Jam Mechanics

Episode 9 is here and Bug and Matt are reminiscing about the places they definitely SHOULD NOT have been on tour right before they hit the road again. Don't be a hater, leave us a good reviewJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "In a Scoring/Sporting Position"----Bug's Song-----Title: The UpperhandAdditional Challenge: Safe Space for HateLyrics: I am barking at the mailmanthough you tell me there's no hopeButupperhandr barked at milkmenwhen's the last time you saw one of thoseI am barking at the squirrels outsideand no one thinks it worksbut my father barked at sabretoothsand wiped them from the EarthWe can solve it like our fathers, open hands balled into fistsif we solve it like our fathers we'll just end up in the mess we're inThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhandI am barking out at everythingI like the way it soundscause my father barked at everythingand I want to make him proudWe can solve it like our fathers, walk 10 paces, turn and shootIf we solve it like our fathers, then our kids will solve it this way tooThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhandThe whole world loves an underdog but you can't break the rulesand start beating us with baseball bats when your team starts to losethe screaming in the stands might sound like cheering from this farand all your kids are watching and can't tell the two apartand all your kids are watching when you tell them who you areThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhand---- Matt's Song -----Title: Curdled MilkteethAdditional Challenge: Something where it ought not to beLyrics:i was driving through the highlands at a quarter to 5 in the morning in the middle of junei was listening to a record that i used rely on to get by and thinking about youstop the car at intersections, check my heartspin the wheel in your directioncause somewhere out in the darkyou're burning and all i need to do is to follow the heatif i never come up for air i won't ever need to breathei won't need to breathecurdled milkteethnow i don't know this road from any otheri'm hungry and tired and i'm a hundred exits deepand the valley walls are so highthat i must have missed the sunriseif there ever was a sunriseI don't know when it happened, but sometime in the past I got too tall to sneak through the ryeI suddenly recall how i used to rely on you to catch me before I hit the overhangKill the engine, try to soothe my racing heartTurn my head in your direction

I've been told I'm bad at foreshadowing. Episode 8 has a bookstore. We meet John Demo. You've been warned.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by The Narcissist Cookbook Bug Hunter where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to download the demos, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prompt: "An Opportunity Not Yet Past----Bug's Song-----Title: What Happened To JohnChallenge: TRUE CRIMEIt's not productive to compare all our troublesplayin "who's got it worse' to one-up one anotherIts half a dozen of one, and its six of the otheryou don't want to win this gameBut the unspoken rule's now the talk of the townthe difficult truth no one dare say aloudwe all know who and we all know howbut no one wants to saycause Marty lost his job last monthand Tom's wife ain't been home too muchwe all have troubles but I'll tell you whatIt's a shame what happened to JohnMrs. Carter, well I haven't seen you out of your apartment in a couple of daysshe says my husband is halfway into handcuffs with no more hope of changing his waysI'm pinching pennies, never spending any 'cause I'll have to bail him out or bury him soonbut when I go to church he isn't worth my focus as I bow my head and sit in the pewsI'm praying for another and I'm hopin He'll respondits a shame what happened to JohnAnd Connor's cough keeps getting worseand Olli's luck has all reversedwe all have troubles that could be much worseIt's a shame what happened to JohnWe don't report it to the papers or go to the policethere's an unacknowledged understanding passing in the streetsthe entire city's sick but have learned to be discreetthat's all that can be doneThere were never conversations or plans of how to actwe didn't draft a non-disclosure or attempt to make a pactthere was a problem, we solved it, there's no more going backthe problem's finally goneAnd Miley's finally out of bedand Faith feels safe to walk againwe don't have trouble when we all pretendIt's a shame what happened to John---- Matt's Song -----Title: The First of the Everkings To DieChallenge: Foreshadowing!i met a man travelling from the north passing through my part of townhe wore a tattered overcoat, flapping open in the warm north wind, still carrying his service riflehitched underneath his armthough the barrel was rusted and the stock had near completely decomposedi didn't say a word, no point asking these guys anythingthey've got enough on their plates from having nothing on their platesbut i offered him some food i had either going spare or going badand he thanked me with a nod and he kept on walking souththey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down therefour other northman came passing through my part of townstacks of skin and castoff bones in those coats like rotten peltsI gave them what I had, but this time one of them stuck aroundSaid the situations worsening faster than the snow can meltHe asked me what I did down here, I said I was a writer At the very least I try to, but - he looked away he didn't careHe sat down right there in my garden, sunflowers in winterAnd he told me what to tell you, and he leftthey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down thereHe says it's going to happen soon, sooner than you thinkYou'll see the symbols early but you won't know they meanAnd the daydreams that you've come rest your head upon at nightAre like the permafrost, the first one of the Everkings to dieBut there's time, he says, there are chances easy missedThere are lessons needing learned before the class has chance to sitAnd if you really pay attention, really take the whole thingYou might just see where this is heading before the ending beginsthey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down there

Episode 7 of Jam Mechanics is a JAM. Bug talks nicknames and new addictions, and Matt quizzes Bug on his favorite subject.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Buyer's Remorse"----Bug's Song-----Title: Board GamesAdditional Challenge: Giving yourself a nicknameLyrics:I should've never done itI should've saved my budgetI can't believe I even tried when I'm the only one thathas the resolve and focusto stick with what we've chosenBut as the night drags on I'm learning that this quest is hopelessThis is never what this evening was aboutI have to keep it bottled everytime I wanna shoutStop talking during board games!Don't ask whose turn it is, its your, babe!You would know that if you hadn't asked how Hannah's Graduation wentthere were prolly speeches half as long as this distraction isStop talking during board games!Do you know how long this took to coordinate?3 couples in their thirties on a table-flipping thursdaynow all of them are yawning by the middle of the 1st gameI've popped out all the piecesspent 3+ hours readingno, they don't call me the Rulebook Ruler for no reasonSometimes this job is brutalbut I just do it, you knowI took all day to learn the lore and that was just for UnoI wanna game but you hit me with reversenow everytime you talk I wanna table-flippin' curse!Stop talking during board games!Don't ask whose turn it is, its your, babe!You would know that if you hadn't brought up Molly's border-collienow they're all looking at puppy picsinstead of killing zombiesStop talking during board games!now I think that I understand divorce ratesI was totally on board for in sickness and in healthguess I should have seen this coming from your 20 minute vowsBut the worst part of this is, despite my perfect planned tacticswhen we tally up you always winAll your talking during board gamesto disrupt my strategy was your aimthought I was married to a monster but it turns out you're a masterI can't describe this feeling but I think that its attraction?All your talking during board gamesand pretending you were always really bored mademe put down my defenses and fill my head with doubtsbut babe that's really clever I'm so table-flippin' proud---- Matt's Song -----Title: JAMAdditional Challenge: Must be a JAM songLyrics:I dunno, Matt didn't send me any. Just listen to it!

