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8​-​Mile Blowout At Hot Wheel City

by Joseph Airport

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1.
In the suburbs of bizarro Minnesota Lived a self-identifying nerve nerd Who bakes the synonym buns For whimsical bake sales Welcome to the terminal moraine Where your frigiderriere’s Not conjured by a wizard in the sky And winter is a worthy Opponent to the sun Leon Sphinx shot the hawk Perched on the barbwire Fence around my heart In dense phonological neighborhoods We’re fairly somnambulant On deserted avenues Where the phonemes that you use Aren’t conjured by a wizard in the sky
2.
He’s a gem of a man Ben Pens, ready to slam He’s up for a jam If your lady will countenance that He’s got both feet on the earth Mustache apparent since birth Recording tunes in the basement Identifying tracks for displacement He’s a gem of a man Rocking when he can Blasting down barriers Laughing hilarious
3.
Give me a sky burial When it's my time to die Feed me to the sky Where raptor's beak Scrapes sinew from bone In a sky burial This holy ground Too rocky for graves These predatory birds Transmigrate me home In a sky burial The psychopomps' rules Soul filled with jewels The holy man's chillum Enlightens all fools When it's my time to fly Give me the tools
4.
The stars, their ghosts, the moon Transfixed to the mountaintop Pledged unlimited funding today Most we’ll see in 7 years The stars, their ghosts, the moon The bodies wander the orbit Clanging their chains in the weft Of the woof on its transit The stars, their ghosts and the moon Let loose with the cup and the spoon It’s like a dr(e)am Our ghosts making out on the moon The stars, their ghosts and the moon Going viral and going real soon It’s like a dr(e)am Our ghosts redeemed on the moon The stars, their ghosts, the moon Transfixed to the mountaintop Pledged unlimited funding today Most we’ll see in 7 years
5.
Moonfish 00:25
Moonfish Cool silver whitefish Skimming in ripples Bubbling tipples Fish of the moon O my love
6.
Safe and warm In the mound Center of attention Man of the hour Southpaw sensation Safe in the mound He doesn’t want to come out So the manager surgeons Extract him From the mound He doesn’t want to come out
7.
Instrumental
8.
Surreal killer on the moor Shetland hound hires a dish A Cubist cigar in the shape of a Luminous anger Psychedelic banger A shade of lime green that tastes Suspiciously of lies Why can’t I understand the guy Who lists the benefits of being high? Elixirs and lotions Immunity potions Pursuing the wall to somehow get the rent Penning the hogs that austerity sent To your living room To your mind To your chamber To your surreal killer Why can’t I understand the guy Who kills the residents of Panoply?
9.
Smashmouth superstar Chop block to the ankles Eyes gone wide You could see the arc was broken When it left his hand They canceled the motorcade 8-mile blowout at Hot Wheel City Aviators and earpieces We could see the route not taken When it left his hand Fingertips gripped the laces When it left his hand All routes cut to signifiers Slide rules refused to Light up the faces When it left his hand
10.
Baldridge 01:19
I should make this happen To avoid the exhaustion Of kicking myself In the ass repeatedly Out of gas seemingly It’s the idea of driving To the hills alone That’s so non-appealing Got a feeling solitude Take it with salt grain Suss it with coffee cigarette You are so candy coated My sugar throated Autumn girl

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"Joseph Airport Records' inaugural film takes you on a journey through time and imagination. The band stars in an extended-play program that may very well include a concept for you to identify and manipulate."

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released January 19, 2016

"Joseph Airport in 8-Mile Blowout At Hot Wheel City"
All songs by Joseph Airport
©2015 Tsunami Patrol Music

Jereme Sanborn: Guitar, keyboard, percussion, words
Matthew Cutter: Vocals, words
Ben Penry: Guitar, keyboard, percussion, trumpet
Joe Patterson: Guitar
Jason Short: Drums
Blake Stenning: Bass

Derl: Guitar, bass, percussion on "Sky Burial"
Bettie Penry: Marimba on "Stars, Ghosts, Moon"

Recorded and mixed at Joseph Airport
Except tracks 1 and 3 mixed by Derl
Lovingly fucked with by Derl in Dayton, Ohio

Cover photo by Helen Williams circa 1979

Thanks to the people of Ferndale, Michigan

LET IT CROOST

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Joseph Airport Cincinnati, Ohio

"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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