Track Again (1989)

Prog-rock instrumental stuff.
Several pieces seamed together for side one of "Bad Vibes."The only thing I ever bothered to register with the Library of Congress.
My first major project, recorded on a friend's Fostex X15 4-tracker.
In one of the side's pieces I basically ripped off Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (somehow not realizing this).
Shame, shame.
At 14:25 or so the embarrassment begins.


Bad Vibes, Side One   (1989)

Another morning
At the grind
Chopping, slopping 
My throbbing mind
When did I get this fucking job?
Hey! It's closing time!

ah yes now there we go and now at last you finally know all the reasons why i labor so

Holy shit!
Do I feel bad
I swear tonight by ten I'm asleep
No beers
No tokes
No Late Night TV with David Letterman

you know i'll just take one toke maybe two but tomorrow night i'm serious no joke tomorrow i get real

Get serious
Get real
No one can know
Just how empty I feel
No one can know
Just how hard it is for me to get real


Don't Bow/Real   (1995)

Drove out to the zoo today
To watch them funky monkeys play
The fat one was a Jew named Reuben
We watched him laugh and puff a Cuban

WELCOME TO THE COCHRAN ZOO
COME ONE, COME ALL, RED WHITE AND BLUE
BUT BRING A MOP
WE'RE SLINGING SLOP
JUST THINK OF ALL THE FAT WE'LL CHEW

After lunch our main desire
Was mocking swine in their own mire
The thin one leaned against a rail
And marveled at my curly tail

THAT IS QUITE ENOUGH FROM YOU
IT'S CLEAR TO US YOUR FUNDS ARE THROUGH
PLEASE DO UNBEND
THAT SILLY GRIN
YOU NOW BELONG TO COCHRAN'S ZOO

Cochran's Zoo   (1995)

Simple composition, playing with some new toys.  

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Crystal Ball   (1998)

Ongoing work for my next album.  By 'ongoing' I mean, "recorded in 1998 and still lying around"

Clay preview #2   (2012?)

Recorded in 1998, and then the Tascam took a shit.  60-minute concept deal, and I was actually going to try to sing.  Some day I'll finalize this beast.

Clay preview #1   (2012?)

...except it's not a song.  No one's singing.

Another untitled song

Bad Vibes

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Documentor of noise making. Been doing it since I was seven.

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