(a hyperlinked sea chanty)

Verse 1:
In the bilge of the boat
‘Neath the billows and waves
Sleeps the bilgy-man’s boatswain
Witta biscuit he craves.

Chorus (sung after every verse):
So HUP! the ol’ hanker
Han’ furl patchy sail out.
Th’ scull’ry-mun’s cookin’
Han soon there’ll be shall-out (shallot)!

Verse 2 (Nanook’s solo):
A’ the snewy narth pool
Ware the snew people liv
Thay etts blubbery sausages
Caught wit ‘are shivvs!

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(A sea chanty)

Refrain:
Wup chee! And
Down the anker!
Slurp up yer lime
Er yull git a kanker.

Verse 1:
I got tew gun an’
I got tew boots
Sew harry into port and
Spend all the loots!

Refrain

Verse 2:
Me an ‘na lasses
We gets on juts fine…
Afra couple swigs
Froma bottle o’ wine.

Refrain


Note: When singing as a round scoundrels and scalawags should alternate lines . . . or verses . . . or whatever.

Some more random fun stuff on this gem. Coup de Ville & Rattlesnake has a certain charm to it. I believe Circus of Perversion already showed up on another collection, but it is still brilliant (in my humble opinion). Mixmasta Blax Guitar Slam is a little too polished for the rest of the set, but it has it’s moments as well.

1. Joe and Mike Rebirth + Riff
2. Chris Drum Solo
3. Tiger Beat
4. Beep Track
5. Cocamo w/o Vocals
6. 61 Parts Pre-Demo
7. 61 Parts Demo
8. Coup de Ville & Rattlesnake
9. Circus of Perversion
10. Mixmasta Blax Guitar Slam
11. Puddies Demo
12. Tiger International Demo
13. Jacob Dylan - Highway 666
14. Puddies Banjo
15. Hemp Devil w/ Woody

Here’s another “gem” from the past. I’m noticing a lot of these CD’s are labelled 1999. We must have gotten a CD burner then or something, because a lot of these tracks (on this CD and others) were recorded before then.

Big Booty Ho Night. Not much to say about this one. The artwork is probably better than the music. Consider yourself warned.

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Basement Acid Dinosaur Album EP is short and sweet and doesn’t have a point. Recorded in 2000 (yay! Out of 1999!), it really doesn’t have much to say for itself.
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Here’s another album loaded with crap. I present to you Random Encounters. Once again released in 1999. Once again it’s a mix of songs recorded long before they made it to this CD and others recorded minutes before the CD was burned.

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I recorded Today Was Painted Thin on the 4-track in Essex sometime around April of 2003. As with most efforts that I myself “recorded and mastered” without Tim, the quality is pretty poor. I always liked the song though and wanted to record it again with people who could actually play instruments, rather than bang them (which is typically my approach to playing instruments). However, like the Lesternomicon, this might be as good as it ever gets.

Click here to listen to Today Was Painted Thin

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Mike and I were discussing the other day our massive quantities of crap we’ve created over the years. It was then decided that it’s all going to go up on the site. Why not? Because it’s embarrassing.

Oh well…

EP 2000 was one of the first “albums” we completed. Despite the name, it was recorded (mostly) in 1999 and was finished on 12/28/99.¹ To point out some highlights on EP 2000, one must start out with the lead track Merchants of Evil.

I think Merchants of Evil was possibly the first song we recorded. Recorded on a cassette tape in a clock radio, it was certainly a sign of things to come. A bit ambitious, with severely lacking drums (incidentally a pair of drum sticks whacking sheets of paper), and ultimately poorly executed, this was certainly a pattern we would repeat many times in the future.

Up on the Mount was one of the few semi-serious songs we did, and for the time, it turned out rather nicely. Circle was one of those songs that I think I recorded a little ditty that I liked and never really knew what do with it. I came home one day and Mike had finished the song and I was always amazed what he brought out if it. Shades of The Beta Band.

Jo Japan. Check it out. To quote Stan Lee, “‘Nuff said.”

Here’s the complete track listing:

1. Merchants of Evil (Intro)
2. Merchants of Evil
3. Up on the Mount
4. Them
5. Circle
6. Bellshit
7. Reckless
8. Jo Japan

¹ Completion dates of late December/early January are quite common with us, since winter break represented one of the few times that everyone was back from college/abroad and had any time to pursue on creative pursuits.

Here’s another tasty tune for your enjoyment. Night Caller started out as just one song. During the writing of the lyrics, the idea of a sequel came up and for some reason we thought it sounded like a good idea. For reasons lost in the mists of time, that good idea some how became a great idea, and it was decided that we would write 6, no 10, NO 12 SONGS! in the same story arc.

Night Caller was still the first one and most likely the best. I think in the final count, we recorded 3 songs and had ‘rough’ recordings for 3 more. They might eventually make their appearance.

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I finally purchased a decent set of monitors and the Logic Pro 7.2 upgrade. While playing around with the new software, I figured it was time to start putting up some of the other songs that Mike and I have recorded in the past 2 years. I think this was one of the first serious ones we did here in NJ. It’s called “Tears for Phil Collins.” I’m sure Mike will explain some more about it.