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Boson Kabloona Waiting Around

by John Tabacco

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How Much Longer? 00:27
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JT : How much longer do you think we can hold out? (camera clicks) Nick DiMauro : Long time before we get tired. (sniff) JT : No. I mean like in the - in the business. The music business. I don't mean this... ND : Aw, that? JT : This is like we can hang out here for the entire day. ND : How long can we hang out in the business? JT : Yeah, I mean we're in the music business. I mean you know... ND : I have no idea John. I don't know what I'm gonna do. JT : How much longer I mean? ND : I guess I'm just gonna keep doing it until something tells me to stop. JT : I guess. Yeah. ND : And I just decide I gotta quit. I can't take it anymore.
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I Can't Wait Any Longer 04:09
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I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER JT : Come over here. See this watch? (I can't wait...) See the calendar behind me? (I can't wait...) It doesn't mean anything anymore. (I can't wait...) No. Really. I used to be scared I used to pray to god for saviors Then you came along - baby Claiming that you had the answers I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER I CAN'T BE ANY STRONGER I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER SO MANY TIMES I WANNA CRY 'CAUSE NOTHING'S CHANGED I used to believe I used to lose my trust to strangers Then you came along - baby Told me you would rid the dangers I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER I CAN'T BE ANY STRONGER I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER SO MANY TIMES I WANNA DIE AND START AGAIN I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER I CAN'T BE ANY STRONGER I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER I'd drink all the tea in china if i could find a balance for two To quench this one desire: lift me up on to virgin soil with you I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER I CAN'T BE ANY STRONGER I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER SO MANY TIMES I WANNA CRY 'CAUSE NOTHING'S CHANGED I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER I CAN'T BE ANY STRONGER I CAN'T WAIT ANY LONGER
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Don't Answer Me (I Don't Care) 02:35
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DON’T ANSWER ME JT : I just can't fight it anymore! I... I don't... I can't... I... Ice... I think... So nice to see you in such tight shorts! Every time a feel a good wave Every time i feel a streak A knuckle boy comes pounding on my pleasure parakeet There ain’t no one to stop him now And there ain’t no place to hide If i do myself in do I get a second try? DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME I DON’T CARE! ANSWER ME, DON’T ANSWER ME, NOT NOW DON’T ANSWER ME, DON’T ANSWER ME, DON’T ANSWER ME, I DON’T CARE I DON'T 'CAUSE I'M IN THE BATHROOM NOW! Even though I see solutions And i got some good friends It’s not enough to get me ‘cross this mine field up ahead No one returns my phone calls and they’re always out to lunch When will I realize my life’s not working and I’ve had enough? DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME I DON’T CARE ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME, NOT NOW DON’T ANSWER ME, DON’T ANSWER ME, DON’T ANSWER ME, I DON’T CARE I DON'T 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE PUKING NOW! God is busy playing jokes on indie telescopes Throw in some flashy saucer ships for fun Yea, it keeps the interest brewing but we never get the dope Is it real or just a neon hat they ripped from the Pope? DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME, I DON’T CARE ANSWER ME, DON’T ANSWER ME, NOT NOW I DON’T CARE! DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME DON’T ANSWER ME, I DON’T CARE I DON'T 'CAUSE I'M IN THE BATHROOM NOW! I DON’T CARE! DON’T ANSWER ME DON'T CRY FOR ME DON'T BLEED FOR ME I DON’T CARE! I DON'T 'CAUSE I FEEL SO SICK RIGHT NOW I DON’T CARE! DON'T PRAY FOR ME DON'T BLEED FOR ME DON'T WRITE TO ME I DON’T CARE! I DON’T CARE! 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE SHIT AND I DON'T REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO 'CAUSE I... I DON’T CARE! I DON’T CARE! I HAVE NO MORE MONEY TO SPEND
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Welcome. There's Nowhere To Run 02:38
