| 1 high (j cogburn) mp3 i had tried to write a rock opera about a guy from space who came to earth to write a dissertation about dostoevsky's the idiot and instead ended up mind-melded with the mid 70's iggy pop. this song is all that survived the project. 2 papa legba (j cogburn) mp3 "papa legba" is on of the main lao in voodo. worshipers implore him to "ride your horse" prior to being possessed. this song rocks my socks! the opening lyrics came to me when karynne brought her pet snake zim to class. 3 continuing saga of mary (j cogburn) mp3 some people who hate our band still like this song. i've written a bunch like it. so there. 4 she said (music- jcogburn & e ward; lyrics- j cogburn) mp3 this song is about humbert humbert's victim. the chord progression in the break is lifted from the song "little man" written by myself and eric ward for our industrial/metal band "seems green." eric is a prince among men 5 the robot (j cogburn) mp3 doomed to live out the rest of my life as a scarred cybog, i am now more machine than man. actually, katy said we should write a song about robots and this is it. it also rocks my socks! 6 fall (j cogburn) mp3 the production on this is bordering on manhattan transfer level squareness, but it's a great song. completely romantic! 7 thirteen bridges (j cogburn) mp3 this song is about the professional wrestler "the undertaker," whose brother owns the ranch next to my brother and lauri's place in rural texas. I PETTED THE UNDERTAKER'S BROTHER'S GOATS! 8 when jesus was a boy (j cogburn) mp3 in the early post-classical world, hundreds of thousands of people killed each other in fights over the nature of jesus' divinity. 9 nicessus (j cogburn) mp3 nicessus is the main character in one of laurell k. hamilton's excellent series of novels. 10 little black goat (music- j cogburn; lyrics- j cogburn & e beck cogburn) mp3 this is a great song is about death. 11 girl in hell (j cogburn) mp3 the vocals not projected enough and also too forward in the mix. great song though. |