For Mike Psych

Jeff’s Songs

Thanksgiving 2021

July 24, 2020

July 24, 2024

Untitled playlist

Songs from my first band Kitsch. In honor of Joe the Pope

These Many Hours B W Sifting Through The Garbage Cans by Kitsch

A track From The kitsch Band recorded in the mid 1980's

Frequency 49 (new upload) By Eraserhead

One of Kitsch's professionally recorded tracks written one morning after an all night bender.

Claptrack (Kitsch Version)

A song by the band The Jury. A guy named Dennis wrote the songs and played guitar. My brother Tony was in the band for a short time. He had this tape to learn some of the songs.

I've Been Looking (All Around The World)

An early Kitsch song written about the life we lived at the time.

Kids Nowadays (By Kitsch)

An epic tune from the nintendo days that correctly prophecizes the rise of video warfare.

Video Video (By Kitsch)

A song about a trip through the neighborhood.

Acid Rain On My Windowpane (By Kitsch)

A cleaner version of this song from Dock of the Bus Stop

Compulsion (Better Version)

This song was being written by Joe the Pope and Tony Toast one late morning/ early afternoon, when I was waking up, and they were winding down from the night before. It uses a quality (but outdated) monophonic synthesizer, which was unusual for us. We were mostly a guitar band. This is one of three or four Kitsch Band songs to survive.

this song is from Dock of the Bus Stop, our first release. Most of our songs were pretty serious, but we did have a fun side.    

01 Pink Dots From Mars

We recorded this at Duquesne University, they had recently added a sound design major. We were Brian Cobb's class project. The songs came out well, and were the backbone of the Something Invincible release.

Magnet of Bad Luck

Balancing  Act was written while the band was working on a picket line for a local grocery union. We weren't hired so much for our activism, as we were for the somewhat scary images that we presented. It was work, and our release Welfare Dub, and this song, which was released a few years later, were the results.

Balancing Act

This is from our second release, The Welfare Dub. It includes saxophone from Charles Rosenblum, a long time, part time member of the band. This song has not been released otherwise, and is under represented in our discography.

The Welfare Dub

Flowers of April

This is a digitally polished version of a song from an earlier release now available as part of the Superman and That girl EP on Amazon and iTunes. It is the hottest track from the 90's and I would put it up against classics like Ace of Spades, Sonic Reducer or Anything by the New York Dolls. I love all those songs, but I think this is just as good. So pop on some headphones, buckle up and prepare for the 100 mile an hour propulsion of Thrilling Cities.

Superman and That Girl - EP

Thrilling Cities

Young Lust was a band that predated Thin White Line by several years. I found versions of songs that Thin White Line redid later. These versions are priceless in their own way.

Gentlemen Prefer Natives

These are songs from the first Thin White Line release back in 1987. Recorded on a 4 track reel to reel with just a few microphones and basic equipment, it's a great example of the punk DIY attitude of the time.

Dock of the Bus Stop

Problems With Electricity

This was one of the first songs completely written by the version of the band I was in. I don't remember where it was recorded, Definitely done in a real studio. There is no complete version available on any CD or record. Just this from a cassette.

We're Not Animals

This features recordings from bands I've played in over the years. New material is in the future. Groups include Thin White Line, Eraserhead and Kitsch.

Frequency 49 (new upload) By Eraserhead

THIN WHITE LINE & FRIENDS