Sweetness, I DON'T WANT TO PLAY YOUR SUN CITY! SWEETNESS! You hit me w/ a 1-2 of sugar & a nice right hook. You blacked my eye teeth & I'm left bruised. This is my title shot; but what's in it for you except that sweet science? SWEETNESS, I'm feeling used. But I'll dance w/ you in that ring, & on the canvas you will hear me sing:

Can I miss the beat?

2 song EP 
Recorded at Slaughterhouse Studios, Amherst MA '03
Released '04

Dean Dennehey - Trumpet
Etienne Pierre Duguay - Percussion, backing vocals
Tom Ferguson - Alto Sax
Renee Hadad - Synth, backing vocals
Michelle Hall - Drums
Leon Pierce - Guitar, vocals
Josie Swift - Flute, backing vocals
Stephen Swift - Bass, backing vocals

Down, Tiger

All hands to me! All hands to me! All fingers pressed against my lips, jittery. My coffee nerves, caffeinated; & you're battering my coastline. My hurricane, if I survive you I swear I'll take up smoking so I can shake with a ferocity to remind me of this. If I go down tonight I know you'll seal it w/ a kiss, & I know there's no port in this storm, but at least with you I get my sea legs.

I take mine as black as your heart, with milk.

2 song EP 
Recorded at Slaughterhouse Studios, Amherst MA '03
Released '04

Dean Dennehey - Trumpet
Etienne Pierre Duguay - Percussion, backing vocals
Tom Ferguson - Alto Sax
Renee Hadad - Synth, backing vocals
Michelle Hall - Drums
Leon Pierce - Guitar, vocals
Josie Swift - Flute, backing vocals
Stephen Swift - Bass, backing vocals

Vocals on "Mash Note" by Nicole Brouillette

Mash Note

There's no help for those on fire. The smell of smoke & I awoke; I'd been dreaming for years in monochrome. (There's no help for those on fire) please please please no gasoline, I need just a little NH4HCO3. I can't believe we're still coded & filed; sorted by flammability. & if I strike the match will you catch, & what color would we see (there's no help for those on fire)?

If there's no help for those on fire then there's no help. So tell me: is this burn 3rd degree or just skin deep?

La Mi Vida Violenta/Sentai split EP
Recorded July/October '04 at Swim-Two-Birds (MD)
Released as Ruffian Records rr10 '05

Etienne Pierre Duguay - Drums, percussion, vocals
Tom Ferguson - Alto Sax
Renee Hadad - Synthesizer, percussion, vocals
Michelle Hall - Drums
Anne Macon - Guitar, piano
Leon Pierce - Guitar, vocals
Josie Swift - Flute, synthesizer, vocals

Hugh MacElroy - backing vocals on "Battle of Magenta"

Battle Of Magenta

Let's play: I'm 1942, & you, you're the invasion. This is our Pacific Theater: bombed out sandlots & friendly fire, a battle fought in bloody knuckles & picket fences.

Yeah, we got the thousand yard stare.

Let's play! I'm Fat Man, & you, you're Little Boy. This is our Manhattan Project: to get Mom in shape for a date w/ a first class ticket to the Bikini Atoll, cause she wants to be a bomb.

"A bomb?"

A-BOMB!

Yeah, this summer we got the thousand yard stare. 

La Mi Vida Violenta/Sentai split EP
Recorded July/October '04 at Swim-Two-Birds (MD)
Released as Ruffian Records rr10 '05

Etienne Pierre Duguay - Drums, percussion, vocals
Tom Ferguson - Alto Sax
Renee Hadad - Synthesizer, percussion, vocals
Michelle Hall - Drums
Anne Macon - Guitar, piano
Leon Pierce - Guitar, vocals
Josie Swift - Flute, synthesizer, vocals

Hugh MacElroy - backing vocals on "Battle of Magenta"

Blanks

Your ghost's hands playing in circles down my spine, whispering "I'm dancing on your grave this time." Cold words from cold lips & too much motion from such cold hips. You will be the end of me: a twist of sheets but we can't it sleep. So stab me w/ cold eyes & crush me in cold thighs so eager to please, but is it you or me? Asbestos, there's no breath left. This time we stay dead. 

Track taken from Sassy Pirate Records compilation 
Gaza:Comp - A benefit for the Rafah Rehabilitation Center

Recorded late '04 at Dead Air, Amherst MA

Marty Cantalini - Cello, percussion, backing vocals
Etienne Pierre Duguay - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
Tom Ferguson - Alto Sax
Renee Haddad - Synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals
Anne Macon - Guitar, piano, percussion
D. Alex Meeks - Drums, percussion, backing vocals
Leon Pierce - Baritone guitar, vocals, clarinet, percussion
Josie Swift - Synthesizer, percussion, backing vocals

Oh, Asbestos

We were unwieldy. The guilty parties:

Leslie Adams - Trumpet, Trombone, Percussion, Vocals
Marty Cantalini, Cello, Synthesizer, Percussion, Vocals
Dean Dennehey - Trumpet
Etienne Pierre Duguay - Drums, Percussion, Baritone Guitar, Vocals
Tom Ferguson - Alto Sax
Renee Hadad - Synthesizer, Vocals, Melodica, Drums, Percussion
Michelle Hall - Drums
Anne Macon - Guitar, Piano
D. Alex Meeks - Drums, Percussion
Leon Pierce - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Baritone Guitar, Drums, Clarinet
Josie Swift - Flute, Vocals, Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion
Stephen Swift - Bass, Vocals

La Mi Vida Violenta

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