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July 1, 2024 36 mins

On Episode 4, we get some Bug lore and catchup with our friend Spence Hood. This award-revoking episode covers the full spectrum -- from cowboy to vampire

Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --

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Challenge: "Your Nobel Prize has been revoked because..."

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BUG'S SONG

Title: Dynamite

Lyrics:

There's gold in them there hills, get your shovels and dig!

we're sittin on a jackpot that'll make us all rich

if we just stick to our lot and never give up our spot

we can give our kids lives not a one of us got



Pack it once, check it twice, pack it in, pack it tight

light the fuse, time to move, hit the BOOM... dynamite



But boys we got company... they only come out at night

leave no trace on the dead but a couple of bites

there's no telling where they came from, or got here or why

and now they're swarming the hills but they were never invited

and our mines are getting drained while we sleep in our tents

if we send out a scout we never see 'em again

they won't duel us at noon or try to fight us like men

but they don't like the sun, so we'll bring it to them



[Chorus]



Ah, well I'll be damned, looks like we found a weak spot, guys

I guess their fangs don't work when their brains get fried

I might've guessed that fact, now they're the ones surprised

as we scatter the bats before the sun can rise



But they ain't dead yet, I guess technically they're undead yes

but you get what I'm settin: there's a few left yet

and our side is still dwindlin', we've too lost friends

some of the best damn cowboys you'd ever met

I've got one last stick that I've yet to light

i gotta bait the rest out, hit the timing just right

cause our guns don't work, devil knows we've tried

here they come, here's my shot

here's your nobel prize

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MATT'S SONG

Title: Peek at the Ending

Lyrics:

so listen we've been talking this machine that you've been building's got a problem that we couldn't foresee

i guess we all sometimes get blinded by the miracles of science, but we should have looked before we leaped

we're not saying you're not gifted, or that you didn't deserve it, this award that's sitting on your desk

but it's bad for the brand to be attached to man who found a way to predict everyone's death



what do you mean

i'll hydroplane on the highway

skid and careen into a toyota camry

why would you say that when i'm trying to help you

that

Mark as Played

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