On the 6th episode of season 3, Matt and Bug talk Hydras and Heists with two new songs to jam to on your Monday morningJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Love Song to a Body Part"----Bug's Song-----Title: The HydraAdditional Challenge: Rule of 3Lyrics: I admit I was pissed when you chopped off my headand Hercules, you looked pleased (or rather relieved?) that I was deadbut from the stump of my neck I grew two more(I swear this has never happened before)but I'm back and better off than I was then(and now they're singing)Do you think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen?Or was he surprised as everyone of us?Decapitate me once, shame on you, that ain't enoughDo you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up?The first dozen times were the hardest but now I believebefore this battle started I was hopelessly naivebut now this one's a fighter, and this one's a biterand that one's determined, and this one knows Germanand one knows Karate, we call that one "choppy"but don't talk to this one 'till he's had his coffeewe're offering all of these skillsyou can chop off our heads but you can never killwe'll just get bigger and better and stronger togetherI've tethered the best parts of me so now whetherYou think the Hydra knew that THAT would happenor if he's surprised as everyone of usDecapitate me twice, shame on you, it's still not niceDo you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up?Now Hercules is screaming: "this is not how this one goes"but you've mixed up mythology for history, my foecause history is what happened, mythology is imaginednow I'm rewriting this myself to be the hero of this battleHercules, your turn to leaveyour trial subscription to life is completeI've got many mouths to feed so I'll start with non-believerscuz I think I always knew that this would happenThat I'd surprise the world with what I've gotDecapitate me thrice, I can do this all damn nightI think I always knew I'd get back upI think I always knew I'd get back up---- Matt's Song -----Title: Central Occipital NervousnessAdditional Challenge: Must be a CON songLyrics:i know youi know you're my oldest friendbefore we learned how to talkthere we were, lying therehand in handi know you're trying to helpi know you're trying but there ain't no helping mei know you're trying butsometimes the trying justcauses more pain that it needsi know thisWe've done this a million timesIt was our first party trickEveryoneCome watch meFlip my shitThis baby can turn on a dimei know you're trying to helpi know you're trying but there ain't no helping mei know you're trying butsometimes the trying justcauses more pain that it needsAnd the worst part is that I agreeThis world is frightening thingBut I'm going outside To see what I'll findAnd you can come with if you like

Episode 5 means we're finally warming up and getting good at this podcast thing. Bug and Matt talk about big brains and unexpected knives, and deliver 2 brand-new cool songsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Warming Up"----Bug's Song-----Title: Waiting for the Snow to MeltAdditional Challenge: coooooolLyrics: You were the first one that I thought ofwhen the forecast called for snowyou said you'd race me to the bottomand you took off down the slopesYou were the coolest on the mountainmaking sure everyone knows ittaking shortcuts off the trailwhile we just wondered "where'd he go"You said the loser has to buy a beerwhen we're back down at the lodgeand you knew I didn't drinkyou also knew you never lostI'd find you grinning, waiting for mebut I didn't mind the costit was worth it for the storieswhen you got a little sloshednow the mountains warming up as welland we're just waiting for the snow to meltcut to the crispest day of winteryou could see it in your grinweaving past all the beginnersskiing faster than the windwhen I beat you to the bottomthat's when the fear kicked inI MAY not know a lot but knowyou'd never let me winnow we're just waiting for the snow to meltWe're just waiting for the snow to melt to find something we lostsomeone taken by the mountain in a grave made out of frostAnd when we find your body I will send word to your momshe's the only one still holding on to hope after this longyeah we're just waiting for the snow to meltYou had the kind of wild spirit everyone else tries to fakeyou lived a life devoid of fear only an avalanche could takenow when our friends start drinking I'm the first to raise a toastcause you're the first one that I think of when the forecast calls for snowNow I'm just waiting for the snow to meltto get a break and thing of something else---- Matt's Song -----Title: Warming UpAdditional Challenge: Must be SHARPLyrics:you're just warming up to me nowi know that i can be a little too much sometimesalright maybe most of the timeI know that I'd struggle to love someone like me butYou can see itYou can see itYou can feel the swing and swayAll my crazy, random flailingLooks like dancing when you do it with meCan't you feel itCan't you feel itI'm just warming up to this nowNot so long ago I would sooner die than be knownBut you are gentle and slowAnd the further this goes i swear to god it's almost likeI can see itI can see itStrap me to the spinning latheTake your tools to all my failingsDecorate the floor as you cut them awayI can see itI can see itBut now I'm realising I could see it all this timeOh why do I only like myself when I'm reflected in your eyesI can see itFor the first timeHow I outsourced all my smiling to youHow I gave inGave up learningLet you carry me cause you offered toHow'd I miss thisHow'd I miss thisHow'd I miss thisHow I'll miss this How I'll miss this

