Josh is a J.E.R.K.
by
Stiff Richards
Stiff Richards says:
Apologies to the Joshes of the world, but you know, you guys have a poor batting average, almost as bad as guys named Biff. Always stealing some kid's bike or knocking up a 13 year old. Basically Joshes are one of god's little mistakes. Change your name, save yourself. Josh. Rhymes with biotsh. Haha. Just kidding. This song is utterly stupid and pointless. But the guitars sound big, so who cares. ...
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.
