{"id":10,"date":"2013-02-01T23:41:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T23:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/tk\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-06-04T16:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:46:37","slug":"10-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/tk\/","title":{"rendered":"TK Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/images\/tk-2007-03-17-1-238x517.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"SmallCaps\"><strong>aka: THOMAS K MAJOR, TOM MAJOR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>the Bard of Bitterness, Denial, and Regret<\/p>\n<p class=\"paraDescriptive\"><strong style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">birth:<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.35; font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<em> between\u00a0some wars\u00a0on a sunny coastal plain in a\u00a0land so far\u00a0<\/em><\/span><em>away<br \/>\nyou just can&#8217;t get there from here at all<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>education<\/strong>: <strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">interdisciplinary studies<\/span><\/strong> <em>california\u00a0state\u00a0university long beach<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">commercial music\u00a0production\/recording<\/span><\/strong> <em>long beach college<\/em><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #999999;\">commercial\u00a0music recording<\/span><\/strong> <em>golden west college<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>interests:<\/strong> politics,\u00a0art, music, amateur ontology<br \/>\n<b style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-style: italic; font-size: 1rem;\">favorite color:<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-style: italic; font-size: 1rem;\"> withheld for security reasons<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">band:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.onebluenine.com\/\">one blue nine<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/onebluenine.bandcamp.com\">onebluenine.bandcamp.com <\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundclick.com\/artist\/default.cfm?bandID=42915&amp;content=songs\">one blue nine on Sound<em>click<\/em><\/a><\/strong> (late 90s electronica\/etc)<strong><br \/>\nsolo: <a href=\"http:\/\/tkmajor.bandcamp.com\/\">tkmajor.bandcamp.com<\/a><br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/tkmajor\/sets\/tks-tracks\">Soundcloud<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>vids: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyOhl2OB680TmlUMjsKhosw\">TK&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a><br \/>\nacoustic songs &amp; microfiction blog\/podcast<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?random&amp;random_post_type=post\">www.AYearOfSongs.org<\/a>\u00a0 <small>Founded 2005<\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/tkmajor\">facebook.com\/tkmajor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.last.fm\/user\/TKMajor\">last.fm\/TKMajor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/tk\/whatchya-listenin-to\/\">a bit of verbiage<\/a> on what TK has been listening to<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/tk\/my-stream-faves-end-of-2019\/\">some of current faves, late 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>profession:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/\">web and database development<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z6OpiwQ7WTY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Recently on TK&#8217;s song blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayearofsongs.org\/\"><strong><em>A Year of Songs<\/em><\/strong><\/a>&#8230;<aside id=\"rss-2\" class=\"widget widget_rss amr_widget\"><span style=\"display: none\"><a class=\"rsswidget rss-widget-feed\" href=\"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/feed\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"rss-widget-icon\" style=\"border:0\" width=\"14\" height=\"14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tkmajor.com\/tk\/wp-includes\/images\/rss.png\" alt=\"RSS\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"rsswidget rss-widget-title\" href=\"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\">Recently on A Year of Songs<\/a><\/span><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2024\/10\/18\/hello-silence-our-old-friend\/'>Hello, silence\u2026 our old friend [But we\u2019re back!]<\/a> <span class=\"rss-date\">October 18, 2024<\/span><div class=\"rssSummary\">As you may or may not know, AYOS\u2019 music is largely powered by the servers of the Internet Archive \u2014 and the Internet Archive has been under attack by some of the bad guys of the Internet for a number of days. It\u2019s expected to return to service\u2026 soon. But, anyhow, that gives us an [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2021\/02\/07\/red-river-meander\/'>Red River Meander<\/a> <span class=\"rss-date\">February 7, 2021<\/span><div class=\"rssSummary\"><\/div><\/li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2020\/12\/19\/stephen-caz-camberline-becker-rest-in-peace-my-brother\/'>Steve \u2018Caz Camberline\u2019 Becker\u2026 Rest in peace, my brother.<\/a> <span class=\"rss-date\">December 19, 2020<\/span><div class=\"rssSummary\">I don\u2019t quite remember the first time I met my near-lifelong pal, Steve Becker. He was a childhood friend of my first roommate, a quiet, even taciturn element in the sometimes rowdy mix of mostly musicians who hung out in our strange \u2014 and supposedly haunted \u2014 garret\/loft apartment, a sprawling, mostly empty, multi-level space [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2020\/09\/30\/someone-but-not-simone-breaking-up-with-myself-again\/'>Someone\u2026 but not Simone \u2014 breaking up with myself again\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"rss-date\">September 30, 2020<\/span><div class=\"rssSummary\">As many of my 3D world friends know, I\u2019ve become something of a recluse in recent years. But a recent 2 week, strict self-quarantine (spiked by an elevated temperature that lasted 4 days or so and disappeared) tested my hermetic mettle. So to speak. I found my already poorly integrated personality fragments quarrelling and pouting [&hellip;]<\/div><\/li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2018\/02\/28\/2536\/'>Everyone knew her name\u2026<\/a> <span class=\"rss-date\">March 1, 2018<\/span><div class=\"rssSummary\">A new version of this song written back in July, 2001. I\u2019ve always felt guilty writing joke and novelty songs \u2014 and I\u2019ve always gone ahead and done it anyway \u2014 and all too often I haven\u2019t been shy about sharing them. Always the kid in the back of the class. 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