Trex - Kim 1 (1988)

  1. Red Joy [2:39] 1987-12-?? - 1988-01-03
  2. Barricade [1:27] 1987-12-31 - 1988-01-03
  3. Doltish Sonnet [5:21] 1987-12-31 - 1988-01-03
  4. Listen Moses [1:50] 1987-12-?? - 1988-01-03
  5. Family Interlude [0:24] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  6. Bad Notes Are Bad [2:31] 1987-12-?? - 1988-01-03
  7. Last Minute Switch [2:30] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  8. Cat Jumping on a Piano [0:46] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  9. First Side Summary [0:12] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  10. Old Song Medley [8:46] 1983-??-?? - 1988-01-03
  11. Medley Summary [0:17] 1988-??-?? - 1988-01-03
  12. Poor Escape [9:32] 1987-11-29 - 1988-01-03
  13. ULS (2) [3:37] 1985-??-?? - 1988-01-03
  14. 12 Bar [2:58] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  15. Poetry Medley [4:43] 1987-10-06 - 1988-01-03
  16. Morbid Poetry for School [6:12] 1987-05-06 - 1988-01-03
  17. Carrot Tree Intro [0:18] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  18. Carrot Tree [7:23] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  19. Chompy Chatter [1:24] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  20. Just Stupid [4:40] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  21. Gutter Intro [0:50] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  22. Gutter Guitar [3:52] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  23. Sample Chatter [2:43] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  24. Drums Like Guns [3:11] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03
  25. Sunday Outro [0:21] 1988-01-03 - 1988-01-03

This was the first batch of songs that I sent to my cousin Kim. I recorded them all on 1988-01-03 (a Sunday). It's a hit-and-miss (and miss) mix of piano, keyboard, acoustic guitar, and vocals.

The lyrics repeatedly focus on death. As a strange, sad coincidence, my grandfather passed away on the day that I put these songs online (2007-10-19). His passing made me think of how much he and I experienced in the 19 years since I recorded these songs. It also made me thankful that I've kept on creating music and documenting my life, so that when I eventually disappear, there will be a huge body of "work" (more like "play") for people to explore. They'll hear more from me when I'm gone than when I was alive. Cheery thought, huh?

The original tape cover says:

Garbage from Travis

It's not the best quality tape, but then again it's not the best quality music.

On the accompanying liner notes:

I hope (but doubt) that you will enjoy listening to these (some are actually ok) and all except "12 Bar" I made up myself! But please don't record over them or erase them - they'll become valuable in a few years - just like antiques!

Here are scans of the original cover and liner notes:

Kim 1 - original tape cover Kim 1 - tape notes (front) Kim 1 - tape notes (back)

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