Phineas Gage - Insect Stars

Insect Stars

Pull you in

You're drowning again

In a chair across the room

I can see

When you sink it chokes me

I hope you're better soon

It's three o'clock

It's getting dark

It's two o'clock

It's fine...

And I can't understand

Mistakes made by the man

I'm sure that they'll defend

The reasons you pretend

And I will not complain

It's too hard to explain

The feeling, what I say

It's just a waste of time

And I can't remember

How I made amends

And I can't remember

How I made amends

Insect eyes

I can't recognize

The red and blue and white

When no one cares

When nobody stares

Insect eyes

I can't recognize

The red, the blue, the white

It's four o'clock

It's almost dark

It's three o'clock

It's night...

And I can't understand

Mistakes made by the man

I'm sure that they'll defend

The reasons you pretend

And I will not complain

It's too hard to explain

The feeling, what I say

It's just a waste of time

And I can't remember

How I made amends

And I can't remember

How I made amends

It's five o'clock

It's almost dark

It's four o'clock

The music stopped

It's three o'clock

I'm getting lost

It's two o'clock

And now we're gone

And I can't understand

Mistakes made by the man

I'm sure that they'll defend

The reasons you pretend

And I will not complain

It's too hard to explain

The feeling, what I say

It's just a waste of time

And I can't remember

How I made amends

And I can't remember

How I made amends

Scud Mountain Boys - Silo

Scud Mountain Boys - Silo

I'm gonna burn the silo when you go.
I'm gonna burn the silo when you go.
Gonna burn the silo, see the flames and then you'll know-
Gonna burn the silo when you go;
When you go...

I'm gonna shoot the livestock when you go.
I'm gonna shoot the livestock when you go.
Gonna shoot the livestock, I'll put an end to the talk;
I'm gonna shoot the livestock when you go.
When you go...

Cause I'm half way drown in this soggy little town,
And I can see the silo all arise.
Cause I'm half way drown in this soggy little town,
And I can see the silo touch the sky.

I'm gonna burn the silo when you go.
I'm gonna burn the silo when you go.
Gonna burn the silo, see the flames and maybe know-
Gonna burn the silo when you go;
When you go...
When you go...
When you go...
When you go...

The Weight – Dragged Back In

The Weight – Dragged Back In

Well, the city’s got limits, girl, and so do I.

I’m at my breaking point, in uneven smiles.

But if you’ll be my lamplighter,

I’ll dream of sleep,

And crowd back to the gutter

before the light can hit the streets.

You were gone before you ever even touched the ground;

I were born to indecision, turned on a dime.

I was ____* unsteady course, and stumbler falling forward

toward a great divorce.

You drink vodkas and cranberry whiskeys and Coke.

You need me to light your cigarettes,

And laugh at all your jokes.

You made a fool outta me before I ever got a chance.

Now, I’ll make a liar outta you if you don’t save me this dance.

Cause I always wanted your affections,

now I don’t know what to do with them

You say you crave my attention,

but I’m tired and I won’t be dragged back in.

So if you get a phone call while I’m away from home,

don’t answer for me darlin’, I get desperate while I’m alone.

In the lands down the road we’ll draw the straightest path

So my aimless feet won’t wander, so my course is always set.

When my faith turned away from you and the tires want in tread

Press a needle ore and north*, pulls me back again instead.

If you’ll be my destiny well I’m cheatin’ fate this time.

An’ I pull my body forward and leave my heart behind.

Cause I always wanted your affections,

now I don’t know what to do with them.

You say you crave my attention,

but I’m tired and I won’t be dragged back in.

Dragged back in

Dragged back in

Well, I’m tired and I won’t be dragged back in.

Dragged back in

Well, I’m tired and I won’t be dragged back in.

* At those two points in the song I could not decipher the lyrics.

