Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Shugo Tokumaru - In Focus?


Shugo Tokumaru 
"In Focus?"
2/25/13


Resonate all things
including the kitchen sink
into sounds to drink
 
 
A ball of yarn falls
Continuously rolling
Passing us all by
 
 
Shoelace in untied
Have to catch up to my friends
I will ride my bike
 
 
Dissonance Beware:
It is too bright for you here
Take leave on the wind
 
 
Is it true that you,
During the war, built balloons
To pepper the sky?
 
 
Dissonance come back!
I was so wrong to judge you
Please forgive my ears.
 
 
A parade of notes
under floats of airy voice
maintain the merry
 
 
Tokyo neon
overcome by morning sun
after the party
 
 
Shogun and Sufjan
nylon string pop dream garden
same sun as a print
 
 
An optimism
of sharp inking and bright greens
what might you describe
 
 
Paul and Art never
dreamed of theremins like this
so many sounds here
 
 
Layers and layers
of bright and airy and clean
notes placed perfectly
 
 
Industrious noise
the soundtrack to an army
of bamboo robots
 
 
Standing between tents
The sounds meld on summer breeze
Arcades hum, kids laugh
 
 
Super happy fun
Interesting melody
A circus sunshine
 
 
Your lonely cuisine
a solitary glass plate
dreaming for dessert
 
 
Lightning bolt honey
chocolate stabs of sing-song
poly rhythmic tongue
 
 
Now a bit of mint
horns from your balcony seat
y'all can go to hell.
 

Monday, February 18, 2013

FERGUS & GERONIMO - Funky was the State of Affairs

FERGUS & GERONIMO
"Funky was the State of Affairs"
2/17/13

bloody lightning bolts
feed back my friend here, until
we dance and take sleep

Don't anchor here, man,
With its woes steeper than steeples.
Onto station synth!

Piggy bank glaze time,
Beer and juice and gum and toothpaste
Funky is a time.

Yo! There's no Texas
There are two kinds of sax, though
Rockin' and dirty

Fuck the URL
Right? Cuz like I said there is 
No fuckin' Texas

Why do you gotta Fuck...
Zappa's dream of the Future?
How you know Funky?

Choices are sexy
Your clavinet makes me wet
A shoulder shimmy

Boop boop beep ba-dop
I want to play all day long
Lets meet for ice cream

My state of affairs
Are so freaking funky now
I'm in outer space

Our shoulders shimmy
You say "No Parties," but dude -
You're picking my speed

Your day - shake it out
Whatever happened is gone
This pleases me, too

Throwback dance party
should we be smoking the weed?
let's all get haircuts

Most days I want drugs
Right now more than usual
mind thought heart face fuck

grandparents basement
a cabinet full of drugs
a way I felt once

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

MATH the band - Get Real

MATH the band
"Get real"
2/11/13

Is that bass drum real
Are you the pinball wizard
Kaleidoscope Sound

Blast beats, blast beats Blast!
Geometry at its best
Beat me to my death!

caffeine fueled keyboards
in a real messy bedroom
I'll rock it away

8 bit heart attack
probably no weed involved
christmas tree still up

spaceship victory
in galaxy or pixels
over the mundane

my angst now mastered
I'll explode it through speakers
real quick and shiny

how will kids today
take this sound and run with it?
god, God, GOD HELP US

yell excitedly!!
I'm yelling excitedly!!
Yell Yell Yell, it's fun!!!

No one's sitting still
circus pulsing in our bones
how does your voice feel?

my Nintendo smoked
crack and got an addiction
to Andrew W K

party Heart Attack!
Game stop employee's wet dream!
Lightning Bolt video game!

