Sockpuppet

How This Works

2038-01-01T08:00:00Z

I post raw tracks, loops, and other such sundry goodness from my songs, and you remix them and send them to me.

The only rules are:

The raw tracks are licensed Creative Commons Attribution, meaning that whatever you do with the tracks, you must credit me with the source material.
Otherwise you can do whatever you want with the tracks. Commercial releases are fine and dandy.

I do ask that if you use these tracks to do something cool, you send an mp3 (or a link to one) to me (fluffy[at]beesbuzz[dot]biz) and let me post it on the site. I hope to aggregate peoples' mixes next to the original sources.

If you like this idea, you might also be interested in the following:

Double Take

2010-03-02T06:13:10Z

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Looking to the future...

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It's the last day on Earth I know
Everything is coming down
We run it to the ground
I think we need another take

We didn't understand the snow
Thought our troubles were gone
Conclusions were withdrawn
Life was just a big mistake

I think we need another take

I think we need some shelter
We deserve this weather
But we're flying to the sun
Everything's undone

And we're lying on the ground
Swallowed up in the sound
What we get is what we make
I think we need another take

It's the last day on Earth I know
Everything is coming down
We run it to the ground
I think we need another take

Flying on a Zephyr

2010-02-16T05:23:19Z

fluffy will (probably) be playing acoustic versions of Sockpuppet songs at the Zephyr Cafe in Long Beach, CA on May 14, 2010, as part of a Song Fight! show. There will be other, better musicians there as well. More details as they come.

Haiti

2010-01-25T20:53:55Z

The situation in Haiti continues to be pretty dire, with the death toll rising and the country's infrastructure continuing to crumble, and we want to do our part to help out. CDBaby is already donating $1 for every CD they sell this week, but for us to just dovetail on that and call it a day would be pretty lame. So, for the first 50 physical CDs we sell through CDBaby during CDBaby's promotion (meaning until Feburary 8, 2010), we will be donating $10 to the Red Cross. Plus, if we sell all 50 copies, we'll donate another $500 (making a total of up to $1000).

This isn't just us donating "all profits" or whatever, no, we're donating significantly more than we make on every CD sale, and it is in addition to CDBaby's donation.

Electric Six: Danger! High Voltage

2010-01-21T03:04:58Z

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Done by request, for the Gift of Music contest from the Song Fight! community. (The song was requested, the actual treatment was a surprise.)

Sometimes It's Hard to Keep Yourself Moving

2009-09-11T20:17:55Z

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A song about feeling disaffected.

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Wake up in the morning
Before the alarm goes
Trying to fall back to sleep
Still in last night's clothes
Lying half awake, I still can't
get up when the beeping starts
Why would I

Sleepwalk through the morning
On the way to work
That guy on the bicycle is
Such a stupid jerk
I think I should push him over
Just to show him up
But why would I

Sometimes it is very hard to
keep yourself moving when it's gone
haywire

Monday morning meeting
Going way too long
Finished up my coffee but the
coffee isn't strong
I feel like I need to sleep
I need to keep moving but then
why would I

Tuesday PM meeting
Life is way too short
Everything I try to say cut
off with a retort
Why does this guy work here, he's a
jerk, here, I should shut him up
why would I

Sometimes it is very hard to
keep yourself moving when it's all
haywire

Oh, listen to me
Think about the damage done
How hard can it be
Just to have a little fun

Wednesday morning dreary
I get nothing done
Thursday comes and Friday goes
Still get nothing done
I should reconsider my
Career choice, find a new voice but
Why would I

Sometimes it is very hard to
keep yourself moving when it's gone
haywire

They Meet

2009-07-19T04:00:00Z

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A mostly-impromptu spoken-word thing for the "live fight" portion of Song Fight Rock & Rocker.

Song Fight! Live 2009

2009-07-18T03:00:00Z

This year, Song Fight! Live will be in Spokane, WA, from July 17-18 (that's a Friday and a Saturday) at Empyrean Coffee House. Every member of Sockpuppet is already rehearsing for what should be an excellent show.

Be there or be somewhere else.

Song Fight Live: Live

2009-07-17T23:19:10Z

We are streaming the show LIVE TONIGHT. Sockpuppet will be going on at 9:30 PM PDT tonight, but fluffy will be playing in a few other bands (Naked Philosophy at 6, John Benjamin Band at 8:30), as well as a couple sets tomorrow! So watch us bring the rock. A kazoo will be involved.

On the mend

2009-07-17T17:07:25Z

Whilst rehearsing for Song Fight!: Rock and Rocker, fluffy got word that the game Broken Garden was finally released, which is of particular interest in that fluffy did all the abstract blippy music and sound design for this abstract blippy game.

