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            <p>Most of these songs are things done for <a href="https://songfight.org/">Song Fight!</a> or Song Fight!-adjacent contests, and represent a real turning point in Sockpuppet&rsquo;s composition and production without forgetting the roots of where this music came from.</p><p>Two of these songs are covers, and are subject to standard copyright:</p>
<ul>
<li>Space Cadet was written by Seth Gibbs and originally recorded by Brother Machine</li>
<li>A Problem of Perspective was written and originally recorded by Charles A. Wolff</li>
</ul>
<p>All other songs are <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons BY-NC-SA</a>.</p>
            

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/meat-grinder">Meat Grinder</a></h2>

                

                

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Hippy likes Hippy snacks.
Hippy thinks they taste so good.
Hippy likes the Hippy snacks.
They&rsquo;re made of whole grain wholesome wood.</p><p>Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better.</p><p>Yuppie likes Yuppie snacks.
Yuppie likes them made of meat.
Yuppie likes the Yuppie snacks.
Suck them from the Yuppie teat.</p><p>Yuppie snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Yuppie snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Yuppie snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Yuppie snacks make them better than me, make them better, better, better, better.</p><p>Hippy don&rsquo;t like Yuppie snacks.
They prefer things made of soy.
Yuppie don&rsquo;t like hippy snacks.
Would rather play with shiny toy.</p><p>Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them better than you.
Hippy snacks make them better than me, make them bitter.</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/falling">Falling</a></h2>

                

                <p>I was going through a breakup, with someone who really wanted me to do more than I was able.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>You shouldn&rsquo;t fall
For anyone at all
Eventually you&rsquo;re gonna hit the ground</p><p>Everything you do
Please do it just for you
Because you are so great to have around</p><p>And if you should fall
From something ten feet tall
I&rsquo;ll try to catch you and make it okay</p><p>But everything I do
I can&rsquo;t do just for you
I won&rsquo;t always be there to save the day</p><p>And then if I should fall
From fifty stories tall
I hope that you&rsquo;ll be there right next to me</p><p>And everything we do
We ask each other to
Even if we sometimes disagree</p><p>But you shouldn&rsquo;t fall
For anyone at all
No matter what you think that you have found</p><p>And everything you do
Please do it just for you
Because I don&rsquo;t want you to hit the ground</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/fibromyalgia">Fibromyalgia</a></h2>

                

                <p>I wrote this song the night after I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, based on the then-current understanding of the condition (before new research showed that it&rsquo;s actually an autoimmune condition), and also about my long-time frustration with just how people who don&rsquo;t experience chronic pain talk to people who do.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Every day I’m just a little older
I feel a little twinge up in my shoulder
Icing up my limbs until they’re colder
Reduce the burning pain into a smolder </p><p>I’ve got fibromyalgia 
I’ve got fibromyalgia 
I feel a lot of pain but it’s
Mostly in my brain I have
Fibromyalgia </p><p>I’ve got Fibromyalgia 
Fibromyalgia 
There’s something in my brain that makes me
Sensitive to pain I’ve got
Fibromyalgia </p><p>Well I think it’s pretty nice
To eat turmeric and rice
With a spicy Indian curry</p><p>And I get so much advice
And I’ve heard it once or twice 
About swimming and Pilates and so much yoga
(You should swim do Pilates and so much yoga!)</p><p>Fibromyalgia, I’ve got
Fibromyalgia 
It’s excruciating pain
That comes from my defective brain
I’ve got fibromyalgia</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/good-luck-charm">Good Luck Charm</a></h2>

                

                <p>This was the 2016 Live Fight entry for Song Fight! Live! in New York City.</p><p>It&rsquo;s just a happy accident that these two Live Fight entries from the same city happened to go next to each other on this album.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>This thing I found lying in the street
Don’t know what it is but it’s pretty neat
When I picked it up, it filled me with energy</p><p>Now everyone’s always lookin’ around
Turning their head to see this thing I found
Give me a look, I think that it’s jealousy</p><p>It&rsquo;ll always be my lucky charm
Keeping me safe and free from harm
I know everything will always be okay</p><p>Everything all said, I’m good
At least long as I’m touching wood
My good luck charm will always save the day</p><p>It looks kind of like a rocket ship
Keep it on my belt, held it with a clip
And suddenly nobody wants to fight</p><p>Walking through the village green,
Lots of people say &ldquo;that&rsquo;s keen!&rdquo;
Some of them even cheer and shout &ldquo;All right!&rdquo;</p><p>It&rsquo;ll always be my lucky charm
Keeping me safe and free from harm
I know everything will always be okay</p><p>Everything all said, I’m good
At least long as I’m touching wood
My good luck charm will always save the day</p><p>A baker must be what I be
Because everybody says to me
Something about the dough made of dill that I wear</p><p>I&rsquo;m not quite sure what they mean
But I don&rsquo;t want to make a scene
Anyway they said to look out for a bear</p><p>I walked on by a man in blue
He took one look and said “how do you do,
I think I’m gonna take you into custody”</p><p>I wasn’t sure just what he meant
But then it was clear this was heaven-sent
Because that bear can never get to me</p><p>It&rsquo;ll always be my lucky charm
Keeping me safe and free from harm
I know everything will always be okay</p><p>Everything all said, I’m good
At least long as I’m touching wood
My good luck charm will always save the day</p><p>It&rsquo;ll always be my lucky charm
Keeping me safe and free from harm
I know everything will always be okay</p><p>Everything all said, I’m good
At least long as I’m touching wood
My good luck charm will always save the day</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/space-cadet">Space Cadet</a></h2>

