Lyrics:

Keep all your kryptonite
I have enough for now
A horrible typhoon
in this noisy car wash
Oh, the leper spots remain
It's two o'clock in Italy
Yet we've lost all sense of time
The flower brigade returns
to scorn the circus clown of old
We now are all D.J.s
ignoring any party requests
We're very special agents
without a rhyme to reason
If all is divine
then who are the special ones?
Those Clever Mannequins
they always trick us to look away
So many islands of piranha
with no coconut stand in sight
Everything means something
we have ways to make you agree

Those Clever Mannequins (Feat Todd Larsen)

Dramatic breakdown of conductor at recent concert performed by the SKySWiM Symphonic Orchestra. Sir Astor Plynth bravely takes over baton work to save the day. Bravo vocal performance by Anchor Mejans, Baritone.

Anchor Mejans can be found at
http://anchormejans.blogspot.com/

Sir Astor Plynth can be found at
acidplanet.com/artist.asp?aid=319023&t=5903

Music by SKySWiM and Mr. Mejans. Lyrics by SKySWiM
 
Lyrics:

Unfashionable tee-shirt rampage

Quiet conservative anarchy

On a self-serve mission

12 unjust men hang God

Sweet smell of diesel for dinner

Rough-riding the brainstorms and brainshine

Don't interrupt my computer

Train a caboose to choose

10-year plan for the afterlife

(trombonus interruptus)

Ponytail lice trails

Lackluster blockbusting

Intangible sunburn

Maestro cheesebag bistro

Pashur, bistro, basher

(Arnie Stanton debuts his Shires orchestral (large bore)  tenor T7 gold brass modular trombone with True Bore Valve F attachment, seshires.com )

Cascade of Souls

Uncle Arnaldo/Narrator - John Hernandez
  Little Yessica - Lupe Martinez
  Little Jose - Mara Hernandez

Music and Lyrics written by Arnie Stanton and Guadalupe Garcia Gonzalez
 
  Lyrics: (Words in English after this)

  Nací de una semilla
  y con el sol, la tierra, el agua
  en una planta muy hermosa
  yo me convertí
  y de mi fruto delicioso
  una masa me formaron
  para agradarle a usted
  porque yo soy la hada tortilla
  puedo cumplir
  los deseos de tu paladar
  puedes hacerte una tostada
  taco , enchilada
  hasta en zope
  o tal vez un pozole
  un tamal, o un atole
  me puedo convertir
  Porque yo soy la hada tortilla
  Porque yo soy la hada tortilla
  Sí señor, ajúa!  

  In English:

  I was born of a seed
  by the sun, ground, and water
  I turned into in a very beautiful plant
  and from my delightful fruit
  They formed from me
  Things you like
  because I am the Tortilla Fairy
  I can give you what your
  Taste desires
  You can make a toastada
  taco, enchilada
  even use in zope
  or perhaps a pozole
  a tamale, or an atole
  I can make all this
  Because I am the Tortilla Fairy
  Because I am the fairy Fairy
  Yes sir, ajúa!

The Tortilla Fairy (La Tortilla Hada)

Lyrics:  You take up space
You give the human race
The name it deserves
The name it prefers
You’re a big machine
Too squeaky to be clean
Will someone please pull your plug
Take it all away!  

You think you got what it takes:
The look and a skin deep cause
You Mindless Matter
Where’s your soul
In this rock and roll?  

I’m one of the crowd
That’s fed up with the glaze
Of generic talk
The fast food walk
We’re the casualties
Too busy to be free
No wonder we’re drowning in your mud
Take it all away!  

Your jealous rage
Looks toward the other way
With that empty glare
Moaning that “life’s not fair!”
You’re an empty lie
Too desperate to say “goodbye”
Subterfuge is all you’ll ever be
Take it all away!  

You think you got what it takes:
The look and a skin deep cause
You Mindless Matter
Where’s your soul
In this rock and roll?  
No control
You ugly troll - You pathetic soul 

Mindless Matter

With albinoSQUIRREL on guitar.

albinoSQUIRREL can be found at http://www.acidplanet.com/albinoSQUIRREL

Matt 6:19-21-- 19 "Do not lay up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 "But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; 21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
 
Lyrics: Everybody’s Got a Web Page
Everybody’s thinks they got something to say
Everybody’s got a song and dance
Some Show & Tell
It hurts so bad when you don’t come by my place
Sorry that my stuff is not so good
But how can that stop me from becoming a STAR?  

