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Track List

# title lyrics time download listen started recorded rating
1 Losers lyrics 3:39 - - - 2007-09-19
2 Matriarch lyrics 10:41 download listen locally - 2007-09-19
3 Friday at Last lyrics 2:37 download listen locally - 2007-09-21
4 Can't Polish a What lyrics 6:18 download listen locally - 2007-09-21
5 No Need lyrics 4:33 - - - 2007-09-21
6 Morning Evening lyrics 6:40 download listen locally - 2007-09-26
7 No Waving lyrics 7:47 download listen locally - 2007-09-26
8 Blogur Ballad lyrics 4:02 download listen locally - 2007-09-28
9 Blogur Filler - 0:37 download listen locally - 2007-09-28
10 Lullabee lyrics 6:47 download listen locally - 2007-09-28
11 Third Marathon lyrics 4:11 download listen locally - 2007-10-01
12 Marathon Reprise lyrics 1:39 download listen locally - 2007-10-01
13 Between IMs lyrics 3:41 download listen locally - 2007-10-03
14 Potato Larva Intro lyrics 1:09 download listen locally - 2007-10-03
15 Potato Larva lyrics 6:01 download listen locally - 2007-10-03
16 Stagnating lyrics 3:56 - - - 2007-10-04
17 Stagnated lyrics 1:28 download listen locally - 2007-10-04
Total 75:46 play all locally album rating:

Notes

We've finally reached the fall of 2007, the last leg of the marathon year for Trex. Unfortunately, the music shows very little progress relative to the spring, indicating that the 2 song (a day) rule doesn't guarantee greatness.

Songs

Losers

Because this is so mean (though honest), I'm just gonna censor it. Not a great start to the album!

Lyrics to "Losers":


          

Matriarch

This one is named after one of G's old bosses. It's kinda mean, and marginally funny. Since she (or anyone for that matter) is highly unlikely to be listening to this I'll leave it uncensored.

Lyrics to "Matriarch":

19th september 2007
matriarch
this is the second song of the day therefore the last

the matriarch wanted to run things for a day
the matriarch always wanted things to go her way
the matriarch wanted to be the queen bee
the matriarch doesn't get very close to me

thank god that i don't have first hand knowledge of

the matriarch her name begins with a k
the matriarch her son is jail today

the matriarch considers herself a model mother
but the matriarch is a bit uneducated and i say

why can't darwin take his hand to her
like he did to the lazy crazy family or at least he should
why won't darwin just exterminate them
'cause i don't ever want to face them

the matriarch regarded herself as a queen
to run the company was her lifelong dream
she considered herself superior to all her underlings
but what she didn't know was that she was a rhinoscerous idiot

the matriarch her name starts with k
pathy no gathy no rathy no you can take a guess

the matriarch she taught me how to play the guitar
she said you gotta strum with this hands and with the other hands
  you move your fingers it's as simple as that
she had limited intelligence and to this day she thinks she's the s---
but you know i just think she's a little bit of an idiot

her name starts with k and rhymes with pathy
i really have no impression of her that is positive
i think she is so ugly
the matriarch can suck my cocker spaniel

the matriarch is a retarded ugly troll
and she has her talons in the coffee cups
of everybody that works around her

everybody works around her
everybody works around her
they gotta give her a wide berth
'cause her butt is built like a mack truck
eating all the chocolates every single week
snarfing down the donuts every single week

i think she is weak
i think she is weak
i think she is weak and a fat a-- too

i am not impressed with her as you
i am not as impressed with her as i am to you
as i am to you as i am to you as i am to you as i am to you ...

the matriarch doesn't deserve the 5 minutes that i'm giving her right now
well fortunately the song i am devoting to her isn't very good
she's not gonna live long
she's not gonna live very long in the memories of trex fans
she's not gonna dwell very long in the memories of trex fans
maybe i am sabotaging the song for the sake of the trex fans
maybe i am sabotaging her song for the sake of every woman and man
of every woman and man 
of every woman and man 
she is a woman and man
she is a woman and man

she looks more like a man
she's got the boobs of a woman but the butt of a man 
and she's a maternal rhinoscerous cerous cerous cerous cerous cerous...
hippopatamus amus amus amus amus amus

got a butt like a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus
stepped off the short yellow bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus
she got a butt like a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus
she got a butt like a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus

i can't do this

she's got a butt like a bus a bus

my ear's buzzing

stepped off the short yellow bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus
she got a butt like a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus 
her brain is full of rust a rust a rust a rust a rust
stepped off the short yellow bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus 

