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Who Cares What the Vultures Want?

by The Monkey Power Trio

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    Obviously, putrefaction is evil.

    Making an annual musical recording without practice or pre-writing is not.

    Thus spake The Monkey Power Trio and Zarathustra.

    And yet the vultures continue to make their demands, asking for more and more food at their favorite restaurant, The Towers of Silence. And so, rock fan, we ask, who cares what the vultures want?

    Side A of this year's record is an almost academic critique of modern American society: the debauchery of a 1970s Rug Burn Party is recreated in uncomfortable, carpet-level detail; the hip cuteness of the traditional American Lady is coldly debunked; and finally, we have the modern Icarus in song, a sonic recreation of the poor Boy in a Balloon sent into space by his insane fame-seeking father. The three universal themes of fame, women and parties are fully investigated.


    Side B of this year's record is offered as a world civilizations course: how many of you dumbass listeners know what Chiasmus means, or how to use it cleverly in song, or how to incorporate trombone into a crappy DIY rock song? Sure, you all say, I Love Bread, but how many of you appreciate how hard our heads, teeth and saliva work to digest it? How many of you value all of the varieties (rye, wheat, and anything else)? It's almost like this shit is lost on most of you. So, finally, dear listener, the least we ask of you is Don't Excarnate Your Kids. Hold forth against time's call for defleshing; declaim loudly to the Towers of Silence, "No longer will we live in ignorance of the 2009 Monkey Power Trio record! No longer will we leave our children's bodies to the birds and the elements! We will listen, and be amazed, and stop caring what the vultures want!!"

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Rug Burn Party 01:25
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American Lady 02:49
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Boy in a Balloon 01:18
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Chiasmus 02:08
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Chiasmus Jerking the meat And meeting the jerk Coppin’ the feel And feeling the cop No place to go Where is that hole? It’s beginning to look a lot like chiasmus (yeah, yeah, yeah) It’s looking to begin a lot like chiasmus. Singing the verse And versing the song Longing to live And living too long Shorting the stock And shocking the stork Porking the cook And cooking the pork Stumping the judge And judging the stump It’s beginning to look a lot like chiasmus (yeah, yeah, yeah) It’s looking to begin a lot like chiasmus.
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I Love Bread 01:07
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I love bread I eat it with my head I chew and I chew and I chew I break it down for my saliva to break down more I love bread I chew it with my head I break it down and digest it I love bread rye, wheat, and anything else I love bread I chew it with my head and I digest it I digest it!
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Don't Excarnate Your Kids 02:15
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A white sport coat and an excarnation One, two, three, four Don't, excarnate your kids today Don't excarnate your kids in any way Don't excarnate your kids today Don't excarnate your kids in any way Who cares what the vultures want? Don't, excarnate your kids in any way Don't, excarnate your kids today Dispose of your kids in some other way Don't, excarnate your kids today Don't Care What the Vultures Want (Don't care what the vultures want) Don't abuse the towers of silence. Don't abuse the towers of silence.

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Obviously, putrefaction is evil.

Making an annual musical recording without practice or pre-writing is not.

Thus spake The Monkey Power Trio.

And yet the vultures continue to make their demands, asking for more and more food at their favorite restaurant, The Towers of Silence. And so, rock fan, we ask, who cares what the vultures want?

Side A of this year's record is an almost academic critique of modern American society: the debauchery of a 1970s Rug Burn Party is recreated in uncomfortable, carpet-level detail; the hip cuteness of the traditional American Lady is coldly debunked; and finally, we have the modern Icarus in song, a sonic recreation of the poor Boy in a Balloon sent into space by his insane fame-seeking father. The three universal themes of fame, women and parties are fully investigated.


Side B of this year's record is offered as a world civilizations course: how many of you dumbass listeners know what Chiasmus means, or how to use it cleverly in song, or how to incorporate trombone into a crappy DIY rock song? Sure, you all say, I Love Bread, but how many of you appreciate how hard our heads, teeth and saliva work to digest it? How many of you value all of the varieties (rye, wheat, and anything else)? It's almost like this shit is lost on most of you. So, finally, dear listener, the least we ask of you is Don't Excarnate Your Kids. Hold forth against time's call for defleshing; declaim loudly to the Towers of Silence, "No longer will we live in ignorance of the 2009 Monkey Power Trio record! No longer will we leave our children's bodies to the birds and the elements! We will listen, and be amazed, and stop caring what the vultures want!!"

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released August 1, 2011

Krizowsky, Bell, Richardson, Miller, and Maynard

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The Monkey Power Trio is both an art project and an oddball DIY band that makes songs by recording for 24 hours once a year. In these 1-day sessions, they create messy songs without the usual constraints of genre or musicianship. The group has convened annually since 1995 and is honor-bound to continue until the last guy alive does a solo album. ... more

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