c. 2024 Caleb Kardell
Caleb K. Vox, Instruments, Haircut, Etc.
Milo K. Drums
Sky K. Photo Subject
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40 & solidly rockin' the sad dad look
fucking stick figure out of a children's book!
Wikipedia'ing nightly for the slightest hint of all the euphorias of which
he'd caught a whiff while Wikipedia'ing nightly

Too tired & tightly wired
to pull some stunning bunny out the hat
If I ever again need some pet, some companion, some friend -
I'll grow a ponytail and just play around with that

Is that really where I'm at? Are we "there" yet?

"COME TO PAPA!!!!!!"

(Written at 39 about turning 40, recorded at 41
9/25/24 
Adopted kitties Helen & Theo the same day)

"COME TO PAPA!!!!!!!!!"
Now sit yourselves down.

PONYTAIL

c. 2024/2015 C. Kardell
I'm the court jester
never puzzled for a punchline
but if the timing's off
cough loudly

show me how
to do it with more style
your notes are *gold*
and you so free of guile
this is just a dream
the beginning of a beautiful dream
with you and me in scene

if I were a professor
I'd be professin' up a storm, a real earful
but I don't wanna get my feelings hurt

open to me
when you have the time
and for my part I'll start to keep my heart on the lifeline
is this the main walk, 
or interwoven travelers' footsteps 
through the briar?

you're leaning on me
so what are we 
supposed to be?
a miracle or total bullshit
will bring us together now
but do you even really feel that way?
well I do.

(whale mating sounds solo)

I overcommit
but I'm over it
I'm overcomin' it
I'll overcome it

through the briar.

COURT JESTER

c. 2024 C. Kardell
So son try to remember the shape you are in
when your helicopter is burnin and you're hanging off it by a hairpin
I cannot fantasize much lately feels like a sin
ever since I got caught up in the girl whirlwind
BIG fireworks and tricks of light hoverin'
the sunset is a sad bespectacled middle aged fellow in a
girl whirlwind
you've got all of the good friends for keeping it cool
friends hang by the pool with the freedom to know the inference
you got one really smooth move, it's your iindifference
I live with my parentheticals baby
my imaginary twin's identical
and you don't need to bother to save me from the GW
So son try to remember as you turn 18
try to see what spring feels like before you go running
away with the may queen
all this biased advice
meets with is a chastity grin
you grab the keys and drive off to be in
the girl whirlwind

GIRL WHIRLWIND

c. 2024 Caleb Kardell
She is a yankee cutie 
who lets me touch her beauty
after a while in true style I'll act like it's my duty
I'm not a picky chooser or domestic abuser
if you gave me a sex slave I'd totally confuse her
I like being alone too much to crave the closer human touch
even so I can't say no I'll take you out to lunch and stuff just know;
in the back of my mind I'm analyzing the very moment we're in
you're dancing on the side of my world, and I'm hanging off it by a hairpin
O! What does the boy do with the girl
he crossed the whole ocean for to the shittiest of shores?
does he give her a dip and a spin and a twirl while vowing right then and there to give up dancing? And kind of hitting a ceiling on all this mirror prancing?
Will they ever really know if they're seeing each other, or fancying each other, or what?
She is a yankee cutie who lets me touch her beauty
after a while in true style I'll act like she has cooties
I'm not a picky chooser or domestic abuser
if you gave me a sex slave I'd emotionally abuse her
I like being alone too much to crave the closer human touch
even so I can't say no I'll take you up to bed and stuff just know;
in the back of my mind I'm chronologizing the merry moments we're in
you're stuck on the wonder of the world
I'm just stuck on the one within.
O! What does a boy do with a girl
he crossed the whole ocean for to the shittiest of shores
does he give her a dip that makes her toenails curl
while vowing right then and there to dance later (I'm gonna!)
are they just codependent masturbators?
Should u date each other after u rape each other or not?

