Live & Direct, Vol. 16: The Burgh & Beyond Track Listing

The Burgh (disc 1)

1. Rusted Root “Monkey Pants”2. Pet Clinic “Stop Wasting My Precious Time”

3. The Van Allen Belt “The Status Quo: A Line Dance”

4. Good Night, States “Float Out Every Man”

5. Townsppl “Last King Of The Wild”

6. Judith Avers “Doves”

7. Broken Fences “Fairy Tale”

8. Joe Grushecky “I Still Look Good (For Sixty)”

9. Brooke Annibale “Under Streetlights”

10. Boca Chica “Cobblestones”

11. Meeting Of Important People “Gotta Clean Head”

12. Neighbours “Real Talk”

13. Donora “Play Nice”

14. Ben Hardt “Come On, Come On”

15. The Wreckids “Everybody Loves Me”

16. Chet Vincent And The Big Bend “East End Blues (Stay Here Tonight)”

17. Colonizing The Cosmos “Dear Citizens”

 

Beyond (disc 2)

1. Warren Haynes “When The World Gets Small”

2. Erin McKeown “The Jailer”

3. Brett Dennen “Ain’t No Reason”

4. Glen Hansard “Maybe Not Tonight”

5. Gogol Bordello “The Other Side Of The Rainbow”

6. Rhett Miller “Timebomb”

7. Sean Rowe “Joe’s Cult”

8. Okkervil River “Down, Down The Deep River”

9. Thao & The Get Down Stay Down “Holy Roller”

10. Suzanne Vega “I Never Wear White”

11. Billy Bragg “No One Knows Nothing Any More”

12. The Mavericks “Come Unto Me”

13. Soul Asylum “Gravity”

14. Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion “Chairman Meow”

15. Treetop Flyers “Things Will Change”

16. Stars “Backlines”

17. Toad The Wet Sprocket “New Constellation”

18. They Might Be Giants “Lost My Mind”

19. G. Love “Bloodshot & Blue”

"The Status Quo:  A Line Dance" from WYEP 91.3 Radio Live & Direct Session

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Lyrics:

Something is clobbering my dreams 
Close my eyes 
It’s the same movie on 

Always back at work 
Can’t escape 
Even in the subcon 

I look around the shop 
Make it stop 
Then I kill the Merlot 

The job is but a prayer 
And I don’t care 
Long as you’re there, you know… 

I wish I could see you all the time 
That’s what that look is for 
Oh, I’m aware of everything they say 
I’m not that way no more 

And when we leave the bar 
On your car 
I’ll destroy my good name 

Well, not so good, in fact 
So I retract 
I find no friend in shame 

But don’t you get me wrong 
Been so long 
Since I’ve felt so damn shy 

Will you baby-sit this mess? 
Tell me yes 
It’s my favorite reply 

I wish I could see you all the time 
That’s what that look is for 
Oh, I’m aware of everything they say 
I’m not that whore no more 

If I have to be referee 
You’re giving the same look to me 
Slow down and face reality 
I give it out to you for free 

You’re making my heartbeats go fast 
The test you don’t know you have passed 
I think that we both can agree 
I give it out to you for free

The Van Allen Belt - Busy Bee

Album "Heaven On A Branch" available to download:
https://thevanallenbelt.bandcamp.com/album/heaven-on-a-branch

Lyrics:

The bishop paid me a visit early on
Having nothing to eat and up since dawn
So in those days I thought I had a soul
Later on my body stayed and I sunk in a hole

A puppet clown was singing with the nurse
In a room with the kids who had it worse
Baseball story to help me drift away
Up to bat against a pitcher with a bad ERA

The lethal injection was given for my crime
They didn't even have to strap me down this time
The gases made me laugh my mind was shot
What the heck is a human being, that's what I thought 

I forgot who I was
My vision turned to fuzz
Now completely numb
Breathing bubble gum

The Van Allen Belt - Bubble Gum

Words and music by David Bowie 
Produced by Frédéric Choudin and B.K. Ferris 
Mastered by Scott Taylor

Tamar Kamin: vocals
Frédéric Choudin: vocals, guitar, bass, kalimba, flute
B.K. Ferris: piano
Tom Altes: bass

Artwork by Bill Rivers, design by Nonstop Everything Productions

We do not own the rights to this song and we refuse to accept payment for this memorial offering. If you own or are the administrator for the rights to this song please contact Victoria Plume Publishing: thevabelt@gmail.com

David Bowie, Memory Of A Free Festival

Please click the Buy link to hear the full compilation: https://nonstopeverything.bandcamp.com/track/if-we-cant-get-it-right-right-now  

All proceeds from downloads will be donated to the Bernie Sanders Campaign.

