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Vaclav's Birthday

by Kurt Blumenau

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1.
Quarter Salty Dame 18:21
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2.
Quarter Fingers Grow Back 19:54
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3.
Quarter Bob Devoid 17:39
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4.
Quarter Naked By The Lake 17:24
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5.
Quarter Presidentials 10:36
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6.
Quarter Unleaded Gasoline 16:12
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7.
Quarter May 12, 1976: Detroit 23:20
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8.
Quarter La Valse du Auto-Stoppeur (The Hitchhiker's Waltz) (Get Out Of The Building Version) 11:48
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9.
Quarter What Can I Give Besides Blood 16:41
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10.
Quarter The Skywalk Kiosk Is Closed 07:40
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11.
Quarter St. Marmalade Among The People 13:01
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12.
Quarter Paternoster Lakes 16:01
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13.
Quarter Missiles Are A Persistent Plague 09:54
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14.
Quarter Pygmy Deathsmear 3 23:08
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15.
Quarter Ghost Address Part 1 23:08
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16.
Quarter Ghost Address Part 2 23:42
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17.
Quarter Ghost Address Part 3 22:34
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18.
Quarter Ontario Queen of the Lakes 05:21
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about

I enjoy watching YouTube videos on one-quarter speed, because everything sounds desperate and falling-apart and metallic and out-of-synch and Sisyphean.
And of course the music goes on and on and on.

I decided my own crap might benefit from the same treatment.
So here's a pile of previously released tracks, taken down to 25 percent of their original speed.
(A few have been edited for volume, and a few have had their length trimmed to reduce tedium -- no, really! -- but none have been substantially reworked beyond that.)

The "Ghost Address" trio was originally one long song that had to be split into three. It's some of the best stuff here, so of course I put it near the end, where no one will hear it.

I find this works best as ambient music ... something to listen to while I work, rather than something deserving full attention.
But, use them however you want.

credits

released March 14, 2022

Mark Knapp plays drums on tracks 1, 5, and 10 and shares co-writing credit on same.

If you want to compare to the original versions, you'll find them all on Bandcamp as follows:

Songs 1, 5, and 10 from WATTS, released December 2019
Song 2 from THINGS WE BURNED, released April 2016
Songs 3, 4, 6, and 9 from CANIS SUSURRUS RESURRECTION, released June 2019
Song 7 from WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN NOTHING ANYWHERE, released October 2016
Song 8 from THE MIDNIGHT LONELINESS OF THE SUNFLOWER, released March 2015
Songs 11 and 13 from TO ST. MARMALADE IN HEAVEN, released December 2018
Song 12 from DEATH HILL, released June 2020
Song 14 from PYGMY DEATHSMEAR AND 12 OTHER SMOOTH JAZZ HITS, released December 2020
Songs 15-17 from PRANSANG CHISLONG, released December 2020 (where they appear as the single song "Ghost Address")
Song 18 from ONTARIO QUEEN OF THE LAKES, released January 2018

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