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Baby - Herringbone

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 27: Herringbone 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3 3:56

Beach: It comes to this... near the end. Here is where we hear and see this thing come together... Please read below...

15 herringbone

all in all to lose my ire
this crystal shit, it's burnin' fire
all in all, it's all desire

let it go now
let it go now

don't let your dreams turn to ash
some of these things may come to pass
thru holysmoke or herringbone

let it go now
let it go now

i love you more than anyone
who's on this earth under that sun
in the cosmos or in this house

here we go now
here we go now

it goes something like this shit

if i ramble on anymore
my tongue might fall down to the floor
and slither out thru the door

let it go now
let it go now

and if i go to sleep at nite
and take a pill and hold you tight
i wish i may i dream i might
sing you a song now
sing your song now

it goes something like... shit

on and on
on and on
on and on yeah
let it go now
on and on
on and on
on and on yeah
let it go now
arm in arm
arm in arm
arm in arm yeah
let it go now
arm in arm
arm in arm
arm in arm yeah
let it go now
om and om
om and om
om and om yeah
let it go now
om in om
om in om
om in om yeah...

this song was supposed to be the last of the album but by default 2 more appeared to me. the crystal shit referred to in v1 is a reference to definite cosmic signals being sent to me thruout the making of this album. i realized certain songs that i had written recently and in the past had predicted events that came to pass. the examples (at least 20 or so) were rarely consequential and often as shocking as life and death. i told several people (beach, jen, mom, jessica, pat) about the different examples and some of these peeps were quite taken aback. another overwhelming premonition was that for some reason i wouldn't be making it back home from a then future trip to n.y.. jen and i had a farewell party two days before leaving for n.y. under the guise of an "album completion party". we wanted to see our pals one more time b4 we bit the big one. after the party i gave beach what i jokingly referred to as babs black box. in it was the masters for most of the 41 albums i completed on this earth plus instructions on the finishing of THIS particular bitchwad.

i am presently writing this in n.y.. the date is 9/12/01. i was scheduled to fly home today but all flight in the u.s. is canceled due to the terrorist attack on the united states yesterday. i have a car reserved for tomorrow and if all goes well i will be driving off this island (manhattan) and onto the continent at about 11am. i asked jen to marry me yesterday and she said huh? i mean uh yeah. we are currently trying to keep on keepin' on. i will be emailing this to beach on its completion in a few minutes. ho ho ho...

scarp drums
bab the rest

photo by 3dogsmom

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Baby - You Are Not Alone Jen

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 26: You Are Not Alone Jen 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3 2:53

I've been away for awhile. Sorry about that. We pick up where we left off. The next track. A revisit of a song from before. You Are Not Alone Jen. It's a drepressing track in light of recent developments. For all I know, Jen is alone. I'm not sure.

This album is winding down. I'm looking forward to moving on. I love this album. And I know you do too. But I'm excited because we have so much more for you to hear. Every day will be surprise. I don't know where I'll begin... At the end of Pouquoi, I'm planning on doing a full album cast. Not sure if that's been done before... we'll have to see.

Oh and check out the podcast on Yahoo!'s new Podcast service... Yahoo! Podcasts. I know some folks who worked on it. They should be really happy. It's fine.

14 you are not alone jen

same lyric as 2 cd 1

scarp drums
spoons piano
mouse guitar
bab guitar/ the rest

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Baby - I Accidentally Closed My Eyes

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It's been several days since I've posted. I'm not living up to the mp3 a day. I think part of it has to do with how intense this album is. Going through it day by day, song by song, has brought up a lot of memories and feelings. This song is one of Bab's best. I don't know what he thinks, but it has everything you could ask.
So far ecto is pretty sweet.
12 i accidentally closed my eyes
i.a.c.m.e. 
and saw today had turned tomorrow
and all sunshine had turned to rain
and all music was pain
i.a.c.m.e. 
and saw my body was a yoyo
that couldn't sleep i ain't dreaming
just a walking bozo
i.a.c.m.e.
i.a.c.m.e.
and when it's over it sure as hell aint over
she want more candy and a 4 leaf clover
she go 
sugar shake, sugar sugar shake
sugar shake, sugar sugar shake
sugar shake, sugar sugar shake sugar shake
i.a.c.m.e. 
and saw the day that turned to sorrow
the optimism of youth was only borrowed
i.a.c.m.e.
d$ drums 
spoons chamberlin
bab the rest
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Baby - Laugh About Us

