a public service announcement from attic ted about unprotected sex, using a 80s casio waltz beat, 50s hammond organ bass, 60s silvertone guitar, and modern duet singing.

Unprotected Sex (first take demo)

free download here:  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Attic_Ted/Marys_Little_Secret_an_Xmas_Opera/ 
Attic Ted relates this wild bit of speculation into mary's wonderful and compassionant story of the true baby jesus daddy. home recorded on tascam 4track in 2009, with marge osborne on cello, keys, vocals and grady roper on guitar, organ, clarinet, vocals. peter stopschinski mixed/mastered 2013.

song 1. prayer. (DCBbC)
oh unblemished virgen of guadalupe, perfect model of wife and mother, i implore your help in all the needs, of myself and my family, begging the protection of your maternal heart, on my poor children, look after them and fashion their hearts in humility, oh mary of guadalupe, i beg your intercession so that we, may be granted the joy of being together, in heaven, contemplating the glory of god, praising and blessing him forever, and ever and ever.

song 2. mary. (AmF#m)
im mary. id like to tell you a story. its about me and some funny things. it was the crime of the century,, and many more to come. sometimes a little story, will grow and grow and grow and grow , into the son.

song 3. klause. (CG-FG)
started out so innocently, im a good girl my parents agree. i have a boyfriend oh josephs so keen. until i met you oh i was so clean. but i guess i really lost my mind, cause when you grabbed on my behind, electricity likes never been seen. no one even knows what i mean. i guess you really swept me off my feet, lost in your eyes and lost in your sheets.
only here for a couple of days, in the park performing your plays, i thought that you were the best. i got myself right into this mess. afterwards we were drinking wine, i forgot my place and time, even though i knew it was wrong. got so lost up in your arms. even though all the plans had been made. i gave my self up to you and got laid... oh.
oh what have i done. oh what did i do. uhh, i know, i just wont tell joseph about it. i mean, it was an honest mistake, and its not like we are even married yet.

song 4. jezebel. (Em-FEm)
jezebel, sexual immoral, well ive got a bed made for you, its burning in hell. and i will kill your followers, and everyone will know that i, am the one, who knows, your thoughts and your wishes. oh jezebel, you sexual immoral, ive got a bed made for you, its burning in hell.

song 5. holy spirit. (D-GAbABb)
somethings not right, oh something is wrong. the full month hath come, and the full moon hath gone. i should have started days ago, oh where is the flow, theres only one explanation, its a baby, oh no, oh no. 
what will i tell oh josey my love, oh i know ill blame it, on the good lord above, yes thats what ill do, its sure to do the trick, ill say the holy spirit came and gave me his dick. oh yes..

song 6. jesus. (CmFm-BbmEbm)
youre just like your father, with voices in your head. why even bother, youre better off dead, your secret is safe with me, for i too live eternally. 



Mary's Little Secret (an Xmas Opera)

home recording of new song inspired from a party festival in the countryside of Saxony Germany... where there was a disco ball up in the sky....

2022 demos

Disco Ball in the Sky - 3rd try DEMO

on marginalized cd. (grady, margie, james) released 2012.

Name Is Ed

virginia's dedication to jools.. a fools errand , dance partyless. a commentary on how phones displace time and space.

Fools Errand demo

it's a minute and i'm feeling....
up and down and gone around.
it's a...
focused on the clowny clown.
it's a ...
hopeful that it's getting better.
it's a ...
dreadful views of awful weather.
it's a ...
anxious as i see tomorrow.
it's a ...
love and cheer and friends and sorrow.
it's a ...
awful close to going under.
it's a ...
rep rep rep rep e tition.

and so you say you want to go, so do i... oh wait, no i don't, or maybe i might....

Its A Minute (demo)

grady with coby on drums.. hammond organ base, casio beat, guitars, vocals, effects..

Grin And Bear It

Requiem Pour Un Con (serge gainsbourg cover)

Nothing Special (demo first take)

(first take demo home recording)La Dee Da,,, i forgot my mantra... i dont want to be a part of any club, that would have a member like me....... homage to Annie Hall. photo by Laurel Coyle at Plum Creek Records in Lockhart Texas.

tascam 2023

La Dee Da (demo)

Howdy Ma'am (demo)

Roughdraft3WHAtchasay

Strange World

Look at Me. a song off our upcoming new cd. recorded at Sweatbox Studio in Austin, with Coby Cardosa on drums, James Farias on guitar, Marge Osborne on casio/vocals, Grady Roper on organ/guitar/vocals.