                

                <p>This was recorded in posthumous tribute to its composer, <a href="https://www.statesman.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/11/05/austin-musicians-remember-pop-artist-seth-gibbs/9280815007/">Seth Gibbs</a>, who probably did not intend for this song to be about himself.</p><p><a href="https://www.songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=brother_machine&amp;sortkey=date">His old band</a>&rsquo;s original version is available <a href="https://songfight.org/music/spacecadet/brothermachine_spacecadet.mp3">on Song Fight!</a>.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Space cadet, what can you bring us
To bring us together</p><p>Space cadet, what can you bring us
To bring us together</p><p>Space cadet can you see all of the planets and stars
Lifeless and empty but they know who they are
He is so alone
But we are really alone</p><p>Fly away, leave us alone, we don&rsquo;t want you anyway
I hope you&rsquo;re happy floating free up in space
It&rsquo;s so nice up there
But it&rsquo;s so rotten down here</p><p>Space cadet, what can you bring us
To bring us together</p><p>Space cadet, what can you bring us
To bring us together</p><p>You watch the universe go
You wishing on the last star
What do you think of us now
How can you live with us now</p><p>Hey cadet, where do you think
You&rsquo;re going don&rsquo;t float away
Take us with you, we&rsquo;ll miss you so</p><p>Space cadet, what can you bring us
To bring us together</p><p>Space cadet, what can you bring us
To bring us together</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/golfpunk-rides-again">Golfpunk Rides Again</a></h2>

                

                <p>This song was written as a 20th anniversary celebration of <a href="http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=golfpunk_drives_a_cadillac">the very first Song Fight!</a>.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>20 years ago I knew this guy, you probably know the type. His name was Gary or Greg or something, but everyone knew him as Golfpunk. His whole thing was breaking in windows of expensive cars using a golf club to protest the wealth gap or&hellip; somethin&#39; like that.</p><p>Anyway, he called himself a performance artist, and some rich dude decided it would be funny to give him a Cadillac to drive around, you know, &ldquo;ironically?&rdquo; Golfpunk, he changed, man&hellip; He changed.</p><p>(Golfpunk, he drives a Cadillac)
(Golfpunk, he drives a Cadillac)
(Golfpunk, he drives a Cadillac)
(Golfpunk, he drives a Cadillac)</p><p>Now that he had a Cadillac of his own he suddenly felt a lot of empathy for the other Cadillac owners and stopped smashing windows. He wanted to smash things, though, so&hellip; he took his golf club to the golf course and&hellip; he started playing.</p><p>You know, golf.</p><p>The rich peoples&#39; sport.</p><p>And he was good at it.</p><p>(Golfpunk, he drives a nine iron)
(Golfpunk, he drives a nine iron)
(Golfpunk, he drives a nine iron)
(Golfpunk, he&rsquo;s gonna crash and burn)</p><p>He ended up entering into a tournament and won a lot of money, but then his past caught up with him and all these rich assholes, like, sued him for the windows he broke. And then he had to go on a big ol&#39; apology tour, &lsquo;cause it&rsquo;s not like he hurt anyone or said anything racist, but God forbid some windows get smashed up.</p><p>Anyway, we all kind of lost track of him for a long time, but then a few weeks ago he reached out to me and was like, &ldquo;Hey, remember me?&rdquo; And I was like, &ldquo;Hey, I remember you! Man, Golfpunk! It&rsquo;s been a long heckin&rsquo; time.&rdquo; Then he kinda went silent.</p><p>And then he says to me, &ldquo;So, um, I&rsquo;m not Golfpunk anymore. I got married, settled down, had kids&hellip; now I&rsquo;m more of a&hellip; golf dad.&rdquo;</p><p>And I was like, &ldquo;Oh. Huh. Weird.&rdquo;</p><p>And then he said the most offensive thing to me ever:</p><p>&ldquo;And now I drive a Prius.&rdquo;</p><p>(Golfpunk, he drove a Cadillac)
(Golfpunk, he drove a Cadillac)
(Golfpunk, he drove a Cadillac)
(Golfpunk, he drove a Cadillac)</p><p>Anyway, I guess the moral of the story is it&rsquo;s okay to grow up sometimes, and maybe you&rsquo;re going to grow apart too. And that&rsquo;s alright.</p><p>Just don&rsquo;t become an asshole.</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/a-problem-of-perspective">A Problem of Perspective</a></h2>

                

