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The title comes from the song "Fwak" from my "Confessions" album. It's an extension of the intro from that song, hence the name. It's a very weird song to play. It's all two-handed tapping with chords in an open-E tuning. I have no idea how to play it anymore.
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This has to be the greatest TV theme ever. Having just finished "The Grinch," I thought, why don't I learn it all on guitar and record it? Et voila!
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I've always joked about doing a Zappa Family Christmas album, and if it ever happens, this would definitely be on it. It's a good, dark Christmas song. It stays faithful to the original, but also gets a chance to rock.
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This is another end of tape experiment. Terry Bozzio plays great on this track. I decided to tune my guitar weird so I wouldn't have a clue what note would come out when I played. I find it to be soothing yet reprehensible.
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This song is homage to one of my guitar heroes, Michael Hedges, who passed away a few years ago. I tuned a guitar to an unknown tuning and just started playing. I was trying to capture the spirit and inventiveness of Michael's playing. Later I overdubbed a few electric guitars on top.
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These two pieces (along with "Les Toreadors") have always stuck in my head. I remember them from the Bad News Bears, I used to want to be a baseball player and I loved those movies. I thought it would be fun to record those pieces as a throwback to my childhood.
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This is a completely improvised song. During the Shampoohorn sessions, we would improvise the last remaining minutes on the reel. This song is reminiscent of my father's guitar style and it's got a few RF interruptions in it. The voice you hear is radio interference coming through my amp. Also you hear the tape run out at the end.
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This is an interesting song. It really captures the feeling of being on terminal hold. It was an excuse for me to write insipid hold music. It's a crowd pleaser.
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A song we've been playing in our live show. This version is a live performance with one or two harmony overdubs. There are some errors in this version, but it's way too complicated to fix them.
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