really cool this !!! would have thought this would be too difficult a cover to do but you nailed it!!!!

Astonishing version...works so well as a ballad!

Fantastic version...I think I prefer the way you do it.

Man, this is awesome (much better than the original). I love the vocals, that incredible jangle low tuned guitar, and resonant growl of that acoustic bass.

Hey Francesco, this is a brilliant rendition of this song. What fun! Brilliant performances from all involved. Love it!

For some reason, I have a smile on my face throughout this song. It doesn't surprise me a bit that you won the "United Nations" election! I absolutely love your rendition! And trust me, the feeling I get is far from that of a foreigner singing Italian opera... 🤣

This is an old song, originally written in 1992 or '93 while on a hitchhiking trip through the Nevada desert from Boise to Tucson Arizona. It took my friend and I eight days on the road to travel about 700 miles. 

The title is a reference to the two of us standing on opposite sides of the highway, willing to take a ride any direction as long as it got us out of there. It's about desperation, resignation, freedom, harassment, and finding beauty in the midst of extremes.

It is an experience I will personally never forget, and I have written the story once before but it was destroyed when a computer crashed and literally caught on fire before I could print it.

In the last few years I have started to try and tackle writing it again, and I stalled out a bit. Maybe revisiting this song will help inspire me to finish   documenting the tale?

You can read what there is of it here: https://twowaythumb.wordpress.com/

Ron and I originally recorded this song with our old band Godzoundz, but it was only ever released on a very limited cassette run. We decided a while back that we should chip away at re-recording these songs and try to give them their due as it was all pretty deep underground back then. So here's the first one of those.

Our basement studio flooded a couple weeks ago and production has been temporarily slowed, so we thought we'd trot out some of these oddities and misfits while we chip away at reworking our studio and getting it put back together. Hope you enjoy!

Godzoundz

Two Way Thumb

Where did this crazy cover come from?!
Until a couple of years ago I played in a group of friends, an acoustic quartet consisting of an acoustic guitar, double bass (me), a singer and a percussionist. We played a repertoire of rock and pop covers from all times, heavily rearranged to suit acoustic needs. In addition to rehearsals and concerts, a significant part of the time was spent proposing and choosing the repertoire.
There were always great discussions, everyone had their own musical background, their tastes and their desire to impose themselves on others (behind every musician there is always a little egomaniac hiding :)). Furthermore, since it was all acoustic, there were also inevitable technical limitations to consider when choosing the songs. In short, every proposal was always followed by great debates, to the point that we had to establish severe rules in the choice with votes, with the right of veto, like United Nations resolutions :))
There was a moment when we needed to enrich the repertoire with more lively and rhythmic songs, because the natural tendency in small acoustic cover groups is always to rearrange the songs with an elegant, composed (and a little soporific) sound like Bossa or soft jazz.
Among the various proposals I made there was this 80's pop-dance hit that I have always liked and to be more convincing and overcome their skepticism that time I decided to present my candidacy with a demo recorded by myself... So, courageously I even had to sing it!!
What you listen is therefore that original demo for my group: an acoustic guitar, a double bass, a voice to which I have recently added some choirs.
Fortunately, at the end, the effort was rewarded, this bizarre cover won the elections and became a permanent fixture in our concerts.

I know, I skipped some words here and there, my pronunciation is what it is, and I guess it sounds funny to you more or less like to us Italians when we listen to one of our operas sung by a foreign singer... but who cares, it was so fun to sing it, forgive me! :)

For those who don't know the original Dead or Alive song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGNiXGX2nLU

Just like my version, isn't it?:)))

The photo is entitled "100 ways to kill your photographer". 

A special thank you to Debra, she knows why.

You Spin Me Round - cover

First song I am posting in 2024!

This is what I wrote in 2013 when I first thought about posting Nothing But (The Sound) but decided to take it down from the cloud short after. 

"Nothing But (The Sound)" is Plastic Inevitable's first song since 2011! Plastic Inevitable is Marty Procaccio, AKA Blankets, working the sound and Sneekie San Salvador tweaking the sound. The recording for this song began in 2011 in the bedroom recording studio of Marty in Santa Clara California using GarageBand and a whole bunch of pedals. The song was completed in 2013 with vocals recorded in Sneekie San Salvador's mobile Toyota recording unit.

