Gotta figure out the clues

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

The corsair lacks resilience
The tempest holds no beat
Reginald stabbed the pavement
Digging for soil
But he only found meat
Cars don't take you dancing
Traps don't sprain your feet
The alcohol glare commodious stare
The burbage in the buttermilk stank like a modern calf
He passed through the doorway and spat
Like there was nothing else in his mouth
But she knew what she was after
Torches torches torches
Porches and corpses and gum
Porches and corpses and gum
Hugging like the sun
He hiccuped as if he meant to say
There is no other way
Your lips are getting louder
There is no other way

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

notes:

Written and recorded January 13-16, 2019.

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra composition/production:

bob mccauley: composition | lyrics

performance:

don weeda: accordion

ryan mccormack: alto saxophone | turkish g clarinet

samantha lundeen: cello

andy eschbacher: cümbü?

robin dougherty: daf

sina najmei: daf | tanbur

assem nasr: daf | voice

ali fuat sengul: daf | voice

lauren checchio: darbuka | riq | zils

setereh nematollahi: tar

sonia seeman: turkish g clarinet

elena bessire: viola

mary kay hendrix: violin

yoshimi masao: violin

composition/production:

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra composition/production:

chris weaver: mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: all instruments

composition/production:

jason harvey: composition | mixing | production | recording

performance:

jason harvey: bass guitar

michael ambro: guitar

paul ambro: guitar

dennis harvey: keyboards

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

i wake up at 10:00
and come home tired and hungry
around noon
did you think i wouldn't give a fuck
about the sideways jabs at my career
no i don't think so
i don't think so
don't think so

vine vide vice
look it's a job
and do i need a constant reminder
of how much better you are
no i don't think so
i don't think so
don't think so

i feel sick as a pike
i feel sick as hell
don't touch me there
oh god not again
no i don't need your help
please just pretend i'm not here
go about your business
i feel fine
i feel fine
i feel fine

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

paul ambro: acoustic guitar | voice

jason harvey: bowls | voice

michael ambro: darbuka | voice

dennis harvey: keyboards | voice

composition/production:

michael ambro: composition

paul ambro: composition

jason harvey: composition

dennis harvey: composition | mastering | mixing | production | recording

performance:

matthew mccrary: guitar | voice

dennis harvey: bass guitar | drums | noises

composition/production:

matthew mccrary: production | recording

dennis harvey: mastering | mixing | production | recording

First, insert key, then start the car you never liked, and back into a deserted 3 a.m. street, then accelerate until the engine hums music as fast as orgasm, then faster, the highway, the curve, the cliff, and then only the night. Make sure you notice the stars. Think about the moon and the people on the moon. Also, make sure you notice the gravity, how it pulls you into yourself. Remember the names of people who've forgotten your name, and then open the door, fall free, watch the car crash below. Notice you hear nothing except the wind and the words you never said.

step #1: insert key into ignition, pull vehicle into street
step #2: turn on headlamps, activate atmospheric music
step #3: take entrance ramp onto deserted highway
step #4: take exit ramp onto remote mountain road
accelerate into sharp curve on narrow ledge
lose control

did
did i
did i meet
did i meet you
at
at that
at that par
at that party
the
the o
the other
the other night
when
when we
when we were
when we were drunk
i
i could
i could have
i could have sworn
we
we fell
we fell in
we fell in love

step #5: unfasten seat belt, crash through steel railing
step #6: calmly open door, eject self from falling vehicle
step #7: fall slowly through night air, gaze up at lunar body
step #8: feel in wind in hair, close eyes, smile distantly

you
you dreamed
you dreamed of
you dreamed of air
un
under
under your
under your skin
please
please com
please complete
please complete me
what
what was
what was your
what was your name

performance:

dennis harvey: all instruments | voice

composition/production:

dennis harvey: composition | lyrics | mastering | mixing | production | recording

extra performance:

w. scott whitlock: voice

extra composition/production:

w. scott whitlock: lyrics

notes:

Scott Whitlock wrote and spoke the intro narration.