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The Droplet Song: MP3 & Lyrics

Submitted by deke on 29 March 2009 - 12:00am.

Before it became about droplets, The Droplet Song was about you. It struck me that a really genuine love song -- one that cared about you more than it cared about itself -- would start off by thanking you for just being there. Hence, the first line I wrote is the first line I sing: "Let me thank you for checking out my thing." Other love songs lament, they plead, they get all whiney and stupid and morbidly crybaby. Mine just tells it like it is: You're awesome, thanks for stopping by, let's stir some of that soulful shit, baby.

Somehow, I'm thinking that now is the perfect moment for an image of a preening seagull to interrupt my narrative:

It was when I (in my mind's eye) saw my song's love wrapped in liquid that the underlying meaning of the piece became apparent. Because, by then, the droplets were everywhere. Read more » 

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The Droplet Song (A Love Song to a Lost Feature in Photoshop)

Submitted by deke on 19 March 2009 - 12:30am.
Deke sings a loving song of love

dekePod Episode 012: Hello, friends. Please accept my sincere apologies for the 14-week gap between this dekePod and the last one. Life and work, and more life and work, and still more life and work got in the way. Happily, I managed to clear my plate and come up with something new and special for you. Think of it as a kind of St. Patrick's Day resolution, in which I abandon my feisty ways and embrace my sensitive side. Even if it's only for one episode. Read more » 

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On Cocktails, Contests, and Community

Submitted by colleen on 26 February 2009 - 9:23pm.

Hello, my funny dekeIntines. Welcome to the February edition of the dekeOnline newsletter, a personal missive to you, treasured 1/6819th of our special community. Yes, I'm talking to You. Can't you feel me behind the sunglasses staring beams of love and appreciation straight into your soul?

Speaking of cocktails (see the title), this month brought the launch of our new audio-only podcast, Martini Hour, in which Deke and I sip beverages and discuss important issues in digital imaging and anything else that strikes our fancy. Joining us in the dekeLounge is our bandleader Buddy "budz" Saleman and the Pimm's Quartet, who provide the cool-groove accompaniment to our lively conversation. We've even got a hotline you can call with your questions: 1-888-dekepod. If you sound groovy, you ask an intriguing question, and Deke knows the answer, we'll play you on the air in an upcoming episode. Read more » 

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To Whet Your Appetite

Submitted by deke on 19 February 2009 - 11:34pm.

A few of you have registered displeasure over the recent dearth of dekePods. I've told you how we got waylaid by some of our for-profit materials (which you should purchase if you want the free nonsense to continue :-). And Colleen invented Martini Hour to keep you amused in the meanwhile.

But dekePod is coming back and, I might add, in a unique way. Here's a frame.

It's like some kind of crazy dekePod vs. Martini Hour mashup. (Don't you just love my obsessive hyperlinking?) Who will win? Read more » 

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