Now it is 11 years later...

I am amazed that I found the vocal stems. I had to look though an old hard drive to find them. I did not feel like digging through more old hard drives for the original track stems. Big thanks to Russell for taking the time to mix the vocals and master the track. I told Russell, when I mixed the original instrumental I was listening to a lot of shitgaze bands at the time. 

May you find many gems when you dig into your past. 

Track Credits:
Blankets: Bass, guitars, and vocals
https://soundcloud.com/allergeist
Couch King: Original instrumental track mix, production, samples, lyrics, and vocals
https://musiciselation.bandcamp.com
Russell Sinfield: Vocal mix and final master
https://soundcloud.com/russell-sinfield
https://soundcloud.com/the-exe-stencilists
The Chaos Cookhouse: Studio
https://chaoscookhouse.bandcamp.com

Lyrics: 

Chorus:
Sitting in my car
Windows rolled down
Feet out the window
Nothing but the sound
Of my favorite song

Capture me a distraction
And season it with your bliss
To steal my dissatisfaction 
And feed my mind but a moment
Of happiness 

Chorus

Capture me a distraction
And season it with your bliss
To steal my dissatisfaction 
And feed my mind but a moment

Chorus  

In this moment
There is an infinite 
Amount of things
Happening
In this moment
I have loved you
Infinitely 
Again and again
In this moment 
I am yours
Forever with me
My forever friend
In this moment 
I sing with you
Every song 
That was ever made

Nothing But (The Sound)

Blankets and the Couch King with Russ Sinfield - Nothing But (The Sound)

For Pride Month. This is a rough version with just me and the guitar. The real version will be a 90's dance song, hopefully with not flat vocals, hopefully this weekend

This is not about you,
Your life is not about who I love, or the things I do
You’re not the one that I answer to

But it’s not about me
There’s more to my life than i will ever know, than i’ll ever see
I don’t hurt anyone just let this be

I have no voice but I can speak
I don’t like what you do to me
I say it’s time we make a stand

It’s more than tonight
It’s more than my fight
This is my right
This is my life

Do you feel the beat
It’s the pulse of the world
Where the people meet to let their flag unfurl

Do you feel it?

What does it matter to you
How i live my life, or what I believe, or the path I choose
Look inside, are you afraid to face the truth

We all need to be
Fragile and fearless, wild and free, you see 
for fate of the world, for our destiny 

Love is blind but I still see
And I don’t like what you’ve done to me
I see bloodstains on your hands!

Do you feel the beat
It’s the pulse of the world
Where the freaks all meet to let their flags unfurl

not about you (acoustic)

... inspiration can brood and bubble at times, barely detectable to all but that subtle sight - the vague yet hopeful perception of a vast web, which shines somehow in the eye of intention. see through doldrums to the eternal wind. thanks for listening <3

-phil

elucidate space

Recorded/Mixed: Audacity
Guitar: Cort MR710 LH NS
Mic: Rhode USB Mini

Lyrics: 

I'm gonna write another love song
For my mother
In an attempt to be strong
I became the perfect son.
I'm gonna write another love song,
For my mother.
For my mother.

I see you, mum.
I'll be your heart, your rock, your faith in life,
So you can grow to be someone.
I love you, mum.
I'll be your hope, your world, the one who always,
Fills you up.

But mother, mother!
The price I pay for this role-
Oh mother, mother! 
Is taking too much toll. 

Cos as I write another love song,
Even all, these years after you're gone-
As I write another love song,
All I know is how to grow,
All I know is how to grow into the perfect son.
For someone!
And now you are gone, there is no one.

Who do I turn to now?
Who do I turn to now?
Turn to now. 
Turn to now.

I called to the moon,
And she reflected the sun's light,
On my heart.
I called to the ocean,
And waves of beautiful emotion,
Float around me,
As the birds flew in the sky, mother!
I called to the mountain,
And the path that I followed led me,
To another mountain,
Just another mountain,
Always,
Another mountain.
Always another mountain.

