Ten Cents Each

Couple of new tunes coming soon, week or so each, I think.
Still "demo" types, simple, no leads, etc, but each unique in its own way, I think.
About a dozen in the holding pattern right now.

AGB in Bowling Green, about 1980. No bullet holes, so probably not Three Brothers... not the Slime..., er, Limelight Lounge....maybe Harold Kitchens basement bar (complete with sliding board entrance) on Morgantown Road?
You can see the ceiling tiles being lifted by our volume levels. Seriously!
I want to redo an AGB song for about every ten new pieces.
Slippin' Off the Beam is first.
More drum space, more of that Spanish guitar riff, synth....

A song from the past. We plan to revamp this wonderful 5:4 drum song.
So, yeah, this is a demo, too.
Hi Art, Larry, John, and Kermit.

"Slippin" Arthur Gregory Band"Slippin"Copy Right 1981 Arthur Gregory BandAll Rights ReservedUsed With Permission

The origin of our name.
The old Smokey Pig Bar B Q building was quite the joint.
That's a compliment, by the way.
High praise.
As I recall, myself, Stick, and Mesinick were having lunch there one day.
As we are eating, we watch a customer ask the guy behind the counter, Rink, to get him a pickle out of the big jar.
The jar had an old taped on card that read "Pickles 10¢ each or two for a quarter."
Reflecting upon this, the old customer said, "Tell you what Rink, I'll take two."
I'm thinking movie scene...

We are looking for critical feedback on this demo we just released.
The lyrics and basic tune are pretty well fixed.
Key can change, style can change, intros, breaks, and the ending can change, and in fact, are planned. Along with other instrumentation, musicians instead of digital sampling, etc, etc.
We just don't have those resources.
Yet.
The question is then, is this song capable of being put into a band/studio environment, with intros, breaks, leads, and skilled musician input, and be a winner?
We hear something and think so.
But we're biased.
Thanks
Greg and Rae

Here you go everyone! Our first song demo is up now. 😄

"Tin Roof" Demo Ten Cents Each™"Tin Roof"Publisher: Or Two For A Quarter™Directed: R. Alexander© 2023 Ten Cents Each™ All Rights ReservedASCAP

We hope to have our first song dropping soon. Keep an eye out for the link!

I've been trying to write some stories, articles, and such, having a terrible time.
First, I don't write, I compose.
And it takes fu***ng forever.
Just a little while ago, I trashed some stuff because, no matter the subject, everything ends up reading like a song.
Weird.

My first album

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AZNywvF-s

Dog walking services by BBC (Butter Butt Camel, not the fu***ng English beeb!)
Anyway, dogs walked, $10,000 per dog, per hour. Plus ammunition.
Payment in advance.

RUFUS THOMAS - Walking the Dog (1965) The first Hit of the great singer and showman

My dad's parents died when I was quite young, so my memories are limited.
One of my fondest was dancing for them, listening to this man sing...
Put Chubby Checker in the Hall of Fame!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xbK0C9AYMd8

Chubby Checker - The Twist Chubby Checker - The Twist

Bat s**t crazy, yesterday and today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxi5VOYKOY

John Birch Paranoid Blues {Live at Town Hall 1963} - Elston Gunn Live at Town Hall April 1963

Listening to CCR, Bad Moon, Fortunate Son, and it reminds me.
Trump, the current version of the GOP, the nationalism and religious fervour gripping America and the world...whose to blame?
The music industry!
Where are the 60's and 70's protest songs?
That's right, big money, big business, and no soul.
I need to put my mouth where the microphone is.

As some may know, my past includes inside information and contacts at the White House.
Unknown to many, today, the secret service thwarted a murder/suicide in the Oval Office.
The President, upon learning that he could not pardon himself, tried to get the VP to go along with a plan whereby Trump would resign and Pence, now assuming the role of President, would pardon Trump.
When Pence refused to go along with the plan, Trump, now outraged, grabbed a pistol and held it to his own head.
Pence, nervously started laughing.
Trump said "Don't laugh. You're next!"
At least that's what the janitor told me....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dhdOPhTHeoE
Happy 39 Alex.
Miss you.

Birthday (Remastered 2009) Provided to YouTube by Universal Music GroupBirthday (Remastered 2009) · The BeatlesThe Beatles℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universa...

As this most remarkable year draws to a close, I suggest that we all focus upon the true meaning of the season: winter solstice.
One year ends, another begins, on solstice at midnight.
So...
Bluto: "My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.
Otter: Better listen to him, Flounder. He’s pre-med."

And don't forget w**d!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U4F0rT0F6OQ
I have to thank Bo**ie Shelton for introducing me to Zappa.
WTF? I believe was my reaction, and honestly, it hasn't changed much.

Zappa - Official Trailer Follow Zappa https://twitter.com/zappamovie https://www.instagram.com/zappamovie/ https://www.facebook.com/ZappaMovie/ With unfettered access to the Zappa fa...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=n6RoOwSKI7M

Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye Original Na Na Na Na Hey Hey Hey Goodbye Original! Made by me!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NkwJ-g0iJ6w

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now "The Midnight Show", 1973

