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SEASON ONE IS DONE! Let's Celebrate by discussing YOUR favorites (and least favorites), taking audience questions, and showing off some old demos to put Jam Mechanics demos into perspective!
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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On Episode of Ten of Jam Mechanics, we have clearly never played never have I ever. Things come full circle for season 1 and we end things on a cliffhanger (or do we??)
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter)
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BUG'S SONG
Challenge: Cliffhanger
Title: The Hook
It started off as devil’s advocate
to challenge all my views
when every answer has a question
it’s not hard to get confused
this is the devil at his handsomest
so hey, what can you do?
If this clever devil’s accurate
he might convince you too
I found the Devil down in Richmond, he was fishing for some sins
he was perched up on a cloud, I found him humming gospel hymns
I says: You ain’t got a license, this is twice I’ve caught you here
my indictments met with silence, he just beckons me come near
He goes: watch the bobber in the water, down below the pole
when a sinner takes the bait, all that's left to do is pull
you can see the sweet relief on all the faces of their victims
It’s a vicious job but I acknowledge I am quite addicted
Then the pole was in my hand
and I cast my hook out far, this
is how it all began, this is
how my spiral started
1,2,3…
so we’d meet up every weekend at a different fishing spot
hopping on another city, stayin’ a step ahead of God
I didn’t wanna think of consequences were I ever caught
the devil can be dangerous but no one crosses GOD
we pulled criminals and bitter souls, abusers, crooks, and cons
leaving every city better off before we both moved on
It was thrilling, it was chilling, it was killing evil souls
the methods were quite brutal but goddam, we got results
We were packing up in Amsterdam and cleaning all our hooks
I took a chance to count the bounties, now I wish I never looked
I found a kid inside his bucket, what the hell, he’s barely eight!
He said “he must’ve been a sinner, after all… he took the bait”
I am an Angel
I took an oath
I am a danger,
a savior, or both
I don’t go fishin’
not anymore
I haven’t seen the devil
in 20 years or more
so when I’m called into god’s office, told I have a new assignment
there’s a lead on where he’s fishing and its up to me to find him
I can’t confess that I can guess exactly where to look
now its up to me if I or he will end up on the hook.
MATT'S SONG
Challenge: Cuban Baseball (via Wikiroulette!)
Title: Over the Mountains to Santa Domingo
i'm seven years old playing catch with my father
in a baseball field in central havana
the crowds have all left but the stadium lights are still on
someone approaches and asks for his signature
he smiles and he beckons me over
says "you can have mine, but his will be worth more one day"
this is the story he's writing
i am the hero and he's watching me go
over the sea to haiti
over the mountains to santa domingo
dreams around here are disloyal
they'll run off and come true for somebody else
well i don't know dad
that's a strange way to tell me to leave
and never come back
i'm 15 years old, i just hit the home run
that pushed my team over the line to the finals
and everyone's cheering
but he is the loudest of all
i want us to go for a meal with my brothers
but he knows a guy he wants me talk to
drags me away to talk money and mansions and fame
you think i don't wanna be all i can be with my whole heart?
you think i don't wanna see every square inch of this world?
i'm forty years old playing catch with my girl
in a diamond we set up right in our back garden
four out of five times our dog gets the ball before us
my neighbours are trying to figure out where
they recognise me from, hey weren't you once someone
i just say, no, you must be thinking of my dad
this is the story we're writing
me and my daughter can be who we wanna be
you still come over on sundays
she runs for a hug when you park in the driveway
sometimes when she's fallen asleep
we go out and play catch in the yard
and i know that that's
a strange way to say i forgive you
maybe one day i'll say it out loud
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It's Episode NINE of Jam Mechanics. We learn about Matt's casual relationship with the 5-second rule and Bug forgets to come up with a prompt (don't worry, his wife bails him out!)
