He don't like fish
but he likes the mud
and swimmin' in and out
when it mix with the blood.

Rat's a little,
little slick,
little slick newt.
Lives in a cave
sittin' under a boot.

"Rat the Newt"
from
Lullabies for Luci
released ten years ago today.

jmsmig.bandcamp.com/album/lullabies-for-luci

Swimmin' in the mud,
Rat met a fish
who told him to kiss her
and make a wish.

Rat put his nose
and his tail in the air
and said
"Get lost, fish.
I don't really care."

Rat hit the fish
with a willow reed.
He hit her so hard
that she started to bleed.

(Cont.)

Look up high
to what you want.
Look down low
to what you know.

You can see it.
Now try to be it.
Hesitation's passé.
Just go.

And all you need is heart
to play the part.
Happy New Year.

["Happy New Year"
from the album
Apocalyptic Sunset At Harvard]

jmsmig.bandcamp.com/track/happy-new-year

Say hello to an old friend,
not the kind with the
scar and gout
but the kind that's
strung in tune, not out,
you know.

Say goodbye to Coco,
Mary, Al and Jesus.
I think nothing more
would please us.
Don't cha know? ...

2/2: "Massive Elves" consists of four sections, each using an algorithmic variation on the initial interpretation of "Berklee" using an array to reorder the pitches.

The final ingredient was the sleigh bells and xylophone that instantly turns any piece of music, even atonal, into "holiday" music.

That's the Allman Brothers.

By the way, @bpl.boston.gov is also a great place for Zappaphiles as they have a collection of Zappa scores available in the reading room of the Arts section though “Dupree’s Paradise”, which I skimmed some years ago, no longer appears in the website database.

So instead of working on “Zappacrite” on the first day of Zappadan, I took a detour and began work on a piece with the working title of “Copley Square Dance”. Still a work in progress, the current revision can be heard as a bonus track on Apostolatus.

Music is the best. Download what thou wilt.
JMS

I read the article twice. No backstory on canning.