Wrote and recorded these songs while a Peace Corps Volunteer in Pernik, Bulgaria from 2006 -2008.

Az znam malko Bulgarski.
Az iskam da oocha Bulgarski.
Sega az jivaya v Pernik.

Moje bi posle ste znam minogo Bulgarski.
Moje bi posle ste znam minogo Bulgarski.

I know little Bulgarian.
I want to learn Bulgarian.
Now I live in Pernik.

Maybe later, I’ll know a lot of Bulgarian.
Maybe later, I’ll learn a lot of Bulgarian.

Az znam malko Bulgarski.

Pernik

They keep you strapped down
Boxed in and on the ground.
They say they love you
But really they want to 
Stage a coup against you.

They fear your creativity.
They fear your freedom.
They treat you like a bum.
They say they support you
but we know that ain't true.

Family straight jackets.
Family straight jackets.
Keep on wearing it.

What are they doing?
Not much, they're just hiding.
They're never real.
They've got no zeal at all.
They've got no zeal at all.

So why do you listen to them?
All they say is 
get a haircut trim.
Excuse me, but you get haircuts all the time.
I'm the one really with all the guts.
You sit behind your desk with all your money
You sit behind your desk with all your money

Family straight jackets.
Family straight jackets.
Keep on wearing it.

Leave their small world.
They're too scared and spoiled.
You're the one with ideas
And you better just keep going
And stop listening to their ridiculous panaceas.
Stop listening to their ridiculous panaceas.
Like learning Arabic and signing up for the CIA.
like learning Arabic and signing up for the CIA.

Family straight jackets.
Family straight jackets.
Keep on wearing it.

Words and music by Jim Guittard 2011

Family Straight Jackets

Everything's Fine

Put some sounds together by using Vox amp, Casio keyboard, Rickenbacker guitar, shaker, tabla and my brain. 

Lo-Fi Instrumental

Occupy Monotony

Smoothie Instrumental

RAGA

Just some song about a psychedelic blob of a buddha guru that sits, philosophizes, and zonks out.

Baga Guru Theme

2 guitar riffs, percussion, and eastern sounding instrument all panned to the right or left.

Mr. Groove

This song was recorded around 1993 or 1994 on my 4-track Tascam machine in Dallas, Texas during my college years. My friend improvised the lyrics on the spot. It is a blues with a lo-fi do it yourself feel. The ending is a bit of a freak out. I played the fuzz guitar and other guitar.


A-Listen

This song was recorded on my 4-Track Tascam machine on January 8, 1994 in Gunnison, Colorado while I was attending Western State College of Colorado. It was my sophomore year.

The tune is pretty lo-fi and the singing is rather distorted. I was taking a poke at various rude people around me. It was outsider rock I guess.

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