Don't blame me for this title. This was Matt. Episode four of our once-respected podcast finds Bug and Matt diving deep into Hallmark Channel Movies and talking about their feelingsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Just a Feeling"----Bug's Song-----Title: Liberal KittyAdditional Challenge: 200bpmLyrics:He's just a feline looking well groomedHe makes a beeline for me when he sees I have foodAnd you can see why kitty is the king of the houseyou'll never hear him coming when he's ready to pounceHis heroes are awesome: Bagheera, MufasaHe doesn't care for Aslan as we raised him as agnosticIf you put on the Aristocats he does get quite upsetcause this righteous little kitty really hates the 1%He's a Liberal KittyThat's the Liberal KittyHe shimmy, shimmy, shimmies to the left,and has the right to meowHe voted for Kamala but it didn't countcause he's a liberal kitty, and just a literal catHe's just a feline sharing his viewsHe doesn't see why people care which bathroom you useand it seems like you shouldn't need 2 jobs to survivesellling toe bean pictures on the web to get byHe donates to causes, his toe beans are awesomeBetween Bernie and AOC his favorite's a toss-upHe thinks we'll have a woman running things eventuallyand he really thinks that catnip should be moved to schedule 3He's a liberal KittyThat's the Liberal KittyHe shimmy, shimmy, shimmies to the left,and has the right to meowHe voted for Kamala but it didn't countcause he's a liberal kitty, and just a literal catHe is my liberal kittyhe's from a deep blue cityhis toe beans are so prettyHe is my liberal kittyHe is my liberal kittyhe's from a deep blue cityhis toe beans: itty bittyHe is my liberal kitty ---- Matt's Song -----Title: Aurora Teagarden: Reunited and it feels so DeadlyAdditional Challenge: Must be titled after a Hallmark MovieLyrics:i gotta wonder what you're doing herei gotta little too comfortable i thinki guess we gotta little used to notrunning in running in running in each othernow we've had a bit of time to stewto really soften us up and soak it all ini thought i had a lot to say to youbut open my mouth and bite off the tip of my tongueREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYNANANANANAwhat a pity that you brought a guni really thought for a moment you were happy to see me nowwhat a shame that i came preparedwith a kev with a kev with a kevlar vestand then you ask me if i liked the tasteof my freshly brewed polonium teanot as much as i like the soundof the boom of the bomb that has gone off right under your seatREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYHate is really just a feeling that we shareI squeeze your hand just to check you are still thereAnd I feel like squeeze back in the dark

There's a Caramel Party happening in the Jam McCabin. On Episode 3 we're talking pranks and making two new tunes.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Unframed Photographs"----Bug's Song-----Title: After The FactAdditional Challenge: CAR/MALL/PARTYLyrics:Its a tough day for the home teammoving furniture is easy, its the personal stuff that worries mecause cleaning out your parents house is not how I imaginedwhile it looks like packing boxes up and sweepin out the cabinetsits another introduction to who you thought you knewa one-way heart to heart that's hard enough to make it throughwithout the pictures up in frames on the walls of your officea collection hand-selected to be handsome and flawlessI never saw the box of polaroids you'd forgottenpacked away inside a cabinet in the back of your garagethere's your first car with the hood poppedhere's you at a party with my uncle in a headlocksome candids of you camping, this one had to be from promits strange to see your arm around someone who isn't momI never knew that you knew Marty since you were in second gradeIn my head you met at work but now I don't know where that came fromA bunch of big assumptions never challenged while I couldA side I never saw because I thought I understoodNone of it was fiction but I learned after the factI'm mad you never told me but I'm madder I didn't askand all the pictures up in frames on the walls of your officea collection hand-selected to be handsome and flawlessI never saw the box of polaroids you'd forgottenpacked away inside a cabinet in the back of your garageAnd Now I know you better than I ever haveAnd it's nice to meet you after the factAnd Now I know you better than I ever haveAnd it's nice to meet you after the fact ---- Matt's Song -----Title: Pull You BelowAdditional Challenge: PRANK!Lyrics:You turned all the clocks back by 15 minutes a dayTil I felt like I was drowning just by being awakeYou switched out all the lightbulbsTil I couldn't even see my handsThere was a photograph beside my bedOf you and me but I don't recognise itWhispers and laughing out in the hallwayThere was a time I thinkBut I'm not sureYou called me by another nameWhere did I goPull me belowUnder the waterI might be lostFor now, but I'm clawingMy way from hell to your doorYou can't even look meDead in the eyesSo you won't see the lights coming onSo turn all of the clocks back by 15 minutes a dayI'm quietly counting the seconds awaySwitch out all of the lightbulbsFill the house with shadowThere was a photograph beside my bedOf you and me and I'm coming to get itSomething is moving out in the hallwayThere was a time our loveWas strong enoughTo raise me from the deadWhere will you goWhen I pull you belowUnder the water

We're just trying to make a difference over here in the Jam McCabin, so grab some Popcorn and get ready to be ComplimentedJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "One (K)night's difference"----Bug's Song-----Title: Fix ItselfAdditional Challenge: A complimentLyrics:I said "I dunno, doc" as I sat up on the tablemy shirt off, thankful just my socks around my anklesI've had no luck with proper diagnosismy internet doctor just sent some shrug emojisand so she jots down a note, this'll do the trickget back to your old self quickBut I'm stubborn and a skepticbut this doctor won't accept itShe says "Take This and Call me in the morning"so I shake it and I say I can't afford itbut she insists and writes me a prescriptionso I throw it in the cabinet with the other dozen pillsthat I've ignored and sorta hope that it'll magically fix itselfnow its been 6 months so I come in for a check-upShe asks about my regimen and so I have to fess upThe bottle is still intactand my motivation's weaker than a childproof capThis calls for a higher dose, you're so easy to diagnoseYou're just stubborn and a skepticand this doctor won't accept itTake This and Call me in the morningI make a play to ask about the side-effects and warningsshe evades this and writes me a prescriptionand walks me to the pharmacy and watches as I pay and leaveand wonders if I still believe that this'll all fix itselfSo I'm standing in the bathroom, bottle on the windowsillhyping up myself 'cause I've never liked taking pillsI pop the top and to my surprisethere's nothing but a note insideIt says: Take this, and call me in the morningI love you and you're handsome and importantand I want you to feel like you're acceptedso I wrote you my love as a prescriptionSo I take it, and call you in the morningmy heart aching from the way that you support meand sometimes I get down, and afraid to ask for helpBut I know it won't fix itself---- Matt's Song -----Title: The Other BoysAdditional Challenge: Must use the word "POPCORN"Lyrics:PopcornNow I have your attention I got a two minute pitch and I'd like you to listenSo you've been putting up with suitors for a week now andThese losers can't do any of the cool shit I canI don't have money, I don't have fameOr blue blood flowing in my veinsBut excuse mePrincess I'm not like the other boysDragonYeah that was me in the yardDrove a 12 foot polearm through it's burning heartYou probably couldn't tell with my helmet askew But as the beast fell baby I was winking at youAnd the wizard in the hills who was raising the deadI cut him a deal before I cut off his headA hundred strong choir of your bloodline pastSinging love songs at your windowI don't have land, or military mightI don't have anyone to hold in the nightExcuse mePrincess I'm not like the other boysThey might have it all but you've still got a choicePower and blood, connections and coinOr me and whatever I've got going onI don't want to scare you by coming on strongBut I'd love you better than any of themNo plot of the devil or creation of menCould touch you when I am there at your sideAnd I don't have money, I don't have fameOr blue blood flowing through my veinsBut excuse mePrincess I'm not like the other boys

