Not Me 1993

Radiolaria from "The Last Matinee" 2000 Marc-guitar, Korin- guitar, vocal, Jane- bass Carrie- drum set

Got a photograph 
of the silhouette
of the monument
that we built before the crash

and you told me to look the other way
not to watch it all disintegrate
it's a bit too soon but not too late
to call this off

now the sun won't set
night, it never starts
still I hear those words 
like the waves will break my heart

and you try to wipe the tears away
hold them out and feel evaporate
now it's not too soon and far too late
to call this off

I can't slow down
can't find the ground
you heard me say it but it's lost
now it's all and I'm not even talking
right behind you always walking
You try not to hear it at all


I can't slow down
can't find the ground
you heard me say it now it's lost
and the days around are getting tighter
breathing out and underwater
you try not to feel it at all

I can't slow down 
can't find the ground
did you really say divorce 
then reply that hey I'm only joking
pull the trigger leave it smoking
you try not to see it at all

Boatrain boatrain... Go

Hi - Rise

Unreleased track 1996-2000?

May have been on a compilation

Gamma Ray -unreleased

Radiolaria from "The Last Matinee" 2000

Now she's fighting for that crown
inside out and upside-down
hung with gold lame and blue
torn apart re-fixed with glue
unrequited love and fame
all she needs is you to blame
poised and waiting for her fate
close-up, shot gun, saturate

Underwire

Soul To Burn

Radiolaria from "The Last Matinee" 2000

m-guitar k-vocals, keyboards j-bass c-drum set

Three years past since the first day we kissed behind the door of the last matinee breathe deep and don't say a word
woke up weak gun-shy and scared wrapped up in plastic perched at the top of the stairs don't say a word
don't don't wait 'til tomorrow we don't need another day 
don't try to hide don't try to lie go pick up your pictures that I threw outside and you know we couldn't have it any other way 
I'll keep it shined I'll keep it neat and make one day last til the end of the week and you know we couldn't have it any other way 
elegant boy my helen of troy we'll rebuild the cities we mean to destroy and you know i'll always have your photograph 
and you know we couldn't have it any other way don't wait 'til tomorrow we don't need another day

Last Matinee

Fade Away 1993

opening track from 1998 release "Fuzz is Verse" on Twist Top records

Fizzle

Radiolaria -- from "Fuzz is Verse" 1998 Twist Top records

Marc: Guitar Korin: vox & stylophone Jane: bass Carrie: drum set 
trumpet: Dan 

neon lights all gone out but I glow in the dark take a good look at it now before the shaking the starts there's just too many rules and I don't play that way, just fall asleep on the couch I'll stay awake for days

Fall out just who's playing this game 

another temperature drop and tear along the seams love letters lost in the mail it's all the same to me send you off on a raft goes backwards down the drain just leave me heart in your mouth wrapped up in cellophane

*unintelligible* later on you just seemed too impossible to me I know the best way is to wait but I can't so I won't and I don't even ask how far 'til we hit 33

Cellophane

Radiolaria -- from "Fuzz is Verse" 1998 Twist Top records

Sextant

Radiolaria-- track 6 From "Fuzz is Verse" 1998 Twist Top records

underexposed increasing by degrees 
spotlights cat fights and a blank computer screen

these days they feel so thin
can't break the spell I'm in 
better keep it a secret keep it tucked in your pocket
guess that time can't stop it

one sip I slip beyond the brighter fringe 
the color fades and the background's getting dim 

*might seem like hours it might feel like weeks it's not enough to fool them all 
got my souvenir full of symmetry and it fits in your wallet
take your fancy dogs and your bank machines I'll leave them all behind 
hide behind the couch and forget your dreams it's gonna be alright 

*not final lyrics, just what happened when recorded

Packyourchapstick

track 3 from the 1998 Album Fuzz is Verse M-guitar k-guitar, vocal j- bass c- drum set

another night is filled with antifreeze the looks you give they bring me to my knees hold on hold on i'll take you for a ride hold on

it's on backwards now it's sideways can't even help it it's too late don't want to stop it just hold tight it's too late

another night I don't know where you are just come around i'll put down my guitar hold on hold on i'll you for a ride hold on

Coneyislandantifreeze

track 5 from the 1998 album Fuzz is Verse
m-guitar
k-guitar, vocal
j-bass
c-drum set
d-trumpet

silhouetted by the sun hot parking lot no seat belts on
gravity can't hold us down the sidewalk shifts I can't get out

remember those cloudy eyes and our footprints in the mud
two words I can't memorize complicates and then I hesitate and then you hypnotize and then demagnetize and then you're gone 

drinking gimlets in the rain can you explain just how this works
count the miles with my heart the record skips but you can't stop

Fuzzanova

Track 8 from the 1998 album Fuzz is Verse

m-guitar, keyboard things, feedback
k- guitar, vocal
j-bass
c-drum set

Caught in between something that's simple and neurotic
two cigarettes so I can

Fall apart between the pathetic and more nervous
two broken hearts cause you can

Then you run away turn down the interstate
 back to Indiana where mom can keep you warm 
you're too shy but that's alright
you're too weak but so am I 

trapped between being more innocent or jaded 
two worlds collide but i can 

just breathe me in so I can win you over
just close your eyes and breathe in and maybe it all won't fall apart

those words I said I guess you never listened 
they're just words again so they might not mean a thing at all 
so beautiful to me as worthless as that seems just go back to sleep

Interference

track 9 off the 1998 album Fuzz is Verse

marc- guitar, vocal
korin- guitar, vocal
jane- bass
carrie- drum set

Words:
Smiled like a parasite sucked down all your wine you dug a hole to dance in and drank in all the sky felt so strange couldn't say a word 
right now
tongue was like a corkscrew sparkled like champagne walked across the golf course woke up in the rain felt so strange couldn't say a word
right now
fingers stained with purple grass stains on your knees smile smelled of clorox your lips were stung by bees seemed so strange couldn't say a word
right now
did this happen once before but I couldn't sync it up because you hid behind the setting sun how long
Lead me on 
how long  
Hold me down 
how long
Leave me out hollow me out how low

Purpleyumcandy

From "Cincinnati's Local Music Scene" 1995 Deary Me records

Cincinnati Local Music Scene

Ruby

radiolaria-- 1993-2000
Ohio

-- Twist top records, trout records, juanita records, various compilations. 

all songs copyright mkjcmusic

most songs recorded at Ultrasuede Studios, Cincinnati Ohio, 1994-2000 or in a living room in Newport KY. Produced and recorded by either Steve Schmoll, Chris Koltay or someone else fabulous.

radiolaria is and always shall be: 
Marc Melzer- Guitars, vocals, keyboards, loops, feedback. 
Korin (Wulkowicz)Mattei- Guitars, vocals, keyboards, stylophone, static.
Jane McBrain- Bass
Carrie Reynard- Drum set



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