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EYi5aW1GdUU

Bob Marley- don't worry about a thing "Bob Marley & The Wailers-Three Little Birds (Album Version)", Звукозапись правообладатель: UMG

https://m.youtube.com/watch/cWGE9Gi0bB0
Godspeed Judy Lynn

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How to pronounce things.
A tutorial.
Pall Mall popped up the other day and got me started.
Pronounced "pell mell".
Why?
Thames. Tems? Bloody English (country, not language).
Versailles. Ver sigh. Bloody French (language, not people).
Or in Kentucky, it's "ver sails". Definitely the people.
For instance, Bear Wallow. Pronounced "Bear Waller", like a hollow, only pronounced "holler".
But my grandfather was named Waller.
Not spelled "Wallow". Spelled "Waller".
And pronounced Waller, too.
How odd? No, he was my uncle, but that's for another day...
Of course Louisville, Louis (lew-ee) ville (vil) is as often as not pronounced Lou vul.
"Hello, King Lou, how's it hanging there in Ver-sails?"
In fact, some time back, on a drive there, a couple of us argued at length, is it Lou vul or Lou ee vil?
We agreed to ask a local to settle it, and stopped for gas and a burger in town.
I asked the fellow behind the counter "How do you correctly pronounce the name of this place?"
He said "burger king".
Honest

"The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me 'til I'm sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There's someone in my head but it's not me

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes
I'll see you on the dark side of the moon"

"There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened."

So...everything is behind schedule.
You know what that means?
Yep. Story time!
About 1987, Evansville airport, icing conditions, winter, that dull Indiana gray sky that makes you dream of the Caribbean....
A Cessna Caravan lands and comes over to our 1920's era hangar (yes, I flew. My first love).
Aerial patrol (in that beast?) for ma bell, traffic is dead (ice?), so let the bull begin.
Super, super guy flying. "Coker" was what he went by. Still have a deck of cards with his name on them, right beside the AT&T logo (when I asked for a card, I got a deck).
He was a former Stones roadie.
I know, right?
The story, in short (too late, I know, f**k you), revolved around the meaning of "blow a fifty amp fuse". His name was Coker. He flew. He was crew support for the Stones tour.....
You guessed it. He was the electrician and supplied fuses.
The end.

A fine gentleman I have come to know on-line, Paul Kavanagh, has offered up the phrase "Scottish Tory 6 chip t**t" for use as a song title.
I'm doing my part for Scottish Independence.
What did you expect from a band named Butter Butt Camel?
Fringe, here we come!

Screen saver kicks on and Alexa suggests "play smooth jazz", so I did.
Al Jarreau, George Benson, Chuck Mangione, Grover Washington, Sade...such happy nostalgia....that music just flows like no other.
Masterful.

Trying to upload data from a hotspot and failing (again), getting inspiration from Donovan, thinking back to the handful of "mints" James Pedigo gave me in 1970, trying to remember a movie quote.
Ah, this one:
"Kirk : [Explaining Spock's odd behavior] Oh, him? He's harmless. Back in the sixties, he was part of the free speech movement at Berkeley. I think he did a little too much LDS."
And then I notice it:
Several of the helpful links say Shatner said it wrong and is an idiot, or LDS was about a religious group, or another example of a script mistake, or.....
I'd better simplify some of my lyrics if people are really this fu***ng stupid. Holy s**t.

Dr. Gillian Taylor : LDS?

100 YEARS AGO - "The total number of casualties in World War I, was around 40 million. There were 20 million deaths & 21 million wounded; half military personnel, half civilians.

While it’s unlikely that the “Spanish Flu” originated in Spain, scientists are still unsure of its source. France, China and Britain have all been suggested as the potential birthplace of the virus, as has the United States, where the first known case was reported at a military base in Kansas on March 11, 1918. Researchers have also conducted extensive studies on the remains of victims of the pandemic, but they have yet to discover why the strain that ravaged the world in 1918 was so lethal. It infected a third of the world's population and killed between 50 and 100 million.

The 1918-1920 flu pandemic came in three major waves. After the first wave in the US, the virus subsided, and Americans were restless to have businesses reopened and for social life to resume.

There was a growing movement to stop wearing masks, which had become ubiquitous - so much so that The Anti-Mask League of 1919 was formed. These were protests from those who thought the public health ordinance violated their liberty.

The virus came back with a vengeance in the fall and was much deadlier than the first wave, eventually killing more than 675,000 Americans and killing between 50 and 100 million of the 500 million it infected worldwide before it was over.

This was before mass vaccination, before the electron microscope; this is the tragedy of herd immunity and stubborn ignorance.

Viruses aren't political; they don't care about theories or speculations. They're unthinking parasites only wanting to replicate and use your body as a host.

SOURCES.

https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-pandemic-h1n1.html

https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurgence

https://twitter.com/Supermantibody/status/1265786257424211970

I forgot how to record a song, then Roger Cadle popped into my head.
Duh!
Sure, I remembered to not record effects, etc, etc, keep it clean, yadda, yadda, but I forgot to record pieces and assemble them.
Roger did it with 2 inch, I have Avid.
This first tune may have over 100 tracks, and it's simple.
But it's moving along, finally.
Thanks Roger.

My wife is my greatest inspiration.
She just told me what to write a song about.
Ok, I'm exaggerating.
A lot.
But still, "In Memory of Elizaboth Reed" blasted in my ears the minute she came up with a great idea: take an old headstone dropped into the dirt beside a buggy trail beside our home nearly 100 years ago and make a Pokemon Go site with it.
Very reverent.
Wait till you hear the story of how and why a headstone and footstone ended up beside this road in that dirt.
Yes, alcohol was involved.

Awakened (like a nightly alarm I can't shut off) by another bad dream at 2:58.
Thank you Bernie Taupin and Elton John and to all of the artists who bring light to darkness, as I first play your music in my mind, then online.
"...thank god my music's still alive"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=80_39eAx3z8

thank you Stephen Stills.

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I can't fiddle while the world burns.
Blackout Tuesday.