![]() The small rows of photos I used as thank yous are partially literal, partially symbolic. But for free photography, who wouldn’t? Brian shot the Turnagain Arm scarf shot that I use for my Vanilla publicity (and my avatar) shortly after. After that we started shooting constantly, which usually involved me freezing, or standing on slippery rocks over the ocean, or getting thorny, or mosquito-bitten. One day he called me up and asked, “What are you doing? And do you have a black dress?” I said “Nothing, and I only have an orange dress.” I met him a block from my house and we shot the ‘ green and orange portraits,’ one of which appears inside the album. ![]() We’d barely spoken when we did this first photo shoot, because he used to be a little shy. Then Scott moved to California (bum), and I started working with my friend Brian Adams. We shot those in the alleys and back streets of downtown Anchorage. My good friend Scott Pugh took the photo on the back cover, along with some other great photos involving a recliner named Alfred and a book of the collected works of W.H. I did all the album art myself in InDesign and Illustrator. I’d be almost as happy to write songs for someone else to sing, though of course I’d miss the touring & revelry that comes with performance. Being a wordsmith comes way before being a singer in my book. ![]() Also, I liked how the upside-down word looks the look and feel and taste and sound of a word is just as important as its many meanings for me. Yes, I’m referring to all meanings of the word, for those who’ve asked. Why is the word “Vanilla” upside down? Because I’m embracing, subverting, and redefining the word. That’s actually my old phone, which I’m holding in the photo on the inside. I prefer to think of her as Maid Marian, with her awesome sword (clearly a Sword of Justice-slash-Social-Networking-Etiquette) and her blue cell phone (which I added). The kickass lady on the cover of Vanilla is a public domain image taken from a relief carved in a French church. Feel free to skip down to the part you need. Then, songs (in playlist order), with production notes and credits for each song.
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