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(music – The Mistakes; lyrics – Keneally)
The power chords you hear in the first two seconds are all that remains on the master tape of a failed attempt at “Aye-Aye Monster”; I got used to hearing them on my rough mix cassette and decided to keep them in. (Henry called me one day to find out where these chords came from – it didn’t even sound like us to him. “It sounds like a real rock band!”) I love this piece, it’s another improv a la “Warm Papaya” although it feels much different. There was some tape left at the end of a reel, so I just said “Eb” and had Jeff turn on the machine (you can just barely make out Andy saying “Eb?” in the left speaker right before Jeff says “you’re rollin'”). I counted us in and we just played this thing. Later I overdubbed the vocals and a few guitars to harmonize with some of my ad-lib melodies from the basic track.

HK – guitar left
MK – guitar right, vocal, guitar harmony overdubs from 1:19 to 1:28 and 1:42 to 2:04
PP – drums
AW – bass

lyrics

I can't catch a fucking break tonight
I can't do a damn thing right
Were I to try to slice my wrist
Chances are I'd slip and miss
Here's my wee poetic sonnet:
Fuck the world and all upon it
Tell me know my debt is paid
Let me feel the swinging blade

Sir Director, please say cut
And halt act one of your film noir
Have the stagehands strike the set
Act two, scene one: Abbatoir

I demanded justice for a long time
How fucking insane is that?
Justice is for the rich, the lucky, the well-placed.
Justice is for the guilty, the vicious, the violent.
Justice is for the pervert, the corporate, the ruthless.
Justice is for the white, the male, the celebrated.
Justice is for the asshole, the mafia, the damned.

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from The Mistakes, released December 19, 1995

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Mike Keneally San Diego, California

Mike Keneally has been a lot of things in his 35 year career: stunt guitarist/keyboardist, singer/songwriter, orchestral composer, producer, music director, painter, and more. After getting his start in Frank Zappa’s legendary 1988 big band, Keneally released his first solo album hat. in 1992. Since then he has released dozens more and is working on a new double album.

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