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ENTERTAINING the INVALID

by V/A - Matt Wand

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    proper glass mastered compact disc edition, all the tracks, printed card wallet, 8 page art paper riso printed booklet of the verbose and vaguely illegible variety, with texts by Matt Wand and Sebastian Weetabix attempting to bring the context of the music sharply out of focus ( don't worry the pdf version with the download is perfect for those of dwindling eyesight ), shrink wrapped for extra sensitivity and all shipped at the most reasonable postage rate we could arm bend the post office into ( sorry 'Rest of World' Royal Mail wouldn't do it any cheaper :[ )
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when i see a face, i have to punch it before me is an arse, i need to kick it sitting in my room, doing nothing knock upon the door, the uninvited i tell them 'come on in' then set about them a boot between the legs, a high pitch singing footsteps on the stairs, alarm bells ringing. I hide under the bed, ignore the shouting they tie my arms behind but i keep kicking my anger and my bile's what keeps me ticking. stop asking questions, stop asking questions! i did what i did and i'll do it again stop asking questions, start preparations your nose will be bloody before half past ten. lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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concrete and cars we've travelled too far no clue who we are ( Freeze Frame! ) half buried night time twisted tight come into the light ( End Game! ) broken dead air the light of a flare reveals minds so bare ( Freeze Frame! ) traveling at speeds that never concede to sexual needs ( End Game! ) cut from the womb of a giant legume I'm returning there soon ( Freeze Frame! ) identity cards mannequin shards airship graveyards ( End Game! ) textures obscene gods shave the queen an explicit scene ( Freeze Frame! ) syphilis spreads amongst newlyweds conceiving pinheads ( End Game! ) unborn deformed remain misinformed the bedpan is warmed ( Freeze Frame! ) exposed hollow smiles in frozen food aisles from plastic reptiles ( End Game! ) the street is so straight so bloated with hate a cancer estate ( Freeze Frame! ) land, sea and sky when things go awry you kill to get by bye bye lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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This is the room, where we are playing guitar, like a star no one can touch us no one is here opinions fly over we don't shed a tear This is the room, a safe sealed space a far distant planet, no humans, no race no one will hear this no one will care take up the drawbridge there's no need to share yes, this is personal i don't have a doubt everyone else is a shadow without This is the room, where hope is expressed forbidden thought spoken, no dream repressed no one will enter no one will leave windows are boarded there is no reprieve This is the room, in which we wait forever and ever in a blessed state no one remembers no one sends flowers salvation is fiction rejection empowers this is survival i must build this wall the slings and the arrows won't touch me at all lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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Vorgehen. proceed Vergessen. forget Vorsicht. caution Halte hier. stop here Still stehen. stand still Aufrecht. upright Position. position Rechtschaffen. uncorrupted Du Bist. you are nicht mehr. no longer Wirtschaftlich. economical Entlassen! dismissed! Verschwinden. disappear Aussteigen. get out, exit Zerrinen. fade away Veraltet. outdated Vorgehen. proceed Achtung! attention Schweigen. be silent Produktiv. productive Dinge Machen. make things Sie Billig. be cheap Nicht Streiten. don't argue Sei Dankebar. be grateful Du Bist. you are nicht mehr. no longer Gefragt. in demand Hinlegen. lie down Verfallen. expire Verstreichen. slip away Überholt. outmoded Verscheiden. pass away Vorgehen. proceed Halte hier. stop here sag nichts. say nothing Umbiegen. bend over Profit machen. make profit Mehr tragen. carry more Sei Stark. be strong Erschwinglich. affordable Du Bist. you are nicht mehr. no longer von zweck. of purpose Raus hier. get out of here. verstecken. hide away Vergiss es. forget it Obsolet! obsolete ENDEN! terminate/finish Vorgehen. proceed Halte hier. stop here Sei Preiswert. be inexpensive Schnittpreis. cut price Heimgehen. go home Schlaf gut. sleep well Aufwachen. wake up Sei Stärker. be stronger lyrics identified and translated by Matt Wand
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it's So cold, cold hands, cold feet I want to be colder she's far too big I desire her frozen she's so slow compared with me her mouths always open So Cold, Cold hands, Cold feet I want to be colder why is she looking at me that way? why is she looking at me that way? I want to be colder, I want to be colder. lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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Dear God, I am sorry to inform you that your current position as deity is terminated due to gross neglect and endemic incompetence. stop. please vacate yr office space on cloud 149 immediately. stop. please do not take any of the company cherubs, archangels or other heavenly accessories with you. stop. your final paycheck can be picked up care of St Peter, the pearly gatehouse on the left, Giant escalator Hill, Cloudtop Windbury . stop. Other misconducts taken into account in our assessment are as follows: Supplying semi-faulty and not-fit-for-purpose minds to the general public. stop. Distributing an unfair share of evil onto the male gender and for ordering in all that evil in the first place. stop. it is not without great deliberation that we find ourselves having to take this action. the fact that you are one of the longest surviving fictional characters in all of the written word since such things as words began almost swayed us in your favour. But lets be clear... words can only be traced back to 3000 bc and you don't seem to get a mention then. In the beginning was the word and the word was REDUNDANT! UNEMPLOYED! , Dismissed, Terminated, Canned, Axed, stop. lyrics indentified and compiled by Matt Wand
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Death is Here Death is Here leave your bones leave your skins time to fly no one wins death is here death is here death is true death is you leave your bones leave your skins time is up no one wins lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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TunnelSickness The exit tunnel is hidden behind the shower unit. a standard feature in this model sleeping tube. tunnels are rarely in complete working order. it is taken for granted you can recall the basic facts. there are exactly 104 of you remaining. mrs Calibrate is now the designated medical professional. you are cautioned strongly not to mention Dr Zone to psychiatric orderlies. officially there are no such things as 'difficulties' commit precisely nothing to paper. by our natures we want.. the illicit, the punishable, the gorilla. discipline is left to the house mother sabotage occurs on the subtlest levels. you are late for your audit! I have always been proud of my green fingers. the recurrent dreams stopped last february. there is no logical reason why. like icebergs only a small part of ourselves is observable. one must learn to cook with the available materials. imagine a field full of stinging nettles. now run bare legged through that field. those imaginary stinging sensations are your future. tension hangs over the fifth quarter. indiscretions rarely stay hidden. yesterday we received an unpleasant memo. report disturbances to your nearest psych-vend appliance. suspected pregnancies can be filed anonymously at the section dispensary. there is no mistaking a deliberate mistake. termination is entirely for your own safety. if the newer complexities start to overwhelm, report to the freezer department. be suspicious of 'regular sleepers'. the radiologists will inform you when the corridors are accessible. blackmarket foodstuffs are most likely contaminated, avoid! group sedation periods of more than 12 days should be supervised. prescriptions for tunnel sickness are dwindling, early diagnosis is essential. the dispensaries are now closed indefinitely. all survivors are advised to head for the surface. the best of luck to you all. lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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oui oui. yes yes c'est vrai. it's true tu es. you are un fraise. a strawberry non non, no no pas doux, not sweet je suis. I am jaloux. jealous oui oui. yes yes c'est vrai. it's true je suis. I am anglais. english non non. no no banal. boring tu es. you are plus sale. very dirty lyrics identified and translated by Matt Wand
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Strychnine vs Morphine Nicotine vs Ephedrine Caffeine vs Codeine Bromine vs Cocaine Naphaline vs Endocrines This is not the life they promised this is not what i signed up for give me back the time I've wasted rags to riches? show me that door lyrics identified and compiled by Matt Wand
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about

