Orchestral piece written for the Commercial Bank of Qatar concert, recorded by Allan Wilson and the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in March 2015

Niramaya (written Jan Feb 2015)

Unreleased version of 'Dirtbag Side-Effect'

Dirtbag Side - Effect X Royal Oakie

call the nickel and the dime to the 8 to the 9, one eleven zero zero for the KITTY HOTLINE

yeah, you a nice dude
with some nice things
got a baller ride 
and some icy rings

but you not enough 
i need more than that 
i need a real boss 
I need a kitty cat

6 inch claws can you get with that?  
Crawlin on me like its nobody's business

ever wonder why snoop turned into a lion?
big boss of california and he weren't even tryin
to get turnt up like curry at the 3 point line
maybe take a 20 hour nap, and think about it 
matter fact, take 9

call the nickel and the dime to the 8 to the 9, one eleven zero zero for the KITTY HOTLINE

take me home, i'm a paradise kitty
where the grass is green but the litter ain't pretty
one for the pillow, two for the floor, three to get ready, now build a cat door
or do you want more?

Adopt it like its HOT (CAT TOWN OAKLAND)

In this episode, we explore illness and healing. Lena discusses her ongoing battle with endometriosis, plus we hear tales of sickness and health from Aidy Bryant, Joss Whedon, Tracy Clayton, Michelle Zauner and more.

Sickness & Health: Season 2, Episode 9

Lena talks to writer Ronnie Konner about life after a stroke that left her paralyzed in her early forties.

Sickness & Health Bonus Episode: Ronnie Konner

Lyrics:
I pop my klonopin in the morning, I pop my pill to keep me going 
I think that I might have a problem, but I still ain't hit rock bottom 

Crush that Xanax into to powder, give me a drink in about an hour 
I want to forget my life, I want to forget my strife 

All these thoughts up in my head, all these thoughts don't want to dread
Run, Run, Hide, Hide
Don't make me decide

I got problems, You got problems, They got problems, we all got problems 
Why don't we just run away, come again another day 
Little children want to play so, rain, rain go away 

Klonopin, Klonopin, Klonopin, Klonopin,Klonopin,Klonopin
Run, Run, Hide, Hide don't make me decide
Run, Run,Run 
Hide, Hide, Hide
Don't make me decide
why don't we just run away come again another day 
little children want to play , rain, rain go away

Rebecca

Klonopin

If it’s probable intelligent alien life exists, where’s the evidence? In our season two teaser – Episode 2.0 – we discuss Fermi’s paradox. This episode also introduces the topic of our second season: humanity building its first new world on Mars.

TEASER: Fermi's Paradox

lefav is an Oakland, Ca. post-punk band. New EP Threnody out now.  Heavy Art Punk/New Wave/Post-Punk/Seattle sound.

lefav: Jangly Instrumental 2

Under the Spell of Joy

I'd Rather Be Dreaming

LYRICS
I love my paper cutout
My paper cutout
on the mattress
I love my paper cutout
that's why I shoot out
into the abyss

Fly around the world
Flower to flower like a hummingbird

Fly around the world
Flower to flower like a hummingbird

I love my paper cutout
On the mattress
I love my paper Chris
Into the abyss

Fly around the world
Flower to flower like a hummingbird

Fly around the world
Flower to flower like a hummingbird

I'm a hummingbird
I'm a hummingbird
I'm a hummingbird

And the painter paints
In the alleyways
While the man escapes
With the details of your face

I love my paper cutout
My paper cutout
on the mattress

Ink flows, knows where to go
Inside the furrows
and into the crevice

Father of black holes
Charcoal smudge in a jagged cape
Your long gaze beams right into me
From miles away
My superhero you've lived and died a thousand ways
All the pretty people can't steal my gaze away from you
All the pretty people can't steal my gaze away from you
I'm a hummingbird
I'm a hummingbird
I'm a hummingbird

And the painter paints
In the alleyways
While the man escapes
With the details of your face

And the painter paints
In the alleyways
While the man escapes
With the details of your face

And the painter paints
In the alleyways
While the man escapes
With the details of your face

paper cutout

Sivan Lioncub and Christopher Daddio fused brains in 2010. Their first project “Lee Malone” started as a cross-country songwriting affair between Sivan (vocals, violin) in Brooklyn and Chris (vocals, guitar) in San Francisco. It quickly became an obsession & Sivan moved back to her childhood home in Oakland, California so that their music creation could continue. They busked on street corners, played in clubs, got noticed by local press and were on the rise. Then, just after they were invited to record at Converse Rubbertracks, Chris was diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma and Lee Malone screeched to a halt. 

     Sivan stayed by his bedside in the hospital every day & every night as Chris went through aggressive rounds of in-patient chemo & radiation at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. They made it as fun as they could, singing songs in hospital halls til dawn. Together through the tunnel of darkness they persevered and lo & behold, they earned themselves a new life.

      A superstitious couple, they felt that Lee Malone had brought them bad luck, so they decided to rename their band Everyone Is Dirty, a lyric from a song Sivan wrote. They recruited bassist/pedal steel player Tyler English and drummer Tony Sales (whose dad & uncle are the Sales Brothers) & released their first album appropriately named Dying Is Fun on Tricycle Records. They toured the country in their trusty van Papa Mario, playing BFD, Treefort Music Fest in Boise, SXSW & Noise Pop and lots of little shows in cities along the way.

    By February of 2015 they were on the rise again, kicking ass & playing tons of shows. Then, just after they opened for Cold War Kids, Sivan had an allergy to an antibiotic called Augmentin and her liver failed. She turned yellow and her piss looked like Coca Cola. Shocked & profoundly disappointed, they had to cancel their tour to Treefort Fest & beyond. Instead, in a hospital bed at Alta Bates Chris paid back the devotion, staying with her day and night. Music gave them hope, so they continued to write & record with Tyler, and in 2018 they released My Neon’s Dead, a 10 song memoir of Sivan’s hospitalized “toxic morphine haze”. 

      For the 2nd time,  life was re-granted to the duo. With a clean bill of health they replaced Tony Sales with Tyler’s high-school bandmate, drummer Jake Kopulsky, and their rhythm section grew to be a force of nature. 

   Until today Sivan & Chris are recording music at Donut Time Audio, a full service recording studio that takes over their 2 bedroom house in Oakland. He engineers & produces. She writes lyrics & and shreds a clear blue electric violin that glows when it hits the light. When he’s not working on an Everyone Is Dirty song Chris makes a living recording & mixing music at Donut Time Audio with local artists. Sivan enjoys collaborating with other artists as well, most recently recording violin and singing with The Residents on their albums "Intruders" and "Metal meat & Bone" and touring with Shannon Shaw.

paper cutout

Everyone Is Dirty

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