Look at Me

Waste of Time, another early view from our forth coming release... with sheila on beats, james on guitar, marge on casio/vocals, grady on organ/guitar/vocals. recorded at sweatbox studios in austin.

Waste of Time

Patty Hearst song redone now with james ripping the guitar, and marge deranging my original casio melody line and cello, and grady organ/vocals/effects. recorded at sweatbox, to be out again soon.

Patty Hearst

Casio, country fried guitar, clarinet, coby on drums, and a vocabulary quiz..

2017 4track

HYPERBOLE first take demo with coby on drums

first take demo.. organ, casio, guitar, non sounding attic ted vocals.
Dec.15.2019.
its a wonder,,, if you wonder.
and its a dream,,, if you dream.
its a wonder how far,,, we dont even know where we are.
its a dream,,, cause the story keeps changing.
its a lie,,, if you go and lay down.
and if i think,, its a waste of time.. who cares..
im doing just fine,,, yeah who cares..
it could be a wonder,,, or it could be a dream.
and it could be a lie,,, if you would just lay down.

Its a Wonder (demo)

Tascam 4 track house recording demo,, using,, casio mt55 marching beat, hammond organ bass, trashy guitar, and vocals with delay.
mostly nonsense. i dont plan these songs,,, i just sit down, start doing the parts, and then this is what im left with... 
(lyrics)
kits and cats and sits in stockings.
fit or fat the meals are muffins.
see the little boys go shoppings.
tither hither, mother mopping.
round about the healy mealy.
molly wolly what a feeling.
cant fall far from the folly rolly,
shivery shoe-e, float the canoe-e.

Kits And Cats (demo)

EITHER WAY (demo take)

we met by chance, you took me by the hand. 
you knew the song, snd yet you had it wrong.. 
i didn't mind, and neither did you.. 
we could have been blind, and still seen it thru...
and here we go.
and now we stay.
yeah either way...
and for tomorrow, it's another day.
it could bring sorrow, but who's to say.
we leave the light on, to show the way.
i like your style, and so let's play..
...
cause it's like a ride on, a poisonous snake.
and it's a denial, of eating the cake.
and there's a chance that, we could both be right.
cause it's a vision, that comes in the night.
...
and repeat first part..

Either Way (demo w/ Coby)

attic ted is immured in the brains of grady roper, since 2002 churning out gothic carnival post theatrically punk not wave texas masked music. now available new LP on colored vinyl or cassette,,, also available: 4 full length cds and 3 records 7" available from pecan crazy records. order at www.pecancrazy.com  ...  ask me to play a party in your living room. atticted@yahoo.com
- aug 2013 - east coast
aug 2 - austin
aug 3 - beaumont
aug 4 - new orleans
aug 5 - atlanta
aug 6 - athens
aug 7 - charlotte
aug 8 - greensboro
aug 9 - baltimore
aug 10 - philly
aug 11 - new york

- euro tour - june 2013 -
june 13 - berlin
june 14 - hamburg 
june 16 - koblins
june 19 - paris 
june 20 - le mans 
june 21 - paris
june 22 - toulouse
june 23 - toulouse 
june 24 - montpellier 
june 26 - lyon
june 28 - zurich

halloween week loop 2012:
oct 27 - beaumont
oct 28 - new orleans
oct 29 - memphis
oct 30 - memphis
oct 31 - st louis
nov 1 - tulsa

july tour 2012:
july 11 - wichita @ kirbys
july 12 - st louis w/ skarekrau
july 13 - milwakee w/ stacia
july 14 - bitchpork in chicago
july 15 - ann arbor @ far house
july 18 - philly @ goldilocks gallery
july 19 - new york @ jalopy theater
july 21 - greensboro house show
july 22 - winston salem house show
july 23 - athens @ secret squirrel 
july 24 - atlanta house party
july 26 - new orleans generator show
july 27 - beaumont @ victoria house

france tour 2012:
march 27 @ Pop in (paris)
march 28 @ Plateforme (paris)
march 29 @ Le Schooner (pontrieux)
march 30 @ Le Conserveria (angers)
april 2 @ Les Fleurs du Mal (toulouse)
april 4 @ TOTEM (nancy)

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