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Jeff Arata(i know you're not) acting(i know you're not) acting - Jeff Arata
Originally Released April 12, 2023
Lyrics:
We go over it again
It's your favorite thing to do
You act like this for me is something new
But I know you're not acting
But I know you're not acting
Hey ma, put your seatbelt on
I know it's uncomfortable for you
You act like this love is something new
But I know that you're not acting
But I know that you're not acting
You wonder, "Hey where are we going?"
It's slipped your mind for the 5th time
You say, "Oh that place, yeah I...2023-04-1203 min
Jeff ArataAdriatic"Adriatic" - Jeff Arata
Originally released September 28, 2022
I used to think of this song as one about floating through past feelings when sinking in those past feelings would be worse, but as my time with the song has gone on, it's more and more become a celebration of releasing those feelings for me. I think actually releasing the song really helps symbolically solidify that :)
'Adriatic' came out from exploring a tuning I thought I had discovered as if no one else had played it before. That tuning from low to high was E G# B F# B D#, which as...2022-09-2804 min
Jeff ArataFeast Your FearsFeast Your Fears - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - October 6, 2021
Track 6/7 on the album 'Voltage & Pressure'
Lyrics:
I come upon a feast
Abandoned but bountiful
With nothing to preserve
Such a shame to waste
Can’t let this feast be lost
I’ll just take one bite
I’ve lost all self control
And eat even though I’m full
I’m afraid I have to help myself to
This feast full of fear
How can I help myself?
How do I help myself?
When I can’t stop myself?
I am what I eat
I eat this lost feast
With nothing...2021-10-0304 min
Jeff ArataPurple Green - Lofi New Orleans Fuzz Folk VersionPurple Green (Lofi New Orleans Fuzz Folk Version) - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - August 25, 2021
Original version is track 2/7 on the album 'Voltage & Pressure'
Lyrics:
Feast your blue stars on me green and growing
In my desert red comes your warmth and purple royalty
Fresh picked for your paletted parties
Paint your tongue purple green with me
Oh Great One, Conqueror of Egypt
I just hope to please Your Highness
(with) Grapes, olives, purple green
Regale with, purple green
I'm the grapes, your soft and sweetness
I'm the olives, your flowering keenness
I'm the salt, your salary
I'm the stone...2021-08-2304 min
Jeff ArataPurple GreenPurple Green - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - July 21, 2021
Track 2/7 on the album 'Voltage & Pressure'
Lyrics:
Feast your blue stars on me green and growing
In my desert red comes your warmth and purple royalty
Fresh picked for your paletted parties
Paint your tongue purple green with me
Oh Great One, Conqueror of Egypt
I just hope to please Your Highness
(with) Grapes, olives, purple green
Regale with, purple green
I'm the grapes, your soft and sweetness
I'm the olives, your flowering keenness
I'm the salt, your salary
I'm the stone, your centerpiece
But am I still the star of...2021-07-1804 min
Jeff ArataTryingTrying - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - June 11, 2021
Track 1/7 on the album 'Voltage & Pressure'
Lyrics:
Our song would still exist
if and only if
the infinite
could be conveyed
If only my analysis
could interpret
the product of your palette
all you paint
I’m trying, I’m trying oh
Oh I’m trying… to solve
On paper what belongs on canvas
You’re much more of one to paint
I’m trying with numbers anyways
Staying steadfast to our colors
Even if I math it
and find a number,
approximations are,
just a bummer
(a bummer, a bummer oh)
Oh I’m tryin...2021-06-0904 min
Jeff ArataRational IrrationalRational Irrational - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - May 7, 2021
Track 3/7 on the album 'Voltage & Pressure'
Lyrics:
We could talk endlessly
we’re starting out so complete
There’s no gaps or points missing
we keep moving fast and free
But suddenly we found a hole
When at first we were radical
Two fractions might make a whole
But they’re just rational
just rational
just rational
just rational
Is it natural to now move slow
and only show what’s positive and whole?
