tomorrow Richard Mixin will be laying some DJ Sounds throughout the song. So, wish me luck with my singing tonight.

Also, when looking into making T-shirts for the band and trying to find the best prices, I made the decision that I would print the shirts myself. I ordered a bunch of silk screening supplies and I am going to start working on that this weekend. Right now I have 2 designs that I will be printing. As soon as I get some printed I will post some pictures for you to check out. If you are pretty interested in that process, I will be adding that to the list of things that I blog about on my personal blog http://www.khpkristian.blogspot.com/

And so it Starts: The Beginning of KHP's Debut Album

We had plans to start recording on Saturday but first we had to close off the wall between the tracking room and the control room, so on thursday all of us went over to the studio and got to work. Right now we just filled in the walls with a special sound obsorbing type of insulation called Mineral Wool. After a couple of really itchy nights we had it all finished.

So on Saturday, we got to work. We have been working close with Resurrection Studio to help build it and get it to good quality condition for over a year now. We have tried to record before and just couldn't get the right sound. Saturday we started with the drums, and we FINALLY got the sound that we have been looking for.

It was such an exciting day! After a few takes on the drums and a few different mic placements, we ended up with a really good take that we were very happy with. Next we moved on to rhythm guitar. It ended up sounding awesome. It is such a great feeling to actually get the sound that we have been working so hard to get, we are all so relieved and excited. So now we just need to record Bass, Electric Guitar, Turntables, and Vocals and the track will be ready for us to post online. We will be releasing tracks online on Myspace and Reverbnation up until we have finished the album, so keep checking back. I will be sure to let you all know when things are ready.

KHP's Halloween Weekend

KHP was asked to play Halloween Weekend at Bogey's in Clearfield. They wanted us to play both Friday night and Saturday night from 6 pm to 10 pm. Friday night was supposed to be a ladies night that they were calling "Witches Night Out" and of course Saturday was the Halloween Party.


We were pretty excited about playing these shows because the pay that we would get from the club would be enough to kickstart our work in the studio and some other things that we have been wanting to get done.

One thing that we were really excited about, was that Brian's cousin had a 32 channel Allen & Heath mixing board that he said we could borrow for the shows. For those of you who know anything about sound, I need not say more. For everyone else, not only does it improve the quality of sound, and ease of use. It is a step up from the mixing board that I had planned to buy in the future! The more exciting part is that after the show, he offered to give us the board in trade for some work that he needed done.. So now when we do our own sound, it will be that much easier to have that professional sound!


You can't have a big night club like this with a live band and not have some kind of drama right? We put together a typical set for us that we have played a handful of times on the patio in the summer, that included a improv freestyle hip-hop song featuring members of our favorite hip-hop group "The Drunken Masters" We had Lazarus and sin both freestyling, we were all having a great time and everyone in the club was loving it. That is everyone except the owner. He told the managers and everyone else that they need to shut us down because he didn't like it! All of the workers of course ran around like the sky is falling and tried to shut us down. Eventually when we wouldn't stop they walked up and gave us the cut throat signal for stop. We finished up the song and continued the rest of the set. For the rest of the set the bouncers kept coming up and telling us to turn it down even though it was the same as it was all night. Well, whatever.


The funniest part about the whole situation is when we were finished, it was time for the DJ to do his thing. And lets see, did he play rock? maybe country? Oldies maybe, because that is what the owner likes? NO, HE PLAYED HIP HOP!!!! A whole lot louder than we did, and it wasn't even good hip hop.


So if you are ever in Bogey's. Go up to the bouncers, the managers, bartenders, and even the owner (if he happens to be sitting at the end of the bar) and tell them how you wish that the awesome band KHP still played there, and that the hip hop song that they did with the drunken masters was one of the coolest things you have ever seen in that bar!

Song Post: Volar Alto

The main inspiration for this song is the Greek story of Icarus. When I was told this story as a child, It was implied that the lesson learned in the story was to heed your warnings. Being a defiant child with my own obsessions with flight, I didn't agree with this theory. I felt that the meaning to the story was that to some people it just may be worth the price. Some people have never come across this story, or may not remember it, so here is the basic story of Icarus.

Daedalus, a talented and remarkable Athenian craftsman, Was hired by King Minos to built a Labyrinth to imprison the Minotaur (half man, half bull). One day, Theseus, the enemy of the king, went into the Labyrinth to defeat the Minotaur. The Kings Daughter, Ariadne was in love with Theseus and wanted to help him survive, so with help from Daedalus, she gave Theseus a clew of string to help him find his way out of the Labyrinth. When King Minos learned of this, he exiled Daedalus and his son Icarus from the land of Crete.

To escape the island that they were exiled to, Daedalus built wings out of wax and feathers for himself and his son. Before taking flight, Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly too close to the sun, nor too close to the sea. Icarus was overcome with the feeling of flight, he kept rising higher and higher into the sky. Eventually he came too close to the sun, which melted the wax holding his wings together, and Icarus fell to his death.

