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OLD MIKE 2018

by Ape School

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1.
Ball Me With the Mall Eye 02:47
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high since seventeen Ball me with the mall eye Grey since thirty three are we all a lie high since seventeen A real life die by 83 A real life
2.
Brain Hurts, Pain Hurts, Shame WORKS! 01:53
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Valentine, do you really want to live that way? The day goes by The pain blows by She wants to be She wants to see She wants to rip the lungs right outta me Your brain hurts, your pain hurts. But, the shame WORKS!
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Nary a Sight and Less Sound 02:35
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In the garden of England Nary a sight and less sound We're impossibly malignant Nary a sight, I'm so sorry I'm so sorry!
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Hypocrite Gravy 02:46
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I don't be complicit in a grift, I don't wanna sell sunshine I don't wanna lick the brimstone, baby I don't wanna get rubbed right I don't wanna be the first one on the blimp! I don't wanna drink the hypocrite gravy Gonna wanna drink blood tonight I don't wanna be the last one on the ship! You will land where you're thrown At the end of the road, plucked from the middle of the line And the hand in the sky in the corner of your eye? THOSE FINGERS ARE MINE!
5.
Big Boy 02:07
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(big boy's dad) BIG BOY! GET YOURSELF TOGETHER, BE A BIG BOY! GET YOURSELF A JOB AND BE A BIG BOY! MAYBE YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF A BIG GIRL! (big boy's friends) MAYBE YOU IDENTIFY AS NONE OF THE ABOVE? LET'S JUST STOP COMPLAINING, GLUE OUR MOUTHS SHUT, LEARN TO LISTEN, LEARN TO LOVE. (big boy's inner voice) i'll stop complaining, i swear i will if you do too. (big boy's ego, after consideration) I CHANGED MY MIND! I WILL COMPLAIN UNTIL I DIE! COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN
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Born A Moron 02:58
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Born an idiot one winter's night Moron stars high in the sky Born a moron but i try Moron live and moron die Born dumb but wholesome Born dumb, wholesome, still so sloppy What? you think it doesn’t matter? You could put it in the batter And ya strap it in the saddle for me It’s only piece of mind We can do it on my time and yo clean up all the splatter for me stumbled into battle Some are kind some are cattle Can ya fry up all the latter for me but the burden of a brain brings the fear brings the pain Can you take it out erase it for me Raised as a moron And I’ve got a feeling that you all were too Am I right is it true? The question for us now is what should we do?

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This is my usable output from 2018. I began this record when I moved to a new home with an inhabitable basement. The previous owner (in glorious South Philly style) had it rewired to support his weed growing/gun selling business. Pristine, humless power. After the SWAT team showed up, the house was repossessed and my family were later the beneficiaries.

After the dark emotional turn of Death is Messy, i am quite happy that my absurdity gene is still intact. Most of these parts do not repeat themselves, and hooks abound. When i get an idea boiling in my head, I go downstairs and puke it into the microphone. I'm very happy with this new reality, and anticipate more fruitful days ahead. Thanks for listening, and happy new year. One can only hope that this is the year we destroy cartoon reality and return to our normal creeping dread. So let it be written, so let it be fun.

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released December 24, 2018

Composed, produced and performed by Michael Johnson in BIG MIKE'S RAVE DUNGEON except:
Simon Martinez - Electric guitar on "Big Boy"
Zane Shields - Drums on "Nary a Sight and Less Sound"

field recordings:
SEPTA concourse - Philadelphia, PA
Fireworks show - Roanoke, VA
Waterfall - West Shokan, NY
Slaps and claps and boings - Planet Fart
Drums - Iphone at Ape School (adjacent to Planet Fart)

Mastered by Jacob Folk

Ingredients -
ARP 2600, ARP Odyssey, Oberheim Matrix-6, Sequential Circuits Prophet-600, Korg MS-10, Fender Rhodes, Critter and Guitari Pocket Piano, G&L SC-2, G&L SB-2, Ampeg Gemini, Martin DC-16, So much Eventide garbage it'll make ya puke!

COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN COMPLAIN

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Ape School Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

I make music. Some gets released on big labels. Some never gets released. This is my solo stuff. The first LP came out on Ninja Tune in 2009. The second retired itself and shan't exist. The third, "Junior Violence", Came out on Hometapes in 2012. I am getting older and angrier, & my audio regurgitation disease shows no signs of improvement. Tis an addiction. Hope you enjoy the noises that result. ... more

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