Friday, February 27, 2015

More Non-Filler! Girl vs. Death Squad

Things are humming along right now at Greasetruck Studios: I've upgraded my DAW software and my operating system-- Sonar Professional and Windows 8, respectively-- and I've replaced some essential equipment . . . both my digital/audio converter and my MIDI drum machine died in the span of a week, but fortunately this tragedy occurred in the general vicinity of my birthday (which gave me license to buy some stuff).

I'm doing something really weird and retro: working on a collection of songs that are vaguely related, both sonically and thematically . . . I think they used to call this an album (or, even worse, a double album . . . which is generally the kiss of death for a band; e.g. Guns N' Roses Use Your Illusion and Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness).

My goal is to record ten good songs, and insert a few musical monologues in between the main tracks (I love musical monologues). I've got an awesomely phenomenal new name for my project: Slouching Beast. Sounds cool, conveys the way I feel most days, and contains a literary allusion . . . so it covers all the bases.

If anyone wants to collaborate (Clarence . . . vocals? Rob . . . rubber whale? Teej . . . groupie?) head on up to Jersey. People from Jersey need not "head on up," you can just get on the Turnpike and "head on over."

Here is the first track-- it is inspired by all the Mexican drug cartel stuff I read last summer.





I met a girl, I really liked her.
Thought it was going somewhere.

But she was with the revolution.
I didn't know she cared.

So when the death squads came,
what could I do?

You would have done the same--
step in my shoes.

Call me a coward, call me a snitch--
but when the death squads come,
you'll be their bitch, too, 
yeah you.

I met a girl, I kind of liked her,
but she wasn't all that.

When times are tough
you've got to think quick.
You've got to learn to adapt.

So when the death squads come
what will you do?

Look out for number one, not number two.

Call me a coward, call me a snitch--
but when the death squads come
you'll be their bitch, too, 
yeah you.


55 comments:

rob said...

this is like immortal technique's 'dance with the devil', only not.

Marls said...

I'm in the middle of Power of The Dog right now Dave.

T.J. said...

Teej...groupie, I'm in

rob said...

happy birthday to mr. kq. hope the aarp gift bouquet arrived on time.

rob said...

and the fucking dress is white and gold.

rob said...

to sammy's point in the previous thread, i really want another shot at delaware. we play even 30 minutes against those guys, we bury them. our losses this season are the product of one abysmal half in each game.

TR said...

Does Delaware still have that great big fat guy? You know, the one from last year who looked like he had body odor?

rob said...

nope, he's gone. they lost a ton of key contributors. they really do suck. inexplicable how they've beaten us twice.

Marls said...

Because we don't play defense and they can shoot the lights out when unguarded?

Squeaky said...

Dave, digging the song but the drum is just not doing it for me. Can you do a version without the drum or a different back beat?

rob said...

damn. tough crowd.

Squeaky said...

This 'I'm not a robot' captcha is killing me. I get it every time.

Now it's presenting me with pictures of sushi to verify I'm not a robot.

Marls said...

Team white and gold.

Whitney said...

Squeaky, I don't think Father John Misty is well-known enough by the masses that you can acronym him without parenthesizing. RJD he is not.







Ronnie James Dio

Squeaky said...

Wait he's not as famous as DMB, SPM and ODB?









Sir Paul McCartney, for those wondering.

rob said...

gfy

Squeaky said...

dsw

Whitney said...

He lived long and prospered. Leonard Nimoy has gone off to the Final Fontier.

zman said...

BDK

zman said...

Is dsf related to dvf or dfw?

zman said...

And by dsf I mean dsw

Whitney said...

R.E.M.
ELO
OMD
PiL
STP
DMC
VH
RI
GTB

rob said...

tomorrow i begin a three- (hopefully four-) week tour of some of america's great cities. i'll start in philly, where my daughter is competing in a gymnastic meet. then, marls and i will be in baltimore cheering on the tribe in the caa tournament. the next weekend finds me in new orleans with some friends from the neighborhood, and finally, good lord willing and the creek don't rise, lots of us will be in one of jacksonville, columbus, pittsburgh, seattle, portland, louisville, charlotte, or omaha witnessing w&m's first-ever ncaa tournament game.

mr kq said...

XTC

Dave said...

PiL

Dave said...

how are you enjoying the torture, marls?

zman said...

Boyz II Men, ABC, BBD, the east coast family
CVB
BDP
It's unbelievable that no one said EMF

zman said...

BIG
GIE
AKA
BIG

Squeaky said...

MBV
!!!
TFF
WSP
BMSR
BSP
TMBG
EATB
NMH
RHCP

T.J. said...

EAD

and

LMB

rob said...

mayor of simpleton now playing on repeat in my head, thanks to mr kq. excellent.

Dave said...

DVD
VCR
RKO
BMW
AKA
MIC
KEY
MOU
SE

Squeaky said...

S-N-P
UB40
CCMF
KCSB
INXS
TDN
TCS
JT

rob said...

did you just go c&c music factory?

T.J. said...

SA
TUR
DAY
NIGHT

mr kq said...

BAD
X
FFS

Marls said...

Viva Torture!!!!

Marls said...

What ever happened to Sudden Impact from the Motown Philly video?

Marls said...

CSN
GnR

T.J. said...

ALF

Danimal said...

No fk's? R and J.

zman said...

MIC
KEY
MOCHI

rootsminer said...

AC/DC anyone? Hells Bells guys - c'mon!

Marls said...

STFU

Squeaky said...

You go Kingsford.

Mark said...

Out to dinner with the wife and cool modern cuisine restaurant. Wakefield at the table next to us.

zman said...

Ask him how he feels about Aaron Boone.

rob said...

ask him if he wants me to kick zman's ass

Mark said...

I passed on both options. I did fill up on some ridiculous food. Wag you short ribs, seared scallops, truffle fries with aged cave cheddar, duck ravioli & kurobuta pork belly. I am full and happy. Time get all the way drunk.

rob said...

fuck, that's delicious

Mark said...

I see what Rob did.

TR said...

We need a new post. ASAP.

Whitney said...

Funny, I had one just about finished when Blogger ate it. So pissed.

TR said...

Terry Stotts' hair is preposterously chestnut.

Whitney said...

Hi, Gheorghies! New post up! F Blogger!