Off the 2006 EP “Ain’t Tryin’ 2 Pleez” comes a sort of return to the Diskovepher days of no guitars. There was a riff and a different melody for this song at one point, but no one remembers exactly what that sounded like. This version was mostly a salvaging of the lyrics, but the results didn’t turn out too bad.
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An underrated album.
Also from the 2001 album “Mental Holiday”, this track is a tip of the cap to Fu Manchu. It’s a shame the sound is so crappy. It is also one of a long line of JP song titles named after places in the desert; Zzyzx, Trona and Inyokern come to mind. Enjoy.
Another track off of “Mental Holiday” with an acoustic feel. I don’t have much to say about it. Enjoy.
My favorite album with no guitars (not counting bass).
This was a personal song that I wrote the day after prom. I think I recorded it not long after I wrote it, and it was included in the 1997 album “Stolen Shoes”. I don’t remember everything that happened that night, but there are a few memories I still have that I included in this song. We were in a big group and we all pitched in for a limo. I think I was the only non-Mormon in the group. So, after the dance, which was all loud deep house music, we went to a big house in Anaheim Hills that had a pool. Then we went back to Riverside and watched Overboard, one of my favorite movies. The girl I went with played piano for me at the house, which was pretty cool. I don’t think I ever played any of the songs I wrote about her for her. It was an innocent time back then and I had no clue what I was doing. But I got home around 7 in the morning the next day and I think I wrote this around noon when I got up again. There wasn’t any drama, and no one took dramamine, but I think the title reflects the struggle to not fall asleep while these intense future memories are occurring.
This song, from the 1999 album “Future Sound of Irwindale”, features an amplified Casio drum track with guitar and vocals performed live. There’s a song I like better than this on the album that unfortunately got cut off because all the songs ran on longer than usual. I still have all the equipment I used to record this, and re-recording "Disappear" would be yet another project on my list. But I digress. This song has one of my favorite lyrics I ever wrote: I take a laxative, you know I’m full of shit. Enjoy!
The title for this song, from the 1995 album "Jackass Penguins", comes from a list of titles in the liner notes of R.E.M.’s “Monster” album, which I had on cassette, of course. This song has been re-recorded a few times by us, but nothing comes close to the sound of the original. Much of our music embraces the ethic of Beck’s early days, leaving mistakes where they lie. If you appreciate this, then you just might enjoy this song.
It wasn’t until after we listened to this track (off of 2010’s “Furlough Jam”) that we realized we had totally ripped off “When The Levee Breaks” by Led Zeppelin. Still, it rocks hard. Stoners rejoice.
This track is from the prolific 1996 album “Emptiness” that signaled a step forward in songwriting for the band. Though the entire album is basically solo work, it was the first recording completely comprised of all-original, never-before-recorded songs in over a year. Enjoy!
Jackass Penguins 