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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BUG'S SONG
Matt's Challenge: TV Theme song
Title: Kick and Spin
Lyrics:
Do you ever feel like a lil guy?like you have no control but somehow you’re still synchronizedcuz life keeps spinnin’, spinnin’and you keep kickin’, kickin’mostly due to the metal rod thats going through your torso thats attached to three other dudesIt’s Foosball!It don’t matter if you winall we do is kick and spinbut mostly kick (but mostly spin)Try to pass to the goalie and you score on yourselftry to pass up the field, oh no you scored on yourselfthen you finally score a goal but it ricochets off and you score on yourselfIt’s Foosball!It don’t matter if you winall we do is kick and spinbut mostly kick (but mostly spin)Oh hey, didn’t see you thereyou’re probably wondering how I got herestrapped to these three other dudestrapped in a perpetual game of soccer againstdifferent colored but functionally identical opponentsSpinning clockwise into infinity forever… well…A witch trapped my soul in here, I used to be a lawyer, tell my wife I love herIt’s foosball!where nobody has a namewhere it's just a silly gamewhere we kick and spin all dayIt’s Foosball!It don’t matter if you winall we do is kick and spinbut mostly kick (but mostly spin)Kick and Spin was taped in front of a studio audience of weird faceless mannequinsstarring Kickolas Cage and John Kraspinski
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MATT'S SONG
(Lady)Bug's Challenge: The Alpaca Can't see over the fence (and also, the alpaca can't jump)
Title: The Alpaca Song
Lyrics:
the alpaca can't see over the fence
the alpaca can't see over the fence
the alpaca can't see but he can hear all of his friends
the alpaca can't see over the fence
he could go over it
ALPACAS CAN'T JUMP
go under it
ALPACAS CAN'T DIG
go through it
ALPACAS AREN'T GHOSTS
go round it
UNFORTUNATELY THE FENCE IS
SURROUNDING THE ALPACA ON ALL SIDES
he could open the gate
THE GATE IS LOCKED
he could unlock the gate
HE DOESN'T HAVE A KEY
he could pick the lock
PICK IT WITH WHAT
a stalk of hay
THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION,
ALPACAS CAN'T PICK LOCKS THEY DON'T HAVE THUMBS
he could eat the fence
WAIT THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA
try to eat the fence
HE'S EATING THE FENCE!
oh wow it's working!
OH NO IT'S NOT
why what happened
NOTHING IN PARTICULAR IT'S JUST THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FENCE
he could burn the fence
I said he could burn the fence
YEAH I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME
WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S LOCKED IN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE
chorus
he could fake his death
OKAY
scream for help
OKAY
and when his friends come
MHM
they'll see him lying on the floor
ALRIGHT
he'll be covered in blood
WHERE'D HE GET THE BLOOD
the blood is from the farmer
OH MY GOD
and then when the gate is open
BURN THE FARM DOWN
it's working, it's working
they're coming to help him
the blood is convincing
they're opening the gate
they're sensed his trickery
but it's too late
the alpaca is free
the alpaca is freee
he tries to start a fire
but the farmer's not dead!
they're fighting, they're fighting!
he calls to his friends
the ones he betrayed
they won't save him
he only has once chance
he strikes a match
he tosses it
into the hay
the alpaca has gotten his revenge
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In this episode, Matt shares some old band names, Bug talks about his burger preferences, and we spread the good news about the internet's saddest raccoon video. Oh, and we write some songs, too
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.
If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!
Our Music:
The Narcissist Cookbook
Bug Hunter
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BUG'S SONG
Matt's Challenge: And the Oscar goes to...
Title: The Opera
Lyrics:
Let me tell you all a little ‘bout the theater
if you wanna pack people deep in the seats you’re
gonna plant seeds, play follow the leader
lead’em to the end, breadcrumb, bird feeder
they say sex sells but so does drama
they’re glued to their seats despite the genre
the crowd is not complex at all they
love The Phantom, hate the opera
The curtains dropped
The camera’s stopped
make ‘em drag you off the stage
They’ve cut the lights
so my advice:
make ‘em drag you off the stage
now you’re twenty minutes deep in your Oscar Speech
you look down and the crowd’s all gone to sleep
they all cut to commercials on repeat
so you can drop the rehearsal, think on your feet
You don’t need dialog, and I’ll posit this
all your drama should all be ubiquitous
if the scripts in Spanish, no me habla
love the phantom, hate the opera
The curtains dropped
The camera’s stopped
make ‘em drag you off the stage
They’ve cut the lights
so my advice:
make ‘em drag you off the stage
You’ve got your speech all written
you can picture it now
but your scripts not finished
and you’re taking a bow
you’ve got your mantlepiece polished
and your suit clean pressed
spending all that profit
with no budget invested
You’ve got your speech all written
you can picture it now
but your scripts not finished
and you’re taking a bow
you’ve got your speech all written
but you’re playing pretend
cuz the Oscar, it goes to
The Oscar, it goes to your head
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MATT'S SONG
Bug's Challenge: Take a sad story and make it happy
Title: Fresh Cement
Lyrics:
fresh cement
brand new shoes
you and i
talking it through
though we've spun this story
ten thousand times
these exact beats
these exact lines
on this exact corner
of this exact street
the movie reel
spins endlessly
the credits roll
no cheers or claps
and when we're done
we run it back
anyone would think
we were rehearsing for something
fresh cement
on a soundstage
the dialogue
becomes cliché
we hit our marks
we play our roles
but we do it now
with our eyes closed
it's like a dance
but we don't touch
a boxing match
without the punch
take a bow
great work today
see you tomorrow
for the matinée
anyone would think
we were rehearsing for something
i blink awake
and it's my cue
nothing's changed
but something's new
we're rushing now
the reach the end
and when we do
it all begins
no subtext now
or metaphor
you kick, i spit
i scream, you roar
and then it's done
and all that's left
is our footprints
in fresh cement
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Episode 7 finds Matt and Bug writing some 4-chord pop songs and talking hedgehogs, Aliens, and Dr. Who. Bug disappoints Reginald Kenneth Dwight in a big way.