YANKEE QT

YANKEE QT KARAOKE MIX

c. 2025 C. Kardell
It's your own decision whether or not to destroy yourself
It's your own responsibility to be aware of your physical and mental health
to be aware that you can end your suffering by building stairs
that rise up from the rut you're in
it's your own decision whether or not to destroy yourself

Personal mantra for quitting Juuls Fall '23

RESPONSIBILITY

c. 2011/2025 C. Kardell
W/O REVELRY - A DIALOGUE

Why do you make up prayers for me? 
Bedside tired of the addressee
Flowers slaughtered, wilted leaves
all in the name Revelry.

Why did you put a face on the 
promise?
The words were the 
lynchpin that kept
the tow ball stayed
and love will bring simple gifts 
always.

#thedevilmademedoit

So we can make up myths along
the fine dim road
the sandman's on
the proving grounds weatherbeaten round
and love will never let me down.

#youarewhatmakesitabeautifulday

Why Do You Never
Look
My Way
Without Revelry?
Is It a conscious choice?
Why do you never let me down (?)

It's only a "day away"
Revelry

Recorded 2011/2025
15 Gray Avenue/298 Polpis Road (Nantucket)
15 Mink Road (Providence)

WITHOUT REVELRY

COME AND GO

c. 2025 C. Kardell

Popcorn shrimp and lime, you know it's finest-kind
Popcorn shrimp and lime, b'fast lunch and dinner time
More please!
With quality tartar sauce? Talk about divine.
A guy on a martyr's cross is holding up a sign
with both arms at th'same time
for popcorn shrimp and lime
please let me blow your mind for $11.99 with
Popcorn shrimp & lime, and a talk glass of milk.
(No thank you - water or white wine, or something of that ilk will do)
Suck 'em down like yer water dropped
don't let 'em touch your tongue - and please leave me some.

-Alright my favorite table of lovely ladies I have each of your meals here for ya, here is the...
Popcorn shrimp & lime & a tall glass of milk!
-No Thank You!
-The Devil Made Me Do It! (C'mawn)
-It Comes With Milk
-We're Aware, No Thank You
Even without the tartar sauce, that shit'll change your life
-I Want A Divorce
-(Exhausted Sigh)

Popcorn shrimp and lime 
really the finest-kind

Caleb Kardell: Keys, drums, voice
Milo Kardell: Double bass drum

POPCORN SHRIMP & LIME

c. 2025 C. Kardell
don't wanna talk about it

VIVA WINTER

c. 2025 C. Kardell
I've always been a light touch for a head case
the bane of every single single mom in the whole place
like a feller datin' Helen Keller, you really gotta take things at her pace
I don't check out Chiquita with the slap bass
move on mama Mia in her post divorce phase
my ego got a little beat up - she's working at the lumber store, and you know she's got that pretty face.

Now there's all sorts of analysis
for dudes caught up makin' choices with their phalluses
may I present around 80% (give or take)
of men with only half of their headspace
but hot to stop the semantics
I got caught up tryin' to get good at tantric
my labido oughta get a re-up better than it was before
cuz it was meager in the first place. 

The family is very concerned and sick and tired of my bullshit.

Rolf Herring - Trombone
Bill Shillings - "Guit"
Lee Striavioni - Bass
I am Chip Irvine, and this is BEAT UP!

You got beat up. So you got beat up. So you got beat up.
Who's to say it's such a mortal sin to check out Chiquita with
the slap bass
move on mama Mia in her post divorce phase

my ego got a little beat up
my labido oughta get a re up
my family gotta little PO'd
my own mom got a little teed off
My _____ got a little _______

The family is very concerned and sick and tired of my bullshit.