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WELCOME. THERE’S NOWHERE TO RUN There’s nowhere to run I’m trying to find a place for cover But there’s always a sun that shines it’s light on me So everyone can see that I’m phony and crazy I’m stupid and lazy Yes indeed! It seems so unfair All this time I spent growin', now I ain’t goin’ nowhere ‘Cause it’s who you know my friend and if ya don’t then it’s the end I swear! Unless you’re lyin’ and cheatin’ Hey! It’s you’re only hope in defeatin’ society and it’s game And I've seen it frame to frame Another face without a name The chances to escape the pain are about the same as anyone else's A billion to one my friend Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh You know I’ve had this attitude from about the age of three That’s when I came to realize no one’s lookin’ out for me There were no sweet revelations to make this nausea blow away The more I noticed where I was, the worse it got each day... HELLO! Where can you turn when the things you hold dearly have been shattered by the folks that you’ve learned to trust? They don’t give a shit about you The words you say The work you do Even though you have to put up with their stunts And ya can’t feel sorry for yourself no, no And ya can’t feel sorry for yourself And ya can’t feel sorry for yourself no, no It’s gonna be all right Another lie to fight It’s a way of life: AN ILLUSION! You could be a regular drip Drink your beer and sell the lip Play the game the same way everyday But sameness is borin' Your ego is gnawing at the dudes up on the hill At a drop of the hat they could have ya killed for speakin’ your mind I SWEAR! WHAT A WASTE OF TIMMMMMMMMMMMME - Ah
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Fool For Torture 03:12
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FOOL FOR TORTURE JT : Ah hah! Giggles and giggles and giggles and giggles in the gas chamber! I GET THE URGE AND I SETTLE DOWN I TAKE A DRINK AND I'M RIGHT WHERE I BELONG BUT EVERY TIME YOU TRY TO SETTLE DOWN THERE AIN'T NO SIGN OF WATER AND YOUR WELL'S DRY 'CAUSE YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE PLAIN AS DAY CAN BE MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH YEAH YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE NOTHING I CAN DO MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH WELL IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH Ain't no lie. I swear! I RECALL IN OUR YOUNGER PHASE BIG MISTAKES THAT I SWORE I'D NEVER RELIVE BUT YOU NEVER LEARNED TO FACE THE FACTS THERE'S COBWEBS IN YOUR CLOSET AND OLD THE MONSTERS ON YA BACK 'CAUSE YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE PLAIN AS DAY CAN BE MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH YEAH YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE NOTHING I CAN DO MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH WELL IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH YEAH YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE PLAIN AS DAY CAN BE MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH WELL IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH Ah you, you say you never need to hide behind a wall You'll face the consequences "do or die" But you never have the balls to tell me when I caused you pain You laugh it off And then expect for me to drag along Drag along and watch you drown 'CAUSE YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE PLAIN AS DAY CAN BE MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH YEAH YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE NOTHING I CAN DO MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 'CAUSE IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH YEAH YOU'RE A FOOL FOR TORTURE BABY A FOOL FOR TORTURE WELL IT'S THE GODDAMN TRUTH I SWEAR! SUCH A FOOL FOR TORTURE SUCH A FOOL FOR TORTURE YOU'RE A FOOL!
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Swinging From The Rafters 03:31
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SWINGIN' FROM THE RAFTERS JT : Ah Ha! Having too much fun! Donna Bach : Ohhhh, There she's goes… JT : I could do this all day. DB : You do do this all day. Look at all these people Look at all these faces Nothing much on my mind I'm another creep with another pretty fool Lookin' for a super special fine time Dress me up and take me for a ride out on the town (Wah! Ricky!) Wear your big shoes - leave your bad news home We're going the way of the wayward clowns SWINGIN' FROM THE RAFTERS RUBBERIZED IN FLIGHT ANYTHING YOU'RE AFTER IS YOURS WITH OUT A FIGHT WITHOUT A FIGHT MY FRIENDS Technicolor motion swirlin' in an ocean A childhood of memories Caught up in the middle Figure out the riddle A tiger singing Japanese? (Jap, Japanese) Dress me up and take me out to dance on the wire (Watch your step) Wear your top hat - lose the rift raff now We're crusin' like a cannon ball on fire SWINGIN' FROM THE RAFTERS RUBBERIZED IN FLIGHT ANYTHING YOU'RE AFTER IS YOURS WITH OUT A FIGHT SWINGIN' FROM THE RAFTERS CRYSTALLIZED IN FLIGHT... DB : This is it you know. I'm falling…. JT : It's coming around again - what's that? (solo) DB : Is anyone patrolling the area? FIRE! SWINGIN' FROM THE RAFTERS RUBBERIZED IN FLIGHT ANYTHING YOU'RE AFTER IS YOURS WITH OUT A FIGHT SWINGIN' FROM THE RAFTERS RUBBERIZED IN FLIGHT ANYTHING YOU'RE AFTER IS YOURS WITH OUT A FIGHT JT : 'Cause fightings out of style now. DB : Good thing isn't it? JT : Woo! Have a little love. Have a little wine. DB : Oh yeah! JT : There's nothing much on my mind! DB : Place is burning up. What are you looking at? What are you looking at? JT : Look at all these people. Good God, look at all these faces. DB : Look at all these people. JT : Swinging from the rafters. DB : Walking through disasters. JT : All the different races. DB : All the different places. JT : Look at all these people. DB : Look at all these people. JT : Just wanna have a good time. DB : Just wanna have a WHAT!?