                <p>The <a href="https://www.songfight.org/music/a_problem_of_perspective/kingarthur_apop.mp3">original version of this song</a> was written by <a href="https://songfight.org/artistpage.php?key=king_arthur">King Arthur</a> for the <a href="http://www.songfight.org/songpage.php?key=a_problem_of_perspective">A Problem of Perspective</a> edition of <a href="https://songfight.org/">Song Fight!</a>.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Here is the problem: The way I see you is
Colored by all of the things we&rsquo;ve been through.
Here is the problem: The way you see me is
All about the things that you think I did to you.</p><p>That&rsquo;s how a problem of perspective seems to work;
Gets in the way of love. We think we&rsquo;ve been hurt,
We say we&rsquo;ve had enough, we lose the will to trust.
That&rsquo;s what a problem of perspective does to us.</p><p>Love keeps no score of wrongs, they tell me, but my
Eyes won&rsquo;t open and my heart won&rsquo;t let go.
I make assumptions, despite the things I see, I&hellip;
I deny the evidence, I trust what I think I know.</p><p>That&rsquo;s how a problem of perspective seems to work;
Gets in the way of love. We think we&rsquo;ve been hurt,
We say we&rsquo;ve had enough, we lose the will to trust.
That&rsquo;s what a problem of perspective does to us.</p><p>At least two sides to every story.
At least one truth for every lie.
The optimist afraid to disbelieve,
The pessimist afraid to try.</p><p>That&rsquo;s how a problem of perspective seems to work;
Gets in the way of love. We think we&rsquo;ve been hurt,
We say we&rsquo;ve had enough, we lose the will to trust.
That&rsquo;s what a problem of perspective does to us.</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/better-luck-next-year">Better Luck Next Year</a></h2>

                

                <p>This song was written for Song Fight! Live 2020, and I don&rsquo;t think people got the joke that it was a song about how 2020 was going to have been so much better than 2019 was.</p><p>(For those reading this from the distant future: It very much wasn&rsquo;t.)</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>This year had its challenges
All my flowers dead, my
pain got worse, my brain got worse, there’s
something wrong with my head</p><p>What happened to my career, it
didn&rsquo;t go my way
Things feel bad, and I&rsquo;m in fear I
won&rsquo;t live another day</p><p>oh, it can only get better
oh, I know it will get better</p><p>we see the rise of fascists who think
many lives don’t matter
a president who’s on the brink, only
cares to be flattered</p><p>where can our people go from here
it all just seems too much
famine devastation fear
we need a human touch</p><p>oh, it can only get better
oh, I know it will get better</p><p>but it wasn’t all so bad
some of it was swell
remember all the good times we had
Song Fight! Live went well</p><p>We take the hand we have been dealt
this year&rsquo;s problems were a-plenty
2019 really smelt, so
here’s to 2020</p><p>oh, it can only get better
oh, I know it will get better
oh, it can only get better
oh, I know it will get better</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/isle-dauphine">Isle Dauphine</a></h2>

                

                

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>My isle dauphine
She&rsquo;ll never come clean
What does she mean
She&rsquo;ll never go clean
Oh, isle dauphine</p><p>She walks down the aisle
All of the while
I&rsquo;m thinking I&rsquo;ll
Walk single file
Oh, isle dauphine</p><p>I heard what she said, and
She&rsquo;s turning all red
Might as well be dead for
Everything she said
Oh, isle dauphine</p><p>She&rsquo;s walking the border with
everything in order and
takes off the garter and
Runs a bit harder
Oh, isle dauphine</p><p>My isle dauphine
She&rsquo;ll never come clean
What does she mean
She&rsquo;ll never go clean
Oh, isle dauphine</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/strategies-to-live">Strategies to Live</a></h2>

                

                <p>This was written for Circle of Titles in 2016, when I was assigned the title &ldquo;Strategies to Live,&rdquo; which felt super relevant given the then-recent Presidential election which was at odds with my safety as a trans person.</p><p>It took me five years to release this album, and I kept on feeling like it was too late to release this topical song, and yet, somehow it manages to remain topical.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>You can hide yourself down a deep, dark hole
Or hoist yourself on a really tall pole
Anything that’ll help you get away</p><p>You can do heavy drugs to numb the pain, or
Ask a surgeon to remove your brain
So you can fit right in and start to play</p><p>Change your face and change your name
Hide everything that brings you shame
Or go on a preemptive sneak attack</p><p>Dig deep into the viper’s pit
Embroil yourself in petty shit
Just commit ‘coz there’s no turning back</p><p>Oh, I wish I didn’t worry oh so much
Oh, I wish I could feel fine
Oh, if only all my hopes weren’t out of touch
I wish my safety wasn’t on the line</p><p>If you’re accused of doing a bad crime 
Want to hide for a very very very long time
Consider all the possibilities</p><p>Make a run for President
Convince the people you are heaven sent
You might just win and then you are home free</p><p>Even if you’re caught lying
Everyone gives you points for trying
It’s not that the bear stakes well, it skates at all</p><p>Even if you destroy the world
It doesn’t matter, you can fuck every girl
And then you can go home and take your ball</p><p>Oh, I wish I didn’t worry oh so much
Oh, I wish I could feel fine
Oh, if only all my hopes weren’t out of touch
I wish my safety wasn’t on the line</p><p>In the long run everything will be fine
It will just be a matter of time, in
Twelve billion years this will all be gone</p><p>In the meantime just try to survive
The world is better with you alive
Outliving him is a reason to go on</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/a-long-plastic-hallway">A Long Plastic Hallway</a></h2>

