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Refrigerator - Upstairs In Your Room (2004) [Shrimper, SHR144, CD]
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From the booklet:
Tr.01, 02, 04, 10, 11 Lyrics & Music by Dennis Callaci.
Tr. 03, 07, 09 Lyrics by Allen Callaci & Music by Chris Jones.
Tr. 05 Lyrics by Dennis Callaci & Music by Chris Jones & Daniel Brodo.
Tr. 06 Lyrics Allen Callaci & Dennis Callaci, Music by Dennis Callaci.
Tr. 08 Lyrics by Allen Callaci & Music by Dennis Callaci.
Recorded & Engineered by Steve Folta who also sings backing vocals & plays the recorder on Barstow. Recorded June 2002-May2004 at Some Fancy Recording Facility in Upland CA.
Allen Callaci vocals. Dennis Callaci vocals, guitar, lead vocals on A Crown Of Smoke. Chris Jones drums, piano, dobro on Rudy Valentino, guitar on OK Not Today. Daniel Brodo bass, backing vocals & recorder on Barstow.
Try this one! Some notes:
"Radio Barstow" is a personal favorite from this record, second only to the title track. With Allen singing in the lower end of his range and going into faster near-spoken parts that are more Dennis's territory, it's easy to wonder if Dennis has snuck in somewhere, but when Dennis sails in to join Allen near the halfway mark, you couldn't mistake it for anything else in the world. Down in the backing vocals is Steve Folta, of Speed Bumps and Night Control, who as you can see from the above was also the recording engineer on deck.
"A Crown Of Smoke" is, I think, the first of many Dennis Songs on the later Refrigerator albums, where Allen is nowhere to be found. Dennis's outings are often pretty distinct from the tracks on either side, so just dunk your head in and feel it out.
"OK, Not Today" brings back Chris Jones' acoustic guitar work!
Lyrics from the booklet. A booklet I won't transcribe in full (yet) because it's so fun as-is.
01. Johnny Blaze
did your heart get taken the hard way
scratched at like a would be winning lottery
left abandoned in the sand of an arcade
where only the lonely plays looped over the pa
or in a marvel kiosk selling ballooned champagne
struggling with ghost writers
ambitious designers
the kind you find in corona ca
pinched into the dead ends at a scifi convention
hoping that no one here knows 'em
praying that no one here mentions
they were seen in line at the buffet
shoving food into thrifty bags
making for a quick break
looking for a blank escape
was there not enough johnny blaze
to speed you up and out of there
not enough costumes to camouflage the sadness in you
over there there is not enough love
over there there is not enough
02. Radio Barstow
radio barstow that the pills are no good
i'm weaving as i listen headed for the shoulder of the road
all the books that i've been reading
filled with untried advice
will only lead me to staying up too late into the night
and i drive
it gets lonelier the further i go
as i cut out this way or choose paths to forego
and i try and i try
radio texas the next caller with a sad song
who had everything laid in front of her up and go wrong
twice before laughing i had to catch myself
because i wasn't alone, and i didn't want to be alone
so sitting looking studied i listened to the phoners
go on about the sun and stars and holy ghost
paths of peril and useless charms
adn the lack of conviction that drove em to call
and another from bakersfield
and the next rom barstow
and the station started failing the further i drove
up up above
03. Upstairs In Your Room
one day when you're free
when there's more time for time
and it's better than this
gone over and gone
we'll talk some more then
we'll talk and then
upstairs on your floor playing songs we once knew
i'll wait for you there, i'll wait for you there
one day when you're free
and this distance between
loses its meaning
you'll learn how to swim, i'll learn how not to sink
we'll talk some more then
we'll talk and then
upstairs on your floor playing songs we once knew
i'll wait for you there, i'll wait for you there
come say when, come say when
come say when
04. Countryside Falling
see above every novel written regarding love
a landslide stalling for the offhanded chance that you might see
see above sea below
sea above reflecting us
with our backs pressed to a horizon
though it may be in view
it can't be captured
countryside falling over concrete ash
blanketing the city
see below, sea below, see above
for there is nothing that you cannot be
be better at, be stronger than
be stronger then be better at
be strong again
sea above, see below, regarding love
05. A Crown of Smoke
buried the photographs in a vase of salt
and you watered the doubts you had with endless phone calls
hired a vocal coach to redress your will
former whispers endlessly stilll
i'm sorry, not sorry, i'm sorry, not sorry
in a crown of smoke where noise was draped
as though it were silk
the two of you parted like a moses ocean of blood and filth
i bet you could i bet you could
demagnetize the ions, electricity
sew up a shorting out chord of lovelorn injury
worn proudly until the purple hearts turned brown
left in the heftied bag corner of town
your crown of blood and filth, blood and filth
06. Here Comes The One
throw yourself through the window
push the future aside
blue skies, cement divides waiting to collide
here comes the one, better than the last one anyway
long distance information, memphis tennessee
i'm not the one you wanted
i'm not the one you need
here comes the one, better than the last one anyway
throwing kisses to the distance
sewing caution to the wind
praying on open ended futures
find something new to lose
find something new to lose
07. OK, Not Today
you don't even need a reason
you don't need a rationale
busy in the kitchen selling stories to yourself
ok not today
straying glasslike feelings
eternal tuesday afternoons
cul de sac sunsets sinking on you
sooner than you ever thought to think
ok not today
and you wait for a gentler wave
to come sweep you away
to where you can't say
08. Anyone Else's Arms
i wish i could just turn back our hands
i wish i could stop feeling what i am
i wish i could just move on
i wish
but still there you are
and still here i am
she'll just have to be all that you were
she'll just have to be al that you weren't
and i wouldn't want to be whoever comes next
i wish i could just turn back our hands
i wish i could stop feeling what i am
i wish i could just move on
i wish
but still here i am
she'll just have to be all that you were
she'll just have to be all that you weren't
and i wouldn't want to be whoever comes next
anyone can fall into anyone else's arms
anyone can slip through anyone else's hands
09. Your Sister And Me
your sister and me
we ain't talkin anymore
the waiting and trying
just grows tiring, uninspiring
we wasted our summers, kept to our reasons
faded our colors
slow motion almost, almost
your sister and me
we aint trying anymore
you know how she is, how i am
how it goes
spinning, receding, trading in summers for the fall
your sister and me
we ain't going anymore
disappointment, dull employment
we trade in the summers for the fall
10. Paris
paris will always own
that story of you on one of those flimsy catwalks
they are known for other there
the paper's made out of perfume
and it stinks of it too
arriving next day air with photos of you two
your lips are sewn shut
and his hips they look bruised
curious the lengths you'll go to be page 3 news
in paris they couldn't care less
and in paris they do, even for you
you built your tower tall
got heaven to give you head
got fire in a movie house, 911 from a country mouse
dishing out stolen highs in peter pan tights
must get old even for you, even for you
i understood you, never believed half your truths
an actress turned publisher
a writer turned wrong
the action that doesn't take place
no action everyplace
smoke then a line, line then smoke
your truths
11. Rudy Valentino
don't get yourself involved this time
don't get yourself caught in the rain again
all the check cashing casinos
housing gaunt rudy valentinos
all the halfwits that poured themselves into you
and when you let them don't go again
don't let yourself go again
to be cast and recast
broken and played by those who loved
the role undefined at best
you're no one's now
you're no one's now again
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