The name of the song is simple. It just means "To Fly High" in Spanish. I thought that even though it is spanish, it almost has a greek sound to the name. After reading that story, it becomes pretty obvious what the meaning of the song is, but what I added to my version is how people have the tendency to create limits for other people by telling them things like: "It isn't possible", or "you could never do that", or even as rude as "You will only fail, why even try?" When we are young, we look at things in a pure point of view. If we want to know if something is possible, all we have to do is try. Unfortunately, even though I felt this way as a child and believe this to be a great way to see things, I have still had a lifetime of people telling me what is and isn't possible. If only I could remove those thoughts and get back to that childish and pure way of thinging.. I wonder what would happen if...................

Volar Alto

When I was of a younger mind

I knew no boundaries when I looked toward the sky

I was warned of a price so great

but I knew that there was a larger fate

in store for me

The price some pay to rise above them all

to some is worth making that fatal fall

I've since been grounded by a jury of my peers

convinced to limits by all the doubt and fears

I wave goodbye as my feet leave the ground

you clip my wings but my will cannot be bound

and I will fly

The price some pay to rise above them all

to some is worth making that fatal fall

Halloween Show!

We have been asked to play this weekend at Bogey's in Clearfield for Halloween. We are so excited to play these shows.

Friday night is ladies night, Bogey's is calling it Witches Night Out. We will be playing from 6 pm to 10 pm so don't miss out.

Saturday night is the big Halloween Bash. Dress up and come by the club, we will be playing from 6 pm to 10 pm that night as well, so you can skip the boring part of all of the Halloween parties while you watch KHP, have some drinks and check out everyones costumes. By the time the show is over, you can decide if you want to stay and hang out there or if you want to head out to that Halloween Party to catch the best part of the night!

A message to all of our long time fans out there: With these shows having a lot of time to fill, we will pretty much be playing all of our songs, old and new, and we will be playing all of the cover songs that we do. So if there is a song that you have been wanting to hear that we haven't played in a long time.. Come out, you are guaranteed to hear it!

More Studio work and updates!

Well, The work on the studio is moving right along. We have actually got a rough schedule of when we will be getting to work on the actual album. It is so exciting, in the next two weeks we will be finishing up the necessary construction on the tracking room and we have scheduled to start recording the first week of November.

All of the ducks are starting to line up in a beautiful little row. We have found somebody to work on the album cover for us, he has done some work for us in the past and we really like how he can manipulate photos to really make them look cool. The rest of the album art is in rough form with some really great ideas. So if everything goes right, we should be finishing up the art and the music at around the same time.

When we first go into the studio, we have decided to just work on one track at a time so that we can see how it all comes together. Once we have a track finished we will completely re-work all of our web pages. We will delete all of our old live tracks from Myspace, Reverbnation, and the Band Website and just have the one track up on all of the sites. If you have seen us live in the past few months, then you know that our sound just isn't the same as what it used to be, and people are just not taking us seriously because of the music that we have up on the sites. So, I am raising my glass to progress....... Cheers!

Song Post: Blood Stays On The Blade

I am going to start blogging the lyrics to our songs starting with our newest song "Blood Stays On The Blade"

This song is written about a man that is going into a kill or be killed battle with another man. The basis of the story is that he is a complete contradiction of confidence and apprehension because he used to be a tough guy not to mess with, but he is slightly getting older. Although he feels that he is fully capable, he can't help but feel a little bit of doubt.

We actually had this whole song finished, all of the music and lyrics, except for the line "blood stays on the blade" before we had decided on a name. The basis of the song and its content reminded me of a scene in the movie "Gangs of New York" it was just before the opening battle between the two main gangs in New York. An older man was shaving his face with a straight razor while his young son stood and watched. After the man finished shaving, he cut a small cut into his cheek and hands the razor to the little boy. The little boy is about to wipe the blood on his pants to clean the blade when his father stops him.. "No" he says, "The blood stays on the blade"

Here is the actual scene in the film

Blood Stays On The Blade

I've got just enough pride to make a foolish mistake
but I've got just enough fight to make it out of this place

Don't think, just because I'm calm that I'm the weaker man

and don't think, just because I won't doesn't mean that I can

With a Blade in my pocket and a flame in my eye

I am too old for combat but I'm too young to die

Blood stays on the blade

I've got another mans blood all over my hands

now I've got to go on the run 'cause I'm a wanted man

I warned you before that this would be a fight

your point doesn't matter now if you were wrong or right

With a Blade in my pocket and a flame in my eye

I am too old for combat but I'm too young to die

Blood stays on the blade

Studio Construction

Last night Lazarus and I decided to do some more work on the studio. Right now, the drum room is open to the control room. After trying to record with the setup like that, we realized that there was too much of an echo and bad open room sound. We knew that before we can get a good drum recording, we would have to build a wall between the drum room and control room. We got most of the wall build that runs between the two rooms, now we just need to build the outside wall. Once we have this finished and sound treated, we will be hard at work with recording our album. For the last year and a half, our sound has been constantly changing to the point that an album that we would have recorded a year ago would sound nothing like what we are recording now. I can't help but think that the forces of fate have been holding us back until our music is worthy of really pushing out into the world. We really feel like we are getting very close to that point, and now it is just a matter of getting those walls finished and treated.