AND WE ARE BACK! Season 3 kicks off with Bug and Matt catching up on their names, their goals, and of course, their favorite party tricks.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to DeepBlueInk for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Not Guilty Anymore"----Bug's Song-----Title: Guilty VerdictAdditional Challenge: "Party Trick"Lyrics:CongratulationsGimme your hand and let me shake itA signature is all it takes, an engraving on the dotted lineand then you've made itTurn on the news, kidEveryone's got their eyes on you, kidYou'll get the credit for producing this, in truth,all I did was introduce it... the rest is you, kidYou took the news like its a sermon but, but when I heard itthat shit hit me like a guilty verdictGood news, you tell me I deserve it butI didn't earn it, I didn't earn thisSo have your way, thenI'll take the money and the fame, thenThis is what happens when you're waiting on your breakand no one tells you when to say "when"And if I lose itI have no way to reproduce itJust watch me crawling back to you, sit backI'll ask for second chances you'll refuse itThe rest was you, kidYou took the news like its a sermon but, but when I heard itthat shit hit me like a guilty verdictGood news, you tell me I deserve it butI didn't earn it, I didn't earn thisI made a deal with the devilI meant what I said when I said I'd do anythingDidn't think we'd make it as far we didarmed with our party tricks, all that we're carryingI made a deal with the devilI meant what I said when I said I'd do anythingToo late for take-backs or argumentsonce you have started it, take it and bury itYou took the news like its a sermon but, but when I heard itthat shit hit me like a guilty verdictGood news, you tell me I deserve it butI didn't earn it, I didn't earn this---- Matt's Song -----Title: Pardon MeAdditional Challenge: Last Line == First LineLyrics:I went and did some things that I shouldn't have done(I guess) I got a little carried awayEverybody's done it, got their gun and gone to congressTried to overthrow democracyDon't act like it's a big dealIt was just a party baby, hardly anybody was killedTreason isn't treason when you do it badlySo how about a solid from daddyPardon mePardon meI won't ever do it againProbablyI mean no guaranteesYes I learned my lesson, I guess you'll always pardon meSay good boy and pat my bumThat was just a goof, a gaffe, a blunder, and a good dry runI swear that I will love and serve, honour and obey theeSo How's about a favour for babyPardon mePardon meI won't ever do it againProbablyI mean no guaranteesYes I learned my lesson, I guess The best defense is a presidentWho let's us get away with whatever we pleasePardon meI went and did some things that I shouldn't have done

WOO-WOO, Season 2! Better late than never, Bug and Matt finally take a look back on all the things we loved about our 2nd season. We take audience questions, get mad about a few songs getting wrecked in our poll, and open ourselves up to show you exactly how far we've come! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠

The last proper episode of Season 2 goes back to the beginning. We get DeepBlueInk back in the Jam McCabin -- who doesn't love a good second chance?? Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS BELOW -- --- Challenge: "A second chance you don't deserve" --- BUG'S SONG Title: The Lighthouse Lyrics: On the tip of the island they left him to linger in a lighthouse that clung to the cliff by its fingers no comfort or company close to this coast where he dwelled like a Gargoyle, guarding his post They caught me red-handed, prepared my last meal then gave me an out -- I took the deal Stick to my station, keep my patrol my only condition: don't hurt a soul A hundred years pass me with no chance to slip then on the darkened horizon -- I spotted a ship With the darkness consuming, I lit up their path there's only one route through all the rocks and the crags I carved out a chance through the maze in the sea leading the ship up to rest on the beach The pilgrims abandoned their ship until dawn but the tide never sleeps, when they woke it was gone Without a ship to sail, the sailors advanced to the valley below where they set up their camps the timber was scarce here, which begged them to ask: Do we use them for shelter or use them for rafts? I watched from the ridge, an unreachable witness A fly on the wall with a spider's ambitions didn't surprise me at all that the first thing they did was divide into camps, their first building: a prison They dream of rescue, bless their hearts I've watched them build and tear apart Must now be years since they arrived why must the heartless all survive? Their children only know this place They know I'm here but not my face I pray they never seek me out Oh God, the stores I could tell They're not to blame, I wish them well Oh God, the stories I could tell Years on the island have settled the score The village below me is violent no more Then out of the sunset appears a new ship My heart begins beating -- I have to act quick with only one hope to correct for the night I leapt to my senses and smashed out the light By the light of the morning, there wasn't a sign of the wreckage that washed away deep in the night I swore to my captors I'd harm no one else but not doing harm doesn't mean that I'll help cause I've kissed the devil and can't be coerced of all God's creations, this is the worst with the lighthouse abandoned, I start to descend you can find me among all the souls I've condemned ------------ MATT'S SONG Title: Orchids Lyrics: I watch us from the dark garden Through the living room windows We are dancing You are laughing Revelling in the novelty Of my abandon This is new, you think, I see Your frown encroaches on your smile Or very old, you think But the worry's just a weed We spin around the room I am rooted in the flowerbed And you are crying laughing now And I'm just trying not to trample on the orchids Midnight it begins to rain I pull my jacket closer And you are snuggled on the couch with me and dozing Visibly relieved And I'm relieved as well, in my way I try to catch my eye But there's just no getting through to me This is Good, I think Hiding From the lights of passing cars If I can't live it Well I guess I'll watch it from afar You are warm and you are happy You are safe inside with me And I'm just trying I'm just trying not to trample on the orchids And as you sleep I watch me blinking In the television light And maybe get a little taller A little younger round the eyes This is new, I think Or something very very old But the worry's just a weed And I retreat into the cold This is good, I think In a way, a second start And if I can't live it Well I guess I'll watch it from afar You are warm and you are happy You are safe, at least I hope And I'm just trying I'm just trying I'm just trying Not to trample on the orchids