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Roll Off Kabloona 03:56
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ROLL OFF KABLOONA Roll off Kabloona ho - ho Roll off Kabloona ho - ho I have seen the big Kabloona Strutting proudly with the thunder hipster parade 'Neath the skies of sister Luna Where the laws are written fairly Freshly “squozen” almost daily Roll off Kabloona Make us a randy creature Rub on the noses like Eskimos Roll off Kabloona Lets live a double feature Twice can be nice when the lights are low Roll off Kabloona ho - ho Roll off Kabloona ho - ho By the sea : the Big Kabloona (SHE’S BIG) Sending out a friendly signal, tracking the crown ‘Bout a week or maybe sooner In the pocket - tons of answers Solve the future Scratch the cancer Roll off Kabloona Make us a randy creature Rub on the noses like Eskimos Roll off Kabloona Lets live a double feature Twice can be nice when the lights are low Roll off Kabloona Make us a randy creature Rub on the noses like Eskimos Roll off Kabloona Roll off Kabloona ROLL OFF KABLOONA HEROGI WAS RIGHT WE ALL NEED TO FIGHT FOR HER ONE STROKE DIMENSIONS WILL NEVER GO FAR LETS POP TOP THIS JAR AND SEE OTHER SIGHTS... ROLL OFF! Gorgo Twain : Hey you over there! This ticket's free. All you gotta do is enjoy yourself. Yes, you get an existential shower cap eraser guaranteed if you're honest enough with your self. Roll off Kabloona Make us a randy creature Rub on the noses like Eskimos Roll off Kabloona Lets live a double feature Twice can be nice when the lights are low Roll off Kabloona Like a randy creature Rub on the noses like Eskimos Roll off Kabloona Lets live a double feature Twice can be nice when the lights are low Roll off Kabloona ho - ho Roll off Kabloona ho - ho Roll off Kabloona ho - ho Roll off Kabloona ho - ho Gorgo Twain : Oh, fare thee well. Fare thee well Kabloona. Arrividerci. No I didn't mean that. I mean Hi. Gorgo Twain has gone Haywhyin Gorgo Twain has gone Haywhyin Gorgo Twain has gone Haywhyin Gorgo Twain has gone Haywhyin Gorgo Twain has gone ha-why-in...
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5 Subject Notebook 04:52
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5 SUBJECT NOTEBOOK JD: Book pages sound too thick. We’re out of minds.. (yawn) Sunday wake up find myself alone inside my bed And right beside me a rusty pen and tablet by my head Well 5 subject note book is all I need when my dreams are over load 5 subject note book for all to read 5 subject note book Empty pages, waitin’ for the right words to call home Maybe later after I get through these pizza bones Well 5 subject note book is all I need when the inspiration cries 5subject note book can set me free 5 subject note book 180 sheets of love I don't need no proof of Jesus walking on the pool Don't need no change of seasons just my writing tools (just my writing...) And 180 sheets of love 180 sheets of love 180 sheets When there's no truth or fiction flowing through my veins It's like a crucifixion on another plane Sleep time Sunday just about to give up on ideas But then like lightning the line that I've been looking for appears Well, 5 subject note book is all I need when my thoughts are clear to see 5 subject note book eternally for you and me to read 180 sheets of love I got 180 sheets of love Love, love, love 180 sheets of love 180 sheets 180 sheets of love Of love, love, love 180 sheets of love Ohh of love Sheets 180 sheets of love - right
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Jahpettoe's Stroonze Fingers 01:18
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Margret Inthrax : What do you want? MG : Puppets! Puppets! Where are my Puppets?! Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!
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Sad Twisted Ties 03:30
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SAD TWISTED TIES Poppy's got a tick inside her head Her mamma always told her it was make believe Most times though she'd pray that she was dead But I can't recall why she feels this way Some people never come clean THESE SAD TWISTED TIES IN THE SHED A DEMON COMES TO OUR DEFENSE THESE SAD TWISTED VIBES TAKE ON NEW MEANING WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE GETS DENSE Tuesday was a solitary hit (Only one customer per hamburger.) Poppy tried to blame us for the accident Poor kid, never stood a chance of this 'Cause we were together that innocent night Taking a knife to her wrists THESE SAD TWISTED TIES IN THE SHED A DEMON COMES TO OUR DEFENSE THESE SAD TWISTED VIBES TAKE ON NEW MEANING WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE GETS DENSE There must be somethin' in the water There must be somethin' in the air I think there's somethin' in the water Could it be that sump over there? Good old dear poppy and her dad (Good ole' Dad Ahem..) Officer Matesty used to tie us up Forcing us to eat the bugs he had (Now eat these…) So we took a vow and a spike to his head We won't hear him snoring this fall OH, THESE SAD TWISTED TIES IN THE SHED A DEMON COMES TO OUR DEFENSE THESE SAD TWISTED VIBES TAKE ON NEW MEANING WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE GETS DENSE THESE SAD TWISTED TIES IN THE SHED A DEMON COMES TO OUR DEFENSE THESE SAD TWISTED VIBES WHEN THE ATMOSPHERE GETS DENSE
