Preface

When I approached NERE Press with the idea of runnin this lil’notebook I’d made outta

an old issue of Vogue, I was more interested in pushin some limit here or there …

I wanted to play with text.

What we came up with is, Selected Caca & Bits of Tissue, number one in the

“Men’s Spoon Magazine Series.” Collected here are ten short songs written over past

years.

I grew up with a buncha musicians. No matter where we were, impromptu sets

eventually prevailed. Silliness. Sadness. Hearts. Daggers.

This text is for those guys, endless muse.

I’d also like to thank Spritney Beers and Mini-Super, who have both included my songs

on their albums. The songs contained here have not been commissioned, except

“GBGB,” which SB plans to release on their upcoming album, Got Crap?

The publisher brought to my attention the question floatin round: Why have I populated

the pages with images of sexy women? I [don’t] know,

it’s only rock’n’roll,

and I like it. yes I do.

To tell the truth, the text is very nearly a concept album. Not necessary a wieldy,

fashion magazine filled with drawings and notes over and around provocative imagery,

but it’s necessarily possible that composing the notebook created the sensibility with

which I’ve approached songwriting over the years. So, while NERE said “No” to Vogue,

the publisher did allow me to pull some stops … so, fuck it. Here’s my songbook.

It’s a girly magazine,

without a centerfold.

It’s shit,

w/shit smeared

on the pgs.

Stl MO

May 2008
Notes:

1. Written for Spritney Beers, appearing on the upcoming release, “Got Crap?”

2. Written on a cocktail napkin in either 1998 or 1999, Nashville, TN.

Forgot where I was drinking. Inspired by U2 and Guided By Voices.

3. Writ to the tune of “Your Cheating Heart,” by Hank Williams.

5. Thank you, Mr. Bunel. Thank you, RL.

6. Thank you, Mr. Bataille.

7. Since no one will ever read “Letters for Natalie,” I wrote a song about it.

8. Everyone should own a Polly Jean Harvey Inflatable Sex Doll.

10. Thank you, Mr. Bataille.