Tripecac - Ourboretum

I guess I considered this song background when I created it. I still think it's pretty boring. In fact, it's very boring! In fact, this is exactly the sort of song that Coma Pill tried to expunge from the Tripecac vocabulary. So much for progress, eh?

I don't know why I called this one "green". Perhaps winter was ending? I worked on it for two days in 2003, and didn't have to add much in 2005; my main additions were the koto and bongos, with which I tried to give the song a more "organic" feel.

I think the song is named after the phone company rather than the race, since it's not very speedy! There's actually two parts: a short, slow, semi-annoying groove in the beginning, and then a longer, simpler, peppier jam section. The segue between the two sections is so quiet that it's almost as if this were two separate songs. To give the track some closure, I ended the second section with part of the first groove. If you think this description is long-winded and clunky, just wait until you hear the song!

I guess I paid my taxes the day I started this mellow jam. I finished it on Valentine's Day 2005. I wish I had something insightful to say about the song, but IMO it's pretty nondescript. My favorite bit is the clav solo, which is unfortunately mixed a little soft.

I'd just gotten back from a ski trip, and discovered that my favorite spoon had been lost while I was gone. I spent several hours looking for it, but never found it. Creatively, this song feels a bit lost too, as if I'm retreading old ground while trying to get somewhere more inspiring.

I started this trancy, krautrocky jam on the same day I started "Lost". Its name is short for "Another"; perhaps I was trying to sound German? There's a mini-climax about four minutes in; I could have extended it but decided to finish the song on the same day I finished "Lost".

I think I named this after I saw someone glued to the TV. We eliminated TV soon after. My productivity has soared ever since! In 2005 I improvised the lyrics, which are about addiction.

"Hello, beautiful!" Or, "Goodbye, beautiful!" Thumpity thumpity thump, it's back to the Coma Pill thumpity thump. So much for subtlety thumpity thump. At least it's thumpity thump short!

This song's title has a couple meanings. For one, I started it on April Fool's Day 2003. Also, sometimes I feel like people think I am a fool, even when I'm being serious and strategic. I finished this song very quickly (in about an hour).

This started as a piano-only ditty. I think I was forcing myself to practice my fingering and/or composing technique. In 2005 I added the other parts. Since the melody is so cheesy, I kept it short.

This song certainly has some punch to it at times, but seems a bit rambly overall. It was originally drowned in muddy reverb; I lightened it a bit but it still sounds soupy. My favorite bit is the jamming towards the end, which is mostly from 2005.

I think someone was in a bad mood when I started this, and my consolation (to myself or that person) was that it wouldn't last long. Unfortunately, this song does last long; wayyyy too long! Given the title, you might think it's a fist-pounding, foot-stomping, door-slamming powerfest. Ha! Instead, you're suckered into a slow, sappy snore-a-thon, with sloppy strings, a meek melody, and muddy mixing. It's laboriously long, lethargic, and... well... lame. The only shining light is the climax at around the 5 minute point. It gives you hope for a second, but then the song descends back into its boringness.

I guess it was raining the day I started this. Since this is the last song I started in April 2003, I decided to make it the last song on the album. There were about 10 minutes left to fill, so I made this really long. Hopefully it didn't end up too boring! I try to end albums on a positive note, no pun intended!

This is a very short, instrumental version of "Glued". It focuses on the organ solo which was buried under the vocals in the "real" version.