We are counting down to something wonderful

2009-07-14T07:17:03Z

Song Fight! Live: Rock and Rocker is very nearly upon us. fluffy has organized a FULL BAND for this show, and will also be contributing to other peoples' sets, as this is the SONG FIGHT WAY. We are all looking forward to this.

RAW: Sorry to Inform You

2009-04-28T15:37:07Z

The raw tracks for Sorry to Inform You are now available.

You can listen to individual mp3s below, or get a full-quality .zip of WAV files (148MB).

Tempo: 100BPM

Sorry to Inform You

2009-04-27T05:28:18Z

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Maybe you should have listened to the principal.

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Thank you for your interest
We hope you will be fine
But we have decided
Your candidacy is not on the line

Your permanent record states
You were truant three times
And then the incident
Where you colored outside of the lines

Another record
Of which we are aware
A piece of gum that
You placed in Ms. Marshall's hair

We know you are thinking
It was so long ago
But you were warned about
Throwing a rock in a ball of snow

Your auditor noted
Good behavior for thirty years
But we strongly believe
Past actions will shape future careers

Due to these factors
We're sure you will agree
Your best course of action
A re-education facility

foodsexsleep now available!

2009-03-13T06:16:20Z

See the album page for more details.

foodsexsleep

2009-03-13T03:36:34Z

11 tracks in various genres. While many of the songs have been released in some form previously to the album, most of them have been completely re-recorded.

It is available for purchase at these fine venues, among others:

Dreamhost (MP3, $3.99)
CD Baby (CD and MP3)
Amazon MP3 (MP3)

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Liner Notes

Run Faster

I'm giving it my all
But I'm heading for a fall
When all that I can do
Is run faster

For something less than I am worth
As I tumble down to Earth
But all that I can do
Is run faster

Please listen to the way I feel
I need to get some more time to heal
My lungs are getting ready to explode
I can't run any faster

I get the feeling I should leave
It's getting harder to believe
You don't know what it is I'm going through
I'm running faster

How can you tell me what to do
If I am dead I will not see things through
What you want isn't easy done or said
I'd like to see you run faster

I've given you my all
But I'm ready for a fall
When all you let me do
Is run faster

tw3rp

What are you doing to me
In the name of being free
I never liked you
But you ought to know

The things I hold dear you break
Everything I try to make
You only wanted destruction
You reap what you sow

Come on, baby
Just think, maybe
You're not the person
That you think you are but instead

Just take one minute
To see the limit
Please understand there's
Nothing going on in your head

And then you did it again
To try to impress your friends
I don't think they really like you
I thought you should know

The things you're doing to me
To achieve immortality
You only wanted attention
But please let it go

Come on, baby
Just think, maybe
You're not the person
That you think you are but instead

Just take one minute
To see the limit
Please understand there's
Nothing going on in your head

What are you doing to me
In the name of being free
It is a pointless distraction
But what do you know

Come on, baby
Just think, maybe
You're not the person
That you think you are but instead

Just take one minute
To see the limit
Please understand there's
Nothing going on in your head

Come on, baby
Just think, maybe
You're not the person
That you think you are but instead

Just take one minute
To see the limit
Please understand there's
Nothing going on in your head

Don't Think

I don't think
You know how to be good to me
I don't think
You have time to be reminding
I don't think
Anything you do is good enough
And I think
The time for us is wrong

I don't think
That I should listen to you anymore
Everything
You say to me always makes me snore
Everyone
Says I should not so quickly doubt you
What I think
It doesn't matter now

I don't think
You will be here for me
I don't think
You even know how
You and me
Were never meant to be together
I don't think
The time for us is now

I don't think
You should be watching so much TV
It's a thing
You do too much and always every
Thing I see
Is nothing that can be too good for you
I don't think
You remember what's right

I don't think
You know how to be good to me
I don't think
You have time to be reminding
I don't think
Anything you do is good enough
And I think
The time for us is wrong

In The Desert

I grew up in the desert
Dry air always made my eyes hurt
Ran around with nowhere to go
When I really wanted there to be snow
Almost never got it in the desert

My mind made up I tried to move away
But everywhere I got I couldn't stay

I grew up in the desert
All the people I knew they made my mind hurt

I went somewhere else got on a plane
I wanted to get my five minutes of fame
Everything I did I needed gin or ginseng
I ran faster to get more of the same

I will always be from the desert
No matter what, you're covered in dirt

Where I'm living now there's plenty of rain
And everything I know is ijust more of the same
Someday I might go back to where from I came

I grew up in the desert

Bad Cat

I have a bad cat
He is very fat
He sat on my hat
And then he shat
He dragged the hat
All over my mat
Then he ate a bat
And made friends with a rat

