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Post by Marxo Grouch on Apr 9, 2024 22:52:04 GMT -5
Okay, I have chosen names for the characters, so your credit will read as:
"The Deeky Twins and Myopic Kumquat Mayzshon as Laughline, Softsoap and Grubstake, the Three Strolling Philosophers"
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Apr 18, 2024 4:53:59 GMT -5
"It is happening again. It is happening again." - The Giant Really thought I had a shot at finishing this one by the end of last year, but it's way, way better for my not having done so.
And then another one floated out of the mist...You can't access the insert art from there without buying it, so here are all three collages I made for it, the cover and both inserts.    |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on May 5, 2024 4:54:34 GMT -5
Since I don't think I mentioned this before, the track that Deeky and Mayz can be heard on is 'Las Brujas, Part 2.'
Should anyone feel compelled to skip all of the other tracks that I poured my heart and balls into. /Whatta_matta!
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 2, 2024 4:45:58 GMT -5
I posted this Nancy Sumatra track a while back, but I've added a bit to it, mainly a wood flute solo for the funky interlude. Lurch |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 2, 2024 13:46:34 GMT -5
Hell yeah!
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 8, 2024 5:08:11 GMT -5
My friend Dom, fellow Nancy Sumatra veteran, has a home studio down in Austin, and he recorded a bunch of instrumental tracks a few years ago and sent them to me to see if I could come up with anything to do with them. I am finally in the process of putting some working demos together that should evolve into an at least three-song EP. This is the first demo I've finished. The project itself doesn't have a name yet, but I'm working on it. Noir |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 11, 2024 21:08:03 GMT -5
Love it! Do you speak fluent French? The mysteries of the Marxo never cease.
Also, I can finally record my voice onto mp3's. It's a rinky-dink headset in a big room, so sound quality might be shit.
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 12, 2024 10:36:05 GMT -5
Love it! Do you speak fluent French? The mysteries of the Marxo never cease.
Also, I can finally record my voice onto mp3's. It's a rinky-dink headset in a big room, so sound quality might be shit.
Turns out quality is shit, which probably explains the great price on the headset. I used it to record me reading a contact's "goon newsletter" aloud. Kind of fuzzy and tinny sound to it. Ah, well... |
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Post by Deeky on Jun 12, 2024 11:25:12 GMT -5
What gooning news is there to share at this point?
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 12, 2024 11:36:58 GMT -5
What gooning news is there to share at this point? Not gooning as it's known these days. Just the random babblings of a crazy dude I've been corresponding with for a while.
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 13, 2024 4:46:04 GMT -5
Love it! Do you speak fluent French? Given how many French classes I sat through, I should be able to speak at least moderately well, but no, I am merely familiar with it. I also have a really good ear for pronunciation in foreign languages. But some of those rhythms are a fucking bitch. And there's so many more to uncover! |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 13, 2024 5:00:58 GMT -5
I don't usually post the lyrics of these things, but you should, nay, deserve, to see how stupid these are.
First, the original:
Commençons par parler du feu
Ça m'a brûlé les cheveux et je me sens bleu
Alors j'ai acheté une perruque en chou
Avec une feuille qui pendait sur ma joue
La perruque a failli être emportée par une brise
Ce qui est mauvais parce que ma tête est grise
Finalement j'ai décidé de rester dans mon château
Et construis une forteresse massive faite de gâteau
If you think nonsense is a drag
And foolishness is not your bag
Don't look it up x 4
But if your taste in written word
Tends to the manic and absurd
Then look it up x 4
La pluie était si forte que j'ai perdu un bras
Ensuite ils l'ont remplacé par un chat
Les moustaches me font parfois maudire
Mais les boules de poils me font toujours rire
La vie serait bien plus facile si j'étais un chien
J'embaucherais une armée et je ne leur paierais rien
Peut-être que cela montre que j'irai très loin
Rencontrer Naomi Watts pour une balade dans le foin
If drivel ain't your stock in trade
This is a song you should evade
Don't look it up x 4
But if you're fond of gobbledygook
Away from which you cannot look
Then look it up x 4
****
The translated verses:
Let's start out talking about the fire
It burned my hair off and I'm feeling blue
So I bought a wig made out of cabbage
With a leaf that hung down onto my cheek
The wig was almost blown off by a breeze
Which is bad because my head is grey
Finally I decided to stay in my house
And build a massive fortress made of cake
The rain was so hard that I lost an arm
Afterwards they replaced it with a cat
The whiskers sometimes make me curse
But the hairballs always make me laugh
Life would be much easier if I were a dog
I would hire an army and pay them nothing
Perhaps this shows that I will go very far
To meet Naomi Watts for a roll in the hay
****
Et voila.
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jun 16, 2024 4:34:57 GMT -5
Love it! Do you speak fluent French? The mysteries of the Marxo never cease.
Also, I can finally record my voice onto mp3's. It's a rinky-dink headset in a big room, so sound quality might be shit.
Turns out quality is shit, which probably explains the great price on the headset. I used it to record me reading a contact's "goon newsletter" aloud. Kind of fuzzy and tinny sound to it. Ah, well... That doesn't mean I can't make use of your voice. Bear in mind that noise occupies a fairly prominent position in my, to continue the French vibe, oeuvre. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Jun 16, 2024 10:01:02 GMT -5
Turns out quality is shit, which probably explains the great price on the headset. I used it to record me reading a contact's "goon newsletter" aloud. Kind of fuzzy and tinny sound to it. Ah, well... That doesn't mean I can't make use of your voice. Bear in mind that noise occupies a fairly prominent position in my, to continue the French vibe, oeuvre. In that case, I'll be happy to help! Perhaps my voice can lend a certain je ne sais quoi, oui? |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Jul 25, 2024 5:08:25 GMT -5
Second demo track from whatever the hell this project is called. Dom has offered no suggestions and I have been thinking of things that, to me, mostly sound more like song titles than band names. I'm taking suggestions. This may be the most misanthropic thing I've ever written. Face |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Aug 25, 2024 5:09:58 GMT -5
Still a lot of re-recording and mixing to do, but this project is coming along nicely. In fact, here's the cover art. I feel like it still needs something, but I'm not sure what.  In case it's not 100% clear, the name is Inane Asylum and the EP is called Triptyching. |
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Post by Dr. Kobb on Aug 25, 2024 10:21:51 GMT -5
Love that cover art.  |
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Post by Marxo Grouch on Aug 26, 2024 4:56:16 GMT -5
Thanks. It's a detail from a personal favorite. Eunisian Post-cards, No. 1- Floral Theme Lightly Mutilated in Accident Freak (a.k.a. 'No Olives?') (2020):  |
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