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What Happened When I Visited 1998

by Shadow J. Brown

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1.
Feastin' 05:56
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Dance of the Albertine 02:50
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Poetry is the page Music is the muse The woman that you come home to Poetry is the car That took you there I'm gonna move to New York City Met a girl at the Albertine This is the first time she has loved since quarantine Met a girl at the Strand She asked me if I was in a band I told her yes: a one-man band Poetry is the art of borrowing words For temporary gain and printed fame And music is the act of saying those words Amidst a sea of noise that means nothing It is not a language you can translate Yet sonic submission is all around How many headphones exist in the world? In order for humanity to drown out that sound? That always seems to be in our heads
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Marxist Shuffle 03:39
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America's a nightclub And some people have a hard time of getting in Some people are on the mezzanine while some got in from their next of kin And those that they keep out They kick them off to the curb Nothing's a problem when you're adequately insured, right? Many people in the world need to go to school at home But that requires the internet and some families are just too poor It's an endless spiral Capitalistic upward mobility We have a responsibility to educate the marginalized youth But we throw it all away!
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Penelope Cruz 04:20
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Penelope Cruz Say what you will about the Spanish But that's a woman I could never refuse On a Tuesday Let's make a film
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Two Wheels on a Motorcycle 05:34
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We are two wheels on a motorcycle You're my best friend We are two wheels on a motorcycle You're my best friend to the end Everything is temporary This is something that I've learned And I'm not concerned I know another love awaits for me in Ireland In the greenest woods
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Your Light 03:36
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I'm driving at night All I can see is the yellow line that separates me from other cars Until I come across a deer in the headlights We collapse and that's when I meet your light It's so bright, it's all right It's so bright, it's at night It's your light It's your light
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Listen to Your River 02:24
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I've wandered across the desert Oppressive beaming of the sun Trying to find some water And atone for what I've done When I saw this river I almost couldn't wait I took one swig of the earth It made me ventilate Listen to your river Whenever it sings a song Listen to your river It'll never steer you wrong Well, the water is pink and so is the air And you should know I like it there Listen to your river If you walk up north from the Pearly gates Between the mountains it looks so safe Listen to your river Listen to your river Whenever it sings a song Listen to your river It'll never steer you wrong
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Nude Beach 01:51
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A pornographic parasol spins Softer than the plimsoll under my shoes Pastors and presidents lament good sex No wonder why I have the blues A good woman's hard to find Like a sea underneath another sea Or a glass of water inside a glass of wine Oh my green you're so divine I don't want to go on a Catholic guilt road trip Instead I wanna embark on a conquest for gold To a little nook at a nude beach You can play with my pen if you ever get cold Oh, my green Everything is covered in green Like Adam and Eve Original sin never tasted so sweet

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"What Happened When I Visited 1998" is the companion piece to the previous recording by Shadow J. Brown, entitled "New Directions in Electronic Love Making". Think of this as the Amnesiac to New Directions' Kid A, if that makes sense...

This album is dedicated in memory of Ginnie Lepinsky Soriano (1971-2022).

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released July 28, 2022

All songs written, performed, arranged, composed, and recorded by James Lepinsky
"Penelope Cruz" written and performed by James Lepinsky and Chris Bonilla

Samples used during the album:
- Feastin contains a sample from "The World Is Yours", originally performed and written by Nas. All rights reserved 1994. Courtesy of Columbia Records.
- Dance of the Albertine includes a sample of "Faithful" written by Raphael Saadiq. Courtesy of Universal Motown Records, a division of UMG Recordings. Originally released 2002.
- Marxist Shuffle includes a sample of "Rope of Sand" originally written and performed by Jamie Lidell. Courtesy of Warp Records, 2008. All rights reserved.
- Your Light includes a sample of "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" written and performed by Carole King. All rights reserved by Ode Records. Originally released 1971.

Album cover painting is “Leatherstocking’s Rescue” by John Quidor (1832). All rights reserved. The painting is owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is part of the public domain collection. I do not own this painting; used with Open Access.

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