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DORKWAVE I

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This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite We're all in different rooms But in the same club Loving the same tunes Holding no ticket stub Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles [Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles] This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite [Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles] [Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles] This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite
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I do it with mirrors I do it with smoke I do it with twins and trapdoors while I tell a joke My jacket has a hundred pockets My tophat has a secret compartment My clothes teem with living creatures My skin crawls to make you love me I am the Illusionist, Ta Da! Whatever you want That's what I'll make you see I am the Illusionist, Ta Da! Whatever you want That's what I'll try to be Sleight of hand Misdirection Watch my beautiful assistant Do I pass inspection Close-up magic Coins or cards Mind-reading and levitation Reality breaks into shards I am the Illusionist, Ta Da! Whatever you want That's what I'll make you see I am the Illusionist, Ta Da! Whatever you want That's what I'll try to be Maskelyne, Kellar, Hermann, Blackstone, Robert-Houdin Thurston, Mark Wilson, Davant, James Randi, Di Vernon Maskelyne, Kellar, Hermann, Blackstone, Robert-Houdin Thurston, Mark Wilson, Davant, James Randi, Di Vernon I do it with mirrors I do it with smoke I do it with twins and trapdoors while I tell a joke Sleight of hand Misdirection Watch my beautiful assistant Do I pass inspection I am the Illusionist, Ta Da! Whatever you want That's what I'll make you see I am the Illusionist, Ta Da! Whatever you want That's what I'll try to be I repair watches for the magic circle I play cards with Richard Pitchfoot's ghost I can levitate, I can enervate, your feelings for me which I then can reinvigorate I WANNA SAW YOU IN HALF! I repair watches for the magic circle I play cards with Richard Pitchford's ghost I can levitate, I can enervate, your feelings for me which I then can reinvigorate I WANNA SAW YOU IN HALF! I repair watches for the magic circle I play cards with Richard Pitchford's ghost I can levitate, I can enervate, your feelings for me which I then can reinvigorate I WANNA SAW YOU IN HALF! I WANNA SAW YOU IN HALF! I WANNA SAW YOU IN HALF! I WANNA SAW YOU IN HALF!
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The Hunger 04:51
Iggy Pop and Johnny Thunders are out on the town I'm on the outside looking in I promised I would definitely not engage Promised I wouldn't be afraid Of me Anymore Of me Anymore Of me Anymore Of me Anymore I'm a sucker for a devil in a hot red dress A gorgeous subtle murderess She takes my head in both her hands Leans down to kiss me And I say no Uh oh Uh ohh Uh oh No Uh oh Oh ohhh Uh oh No Uh oh Oh no Every night's a crisis Every night's a chance Every night's a problem A terrifying romance The pride in me Won't accept the rope But baby I want to dance Baby I want to dance Baby I want Baby I want Baudelaire and Rimbaud are out on the town Knives and blood are the weapons I want to jump in and join the fray Fin de siecle with Paul Verlaine Poete Maudit Poete Maudit Poete Maudit Have another glass of absinthe Set fire to your feelings Every night's a crisis Every night's a chance Every night's a problem A terrifying romance The pride in me Won't accept the rope But baby I want to dance Baby I want to dance Every night's a crisis Every night's a chance Every night's a problem A terrifying romance The pride in me Won't accept the rope But baby I want to dance Baby I want to dance Baby I want Baby I want Baby I want Baby I want
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Blush.... response Blush.... response Voight-Kampf Lófasz! Nehogy már! Te vagy a Blade... Lófasz! Nehogy már! Te vagy a Blade, Blade Runner! Home again, home again, jiggity jig! Gooooooood evening, J.F.! The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long - and you have burned so very, very brightly, Roy. Look at you: you're the Prodigal Son; you're quite a prize! Questions...morphology....longevity... incept dates Fiery the angels fell. Deep thunder rolled around their shoulders... burning with the fires of Orc. I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.
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Kaneda! 06:08
Workers riot while we hang out at Haruki-ya We've got those clown bastards on route number five Twin ceramic rotor drives on each wheel Computers control my anti-lock brakes Two hundred horses at twelve thousand RPM Too wild for anyone who isn't me Too wild for anyone who isn't me The city is a riot of neon, speed, and violence The city is a riot of neon, speed, and violence The city is a riot of neon, speed, and violence Riot cops and protesters and rabid dogs Twin ceramic rotor drives on each wheel Computers control my anti-lock brakes Two hundred horses at twelve thousand RPM Too wild for anyone that isn't me A psychic scream Glass falls like a rainstorm Riots and explosions and police in the smoke Esper calls to Esper A psychic scream Glass falls like a rainstorm Riots and explosions and police in the smoke Esper calls to Esper TETSUO AND AKIRA Laser cannon Mind's eye Laser cannon Mind's eye Hospitals and stadia Hospitals and stadia Super-organism Super-organism Super-organism TETSUO! KANEDA! TETSUO! KANEDA! Singularities and other dimensions Tetsuo, Akira, Kaneda, Kei The birth of the universe The pain of existence The birth of the universe The pain of existence Singularities and other dimensions Tetsuo, Akira, Kaneda, Kei Leave it all behind Leave it all behind We are something new We are something new We are something new
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Unnumbered the years that flow behind us Unknown is the depth of space between Uncounted the steps that bring us closer Until your descending starship gleams We've crossed an ocean of spacetime for this Broken more rules than are written I've set my last scrap of caution afire Devouring this fruit that's forbidden Time Traveler Evades Capture Time Traveler Arrives Spaceport We've crossed an ocean of spacetime for this Broken more rules than are written I've set my last scrap of caution afire Devouring this fruit that's forbidden Unnumbered the years that flow behind us Unknown is the depth of space between Uncounted the steps that bring us closer Until your descending starship gleams Traversing the tarmac, we are running Two heartbeats til you'll be in my arms