her butt is too big for the bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus 
her butt is too big for the bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus 
her butt is too big for the bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus 
her butt is too big for the bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus

and her name starts with k
and her name starts with k
i give you 3 guesses today
and her name rhymes with pathy

she got a butt like a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus 
the brain of a hippopatamus amus amus amus amus amus
she got the brain of a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus a bus
and her brain is full of pus of pus of pus of pus of pus of pus

she eats half her meals on sofas
half her meals on sofas sofas sofas sofas sofas sofas sofas
she's too big for sofas sofas sofas sofas sofas sofas
she likes to make a fuss a fuss a fuss a fuss a fuss a fuss a fuss 

the matriarch is a hippopatamus amus amus amus amus amus amus
the matriarch is a mass a mass a mass a mass a mass of pus
the matriarch is a mass a mass a mass a mass a mass of pus
interesting as the trail on sumas sumas sumas sumas sumas sumas

i guess that's it for today
i hope to end this in a positive way
but that is what i gotta say
hey hey
that was pathetic 
par for the course 
  

Friday at Last

Noisy, doesn't really get going. Well, at least it's not offensive.

Lyrics to "Friday at Last":

it is the 21 of september 2007

hey hey hey hey 

[scat]

so it's friday at last
i hope this awful week is past
it's friday at last
tonight is movie time

yuck
  

Can't Polish a What

Not much here. Just multiple versions of the same creatively limited song idea.

Lyrics to "Can't Polish a What":

all right this is a dumb little song

hey

don't give the lyrics a second chance
don't give them a second try
do not give them a second chance chance
just keep them inside

you suck at lyrics travis
you cannot playing and sing at the same time time

[scat]

maybe some day i'll be able to play that smoothly but not today
same song this is just part poo
  

No Need

The unplanned (and unsanctioned) third song of the ended up the best. There's profanity here but IMO it's not that offensive.

Lyrics to "No Need":

you do not need to digitize this

so travis you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
travis you do not need to digitize this
travis you do not need to digitize this

travis travis travis travis

you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digi travis

hey travis
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this

hey travis
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this

travis
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize everything you play

hey travis
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize everything f---ing note you play

travis
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize everything f - - - i n g note you play

you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize every f---ing note you play

travis
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize every note you play

  [repeat several times]

travis
you do not need to digitize this
you don't need to digitize this
certainly don't need to digitize every note you play

so spare us
come on don't digitize this
you do not need to digitize this
you do not need to digitize every note you play

so travis
please don't digitize this
please don't do it
please don't do it no way

that was the 3rd song the illicit 3rd song of the day
if you can't think of a better title for that thing just call it no need
bye bye
  

Morning Evening

This starts as a boring instrumental, and just gets worse when the dumb vocals start.

Lyrics to "Morning Evening":

today is the 26th of september

i spend every morning moaning
i spend every evening evening

i spend every morning moaning
i spend every evening evening
i spend every morning moaning
i spend every evening evening

and i moan and i even 
and i moan and i even all day long
and i moan and i even 
and i even moaning even steven

i spend every morning 
[scat]

i spend every morning moaning and moaning
i spend every evening odding and evening

this is the tale of a mathemetician ha ha ha
this is the tale of a mathemetician 

this is the tale of a mathemetician 
who spends all his mornings moaning
and his evenings odding and evening
he spends his mornings drinking beer

and in the evening he does his math problems
evening he does his math problems
evening he does his math problems
evening he does his math ???

moaning he has his alcohol problems
and in the evening he has math problems
and in the evening evening he has his math problems
and in the morning he's got his alcohol problems

do you get the joke
you know it's a mathemetician who is like bored
he's depressed so he drinks
he does his math problems in the evening
that's when he's odding and evening
and in the morning then he drinks too much
he's hungover in the morning his moaning
in the morning his moaning
in the evening he's evening
get it

or you can think about it being something like this

in the morning he is distressed 
'cause his thinking is in a mess
and he spends all day organizing it
and by the time evening it

he is evening it out
evening his thoughts out
so in the evening he is evening he is evening
man

you get it
???
it is a
depressed mathematician
and he's so depressed and i cannot say
what he is gonna to himself today
all right whatever
it is a morning alcoholic ???
[scat]

it's too hot 
i can't do it
  

No Waving

Drony and repetitious, but kinda bouncy at times. Clearly referencing Sonic Youth.