After a protracted period of exile and deracination I find myself, quite possibly for one last time, forced to curry favour with the predominantly white western intellectuals guarding the milieu of capitalist consumerism.
But that ain't necessarily bad news! It means I actually got something done, something vaguely ambitious ( for me ), conceived of a couple of years ago, researched during 2016 and brought finally to fruition in this first half of 2017.
In this episode I have diligently scrutinized my own musical adolescence, those acne & dry shampoo plagued pre-internet years from 77 to 84 ( or thereabouts ) which for some strange reason has been plundered to death in recent years by every vinyl re-issue outfit and Commodity Compilation DJ under the ever approaching sun. [ I suppose there is a clue as to why in that compound word 'Pre-Internet? ]
In some ways this is a gratifying turn of events, unearthing a lot of dross, of course, but also some gems that could not have been discovered back then due to constrictions of 'phynance' and the faultily connected distribution networks. I seem to recall that if you couldn't tape it off the John Peel show or a friends vinyl you had to pay actual money to get a copy, imagine that!. The downside is that many treasured obscurities that could be used to delight, surprise or annoy friends are now completely 'overground' and no longer the badge of honour they once were, no matter, private communal record listening is maybe not so prevalent today, or is that just another symptom of my exile? I choose to see it all as 'a sign' that I was born at EXACTLY THE RIGHT TIME. One example, from a very short list, where I was actually in the correct place at the appropriate hour.
Any Road, I could not let such a plundering of my old backyard go on without a small display of my own dirty fingernails, a plundering no one else could replicate, a compilation licensed entirely from sources so obscure, veiled or long considered deceased that even the mighty Discogs.com lists only a tiny percentage of the artists. The sleeve bears the legend "Synthetic Post Punk" and indeed there is some emphasis on synthesizers and drum machines, depends how you interpret that phrase, same for the CD title perhaps? it's reasonably safe to say the overall subject/subtext is 'loss' or maybe 'nostalgia' itself.. to quote Duchamp ( really? .. yes, I must. )
"it is curious to note how fragile the memory is, even for the important times. This explains the unfortunate fantasy of history."
If only HE had got his hands on a drum machine or built his own synth!!
It's also interesting to note that one of the first signs of carbon monoxide poisoning is memory loss, now look outside and see if you can see an empty parking space on your street?
Now, on the insistence of "Dicky" himself, I command you to LISTEN!
m@w&

more Hot Air / matt wand / Stock, Hausen & Walkman related muzak 'thingness' at:
hot-air.bandcamp.com

erratta: missed off booklet 'thanks to' list are many, but the following need addressing:
Doffing of Big Hats to : Micheal Holland ( keswicklemon ), Annie Leismeister, Julia Neupert, Frank Halbig, Will & Kev @ Pure and literally EVERYONE that amused or inspired me back then using nought but a tape recorder and a photocopier.

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released July 19, 2017

Designed, Written & Directed by Matt Wand.
For in depth credit list please consult enclosed Booklet or Pdf.
Contributions Above & Beyond: Rob Davison, D. A. Thompson, Stern.

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Small Rocks Eccles, UK

Matt runs the Independent Record Label HOT AIR. He formed the seminal electronic sampling & improvising group Stock, Hausen & Walkman in 1989 and also works under various other pseudonyms, Small Rocks being one.
He has remixed many people ie: Ground Zero, PULP, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Hawkwind, Peter Thomas, Steve Reich, Buffalo Daughter, Lady Miss Kier, Thurston Moore.
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