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.
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.
Originally written and recorded for Pornucopia, this song was also recorded for Strand. While the Pornucopia version has a more Beatlesque quality to it, this one is slower and resembles a death march. I prefer the Pornucopia version, although this one has better sound quality.
From the “Something New” EP, this song is actually one of the first songs written on guitar for Jackass Penguins, way back in 1994. I need to find the version with Alayne on vocals. She really dug this song.
A simple acoustic song from the 1996 “Emptiness” album. Written about routine blue-collar life before I was even out of high school. Still rings true, although I do make a little more than minimum wage now.
From the amazing “Strand” album comes this soundscape. The song features backwards vocals & guitar and forwards clarinet and tambourine. The things you can do with a cassette recorder that digital recording wishes it could do. Enjoy.
This incidentally marks our 50th song that we have shared on Tumblr. Although we have this song already on Soundcloud, I felt we needed a strong showing for #50. From Side B of the Interstate album comes this track featuring the talented Alayne along with the underappreciated Dead Milkmen track “Vince Lombardi Service Center”. Enjoy!
The grand finale for the “Crude Hoyle” album by Diskovepher. Using only a drum, vocals and cassette players, this song’s background humming borrows heavily from U2’s “Babyface”. The album this is taken from enjoyed a cult following at Arlington High School.
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.
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