Everybody wants to be their friend
Everybody loves to get a bunch of their spam
Everybody thinks they’re just the cream of the crop
Big sine qua non.
It makes me cry when you don’t see me the same
Sorry that I don’t spend time to be good
But how can that stop me from becoming a STAR?  

Everybody knows the right facts
Everybody says that they know the best way
Everybody’s got a good fix for you
Some real good stuff

Everybody says that they’re not over the hill
Everybody says it’s just a matter of will
Everybody says they like what they’ve become”
“SO LOVEABLE”
I feel like dirt when you don’t praise me right now
Sorry I’m not cool yet commercial as you
But how can that stop me from becoming a STAR?  

Everybody makes some rap-a-tap-tap
Everybody does some doodle-de-doo
Everybody wants to skip to the loo
Airing some old clothes
It makes me mad that you say things that I hate
Sorry that my mind is already made up
But how can that stop me from becoming a STAR?   

Everybody's Got a Webpage

Note: this song is not about 9-11, but about LEADERS in the CHURCH I was attending around that time.

Many sought comfort and answers right after 9-11. What they found at my church was only a power struggle among the leaders. The apathetic flock remained blind to the antics as long as their social clubs were intact.

In hindsight, it is now obvious that this church, just as nearly every church now has in the USA, bought into the selfish teachings of Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Church" heresy.
 
Lyrics: What is this solemn game
by smilin' all the same?
Wear designer lifestyles
with pre-approved conversation?

So much thought control
your means become your end.
Between the glitter and the glamour
you've misplaced the valor.

You sing your brazen song
but you're fools and you are wrong,
less love in you than a stranger.
You put God in the box
and stuck Him 6 feet down.
Busy planting your seeds
yet you wonder why they're weeds.

You're the kind who miss the point
and rhyme away the reason.
You get all dressed up,
for your time and your season.
Lusting for the pulling strings
while you let the harvest rot.
Why try and mask the sight of
a better way to run?

Now that you have been undone
will all the blind be free?
Who can halt reaction
to the crumbling insanity?
How could you live 2 lives,
not knowing that you'd be judged?
What is holding up your head
with so much shame upon it?

God in the Box

Lyrics:  Our misunderstanding, it's sad to mention
We make no time for good intentions
Show some mercy (a cool conjunction)  
We need to give up our false presumptions

Start winning, forget the revolution, do you hear me?  
New beginnings:
The solution for strong communication
You say you want a life that's right
You try with all of your might
But you can't take all control
We're from the same mold
Look up, there's only one place to go
When there's no room left to grow
Who needs this bad misunderstanding

Give up this revolution, don't hesitate
Let's take the time, I knew you would
One has mentioned (to keep the peace):
"Be quick to hear, and slow to speak" 

Bad Communication (MSND Version)

Optimistic, yet "anti-anthem" rock (my challenge to U2 at the time)  with a strong tinge of "spagetti western" overtones. Yes, an older tune of mine.

 
Lyrics: Well here we are
Sitting in a big fishbowl.
The heart say this, the people say that
And I suppose that's just the bare facts
We really want to know, yeah
What's pokin' at your soul, yeah
In fact we really like to:

Take a Step
What's the issue
What's goin' on
And where will we be
When it's all over
Whose song will we sing?

So, a question or two:
What are the needs of the heart?
Take from the rich
and hand to the poor
And why fight such a bloody war?
Ya really satisified, yeah?
Do ya have the peace of mind, yeah?
Well someone say,
"Oh, no!" 

Take a Step

I wrote this piano music for the 2023 movie, Lime & Vinegar. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27545726/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

12/26/2023

Lime & Vinegar (Opening Movie Scene)

Today's Rochut session on three horns....if you stick around long enough, you'll feel my pain on the pea shooter.

Today's an especially sad day, as I just heard of Bob Brookmeyer's passing.  What a hero this man was to me and so many musicians!  RIP

Chip Tingle demo Rochut #5 on lrg bore, bass, and sml br trombones

SKySWiM is the core project name for all musical work by Arnie Stanton.

Arnie Stanton has been very involved in creating an eclectic musical blend of classical, electronic, rock, jazz, and  more.  Because of his wide musical background both training and listening, he tends to not stay long with one particular sound, mood, or feel.

Those Clever Mannequins (Feat Todd Larsen)

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