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
Bug Hunter
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BUG'S SONG
Matt's Challenge: BNE SZN (piano only!!)
Title: Season Your Beanie
Lyrics:
I’ll eat my hat if you make itI’m not mad I’m just candid and someone just had to say itthere’s no path where you’re headedand you can act all offendedI’m a realist and I feel its best you never pretendedthat there’s a chance in a millionyou can be handsome or brilliantbut you’ll crash like all the others so you can call me the villainone day we’ll look back and laugh, I’ll get a pat on the backbut if you make it with your music I will eat my hatWould like a salad on the side?we can sub it out for fries?We got a dad hat meal plan for 10.99you can order a fedora that you’ll just adorewe got a chef hat special, call it hat du jourCuz I’ve got 30 milion reasons that can prove you wrongand 200 fans in london singing every damn songI’m rubbin salt in the wounds, just admit you’re defeatedyou can season your beanie, but you still gotta eat ityou’d eat your hat if I made itso I snapback with a menu when you throw all that shade ifyou took a bite of brim and didn’t like how it tastedyou should’ve sampled the plastic long before you beret-edand hey, yeah, maybe you’re right a bit more often than notbut you could choose to say nothing, it has no sticker or costrubbin salt in the wounds to admit you’re defeatedyou can season your beanie but you still gotta eat ityou can season your beanie but you still gotta eat ityou can season your beanie but you still gotta eat it
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MATT'S SONG
Bug's Challenge: Cthulu (Radio-Friendly)
Title: Get Deep Fried
Lyrics:
let's stay in bed all daywe'll get away from here tomorrow if the monsters allowwhat did people ever talk aboutthe television doesn't work right nowsit with mebeneath the nothing where the stars all used to be before they all went outthey're in the hallway at our doorthey're in the walls they're in the floorlooks like it's all gonna end right as we beginwho called this son of a bitchhalf mile tall, man looks like a fishthe deep one will swallow us allhe can swallow my ballswho spoke the summoning ritewho's up for fresh calimari tonightthe deep one? eat my assmore like get deep fried am i righthentai tentaclesgonna kick him right in the genitalshe's gonna be like "this is terrible"i'm gonna be like "you look edible"elder god from the ocean floorI bet you wish you could sleep some morei'm your paralysis demongot hooked and you can't stop screaminthey're in the hallway at our doorthey're in the walls they're in the floorlooks like their party's gonna end right as it begins
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Happy New Year! On our 6th episode of Jam Mechanics, we go down memory lane (way, WAY down memory lane). Get your new Calendars pinned up and mark "Jam Mechanics" for every other Monday.
