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Recording Lake Superior

by Joseph Airport

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1.
Three cheers for 400 Blue chips and charity huddles 404 Wage Not Found One man’s plan is disassembled Lend me your ears Don’t you slip through the cracks Or underestimate Sow the earth with folly Allow me to demonstrate Eyes out for Founding Fathers And all those on the lam Lighting up the TV stations Lend me your ears
2.
Next time you get the spins And you’re struggling just to keep it in Stomach looped in a slipknot Lurching toward the cul-de-sac Neighbors wonder if you’re coming back Took a trolley to the last stop To meet a young Holden Caulfield stereotype He’s older than me He’s got way more acne But if you see a blue door Why would you paint it black? And drunks grease the wheels with bile And very thin blood With troubles With trials They make the world go ’round
3.
I’m a jukebox man Hard shell filled up with songs Every tune you love Sounding in my blood I’m a jukebox, man Broken pitchers all outtasite This clientele doesn’t make demands Just sitting on their hands Inhaling jam bands With the jukebox man The jukebox man can All styles genres and eras represented It’s in the jukebox, man
4.
Party now, study later It’s a real deal in the offing and In the practice Praimed for the afterverse The doffing of the free verse For the invisible hand Of the format’s demands And the pleasures of prosody’s freeholds Party now, study later
5.
Vladimirror 02:43
She stared in terror at Antiterra Breaking spells for a momentary diversion He asked for succor (Maybe get luckier) Sucking up to the Old Monsignor Van Veen’s propensity drawn to Ada’s density Villa Venus satiated: the temporal tactiles Cold quick twitch of chrome Scintillating mirrordome Tells of the time when Vladimir smiled
6.
Silver Tiger 02:07
PHYLLIS: I wouldn’t worry about that That’s how much I appreciate her She was great She’d be a very Very good asset for you I mean as a single mom With three kids ... JANE: I’m not going to be that kind of mom PHYLLIS: Friends of the family We choose To fill certain roles JANE: He has that mom Making potions Making comments Damaged or destroyed YOUNG JANE: Used to always come to my house We’re concerned with not losing our people That’s the number-one thing PHYLLIS: Minimum volume commitment For now is Silver tiger
7.
French bread yes But they’re trying to sweat us Red tomato best Never wanted to fête us Vinaigrette Leaching vinegar trails But the cuisine fails As your pallor pales My friend it’s nice But you won’t want To do it twice Black lettuce In the gut Like an oily knife Vinaigrette Couldn’t even get it right I’m in a taxi To the clinic Paper sack on my knee
8.
The good news is I’m here for a day The bad news is I might be there too But only if you need it for emergencies Only if you’re on the TV I have no messages But I’ll pick up some On the way home Down that lonely road Custody won’t happen If you stop taking it Only if you’re on the TV Find someone quickly The report is ready Before the ink dries and We’ll find ways to agree Only if you’re on the TV
9.
Come to me my crew Gather round me mates For the object of our chase Presents itself in spades We the pirate crew Parts greater than our sum Turn wine to sunshine baby Raise your chalice of fine spiced rum For the corsairs are circling brothers Dreadnoughts alerted to our coordinate We’ll stand to the dawn Accept our annihilation with grace And a chalice of fine spiced rum
10.
Mind Sweeper 00:31
Instrumental
11.
Stoned Witch 02:03
Come to your sensei Hocus Pocahontas She’s terribly fetching How did she get so wretched? I put in a call to Grass, Rudy He’s an Internet Ph.D Couldn’t reverse the charges Sampled the royal weed We need a hi-fi/lo-fi Mid-fi compromise That culminates with your Acquisition of the World Music Jampak brother Recall the days When Kinga was fast And she ran them down She’s one cold Indian
12.
Lacrosse dresser Put the biscuit in the basket Sling it in the net Sweat is what you get Lacrosse dresser It’s cool to be unknown The field starts to swelter Paging Coach Morelta! Beat the feet to the cleat Lacrosse dresser’s looking pretty neat
13.
I. Shorting Henderson Someone else Patio blind Your photo Come on guys Everybody’s mad at me The chicken’s not done The Milky Way’s stale And she’s still sad about the whole thing Would you rather fly with diamonds or be unconscious? Joe Woods knows Only two things You have to eat And you have to shit it Coming back home Tuesday afternoon That’s what you have To look forward to I’m shorting Henderson II. She Also Hates Wheat She hates the soil She also hates wheat She’s no Mother Nature Suckling mankind at her teat No— She hates the grind She also hates treats She’s bucking humanity’s trends Preparing her will for the end Would you rather be unconscious or fly with diamonds? She felt the bite She got a little cranky Here on the banks Of the mighty Olentangy She can’t abide shellfish She also hates wheat She’s exploring avenues and Laying plans for your demise and Her retreat Would you rather be unconscious or fly with diamonds?
14.
She’s such a technical Clinical cyclical icicle With a paisley folio teaser She’s such a S.M.O.B. Double truck tiara blind spot Don’t despair— The letter has been signed They’re going out of their minds A contemplative apple And barbwire spaghetti Revisit my hed until you’re blind Frozen by the passion wilter They’re going out of their minds Revisit my hed until you’re blind Frozen by the passion wilter
15.
Incandescent locomotive time Clickety-clack can you dig? Irregulated at the parting time Understated at the parking meter Misunderstandable engineer Blazed engineer Fucking with the brakeman “Tut-tut tsk-tsk” chides the conductor Fired up for the coal tender Sucking whiskey on a three-day bender It’s far more expertise than you can conjure up
16.
I. Micromance I might rethink this then I heard you predicted a cold time My guess is Big Month Tuesday Could have been avoided We conserved some .ppt time Surprised we were here I didn’t realize my name was taken Completely out of context Don’t know if they got under the role Couldn’t even make it to the gate II. My Old Lady’s A Baby My old lady’s such a baby Always cryin’ Telling me lately That times have changed That my mind’s Not good enough Telling me lately My old lady’s such a baby III. The Half-Life Of Lust In the middle years of our lives Almost close enough to touch Game just not able Touching hands at the kitchen table Let’s grow old together Follow me to the pier Where the dark clouds gather Darling do not shed a tear IV. My Baby’s An Old Lady All of a sudden I’ve noticed Years had all flown by My baby’s an old lady She takes her old man in stride Picking a flower for his lapel Placing a cool hand on his brow My baby’s an old lady
17.
I’m flying again New model old navy Hip flask of Daddy’s special water Your lips are a live wire Let’s get ready to stumble Congratulations to the Science Olympians— Or did I jump the gun? But if I had an airplane I’d be there ’Cause she’s a brain And she’s a looker She wants to know If color rocks amaze you If I had an airplane I’d be there