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Too Many Garbage Bags 00:23
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Anthony Pomes : Too many garbage bags. JT : Garbage bags? I need sock. Like the sock in my mouth . I should only crawl into a vacuum! Anthony Pomes : And all of a sudden a deux ex machina occurred and the two young typing boy figures were silenced by a vaporous god of abstract design and malevolent intent...
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Take You Up In My Balloon 03:35
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TAKE YOU UP IN MY BALLOON I wanna take you up in my balloon I wanna take you up around the earth’s equator Maybe write some lyrics for a tune Anything but moping ‘round without a dollar What the hell else is there to do? I got no excuses to keep me grounded Gravity is not the only rule Hangin’ around always makes me nervous Too many bugs sticking on the surface I wanna take you up in my balloon I wanna take you up to where the stars are brighter This city tends to block the cosmic view Too many scrapers and the air is filthy What the hell are we suppose to do? Wait by the phone for a muffin answer? No one in particular to sue Hangin’ around always makes me nauseous Crossing the street every bone is cautious Balloon opera man: I wanna take you up in my balloon I wanna take you up when you are near me Fantasies are all around in bloom Don’t you feel the same when you are near me? JT: I think this guy's a creep I think he never sleeps I think he can’t determine what’s real and from what’s inside his head.... JT pretending he's some dude from the movie "Putney Swope" says: "I'm stacked up." "I'm gonna stay stacked up and I ain't com in' down for nobody." I wanna take you up in my balloon Yeah, I wanna take you up away from all this chaos I don’t need to bend another spoon And I can’t concentrate with all this 60 cycle hum the hell am I suppose to do? Sit on my ass in a padded broom cell I’d rather take a ride in my balloon Where we can debate over sky blue water Floating above like an ozone quarter I wanna take you up in my balloon JT : Ahh it's nice up here. Out in the air we can scream and holler I wanna take you up in my balloon Out in the air we can scream and holler etc... Jim Dexter : Clean, fresh, balloon filled air. JT : No one around for miles. JD : Nope. A few birds here and there. JT : Couple of marshmallows hanging in the air. JD : Yeah, some other kind of craft. I don't know what that is. And then a… Hey, hey, what's that guy doing? JT : Is that the a… I think that's the opera guy. JD : It's the opera… Yeah, the balloon opera guy! JT : What the hell is he doing here? JD : I don't know. What do you want? JD : I think he's... JT : What's the deal? JD: He's waving. JT : What? JD : Can't hear ya. JT : Ya getting' a little close! JD : Yup. JT : We we're just having - just trying to have a conversation here man! JD : Ahh man, he's out of his mind! JT : Get that friggin' thing out of here would ya?
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Tortoise Failure / The Big Studio Decision 10/95 02:52
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JT ( borrowing shamelessly from Mike Crum) : And in this corner we have... The Priest : Who's idea was it to staple gum to the last page of this Bible? JT : And in this corner we have... The Priest : Who's idea was it to staple gum to the back end of this tortoise? PHILLUP!
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Can't Get Near You / It's In Your Brain / Ride It! 11:07
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CAN’T GET NEAR YOU Holding on to memories from a not so distant past Sign away the bad ones Well I can’t get near you Thought about that Sunday when they laid you out to rest Now I can’t get near you Premonition central, yeah the day we said goodbye Tried to best ignore them Now I can’t get near you Patching up the broken holes, the ones we tried to hide Now I can’t get near you I reach for your chain But I can't feel you I can't even place my name Once upon a time when we were less than strangers Nothing in this world could separate our souls Once upon a time our love was full of danger Stumbled into darkness now we’ve lost control Trash the older future for a new and hipper cast Sailing down the runway Well I could not read you Cleaning up the sutures (friggin' wreckage from the blast) Now I can’t get near you All contact is lost I can’t get near you I’m dizzy from talkin’ And our love keeps slippin’ deeper into a void I can’t hear you I’m drowning in all this noise Once upon a time when we were less than strangers Nothing in this world could separate our souls Once upon a time our love was full of danger Stumbled into darkness now we’ve lost control