On Episode Nine, Matt continues being Home Alone 2: Lost in New York and targets the most famous New York M&M vendor. ⁠⁠Heather Edgley⁠⁠ joins us to get us thinking objectively! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: "From the perspective of an inanimate object" ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Sammy Lyrics: I am Sensitive, I know I get riled up at the smallest things and start screaming at the top of my lungs I am working on it but my job is very stressful Holy shit is that a frozen pizza? Time to cry my eyes out, out of my mind with self-doubt doubt you could live without me me? I defend you proudly cause I'm your last protector Hi, my name is Sammy, I'm your over-sensitive smoke detector Any locality may by ordinance require that smoke alarms be installed in any building containing one or more dwelling units in accordance with the uniform statewide building code in other words: you need me I know you're all frustrated by my beeping but where there's smoke, there's fire so where there might be smoke there MIGHT be fire ok I'll work on it but you've cooked that egg for 20 seconds!!! Time to cry my eyes out, out of my mind with self-doubt doubt you could live without me, me? I defend you proudly I am your last protector Hi, my name is Sammy, I'm your over-sensitive smoke detector They say when God opens a door he must also open a door on the other side of the room just one door will not stop me from yelling That's just how airflow works that's just a little physics tip for you inside a song inside a music podcast but to calm me down... I just need... HER Celia, Celia, Twirl for me love no concealing how I'm feeling when I watch from above Celia, Celia, this never gets old they've learned to turn you on first before they look at the stove Celia, Celia... the Ceiling Fan Celia, Celia... the Ceiling Fan (They're making bacon and I can't even fake a beep-beep because of you, Celia) (It may be my low battery that's talking they ain't changing me 'till Autumn, Oh Celia) (Learn good habits, change those batteries on daylight saving time, for realia) (and while you're at it change your air filters too, basic home maintenance, celia) ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: No Visitors Lyrics: no one visits me here but you i wish i could give you a little something in return under the silt, rocks and pillars of breezeblocks i was a queen once just like you in a temple on top of a hill on the rim of the woods and you want ask me something i can tell yeah i used to tell them stories in the vapour choking air and they kept me round because i told them what they want to hear now i call it like i see it so they took my crown away and i don't talk that much anymore these days cause no one visits me here but you no one visits me here but you tell me what do you see in me nobody's looked at me like you look at me for apollo knows how long i thought i needed fable and theatre for you trust me much at all but i guess a temple is wherever you go to find your god and you want to ask me something i can tell you don't need to keep your worries to yourself

On Episode Eight, our heroes get mentally prepared for the long road ahead. Robert Evans from Behind The Bastards gives us a prompt that make us one with the road, and Matt moves to Times Square. Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: "Driving so long you become one with the road" ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: On The Morning Commute Lyrics: On the Morning Commute Sing along with the tune I can throw on a podcast, a radio broadcast all the things I can do on the morning commute The beginning of the day is easy, I have a list of tasks to do Get up, brush teeth, make toast, eat toast, make bed, don't eat bed get dressed (required), comb hair (that one is optional) plenty of structure... and likewise my work day is a breeze between meetings that should have been emails and emails that protect me from meetings I am stimulated all day, left and right and from every corner of my cubicle, a beautiful hectic chaos that keeps my mind racing and taken up with TODO's but its that half hour in between... that damn morning commute Sing along with the tune I can throw on a podcast, a radio broadcast all the things I can do on the morning commute You know, we don't use what scientists call our "Active" brain when we drive? It's why we can hold conversations with passengers (or illegally as I found out, on cell phones) or completely space out and realize 10 minutes and 12 miles down the road And thats where you find me. Nowhere to run. Can't even use my hands to defend myself No amount of NPR or Arianna Grande can drown you out no crosswords to keep my attention locked down, and you know it You say "haha! your melatonin might've saved you last night, but you're legally locked into conciousness now, 30 minutes locked in a Mazda with nothing to properly stop ya, so you should buckle up bud, I've come here to haunt ya So I snuck out last night and went to town like the Grinch of Suburbia Climbing every traffic light and shaking the red and yellow glitter out of each one, flipping every stop sign around to it's "Go-Side", a couple well-place cones and now we have TWO northbound freeways and everyone else going south can just use waze or something Because I am getting this over with I painted over all the lane dividers on the way to work and had enough black paint leftover to paint a tunnel on a cliff as a shortcut to shave off another seven minutes... funny, isn't it? It took a drive to make me learn my limits ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: White Line Lyrics: low fuel light's been on for days i haven't seen another car since i passed petrol station must have a week or more i punched in your address but i don't think i remember you objects in the mirror disappear as they slip out of view i haven't stopped the car in so long i can't even tell leave it long enough you turn in to somebody else

There's no other way to say this. Episode Seven is a special dark episode of Jam Mechanics. If you want to blame someone, blame Sam Damask of Grand Commander for his prompt! But we still have fun, and you will, too! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: "Resisting the Urge to inflict harm on someone who has wronged you" ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Not Your Fault, Kid Lyrics: It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my baby brother It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my baby brother I had a family: mom, dad, dog and and backyard my own room a guitar I was stuck on "F" and I couldn't get past it and now I think it's stuck in the attic or at dad's place, or maybe the storage box that he got when he got kicked out and that just happened to be, just happened to be when you came around It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my baby brother It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my baby brother but mom won't love you, so I hope that yours does you've got her eyes, what a shortcut and our dad's smile that I've barely seen yet at least its absent every other weekend when I'm dropped off and lobbed in the corner spot on a cot set up in your room how'd this happen to me, this happened to me because because of you It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my baby brother It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my... but you're not a text on his phone left unguarded you're not a hotel charged to the family card you're not even them caught in the act, you were 9 months past now you can't be ignored or talked out you just happen to be, just happen to be the proof that knocked us down If I seem shut down and muted thats just what I've found is easiest but I've changed so much can't tell what's me and what's now ship of theseus If I seem shut down and muted thats just what I've found is easiest but I've changed so much can't tell what's me and what's now ship of theseus It's not your fault, kid, I still love you you're my baby brother ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: The Family Dog Lyrics: okay are you done i've been over here biting my tongue let me just catch my breath really swill this blood around let it get into every gap in between my teeth every cavity from the years of sweetness you forcefed me i swallowed it all with a thank you and smile not so pretty anymore am i what's the matter baby, you look like you got your face chewed off by the family dog I'm only playing, and it's cute that you Think this is really the worst I could do I never know what I can chew until I've bitten it off So make your next move Carefully Don't set off my instincts Oh the things I could say light the fuse on the bomb in your brain Give a wink Take a bow And let you take the win walk away when the fuse burns down in a year from now it'd blow and your skull would be hollowed out I know you better than anyone ever has I know how to take you down But I won't not so pretty anymore am i what's the matter baby, you look like you got your face chewed off by the family dog I'm only playing, and it's cute that you Think this is really the worst I could do I never know what I can chew until I've bitten it off So make your next move Carefully Don't set off my instincts

