BAG IS HOT (2008-2013)

April 20, 2008

BAG IS HOT (2008-2013)

"Bag is Hot" was a blog written by Joseph Arthur, where he regularly posts photos, paintings, poems and ... songs.

‘Bag Is Hot’ is Joseph Arthur's new way of releasing his music and art.
It is liquid and ongoing – a form onto itself. Brand new music is composed and recorded strictly for this album – really beautiful, unearthly, fully realized music – that interacts with images and artwork to form a living, breathing record. ‘Bag is Hot’ is free, open-ended, has no rules and is being modernized by Joseph at a rapid pace.

“’Bag is hot’…like fresh popcorn for all the kids to grab,” says Joseph. “Digital hands eating the digital popcorn. This project is fun and doesn’t have to be precious, but it’s hard not to take it seriously and really work on it. It’s not, ‘Bag is getting a little lukewarm - Bag is hot! It’s gonna be slang soon!”

In 2010, he posted a text (poem?) to explains what represent these songs for him.

From 2008 to today, there were 25 songs posted on this blog.

Since then, we heard the "final version" of certain titles, such as "Call" on TGC, "Still Life Honey Rose" on the Boogie, "Cherries in the Snow" with RNDM ..

Ps. Songs I post here are wayward children

Homeless creatures

Idiots who still believe in love

Born agains who don’t believe

Masters who would rather be puppets

Unmastered

Mixed wrong

Usually people refer to songs like these as demos

I would never do such a thing

For they are demoing nothing

But their own failure to reach the heart of god

What they do show is an attempt

And in that attempt they are human

And in their humaness they are great

And so they are my favorites

But they belong in the junkyard

With the rest of us

In other words

I am working on a couple records

And songs I post here won’t be on those records

Or at least in these versions

Or probably not but maybe but doubtful.

The creative process is like dancing with the wind

It leads we follow

Done properly. We follow. I follow. You follow?

Pps

Sorry for saying you are in a junkyard

Maybe you live in a palace.

I think earth is a work place

a junkyard of souls working towards a higher more graceful state

So that’s how I meant it.

Anyway

Have a great day

And do some push ups.

Songs posted on "Bag Is Hot" :

2008-04-20 Lovely Cost (lyrics)

2008-04-21 Dark Forces (lyrics)

2008-04-22 Blast Off !

2008-04-23 My Eyes Follow You (lyrics)

2008-04-24 If Yer Afraid (lyrics)

2008-04-27 So Far Away (lyrics)

2008-04-29 Father's Eyes (lyrics)

2008-05-01 Burning Wheel (lyrics)

2008-05-04 Still Life Honey Rose (lyrics)

2008-05-05 Fading (lyrics)

2008-05-08 I'm In Your Life (lyrics)