King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have released a staggering amount of music over the last decade. Two of those releases, 2017's Flying Microtonal Banana and 2020's KG are both heavily influenced by Turkish Psych-Rock. Geoff Stanfield caught up with the band's main producer, writer, multi-instrumentalist and singer Stu Mackenzie to chat about this direction and take a deeper look at some of their favorite tracks on the most recent of the two albums, KG. Enjoy!

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Episode 52: Stu Mackenzie

Paper Thin Walls - Modest Mouse

Explode

>im a firm believer in seeing things through to completion but just how far down does this rabbit hole go?
>see my understanding of the red pill was not unlike annie Moores understanding of ellis island.
>a pinnacle of freedom and opportunity; a turning point of my human experience, but I've found that  clarity is more of a cage than any social construct ever was.
>the climax of my understanding is the exposition of my death. And this action is never rising; it only hums. 
No living resolutions truly exist.
>it's an art how well poison masquerades as purpose.
>I can hardly believe all these pretty noises amount to is worthless.
>but reality doesn't require a cosign. 
Hell, it barely requires consciousness most of the time.
>and what of the blue pill? Atleast my previous cage had wallpaper.
>among the madonnas, darth vaders, commercials and skyscrapers there's no mention of the void.
>
maybe we all find our Turin horse eventually.
And we'll proclaim we understand its pain regretfully.
But I ain't no fuckin horse.
And there ain't a pair of blinkers on earth big enough to block my vision now.
>I sit in my bed like zeus on mt. Olympus every morning.
I close my eyes...
And I breathe.
>and if you ask me those are the most honest moments of my day.
>my daily hand on bible 
>my prayer bead 
Apple seed
Jury free trial.
>a guilty forest has grown since late 2014 but these pink ladies keep me alive.
Reluctantly alive.
>unapologetically alive.
>if life is a sea, ive decided love must be an anchor. 
>this is my boat but I'm no captain.
>im no conqueror.
>im no alexander.
>im a lotus flower in a swamp
I'm the furniture of a burning house. 
I'm a god, but when you realize gods a part of all of us it stops feeling special.

And even if you put out the fire, no house stands forever.
And I don't wanna stand anymore.
I'm tired and it's been a long fucking day
Red pills, blue pills, mountains, mole hills.
After awhile you realize this rabbit hole goes on forever and even if it drives you mad, we're all mad down here.
I wasn't born knowing the difference between a spic, a kike, and a nigger.
I wasn't born knowing jesus and fearing lucifer.
We're taught to fear and hate, but we're born cold and loving.
Looking for warmth.
This rabbit hole will go on forever and that's just fine
Because I wont.
But when I die, remember this:
GOD IS LOVE

Ripping shit up. I don’t give a fuck. Take a step back
Watch me work, somehow making words chemically react 
I aint boom bap, I’m the culmination of the 21st century
Aint to many names ahead of me, my hit list long
 Feelin strong as 20 ox, 2 bulls, and 6 midgets
gimmie 20 minutes and I’m bound to cop some digits
call the cops he’s lifted cruising down the street in a beat up honda civic
turnin sinners out of good Christians,
I can fly, I got supervision
Don’t gotta try, im naturally gifted
Hide the women, find us twisted trying new positions
On a mission so impossible its like I pray to L Ron Hubbard
In the cubbard like I’m king push
I’m the flavor, bumpin clipse inside the whip
Bukowski book next to me
I’m rolling up a spliff
Im sippin green tea baby
Come and take a sip
Hit me with a lighter
I don mind, come take a couple hits
Is a problem when I don’t get what I’m owed
Luckily for yall nobody’s  a damn thing	 
you live long enough to wanna quit
but only once so make the best of it
have sex, scream, and break some shit

audio clips from DJVlad interview with scarface.


Worldly

Mood [Porches cover]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvbY0ztdekI

Boo Radley [Yason13 flip]

Anywhere is Everywhere

Nice Garage Presents - Beach Moon/Peach Moon

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All Songs by Beach Moon/Peach Moon

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05 - Firefly Stars

Used to sing this lil diddy to my campers. Missing them and camp, so here ya go. 

Liz's Album

Blues Run The Game (Jackson C. Frank cover)

Musician/writer based out of Kingston, NY. 
Singer/guitarist in Grampfather.
Grampfather.com

Anywhere is Everywhere

James Kwapisz