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
Bug Hunter
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BUG'S SONG
Matt's Challenge: Your First Memory
Title: Memories
Lyrics:
There were roses in the gardenMy toys were on the lawnMy brother rode a bicycle Watched closely by my momI toddled off the patioI often wandered offAnd quickly get corralled by My sweetheart of a dogThese are the detailsThese are the memoriesThese are the moments always cut from documentariesThese are the detailsThese are the memoriesThat never stickI was just a baby in the backyardLearning one thing at a timeThe shapes and colors turningInto object ‘fore my eyesIt was an early autumn eveningThe first I could recallI crunch the leaves beneath my feetMy dad records it allThese are the detailsThese are the memoriesThese are the moments always cut from documentariesThese are the detailsThese are the memoriesThat never stickThey called me in for dinner butBefore I headed inThey handed me a cup of kibbleFilled up to the brimI toddled to the doghouseThats when God, she hit recordMy first memory is getting all my shit rocked by a birdCan’t choose the detailsCan’t choose the memoriesCan’t choose the scars they leave so sudden, unexpectedlyCan’t choose the detailsCan’t choose the memoriesI wish we weren’t so primed to focus on upsetting thingsCan’t choose the detailsCan’t choose the memoriesThat seem to nest inside your headThe awful detailsThat form these memoriesBut if I could insteadI’d choose the detailsThe little memoriesAnd make ‘em stick
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MATT'S SONG
Bug's Challenge: "Calendar"
Title: The Year of Confusion
Lyrics:
Uh sorry, Matt's notepad crashed and we didn't want to type them up again.
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On the 5th episode of Jam Mechanics, we make amends to Bug for all the lost ice breakers. This is as close to a "Holiday Episode" as we get, and we almost got it right!Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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----------BUG'S SONGMatt's challenge: First Contact (42 word max!)
Title: AlIenLyrics:When I open up my phone, you're the first name on my listAn Alien emoji next to your name and I wishWhen I open up my phone I wasn't forced to reminiscebut when I open up my phone you're the first name on my listyou're the first name on my list when I open up my phonethe Typo from the time we met I chose to leave aloneyou're the first name on my list that will never phone homeyou're the first name on my list when I open up my phoneThe first contact on my list, when I open up my phonethe reminder of the time we met, the name I never chosebut AlIen, alphabetically will not leave me aloneyou're the first name on my list when I open up my phone-------
MATT'S SONGBug's Challenge: Give me a (misunderstood) Christmas SongTitle: A ChristmisunderstaningLyrics:
it's the moment of the midwinterthe time of yulethrough a log on the fireand let it burnevery crackle and spark will representa baby pig or a calf to be born next year
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here he comesacross the skyunderneath cover of nighthe knows who has been naughtyhe knows who has been nicehe punishes the wickedbrings good tidings to the pureso huddle up beside the fireprepare for the coming of odinlord of frenzyweep for the coming of odinit's december25th and the children are playing with their new giftsoh the light of joy in the eyes of a childas the party winds downas the wine runs drywith snow on the groundwe remember the night of the virgin birthhappy birthday mithrasinfant godsavior of the peopleborn from a rockslayed a bull with your bare handsso the souls of the sinful would be washed in the blood of the innocentchristmas trees were invented by the pagan celts -
On the 4th episode of Jam Mechanics, Matt shares a man vs nature story for the ages and Bug goes outside his comfort zone. So, so far outside his comfort zone. Don't listen to this if you can't take criticism! We warned you!Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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Title: Dissin' all my ListenersLyrics:Look at you, bet you’re thinking that you’re all that“lately I’ve been really into indie rock and podcasts”Chronically online, paying top dollar for broadbandpeople show you memes, you’re thinkin “I already saw that”Cool headphones! You’re right to keep it quietcuz if I had your music taste I’d also try to hide itThe crew is in the car, nows your chance to make it awkwardthe nights already over when its your turn for the Aux ChordI tried to warn you but I’m done with taking prisonersYou’re in my target demo and I’m dissin’ all my listenersHey cool tune, how’d you find it, kid?Did you pop into a record shop and dig for it?oh you let an algorithm make a playlist? coolyou and every other zoomer in your local middle schooland hey maybe they’re a talent and they kill it liveoh, their show has the production of an open mic?we paid 25 bucks and you had to drag me, tooto sit criss-cross and listen in a living room?Its not hard but I’ll try to make it simpleryou’re in my target demo and I’m dissin all my listenersI hear you thinking that I’m comin off a bit harsha little bit ungrateful to the one that got me this farshould I apologize to all my audience or double down?this wouldn’t be a diss if I didn’t try to pop your bubble nowYou’re terrible! (at making me feel like I’m alone)You’re Awful! (cuz you drained your data playin’ me on your phone)You the worst at being critical when feedback’s all I wantYou’re mean (I mean you mean the world to me so thanks a lot)You needed me to knock you off your silly little perchyou spend too damn much on my silly indie merchYou’re enabling a dream, its irresponsible a grown ass man thinks that anything is possible??call a cease fire, its all for showcuz I play until I win like this is rochambeauand I’m a rocker and your peace sign looks exactly like scissors you’regonna get crushed cuz I’m dissin all my listeners-------