High School Bedroom friends
geek out over fast synth loops
keep up if you can

video games rock
it's like a child's dream world
can't dance fast enough

I experience
something that may be like a
brain aneurysm

Nintendo for LIFE!
I love my friends so very much
can't wait for summer

Monday, February 4, 2013

The UV Race- Racism


The UV Race
"Racism"
2/3/13

Silence is golden
Not down-under UV Race
Glib, brash. fantastic!

it's still recess for me
I will own my own car soon
pizza in locker

beat relieves feedback
say whatever's happening
I need a soda

Aussie's bass sound nice
see you driving an old dodge
man I love your swagger

Hair must be shagged out
sid and nancy but smarter
better drugs and gear

does it work still and
alone repetition is
gathering tonight

You are like children
on drugs seeing tornadoes 
from another time

Hair swinging one side
hate music is for lovers
swim with me summer

1-2-3 what glee!
fuck a broomstick all night long
while the polar bears kiss

Australian hand claps
sound better than American
even in circles

We need a stage cage
to take turns gogo dancing
do birds have secrets? 

it's like maybe if
Stooges, talking heads, and ween
made an Aussie babe

tune your instruments
and carry a melody
then give me a call

CLAP CLAP BANG CLAP CLAP
BANG CLAP CLAP BANG CLAP CLAP BANG
CLAP CLAP BANG CLAP CLAP

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

The Warlocks - The Mirror Explodes

The Warlocks  
"The Mirror Explodes"
1/16/13

the droning noises
crash, bass drum, guitar chords
somebody please break through

sonic drug despairs
rattling chains in my brain
i feel haunted now

dark dark devil rock
bloodletting team of no end
we drown in the 'verb

its wicked cold out
much like the black in my heart
the warlocks appease

lucid dreams taste tight
sonic spirit awakens
my hands are sooooooo huge

sonic masterminds
hold my head underwater
is that a guitar

Echo Lake - Wild Peace


Echo Lake
"Wild Peace"
1/28/2013

Jon Singer Sargent
paints a flamenco
Dancer in his head

Center of your sun
Self-harmony forever
Dream another dream

how many delays
can one record endure
chasing the sublime

Thunderous Love Bites
Summers End is not my heart 
Tasting Sulphur Tips

tiny voice is big
feels like running through the park
are these words English

We All tilt our heads
and look up at the ceiling
this isn't shoe gaze

lazy honey heart
napping on summer sundays
tattoo this in me

then you got happy
played ring around the rosey
pockets full of gum

Inside the fish tank
I float along and listen
Quiet, peaceful, nice

Misty twang bang; HOT!
familiar face, drive your bass
gentle crash dash smash

waking to smurf smell
orange sun in the mirror
reverb in my head

Questions for the group:
How peaceful is your life now?
It's better... ECHO?

Glowing stars above
I'm floating in warm water
sinking in your voice

sitting in a car
in a trance the world goes by
could last forever

sooth me down to sleep
dreaming of lost memories
woken by the sound

Shimmering Pools
Reverberating Gently
Sometimes, all we need

A LOST MEMORY
A DREAM YOU CAN NOT FORGET
Did or Didn't It?


Cut off the shrink wrap
Echo lake will be spun fresh
Brighton carnival 
-
Five thousand years on
Swimming through the 
sunken rollercoaster
Down deep 
Mermaids in converse 
Sing ancient pop
-
Every head tilted 
Eyes at hazy suns or planes
The song uncovers 
Sigur rose smoked joints
Behind a boardwalk arcade
Listened to Spector
-
Any poetry
Shrouded by the studio 
But sounds real sweet guys
-
But wait, mermaids don't have feet.

Simon Joyner - Ghosts

Simon Joyner  
"Ghosts"
1/22/13

Sonic tapestries
Not to be played at parties
Lonely, dark, dirges

Dead wine avalanche
I will see you again on
the living room floor

A backyard trashfire
and whiskey night with you
makes Townes sound happy

Conor Oberst called
He wants his analogue back
still, you are older

Sweet sweet sadness
Rambles on through mournful soul
Here's a drink to you

Loping voice only
Dark tide of sound pulling down
Night tied to a stone

I'm swimming lines through
Electric ocean fuzzy
Flannery find air

Decades old sweater
Forgotten in the jungle
Distracted by song

Always playing waits
In midwest tattoo parlors
makes me miss grandpa

Remember babies
They don't much know how to drink
It's why I love them

When I was  bullied
As a kid I always put 
On The Band and cried

These songs make me feel
like melody was murdered
behind our winter

Dear Simon Joyner
This depressing music is
slow, sad, and great

Deep in my gut well
We needed a whiskey break
to drown the dark place

Mid western wave crash
waves of darkness, death, and love
crash hard brother, crash