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Bossy

grandma — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 14:47:30 +0000

Sat upon an empty box of Cheerios and settled
Through the cracks of wooden floors
Forming little cone mountains
Fertile soil on which to rest
My dirty little white stone
With dimples to keep it from
Rolling down the dusty trail
Brought such straight rows
Like corn and peas
And foot caves in cold dirt
And the sore throat that follows
“Everyone always knew it ended this way,
But I still don’t understand why…
Milking the cow didn’t work.”
She was warm and had a rough
Mus-cular tongue for licking
Salt blocks and brown eyes like a cow
And her name was Bossy.
We didn’t eat her I don’t think
~ http://www.residents.com

Marvin the Mouse on YouTube

grandma — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:02:10 +0000

What does one old woman do with insomnia at 4:20am this morning? That’s right, dust off the old VHS copies of her Grandpa’s Become a Fungus video collection and post the oddest tid-bits on YouTube. With the never anticipated DVD release of these gems scrapped, I’ve decided to fill my spare time with posting these lil gems in the wee hours of the morning. Enjoy! Nighty-night.

See all SomeAwfulDisease videos on YouTube.

DA Gallery Show

grandma — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:54:39 +0000

Over twenty years old and still oddly entertaining. This was a pretty cool venue in SoCal. An outdoor lot next to what once was a Dance studio. Only the sign remained and even that was in bad shape. With only two letters left on the sign, the name “Da” Gallery was born!

Public Access mogul Randa Milliron put together a series of concerts that were part of a bigger event in celebration of the Berlin Wall coming down. There were artists from Germany with works inside the Gallery and the Fungus and other local dignitaries making their noise outside. It was all cleared and legal, for once, and so our noise was in no jeopardy of being shutdown prematurely. Though, the plug probably should have been pulled on a few of these songs.

The concept for the show seemed like a good idea at the time. Write and perform a Musical of sorts taken from articles in the Weekly World News (our favorite Supermarket tabloid at the time). These songs were created and rehearsed for a few weeks and thankfully never to be played again after this show. I guess with the exception of I Was Buried Alive which actually appears on our Lizard Tales album. Anyway, I always enjoyed this song in particular, mainly because it was so catchy and contained no lousy vocals. Oh yeah, and the absurdity of three beautiful women spontaneously breaking into dance with plastic farm tools was a nice touch. That kinda made an otherwise technically nightmarish, malfunctioning gig much more enjoyable.

Four Hispanic Women – Returns

grandma — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:14:21 +0000

Is it Post-Wave, Classic Lowfi, or Experimental Garage-Pop? No matter what you call it, this pre-loop, pre-digital oddity is 20 years old. Enjoy a time forgotten. A noisy, catchy, clunky assortment of 33 audial gems for the analogue at heart! Buy from Amazon CD , Amazon MP3 or iTunes.

Four Hispanic Women - Now on iTunes

Live Time Jockeys

grandma — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 01:32:52 +0000

“Porch Song”

Theoretical Hypotheses Record Release on May 24, 2011. He may make his own brand of sunshine but that night Steve had major help from Kristina B, Bil Lane & James Fletcher. Recorded live, Memphis @ The Santora.

Time Jockeys – Lyrics

grandma — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:32:48 +0000

“Take a taste and you’re in for a…Surprise!”

Ok, so Steve gave you a brand new Time Jockeys disc, but after a good listen or two you still have no idea what he’s talking about. Well, good news, we got the lyrics to all fifteen songs on the disc. All conveniently loaded into one, small PDF file. You still won’t understand what he’s talking about, but at least it’s a good read.

Time Jockeys lyrics

Time Jockeys T

grandma — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 19:21:45 +0000

“We’ll get rich faster and avoid financial disaster!”

It’s 2011 and your chance for a fresh start, so make your first fashion statement of the new year. Why not try a splendid, new Time Jockeys shirt on for size?

Time Jockeys classic “Slacks”

grandma — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:46:32 +0000

“Who Wears the Slacks in the Family?”

An ode to slacks, and the manifest power they embody, regardless of gender. Written by two very naughty boys many years ago. The instrumental tracks were then arranged and recorded by Tim Connolly in the late ’90′s. It wasn’t until earlier this year that the part time body builder Amelia Trousers added her muscular vocal talent to the track.

New Time Jockeys Release

grandma — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:17:25 +0000

The wait is over. The Time Jockeys have just released “Theoretical Hypotheses” their first full length record. It’s now available on Amazon and iTunes. Now make good use of that iTunes card you just got for Christmas.

Grandpa’s Become A Fungus – “O Death Muffin”

grandma — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:09:28 +0000

Originally conceived by guitarist/drummer Dave Guy as a reflection of what happens when you bake with Malathion crop dusted wheat; when brought to the rest of the band, it was quickly transformed into a proto-grunge, headbanging tale of adolescent disillusionment and contempt.