                

                <p>This song was inspired by repeatedly tapping the tuning fork button on my portable amp.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>it’s inimical
inimitable
and so predictable
not a miracle</p><p>it’s despicable
deliverable
get irritable, with a thread to pull,
feeling minimal</p><p>a seeming emptiness
encroaching loneliness
result of pettiness, try to redress
the phoniness</p><p>acrimonious
sanctimonious
a former holiness, the brokenness
melodious</p><p>finding time to spare
sit in the broken chair
being unaware, without a care
all thoughts laid bare</p><p>a tantric suicide
already dead inside
climb up the hillside, across the divide,
smell insecticide</p><p>there’s a new tomorrow, it’s falling into place
there’s a new tomorrow, it’s running out of space
there’s a new tomorrow, it’s all fucked up
get your new tomorrow, you’re out of luck</p><p>get a steady job, and another piece of me
get a big tv, and another take
get a new degree, stuck in the machinery
in the new tomorrow, you get what you make</p><p>it’s inimical
counterfactual
and so predictable
not a miracle</p><p>it’s despicable
deliverable
get irritable, with a thread to pull,
feeling minimal</p><p>and you simply cannot see what this all has done to me
simply cannot see through the crooked lies
simply cannot see everything that’s eating me
nobody is looking through each others’ eyes</p><p>simply cannot see what this all has meant to me
simply cannot see through the skin disguise
simply cannot see all the greater piece of me
walking through the hallway something on the rise</p><p>feeling critical
and irritable
analytical
parasitical</p><p>apocalyptical
stereotypical
it’s predictable, hypocritical,
a miracle</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/freak-flag">Freak Flag</a></h2>

                

                

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Everything you like, anything that gets you high
Something there for everyone, something you can try
Getting murry with a furry in the simulated leather
Bondage in a dungeon where you can do it one better</p><p>Get your freak flag on
Get your freak flag on</p><p>Everything is good in our carved out sexy spaces
From the horniest of normies to the kinkiest of aces
Post it on social if you&rsquo;re into humiliation
But remember to use content warnings &ndash; it&rsquo;s just polite!</p><p>Get your freak flag on
Get your freak flag on
(Get your freak flag on)</p><p>Everything is good as long as everyone&rsquo;s consenting
Couple with some trans girls who are really into fencing
Peg a strapping young lad with your strapping strap-on cock
Only if he&rsquo;s legal though, I&rsquo;ve been around the block</p><p>Get your freak flag on
Get your freak flag on
(Ooh yeah, get your freak flag on)</p><p>You can be a top or bottom or an indecisive switch
Take &lsquo;em out for breakfast afterwards, if you feel the itch
Safety first, remember to wear rubber, use protection
And get it nice and shiny so you can see your own reflection
Mmm, yeah&hellip;</p><p>Get your freak flag on
Get your freak flag on
Get it on and on
Get your freak flag on</p><p>(freak flag)
Safeword to your mother
But not your <em>actual</em> mother
(freak flag)
&#39;Cuz that&rsquo;d be gross</p><p>I mean, <em>yuck</em></p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/behind-a-mask">Behind a Mask</a></h2>

                

                <p>This song was originally written for <a href="https://songfight.org/songpage.php?key=behind_a_mask">Song Fight!</a>, as part of the &ldquo;Live Fight&rdquo; challenge for Song Fight! Live 2021.</p><p>On the blog I have written up a <a href="/blog/2039-Behind-the-Lyrics-Behind-a-Mask">detailed explanation of the lyrics and video</a>.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Feeling lost in an elephant’s dream
Caught up in the digital stream
Cave of shadows, can’t say what I mean
A million miles far from home</p><p>Best foot forward, take a step back
Play defense while on the attack
Sowing discord, can’t cut them no slack
Everybody so alone</p><p>If everyone could see
Themselves through some other eyes
Innocent, caught up in the machinery
An algorithmic disguise</p><p>Making everything great again
Forget about your family and friends
Looking for a means to an end
Just don’t want to be alone</p><p>Fragile gem, split in two
Internal dialogue of them vs. you
Find acceptance with nothing to do
The voices there are all your own</p><p>If everyone could see
Themselves through some other eyes
Innocent, caught up in the machinery
An algorithmic disguise</p><p>A deeper body ache, and make a bad mistake
A million jumping on
Sharing a bad take, Nobody can quite shake
The feeling that you’re gone</p><p>Feeling lost in an elephant’s dream
Getting washed away by the digital stream
If it feels better to share another meme
Doesn’t make you less alone</p><p>If everyone could see
Themselves through some other eyes
Innocent, caught up in the machinery
An algorithmic disguise</p><p>If everyone could see
Themselves through some other eyes
Innocent, caught up in the machinery
An algorithmic disguise</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/dont-come-here-to-live">Don&rsquo;t Come Here To Live</a></h2>