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J.E.L.L.O 01:58
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J.E.L.L.O (Juxtapose Entropy-Life-Love-Obsolescence) J.E.L.L.O reminds me of those evil guys J.E.L.L.O like when they kick me in the fly J.E.L.L.O reminds me there’s no place to hide J.E.L.L.O is daddy spitting in my fries J.E.L.L.O is suicide without relief J.E.L.L.O is xmas door without a wreath J.E.L.L.O i swear i’m losing all my teeth J.E.L.L.O the sky is falling from beneath good-bye frog good-bye frog dog eat dog time to change this channel and explode! J.E.L.L.O is shaking hands without the greet J.E.L.L.O means fungus party on my feet J.E.L.L.O is why I always wet the sheets J.E.L.L.O is why my life is incomplete J.E.L.L.O means no more water left to drink J.E.L.L.O means hangin’ out with time to think J.E.L.L.O means feeling like the weakest link J.E.L.L.O is when my crotch begins to stink good-bye hope good-bye hope yes means nope time to change this channel and explode! time to change this channel
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Fancy Bluff Kabloona 02:22
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Spanish!
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Miracles Happen 04:49
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MIRACLES HAPPEN It’s so strange - so involved, It’s beyond the scope of many So divine - so evolved It is more than good and plenty It doesn’t even have a name And it’s not for sale But miracles happen and they could happen anytime Miracles happen When you are faced with troubled times When your will to live is hanging by a (thread) Babies haven’t got the slightest clue of fear Unless they take a beating on the side And I was once a happy traveler in this hemisphere I lost that trusting feeling I lost it down the line But miracles happen And they could happen anytime Miracles happen just when the odds at stake seem overwhelming to you Well this heart’s an open heart if you take the time to cry And this heart is an open door that can welcome in surprise You might not understand this but I hope some day you’ll see So that’s it I am done I have said what I have found out It’s been real It’s been fun Now this song is ending It’s almost over but... Miracles happen and they could happen anytime Miracles happen Just when the options are the hardest things to see
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5 Subject Postlude 05:17
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Book pages sound too thick! We're out of our minds.
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Boson Spy Mop Diary 05:30
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JT : Times up. Sorry you didn't guess the hidden word tonight was "pickles". Pickles. As in pickles the cat, pickles the dog… Game contestant : There's baby pickles. There's baby dill pickles. There's um, you find them in a jar. There's garlic. No garlic. With garlic. Without garlic. Um, what about pickles. You put 'em on a sandwich. You put 'em on the side of a plate. Um, you eat them. Their food. Their good. They're um, they're in a juice. They're in a bottle. They're green. Um, they have a stem on them. They, they have seeds in them. Oh my goodness what else about pickles. Um, there's dill pickles. Big pickles. (Buzzer goes off) JT : After fifteen years, this is what you're doing. Looking out a window here in Philadelphia somewhere. This is really boring. Just waiting around. Waiting around. Waiting around. Waiting around. And my back is hurting me. Which is a rare event but it's true. And I don't know what it is. Could be something really, really, really, really, really, really, really, bad. Or it could just be a spasm or something that I can get rid of pretty soon. Yes sir - yes. Nick DiMauro : (laughs) What are you saying? JT : I'm just talking to myself in unison while I'm playing drums. ND : Ha ha ha ha ha… JT : That's how bored I am. I have to play and talk at the same time because I'm really, really, really really, fuckin' bored, fuckin' bored, fuckin' bored… Ahhh, I gotta get some water. ND : Ha ha.. JT : "Cause I … ND : (laughs) JT : Heh, 'cause the other water here is making me really, really, really, sick. It must have a lot of chlorine or something. ND : (coughs) JT : It's something. Something in it's making me sick. Something making me sick. Is that the phone. Is that us? ND : No. JT : No. ND : You wish. JT / ND singing : Botso. The magical Botso. The magical Botso. Botso, Botso, Botso, Botso. (Bots bots bots bots) BOTSO! (Bots bots bots bots) JT : He's a winner. He's a winner. ND : He's a loser. JT : He's got a big crane… ND : Crane! JT : (laughs) He can.. ND : He has a big crane. JT : Crane... ND : He can lift things. JT : And a condom... ND : And a cup.. JT : for