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the Chronicles of Na Na Na

by the Pretentious Pretenses

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1.
ahhhhhh me stronger you're so good you've got that stilted attitude negative but oh so friendly rewarding the useless you've got your number set on lock down but they've got it on the back of their shirts you know that i love you everyday you love mistake every time you take a pull you're wide awake tempting you to fake every move you tried to make i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care i don't care Gotta be somewhere where they'll only let me be Gotta be somewhere / gotta be somehow gotta be somewhere in same sex america with your zip lock hop i can't be put back on that spot when they give you a chomp you'd better hope you know how to float baby monster, you're so cute complimenting on her parachute this aint no joke to me this is how i can be this is no joke to me... nor every emotion that we try to make oh can't you see i'm tearing at the verse oh can't you see why good little boys rehearse tomorrow's gonna come tonight tomorrow's gonna come tonight (and) i wanna be wild and unaware tomorrow's gonna come tonight (and) tomorrow's gonna come tonight i want to be mesmerizing too can't you see i'm tearing at the verse can't you see why good little boys rehearse can you see tomorrow's gonna come tonight? ----------------------------------------------------------- Free Tibet If I could change the world today what would i say to the world leaders and would it be OK? If I could free Tibet would you go to bed with me? and if I said it would be that way... would there be a place for me?
2.
i was trying to get to you and I was trying to be someone else now i'm taking out the trash because our love just could not last
3.
To Kate 03:43
4.
Na Na Na 04:18
5.
Quartz (free) 02:09
Huge thanks to Neil for his undying support.
6.
i'm trying to forgive myself i never thought i'd still be alive I'm never going back to the way I used to be depression struck a permanent angle on me 3 years is a long time but longer when you're not alive three years is a long time but longer when you're not alive couldn't you tell? couldn't you tell? i'm trying to forgive myself i never thought i'd still be alive i'm trying to forgive myself i never thought i'd still be alive
7.
we crawl (cry?)
8.
open up let the ocean in down below just let me spin up into my watery grave tell tales of my great mistake (its her life cant let it bother you you can't come down from this coconut tree) it's your life it cant bother me I'll stay up here in my coconut tree)
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[instrumental]

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released November 27, 2009

the Pretentious Pretenses
the Chronicles of Na Na Na

an Album for Impy

All Songs Written & Performed by Jay Sharp

1 Pussy Face 1:30
1.25 Same Sex America (Tomorrows Gonna Cum Tonite) 3:39
1.50 FORESKIN TWIG in the HP PRINTER RAG 2:42
1.75 Free Tibet (moonbeam Mix) 3:46
 
2 I was trying to get to you 1:21

3 To Kate 2:22

4 Na Na Na 4:19

5 Quartz 2:10

6 Couldn't You Tell? 2:25

7 A Certain Psychiatry 1:46

8 35 Oceans Away 5:42

9 Like the Pain You're In 6:51

10 Life in the Ambient World 13:27


Programming on 1 by Jay Sharp
Dinosaur Intro courtesy of Natalia McCarty sampled from Cancer Song by the JSE from the
Melodius Acensxion Befvore the Fall to Dead album due out Next Year
Jay plays his Yamaha "Fish" Guitar on 1 and then shit all over it in Garageband '08.
Track 1 contains a sample from "1,000,000" by nine inch nails from the Slip
Live Drum loop played by Jay Sharp on 2
Found Manipulated tape was sampled with Sound Studio 2.0 on 2,3,5, 6, 8, 9 & 10.
A Loop from Billy Corgan's song "A100" was stolen on 3 from the Future Embrace album.
A Fender Mexi-Castor was used on 3… as were 4 tambourine overdubs with equalization
Source for Track 4 is a 160 kbps MP3 which hasn't been altered since 2004.
4 also contains a sample from a Scissor Sisters Demo. I hope Baby Daddy don't come after me.
5 contains a Poem by Neil Montiel of the same title.
5, 6, and 7 are played with a light up Casio Keyboard my dad got me for Christmas
(which is his birthday so think about how weird that is to be giving gifts on your birthday)
A Fender Jazz bass copy was stolen and used on 6.
7 contains a sample from "God Given" by nine inch nails from Year Zero
A Gretsch Duo Jet was used on 8 and the Line6 Ax212 was used to make the guitar sound like water. The same process was used on 10 except my Washburn "Spiderman" Guitar was Played.
I slowed down the speed of a stopwatch for the 2nd half of 8.
All vocals on this record were sung into the built-in Microphone on my eMac and IMac
except on 8 where I sang into a cheap Samsung Mic from Radioshack through a Zoom guitar
effects pedal and did over-voices with an AKG condenser microphone plugged into my Yamaha MG16/4 mixer.
Track 9 Was recorded live in 2 takes in the middle of the night.
Take 1 was recorded with SoundStudio 2.0 with my eMac's built-in Mic
Rhythm guitar was played with my 1982 Synsonics axe w/a built-in speaker
Lead guitar overdubbed with my Rickenbacker 330 and a Line6 Pod 2.0 into Garageband '08

All answer-phone tapes were purchased and
salvaged by Jay Sharp in a Columbus Day Tag Sale in South Hadley, MA


Quartz by Neil Montiel
©2006 Pen & Paper Storytelling

Special Thanks To Foster for Inspiring me to say "let's get this done"
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J "Jay" Joseph Sharp New York, New York

J Sharp began adapting his award-winning poetry into songwriting: marrying ambient soundscapes & the spoken word at the turn of the century. The Stereolites and countless other bands were soon to follow. A Known radio personality, producer and 3-time VEDA contributor. He has lent his talents to philanthropy as well including the Gay expo@Jacob Javitz & producing multiple AIDSwalk benefit shows. ... more

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