Bested By Pelicans
by
Stiff Richards
pre-historic avian dub
Stiff Richards says:
It was a dark and cloudy afternoon, the classic urban seaside moment: human, feeling sorry for himself, wanting, searching, finds the ultimate tragedy-comedy, the sweetness of humble pie. Then his revelation, he is stumped: pelicans. The man understands his absolute desperation was his salvation. How can monkey complain when just a glimpse of perfection might occur in a lifetime? Birds are cooler than monkeys, but its OK. ...
This Fog (It's Gonna Lift)
blues, rock, pop
This always was one of my favorite Stiffies tunes. We recorded it days after Paul wrote the words so it's a fresh and straightforward take. The fog here is as beautiful as ever. -Eric
4:20 @ 7 Pools
pop, reggae/ska
One of the stonier instrumental dub bits we did in Stiff Richards. There's a creek up in a park in the Berkeley Hills where many a high schooler has bonged forth into the stratosphere. This piece is an ode to that fine piece of moss covered redwood chaos. - Eric
Yolanda
pop, urban/R&B, rock
Growing up in Berkeley, California and going to public schools in the 1970's and 80's meant you had a very multi-cultural experience. I remember learning some of those funky chants and dances from some far out sources. By high school most of those connections across social bounderies got lost. I guess this song speaks to the cosmopolitan nature of my pre-school. I wrote it with my now wife poet Elizabeth Treadwell. She wrote the really smart lines. Was a blast recording the track with Matthew King Kaufman and Michael Rosen. -Paul
You Don't Know Anything
rock, punk rock, punk rock, post modern angst rock
Oh the anger. Oh the angst. Oh the big distorted guitars. Short and furious.
