8/17/19. Chicago, IL Martyrs’.
How the show began.
Akosuen transitional drone into
“What It Was,” and then improv/”Foils”/
“Even Has A Half-Life”
Billie Jean Howard- violin
Becca Wilcox- viola
Johanna Wiesbrock- viola
Brendan Finucane- cello
Julie Pomerleau- violin
Thymme Jones- vocals, drums
Cory Bengtsen- bari sax
Ross Feller- soprano sax
Mike Hagedorn- trombone
Jeff Libersher- guitar
Die For Me
Bethany Smoker- vocals
Jeff Libersher- guitar, bass, piano
Thymme Jones- drums, trumpet
Scott Rutledge- words
Mastered by Todd Rittmann
I’m only trying
To help you through the day
Your time is coming
And it’s too late for delay
All I’ve got I’ll give to you
If you will waste it away
Until your absence resounds
And then you slip through the waves
And you’ll be dying
Dying
Only dying
Dying
Dying
Only dying
Dying
Only dying
Dying
Only dying
Die for me
You’re only dying
Try not to be afraid
Somebody’s calling
But you do not know your name
All you’ve got to give away
Is what remains of the day
You turn your face to the ground
And then you drop through the grave
And you’ll be dying
Dying
Only dying
Dying
Dying
Only dying
Dying
Only dying
Dying…
Die for me…
I’ll be there to see you through…
I’ll be there for you…
For you…
I will be your love forever…
“A Return.” A very old song. Originally recorded
(on cassette) in 1981. This is a version from
1983, recorded on 4-track reel-to-reel, featuring
Scot Ashley on guitar and Thymme on piano,
synthesizer and trumpet. The murkiness is due
to the fact that Thymme hadn’t figured out (and,
truth be told, never really did) the tape machine’s
equalizer.
Phind Phrogclock in the archives in May 2018, November 2016 and August 2015 (and every single month before that).
8/17/19. Chicago, IL Martyrs’.
“Die For Me”
Bethany Smoker- vocals
Mike Hagedorn- slide trumpet
Ross Feller- soprano sax
Jeff Libersher- guitar
Tony Young- bass
Billie Howard- keyboards
Thymme Jones- drums, b-vox
Quintet practice recording from June O’ 2019.
Even Has A Half-Life.
Mike Hagedorn- electric bone
Ross Feller- bari sax
Cory Bengtsen- bari sax
Jeff Libersher- guitar
Thymme Jones- drums
Phind Phrogclock in the archives in May 2018, November 2016 and August 2015 (and every single month before that).
5/04. The Abbey. Chicago, IL.
And Then You Realize You Haven’t Left Yet
Lise Gilly- alto saxophone
Jon___?- keyboards
Alex Perkolup- bass
Jeff Libersher- guitar
Thymme Jones- drums
Palos Hills
Thymme Jones- piano, vocals, trumpet, drums, moog, melodica
Angie Mead- vocals
Sophia Uddin- viola
Hannah Brock- viola
David Smith- flute
Mike Hagedorn- slide trumpet
Jeff Libersher- guitar, bass
Reid Coker- words
Mastered by Todd Rittmann
Out on these hills of frost
Where every lover goes to lie
Look what these kills have cost
Stacked up like mountains in the sky
What led you here to cross?
Who turned around and turned you out?
Above your heart
A thousand crazy cardinals
A billion stars about to crash
Along these muddy banks
The bodies stink of love and slaughter
Tangled up in rushes from the past
So show us what
You’re really made of
And torch this fucking forest into ash
The Last Biscotti
Greg Beemster- vocals
Thymme Jones- drums, trumpet, keys, b-vox
Jeff Libersher- guitar, bass, keys, endvox
Sophia Uddin- viper bombs
Mastered by Todd Rittmann
Have the last biscotti
All you can eat
It’s the summa cum laude
Of defeat
A death so sweet
Never sees the forest
Or the trees
When the last limp body
Falls to its knees
In the dream
Have some la di da di
Down by the sea
See the sites nobody
Else can see
And soon you’ll be
A disease that flowers
Never free
To eat biscotti
Drowned in the dream
By the sea
It takes a vast imagination
On the high seas
Have a laugh with Lottie
All you can drink
And become polluted
With the stink
Of life’s mystique
And you’ll be delivered
From the fear
Of the last biscotti
Bound to the dream
By the sea