BEAT UP

c. 2025 C. Kardell

The world is garbage and we’re in it
Nothin says we gotta make it to the finish line
The evil we witness and forgive is no longer our business
Those without sin can be the first in line to
Do it for love
Do it for stars above
If your heart is true you'll do it for love

Now we can’t turn back the clock on this travesty we created
Overpopulated with lives not worthing living anyway
But we can make the choice to shut up our own voices
The path is long but we are brave and we're ready
To do it for love

Now some will stay behind but most will go away
Get to heaven on the very same day
God will greet us all with a smile in his eye
Embrace the chosen few and say whew it’s about damn time 
I'm glad you did it for love.
Do it for love
Be in the stars above
If your heart is true 
you'll do it for love

DO IT FOR LOVE

c. 2025 Caleb Kardell
Caleb: Instruments, Vox, etc.
Lundi: Intro

Hydrogen peroxide on the cuts from karate choppin' up the Nazis
with my unemployed boyz
I've got life on lock, see? I've got life on lock Mommy
are you proud of me?
Back when those things mattered
Aberration and laughter abounded
and after a rather lyrical phase
We're onto next chapters, where's the ever after gear?
Let's get out of here

Spitfire code keep on burning
Look how white my hair has been turning
Spitfire code, keep it on point/brand/fleek tonight
Seeds left to sew, alters to climb
You try to cram a crucifix into a keyhole
It don't work all the time.

I said I am so sorry
r u proud of me

(I better hear you sing it)

Ba ba da ba ba, ba da ba da bup, ba da ba da ba da ba badaba baah

Special thanks 2 mom & jos

SPITFIRE CODE

c. 2011/2025 Caleb Kardell

Get a glimpse of yourself you don't need to pursue
you'll feel more comfortable knowing it's just you
there's things in life we dream about and never have to do
and dreams we hang onto and have to see through
and one keeps the other one going

you've got the power
so fine
sweet little love of mine
sweet little lullaby
you've got the power tool (?)
Much too difficult to codify
I saw the wire
O!
It was on fire

you know we're gonna find a giant star tonight
diamondwire

DIAMONDWIRE

c. 2025 Kardell/Powers

Caleb K: Instruments, Vox
Milo K: Drums @ intro & outro (bonus jam)

Miele 
I've been cleaning it up today
Mila
putting the dis in disarray
Meelah
Another mess is on its way
Meyluh
What were you gonna say?

And though I know the reasons were right (or were they?)
Try as I might I can't see the sun
Cause you are the one that's burning 
my corneas
Miele

Miele
Look at the game we play
wish I could just take it all the way
Let's talk about you
Is there something you're moving through?

look at what you made me do
is it something you're moving through?
Is it something you're grooving through?
Miele?
Miele

MIELE

Who Saw That Girl Walking In The Rain

King Milo Doj

c. 2011 Kardell/Wieland/Kardell/Smith Dojo Shining Star Stuff

Stay Away From My Baby (Chip Muldoon Mix)

Dead Love (Skyler Kardell)

c. 2012 Kardell
Dolls, ornate miniature dolls, with long tendrils of hair. They fall after the slaughter; all these doll parts everywhere. I just found a pretty face. I just found a keepsake. Crawling to the gate, crawling to the gate. Saws emitting purrs, and jaws closing around the nose; laws against these sins so raw, a doll in a Jesus Christ pose. I wanna be a doll in real life, and do what's right, right tonight. Do what's right, right tonight. Balls, might take a lot of balls, thrown up in the air. If one falls, an audible audience pauses and scatters towards the stairs. Crawling to the gate, crawling to the gate. (Chorus) Do what's right, right tonight. Do what's right, right tonight. 

Be A Doll

STRANGERS IN THE TRAILER PARK

Comprising new work and old
Recent midlife lofi chowder
and the full works of
The Great Lost Lo-Fi Synth Core Cape Cod Nightmare Wedding Band "DOJO" (2012-13) Caleb Kardell, Rob Smith, Blakeley Sylvia & Vincent Veilleux. Improvisation, overdubbage, exorcism. 
www.soundcloud.com/half-man for much more garbage from over the years

CALEB KARDELL & FRIENDS

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