Give this one more than 5 seconds.

I took snippets from a speech by Theodore Roosevelt, Mitt Romney and me uttering,"Corporations are not people" with a surprise at the end. Roosevelt is railing against money from special interest groups. Romney is putting up a lame defense for Wall Street, and I am not happy that the Supreme Court allows corporations to contribute to PACs. Big money is a problem that infiltrates both major parties in the US. The whole system is a mess.

Roosevelt's point was that special interests aren't people and it takes people to make a nation. Amazing that the speech is from 1901.

You can access Roosevelt's actual speech here: https://archive.org/details/roosvelt1901

Hold on for the end....

also, see this: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-says-corporations-are-people/2011/08/11/gIQABwZ38I_story.html

and this: http://wapo.st/1oKDTXM

Soylent Green

Corked

Single version, written by The Blood-Brain Barrier (AKA Craig Landry)

Halls Of Fame

Hawks, Doves, Bullshit.

Lyrics:

Scouring and searching, looking for a clue
It's the destination that's eluding you
Drudgery, dissatisfaction all too common states
Like crawling 'round in the dark, searching for a gate

Something's gonna come about
Something's got to come about
You think you've finally figured out
The one thing you can't do without

An old man looks out the window, he's fed them once again
They flitter about skiddishly, getting what they can
One day a hawk appears, dive bombs and there's a thud
Everyone scatters, as the hawk soars above

Hurry, hurry move about
It's the one thing we can't do without
The sky is falling, let's get out
Before the menace hears a sound

Chaos is a way of life, an every day event
Like shouting fire in a theatre, confusion is a friend
It permeates society, it strangles politics
Bitter divisiveness wins out in the end

Nothing's gonna come about
We're spiraling, spiraling in a crowd
Keep on spinning to the sound
Nothing's gonna come about

Pendulum Swing!

This was inspired by the Raymond Carver short story of the same name. Recorded using a Tascam DP004 and then mixed in GarageBand.

lyrics

The plates keep coming
“We’re not always like this,” he says.
bread and butter disappear

The fat man is at table 12
Clearly lacking control
Apologizing, while stuffing his face

They stare and snicker
He remains delightfully polite
Sweating, eating, self-conscious
Hypnotic sausage fingers flying

Today, we can’t help ourselves
No we can’t help ourselves
Can’t help ourselves from fear

Rudy’s waiting for me
With his apron in hand
He makes a joke
“Your fat boyfriend’s disappeared”

Rudy doesn’t ask, he takes
And I don’t stop him
He’s on top and I’m…
A cold fish

Suddenly I’ve fattened up
Rudy is a speck of dust
My thoughts offer escape
He doesn’t care

Today, we can’t help ourselves
No we can’t help ourselves
Can’t help ourselves from fear

Dead to his touch,
My body continues to grow
Can’t feel his presence anymore
He’s isn’t there

I feel a sense of control
I don’t need him at all
Size of an island
He’s unaware

The fat lady sings this song
Released from her modern day bonds
Rita don’t you understand?
He’s outta here

Things are gonna change soon
Things are gonna change soon
Things are gonna change soon…dear

from Middleasia, released 04 March 2014 

Recorded using a Presonus Audiobox. All instruments recorded directly into Audacity and then mixed in GarageBand

The heart, knows nothing like the cold
Children, they’re sitting getting old
They don't see the wind, carry them away
They’re lost, just like eroded earth
Traffic slowly getting home
Dinner's served you're not alone
Conversation's trite
With each and every bite
Take for granted that you have it
Don’t even care at all
It’s just another night in the suburbs
Ma and Pa made a cozy home
Scenes of life, slipping sights
from a train seat window
going by, horizon
engulfed by night

And you don't know how it's come to this now
Middleasia comes in phases
And you don't know how it's come to this now
Middleasia
Suddenly aged endowed

Middleasia

Appearances

Covering Nirvana's "About A Girl" with my son. He is on bass.

Sasquatch And Son - About A Girl (Nirvana cover)

Hindsight Is Never 20/20

Lyrics:

Bone crushin', head bobbin' 
Keep it flipping, flip floppin' 
Housewives, Ginsu knives 
Kardashians' big cans 
Channel surfin', see 'em smurfin' 
Sudan, Iran 
Washed up celebrities 
on every TV 

(Chorus) 
Oh... 
We're living in a... 
Boxed culture, girl 
A boxed culture world 

Oh... 
We're living in a... 
Boxed culture, girl 
A boxed culture world 

Mad Men, ESPN 
Joan Rivers' pulled back skin 
CNN NBC 
Chasin' weather with Cantore 
Dancin' with Menounos 
What happened, Sopranos? 
Too much for me 
Think I gotta leave 

(Chorus) 

Idols, voices, too many choices 
Reality's not for me 
If this is how it really be 
Facebook, Tweeting 
Like Lambs bleating 
Line' em up  

Mov'em out 
Fashion emergency 

(Chorus) 

Ipads, Imacs, Itunes, I had 
everything's lost 
everything in my head 
Oh, a boxed culture world 

PCs, wannabes, 
look at me, can't you see 
everything is not for free 
Oh, a boxed culture world 

A boxed culture world 
A boxed culture, girl 
A boxed culture world


Boxed Culture

A disease we all contract. Mostly recorded with a Casiotone MT-200.

A project in development based in Greenville, NC.

Middleasia

The Yeti is a Sasquatch