On Episode 6 we get tripped up on cantrips before Joshua David MG gives us a songwriting prompt that'll make you ask: Did they just write the songs of the summer??? If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Challenge: "Did I just write the song of the summer???" ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Loud and Clear Lyrics: You're playin' DJ on our road trip and my ears are going numb It's taking every bit of patience not to mute it with my thumb maybe pretend that it malfunctioned and I'll fix it when we stop but then you say "this one's my favorite" and you crank the volume knob Why do you like this stuff, I haven't got a clue what made a middle class big city girl like only country tunes you don't square dance in your Daisy Dukes or line up in your boots and you you ain't ever seen the inside of a country town saloon I've tried to give it all a chance, I promise you I did but I can't tell when one song ends and when the next hit song begins twenty minutes in... lets just call it what it is every hit song of the summer sounds a little bit like this: a big bar crowd sing-a-long a four-chord kinda country song where the chorus always mentions beer and the title, the title hits loud and clear Its always so repetitive, they've got nothing to say every aspect is generic, every lyric feels cliché I respect the men and women and the instruments they play but the hacks that they are backing have put all their skills to waste cause the stars are all so similar, so handsome, could it be another well-connected white boy up and moved to Tennessee Has a network out in Nashville, plays a chord or two or three add a fourth and ride a horse and you can end up on TV singin' But did you ever think... [See website for remaining lyrics!] ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: Comparing Yourself to a Sillhouette Lyrics: Amelia was born on a saturday night in the heat of july in the heart of america and while the city slept, her mother showed her the sky and speckles of starlight settled on her eyes and little Amelia Earhart knew one day she would fly No that's not what happened Can someone tell me why we obsessively mythologise real people, real lives like this Like no one truly exists unless they live between the lines of a fairy story someone writes? Is it not enough for someone just to have lived, you know? And to have lived extraordinarily? Amelia 'melia, please Come back to earth some time I'm dangling here by a wire And it doesn't feel like flying. Do you think jesus understood that it wasn't enough to be a good man? To be wise and patient and kind? Do you think he knew that in order for his message to outlive him he would have to be canonised, and to be canonised he would have to die before his time? Or was that narrative thrust upon him Against his will By a disciple who loved the message more than the man And who knew that humans don't trust humans We trust gods And so this all too human friend of his would have to Whether he wanted to or not Become a god Or be forgotten And here I am, trying to be the best version of me that I can Comparing myself to these silhouettes who In the way they're presented at least Didn't exist Thinking that because I don't have a narrative Because you couldn't project my story on the screen That somehow makes me less real And the thing is I don't think I'm accepting that I think i'm trying to turn myself into a story To see myself as I see them As only a silhouette

On Episode 5, we record an episode in the same room for the FIRST TIME EVER. Come listen to us reminisce about the tour with PapaBug and rank all our favorite moments (Bug even reveals his favorite fan!!). Oh, and we write some songs, too! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: "Get Ranked" ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: First and Second Lyrics: I wanna tell all my friends about you to tell my mom, who will tell my dad to find the best damn parts about this and celebrate the things I have... but I can't When I was kid at the dinner table my parents would make us make a thankful list the top 3 things about our day and I was always just the worst at this Some days it was simple but most days it was difficult my disposition leaned a bit more pessimist than typical its hard to get excited, like if life finds out I like it I will lose it, yeah its stupid and its superstitious So when you ask me the top 3 things I love about this, I still freeze up I probably look like a well-fed snake as I choke so hard on that softball toss I should just say "hell with it", maybe just embellish it "your laugh, your eyes, your smile" but I know I'm barely sellin it its hard to get excited, if life finds out I like it I will lose it, yeah its stupid, I just wanna tell all my friends about you to tell my mom, who will tell my dad to find the best damn parts about this and celebrate the things I have... but I can't Why am I like this? Why can't I admit everything's going well Why do I hide it? Hide all my joy in this bone-colored shell So I thought and I thought of my top 3 but its something I just couldn't do so here's my top 2... I'm tellin all my friends about you I told my mom (who told my dad) So here's the top 2 parts about this love they're the first and second half I'm tellin all my friends about you you told your mom I'm not thar bad So here's the top 2 parts about this love they're the first and second half the top 2 parts about this love is the first and second, the first and second half ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Lyrics: I listed all my flaws in orderStarting from the least of themThe ones you might not even noticeBedbugs scattering for cover when the light goes on i just react,it isn't evidence of sentience or anything like that  miserygutsshut up inside my castleoverweight andundersentimentalmanic phases, chronic depressionwhat a shame that no one will ever... I listed all my flaws in orderSo you'd know what to expectThe ones that chafe your soulUntil the day your perfect patience starts to cracki am a rocki am an islandi'm the great pacific garbage patch forget aboutforgetting your birthdayi won't remember your first nameconstantly expecting the worstso i can say that i saw it coming miserygutsshut up inside my castleoverweight andundersentimentalmanic phases, chronic depressionwhat a shame that no one will miss him