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Do you think I'm a robot? I'm sorry, but we need to have this conversation. I understand. It's a ridiculous suggestion, made by someone. It may be ridiculous, but it could also be very damaging. For me, for your company, a statement made privately by my political enemy. As you say. Of course you knowwwww... First Law: You can't hurt humans. You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey all humans, unless the orders would conflict with the first law. Third Law: Protect your own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two. Do you think I'm a robot? Sure, it's obviously Quinn. I'm not interested in the politics of this. Of course not. You just want to know whether or not I'm a robot. Yes. But you know you can't prove it, one way or another. Without an X-ray, no. And that is a clear violation of my right to privacy. I am not a robot. First Law: You can't hurt humans. You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey all humans, unless the orders would conflict with the first law. Third Law: Protect your own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two. First Law: You can't hurt humans [HURT HUMANS]. You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey [OBEY] all humans, unless the orders would conflict [CONFLICT] with the first law. Third Law: Protect [PROTECT] your own existence, [ANTS] as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two. First Law: You can't hurt humans. [HURT HUMANS] You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey [OBEY] all humans, unless the orders would conflict [CONFLICT] with the first law. Third Law: Protect [PROTECT] your own existence,[ANTS] as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two. First Law: You can't hurt humans.[HURT HUMANS] You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey all humans, unless the orders would conflict [PROTECT ANTS PROTECT ANTS PROTECT ANTS] with the first law. Third Law: Protect your own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two. You are the best robopsychiatrist in the world. Do you think I am a robot? No, but I wish you were. In my opinion, a robot would be the perfect public servant. It would tirelessly work for the betterment of humankind. It could never allow any law to pass that would hurt people. And at the end of its term, it would leave, because it would hurt humans if it didn't. First Law: You can't hurt humans. You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey all humans, unless the orders would conflict with the first law. Third Law: Protect your own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two. Do you think I am a robot? If I do, I will never say it. First Law: You can't hurt humans. You can't allow them to be hurt. Second Law: Obey all humans, unless the orders would conflict with the first law. Third Law: Protect your own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with one or two.
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There's a door at the end of the hall I'd never seen it before I ignored it because I was frightened Now that hall leads where it always used to before Today when I went to work my train had a stop I've never known before I read the same old news got off where I always did before I think I'm going crazy My life is paper thin My dreams are becoming More and more and more and more and more My house came with an ancient key They said it doesn't fit anything I've gone around and tried every lock During rainy days During lonely days Sometimes there's a door I don't recognize Sometimes it's not there Red and black It's red and black Blood red and velvet black Her nails claw down my back I see her every night Every day I want her more and more and more and more I hear people laughing, an orchestra playing The tinkle of glasses and the smell of smoke All of it comes from behind this door I think my key will fit it But I stand shivering in the night Sometimes I stand til dawn And the sounds turn into one person laughing Laughing at me Blood red and velvet black Her nails claw down my back I see her every night And every day I want her more and more and more and more ::creepy ululations: OPEN THE DOOR God help me, I'm so afraid Blood red and velvet black Her nails claw down my back I see her every night And every day I want her more and more and more and more Have you ever seen something so beautiful? I don't know what I am seeing Look at how the light catches her She's MADE of light Have you ever seen something so beautiful? I don't know what I sm seeing Look at how the light catches her She's MADE of light
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Donde esta la biblioteca kei hea te whare pukapuka איפה הספרייה Donde esta la biblioteca hol van a könyvtár uphi umtapo wolwazi cait an bheil an leabharlann kde je knihovna Donde esta la biblioteca paq nojwl' tum ghaj Hoch 图书馆在哪里 Túshū guǎn zài nǎlǐ Tha na beathannan tar-neach prìseil onde é a biblioteca 図書館はどこですか DREAM! Of days that never happened DREAM! Of futures that might yet be DREAM! Of books that were never written DREAM! Of a never-ending night with you and me Oh, oh oh oh Donde esta la biblioteca waar is die biblioteek Usay di laybri Donde esta la biblioteca In dreams We'll meet in Alexandria In dreams We'll be together In dreams We'll meet in Alexandria In dreams We'll be together In dreams We'll meet in Alexandria I'll find you in the stacks Of Alexandria
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This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite We're all in different rooms But in the same club Loving the same tunes Holding no ticket stub Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles [Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles] This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite [Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles] [Logging on And tuning in I hope the broadband isn't throttled Cranking volume To the red And pouring shots from our own bottles] This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite This isn't a dancefloor We're all in a chat room And my favorite dj is spinning tonight There's so many friends here This party is global And it's rocking harder than Cummingtonite

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We are nerds, and also we rock out. This album has a song about how rad libraries are. The next one has a song about how rad Planetariums are. If you agree with these sentiments and also enjoy music, it is very possible you will enjoy this album.

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released July 22, 2023

Matt Florence
Squid Widget
Mixed and mastered by Eric Oehler at Submersible Studios

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Once upon a time in the late 1980s, at Shell Lake Jazz Camp, a trumpet player and a bassist decided they liked making music together.

Then they lost touch for 25 years.

Thanks to the magic of the internet, they found each other again and are once again making music together.
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