credits

released December 8, 2015

All songs by Joseph Airport
© 2015 Tsunami Patrol Music

Jereme Sanborn: Guitars, keyboards, percussion, words
Matthew Cutter: Vocals, words
Ben Penry: Guitars, bass, drums, keyboards
Joe Patterson: Guitars
Jason Short: Drums
Blake Stenning: Bass, keyboard

Tyler Schmall: Percussion on “Lend Me Your Ears”
Suzanne Turner: Vocals on “The Half-Life Of Lust”

Recorded and mixed at Joseph Airport
Except tracks 1, 2 and 17 mixed by Erik Schmall

Edited and sequenced by Robert Pollard
Mastered by Erik Schmall
Layout by Joe Patterson and Matthew Cutter

Cover photo, “Static Line Jumper,” by Drew Rosenberg
Back cover block print, “Shaman Noodles,” by Vincent Williams

Special Thanks: Bob, Rockathon, Gotta Groove, Shonda, Maureen, Liz, The BBTs, Suzanne, Erik, Tyler, Derl, Vince, Carly, Gary Smith, Dave Davies, Ralph, Harry, Smug Brothers, Big Baby, Girls of the Big 10, Chinese Lantern, Stokely Carmichael, Chauncey Moorhouse, Quincy Coldwater, you

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"Vector 23 is full of driving post-punk ... Bowie-inflected art rock ... and, at least to one listener, shades of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd." —MAGNET Magazine

"... An eccentric, zany little album whose catchy tunes and peculiar lyrics can put a grin on your face." —The Fire Note
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