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Phillup's Xmas Present For The Priest

from A Presbyter's Dementia by John Tabacco

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Words and Music © 1986 by John Tabacco
Published by It Iz What It Iz Music (SESAC)

This little skit only survives on a beta hi -fi tape (notice the obnoxious farting noises-a problem we had with this 2 track format). The dialogue in the intro and outro were improvised by the priest (he's so good at that ).
The barrage of sounds are:
1. My mom and dad's then one month old pup.
2. Backwards snippets of "Need You Now"
3. My voice slowed way down doing a demented pus lipped monk
4. The DX Oberheim drum machine screwed with
5. Esoteric, unfinished piece called: "We Can't Live On The Outside"

It was bizarre fun that probably sounded like I was being possessed when listening from the outside of my room. I would keep my side window open just to let the music reverberate across the houses. It was an unbeatable sound. My dad wasn't too keen on the idea. What will the neighbors think? Not much I bet. They were too busy watching out for their run away chickens, pistol shooting relatives and seeing who can have the loudest car on the block at 4 am in the morning. Fuck'em.

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PHILUP'S XMAS PRESENT FOR THE PRIEST

The Priest:
Jingle jobs, jingle jobs, jingle all the way.
Sister Teresa... Heh hay! Christmas
time. Lots of money and wine!
Hey, what’s this?
(looks a poorly wrapped gift)
Happy Christmas from... what’s - Phillup.
Phillup! Sonofabitch bought me...
Got me a gift. What’s it say here?
“Don’t open until December 25th”...
Screw that!
(wrestles with the wrapping tearing it apart)
Two days away. I’ll find out what it is.
(alien digital feedback sound)
What the hell was that?
( l a u g h s - w h e e z e s )
Some type of cassette.
“Silent night for the Priest”.
Phillup! That’s lovely.
Sonofabithch. Let’s check this out.
(fumbles with the cassette case)
Pop it in. I said pop it in! They never
wanna fit in sideways for some reason.
Let me see. Review. No. No. Play.
Here it is. Push.
(cacophony plays )
Very nice. Very interesting.
(stops the cassette machine)
Very nice Phillup! Very nice. It’s much -
it’s much, much too close to the original
though. You could get sued for that!
Stupid boy.

credits

from A Presbyter's Dementia, released September 28, 2014
JT : Tascam 38, 8 - Track Collage
Father Flash : As Himself
Monday #2 : Yorkie barking
Recorded at Suburban Hermit Studios 1, St. James, NY
Recording device : Zenith 6 head VHS

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John Tabacco Stony Brook, New York

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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