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Bakelite 78- What The Moon Has Done

by Bakelite 78

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Well, I told you before and I'm telling you now Baby, your sweet face is the cat's meow The prettiest thing I've ever seen, anyhow Well, I been to all fifty of the fifty states and You're the only hip chickadee to swing these, gates. I'd drive a thousand miles or two to give you chase Because the cat's meow is your face Well you pick me up when Im feeling blue, You help me when I fall Forgive me evil that I do, You love your sweet daddy most of all. Well- I been to all fifty of the fifty states, and You're the only hip chickadee to swing these, gates! I'd follow you most anyplace All the way to China, Because the cat's meow is your face (I really mean it) Because the cat's meow is your face (I'll love you forever, baby) Because the cat's meow is your face Meow
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Lurid Lounge 05:16
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Well I can't see My eyes are shifting shape Thickening hair along my nape I'm down on all fours and my nails are diggin' in the hardwood floor I've been thinkin' strange thoughts like in a dream-- Opening my mouth to scream But all that comes out is a howl Spit is hangin' from my jowls What's happening? What The Moon Has Done To Me More thickening fur around the nape More bloody thoughts I can't escape From what I'm turning into I probably need a breath mint too Outside, out back, out on the lawn All my human features gone Diggin' a hole and lying down Chewed up bones are all around What's happening What The Moon Has Done To Me
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Monongah 04:17
Five hundred miners went to heaven, December Sixth, Nineteen-O-Seven... Well, Monongah was the coal town's name. From the native tongue is where it came. For it was the Indian word for blood, Which would prove quite fitting soon enough. Well, the miners knew the ground was haunted. With the name "Monongah" the natives taunted. Who knows what evil those boys found While digging deep down in the ground? The rescuers- they couldn't breathe. After fifteen minutes they had to leave. 'Cause you just can't breathe in the afterdamp. (gasp) Carbon Monoxide- have a sample Well Shaft#6 and Shaft#8 are connected by ducts that ventilate but which also act as a path of breath for a coal-dust methane hellish fiery death! (scream) As I toil through the firedamp, Well, I can't afford a Davy Lamp. I smell the gas, I see the spark. Then scorched, I choke in the drowning dark. The earthen tomb is mighty cold For a dozen boys of twelve years old. How could a nightmare like this happen? I guess I should've stuck to trappin'. No, it wasn't a Native American curse-- The real situation is certainly worse. Complicit in the mine's creation Was Fairmont Coal, and Consolidation. And rest assured that the company mine Would be reopened in one month's time By boys like me, scrapin' tooth and nail, While Two-Hundred-Fifty widows moan and wail! And Monongah was the coal town's name. From the native tongue is where it came. For it was the Indian word for blood. Which would prove quite fitting soon enough. Five hundred miners went to heaven... December Sixth, Nineteen-O-Seven.
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Madeline 05:35
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Dark Spot 04:01
There's a little dark spot on my soul Is it a cancer or a hole? Is it just empty space or will it grow Into a bigger dark spot on my soul? There's a tiny hard spot on my heart I noticed when we split apart There with thousands of tiny white scars-- It looks like the surface of Mars Tiny white scars the size of a pin It'll be covered all up and It won't beat again and I won't have to be All Alone Because I'll be made out of stone If I only knew what was true I'd know what to think about you I'd find something to fill up this hole That is slowly taking over my soul Tiny white scars the size of a pin It'll be covered all up and It won't beat again and I won't have to be all alone because I'll be made out of stone
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Jim 05:07
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She was a country girl named Nell At The World's Fair Hotel, Just another acquisition From The Colombian Exposition... I took her on the Ferris wheel, Then out for her last meal, Then a moonlit carriage ride Where in her I did confide- How our Lord, he doth Provide... "Here we are now, come inside" (CHORUS) And it's Down, Down, down the corpse chute, Carved up on the slab Oh those colleges need skeletons-- I'll put her on the tab. Wash your hands, wash your hands As you come back from The Sands As you walk home from The Sands Darling Nikki! The Sands is an dirty place and you've got something on your face. And if you take what I mean... I prefer my women clean! I've got acid, I've got lime But I haven't got much time. Old Chappel will meet you later-- He's a cool Articulator. I'm a charming blue-eyed devil And I'm always on the level. Well my name is H.H. Holmes and I'll be selling all your bones! Chorus (2x) Though I haven't got much time I've got acid, I've got lime! Oh my, how it pleased and shocked her When I told her I'm a doctor! And I'm always on the level I'm a charming blue-eyed devil I'll be selling all your bones And my name is H. H. Holmes! (Cha cha cha!)
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This is the third album by Robert Rial and Bakelite 78. This is the first album with the new line-up based in Seattle, Washington. (The original line-up was based in Chicago and released two albums from 2005-2007, It's A Sin, and Delta Disc.)

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released April 13, 2012

What The Moon Has Done was recorded at Rogue Island Studios, in Seattle, January 21-23rd and January 28-30th, 2011 by Mark Miller and Jesse Anderson. It was mixed by Mark Miller (with assistance from Robert Rial), & mastered by Mark Guenther at Seattle Disc Mastering, Black Belt Studios.
Bakelite 78 players:
Robert J. Rial- Tenor Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Vocals, Guitars
Erin Jordan- Piano, Accordion, Vocals, Guitar on Madeline
Steven Baz- Drums, Back-up Vocals
Austin Quist- Upright Bass, Sousaphone, Saw, Back-up Vocals
Erik Reed- Trumpet, Back-up Vocals
SPECIAL GUESTS:
Oisin Gunning- Trombone on tracks 1,5,6, 8.
Miles Panto- Dobro on track 12
Kevin Buster- Saxes and or clarinet on tracks 1,3,4,6,7,11

Special Thanks: Bakelite 78 would like to thank the following (If you aren't listed here, we probably still thank you!): Jordan Bodewell and Sepiachord, Christopher W. Fischbach, Jackie Roberts & The Pink Door, The Rial Family, The Heider Family, The Baz Family, The Reed Family, The Quist Family, Kathleen McDonough and Clan, Rosemary T. Rial, Kathy Moore, Jamie Reed, James Kilronan Rial, Chris Snell, Miles Panto, Oisin Gunning.

Photos by Chris W. Fischbach. Woodcut artwork by Jeffrey Rial. CD design/layout by Robert Rial. Photo layout by C.W. Fischbach.

Songs 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, & 12 by Robert J. Rial.
Songs 2, 5, 8, & 10 by Erin Jordan. Song 6 by Austin Quist, arranged by Robert Rial.

Copyright 2011 Bakelite 78/Robotox Publishing(BMI)

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Bakelite 78 Seattle, Washington

Bakelite 78 performed a mix of swing, blues, proto-country, cabaret, and rock as well as originals in these styles. The original Bakelite 78 performed in Chicago from 2003-2008. In 2009, Robert Rial moved to Seattle. The Seattle line-up of Bakelite 78 released a full length, "What The Moon Has Done", in 2012, and two EP's, "Five Hits From Heck" & "Farewell to the Emerald City", in 2016 and 2019. ... more

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