It's been a few years, but I'm finally airing out some dirty laundry.

[CHORUS (x2)]
How quickly shitty friends will swiftly forget
All you did to put em up, soon as they get upset
Fools ruled by emotions, forever beset by
Demons screaming out, played like a cassette

[VERSE]
I been tryna cut ties with all these nitwits dat hurt me,
It's not working; fake bitches is harder to shake than herpes
They say one thing to ya face, it's all syrupy-sweet
Next week, they flip sides, tryna merc me

Some people tired of looking over they shoulders
Grow eyeballs in the back of they head, 
Dreadin drive-bys through they drywall
But one cannot draw comparisons
To the size of my balls, fuck y'all

E tu, Brute? You really do me like that?
After I leveraged connections 
From two decades and sat
Through immaturity; absurdity, and all of your crap
At 24 years old, you still one hell of a brat

But of course you know that,
At 24 you know everything
Mr. Dunning-Kreuger super sleuth
Can figure out anything
It don't matter if the subject is hotly debated
Or if you intoxicated, statin it all matter-of-fact

[CHORUS (x2)]
How quickly shitty friends will swiftly forget
All you did to put em up, soon as they get upset
Fools ruled by emotions, forever beset by
Demons screaming out, played like a cassette

[VERSE]
Without a college degree, you've arrived to set free
All of the simple minds imprisoned by
Small thoughts you've decreed
clearly ignorant, pre-figured 
  in your mind is the key:
"If only all of social media would listen to me!

"Can't you see? Beware the devil known
As freedom of speech
We have to censor those who say things
To which none should agree
That's why we're here to fight oppression
Just by pressin delete
Cuz getting feelings hurt's the worst
Of things that ever could be!"

Never seeing, myopic, that it's a subtler topic
Than you can reconcile briefly
while you're high on the chronic
But then your words turn condescending
Cuz you're "venting", sardonic.
Later, it's fine when it's YOU
Whose words are twistedly chthonic?

You shit all over relationships
In their nascency, blatantly
Disrespectin the years I invested
Building you agency
Today, you winnin big, by large in thanks
To how I had patiently taught you your trade
But now you debasing me, and doin it shamelessly?

[CHORUS (x2)]
How quickly shitty friends will swiftly forget
All you did to put em up, soon as they get upset
Fools ruled by emotions, forever beset by
Demons screaming out, played like a cassette

[OUTRO]
A better man is stoic enough to stand by his team
But when I look at you I see a little boy in his teens
Cuz grown adults don't dime each other out
Not after your dream got actualized...
But no surprises, you just ain't what you seem.


Played Like a Cassette

This show is called "Phantasmagoria", and "P12a" is a shorter name for it.
P12a is a modern rock opera, retelling Dante's Divine Comedy in three acts.

This is the first of three LPs. Each one contains one act of the rock opera.
Act 1, Autocremation, introduces us to "The Dreamer", a vice-ridden sinner.
Follow along as our sleeping protagonist must now confront terrible demons.

Phantasmagoria is a real word that means, "a sequence of dream-like events".
This is a one-of-a-kind psychedelic trip through hell, purgatory and heaven. 
It's quite unlike anything you have ever seen or heard of, in all your life past.

I made this all with a great deal of consideration, effort and love, mainly alone.
The journey to this Magnum Opus began in early 2016, and I've kept at it since.
I've constantly ideated, iterated and polished it all for nearly a decade. Enjoy. <3

1.02 - Angeli Angelos Non Custodiunt - P12a, Act 1

1.03 - Luster (Virgil and Charlie) - P12a, Act 1

Autocremation

1.08 - Nolo Contendere (Innocence is Heresy) - P12a, Act 1

1.07 - Interlude (Toils and Screams) - P12a, Act 1

1.09 - Avarice (Fear Lust, Hate Greed) - P12a, Act 1

1.01 - Hypnagogia (Time to Crash) - P12a, Act 1

1.11 - Ego Death (Soul Rebirth) - P12a, Act 1

1.06 - Choler (Fury's Forge) - P12a, Act 1

1.10 - Terminus (Rock Bottom) - P12a, Act 1

1.05 - Underwriting (Wall Street Beat) - P12a, Act 1

Developer of interactive online media, hobbyist skydiver, professional voice actor, musician and business owner. Producer of musical scores & independent video games. Past exploits and destinations include the Eiffel Tower, Stonehenge, Chichen Itza, X'Caret, Cozumel, Old Faithful, coast-to-coast in the US and Australia, Shakespeare's home, Canada, PAX East, Burning Man, Alcatraz, and Shakespeare's Globe Theater, among others. Co-presented on stage with Kevin Mitnick and Steve Wozniak. Met and chilled with quite a few celebrities and luminaries, including Michael Dell, Dr. Vinton Cerf, MC Frontalot, mc chris, MC Lars, Tahmoh Penikett, Alona Tal, Richard Speight, Misha Collins and Jared Padalecki. Hobbies include skydiving, bungee jumping and free climbing. Once waterskied on the noses of dolphins.

Played Like a Cassette

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