OK, so you are an artist type, and you are stumped about what to work on next? Well, look no further. I have all the answers for you here at my new General Creativity Generator: http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/creativity_generator.

I for instance am going to soon be working on a novel about feeling aroused in Frankfurt. What will you be working on?

OK, so I’ve made a thingy on Tumblr ... for my photos around Lewis & Clark - http://palatinehill.tumblr.com/

It’s called the Palatine Hill photo blog, and I’ll be updating it from time to time whenever I feel I had a good pic or two to add.  I have a bunch of backlog too, for that matter that I’ll trickle up there.

You asked for it, you got it.  Forgeries: A brand new collection of cover songs from yours truly, Stone Grether. 

I had so much fun doing this—and fun was the only reason for doing this—that I plan on making a collection like this every year now. A new tradition is born!

More music all the time, that’s the motto here, right? Today I have for you a new eight-song EP: Portland Unconscious: Live in Portland, 5 July 2010.

We have some originals, some covers, and because it is off a bootleg, the audio quality leaves a bit to be desired. But still, enjoy!

Me playing at a house party in Portland, Oregon, 5 July 2010.

Added late last night: What I’m listening to: http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/changes/C41

As promised, I am launching two new generators today. They are still a little rough around the edges—definitely “version 1.0”—but I think you’ll get a kick out them now, and I promise I will keep working to improve them. So here they are:

Breakup Letters:
http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/breakup_letter_generator

Love Letters:
http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/love_letter_generator

I have three new random generators in “beta” mode that I’ll post here once they are functioning well enough: (1) a love letter generator, (2) a break-up letter generator, and (3) a more general “creativity” generator to give you ideas for what creative project you should embark upon next, you artist, you.

I have added a new entry in the Birthday Poems project. This one is titled, “The Other Basement: To Olivia, On Your Sixth Birthday,” and can be found here:

http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/changes/C127

Much to my annoyance, it turns out my beloved science fiction plot generator was failing on several mobile devices (e.g., the iPhone and iPad), and so I have completely rebuilt it under the hood to rectify the situation. The generator is now found at this location:
http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/science_fiction_plot_generator

Sick and bored senseless because of it this afternoon, I built the British High Society Gossip Generator: http://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/british

Me, I find it pretty amusing, but that could be because I have had a fever for four days, haha.

Well, it’s that’s time of year again already, time for another entry in the ever-expanding birthday poems project.  If you’re new here, the project finds me writing an annual poem for my two daughters on their birthdays.

Tonight I am posting “For Violet, on Your Second Birthday.”

Look for the next poem for Olivia here in about a month’s time.

Coming in 2010!  You asked for it, you got it.  A collection of cover songs from Stone Grether. 

The final song listing and order is yet to be determined, but it will include the following tracks:

1. “Sign Your Name,” originally recorded by Terence Trent D’Arby
2. “Us,” originally recorded by Regina Spektor
3. “Isis,” originally recorded by Bob Dylan
4. “Gates of Steel,” originally recorded by Devo
5. “Lady Stardust,” originally recorded by David Bowie
6. “Sunday Morning,” originally recorded by the Velvet Underground
7. “Hide Your Love Away,” originally recorded by the Beatles
8. “You Know I’m No Good,” originally recorded by Amy Winehouse
9. “Leather and Lace,” originally recorded by Stevie Nicks
10. “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” originally recorded by Taylor Swift

Below is a look at the new cover artwork for my upcoming covers’ album, Forgeries.  (I was really happy about it until someone asked me if it were some new Facebook product.)

A few days back I got myself listed as a developer and musician on a fun Portland directory project called Prtlnd. The purpose of which is to “collect every person in Portland who makes things in one place for easy discovery.”  Read more about it at Silicon Florist, among other places.

http://prtlnd.com/post/466579405/morgan-stone-grether

Here is a slideshow of my trip to Austin for SXSW Interactive this month:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/15940983@N02/sets/72157623651754774/show/

For all my Texan and/or geek friends, I am in Austin for SXSW Interactive again; track me down if you can.  As always, this place is definitely offering tons of food for thought.

TEASER: New “Forgeries” LP will cover songs from Terence Trent D’Arby, Amy Winehouse, and David Bowie (among others).

For the newly redone website, I have been working a little overtime recently and added hundreds of new header images.  (See above, and reload the page for more!) Each of these images is from my image archive, from my work as an amateur photographer.  Hope you enjoy them.  I’ll be adding more soon.

I just did not have enough on my plate lately, so I added redesigning this site to my to-dos.  So what are some big things that changed?  The three-column layout is now single.  The main menu has slid to the top, below a randomly selected photo from my archive. And the menu items have been streamlined.

The home page still has some work to go.  It is so different than before, with much of the content stripped away.  What will go there in its place?

I would appreciate any feedback you may have about the new site.