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Only the people with problems call after the decent have gone to sleep...
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The epic story of an orange fight at a Cal USC game that my family won in spectacular fashion.
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"THE Message?"
My God.... THE Message?
The Message, My MESSAGE After the beep?
"Be kind to strangers, and even kinder to those you know and love. That was the best I could do, so now I have the Batman Blues."
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A story about a good-natured woman and a bunch of recent parolees from the state prison in Vacaville, California, on a Greyhound bus.
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A true story about a transcendent summer job I had with Scott Shoffner.
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I spend a night there once, I was dizzy with Hadrian's Blues.
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I wrote this song after seeing the man who almost killed me and not acting out all of my revenge fantasies. He was selling TVs at Costco.
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The story of a house of ill-repute that met a very bad end.
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Big Brother is watching... Time to get paranoid.
Rough live studio demo.
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A cautionary tale about falling back into addiction.
Rough live studio demo.
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When you finally realise that that lifelong friend isn't really a friend at all and it's time to say 'goodbye'.
Rough live studio demo.
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Standing outside, looking in. Keeping people at arm's length until you're sure of their intentions.
Rough live studio demo.
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Just a simple Blues, I'm not a harp player, but I did the best I could, puffed me out !!! Oh yeh don't tell my mate Dave. He plays the harp on all my songs & he'll have guts for garters if he finds out !!!
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Special thanks to Dave Desoucey for the bass track.
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My groping hand shoved
Away once more from delight:
Supple joys denied.
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Sunlight streaming down.
Gentle breeze disturbs new leaves.
Spring's awakenings.
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Roasting on one side,
Freezing on the other side:
The joy of campfires.
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The coals are red-hot,
Nag champa incense burning,
Cherry Coke in hand.
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The coals are red-hot,
Yellow kernels a-roasting,
Three ears are ready.
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Antidisestab-
lishmentarism:
too many sylla-
(bles?)
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"Warren, line three, please."
Annoying public address.
(He's a busy man.)
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Unstoppable thief,
Never aware of our needs,
Time flows on and on.
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six 7/8 schlemiel schlemazel
It's an instrumental, too.
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9/11, I . . .
(Do I have survivor's guilt?)
. . . worked a normal day.
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Got to get going!
Only ninety days remain
To pen forty more.
(I'd reached the halfway mark for eighty haiku; I must have written this sometime in November 2011.)
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Answering machine.
You might have something to say
When you hear the beep.
Those who have my home phone number know that this has been my actual answering machine message for over a year.
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The curse of our time:
Cellular stupidity.
Can you hear me now?
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Tied up, fourteen-all.
Coiled tight, yet poised, until
He hears, "Ready . . . fence!"
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May the twenty-first,
Harold Camping said, "It's done."
Sinners, best repent.
May the twenty-one,
Party time for ev'ryone.
Sinners, best repent.
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A simple table
Set before my enemies,
My head anointed.
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Complete innocence,
My Kindergarten mind-state.
Why are kids so mean?
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language and communication
john lydon told me
the written word is a lie
so likewise
the recorded sung or spoken word say i
on the table
there sat a cat or a telephone
-what shape was the table?
-what was the name of the cat…
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Believe in something,
But not what they dream about;
Their dreams are evil.
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Too bad I don't know how to play an actual violin.
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Written in 2002; played to death 2003-4; retired in 2005. Feels good to bring this one back from the dead.
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mellow good vibe guitar synth tune....instrumental
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gentle flowing guitar synth,acoustic guitar instrumental
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Watching events unfold in Syria...I can't imagine what its like...to all those caught in the crossfires throughout the world...hang in there...
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Maybe it's intuition
But some things you just don't question
Like in your eyes
I see my future in an instant
And there it goes
I think I've found my best friend
I know that it might sound more than a little crazy
But I believe
I knew I loved…
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This is a song about questions, especially after experiencing the loss of someone special.....here are the lyrics:
Down past the bridge
By Saint Peter‘s church
She hums a prayer
Her eyes blue and bare
She’s longing for comfort…
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I was planning on doing a theme-based rpm this year on outer space, but didn't manage to get all the rpm songs to fit. I've been reading a lot of Stanislaw Lem - probably my favorite science fiction author - and dedicate this to him. His books…
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This one has a pretty silly lyric - it's about making up a place called “Wendouree Lane”, then later meeting someone who actually lives on Wendouree Lane and discovering that it actually does exist.
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A last minute inclusion to my RPM 2012 album, after deciding to ditch a song and replace it with a better one. It was written in a hurry.
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language and communication
john lydon told me
the written word is a lie
so likewise
the recorded sung or spoken word say i
on the table
there sat a cat or a telephone
what shape was the table?
what was the name of the cat…
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This one's a bit of a clunker in it's current form.
The first 2 verses are pretty cheesy, and it doesn't really have a chorus, just verses and a bridge.
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Big cheesy pop song. Simple lyric, simple tune.
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The tune is recycled from a song I wrote in the early 90s. All new lyrics.
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My friend Vyv requested I write a song about penguins, so here it is. (well, it doesn't say much about penguins - but it does mention them!)
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A song about how hard it is to write words for a song.
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I pretty much just made this one up as I went along. Bird noises by the Superb Fairy Wrens in our garden.
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This is the piano music track for Baaaaa! meant for people who want to sing it live!
Baaaaa! Occupy version lyrics
We’re standing up for the job creators
We know that someday they will come through
All that’s needed is lower taxes
That…
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Backing track for those who want to sing Baaaaa! live and want it complete with sheep.
Baaaaa! Occupy version lyrics
We’re standing up for the job creators
We know that someday they will come through
All that’s needed is lower taxes
That…
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We’re standing up for the job creators
We know that someday they will come through
All that’s needed is lower taxes
That’s what they’re waiting for us to do
We think it’s great they have so much money
We know they’ll spend it responsibly…
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i can hear the digits in your digital audio
i feel the need to fidget with my mouse and my moby
i’m listless as i listen to prestigious presentations
of manipulated data and prestidigitation
i type unlisted numbers into my communicator
i'm dubious…
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I wrote this about a very-now-ex-girlfriend somewhere back in the '90s. People seem to like it (actually, there's been a comparison to Duncan Sheik made several times by several people - I'll take it!) Essentially me being pissy :)
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Bumps & grinds and
Things going on..in the..
Background
Going on...
Bumps and grinds
Oh yeah..
You know..
What kind..
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I would like to thank my long time friend Burnell Yow! for his fine flute playing from one of his Native American flutes.Check out www.ravenswingstudio.com.
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Jungle asian..maybe latin touch..thai?
Jungle dreams?
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An adaptation of a traditional, with words by Robert Burns.
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Live on the spot collaboration @ Downhouse Lounge (02/19/2012)
Gian-Carla Tisera - vocals www.giancarlatisera.com
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a young space whale is looking for its mother....its swimming in the vicinity of the moon Europa...it calls for her..and calls..and calls...the mother hears the call and answers back...they rendezvous at Europa
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General party rock anthem, with some golden era rock influences. experimenting with distorted synths instead of distorted guitars.
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