On Episode 4, we get some Bug lore and catchup with our friend Spence Hood. This award-revoking episode covers the full spectrum -- from cowboy to vampire Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: "Your Nobel Prize has been revoked because..." ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Dynamite Lyrics: There's gold in them there hills, get your shovels and dig! we're sittin on a jackpot that'll make us all rich if we just stick to our lot and never give up our spot we can give our kids lives not a one of us got Pack it once, check it twice, pack it in, pack it tight light the fuse, time to move, hit the BOOM... dynamite But boys we got company... they only come out at night leave no trace on the dead but a couple of bites there's no telling where they came from, or got here or why and now they're swarming the hills but they were never invited and our mines are getting drained while we sleep in our tents if we send out a scout we never see 'em again they won't duel us at noon or try to fight us like men but they don't like the sun, so we'll bring it to them [Chorus] Ah, well I'll be damned, looks like we found a weak spot, guys I guess their fangs don't work when their brains get fried I might've guessed that fact, now they're the ones surprised as we scatter the bats before the sun can rise But they ain't dead yet, I guess technically they're undead yes but you get what I'm settin: there's a few left yet and our side is still dwindlin', we've too lost friends some of the best damn cowboys you'd ever met I've got one last stick that I've yet to light i gotta bait the rest out, hit the timing just right cause our guns don't work, devil knows we've tried here they come, here's my shot here's your nobel prize ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: Peek at the Ending Lyrics: so listen we've been talking this machine that you've been building's got a problem that we couldn't foresee i guess we all sometimes get blinded by the miracles of science, but we should have looked before we leaped we're not saying you're not gifted, or that you didn't deserve it, this award that's sitting on your desk but it's bad for the brand to be attached to man who found a way to predict everyone's death what do you mean i'll hydroplane on the highway skid and careen into a toyota camry why would you say that when i'm trying to help you that's pretty fucked up man i don't know what to tell you would you wanna know how you're gonna goooooo if you like to peek at the ending way before time let me recommend my machine it's still in beta and the patent is pending check the whiteboard, cause i've been workshopping a name DEATH THING you know what, no wrong answers hello sir are you the creator of the thingamabob that everybody's talking about you know the whatchamacallit, the thing that fits in your pocket, THE DEATHALISER why are you writing that down it seems like the readings that it's reeling out are really not quite as accurate as you make them sound everyone in the city got the same exact reading and now everybody's trying to leave town what do you mean evaporate in a bomb blast become a shadow and a pile of pure are why would it say that, i'm trying to help you that's pretty fucked up man i don't know what to tell you would you wanna know how you're gonna goooooo [Chorus] DOOM KNOWER DEMISE DEVICE THE FATE MATRIX listen i'd love to hire a marketing team to do this but i've lost like all my funding recently --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

It's Episode Three! We chat food (and pizza knives) with Jesse Gallaway and write two not-in-a-lifetime song demos! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: Not in this lifetime ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Crickets and Silence Lyrics: I'm just a little guy, a little wooden guy a little puppet I know you know, you know how this story goes I was a little guy, a little wooden guy but I'm a real boy now and I am finding out that nothing could prepare me. I'm like Peter Parker's Pediatrician (in over my head and I admit it) with human flesh and skin and all the mess that comes with it I was young and dumb and now I'm stuck Dad, can you come pick me up?? I'm just a little guy, a little human guy applying bandages to manage, so damn easy to damage it that little wooden guy, that tough skinned kid could take a hit and keep running, this fragile man I'm becoming misses his 80-grit blanklet and the ocean right outside of my bedroom and making choices just to see where they led to but now adventures are a threat to every moment I get I look around for guidance, our bravest days behind us we'll never be so bold again, with mortal bones and fragile skin no I didn't expect to find this, it's like Willy Wonka's Wine Cellar yeah, I guess I should've known better should've known that growing up is forever but we can't go back I look around for guidance, our bravest days behind us we'll never be so bold again, with mortal bones and fragile skin I look around for guidance, but all I hear is crickets and silence ----------------- MATT'S SONG Title: The Nature of Forms Lyrics: When the space between the spaces starts to strain When the puzzle pieces bend and don't quite fit in the same way When the molecules that make us lose their charge and break apart under the weight When the North star doesn't point north anymore When the constellations drift and leave us stranded on the shore When the suns have all gone supernova, freeze and then retreat into their cores If there is an after that comes after the before If after all of everything there's just a little something more And after all our time together we're both still on board What if plato had a point about ideals If the nature of a form is born in an elysian field And the parts of us that we call i could maybe one day recollide somewhere Then I will find you where ananke wound the spool At the source of all the rivers, at the end of all the worlds In the wreckage of the species, I will question every beast residing there If there is an after that comes after the before If there's some truth to all the stories I have mocked and sneered and scorned And after all our time together on this earth we're both still on board --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On Episode Two, we catch up with Bug Hunter's drummer Kyle Hodgkinson to talk about college hijinks -- and get a couple of song prompts! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: Change one letter of one of the other's song ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Both Lyrics: Dear captain Stanley I hope this note finds me well I hope you're reading this tomorrow from inside my empty cell the bars won't budge at all and all the guards they watch me well oh Captain Stanley I just really have to say after I dodged you in dubai and cleared your checkpoint in LA I began to thing that you just liked to watch me get away which you'll be doing... Soon as I get this door unlocked well as soon as I get this bar removed or as soon as I bribe this guard outside I'm finally screwed! My Game to lose I was the best there ever was at what I did (but so were you) I'm finally screwed! I have no chance I am the fattest, slowest rat in a castle full of cats It came down to freedom or to gold I got caught 'cause I tried to choose both Oh captain Stanley I think you have proved your point this staring contest through the bars won't serve a purpose in this joint and the sniper pointed at me, well, is certainly a choice but Captain Stnaley you seem to forget There's a reason there's 100 million bounty on my head all the governments have sought me but no one has claimed me yet so as soon as I (pow!) well maybe if I (ping!) uh... oh... noooooo I'm finally screwed! Here comes the noose I was the best there ever was at what I did (but so were you) I'm finally screwed! I had my chance Now I'm the fattest, slowest rat in a castle full of cats A final fatal path forked in my road I got caught 'cause I tried to choose both ------------ MATT'S SONG Title: Piano Beacher Lyrics: driftwood body and razorclam keys sea glass pedals and mica dust shimmer and shine come sing with me i want to break you open like a scallopshell figure out what makes you sound so beautiful all i know are the simplest chords triads fifths and rootnotes, but you make them more come sing with me i want to peer inside you with a microscope you washed up here from god only knows where in perfect tune and i can't bear to not understand things so here i go once again you think i'd have learned it by now man some things shouldn't be figured out and by peeking behind every curtain you find sometimes you see what you shouldn't some remedies don't need a hammer some mysteries don't have an answer but when all you have is a scalpel then everything looks like a cadaver driftwood body and razorclam keys beach piano, all covered in seaweed and salt come sing with me i want to crack you open just to see your pearl i want to learn what makes you sound so beautiful you washed up here from god only knows where in perfect tune and i can't bear to not understand things so here i go once again you think i'd have thought to correct it you can't keep the frog and dissect it by cutting the guts out of everything all you get is blood on the carpet some remedies don't need a hammer some mysteries don't have an answer but when all you have is a scalpel then everything looks like a cadaver --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