I took this bad cat
To the laundromat
Where we had a spat
About the theocrat
He's a diplomat
For this crazy dingbat
Sent us off to combat
Like a copycat

He's a bureaucrat
And a total asshat
Shut down the laundromat
Because he overheard chit-chat
An aristocrat
And a cosmocrat
He's a pornocrat
Such a total prat

So I took this bad cat
Back to my flat
Gave up on the hat
Dumped it with the mat
We had a little chat
He'd have nothing of that
But I gave him a pat
'Cuz he's my pussycat

I Think It's Killing Me

There's something in my eye
But I feel like I could fly
A bright light came to me in a dream
Skies of pink, clouds tangerine

Everything I do or see or think
Depends upon the stuff I drink

I think that it is killing me
Everytime I take a sip of tea
The stuff of dreams it fills in the seams
Bright shiny lights inside my dreams

I cannot think without a drink or three
But I feel it surrounding me

I could quit but that will not do
Another dose for me and you

Convalescence

Wrapped up in a padded room
Feels like I am in a tomb
It reminds me of my mother's womb
And it leaves me time for thinking

Been this way since sometime in June
Someone caught me howling at the moon
Hoping that I can get out soon
But this ship just might be sinking

Oh, I could use a little convalescence
Oh, I need some convalescence

Shotgun shot in the dead of night
Can't sleep cuz the dark is way too bright
See myself heading right for the light
I guess I have been drinking

No idea how long I've been here
Something 'bout this place a little queer
My mind is missing one more gear
Little lightbulb blinking

Oh, I could use a little convalescence
Oh, I need some convalescence

Oh, i could use a little convalescence
Oh, how I need some convalescence

Wrapped up in a padded room
Feels like I am in a tomb
It reminds me of my mother's womb
And it leaves me time for thinking

Baby, Be Quiet

She doesn't disturb me
Confuses, perturbs me
She just wants to know me
While living below me

I know what she can see
A robber she fancies
I don't know what I mean
A daughter in between

She doesn't control me
Doesn't quite know me
I know what I can see
In transparency

Night Terrors

You're lying awake in bed
Something happens in your head
You're not sure if you're alone
Somewhere, somebody moans
Voices that you hear take your breath away

You're not sure what you see
It keeps you in captivity
An alien, a parasite
Torturing you through the night
You wake up and everything seems okay

The reticular activating system
Controls if the nerve impulse reaches your hands
Like an engine with a misfiring piston
Things go out of whack
You have a panic attack
And the night terror seems so real you cannot stand

Serotonin overload
Somewhere in your frontal lobe
Dopamine suppression is to
Always keep you guessing
Hippocampus shouldn't be on call

The brain is running like clockwork
In a mechanical Turk
Systems poorly factored and they're
Cheaply manufactured
It's a wonder anything works at all

And the reticular activating system
Controls if the nerve impulse reaches your hands
Like an engine with a misfiring piston
Things go out of whack
You have a panic attack
And the night terror seems so real you cannot stand

House in My Head

There's a house in my head
A flea in my bed
Everything I know is coming up red
And the flea in my bed
Is asking me why
When I walk on water
How I stay dry

I think
It's something to do with how
I think
My life isn't mine somehow
I try
To be the best I can be
I need
To try to love me

There's a house in my head
A flea in my bed
Everyone I know will someday be dead
And the flea in my bed
Is telling me why
I feel these things like
I wanna die

Everything I do
I do it for you, but
Nothing I do
Seems to come through, so
I think
I need time alone, because
I think
My pain is my own

There's a house in my head
A flea in my bed
Everything I know is coming up red
And the flea in my bed
Is asking me why
When I walk on water
How I stay dry

Rhymes with Lucia

Standing on a stage where I'm rhyming with Lucia
I have to admit that this wasn't my idea
Having too much fun while drinking much tequila
I'd rather have coffee though

Watching her go with you, falling on the weekends
Buy a new skirt made of edible sequins
Wading through the pond, sitting down where it deepens
Where do you want to go?

I'm feeling fine
Taking time, try to rhyme
She used to be trouble-free
Can you see?

Standing on a lake is not such a good venue
When it is cold food that we have on the menu
Everyone tired of doing what we can do
Please don't let her down

When you have a friend, you never want to see them
Hanging out to dry in a mausoleum
You want them to simply carpe diem
It is too late now

She came to me
She will be set free
What I mean, what I seen
She had been in between

I'm feeling fine
Taking time, try to rhyme
She used to be trouble-free
Can you see?

I'm feeling fine
Taking time, try to rhyme
She used to be trouble-free