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Aries: Don’t Deny Your Inner Child I must no longer neglect my inner child For he is very close Right there, under the floorboards I will learn to get in touch with my feelings Even the ones that will probably get me arrested

Taurus: The Laundromat Song I’m not a subtle guy I’ll go to her and sigh “If I don’t see you again my love I must surely die.” Dreaming – Screaming Clothes go round and round And my heart goes up and down

Gemini: Born To Love Volcanos My apartment is a mess Somewhere under that pile of clothes Lies a whole $10 bill Telephones are ringing In a land called PBS

Cancer: Filet of Sole Baby, I love the stuff you cook Baby, I love the way you look Ah, the way you look Uh, that stuff you cook Filet of sole, baby It’s my favorite dish Filet of sole, baby

Leo: If You Love Someone Set Them On Fire I went to your house last night Dad called me the human torch Got a little pissed at him So I burned down your front porch Now I feel a little better About throwin’ gas on your dad But you know it’s hard to quit And besides he started it

Virgo: Fifty Things No I won’t do your dishes No I won’t clean up this mess No I haven’t got any pills No I haven’t got any hash No I won’t do your dishes I won’t clean up this goddamn mess

Libra: Punk Rock Girl I tapped her on the shoulder And said do you have a beau? She looked at me and smiled And said she did not know Punk rock girl give me a chance Punk rock girl let’s go slamdance We’ll dress like Minnie Pearl Just you and me punk rock girl

Scorpio: Everybody’s Got Nice Stuff But Me She’s got eyes of deepest blue He’s got hair that’s green Everybody’s got nice stuff but me I wish I had the kind of cash To make heads turn when I walk past I wish I could live in luxury

Sagittarius: Dean’s Dream Friday night cookin’ show, with a Horse-meat dish I had to stay in the freezer All Thursday eveTalkin’ to that horse, I really had to go Down to the sidewalk The sky’s all red The street’s filled with people from a High School band

Capricorn: Big Time Operator Gather round me everybody Let me tell you who I am ‘Cause I’m a big time operator And they call me High Hat Sam I’m a big time operator

Aquarius: Big Deal Time flies, time crawls You’re a prisoner trapped between its claws Life sucks, sometimes You gotta learn to live between the linesYour feet are on the ground But the world keeps spinning you around

The Dead Milkmen at 40 Watt Club on October 15, 2011. This was part of the Athens Pop Fest. This is their full set - pure brilliance. The setlist is below.

0:22 - Beige Sunshine 3:56 - Tiny Town 5:51 - Punk Rock Girl 8:31 - Nutrition 10:36 - Serrated Edge 12:32 - Methodist Coloring Book 15:45 - Caitlin Childs 19:10 - Cars (Gary Numan cover) 22:30 - Bitchin Camaro intro (Rebel Pride Flag) 26:03 - Bitchin Camaro song 26:54 - Tacoland 28:25 - Meaningless Upbeat Happy Song 29:42 - I Walk The Thinnest Line 31:44 - Wonderfully Colored Plastic War Toys 34:16 - Smoking Banana Peels 37:55 - Right Wing Pigeons 40:13 - Quality Of Death 42:28 - If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire 44:30 - Stuart 46:55 - VFW 48:34 - Commodify Your Dissent 51:20 - Beach Party Vietnam 53:03 - Big Lizard 55:23 - Crazy (Pylon cover w/ Vanessa Briscoe Hay) Encores 59:20 - Beach Song 61:26 - Surfin’ Cow 67:06 - Dean’s Dream 69:31 - Life Is Shit

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza, Freaky Festivus, or whatever you do or don’t celebrate…

This is something that Joe offered from April 1 - April 15 2011, and I have shared one of the tracks from this before, but I just uploaded the whole thing for everyone’s enjoyment.

These rough mixes are definitely a bit rawer than the final album because, well, they’re rough mixes. Also, there are differences, things were changed from these mixes and the final album. Give this a listen. These are MP3 files converted from the original FLAC download. I will post the FLAC files as soon as they finish uploading.

***EDIT: FUCK A RHINOCEROS, THE ORIGINAL LINK POSTED DOES NOT WORK! HERE IS A CORRECT LINK!***

http://www.mediafire.com/download/4iadgd8d80hthyd/

Tracklist:

01 - I’m Flying Away 02 - I Can’t stay Awake 03 - The Man Who Rides The Bus 04 - Helicopter Interiors 05 - Chaos Theory 06 - The Girl With The Strong Arm 07 - Peter Bazooka 08 - Don’t Deny Your Inner Child 09 - When I Get To Heaven 10 - The Blues Song 11 - Train I Ride 12 - Crystalline

To quote the April 2011 newsletter about these:

I have not gotten around to posting the ‘Bootleg of the Month’ for April yet. I hope to get that posted by the end of this weekend. However, I do have a special treat for you dear Newsletter subscribers. I have posted the early “rough” mixes for one of the most beloved Dead Milkmen albums, ‘Stoney’s Extra Stout (Pig)’. This popular album was recorded mostly at Sigma Sound Studio One, which was a somewhat famous recording studio in Philadelphia (no longer there). The studio was the first one in the United States to use console automation. It became associated with the Philadelphia International Soul sound, and it as it was where many of the Gamble and Huff hits were recorded. It is also where David Bowie recorded his ‘Young Americans’ album. The mixes I posted are from the initial basic tracking sessions.

There’s been a live cover of Astro Zombies that the Dead Milkmen did that has been floating around the internet for years. There is also this 4-track version that they did that might not be as widely circulated. I can’t find the notes from the tape that this came from right now, but if I remember correctly, this was recorded on their tour bus during the Metaphysical Graffiti tour.