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Psst! Hey, buddy! Want to see some fantasticulous
video clips from the upcoming PopCanon suckumentary? Sure you do!
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Amazingly, we have a January 2006 update! Below are the last two new songs PopCanon ever recorded, plus a great recently-unearthed live song, two remixes of ArtHole, and a string quartet version of Ice On The Sidewalk!: |
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The Zorn Medley
an ass-rocking version of PC playing two fast John
Zorn / Naked City instrumental numbers, with the Rev. Mason Wendell as
Guest Eye; recorded live at NYC's Spiral Lounge, 7 March 2000 |
pc_zornmedley.mp3 (4150K) |
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(sample excerpt: 'I may not have gone to some fancy art school, but if you ask me, you people wouldn't know real beauty if it was outside in the parking lot taking a crap on all your cars ... which, by the way, it is just seconds away from doing!' |
arthole_gmix.mp3 (3284K) |
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ArtHole - censored! what's
the point of this bowlderdized version, which removes the apparently 'offensive'
word 'asshole'? did we really think that we would get AIRPLAY with this
song? |
arthole_censored.mp3 (2461K) |
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Ice On The Sidewalk - now with strings!
Dave played and recorded this demo version with one of his many NYC
combos, using the colorful Ned/Dave/Alyson string & horn arrangement |
icystrings.mp3 (2491K) |
The last two studio songs, post-d'art but NOT post-awesome: |
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| Do You? Alyson's rocking, intense and long song about sexual fire | doyou.mp3 (6080K) |
| Train's In Trouble we don't really know what this one is about, but it's fun | trains.mp3 (2820K) |
Songs from PopCanon's final album d'art (1999): |
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| Things About Which the hit single/grammar lesson that's just waiting to happen | things.mp3 (3395K) |
| Impossible it's got a good beat and you can dance to it, in Wonderland | impossible.mp3 (3055K) |
| See You a somewhat earnest song about, as always, lack of faith | seeyou.mp3 (2795K) |
| Arthole (I'm An Artist and You're An Asshole) what many people think PopCanon thinks about many people | arthole.mp3 (2707K) |
| Make Reference namechecks beloved philosophers Heidegger, Wittgenstein and the Fresh Prince | reference.mp3 (3238K) |
| Mina Loy true artrock about the writer/painter/sculptor/poet feminist icon | minaloy.mp3 (3755K) |
| Owed To a Weasel an insightful number about an old boss | weasel.mp3 (2985K) |
| Hey Hey Hey (We're A Klezmer Band!) sing along, won't you? | heyheyhey.mp3 (3055K) |
| Ballyhoo commissioned by the U. of Montevallo (AL) Philosophy Club for their annual debate Faith v. Reason (guess which side we're on!) | ballyhoo.mp3 (2905K) |
| I've Got a Theory what to do after you've left your old life behind | theory.mp3 (2165K) |
| Ironica don's 'funk' song that 'really' rocks | ironica.mp3 (3223K) |
| CaliMariAchi inspired after a fashion by Eugene Chadbourne's Insect & Western Party | calimariachi.mp3 (2905K) |
| Lights Out a ballad, albeit one that mentions the Misfits | lightsout.mp3 (4041K) |
| The Composition: Brainstroll prog rock, but in a good way; you know, like with an electric sitar? | brainstroll.mp3 (5601K) |
Songs from Pricksongs & Descants (1999), our unusual 'b-sides' companion album to d'art: |
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| Little Green Men it's fun and also has bars of 7/4 for no good reason | lgm_new.mp3 (2120K) |
| Cult of Mary she's pretty and she's got a good personality | cultofmary.mp3 (1870K) |
| Silly Putty an old favorite left off of Kingdom | sillyputty.mp3 (2140K) |
| Tin Can almost-ska, about Pere Ubu's visionary David Thomas | tincan.mp3 (2633K) |
| Double Jointed sub-Steely Dan jazz-rocking | doublejointed.mp3 (2510K) |
| Penis Envy alyson's clever couple-skate song, plus Moltar! | penisenvy.mp3 (3710K) |
| El Gordo a good recording of this silly crowd favorite | elgordo.mp3 (2500K) |
| The Shower Song a love song by Dave's old pal Kent Brown | showersong.mp3 (1950K) |
| Suitcase another old favorite left off of Kingdom | suitcase.mp3 (2650K) |
| I'm So Squeaky in loving tribute to our pals Squeaky | imsosqueaky.mp3 (2840K) |
| I Stole A Mantra '99 the psychotic Patches McKinney remix | mantra99.mp3 (3130K) |
| Parking Garage neo-doo-wop, recorded live in Roto's garage! | parkinggarage.mp3 (4300K) |
| Heretofore secret bonus tracks, too!