So if anyone is anxious for us to start recording and feels they want to help out, we could use some supplies. We need 2x4's, 5/8" sheetrock, and mineral wool insulation. If anyone wants to help out, that is great. But if not, we will still be working hard to get it done. I will keep you posted on the progress

A Band worth checking out!

For all of our fans and readers that didn't get a chance to make it to our show at Club Vegas last month, I would like to let you know about the band that we opened up for. We stuck around after our set to watch the band "Lights Out Vegas" play, and we were really impressed. The had a good sound and an awesome stage presence (though this video doesn't do them any justice). We really recommend that if they come through town again. You should definitely go and check them out! In the meantime, check them out on MYSPACE

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Breaking Gear!

A couple of weeks ago, Clint's(lead guitar) guitar amp was on the fritz. We were practicing as a band, and Clint's amp just kept shutting off. After a little investigating, he noticed that it had blown a fuse. He replaced the fuse and continued to play. Not even halfway through the song, it blew out again. He did this a few times and realized that something was seriously wrong with the amp. Eventually he switched it out for Brian's line 6 amp that he had laying around, and ended up playing through that amp for the next 2 shows. He is still working on getting it fixed at the local shop.

We were all kind of making fun his faulty gear. Telling him that he needed to be more dependable and get his gear in tip top shape.. Of course as fate and karma would have it, this last weeks practice, we had a new problem. About halfway through our practice, My processor unit just shut down and gave an error warning on the screen. The processor is where I get all of the guitar effects that I use, so it is really going to effect our sound until I get it fixed. I guess I learned my lesson now. Making fun of someone elses gear is not worth the karma that comes back because now I am totally lost without my amp in working condition!

Friday, October 2nd at V2 in Layton, Utah

On Friday we had a show set up to be opening for Vegas band "Marshall Price" Who are touring the northwest and Layton was the first stop on the tour. I got a text from one of the venues managers on Thursday saying that the show was going to be cancelled.. WHAT?! I had been advertising for this show, I had about 30 people commited to coming out. When I asked why, he said that there wasn't anybody to run the show. So I let the band know and was starting to put things together to let all of the fans know that we wouldn't be playing and while I was doing that I got another text saying "never mind.. the show is back on"

Apparently when the venue manager told the tour manager for Marshall Price, he lost it and freaked out. The tour manager told the club that he had 60 to 75 people that had confirmed with him that they would be there! Great, this should be an awesome show, a crowd of about 100 people would be a lot of fun.

The doors opened about 45 minutes after they were supposed to and it was nothing but KHP fans. There were maybe 5 or 6 people there to see Marshall Price and no more showed up during the show. Of course we still rocked out for our fans, with it being an all ages venue a lot of our younger fans could finally see us play. At one point I was jammin playing the show and I look down right in front of the stage and My youngest son and Richards son were stood there with their hands up in the air giving me the rock symbol with their first finger and pinky up and the rest down.. I thought it was hilarious.

Marshall price played and did a really good job. They are a pretty good band, they played some original songs and some covers of old 70's rock songs. They had some pretty funny t-shirts at the merch table. Jason ended up buying a shirt that said "Marshall Price, I'm gonna f**k your girlfriend" The only thing that bothers me about these kind of shows is how we are kind of used. The venue knows that we can bring a pretty good crowd. So when they have a touring band that they book, they are contracted to pay that band. And how do they make money to pay that band? Well from the ticket sales of the local band. So all of the money of our loyal fans are split up between the venue and the touring band. So, I guess for us to start making money we better hit the road and let some local band somewhere else make all of the money for us..

KHP-NESS

This is Jason Gough The Percussionist and retard of the band as you will soon learn in these blogs. I just want to send a thank you to Kristian for letting me share in the KHP-ness as the e-mail stated !!!!

Kizzle Hizzle Pizzle

Alright.. This is Kristian, Singer/Guitar player for KHP. I am going to start this out, but I am planning on giving out the info for this blog to the rest of the band so that they can enter a blog whenever they want.. Hopefully they will do that from time to time. I have a personal blog on blogger and decided that I really like how it is all formatted and it is easy for people to connect back and forth. So here we go with a Blogger Blog!

My plan is to make this blog everything to do with the band. For instance, what equipment we use and buy, the Recording process, Shows, News, Lyrics, Muses, Pictures and everything else we may feel like blogging about.