                

                <p>This song isn&rsquo;t about Portland, but it also isn&rsquo;t <em>not</em> about Portland.</p><p>It&rsquo;s also about Seattle.</p><p>But also it was just written for the Song Fight! Live Fight in Portland, in 2015.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>We’re so happy that you want to stay
But our city’s full please go away
We don’t want to turn away your kind
So come anyway, I guess we won’t mind</p><p>We know what you’ve seen on the TV
How we live our lives totally fancy free
But you really ought to know
Portlandia is just a show</p><p>We are passive, and aggressive
Sacred bike rights often start fights
But we all drive, when you arrive
We say you&rsquo;ll never need a car</p><p>We have hipsters &ndash; Silly tricksters
We’re ironic &ndash; Catatonic
Brew our own beer, but please don’t fear
‘Cause there’s always PBR</p><p>So you live here now, you want a job?
I guess that’s cool &ndash; you’re not a slob
You could work at a restaurant
If that is the kind of job you want</p><p>What’s that you say? You have a degree?
A master’s in sustainability?
That’s really great, but you oughta know
I just got mine an hour ago</p><p>We are passive, and aggressive
Sacred bike rights often start fights
But we all drive, when you arrive
We say you&rsquo;ll never need a car</p><p>We have hipsters &ndash; Silly tricksters
We’re ironic &ndash; Catatonic
Brew our own beer, but please don’t fear
‘Cause there’s always PBR</p><p>I guess we can’t talk you out of it
So welcome to Portland, We Give A Shit™
What’s that you say, you love the sky so blue?
Well I guess I’ve got some news for you…</p><p>We are passive, and aggressive
Sacred bike rights often start fights
But we all drive, when you arrive
We say you&rsquo;ll never need a car</p><p>We have hipsters &ndash; Silly tricksters
We’re ironic &ndash; Catatonic
Brew our own beer, but please don’t fear
‘Cause there’s always PBR
And there’s always PBR
And there’s always PBR</p>
                

            
        
        <a rel="tag" href="http://sockpuppet.band/releases/?tag=collection:CD">#CD</a>
        
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        
        <title>Novembeat 2019</title>
        <link href="http://sockpuppet.band/album/novembeat-2019" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
        <published>2019-12-07T00:00:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>urn:uuid:2e9dfa52-4d0f-5178-9035-e3034bbfc705</id>
        <author><name>fluffy</name></author>
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            <p>As is tradition I tried to record <a href="https://novembeat.com/">one short song every day in November</a>. I didn&rsquo;t get every day this year and some of the tracks really sucked but a lot of them were a lot higher-effort than usual for Novembeat so I&rsquo;m satisfied enough I guess.</p>
            

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/ligature">Ligature</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/confession">Confession</a></h2>

                

                <p>binaural microphone experiment</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p><p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m saying
But I&rsquo;ll say it to you</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/try-me">Try Me</a></h2>

                

                <p>The Song Fight! version of Lumetri</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>try me
you want to fall to sleep
try me
i’m better than counting sheep</p><p>try me
you’ll finally rest at last
try me
don’t think about the past</p><p>try me
it’s time to tuck you in
try me
you’ll be asleep again</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/amuse-bouche">amuse-bouche</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/constructivism">Constructivism</a></h2>

                

                <p>what it says on the tin</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/envy">Envy</a></h2>

                

                <p>smooshing keys until something interesting comes out</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/the-call">The Call</a></h2>

                

                <p>I needed a new outgoing voicemail message</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>[dial tone]
[DTMF tones spelling out NOVEMBEAT#]</p><p>I can&rsquo;t take your call right now
Or I&rsquo;m not picking up anyhow
I will try to get back to you
If you leave a message at the beep</p><p>I can&rsquo;t take your call right now
Or I&rsquo;m not picking up anyhow
I will try to get back to you
If you leave a message at the beep</p><p>I can&rsquo;t take your call right now
Or I&rsquo;m not picking up anyhow
I will try to get back to you
If you leave a message at the beep
But I&rsquo;d rather text</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/croquembouche">croquembouche</a></h2>

                

                <p>A song I wrote while waiting for the bus</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/chocolat">chocolat</a></h2>

                

                <p>it&rsquo;s a bit long innit</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/nortriptyline">Nortriptyline</a></h2>

                

                <p>an ode to what keeps me functional</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/lumetri">Lumetri</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/lazy-days">Lazy Days</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/digestif">digestif</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/funk">Funk</a></h2>

                

                <p>i don&rsquo;t know what i&rsquo;m doing</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/caf-au-lait">café au lait</a></h2>

                

                <p>this is problematic and appropriative</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/midstream">Midstream</a></h2>

                

                <p>more garage than garage</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/ap-ritif">apéritif</a></h2>

                

                <p>like something from a vidya game</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/entr-e">entrée</a></h2>

                

                <p>It all goes downhill from here</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/garage">Garage</a></h2>

                

                <p>I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;m doing
But I&rsquo;ll do it to you</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/un-petit-menuet">Un Petit Menuet</a></h2>