MATT'S SONGBug's Challenge: You see that guy in the corner? He seems like a... LionTitle: We're all Enemies HereLyrics:
hey welcomesettle ini won't ask how you found the placewe were are all blown here by different windsdon't give me your namedon't give me your storyi've seen your face alreadythat's all that's importantpull up a chairi'll pour you a drinkand i'll keep my eyes on the doorthat's what i do herei watch your back so you don't have to for a whiledon't give me your carddon't give me your moneyi've seen your face alreadythat's all that's importantsee that guy in the cornerlooks like a lionhe fights for a livingand he fights like he's dyingyou wanna have bad time tonighttrying sneaking up behind himhe took a dislike to a friend of mine, now i don't even recognise himyou see that girl over thereno, you didn'tand if anyone ever comes askingbout a friend or daughter missingyou just shake your headand send them over my wayi'll make sure that nobody ever comes here asking round againdon't give me that looklike you're your own mani've seen your face alreadythat's all that's importantdon't get any ideaswe're all enemies here
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On the 3rd episode of Jam Mechanics, we cement BUG's legacy forever. This one feels right out of a dream within a dreamJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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----------BUG'S SONGMatt's challenge: Songception
Title: SongLyrics:I just woke up here
I am 7 seconds old
I go in your ears
I am exactly what you told me to be and I
I will never change or mould
At least not for long
You are my dad
I am your song
It’s been 30 seconds now and
Boy feels good to stretch these legs
Pick up the pace and run and jump
And see how far this road’ll take me
Oh hey, what’s that? I found this chord, oh please dad, can we keep it?
You say: song that there’s a minor chord, its only good for somber feelings
So I put it back down where it was
You teach me right from wrong
You are my dad
And I am your song
But look at me, a minute in
And now I’ve found some friends
They back me up, they make me fuller,
Act as perfect complements
And now people keep on stopping me
To tell me what I am
What this sound is all about
And what it means to all of them
I am anguish, I am heartache
I am unbearable to hear
I am closure, I am power,
I am brutally sincere
But dad you never told me I could make these people cry
I thought you brought me here so I could be something they like
You say you didn’t mean it, never wanted this for me, I may not
Be the song you meant to write, but I’m the one they need
The one they need
Sometimes you get it right, even if they take it wrong
You are my dad
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MATT'S SONGBug's Challenge: The song must have the initials B.U.G.Title: Buried Under GaryLyrics:
why do you come here they say
every summer
don't you have anywhere better to be
you arrive with the butterfly weed
blow into town like a cottonwood seed
something's buried under Gary Indiana
something's buried under Gary Indiana
there's blood on the lake shore
keening from the wild
haven't you felt it moving
deep in the soil
so i have coming for years
every summer
cause that's when the symptoms appear
ask your friends bout their prophetic dreams
ask your kids bout the shadows they've seen
seems like everyone but you's got a feeling
something's buried under Gary Indiana
something's buried under Gary Indiana
it'll swallow the steel mills
the lake's gonna boil
haven't you felt it crawling
deep in the soil
something's buried under Gary Indiana
something's buried under Gary Indiana
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On the 2nd episode of Jam Mechanics, we learn a shocking fact about Matt, make the next hit TikTok Dance, and things get a little omnipotent. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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----------BUG'S SONGMatt's challenge: Write the national anthem for the proud nation of Bugtopia
Title: Pledge AllegianceLyrics:If you don’t want to sing this song
Don’t feel compelled just to belong
Obligatory public vows shouldn’t make anybody proud
We don’t believe in faded ink
No shame updating how we think
Let’s circle back, no need to lock our constitution Google Doc
Don’t pledge allegiance to me, I
I’ve got no reason to be right
I’m not your King, I’ve not returned
I’ve got a million things to learn
We’re like a trilogy unwatched
2/3’s abandoned and simply dropped
We’ll never know the end,
I’ll bring the paper and the pen and try again
We’re okay living in the wings
Don’t need attention or what it brings
we’re all content just to let the kings
Fight back and forth over petty things
We’ll plant our flag and hope it grows
And if the cameras come we can strike a pose
If this life’s an anthem of perfect prose
We are the 2nd verse that nobody knows