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 23: Laugh About Us 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3 3:15
Track 24: Jen #4 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3... seconds

We're winding this one down today. Pourquoi is starting to make her graceful exit. Today features two songs. Laugh About Us and Jen#4. I think I'm going to make a podcast of the entire album when I'm finished with this here kick off. That should be interesting. I'll call it an albumcast. I'm using ecto to create this post today. I'm still trying to figure out some of the image stuff.

By the way, has anyone had trouble with iTunes podcasts? I can't seem to submit this one, and I've noticed several backed up for days.

11 laugh about us / jen #4
that's right laugh about us
that's right laugh about us
stop coming on bald
cool your boots man
don't get involved in things you couldn't understand
that's right laugh about us
that's right laugh about us
this isn't a game 
stop your bitching 
scratch that itch aren't you ashamed
that's right laugh about us
that's right laugh about us
picture a dream 
a tobacconist store indian
a bunch of clowns stifling their feelings (vacuuming the ceiling)
that's right go on laugh about us (ad infinitum)
d$ drums 
dale backward scream loop
spoons organ 
mouse guitar 
bab guitar/ the rest

Baby - Orgasamoron

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 22: Orgasamoron 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3 3:02

I don't know much about this track. But I like it. Pure pop. Fantastic guitar sound. Sorry about the nigel picture... It makes me laugh like this song does. This reminds me of the biting sarcastic songs Bab and Dale would write back in the day.

9 orgasmoron

there was this guy from japan
he rode a motorscooter
plug in his yap
ants in his pants
like a monkey he would dance
orgasmoron (orgasmanimation)

the disco ball was such a treat
a big bass drum to keep the beat
while the dj
changed records good
under his orb
orgasmoron (orgasmanimation)

there was this guy from japan
he rode a motorscooter
and he would jack in cyberspace

biff drums
chris m. synth left
bab syntheremin right/ the rest

Baby - Orbit The Sound

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 21: Orbit 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3

This song has been floating in space for a while... it found its place with this recording and this album. Here is where it landed. It came from space to your ear. Through the cosmos and in your nose. Penetrating the ancient atoms that make up yr body. boop beep bop. Babby writes a little diddy called Orbit...

8 orbit

white star
burning down the heavens
into a farout sky
so cool
white hot electra
shaking the star scene
earthbound
rocket blast space sound
come on now

i don't need a new satellite
orbiting this empty shell
orbit the sound

everything
you knew before
has lost its luster now
new star
eclipse the sun
and make a heavy scene
earthbound
rocket blast space sound
come on now

baby needs a new direction
to penetrate its empty shell
orbit the sound

gow drums
bab the rest

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Baby - Come Adore

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 20: Come Adore 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3

This is where things change. This song was recorded after they got back. Originally there was a song called Summer Girl here. We'll hear that at a later date.

This is about 9/11. It's about being there. About what and why and who knows what. It's about the crystal shit. It's a release. An explosion of knowing and understanding. It's about how everything has changed. And isn't that fucked up? It's not happening, it's happening... picture in a feeling, all the victims healing... Come Adore...

The new christ is born.

That's all I got.

Baby - Shrink To The Stars

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 19: Shrink To The Stars 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3, 1:53

I'm tired... I'll continue the story later. I'm tired.

6 shrink to the stars

at the bottom of the hill the flamin' jesus' dressed to kill,
leapin' like electric monkeys with the new outrageous sound
like a funky mushroom cloud the jesus' explode on the crowd
and drip teardrops of ear candy, pure manna from above
bip bop beep and pop the snares crack and turntables hop

when the sun goes down
we'll shrink to the stars (2x)

shotgunned with a barrel load powered up to rock and roll
and the jesus' new halos we must worship from afar
and when the shit hits the fan the jesus' gonna rise again

when the shit goes down
when the shit goes down
when the shit goes down
we'll shrink to the stars

d$ drums
bab the rest

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Baby - Go As A Child

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Download: New York Song Cockroach by Baby

Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 17: Go As A Child 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3, 2:15
Track 18: New York Song Cockroach 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3, :33

In the days and weeks leading up to Bab and Jen's trip to NYC things got more intense. Bab was really freaking us out. He was convinced that he would not return. That something terrible would happen during their stay in NYC to prevent them from either returning or living. This meant that he had to finish the album before he left.