                

                <p>images of childhood</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/p-t-de-champignons">pâté de champignons</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/play-that-game">Play That Game</a></h2>

                

                <p>A song done to celebrate the birthday of my friend <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Kelley">Heather &ldquo;moboid&rdquo; Kelley</a>.</p><p>Specific works referenced:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://superhypercube.com/">Super Hypercube</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokoromi">Kokoromi</a> in general</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080129122951/https://www.moboid.com/lapis/LapisPres.htm">Lapis</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101009094958/http://www.perfectplum.com/">Body Heat</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fez_%28video_game%29">Fez</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230401220854/https://www.rapport.moboid.com/">I Crave Rapport</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.mobygames.com/game/17412/lets-talk-about-me/">Let&rsquo;s Talk About Me</a></li>
<li><a href="https://justplayalong.info/home/">Joue le jeu / Play Along</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gdc-2009-game-design-challenge-tackles-my-first-time/1100-6206790/">Our First Times</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/4mins33secs">4 Minutes and 33 Seconds of Uniqueness</a></li>
</ul>


                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>What’s going on there is nothing to do
Everything I have makes me think of you
What’s on the TV please give me a clue
Maybe I’ll try to find something that’s new
So I try to play a game
But they’re all just all the same</p><p>Throw me  some blocks flying through outer space
Wearing a helmet that’s strapped to my face
Something artistic, something  with grace
Something experimental that takes place
In a world I call my own
Makes me feel at home</p><p>I think that I’ve played that game
I think that I’ve played that game</p><p>I think that I’ve played that game
I think that I’ve played that game</p><p>Experiment with all the feelings inside
Help me to find something i can provide
Give me ideas, try not to hide from the
Animals concrete the organs implied
(I wanna pet the rabbit)
(please help me pet the rabbit)</p><p>Look around corners that no-one could see
Making a difference quite expressively
Craving rapport as we drift to the sea
What are we saying, let’s talk about me, ‘cause I’m
Valid and I’m proud
Quiet scream out loud</p><p>I think that I’ve played that game
I think that I’ve played that game</p><p>I think that I’ve played that game
I think that I’ve played that game</p><p>Falling down through space
Make friends with a place
Keeping a straight face
Save the human race</p><p>I think that I’ve played that game
I think that I’ve played that game</p><p>I think that I’ve played that game
I think that I’ve played that game</p><p>I think that I’ll play that game
I think that I’ll play that game</p><p>I think that I’ll make a game
I think that I’ll make a game</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/dayglo">Dayglo</a></h2>

                

                <p>Sort of a fitting conclusion to the month I guess</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/bouillabaisse">bouillabaisse</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/chipper">Chipper</a></h2>

                

                <p>another video game soundtrack in my head</p>

                

            
        
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        <a rel="tag" href="http://sockpuppet.band/releases/?tag=type:instrumental">#Instrumental</a>
        
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    </entry>
    <entry>
        
        <title>Novembeat 2018</title>
        <link href="http://sockpuppet.band/album/novembeat-2018" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
        <published>2019-11-02T00:00:00-07:00</published>
        <updated>2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        <id>urn:uuid:723fa452-4581-5759-8da1-6b94ff70ece9</id>
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            <p>in 2018 i tried to do my usual thing but i got busy and only made it halfway</p>
            

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/travels">travels</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/larb">larb</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/pawn-broken-bunny">pawn broken bunny</a></h2>

                

                <p>A sort of sequel to <a href="/track/pawn-shop-bunny">Pawn Shop Bunny</a>.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/breakdown">breakdown</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/on-the-table">on the table</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/traipse">traipse</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/regress">regress</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/precession">precession</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/drive">drive</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/sick-day">sick day</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/resonant">resonant</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/procession">procession</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/i-dont-know-what-your-problem-is">i don&rsquo;t know what your problem is</a></h2>

                

                

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>i don&rsquo;t know what your problem is
but i think you might be right
no i don&rsquo;t know what your problem is
but i think you might be right</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/teenage-fantasy">teenage fantasy</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/triad">triad</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
        
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        <a rel="tag" href="http://sockpuppet.band/releases/?tag=genre:lo-fi">#LoFi</a>
        
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    <entry>
        
        <title>Novembeat 2017</title>
        <link href="http://sockpuppet.band/album/novembeat-2017" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
        <published>2017-12-31T00:00:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
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            <p>October has Inktober, where artists are challenged to draw one ink drawing every day throughout the month.</p><p>November, therefore, has Novembeat, making one short song every day.</p><p>This is the second such album I have done, and I feel that it is some of the best music I&rsquo;ve ever made. It also follows the emotional arc of the month, due to some rather unexpected setbacks.</p><p>Think of it as a musical diary spanning one month in a not so great year.</p>
            

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/deep">Deep</a></h2>

                

                <p>I really liked Stranger Things, or at least its soundtrack.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/meenimoonimo">Meenimoonimo</a></h2>

                

                <p>It was cold out and my leg was hurting and I had a cat sleeping on my lap, so I decided to have some fun with a sonic soundscape that captured the feelings of winter cuddles.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/darkness">Darkness</a></h2>

