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One of those Gurus songs I've never really payed attention to. Damn, what a great song.

I've got a lot to learn
And bridges that I still have not burned.
UntiI I find a way
I'll only end up back where I am today but
I don't know anything,
Anything at all.

I know that I ain't smart.
I get tangled up in the strings of my heart
So tight I cannot breathe
I'd cut them if I knew what was good for me but
I don't know anything,
Anything at all.

I must be the king of fools,
A court jester making rhymes in nursery school,
Like: "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
You can blow my candle, Jack, if you can
teach me how to light my wick 'cos
I don't know anything.

One more from the brilliant John Boswell at Symphony of Science.

This one features a chorus by Richard Dawkins.

I fucking love Porcupine Tree.

And silence is another way
Of saying what I wanna say
And lying is another way
Of hoping it will go away
And you were always my mistake...

Play 'I drive the hearse' here:

(let me know if you can't play that, it should pop up with a quicktime music player)

This is completely fabulous.

EDIT:

I found the author of this piece of brilliance - John Boswell at symphonyofscience.com.

This is a fabulous cover of BRMC's 'Whatever Happen to my Rock and Roll', on ukulele.

Here's the original for reference, for those who don't know.

(props to Syl for the link)

This is a cover of Aimee Man's Freeway by my friend Kenny.

There's a longer story about this cover, which you can follow on Kenny's mySpace blog. In short Aimee held a contest - make a video of yourself covering this song. Ken's entry is here (make sure you wait for the out takes at the end, they rule), which finished in the top ten in Aimee's contest.

But I post this here not because of that; I post it here because this is Kenny's new version, recorded in my mother's living room. The recording is beautiful, and the idea that music is being made in her house would have made my mother very, very happy.

It's been a huge help to me to have friends living in Mom's house; they're able to take care of a lot of the little tasks (and some of the really large ones) that would have been almost impossible for me to get done; they're getting a place to live, and I'm getting work done for what feels like a steal. Having music played in that old house is like a gift from the universe.

Thank you Kenny. For the music, and for everything else.

George Clinton, as usual, was thirty years ahead of the rest of us.

Click the image to play, if you didn't get the embedded player - props to m'man Carlos for this.

Lyrics after the cut.

It's been a long time since I've posted about Mashuptown. I'm not sure why.

But there's no way I let this one slip by unnoticed!

A quick reminder about Kenny Schick in New York.

Get your ass out to one of these gigs, and feel free to hug/kiss/ass-grab kenny for me ("that's from karl elvis").

Kenny's always terrific live, and the more love in the crowd, the better.

Shows this week:

Sunday, September, 28 2008, 7PM at Arlene's Grocery , 95 Stanton St, NY, New York 10002 Cost : $8

Monday, September, 29 2008, 9:30 PM at Shayni Rae's Truckstop @ the National Underground 159 E. Houston, New York, New York 10002

Tuesday, September, 30 2008 at Banjo Jim's, 9:30 PM, 700 East 9th Street, New York, New York 10009