Finally I called to my heart.
The love inside,
Was a place,
Where I could start.
I could start.

Mirror! 
I never see your face in the mirror, Mum.
I often wonder, if without you, I will ever be someone.
All I knew, crumbled and flew,
Away in the wind-
Breeze touched my skin,
And I stood,
Ever so still,
Ever so still.
And a place, inside, 
Where nobody can hide,
Where even the music is quiet,
Where even the colours are blind,
Where even the senses have no mind,
Where even a scream has no meaning,
I stood there, mother.

And in that space, my face,
It looked out towards-
Another. 

I will never know what they saw.
But I don't question that they saw me - at all. 
Mother!

I wrote another love song, for my mother.
I wrote another love song-
For my mother.
For my mother.

But also now, 
For another.
And another.
And another.
-end- 


Original Poem: 

I’m gonna write another love song
For my mother 
In an attempt to be strong, I became the perfect son.
I’m gonna write another love song 
For my mother 
For my mother

I see you mum. 
I’ll be your heart, your rock, your faith in life,
So you can grow to be someone. 
I love you mum. 
I’ll be your hope, your will, 
The one who always fills,
You up. 

But mother,
Oh mother.
The price I pay for this role.
Mother oh mother
It’s taking too much toll. 

Cos as I write another love song. 
Even all these years after you’re gone. As I write another love song, mum. 
All I know 
Is how to grow
Into the the perfect son
For someone
And you are gone
So there is no-one. 
And I am lost 
In the dark

Who do I turn to now? 

I called to the moon and she reflected the sun’s light on my heart. 
I called to the ocean! And waves of beautiful emotion flowed around me as the birds flew in the sky. 
Oh mother! 
I called to the mountain. And the path that I followed led me to another mountain. Just another mountain. Always another mountain. 

And finally I called to my heart. The love inside was a place I could start. 

I never see your face in the mirror, mum! 

I often wonder if without you I will ever be someone. 

As all I knew crumbled and flew
Away in the wind
The breeze touched my skin.
I stood ever so still
And there inside that space where nobody can hide. 
Where even the music is quiet
Where even the colours are blind
Where even the senses have no mind
Where even a scream, has no meaning. 

There I stood mother. 
And in this space,
My face. 
Looked out towards another. 

I will never know what they saw. 
But I don’t question that they saw me - at all. 

My mother. My mother. 
I wrote another love song
For my mother. 
But also now - 
for the Other. 


© Ben -Tam Jennifer Hastings, 2024. All rights reserved.

I Wrote Another Love Song ~ For My Mother (Acoustic, 2024)

Turning Point

Remixes

Very Sharky (Remix 2024)

Original by Tony Joe White - Tunica Motel 1991

Bass , drums and vocal: PJ Project
All other instruments : PdB Orchestra

Tunica Motel W/ PdB Orchestra

Music & Production by David k. A. Spencer
https://soundcloud.com/david-spencer-543878720

Vocals & Lyrics by Cosmic Keanu

Find the Truth

In the search for truth
Where do we turn?

Is anything
new Under the sun?

Why can’t we be satisfied
with enough?

Endlessly pursue our
increasing desire

As the candle burns ever
lower with time

[chorus]
And all of this
is sand beneath our feet
A faded photograph,
a fading memory

The ear is never filled
by endless learning

There’s no memory left
Of earlier things

[chorus]

And, what remains
When we close our eyes?

Is anything there
beyond endless night?

Even legends die
Stars fall from the sky
The Truth never lies
God is only light

I have seen enough
to believe

Once you’ve seen the Truth
You can’t unsee

Ask in His name, and it’s given
to you 

Seek and you will find,
find the Truth

Find The Truth (David k. A. Spencer & Cosmic Keanu)

Album Summer Of The Seasonal Optimist 2024 

https://www.reverbnation.com/8745881/album/319764 

...with a little help from my friends...

Summer Of The Seasonal Optimist

Ciao! I am a bass, double bass and guitar player but I like composing on keyboards too. 
Thank you for listening. Peace!

You Spin Me Round - cover

Francesco Cartocci

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