KTUH 90.3 FM Playlist for 12/30/11

Here's the playlist for my last show of 2011. It was a kind of melancholic show musically. Started on an indie rock trip with a tinge of blues and country and morphed into something else. I liked it and I hope that the listeners did too.

Artist                       Song                    Album                        Label

 

Cloud Control – Hollow Drums – Bliss Release – Infectious *

Big Tree – This New Year – This New Year *

Blasted Canyons – Ice Cream Man – S/T – Castle Face *

The Barr Brothers – Old Mythologies – S/T – Secret City Records *

The Black Keys – Lonely Boy – El Camino – Nonesuch *

Blitzen Trapper – Stranger in a Strange Land – American Goldwing – Sub Pop *

Laura Marling – The Beast – A Creature I Don’t Know – Ribbon *

Ryan Adams – Chains of Love – Ashes & Fire – Capitol *

Deer Tick – Electric – Divine Providence – Partisan *

Robbie Robertson – When the Night Was Young – How To Be A Clairvoyant †

Joe Henry – After the War – Reverie – Anti

Calexico – Sonic Wind – Hot Rail – Quarterstick

Calexico – Convict Pool – Convict Pool – Quarterstick

John Cale – Dead or Alive – Seducing Down the Door – Rhino

Ricky Lee Robinson – Tomorrow and Yesterday – Mushu Pork – Hypnodisk

Eels – Paradise Blues – End Times –

Elliot Smith – Needle in the Hay

The Folk Implosion – Insinuation – Dare to be Surprised – The Communion Label

And So I Watch You From Afar – I Capture Castles – This Is Our Machine And There’s No Stopping It

Low – Transmission – Transmission

The Tea Party – Coming Home – Edges of Twilight

The Builders and the Butchers – Bottom of the Lake – S/T

The Tragically Hip – Yawning or Snarling – Day For Night

Vic Chesnutt – Free of Hope – Is the Actor Happy? – Texas Hotel

Camper Van Beethoven – Think About Me – Tusk – Pitch A Tent

Nick Cave & The Badseeds – Helpless – Weeping Song

Dum Dum Girls – Caught In One – Only In Dreams – Sup Pop *

Bombay Bicycle Club – Take the Right One – A Different Kind of Fix – A&M *

The Clash – Police and Thieves – The Clash

The Catherine Wheel – Black Metallic

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Witness’ Dull Surprise – Hysterical *

Built Like Alaska – Antique Love – In Troubled Times… - Future Farmer *

Built Like Alaska – Antique Love – In Troubled Times… - Future Farmer *

Cant – Believer – Dreams Come True – Terrible Records

* New Release (will be charted for CMJ)
† Request

 

Eels - Paradise Blues

Scary little suicide bomber
On the way to paradise
Gonna take yourself and be with her
Killin' once and killin' twice

Well it's a real hard time
Singin' the paradise blues

Kinda hard to blame somebody
For goin' to a better place
For thinkin' there's some kinda magic
Up there past outer space

Well that's some crazy-ass shit
Singin' the paradise blues

I'm gonna walk these filthy streets
I'm gonna raise my head
I may not be in paradise
Woo, but I'm not dead

Ain't gonna fly blind
Singin' these paradise blues

Your contempt and your sarcasm
It's all so transparent
Why don't you give up the act now, kid
Woo, and let some love in?

Cause that's all that we got
Singin' these paradise blues

Waimano Training School and Hospital, Pearl City, Hawaii

In November I had to go up Waimano Home Road for a job interview. This is the third time that I've been up there. The first time was for the Waimano Ridge hike a few years ago, and the second was last week for pre-employment stuff. When I first visited the area for the hike I was really curious about what was in the compound as there was an armed guard at the entrance. I never thought I'd get to go inside, but when I went last week I was amazed at all the abandoned buildings on the premises. It's like a mini-ghost-town.

This is a shot of the view halfway between where my car was parked and where I started exploring. It was difficult to see the view with all the weed overgrowth.