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Hardships on the Loose Coast

by James Goode

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1.
Light Socket 02:14
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Stick your finger in a light socket Stick your finger in a light socket Stick your finger in a light socket Stick your finger in a light socket Stick your ear in a light socket (Ear) Stick your elbow in a light socket (Elbow) Stick your eye in a light socket (Eye) Stick your finger in a light socket (Finger) Stick your knuckle in a light socket (Knuckle) Stick your lips in a light socket (Lips) Stick your nipple in a light socket (Nipple) Stick your nose in a light socket (Nose) Stick your finger in a light socket (Vagina) (Penis) Stick your finger in a light socket (Ankle) (Pinky) Stick your finger in a light socket (Tongue) (Thumb) Stick your finger in a light socket (Ass) (Cheek)
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Lost Wax 03:57
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Lost wax Your fingertips streak red opaque The light trails strobe the cartridge Gently brush the Bakelite Lost wax Translucent lids in cycles Oscillations, wow and flutters To the music’s BPM Lost wax The grooves so deep, so luscious A delicious invocation That the needle never skips Lost wax Look up from your life envelope Through fragile windows of glassine You’ve made an impression The power of suggestion It’s not merely physical or mental It’s transcendental Lost Wax I stick a wick inside my body I don’t fight it I just light it And I turn to grey Lost Wax Burns through my skin From deep within The aftershocks and tremors   Linger for days Lost Wax A distant echo I can hear it I don’t fear it And it’s all been overdubbed Overplayed Lost Wax The smoke and heat Have made us obsolete But we were never Really here anyway We’ve cracked the foundation A standing mutation It’s more than just ornamental It’s transcendental You’ve made an impression The power of suggestion You’ve made an impression The power of suggestion You’ve made an impression The power of suggestion You’ve made an impression
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Palmettos/Ergot Vaporetto/Our Mellifluous Organ 10:59
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Ergot Vaporetto ------------------ Ergot vaporetto Across The tumescent lagoon Wet cobblestone Hot glass is blown And brass Tarnishes too soon Ergot vaporetto I’ll be wearing a manganese vest It can be difficult to navigate This vertiginous burlesque Ergot vaporetto Adenoids and rust Useless pillow Open face molds Stagnant, volcanic Glazed In a Dutch mustard yellow Ergot vaporetto All around us The city is crumbling The streets Inexorably sinking The sewers Sucking and mumbling Run your fingers along the arsenal wall Handfuls of warm, brown salt crystals fall Run your fingers along the arsenal wall Handfuls of warm, brown salt crystals fall Ergot vaporetto Penecillium Roquefort Cheese growths in feedback Seaweeds creep upon the outer bank Spread the canal Unlock and breach the flank Run your fingers along the arsenal wall Handfuls of warm, brown salt crystals fall Run your fingers along the arsenal wall Handfuls of warm, brown salt crystals fall ------------------------- Our Mellifluous Organ ------------------------- This pale façade conceals myriad secrets Its convolutions cannot be undone Hydraulics siphoning oil to the surface Between the layers, they sandwich the sun The spurts of growth are explosive, dynamic Eyes glimpse the movement with fishbowl effect In every corner, repeating the pattern The circulation’s the largest one yet Our mellifluous organ Spills not a drop Fauna! Flora! How do you make this thing stop? Proprioceptive and tactile Rapidly swelling with pride The volume can’t measure The transient pressure And fill up the spaces inside Proprioceptive and tactile Rapidly swelling with pride The volume can’t measure The transient pressure And fill up the spaces inside Contrary to what you might expect Inner sanctum to mitigate the bends Here, nitrogen is added to your soil To wick the oil upon which we depend Our mellifluous organ Spills not a drop Fauna! Flora! How do you make this thing stop?
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Ubiquitous Humours 03:24
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Hardships on the Loose Coast 06:19
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Hardships on the Loose Coast ----------------------------------- Smoking cracks Smoking cracks Smoking cracks On the no floor, greased pole elevator Smoking joints Smoking joints Smoking joints in the crepitus bath Pining for varsity days Elevator lubricator Clawfoot bathtub, subway tiles Elevator lubricator Clawfoot bathtub, subway tiles Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Loose cracks Loose cracks Loose cracks in skylights Where the sidewalk never ends Loose joints Loose joints Loose joints Lick my lips and take my temperature Leaden glass, the asphalt line Crucifix thermometer Leaden glass, the asphalt line Crucifix thermometer Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Stiff cracks Stiff cracks Stiffs crack legal scalping At the Hairline Amputheater Stiff joints Stiff joints Stiffs joint as the blue-green fog Rolls over mica streets Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast Hardships on the loose coast
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A Surge of Endorphins 05:28
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Laughing Matter/Wet Bell Bottoms 12:05
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Laughing Matter ------------------ Redacted pages Patents pending Reveal the trafficked organs We’ve been sending Taken from dying soldiers On the battlefield Rich, illicit harvest Under covert shield Once the higher functions Are terminated Our work is done The rest is gathered and cremated No metal coffins No letters to next of kin There’s no accounting for our sins Laughing matter No laughing matter Laughing matter When no one’s around Laughing matter It must be contagious An earthquake of laughter Erupts from the ground These hot, behemoth, swollen limbs They flop like grunions at high tide On pins and needles rolls my carcass Integument crawls into focus And magnifies As we flush all our fears away Exoskeletons forming What was dead, now grows, day by day Glaciers melt, waters warming Fully stock the aquarium With extravagant species Nervous systems and nourishment From what used to be feces Laughing matter No laughing matter Laughing matter When no one’s around Laughing matter It must be contagious An earthquake of laughter Erupts from the ground These hot, behemoth, swollen limbs They flop like grunions at high tide On pins and needles rolls my carcass Integument crawls into focus And sees The curvature Of the Earth And of our spines For what it’s worth Ankylosing Spondylitis Molten core Deep down inside us Malaria Bubonic plague The cause is obvious Its outcome, vague Multiple colons punctuate Mist-shrouded jungles of apprehension Laughing matter No laughing matter Laughing matter When no one’s around Laughing matter It must be contagious An earthquake of laughter Erupts from the ground

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released March 4, 2021

Music and lyrics by James Goode except Lost Wax (Goode/Goode); Ubiquitous Humours (Goode/McKinnon); A Surge of Endorphins (Goode/Powell); and Wet Bell Bottoms (Goode/Stegall).

Produced by James Goode.

James Goode: vocals, keyboards, bass, guitar, tapes, electronics, Stylophone, slide whistle, artificial larynx, drum machine, drum programming, percussion
Christopher Fleeger: vocals, electronics (Light Socket)
Joe Z. Armin: guitar (Light Socket)
Zachary Goode: vocals (Lost Wax)
Thomas Scandura: drums (Our Mellifluous Organ)
Bär McKinnon: saxophone, flute (Ubiquitous Humours)
Roger Powell: melodica (A Surge of Endorphins)
Nick Castro: guitar (A Surge of Endorphins)
Miles Stegall: drums (Laughing Matter/Wet Bell Bottoms)

Christopher, Joe, Zachary, and Bär recorded their parts remotely.

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James Goode Berkeley, California

James Goode has performed and/or recorded with John Dieterich, Shelley Hirsch, Bill Horist, Bär McKinnon, Roger Powell, Greg Saunier, Ches Smith, Trey Spruance, Gregg Turkington, William Winant, and many others. Since 1992, he’s worked with Coalinga group Faxed Head (as "Fifth Head"), adding extreme tape manipulations and electronics to their already over-the-top sound. ... more

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