Song and Dance Girl

Sometimes I write songs. They can roughly be broken down into the following categories. Annotated for your convenience, and also because I am procrastinating more important things!

(Clicking on the song title should allow you to stream or download the track.)


Steampunk 

Tesla :: Inspired by this comic and this video (the latter being decidedly not worksafe due to language)


Time Traveler's Waltz :: The steampunk answer to "Bicycle Built for Two."

Mechanical Man :: Your typical 19th century cyborg tragedy.

Same Place :: A protest song against the practice of digging up cadavers for use in scientific study, which I imagine would only be worse in a universe with greater amounts of experimentation and innovation.


Math, Science and Assorted Geekery

Occam's Razor :: In which I bastardize William of Ockham's principle for the sake of tidy metaphor.

Shroedinger's Cat :: When your relationship feels like a thought experiment, it is time to take stock.

Supersymmetry :: A torch song about the birth of the universe and its subsequent evolution.

Rule 34 :: The one about internet porn.


Silliness

Bicycle Cop :: Life is hard for bicycle cops. It's hard and nobody understands.

Patrice McShane :: The woman, the legend(s).

In My Town :: Post apocalyptic cowboy song, co-written by my dad.

Creepy Ones :: Every example of sketchy behavior listed in this song happened to either me or a close friend. Creepy people of the world, you are on notice!

Snakes for Rats :: I think this song has the highest body count of anything I've written.


The Ones that are Actually Kind of Heartfelt

It's Not Like

The Kettle Song :: Friends, hardship, and tea

Going Insane :: I'm probably going to rewrite this a little at some point in the future.

Certainty :: An extended metaphor about losing one's sense of confidence.

Next Best

Song for Mom :: Fair warning: you need to know my mom in order for this one to make any goddamn sense.



I think that's everything. If you can think of something I've left out, let me know!

Note: The quality of the recordings varies a bit, and at some point I am hoping to record everything using halfway decent equipment and the help of someone who knows how to mix sound, and then put out something roughly album-ish. If you'd like to be kept in the loop about that, drop me an e-mail at jessicamarybest at gmail.com.