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Rest Aria [CLANK CLANK CLANK Remix] - Charles Bobuck (2017)

Here’s another plug for my hourlong tribute mix to Hardy Fox, on which this track is included.

The hole was like a vacuum cleaner sucking him into a dark and barren emptiness that clung to him like glue. Losing containment like the raindrops in a hurricane, floating like a limpid flower in a sewer drain. 

Down, and down, and down it sucked him until there was nothing left except a tiny handheld mirror and an unwrapped gift.

Desperately, he ripped it open and found inside the box: the monkey’s head! Which winked, and grinned, and bit his right leg off! 

Horrified, he screamed in painful agony and cried. And then the mirror drifted up before his eyes, causing him to watch as teardrops healed his open sores while noticing how long his golden hair had grown… Before realizing that he looked just like the little girl.

YES!

We have to buy!

NO!

We don’t know why!

YES!

We’ll buy or die!

YES!!!

And so I say goodbye to you, and hope that maybe someday soon we will meet again up there.

HARDY FOX (1945-2018)

“It is with with great sorrow and regret that The Cryptic Corporation announces the passing of longtime associate, Hardy Fox. As president of the corporation from 1982-2016, the company benefited from Hardy’s instinct for leadership and direction, but his true value came from his longtime association with The Residents. As the group’s producer, engineer, as well as collaborator of much of their material, Fox’s influence on The Residents was indelible; despite any formal training, his musicality was nevertheless unique, highly refined and prolific. Blessed with a vital sense of aesthetics, a keen ear, and an exquisite love of the absurd, Hardy’s smiling face was a constant source of joy to those around him. He will be missed.