Based on an arrangement by Kurt Vile
Third verse written by me.

Verse 3 "Fucker"
Moving from dirt town to dirt town to dirt town
You think you might be the one bringing the dirt round?

No one said it was going to be easy
But no one made you make it this hard
I see you looking at the streets 
Looking through earth to see stars

And Dallas said; Dallas said you’re only here to start a fight
But you ain’t never broke a heart
And you’re not starting tonight

Looking for someone you haven’t met
Someone who won’t meet you
Looking to fall in debt
To someone you want to owe debt to

Covers

Pretty Boy Fucker (Randy Newman)

Strange

THE EX-GiRLFRiEND MiXTAPE

Rock and roll is not what I thought
I'm hanging 'round a parking lot
Trying to pick my friends up from the bottom

'Holy Diver' punches my brain
It's pumping out the mains and
All I got is a resonator

Rock and roll is not what I thought
I'm hanging 'round a parking lot
Trying to pick my friends up from the bottom

PBR, you're my only friend
Stick with me up until the end and
Next time bring your medication

Rock and roll is not what I thought
I'm hanging 'round a parking lot
Trying to pick my friends up from the bottom

Elliott cries, "We gotta get back home"
He's feeling so alone and
The money's just not worth the time

Rock and roll is not what I thought
I'm hanging 'round a parking lot
Trying to pick my friends up from the bottom

Joe Kaplow - Performance
Jeff Wilson - Drums, Percussion
Rob Armenti - Keys
Elliott Kay - Bass
Recorded at the OK Theater, Enterprise, Oregon 
and Hippie Cowboy, Bonny Doon, CA
Engineered by Bart Budwig and Joe Kaplow

Rock And Roll

Minus the Bear – Absinthe Party at the Fly Honey Warehouse 
jpegmafia – Bald! 
Beach Cowboys – You're My Heart 
Cage The Elephant – Neon Pill 
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Gold Lion
Tame Impala – Desire Be Desire Go 
Kurt Vile – Cool Water
Beck – Profanity Prayers
Ebo Taylor – Love and Death 
Poolside – Ride With You
JID – Money
Future Islands – The Tower

Kicking Back With Ken 04/28/24 FULL SHOW

Cabin Pfeber - alternate version

What In The World Has Come Over You

Green Grass Never Awaits On The Other Side

Singer/songwriter Joe Kaplow lives in a four-acre mansion in the hills of Santa Cruz. Of course, he shares the space with a group of hippies, some rats, and some very dilapidated floors and walls... but it does have a swimming pool.

For Kaplow, becoming a full-time musician - and adopting the lifestyle that often accompanies it - didn’t happen by accident. Having moved from farm life and family in New Jersey to the rich Santa Cruz music community, Kaplow has often found himself living paycheck to paycheck as he departs on three-month U.S. solo tours, records music in various bedrooms of the house where he lives, rehearses with his new band and writes constantly, dedicating himself fully and lovingly to the craft of songwriting.

Kaplow’s debut album Time Spent In Between is  simultaneously grounded and exploratory; the music is equal parts  intimate and expansive.  With raw instrumentation and earthy vocal melodies, Time Spent In Between is rich with folk songwriting brilliance.

Atlanta-based lo-fi slacker rock, somewhere between a shrug and a daydream.

I write, play, and record everything myself — usually in my kitchen — blending nylon-string guitar, deadpan vocals, and surreal lyrics that wander between dry humor and quiet existential weight.

For fans of Pavement, Silver Jews, early Beck, Alex G, and David Berman.

Songs about carpet stains, paper boats, and the slow hum of summer afternoons.

New tracks tagged #kurtvile