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They Were All Alan Smithee

by The Anti Inflammatory Action Force

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    Sometimes bits of paper have strange names written on them, I thought it was time to celebrate this.

    This album was written and recorded in 1 Day. The mixing had to be revisited the next day. This is the 5th 1 Day album to be released by The Anti Inflammatory Action Force.
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Blisters set in with fury Pull tender flesh underneath Come on babe, I'm in a hurry I said my prayers, and now I'll feast And I don't find it consoling and I don't think it's a treat Dry tongue cracks and your eyes bulge out and I still can't find peace I'll be busy in the wastelands and I will hunt my compensation and they will never be the same again The Marks of Strangulation Whoever said I was lucky? Whoever said I was doing fine? No one knows what the world thinks It went and left us behind I once held hope for beauty I once invested in love Until I placed myself in duty Much like my hand inside this glove I'll be busy in the wastelands and I will hunt my compensation and they will never be the same again The Marks of Strangulation If I could bring about the ending If I could just ignore temptation But now I sense we're all descending Into The Marks of Strangulation
2.
It can never be taken seriously as an art form It's a footnote I wanted to publish a book about the secret life It's a footnote I have been sent by people different then you to say things other than you naturally would Naturally would It's 100% real It's genuine article leather Leather But, some of us can't be helped and some of us can't be responsible Responsible Genuine Leather Responsible How many different occasions in your life has there been? Been? Been? Oh boy, who doesn't wanna? Who doesn't wanna? Who doesn't wanna? Who doesn't wanna? There's no one available No one available Once more with feeling Un-interrupted times cannot be proven against what could have been real If I stepped on someone's foot, I'm sorry I'm sorry There is no need to apologize to me! To me Tisk, Tisk, Tisk.
3.
For The 01:36
4.
Dance Club 02:24
(Check it) We gonna have a knitting party Gotta knit yourself some sneakers Gotta knit yourself some stockings I'm probably peaking honey I'm probably peaking in the night (no) Night time is the best time See how I saved that line? Dance Club (Do you appreciate me? I find it to be unlikely that you do) Now the carpet can't stop growing And the mold is clearly showing And the babbling brook babbles on to the language nobody speaks Nobody speaks that esperanto Esperanto Spaldanacious Taking things from people is easier than it seems when you have ovenmits I'm gonna fill you with glue I'm gonna glue your blood inside your veins and then I'm gonna! I'm not gonna tell you. (Your rhyming skills are inadequate, you should be removed) Sometimes when I put steel next to the veal, OH YOU KNOW. (Asshole) (Brush my teeth, brush them twice, brush them twice) Who put my favorite fork away WAS IT YOU CLETUS? (Cletus? Or Clitoris?) Why no it was not I, even though I have the same voice My bone marrow dances, but my bones just can't
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Cosmic thoughts in his sandbox He wiggles a bit and drudges up a smile Life is awfully long when you think about it He dreams of orange walls, and lays down Who's the one who brings me all my phone calls? Who's the one who packed me up a lunch? Who's the one who gives me all of my pills? Who's the one? Lucy stands at night beside the old man She's been at his side many nights before She once drove the truck that hit him And she loves to rebuild all the things she broke
7.
Carnival 02:23
Step right, step right up Come on into my freak show We've got terrors that you've never seen A three headed girl named Calypso Children choirs, lightbulb lips Buisness dogs with pinwheel hips Alligator girls named Buttercup Fresh baked rulers with cranberry sauce Herbert, The Mandolin Player See him short and stout See him next to The Bovine Boy The one with the gaping snout Old people on trampolines Freaking Kevin out And he screams Fingers fused in a bouquet Lobster Man, what do you have to say? (Kill Me)
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Time is floating forward The trees will soon fall down Movies with Mel Gibson are bound to come around And so we say goodbye We know it's not forever X The biggest treats are made of meat But you never want the lions seat Because they're shitty carpenters

about

What does it mean to be human?
Where is the milk?
Who the hell wrote down Alan Smithee on that bit of paper?

This album answers none of those questions.

It was written and recorded in 1 Day on February 26th, 2011.

I would like to extend a hearty thanks to everyone who came to hangout that day. Whether you were actually on the album or not, your presence helped shape the way that day went.

Also, an extra special thanks to Eric Beauchner, for giving me pacing space, and doing all the mixing on this album. He makes this stuff listenable, check him out. ericbeauchner.com

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released March 5, 2011

Way too many people to list here at once. Check each individual song for who did what.

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The Anti Inflammatory Action Force is the deformed, beaten, and often neglected brain child of Gavin. It is a work in progress that is always finished. It is a final project that is never done.

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