Tag: 1998

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Listen/purchase: Sun by Jackass Penguins

Now the sun
Yeah it shines
It shines on everyone
On the earth
In our world
Our work is never done

Where are we going
Where are we headed
When it all comes crashing down?

When I look
at the clouds
I feel like I’m let down
And I see
The rain start
I cannot help but frown

And I drive on by
all of the black clouds
And I drive on through
all of the downpours
And I drive all night
The rain is ending
What a blessed sight
The sunrise

Now the sun
Yeah it shines
It shines on everyone
On the earth
In our world
Our work is never done

Where are we going
Where are we headed
When it all comes crashing down?

Looking up
Skies are blue
My hope is borne anew
And my heart
is tattooed
With images of you

With images of you

Pick up a copy of our 1998 album Pornucopia for only $2!!!

Released in 1998 amidst headlines of terrorism, salacious sex scandals and cigars, “Pornucopia” was the first album of material by Jackass Penguins that was really thought out and held to a concept. Remastered for the 15-year anniversary of its original release, it still is very lo-fi, but for the most part, you can hear what was played instead of mostly cassette noise.

Pick up a copy of our 1998 album Pornucopia for only $2!!!


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By 1998, I had a second acoustic guitar and an electric, so I converted my first one to a slide guitar since the frets were shot. It turned out to be a perfect slide guitar as the action is super-high (because the neck is bowed slightly out). I played “In My Time of Dying” a million times before I wrote this song, the first for slide guitar. I realize it’s not the best song now that I listen back, but I had fun playing it back in the day. Another Pornucopia outtake.


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This song was originally recorded in 1997 on “Stolen Shoes” and was remade in 1998 for “Pornucopia” but was dropped because it was too long. This song is nearly six minutes, which is pretty self-indulgent for a pop-punk song. Here are the lyrics, loosely based on the pledge of allegiance and “America”:

We, the people, the united waste, of thee I sing. We are wasted in a nervous daze, let napalm sting. Strife, poverty and the nappiness, pursue these things. Overcrowding our retired place, multiplying. We are the scum of the earth. We do pledge allegiance to the slag heap of our dreams. One dead nation that is overtrod, dead or dying. And to the republic which it stands on our bodies with poverty and injustice all we are dying. We are the scum of the earth.


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Another outtake from the sessions for Pornucopia. This song started as an instrumental towards the end of the Celestial Medley. I just couldn’t include it because it didn’t flow with the album and there was already a song featuring the flanger effect on the album. Enjoy.


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This cover of Tubeway Army/Gary Numan is another outtake from the Pornucopia sessions. Using the same Casio keyboard that was used on the first Diskovepher tape back in 1993, and an acoustic guitar. Of course there are mistakes, but it is a faithful cover of the original.


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OK, I think I’ve got it this time. This song was written in 1996 and first appeared on the Emptiness tape. This version is an outtake from the 1998 sessions for Pornucopia. It’s a great version, and the only reason it wasn’t included was that it did not mix with the subject matter of the other songs. Enjoy.


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Here is a different version of Stolen Shoes from the Not An Album album. This song has always had a crappy ending, but it’s still catchy while it lasts.