It’s integral to me you see
to reveal what’s negative underneath
But now we just seem so dull...2021-05-0404 min
Go Chuck YourselfChris & Erin Versus Season 4 DVD Bonus FeaturesYou thought the #SeasonOf4irDucts was finally over…but it’s just getting started. Well, not really. But there are still DVD bonus features! After coming up with an innovative idea to get both our hosts involved (thanks, Andy!), GCY discusses the Jeff and Lester short “Buy Hard” and the more candid (read: stinky) bonus features from the Season 4 DVDs. Meanwhile, Chris learns about Californian geography and cuisine, Erin learns about Halo: Reach, and both our hosts delve into the history of New England-based ice cream chain Friendly’s. Also: a new rating system rears its ugly head. And is Season...2021-04-051h 01
Jeff ArataBack to Your BoxesBack to Your Boxes - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - April 2, 2021
Track 5/7 on the album 'Voltage & Pressure'
Lyrics:
So you're back to your boxes,
you rummage through the drawers
You’re stuck on this stone
but you’re using all your tools
You sculpt your solutions
slowly chipping them apart
Take care and time
cause you won’t
be able to
put ‘em back together again
So you’re bent over backwards,
you’re writing on the ceiling
Attack all your angles
trying to crack the code
But you lose all your logic
if you haste through all the steps
You pour you...2021-03-3002 min
Jeff Aratai won't be longi won't be long - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - Feb. 17, 2021
Lyrics:
i won't be long
i won't be long some day
It's on the way
Can we just stop the drive for the night?
In the car
I'm just gonna buy some cigarettes
I'll be back in a minute
Fill the gas
You know we only got half a tank
How far do you think we can make it?
Wait for me
Endlessly
i won't be long
i won't be long
Odds are long
Odds are long let's take our chances
Two for one
We can't pass a deal...2021-02-1503 min
Dave's Gone ByDave's Gone By #779 (12/31/20): DAVERHOOD NEW YEAR - Hello 2021! Here is the 779th episode–our annual New Year’s Eve special–of the long-running radio show/podcast Dave’s Gone By, which aired live on Facebook Thursday night, Dec. 31, 2020. Info: Davesgoneby.com.Guests: Dave’s mother Brenda Lefkowitz, aunts Bonnie Pinkow and Esther Brower, and cousins Adam Glass, Jeffrey Kirsch and Cynthia Shub Kirsch, and Adam Sheflin and Stefanie Pinkow Sheflin; musical director Richard Shore; theater critics Mary Shen Barnidge, Leslie (Hoban) Blake, Jeff Goodman, Charles Gross, Eva Heinemann, and David Sheward; composer Brian Gari, entertainer Susan Horowitz (aka Dr. Sue), actress Vicki Quade, edu...2021-01-0110 min
Jeff ArataWedding Dress DumpsterWedding Dress Dumpster - Jeff Arata
Thanks to Steven Schelling for play keys and joining me on the gang vocals!
Originally Released - Nov. 10, 2020
Lyrics:
My whole calendar is
Filled with events
That won't ever happen
*cough*
My whole calendar is
Filled with events
That won't ever happen
Reminders flash
On my screen
There's a
Severed cat's leg
The muscle rotting
On my neighbor's lawn
I hope
It gets the rest it
Needs
To heal
My whole calendar is
Filled with events
That won't ever happen
Reminders flash
On my screen
The dumpster is filled with
Wedding dresses
That won't...2020-11-0804 min
Jeff ArataTip of Your TongueTip of Your Tounge - Jeff Arata
Originally Released - Dec. 17, 2019
Lyrics:
You found how ya feel
But you're lost for words
You fill up those lungs
But find a frog in your throat
You stick out your tongue
But it's twisted and tied
Still you put on a show
With all of your tells
And I don't need to hear
The words on
The tip of your tongue
Taste like hot tea with honey
You wait
To take a sip
Don't burn those lips
You chatter those teeth
But st-st-stutter away
You try flexing your brows
And lashing your...2019-12-1503 min
Shojo & Tell: A Manga PodcastFushigi Yugi Part 2Covers volumes 10-18 of Fushigi Yugi by Yu Watase
We’re back to talk about the strange saga of Fushigi Yugi’s ending and how Tamahome became Taka, or Taka was always Taka but he allowed Tamahome to exist, one’s a shadow, something like that. Just trust us on this one. Ashley, Caitlin, and Jess also discuss how Miaka and Yui have matured after one of them was consumed by a dragon god (oh, they also graduated middle school), how a young Yu Watase may have been underestimating the power of shojo manga, and, most importantly, everyb...2018-06-131h 08
Beer DownloadEpisode 312 - Half Acre - Vallejo vs Anchor SteamSpecial Guest: Jeff Yang2017-06-2600 min
Jeff ArataAs of LateWritten and recorded 7/1/16 - 7/6/16
That which I
Don’t understand
Is washing over
Me today
Hold steadfast
Take up arms
Sights of past
The present’s sway
Bite the fruit
Immerse yourself
The sweetest juice
As of late
Now you’re the deer
Headlights of meaning
Bears in winter
Stay hibernating
That which I
Don’t understand
Been washing over
As of late2016-07-0704 minBeer DownloadBeer Download Episode 155 - Capital - Autumnal Fire vs Firestone Walker - AbacusSpecial Guest: Jeff Miller. Jeff talks with us about the inner workings of Tenth and Blake.2013-01-1300 min