Words and music by Brian Homa 
Originally recorded and performed by the New York Howl 
from the album People Will Come To See Us Ride 

Benjamin Ferris: guitar, vocals 
Tamar Kamin: vocals 
James King: tenor sax, alto sax, baritone sax 
Tom Altes: Bass 
Scott Taylor: Drums 

Produced by Benjamin Ferris, mastered by Scott Taylor

If We Can't Get It Right Right Now

Artist: The Van Allen Belt
Album: 52 Weeks Fall 
Song: Solar Crosses Stolen From The Cemetary


The Van Allen Belt_52 Weeks - Fall_Solar Crosses Stolen From Cemetery

The Van Allen Belt
Let It Goddam Be

SIDE I
I. Peace Don't Stand A Chance
II. Lucky After Dark
III. Christine Variations

SIDE II
IV. Let It Goddam Be
V. You've Heard It All
VI. 143


Tamar Kamin: vocals
Benjamin Ferris: keyboard, guitar, background vocals
Scott Taylor: percussion, turntables
With Special Guests:
Bruno Spoerri: saxophone, synthophone, lyricon (I and III)
Kirk Salopek: guitar (I)
Hugo Minds: guitar (IV)
Frederic Choudin: guitar, bass (IV)
James King: alto saxophone (V)
Tom Altes: bass (V)
Chris Fazio: violin (III)
Cheyenne Swearingen: violin (I)
Trefor Goronwy: Appalachian dulcimer (IV)

All songs written and produced by Benjamin Ferris with exception to song II with lyrics written by Tamar Kamin.

Album cover artwork by Eric Alleman

You've Heard It All

Let It Goddam Be

Christine Variations

Lucky After Dark

Peace Don't Stand A Chance

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Artist : The Van Allen Belt
Album : Songs
Song : Songs
Format : 7" Vinyl / 45 rpm includes digital download - available through Bandcamp

Side A) 
1. Humanist Hymn 
2. Taste

Side B) 
1. Songs

song composed, arranged, produced by Benjamin K. Ferris 
recorded by The Van Allen Belt 
engineered, mastered by Scott Taylor 
vocals / Tamar Kamin 
keys, samples, guitar / Benjamin K. Ferris 
bass / Tom Altes 

artwork / Joseph Loughborough http://www.josephloughborough.co.uk/
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All songs FCC friendly 
All Rights Reserved © 2013

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The Van Allen Belt - Songs

After thirteen years of creating songs with a message reflecting the decline of modern civilization, the state of the world has only gotten worse and The Van Allen are back to tell you all about it. As the forests are burning, a pandemic is raging, and right-wing leadership is taking over western governments, the album LET IT GODDAM BE is a sign of the times.

The opening tracks of each side, which are parody in name only, offer sharp contrast to the idealism of 1969. Fifty years later, we still haven't given peace a chance, but can we? The Van Allen Belt have always presented politics with skeptical observation in the tradition of Roger Waters and Frank Zappa, rather than the optimistically naive songs of protest that showered the flower power scene. The project was founded in the first place under the premise that there weren't nearly enough honest songs on the radio. 

The latest effort also marks an expansion in diversity in both performance and recording method. Recorded in Pittsburgh, Zurich, Lisbon and Paris; it is an eclectic ensemble piece. Guest performers include the legendary experimental saxophonist Bruno Spoerri, guitar virtuoso  Kirk Salopek (Silencio), French composer and producer Frederic Choudin, James King (Fitz And The Tantrums), Trevor Goronwy (Camberwell Now) and Hugo Minds (The Real Beavers).  

And of course, LET IT GODDAM BE is a collaboration of ideas between the three founding members with Benjamin Ferris' ironic lyricism and multi-genre compositions, Tamar Kamin's ever flexible vocals powerfully performed and Scott Taylor's experimentation with new technology that continues to take the sound into new territory.

"Let It Goddam Be" One Sheet with track listing and download:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sXI0fqoesMQZ_jRNhaZbGdxrcaNotekX/view?usp=sharing

Let It Goddam Be
© ℗ 2020, All Rights Reserved
Written and produced by Benjamin K. Ferris. Album art by Eric Alleman. 

Tamar Kamin: vocals
Benjamin Ferris: keyboard, background vocals
Scott Taylor: percussion, turntables
Bruno Spoerri: saxophone, synthophone, lyricon
Kirk Salopek: guitar
Cheyenne Swearingen: violin

"Unusual Pittsburgh pop quartet whose music runs an insanely wide path, recalling everything from Blondie to the first White Noise album at various times. Quite a nice way to remake/remodel things by shifting them around right before our ears." 
- Byron Coley, The Wire Magazine



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