The lyrics make fun of the no wave scene. Not that I know anything about it. Or about how to play a guitar.

Lyrics to "No Waving":

2nd and last song for 2007-09-26

yes today i listened to sonic youth good deluxe cd first time
there were some really bad songs on there
lots of feedback
one was called something and something else
it was just feedback but it sort of throbbed which was kinda cool
i'm gonna mimic sonic youth now
just pretend like you're in a club and this is brilliant

[scat]

???
???
???
you gotta song
not ???
it's not a ???
???
you gotta get a wall of sound
gotta get a noise if you want the no wave groupies around

gotta get yourself a wall of sound
if you want the no wave groupies around
wall of sound

we are the no wave youth
disaffected youth
the no wave youth
disaffected youth

we're the teeny bopper goths
and microwave socks
and ???
???

grunge grunge grunge grunge
hey grunge grunge grunge grunge

???
???
???
it's ok

making bad mistakes
it's the coolest thing
??? mistake
but it's ok

'cause this is proto grunge
we're in a funk

if you make a mistake
it's ok
if i make a mistake
it's ok 'cause it's no wave

if i rape a chick
it's ok
if a chickie rape
edit

[scat]

???

if i make a mistake
it's ok
if i make a mistake
it's ok

if i make a mistake
it's ok
'cause it's no wave
'cause it's no wave ha ha

one more time

if i make a mistake
it's ok 
if i make a mistake
it's ok 

it's no wave
it's no wave
it's no wave
it's no wave

that's my sonic youth imitation
  

Blogur Ballad

A birthday present never delivered. I wonder why.

This song suffers from warble. And a lot else.

Lyrics to "Blogur Ballad":

all right it's 28th september 2007
beth's birthday
just call this blogur ballad

i'm my wrist 'cause it's hurting
the ogre sat on my wrist

it's just my whole arm is sore

b l o g u r

hey

ugh
  

Blogur Filler

Short instrumental end-of-tape filler.

Lullabee

Kinda painful and cheesy.

Lyrics to "Lullabee":

2nd and final song of 28th of september 2007
this is one is gonna be called lullabee
l u l l a b e e lullabee
 
so we sing a lullaby to the bee
gotta gotta say goodbye to me
sing a lullaby to the bee
say goodbye to me

say a lullaby to the bee
say a lullaby to me
gotta say a lullaby to the bee
say hello to me

say a lullaby to the bee
say a lullaby to the bee
say the lullaby make me honey
little bee

sing a lullaby to the bee
sing a lullaby to the bee
sing a lullaby to me
make honey for me

i sing a lullaby to the bee
i sing a lullaby to the bee
you gotta sing a lullaby to me
if you want it to make you honey
if you want it to make you honey

sing a lullaby to the bee
sing a lullaby to the bee
sing a lullaby to the bee
to the bee

the chords are really dumb
they are just
edit

sing a lullaby to the bee
sing a lullaby to the bee
you sing a lullaby to the bee
if you want honey for you and me

sing a lullaby for the bee
gotta sing a lullaby for the bee
gotta sing a lullaby for the bee
if you want it to make us sweet honey
if you want it to make us sweet honey
if you wanna eat sweet honey
if you wanna drink sweet honey
if you wanna be my honey
if you wanna be my bunny
if you wanna see my money
if you wanna be my honey bunny bunny

if you wanna sing a lullaby for the bee
if you got a lullaby for me
if you wanna sing a lullaby for the bee
just to make me happy

if you sing a lullaby for the bee
if you sing a lullaby for the bee
if you sing a lullaby for the bee
just to make me happy
just to make me happy
just to make me happy
everybody ???

you gotta dance with the bee
you gotta dance with the bee
you gotta dance with the bee

that was like the stupidest chord progression ever
  

Third Marathon

Journalesque account of the most recent marathon.

Lyrics to "Third Marathon":