                

                <p>The dark days were getting to me.<br>
The depression was getting to me.<br>
On Black Friday weekend I upgraded to KOMPLETE 11 and decided to play around with some of its presets.<br>
This came out.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/take-two">Take Two</a></h2>

                

                <p>I started composing a tango song but it just wasn&rsquo;t coming out very well. So I scrapped it and worked on a second take for the day.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/still-around">Still Around</a></h2>

                

                <p>The pain from the previous four days turned out to be due to a clot in my leg that was growing rapidly, and part of it broke off and went to my lungs, giving me a pulmonary embolism. Because of the clot I had to cease taking my HRT and start taking blood thinners. I was told I may not be able to get back on HRT ever again.</p><p>I was happy to still be alive but not looking forward to the impending hormonal crisis.</p><p>But I am still around, and defiantly making music.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/sleepy-kitty">Sleepy Kitty</a></h2>

                

                <p>My leg was hurting even more and my other cat wanted to get in on the action, so she wrote a song with me.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/emotionally-fragile">Emotionally Fragile</a></h2>

                

                <p>At this point I was just completely falling apart, due to basically going through menopause and feeling worthless, useless, and futureless.</p><p>I had been without hormones for a week and a half and my emotions were all over the place. Everything would set me off and I would cry and I was not in a good spot. So I wrote this thing to capture my feelings.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/same-as-before">Same As Before</a></h2>

                

                <p>Without HRT I was losing track of time and my mental state, and every day was running into each other. I wanted to be kind to myself after my near-death experience but I also wanted to be productive. And everything felt the same as everything else.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/internet">INTERNET!!!</a></h2>

                

                <p>I attempted to self-medicate my ongoing depression with some THC.</p><p>I may have used a little too much.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Hello, the Internet
Hello, the Internet
Hello, the Internet
Hello, the Internet
Hello, the Internet
Hello, the Internet (Internet)
Hello, the Internet (Internet)
Hello, the INternet (INternet)
Hello, the Internet (Internet)
Hello, the Internet (Internet?)
Hello, the Internet (Internet!)
Hello, the Internet (Internet&hellip;)
Hello</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/dream-sequence">Dream Sequence</a></h2>

                

                <p>I had trouble sleeping due to the increasing pain, and this music wafted into my consciousness.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/tweet">Tweet</a></h2>

                

                <p>I was spending way, way too much time reading Twitter instead of doing anything productive. The senseless repetitive noise of everything around me was more than I could take.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/pawn-shop-bunny">Pawn Shop Bunny</a></h2>

                

                <p>This is a song about a pawn shop bunny<br>
going around as if it&rsquo;s made of money<br>
trying to buy some milk and honey<br>
but it doesn&rsquo;t quite care.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/tape-lead">Tape Lead</a></h2>

                

                <p>Just a little introduction to the album.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/void">Void</a></h2>

                

                <p>I woke up barely able to breathe, and went to the hospital.</p><p>It was an embolism, from a DVT in my leg that threw off a clot.</p><p>I composed this track from a hospital bed, using GarageBand on my phone.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/section-b">Section B</a></h2>

                

                <p>A little scrap I had lying around, which was begging for a fuller orchestration.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/gobetween">Gobetween</a></h2>

                

                <p>It seems like every album of mine these days needs at least one semi-algorithmically-generated weird-time-signature experimentation.</p><p>And Werner just wouldn&rsquo;t shut the heck up while I made it so I decided to record him meowing.</p><p>Oh and there&rsquo;s scissors for percussion.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/elfin-grove">Elfin Grove</a></h2>

                

                <p>The first song I wrote on this day was not very good, but then I was noodling around and came up with this better song. It made me think of a wood elf in a forest grove or something.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/downtime">Downtime</a></h2>

                

                <p>The lack of hormones was really starting to get to me. Constantly tired, constantly struggling to wake up in the morning, but this music project kept me going.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/glowsticks">Glowsticks</a></h2>

                

                <p>Shout out to the Cupcake Royale in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, and the restroom cooling fan that was making this really cool grinding noise.</p><p>(It has since been fixed.)</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/a-better-day">A Better Day</a></h2>

                

                <p>This day didn&rsquo;t go so well, so I was looking forward to a better one.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/undertow">Undertow</a></h2>

                

                <p>feeling like drowning, no escape</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/chirp">Chirp</a></h2>

                

                <p>Met up with some friends at a coffee shop, took up way too much table space while I composed this attempt at making something Lemon Jelly-esque.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/running-in-place">Running in Place</a></h2>

                

                <p>I was feeling aimless from my recent health issues, and felt like nothing was going anywhere and nothing was worth doing anymore.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/ronald-jenkees">Ronald Jenkees</a></h2>

                

                <p>I decided to make some disorganized fun.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/cant-be-real">Can&rsquo;t Be Real</a></h2>

                

                <p>My leg was still hurting. Really, really bad. And I was starting to have a pain in my shoulder as well. The pain was getting to be unbearable. So I wrote this track that captured the agony I was in.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/gabbagab">Gabbagab</a></h2>

