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In my boredom, I decided to contribute a song to a the Mountain Goats covers compilation entitled, "Hi, We're Not the Mountain Goats". The song is called "Edward Munch" and is listed under Golden Calf Figurine. The song was only played once in Tallahassee on February 7th, 1998. I tabbed it out from that recording and re-wrote some of it.
On the recording:
Me - guitars, cello, piano, bass, vocals
Cecilia Greco - vocals
The song came out unexpectedly well considering I recorded it all from a condenser of a 4-track that doesn't work anymore ran into my computer. As much as I like the song, I can't say I am really proud of it since it is a cover and I've never found any point of pride with playing someone else's songs. There is, however, a reason I'm posting this and I will get to that in a second.
We obviously could not sell this for legal reasons nor would I have even participated if it was being sold. Instead of selling it, we decided we would give it away on an honor code; if you receive a copy of it or download it, we urge you to donate a few bucks to Farm Sanctuary here. Farm Sanctuary is just as its name implies; they take in and care for abused and neglected farm animals and are based in Watson Glenn, New York. If it was simply someone else's song I covered and recorded, I wouldn't care about it too much and certainly not enough to make a bulletin post here. Since it could potentially help a good cause, I am a little more inclined to let people know. This is the reason I am posting this. I hope to actually go up to Watkins Glenn sometime before the snow comes and spend a week volunteering myself. I figure it will be nice to get out of the city, be around animals, and generally have some peace and quiet. At the bottom of this, I will also list a few other charities that I have run across that you may be interested in donating to.
The track listing is:
Disc 1
1. Alibi
2. The Recognition Scene
3. Linda Blair Was Born Innocent
4. Cold Milk Bottle
5. Yoga
6. Magpie
7. Oceanographer’s Choice
8. Transjordanian Blues
9. Going to Malibu
10. Edward Munch
11. Going to Port Washington
12. Deianara Crush (remix)
13. Carmen Cicero
14. Alpha Rats Nest
15. Ethiopians
16. Minnesota
17. Attention All Pickpockets
Disc 2
1. Family Happiness
2. If You See Light
3. Maize Stalk Drinking Blood
4. Love Cuts the Strings
5. Seed Song
6. Narakoloka
7. New Star Song
8. Torch Song
9. There Will Always be an Ireland
10. Raja Vocative
11. Alpha Negative
12. Keeping House
13. Feed This End
14. Autoclave
15. Rockin’ Rockin’ Pet Store
16. Sign of the Crow 2
17. Song for an Old Friend
You can download the album here.
You can listen to my song here.
It was pressed/packaged by the people involved. I'm not sure how it came out. I know that there are a very limited amount of copies. If you want one, shoot me an email at thespreadingchestnuttree [at] yahoo [dot] com; I'll see what I can do. I'm sure you will have to pay a couple bucks for shipping.
Some of the tracks are silly. Some of them were drunkenly recorded. Some were recorded outside due to bitchy neighbors. It's all in good fun. I greatly enjoy TK's remixes and quite a few of the other tracks.
This is the site (which I linked above also).
So anyway, how the comp worked was: we all suggested a song and then the songs were assigned at random to everyone. On the site, we offer a word about the song that we suggested and the song we covered.
Other charities of possible interest:
p:ear: Charity which helps young, homeless, adolescents through education, mentoring, art and recreation in Portland, OR.
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Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Statewide network of domestic violence programs, supportive organizations, and individuals that share the goal of ending violence against women and children in Louisiana.
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Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana: State-wide, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing the abuse and neglect of our state's children through the development, implementation and support of child abuse prevention activities in Louisiana.
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Family Violence Prevention Fund: Works to prevent violence within the home, and in the community.
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Open Letter: The support received from individuals, foundations, and government agencies allows them to publish and promote their titles, sponsor author tours and other events, and to continue publishing Three Percent, our internationally focused literary weblog and review site.
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New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault: The mission of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault is to build the capacity of communities, organizations, and institutions to advance the right to live free from sexual violence and reduce the harm it causes individuals, families, and society.
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The Nature Conservancy: the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people
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Students Active For Ending Rape: Students Active for Ending Rape (SAFER) provides community organizing training and ongoing support for college and university students working to improve their schools' sexual assault prevention and response activities.
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Helping Abused Neglected Disadvantaged Youth: Based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Founded in 1985 to meet the fundamental needs of Broward County's Foster Care children.
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donate: To make a donation, please make your check payable to HANDY and mail it to our administrative office at:
501 NE 8th Street
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33304
To make a payment by credit card (VISA, MasterCard or American Express), please call us at 954-522-2911 ext 208.
Noah's Ark Sanctuary: Hopes to start a 10 acre sanctuary where they can begin a program for first time juvenile offenders or generally troubled youths, an adoption program, and care for stray animals in the Pompano Beach, FL area.
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Coalition to Unchain Dogs: Program which helps provide fences for dogs on chains in Durham, North Carolina.
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