[Chorus]
And we’ll shimmy to the left, shimmy shimmy to the left
Everybody shimmy shimmy on over to the left
And then we’ll shimmy to left, keep going to the left
It’d be super duper helpful if you’d shimmy to the left
It’d be great if you’d shimmy to left please, thank you
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MATT'S SONGBug's Challenge: Accident?Title: Accident?Lyrics:
i was walking to work day
crossing the street you gotta look both ways i know
but today i just stepped out with my eyes closed
three narrow misses and a screaming driver
i made it safely to the other side and i open my notebook and i write "experiment 9: success" and underline it
yeah i think i'm immortal
the signs are becoming unignorable
it all started a week ago
i woke up with a weird feeling so i did what any reasonable person ought to do
jumped out the window barely caught a sprain
walked on the tracks and tried to stop a train
yeah i think i'm immortal
the signs are becoming unignorable
how else would you explain it
i'm god
i think i always knew
i'm god
you're not that sucks for you
i thought that i was special i guess i was
now all you motherfuckers better pray because i'm god
i'm god
my first commandment is all love songs are now about me
my second commandment is thou shalt not order in food without leaving some aside for me as offering
my third commandment is the workday now starts at 4pm
and finishes at 4.45pm
two days a week
My fourth commandment is the summer will never rise above a pleasant temperature, and i'm scottish so, prepare for cold weather
My fifth commandment is commands are hard to come up with, imma take a break
my sixth commandment is free healthcare for all, sorry, i should have thought of that sooner
my seventh commandment is vampires are real and they're sexyyy
my eighth commandment is we should probably defang the vampires, but i acknowledge that a lot of their sex appeal comes from how dangerous they are so
i dunno
leave that with me
my ninth commandment is no war, no famine, no poverty, no bloodsports, no long layovers, no disappointing endings to novels, no greenhouse gases, no mandatory mailing list signups, no hidden fees, no gods, no masters, no actually scrap that. you didn't write that down did you?
my tenth commandment is the vampires leave you alone unless you consent to be bitten
yeah i think that solves that problem
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On our first episode of Jam Mechanics, we break the ice, introduce ourselves, and tell one of our favorite tour stories. Bug and Matt challenge each other to write a brand new song (from scratch!) in a three-hour window. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:The Narcissist Cookbook
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MATT'S SONGBug's Challenge: Write a song about the four elements. Cannot use the words: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Hot, Wet, Wind, DirtTitle: The World Yet to ComeLyrics:grab my winter coat and leave the door unlockedI'll be back before you know I'm gonecutting through the sidestreets with the alleycatsand missing dogswhispers from the reservoir have kept me upbuzzing lights impersonate the sunmissives from the landfill to the west of townfrozen condensation in my lungsand I will be back when the spell is castI'll breeze through your door with my heart intactthe crystals that form on the inside ofour windows will fracture and come apartI'm waiting I'm waiting for sunthe life of the world yet to come
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BUG'S SONGMatt's challenge: Write a song about this (random) Wikipedia pageTitle: FrancescoLyrics:Franceso is the mayor of a city by the shore itson the southern tip of Italy known for tuna fish and touristshe books a meeting, sends an email, poses for the local paperone more email, has that meeting, off to dinner with his neighborsthat's FrancescoFrancesco, he was named after a saint called Padre Piowho reportedly fought demons, claimed he parlato con dioHe says a prayer, goes to mass, and poses with a little waferone more prayer, one more sip of wine then pranzo with his neighborsthat's FrancescoAnd though he’s not producing miracles or guiding wayward spirits homesI wonder if Francesco thinks about ityeah, I wonder if Francesco thinks about it.But in March of 241 BC the Roman and Phoenician Fleetsbegan a battle in the sea just off the coast of SicilySo many bodies on the beach, they turned it red, now theirs to keepthey built a tower on the hill, passed back and forth through historyThe Romans and Aragonese, the Normans and the Genoesebut now it's ruled by Angelo who runs the gift shop at its feetand now I think about that abandoned fortthe bodies stacked on that bloody shorehow long it took to clear the port 2000 years of tug of warNow long after the Fall of RomeAn office chair usurps the throneA modern mayor scrawls his name onpermits for a loading zoneIt hasn’t always been this wayit hasn’t always been this wayand I wonder if Francesco thinks about ityeah I wonder if Francesco thinks about it
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Jam Mechanics launches on October 23! Get ready for Bug (Bug Hunter) and Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) to challenge each other to insanely specific (or frustratingly general) songwriting challenges every other week!
This excerpt comes from Episode One: Hot Wet Wind Dirt
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