Song Playlist

written, performed, and recorded by onlyone/ joe kowalski, Saturday, February 1st, 2014. 

A silly, musical response to that meme where the cat is reading the paper and thinking about whether he was supposed to pick up the coat-wearing monkey at Ikea. 

©2014 Is It Noise Or Is It Music, ASCAP

MONKEY IN A COAT
No mere monkey
and he's cold
i think he's in canada
and it's almost february
he's no mere monkey
yeah he's no mere monkey
Carl with no hat
monkey in a coat
Carl with no hat
monkey in a coat
monkey in a

there's nothing funny
if you forget
to pick your friend up at two
and it's almost ten o'clock
there's nothing funny
there's nothing funny
Carl with no hat
monkey in a coat
Carl with no hat
monkey in a coat

should I call a cab?
should I pick him up?
should I call a cab?
should I pick him up?
maybe flip a coin?
maybe he's okay?

does he have a hat?
monkey in a coat
Carl has a hat?
monkey in a coat
monkey in a coat

Monkey In A Coat

"Fixable" by onlyone
from the new album "Breakable," available now
http://onlyone.bandcamp.com

watch the video: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bue37afE78M

written/ performed/ recorded by joe kowalski
©2014 joe kowalski/ is it noise or is it music? ASCAP
mastered by ponch d'lyon/ the chub group

Fixable

Free download!  2nd track from onlyone's brand new album "Breakable," available at https://onlyone.bandcamp.com/album/breakable

words and music by joe kowalski
cover art by andrew james stone

* replaced audio track with final master on 8 June, 2014. 

Electric Chemistry

Originally the b-side to their single "(A "Trip" To) Babylonia" (which still holds the record for worst selling single of all time), the master tapes for "Tympanzee" were long thought to be lost. However, three months ago, former Banilow roadie Dave "Zero" DiSenza discovered the unmarked reel in the underwear drawer of his mother's room while helping her to pack up some things. At first listen, DiSenza was very impressed, but he quickly realized the tape was being played backwards and at too slow a speed. He was less impressed when listening properly, but the band was elated at the discovery. They hope to unearth all of the masters from their debut album and re-release it one day.

Artist: Larry Banilow
Songwriters: Graham/ Kowalski/ Stiglitz/ Bedfellow
Arrangers: Larry Banilow
RCA/ Victor: 1974

"Tympanzee" by Larry Banilow

Inspired by a sighting of a bow-tie wearing duck in a car-park. 

hey, i think i see
yeah, he seems kinda real
there, he’s behind the wheel
now, he’s looking at me
it’s a bow-tie duck
it’s a bow-tie duck
it’s a bow-tie duck
what the—

yeah, you see him too?
hey, he’s looking at you
huh, think he knows what to do?
behind the wheel?
it’s a bow-tie duck
it’s a bow-tie duck
it’s a bow-tie duck
it’s a bow-tie duck
it’s a bow-tie duck
what the—

i hope he can’t drive
i hope he can’t drive
(i’m watching you)
i hope he can’t drive
i hope he can’t drive
(i’m watching you)

(i’m a bow-tie duck
i’m a bow-tie duck
i’m a bow-tie duck)

Written/ recorded/ performed by Joe Kowalski/ onlyone, June 5-6, 2015
©2015 Is It Noise Or Is It Music, ASCAP

(It's A) Bow-Tie Duck

onlyone released the ambient album "Zen and the Art of Commuting by Public Transportation" in February, 2015, and he released three other solo albums and an album with his band The Elderly in 2014. 

Joe "onlyone" Kowalski is a composer/ producer/ multi-instrumentalist based in Boston. He has played in countless bands as keyboardist or bassist (including BrownBoot, Gato Malo, Larry Banilow, The World's Greatest Sinners, All the Queen's Men, Larry Banilow, The Bay City Rollers featuring Ian Mitchell and many more), and has written and recorded a number of solo albums ranging from ambient music to electronics-infused progressive rock. Joe has also been an equal member of other collaborative recording groups like Fünf and The Elderly, co-writing, playing numerous instruments and co-producing all albums. Topping it off, Joe is half of the absurdist soft rock outfit Larry Banilow, producing and engineering the greatest hits album "Huggin' Funshine: 16 Golden Greats," co-writing all of the songs and playing many of the instruments on the record. 

In 2010 Joe produced, engineered and co-composed (with guitarist/ vocalist Adam Sherman) the soundtrack to the feature-length independent film Phillip The Fossil (available in NetFlix). Joe's music has also provided the soundtrack for other short films. Joe has also composed the theme song for acclaimed creativity podcast Ideascicle.

Joe is also a music instructor, teaching piano/ keyboards, bass guitar, theory, technology and more. 

"Tympanzee" by Larry Banilow

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