Two versions of the great Squeeze song |
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Songs from our tribute CD EP PopCanon Covers It Up (1998): |
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| Snell (Squeaky) they don't play it anymore because our version rocks! | snell.mp3 (3483K) |
| War Machine (The Great Big New Ones) fuck you, you broke my heart | warmachine.mp3 (4384K) |
| Curse of Clang our loving tribute, now digitally edited for your enjoyment | old_clang.mp3 (3718K) |
| Thank You God (Clang) isn't it ironic? | thankyougod.mp3 (3718K) |
| Bitch/Dysfunctional Riot Grrrl (Plaid Girl/Causey Way) six bass tracks! | bitch.mp3 (3718K) |
| Give It Up for the Percussionist our unloving tribute to Gville's Sister Hazel | percussionist.mp3 (4642K) |
| The Hungry Wolf a secret bonus track of the great X song! | pcwolf.mp3 (3122K) |
Songs from our amazing first CD The Kingdom of Idiot Rock (1997, remastered and reissued in 1999) : |
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| PopCanon Fight Song the dramatic saga of our rise to fame and glory | fight.mp3 (2831K) |
| Ice On The Sidewalk a mystical pop song centered in Birmingham AL | ice.mp3 (2627K) |
| Merimble is it about nothing, or about several bands? Jump on the 9! | merimble.mp3 (2104K) |
| Wanda Tinasky retells the story of Thomas Pynchon's alter ego | wanda.mp3 (3041K) |
| The Reason a rock rant on the evils of disorganized religion | reason.mp3 (3164K) |
| Valentine's Day love = a man, a woman and her brother, too | vday.mp3 (2472K) |
| René René humble lovesong to philosopher/mathematician René Descartes | rene.mp3 (3796K) |
| Fishbee Island the old man's tale #666 -- you know, for kids? | fishbee.mp3 (3757K) |
| Bloomsday about reading James Joyce, and an actual crucifixion | bloomsday.mp3 (2555K) |
| Labyrinths jazzy tribute to the Argentinian genius Jorge Luis Borges | labyrinths.mp3 (4253K) |
| Too Many Mikes isn't that always the case? | mikes.mp3 (2578K) |
| CODE NAME: Snossage about the devil, in the guise of Primus | snossage.mp3 (3155K) |
| Treasure Of The Temple dissatisfied pop inspired by Umberto Eco | treasure.mp3 (2507K) |
| Robert Coover Brown University's Hypertext Hotel is frustrating, no? | coover.mp3 (3140K) |
| The Curse of Clang in loving tribute to the phenomenal Tampa band Clang | new_clang.mp3 (3853K) |
| **Bonus Tracks for version 2.0 (1999): | |
| Tin Can almost-ska, about Pere Ubu's visionary David Thomas | tincan.mp3 (2633K) |
| The Reason (acoustic) wow, there's a good horn/violin arrangement under those drums... | areason.mp3 (3123K) |
| ReMimble that's right, the dance remix of 'Merimble' you were all clamoring for | remimble.mp3 (2493K) |
Old favorites from our debut tape Some Antics by the Semantics (1996): |
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| Punk Rock Loser does anybody remember laughter? | punkrockloser.mp3 (1680K) |
| Things About Which the ur-recording of this hit single/grammar lesson | things_old.mp3 (3220K) |
| Applying For Your Job good old noiserock with a trippy bridge | applying.mp3 (2140K) |
| Astral Projection now available in slow and fast versions | astral.mp3 (2140K) |
| Little Green Men i love you, scully | lgm_old.mp3 (2040K) |
| I Stole a Mantra we once played this song with a singing saw, and a kicked electric guitar | mantra_old.mp3 (3140K) |
| Alternative Lifestyle stoneage spacefreak punkrock | altlifestyle.mp3 (2840K) |
| Onion Man upbeat number about sex with a vegetable | onionman.mp3 (2000K) |
| Paradigm Shift the dance hit about, as usual, philosophy | paradigm.mp3 (2980K) |
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SemantixTheme yes, we had a Fight Song AND a Theme Song | semantixtheme.mp3 (1713K) | Hugh the Emu somehow, it's about an actual emu, who can talk and read comix | hughtheemu.mp3 (2409K) |
| Bread a slow, somewhat pretty number with a winding bassline | bread.mp3 (3528K) |
| Country Death Song who doesn't love the femmes? | countrydeath.mp3 (4295K) |
| Swamp Rock the very first Hornbuckle / Davis collaboration, and it shows ... sub-SCotS | swamprock.mp3 (4600K) |
| This Is Pop another cover, but unfinished, because the cops show up (see below) | thisispop.mp3 (980K) |
| Shut Down By The Man! actually, they were very nice about it -- Blue was fucking loud! | shutdown.mp3 (666K) |
More Miscellaneous Oddities, with words but missing mp3's still: |
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| Abysmal Parkbench sub-REM-ish pop | |
| Daisy an early metal ballad | |
| Snowbird not as bad as has been reported -- and has a quote from Captain Beefheart in it | |
| I'm So Shallow slow and penetrating | |
| I Write the Songs not the Manilow classic | |
| Manchester a wet tribute to Morrissey | |
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Last modified: Mon 9 January 2006 19:34:10 EDT