1st of october 2007

i did a marathon
i didn't wear a thong
i did a marathon
i didn't wear a thong

but i wore boots
and they killed my feet
i wore boots

oh god i hate it

yesterday i did my 3rd marathon of the year
yesterday i did my 3rd
yesterday i did my 3rd marathon of the year
yesterday i did my 3rd marathon of the year

it was 30 miles 
and it wasn't smiles
it was really hard 
'cause i was wearing boots

i did a marathon
and i wasn't a thong
i did a marathon
i wasn't a thong

i jogged down mount baker highway
or actually i should say up
it seems like it's mostly uphill
as you head away from the coast

jog to mile 10
add that another 5 for downtown bellingham
and everything connecting my house to mount baker highway

marathon 
i did a marathon
i didn't wear a thong
no i didn't wear a thong

it was raining
it was raining
it was raining
cats and dogs cats and dogs

on my marathon
i did a marathon
i didn't wear a thong
i didn't wear a thong on my marathon

by the end of it i was in tears
if i had my cell phone i fear 
i would have given in to the temptation 
to call her

and get picked up 
and get picked up 
it makes me feel so choked up
just to think of getting picked up 

on my third marathon of 2007
my third marathon of 2007

it was a marathon
actually like 30 miles
it was a marathon
and it was hardly any smiles

oh i'm so sore today
oh i had my fun and now i'll pay
oh it consumed most of the day
oh but i'm happy in a kinda of way

that i did my marathon
my third marathon
i didn't wear a thong
i didn't wear a thong
i didn't wear a thong

no no no no no

gosh enjoy editing that one travis
  

Marathon Reprise

No new ideas here. Sounds like a reprise of the last song.

Lyrics to "Marathon Reprise":

marathon

that's it
that was the 2nd and final of october 1st
i've very
i'm incredibly sore
bye bye
   

Between IMs

This has a cool groove, but the dopey lyrics kinda ruin it. Was I saying "bms" or "pms"? I'll assume the former, since the latter makes no sense.

Lyrics to "Between IMs":

3rd of october 2007
i am between ims

i am between ims
between am and pm
i am between ims
and i am between bms

between ims
you are between bms
i am between ims
i am between bms

i am between ims
you are between bms
you are between ims
we are between bms

working day
work this way
working day
work this way

this is the working day
how can we work this way
working day
how can we work this way

i am between ims
you are between bms
i am between ims
we are between ims

this is working day
how can we work this way
this is our working day
how can we work this way

this is our working day
how can we work this way
this is our working day
how can we work this work this way
  

Potato Larva Intro

Yet another noisy improv which doesn't quite get going.

Lyrics to "Potato Larva Intro":

in the interest of getting back to work 
i'm not gonna actually plan this next song
i'm just gonna hit a button 
i'm gonna start playing
and's the name of this one's potato larva

once upon a time there lived a potato larva in the forest
in the forest

that was not potato larva
that was the awful awful intro to it
  

Potato Larva

The "real" song starts off even worse than the intro. Fortunately, once some lyrics get going it improves. A little. This is actually edited down quite a bit.

There's a dash of profanity near the end, but it's not like anyone is gonna listen to this.

Lyrics to "Potato Larva":

this is potato larva

 there's a potato larva beetle crawling on my wall
if i mash it with a tissue it's likely to fall

this is all in the interest of returning to work fast

potato larva

potato larva
where did you come from
why are you crawling on my wall

i didn't call you into my bedroom
and now you're staring at my girlfriend
potato carpet larva

larva carpet potato
why you sprouting those eyes at me
dandelion soups aren't good enough for you eh
now you have to get in the carefresh

potato larva
potato larva
potato larva
potato larva

we all wondered if there was gonna be a day
when the potato larvas would come again our way
now the carpet larvas are eating the potato larvas
now the vacuum larvas are sweeping up the carpet larvas

broom larvas are fighting the vacuum larvas
the broom larvas are fighting the vacuum larvas
the broom larvas are sweeping up the vacuum larvas
i guess the broom larvas are sweeping up the vacuum larvas

it's a war

the broom larvas are sweeping up the vacuum larvas

the broom larvas are sweeping up the vacuum larvas
ah inconsistent chords

this doesn't deserve to be digitized
the slimy carpet beetles don't deserve their lives

the napkin is their coffin
the toilet is their tomb
smash the f---ing larva
that there's crawling on the wal of my room

f---ing larva meet their doom
carpet larva meet their doom
carpet larva in my room
potato larva broom larva vacuum larva

gotta
gotta remember to vacuum larva

that was horrible
  

Stagnating

Staightforward banging. Pretty steady, but not much of interest.

Censored for crudeness.

Lyrics to "Stagnating":

october 4

i'm afraid to tell you 
i think tripecac is stagnating
but i've gotta be honest with you
feels like m--------ing

oh what am i we gonna do
oh what are we gonna do

[scat]

that was bad
  

Stagnated

Short, quiet, boring instrumental.

Lyrics to "Stagnated":

that's it for today
obeying the 2 song  rule
the only way i can possibly keep these tapes short enough 
not to drive myself insane