                

                <p>Just a little tune that popped into my head that morning.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>Ga ga dabba gagabagada baga
Da ba baga dadabagada bada
Ba ba bada bagagabada baga
Ya ba bada yabadabada baga
Ba ba baga dababadaba bada
Bum ba bada bagagabada bada</p><p>Bum bum bum, ba
Bum bum bum, ba
Bum bum bum, ba
Bum bum bum, ba
Dum ba bum, ba
Dum ba bum, ba
Dum bum bum, ba
Dum bum bum</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/jaunt">Jaunt</a></h2>

                

                <p>I took a little trip down to my platonic cuddle-buddy&rsquo;s home and I composed this while lying on his lap. It was nice.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/get-go">Get Go</a></h2>

                

                <p>Back in the early days of Song Fight! there was an occasional contributor who entered under the name Mouth Reliant. I felt like doing a tribute to his style for some reason.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/the-cleaning-song">The Cleaning Song</a></h2>

                

                <p>I didn&rsquo;t have the energy to clean my home but I made a piano-and-cello tune to help me clean myself, at least.</p><p>Pachelbel&rsquo;s Canon is the bane of every cellist&rsquo;s existence.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/dead-cabbage">Dead Cabbage</a></h2>

                

                <p>Inspired by the name of the previous track, I decided to go on a spelling spree.</p><p>The notes of the musical scale can spell words.</p><p>Not very many, though.</p>

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>dead cabbage
dead cabbage
dead-ead, dea bae d
dead (dead) cabbage
dead-ead, ea bae d
dead cabbage
dead cabbage
dead</p>
                

            
        
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        <a rel="tag" href="http://sockpuppet.band/releases/?tag=collection:Novembeat">#Novembeat</a>
        
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        <title>Novembeat 2016</title>
        <link href="http://sockpuppet.band/album/novembeat-2016" rel="alternate" type="text/html" />
        <published>2016-11-30T00:00:00-08:00</published>
        <updated>2023-11-05T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
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            <p>Throughout November 2016 I recorded one short song every day. Because why not.</p>
            

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-11-the-office-depot-song">November 11 (The Office Depot Song)</a></h2>

                

                

                
                <h3>Lyrics</h3>

                <p>I went downtown to buy me a stapler
So I could put together a couple pieces of paper
Office Depot was shutting down
They had all the best deals in town
For the low, low price of 27 bucks
I got a bunch of stuff, who cares if it sucks
Anyway I completed my task, it
Is great they even let me keep the shopping basket</p>
                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-7-risen">November 7 (Risen)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-29-hello-from-out-here-in-space">November 29 (Hello from Out Here in Space)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-4-bittersweet-arpeggiator">November 4 (Bittersweet Arpeggiator)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-13-the-auctioneers-warble">November 13 (The Auctioneer&rsquo;s Warble)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-22-fanfare">November 22 (Fanfare)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-24-who-is-that-standing-over-there">November 24 (Who Is That Standing Over There)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-26-the-millennial-whoop">November 26 (The Millennial Whoop)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-5-sunrise">November 5 (Sunrise)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-10-seat-change">November 10 (Seat Change)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-8-a-national-anthem-for-new-trumpistan">November 8 (A National Anthem for New Trumpistan)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-20-fry-song-64">November 20 (Fry Song 64)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-21-head-in-the-clouds">November 21 (Head in the Clouds)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-1-darkwave">November 1 (Darkwave)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-23-timid-ghost-who-is-afraid-of-ghosts">November 23 (Timid Ghost Who Is Afraid of Ghosts)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-9-arpsichord">November 9 (Arpsichord)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-2-lushius">November 2 (Lushius)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-15-i-think-im-leaving-now">November 15 (I Think I&rsquo;m Leaving Now)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-6-sparkly-sid">November 6 (Sparkly SID)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-17-a-song-for-my-cat">November 17 (A Song for My Cat)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-14-not-an-anime-theme-song">November 14 (Not an Anime Theme Song)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-25-every-dance-pop-song">November 25 (Every Dance-Pop Song)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-12-my-friend-paul-said-this-was-proggy-as-heck">November 12 (My Friend Paul Said This Was Proggy as Heck)</a></h2>

                

                <p>He <em>actually</em> said &ldquo;proggy as fuck&rdquo; but I didn&rsquo;t want this song to get marked explicit on the streaming services.</p>

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-19-not-an-rpg-game-over-screen">November 19 (Not an RPG Game Over Screen)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-27-funky-fiona">November 27 (Funky Fiona)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-30-goodnight">November 30 (Goodnight)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-16-adlib-flatfoot">November 16 (Adlib Flatfoot)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-3-from-the-busybee-corporate-training-archives">November 3 (From the Busybee Corporate Training Archives)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-18-double-dutch">November 18 (Double Dutch)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
                <h2>Track: <a href="http://sockpuppet.band/track/november-28-cuckoo">November 28 (Cuckoo)</a></h2>

                

                

                

            
        
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        <a rel="tag" href="http://sockpuppet.band/releases/?tag=type:instrumental">#Instrumental</a>
        
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