A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it, the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to the general applause of wits who believe it's a joke."
-Kierkegaard 1843

sum clownin shit

my first solo effort. bit of a wild ride. a big laugh. letting lose. lots of muttering and beating. talking about nothing while encompassing everything. broke out of smokers anonymous. smoke sumn.
-199

all recorded by Zane Shields minus:
-mort aka Matt Sheffield on 'greetingsSalutations' as 'DJ Radio' nd shaker
-big Q aka Quinn Shields delivering his poetic debut on
'reinventing language'

cleaned up and mastered to reel by Che Ramirez

got most of this done in like 3-4 months then sat on it for like 5 months then got it all done in 4 days. I've learned to take my time.

mostly recorded in my studio apartment kitchen and Quinn's room in
Van Nuys
sum vocal drones from my parents house in delaware before they left
intro track recorded at Mort's house in Baltimore

thankU to the writings of cioran, camus, de beauvoir. and kierkegaard for keeping me here and continually inspiring me during this process

special thank u to sime, kulick, and big mike whose guidance and support has gotten me to this place in my creative lyf and I would be completely lost without the times spent w therm. the formative years. Thank you a lot.

this shit is actually fun so i'll probably make more

! hasta luego !

waynebields

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