What I Am Listening To Now: Denim Wedding

Looking at my post dates…  Well, back from summer vacation, it appears!  I was posting a lot on the YouTube playlists and on the Facebook page, but not here…

Anyway,  these guys inspired me to post again after they popped up on my shuffle play a little bit ago.  I found them last winter and then kind of forgot about them.  This summer, they played a show or two around town, and I remembered the name and that I liked them, but I didn’t remember them well enough to get off my ass and to one of their shows.  Kicking myself now…

This is the song that got me all fired up today, “The Buoyancy Test”.  Yeah, it’s a lot Neil Young-ish (through the Swans, maybe?), but that is okay.  There is room for more of this! 

The rest of their songs from ReverbNation…

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Denim-Wedding/136817396367841

https://www.reverbnation.com/denimwedding

http://www.myspace.com/denimwedding

http://denimwedding.com/

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Songs of the Long Walk… “Frank’s Wild Years” by Tom Waits

Live on Letterman...

At least once a week I have a very long walk taking care of one chore or another involving the boys.  Usually these walks seem to land on the grayest and rainiest days of the week.  Wet and cold with too much time to think, I find myself hitting the repeat button on certain songs over and over again.  Each walk seems to find its own theme song.

Frank settled down in the Valley,
and he hung his wild years on a
nail that he drove through his
wife's forehead.

He sold used office furniture out
there on San Fernando Road and
assumed a $30,000 loan at
15 1/4 % and put a down payment
on a little two bedroom place.

His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
Made good bloody-marys, kept her mouth
shut most of the time, had a little Chihuahua
named Carlos that had some kind of skin
disease and was totally blind.

They had a thoroughly modern kitchen;
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
Frank drove a little sedan.
They were so happy.

One night Frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the liquor store,
picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouth’s.
Drank 'em in the car on his way to the
Shell station; he got a gallon of gas in a can.

Drove home, doused everything in
the house, torched it.
Parked across the street laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
orange and chimney red.

Frank put on a top forty station,
got on the Hollywood Freeway
headed North.

Never could stand that dog.

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Songs of the long walk… “Blue” by A Perfect Circle

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A little sunnier this week, but many, many, too many miles.

I didn't want to know
I just didn't want to know
Best to keep things in the shallow end
Cause I never quite learned how to swim

I just didn't want to know
Didn't want
Didn't want
Didn't want
Didn't want

Close my eyes just to look at you
Taken by the seamless vision

I close my eyes
Ignore the smoke
Ignore the smoke
Ignore the smoke

Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call it aftermath, she's turning blue
While I just sit and stare at you

Because I don't want to know
I didn't want to know
I just didn't want to know
I just didn't want

Mistook their nods for an approval
Just ignore the smoke and smile

Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
Such a perfect color for your eyes
Call an optimist , she's turning blue
Such a lovely color for you
Call an optimist, she's turning blue
While I just sit and stare at you

I don't want to know

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