Category Archives: Music

All My Favorite Songs are Slow and Sad

Posted on May 25, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I heard this song today and had a lot of feelings, partly from the lyrics and partly from nostalgia. I know it’s a new song but it’s Weezer and it reminds me of the 1990s. Not just from the way … Continue reading →

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Imagine

Posted on May 2, 2021 by J.L. Hilton

I doodled this back in 1995 with pen & colored pencils. I still feel this way when “every night I lie in bed, the brightest colors fill my head, a million dreams are keeping me awake…” ~ J.L. Hilton

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Wasteland karaoke

Posted on December 20, 2020 by J.L. Hilton

I recorded these in September using Twitch Sings, which sadly is going away January 1, 2021, so I wanted to save them to YouTube.  I’m not a great singer but the karaoke livestreams were a lot of fun, especially when … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #3 – 1989

Posted on September 21, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one, labeled “My Special Tape,” is a melancholy miscellany that reflects the personal struggles of my young adulthood. Love, loss, longing, and my troubled, intermittent relationship with Lance, … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #2 – 1988 (?)

Posted on September 13, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is a tape I remember listening to while cruising around Palm Springs in 1988. Dustin and I thought we were so cool, playing Bach at … Continue reading →

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Mixtape #1 – 1987 (?)

Posted on September 9, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I found a box of tapes I made in the 80s and 90s. This one is labeled “Miscellaneous Songs” and is stuff I listed to a lot when I was in high school. My friend Troy got me into Depeche Mode and my friend … Continue reading →

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Brotherhood of Steel the Musical: Jackass in a Can

Posted on May 9, 2018 by J.L. Hilton

I’ve wanted to make this video ever since my daughter said “Jackass in a Can” reminded her of Danse. (She’s not a fan of the Brotherhood of Steel.) The song is from the TV show Galavant.  Game footage is from … Continue reading →

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MacCready’s 12 Days of Christmas

Posted on December 23, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

Sung to the tune of the classic “12 Days of Christmas” On the twelfth day of Christmas, MacCready sniped for me…Twelve Gunners gunningEleven raiders raidingTen super mutantsNine sentry robotsEight mongrels growlingSeven bloatflies flyingSix shaggy yao guaiFive radroachesFour mirelurksThree moleratsTwo feral ghoulsAnd … Continue reading →

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Friendship is Magic in the Wasteland

Posted on May 3, 2017 by J.L. Hilton

My daughter joked that this song reminded her of my sole survivor Fiona, the general of the Minutemen, and so inspired this Fallout 4 / My Little Pony mash-up.

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