Limited edition run of 100 (Unless you guys rapidly convince me otherwise! You read that right....CASSETTE!!! Pressed through NYC's own Cryptic Carousel.
The tapes will come with download cards and you'll still get to download the album to all of your favorite devices, but this album just felt musically and aesthetically like it belonged on something odd and nostalgic and a little old school. Plus, let's be honest you don't primarily really use your CD's beyond a download anyway and I needed something quirky and physically enticing! This is my first cassette release and it will be a limited run so pick them up now, only 100 available!!
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An adopted narrative based on a "joke" from Alan Moore's The Watchmen. Even the most outwardly stable have inner chaos. The conflict of those who are morally mum whether or not share lessons that they learned in confidence (a sort of trolley problem). A reminder to be careful not to assume you are privy to solutions for others just as you should be wary about assuming you don't hold keys to your own issues.
lyrics
It's been several decades
that I've been a therapist to date
What's that you say?
Oh my most memorable case?
To answer,
there isn't an effort to be made!
Yes I guess it would seem strange...
it was an unprecedented patient
who solely saw me for a segment of a day!
I recall being connected and engaged,
immediately impressed by the exchange,
embedded in recesses of my brain
where it's perpetually stayed
in cerebral crevices engraved,
His expression was so grave,
(I'll take it's memory to the same)
it validates and emulates the famed
the life imitates art etc. cliche
Oh I'm violating a confidence
God forgive the error of my ways can
I justify it as there just might be
a necessary lesson to be taken?
Nothing's black and white,
Never easy fixes
much to our surprise
we're our own elixir,
nothing's as perceived
when we feel confusion
easier to give than receive
advice, we might be our solution
Oh I'm violating a confidence
God forgive the error of my ways can
I justify it as there just might be
a necessary lesson to be taken?
You could technically label him a “walk in”
though more it was a stumble
I offered him a smile, chair and question
“what's the trouble?”
his face bore familiar signs of a struggle
pockmarks bored complexion
deepened lines sunken sleepless eyes, subtle
bleach-white salt seeped inside his stubble.
Accent had thick undertones European to the utmost,
He sat next to my vast desk with slumped shoulders,
poor posture.
Before he unloaded dirty laundry warned me:
“little I can afford doctor”
Cordially assured him:
“this is more a service than a business,
for now forgo the financial burden of the visit
later we'll work out payment,
first the symptoms, let me listen.”
He thanked me languidly, smile turning to a grimace
explained he's been pained to paint a purpose of existence
he's a traveling artist, lately work feels like a gimmick
it's a joke, he's anguished at the world, it is so vicious!
Despite the crowds, solitude discouraged him and distanced
he pressed on, depressed for close to thirty minutes,
if the world's a stage, he's wishing
to close the curtains and be finished
flushed and sweating, blushing red
he paused and caught his breath
he observed me sternly like a critic,
I presumed I knew his solution,
it turns out I surely didn't.
Nothing's black and white
never easy fixes
much to our surprise
we're our own elixir
nothing's as perceived
when you feel confusion
easier to give than receive
advice, we might be our solution
Oh I'm violating a confidence
God forgive the error of my ways can
I justify it as there just might be
a necessary lesson to be taken?
After that emphatic monologue we sat tacit,
melodramatic sure of course I empathized as is my job
I thought and concocted my best advice to solve
the tragic state of mind in which he's caught.
“It might seem odd as you're nomadic,
perhaps the answer's a change,
get off the stage, have some entertaining interaction!
I know! Yes that's it! There's a traveling circus in town,
the show the perfect distraction get immersed in the crowd,
animals exotic, impossibly strong men,cannons bursting men out!
The popcorn, the hotdogs, the music is loud,
the colors, the action, the mirth and the sounds!
Main attraction is fantastic, I heard it's a clown,
Pagliacci across the world he's renowned,
the man will have you laughing, belly aching, knee slapping
the exact thing to pick you up when hurt and down!”
That's when my visitor gasped,
“but doctor!” he stopped me dead,
started sobbing, responding
“I'm lost my friend” with an ambiance of dread
“you see, I perform in the tent,
I'm the Pagliacci you referenced”
I dropped my jaw, he dropped his head
into his palms and promptly wept.
Nothings black and white
never easy fixes
much to our surprise
we're our own elixir
nothing's as perceived
when you feel confusion
easier to give than receive
advice, we might be our solution
Oh I'm violating a confidence!
God forgive the error of my ways!
can I justify it as there just might be
a necessary lesson to be taken?
Left-field rapper, slam poet, singer/songwriter, and author Bruce Pandolfo from Long Island.
Creating to connect. Obsessively exploring and creating art as healing and growing.
Deeply vivid/introspective lyrics populate this ambitious folk rock project. The arrangements span from mellow/minimal to rocking and grandiose. Consistently emotive, unique and sincere. Brilliance. AllOne
Progressive yet punk, aggro yet emotional. One of my favorite bands from Long Island and doing everything they can to live up to their name, raising money for causes and making badass music, AllOne
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I have been listening to variations of this album a long time. I remember I was living in a cardboard dumpster when some young guy was like yo dude it's gonna rain come crash on my couch. He played The Many Faces of Oliver Hart for me. I fell in love, I set my favorite track as Rain because we looped it when the rain came. That was one of the early acts of kindness I received in the nearly 20 years I've been homeless. @NomadRoamsFree