We had no idea what he was talking about. He would call Pat and Me and I'm sure others to prepare us for something awful. We thought he was on drugs. We thought he was suicidal. We couldn't understand why a simple trip to New York would cause such a panic. It was bizarre behavior to say the least. But he was Bab, and Bab is different. So we tried to console him as best we could, we even said that maybe he shouldn't go... but he had to go. I mean this was a vacation to the greatest city in the world. It will be fun. There's bands and bars and lights and touristy stuff and history, what could go wrong?

On the day before he left, he had a listening party. He had never done that before. He had just finished the album a few hours earlier and he invited all of the friends over to hear it. It felt like a goodbye party. Everyone was a little uneasy because of what Bab had been saying. But we tried to enjoy ourselves and it was clear just by listening to it, that it was his greatest work to date. That was also frightening to me. I mean what a way to go out! Flame on! I can't express the tension and apprehension that was in the air. I'm sure lots of people were thinking of Dale that night as well. Is this what Bab was planning? Some kind of suicide?

He kept saying that he had no intention of doing that, but he wasn't coming back. He wasn't moving there either. He didn't know what was going to happen, but it probably meant his death.

At the end of the party, Bab gave me a box. It was filled with the master tapes of every album he ever recorded plus instructions on what to do with Pourquoi. He told me where to take a photo for the cover, what to say in the liner notes, how to release it, etc. It was crazy. I kept trying to reassure him. He said that it was probably something to do with a plane. I said that people fly in and out of New York everyday. Nothing happens. Nothing will happen...

He said he knew, and we said goodbye.

On the morning of 9/11 when I heard about what happened. My first thought was of Bab. This is what he meant. It had to be. I thought he was dead.

4 go as a child

trusting none always running to the pain killer mile
go as a child
you saw through opened up your eyes for the first time
go as a child

you came to the day from a bad dream crying
you came to the day from a bad dream crying
it was too vivid
you came as a child

baby to take a leap of faith into this come alive
go as a child

you came to the day from a bad dream crying
you came to the day from a bad dream crying
it was too vivid
you came as a child
you came as a child

baby to take a leap of faith into this come alive
go as a child
go as a child
go as a child

d$ drums/ tamb
spoons organ
bab the rest

5 new york song cockroach (same recording session as 16 & 17)

my kind of town
streets are real brown
the sun's going down on you (3x)

it is 6:50 am, 9/12/01. the manhattan morning is broken by the first of many sirens to come on this post apocalyptic airplane disaster day. as much as i dislike all bastions of excess, greed, pollution, crime, garbage, etc..., vis a vis cities, i must admit the applers came thru with gold stars all around yesterday. if this had happened in some other civilized burg such as l.a., there would have been rape, pillage, carnage, and the possible beginning of the end. the plastic people these apples were not. i only saw 2 people still working on their tan. tinsletown would have had enuf mayhem from the overflow in the tanning salons alone to start the implosion. new york song cockroach was written on arrival to the house that ruth built. it was a semi-mocking jolson, mermanesque jibe at the horror known as metropolis. the sun coming down on you. may it not.

bab

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Baby - Ergo Call Me Nitrus

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Artist: Baby 
Album: Pourquoi Liquoi Sisz Boom Ba!
Track 16: Ergo Call Me Nitrus 160 kbps 44kHz Stereo MP3, 2:51

This could explain all the visions Bab was having...

3 ergo call me nitrous

ergo
ergo
with my big balloon the party was a gas
suck it like a teat spoiled little baby
fall to the floor then crawl for more more more more
feel like a dweeb then i laugh

ergo call me nitrous oh
ergo i'm a gas oh

bust out the horns they gonna go toot
they gonna sound real good they gonna come in right now
like jessco just a huffin' gasoline man
gonna be a blast they gonna drive me

ergo call me nitrous oh
ergo i'm a gas oh

ergo
ergo

d$ drums
spoons horn arrangement
bab the rest

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