every little boy and girl. And a condom for every little boy and girl. Condoms, condoms, condoms, condoms, condoms, condoms, condoms, condoms, BOTSO! (A distorted bit of Gian DiMauro screaming from the piece 27b Stroke 6 is heard through a little boom box) Nick on walkie-talkie : What the hell are you doing? JT : Hello? (laughs) ND : Hello? JT : What was that sound? ND : You didn't do that? JT : That screaming was unbelievable. Like a big expolsion happened out here. ND : Are you making it up? JT : No, I swear to God the whole sky is yellow! ND : Bullshit. JT : Take a look outside! ND : I can't. I'm in the bathroom. JT : Let's just go through the radio here for a second, see what we have here. (radio noise) This is the same thing as anything you find on a UHF channel. Radio announcer : This Thursday, David Broser with Karen… JT : A guy's voice. Just like any other guy's voice. KB : Yo' KG I hope you - Yo' yo' we, we talk. We conversate. Ya be like yo' I hope… Yo' I know... KG : Alright… KB : I got an "L" or something'. Man, like we're bugging'. You be just laughing' together man... KG : Allright… Allright...Allright... KB : C'mon man! KG : Ho. ho,ho, ho, ho… KB : Don't read it man! Do it from your head. KG : Allright… Allright...Allright...Allright... KB : Experience it. You know what I'm saying'? Straight up! WBAB female DJ : And also tonight's home grown band we heard "Earshot". Earful of good tunes. We heard "Baby's Chief Distraction". And guitarist Anthony Pomes from Earshot will be playing with the Jay Allen Band at the Roxy, in Huntington on August third, so you can go on down and check 'em out. Anthony Pomes (in the Sonic Underground vocal booth) : Ya, let me, let me ask you something. JT : I miss those. AP : Yeah, yeah, it's tough. JT : There's a lot of things I miss. AP : I miss a… JT : I find I'm missing more things the older I get. I just keep misplacing my, my shoe. AP : Yeah. JT : My underwear… AP : I only have one pair of shoe and I imagine the other one. JT : Yeah. Well it works! AP : And that's how I get through my day. Because… JT : Ya just flop around (slaps hand) AP : Right. Have you ever seen the people who have lost their imagination in this world they always seem to walk with a limp. I think it's because… JT : I think they forgot... AP : They think we're an ape. JT : Yeah, they're really forgetting they're step. They're not in step with reality. I think that's what it was. AP : (laughs) Did ya, did ya ever see, did you ever see an old person smack an ape in the head with a mop? JT : I saw that actually once. I saw that on the learning channel. AP : Yeah… (gasping) They said… JT : How to protect your young one from a mop and an ape. AP : (laughing) They said this is how to throttle an ape with a mop! JT : You wanna throttle an ape? Use this mop. AP : And when they hit it... JT : Mahogany mop! AP : And the ape… it was cool because the ape sat so silently and every time you hit it all you hear from the ape : Ummp! JT : That's right. AP : Ummp! JT : Bastards! AP : Ummp! JT : How dare they? AP : Apes are very cool. JT : (recording Meryl Mathews over the phone) : Ok, why don't you just do a little test here? Do something. MM : Presenting her idea for the melody of "Swinging From The Rafters". JT : Alright. I got it. I got it. It was a good live idea for a tune. Donna Zohar : Because they're bosons, they're just drawn to each other. So they arrive in sticky little clusters because they pull each other into relationship as they transverse the distance across the room. Now this photon bunching as physicists call it is the first step toward the kind of higher order and unity that you'll find in Bose–Einstein condensate which are they most ordered and unified structures in the universe. Bose–Einstein condensate are the vacuum and they are, many of us argue, the basis for human consciousness in the brain.
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Miracles Happen (2020 mix) 04:46
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MIRACLES HAPPEN It’s so strange - so involved, It’s beyond the scope of many So divine - so evolved It is more than good and plenty It doesn’t even have a name And it’s not for sale But miracles happen and they could happen anytime Miracles happen When you are faced with troubled times When your will to live is hanging by a (thread) Babies haven’t got the slightest clue of fear Unless they take a beating on the side And I was once a happy traveler in this hemisphere I lost that trusting feeling I lost it down the line But miracles happen And they could happen anytime Miracles happen just when the odds at stake seem overwhelming to you Well this heart’s an open heart if you take the time to cry And this heart is an open door that can welcome in surprise You might not understand this but I hope some day you’ll see So that’s it I am done I have said what I have found out It’s been real It’s been fun Now this song is ending It’s almost over but... Miracles happen and they could happen anytime Miracles happen Just when the options are the hardest things to see

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The music on this CD was recorded at 21 Walnut Avenue, in a home studio commonly known in this area (Stony Brook, NY) as Sonic Underground Studios. This collection is dedicated to anyone who truly wishes to pursue a career in music. Good friggin’ luck.

- JT 5/25/97

Of note:
This is CD 2 of a series of 4 CDs that were 80% written around the same time 1993 -1997. The other three CDs being : "It's Out There Feeding On Itself", "Go Figya", and "Tell Me Why, Then!"

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released September 21, 2014

All selections composed, engineered and mixed* by JT at Sonic Underground Studios 1994- 96
All titles published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC) * * = unless otherwise indicated.
Edited and SA3 mastering by Bob Ball and JT
CD design and graphics © 1995 by Farbeen Fosfeen Art Werks
Original cover photo by Ed Muller

Who did what on this collection? :

JT • Lead Vocals, Back ups, Guitar, Programming

Fool For Torture • Anthony Pomes = Solo guitar

Swingin’ From The Rafters • Donna Bach- Heitner = Harmonies and interjections

Roll Off Kabloona • Gian DiMauro = Drum programming, Production, Engineering and Mixing *, Marci Geller = Pillowy Bibillin’ Bird Back ups

5 Subject Notebook / 5 Subject Post lude • Jim Dexter = Guitars, Page turning , Harmony

Jahpettoe’s Stroonze Fingers • Marci Geller = Puppets!, Chris Calamino = Guitar

Too many garbage bags... • Excerpts from “Ape Talk”, an audio improv by 2 sweaty Italian guys in a vocal booth, = A. Pomes / JT

Take You Up In My Balloon • Gian DiMauro = Opera man, Jim Dexter & JT = Balloon conversationalists

Tortoise Failure / The Big Studio Decision • Jim Dexter = Guitarmanafold

Can’t Get Near You • Meryl Mathews = Basic keyboard, Solo, Background and outro vocal (Produced for Fuzzy Gray Logic Productions)

It’s In Your Brain • Teddy Kumpel = Guitar, “voxgitarr”, Meryl Mathews = Keyboard,
Marci Geller = Fantasy fem vox

Ride It • Gian DiMauro = Programming • Anthony Pomes = Unstoppable lead guitar,

J.E.L.L.O • Pat Adkins = Drums

Miracles Happen • Anthony Pomes = Balladeer guitars

Boson Spy Mop Diary • JT & Nick DiMauro = Private investigating at QVC in PA -1994 •
Anthony Pomes / JT = “Ape Talk” • Meryl Mathews = Rafters phone melody •
Donna Zohar = Boson Talk
Background music = Pomp For Irreguloso The Clown & his 47 Narcoleptic Puppies © 1992 by John Tabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

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John Tabacco is a composer, singer-songwriter, producer, recording engineer, and visual artist.

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined.

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