And. We. Are. Back! Jam Mechanics returns for season 2 with our first guest prompter (Our longtime collaborator and artist, DeepBlueInk!). In our first episode back we reveal the fate of Jam Mechanics Mansion (Castle?) and reflect on the ocean that separates our two co-hosts Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- Challenge: Transatlanticism ----------------- BUG'S SONG Title: Agamemnon Lyrics: I am aboard the Agamemnon, we are laying down a line It's gonna cross the ocean floor, the greatest project of our time A telegraph from Newfoundland will reach the Irish Shores but by by the time this note arrives you will not love me anymore I am aboard the Agamemnon, laying cables in the sea For the purpose of the president to parley with the queen As for me, I've got this letter that I'll send you in the morn but by the time this note arrives you will not love me anymore You will not love me by the time you read this note You told me you would wait if I had to go I keep your photo in a locket to remind me of my home but while aboard the Agamemnon I have so much time to dream of a world where I can reach you with no middle-man between And maybe when we're done I'll get my turn, as a reward but I never got that chance, now you don't love me anymore When I made it to Niagara, you didn't love me anymore You will not love me by the time you read this note You told me you would wait if I had to go I think of you so often with no way to let you know This is only the beginning, this simple cable in the sea Soon we'll have radios and satellites and waves we cannot see No one'll know the pain of loving one they cannot reach I'd commandeer the Agamemnon and I'd sail it back to shore it's just a faster way to learn that you don't love me anymore so I'll keep laying this cable for the lovers not yet born so that they may never hear "No, I don't love you anymore" ---------- MATT'S SONG Title: The Tollbooth Lyrics: When Britain's national health service was launched in 1948 it set sail in the wake of the second world war when the country's citizens the upper and lower classes both the rich and the desperately poor had served together, side by side and the ones who survived the horrors came home demanding to no surprise more we did not fight, they said in our millions just for things to return to the way they were we didn't die they said in our hundreds of thousands just to save a country where the leading cause of death is poverty and perhaps for the first time in british history the aristocrats and the working class agreed on something largely that arming the nation and teaching them how to fight and die for what they believe in makes their demands somewhat more convincing and so barely three years after the soldiers had come home on july 5th, 1948 the british health system was torn out by the follicles and rebuilt in a new vision that it would be free at point of service, that no one, NO ONE, would be turned away or trapped into debt by lack of personal means that it would be available to everyone who walked through the doors of a hospital or a GP's office and that the well off wouldn't be able to skip the queue this was radical beyond comprehension a truly universal healthcare system doctors across the nation barred their doors and hired personal security ... [Out of room! For full lyrics, visit www.jammechanics.com] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

The Bug Hunter & The Narcissist Cookbook US tour kicks off in June 2024! You can find all the ticket dates and links right here: ⁠https://bughunterbug.com/collections/bug-hunter-and-the-narcissist-cookbook-2024-tour ⁠ We'll be back for SEASON 2 shortly -- Put May 20, 2024 on your calendar! The Jam Mechanics are coming back! If you missed our theme song drop, Art is for Amateurs is on Spotify! Make sure to follow us on Spotify, Instagram, Youtube, and hit our website to get downloads of all of our songs so far! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

SEASON ONE IS DONE! Let's Celebrate by discussing YOUR favorites (and least favorites), taking audience questions, and showing off some old demos to put Jam Mechanics demos into perspective! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On Episode of Ten of Jam Mechanics, we have clearly never played never have I ever. Things come full circle for season 1 and we end things on a cliffhanger (or do we??) Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) - SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW - BUG'S SONG Challenge: Cliffhanger Title: The Hook It started off as devil's advocate to challenge all my views when every answer has a question it's not hard to get confused this is the devil at his handsomest so hey, what can you do? If this clever devil's accurate he might convince you too I found the Devil down in Richmond, he was fishing for some sins he was perched up on a cloud, I found him humming gospel hymns I says: You ain't got a license, this is twice I've caught you here my indictments met with silence, he just beckons me come near He goes: watch the bobber in the water, down below the pole when a sinner takes the bait, all that's left to do is pull you can see the sweet relief on all the faces of their victims It's a vicious job but I acknowledge I am quite addicted Then the pole was in my hand and I cast my hook out far, this is how it all began, this is how my spiral started 1,2,3… so we'd meet up every weekend at a different fishing spot hopping on another city, stayin' a step ahead of God I didn't wanna think of consequences were I ever caught the devil can be dangerous but no one crosses GOD we pulled criminals and bitter souls, abusers, crooks, and cons leaving every city better off before we both moved on It was thrilling, it was chilling, it was killing evil souls the methods were quite brutal but goddam, we got results We were packing up in Amsterdam and cleaning all our hooks I took a chance to count the bounties, now I wish I never looked I found a kid inside his bucket, what the hell, he's barely eight! He said “he must've been a sinner, after all… he took the bait” I am an Angel I took an oath I am a danger, a savior, or both I don't go fishin' not anymore I haven't seen the devil in 20 years or more so when I'm called into god's office, told I have a new assignment there's a lead on where he's fishing and its up to me to find him I can't confess that I can guess exactly where to look now its up to me if I or he will end up on the hook. MATT'S SONG Challenge: Cuban Baseball (via Wikiroulette!) Title: Over the Mountains to Santa Domingo i'm seven years old playing catch with my father in a baseball field in central havana the crowds have all left but the stadium lights are still on someone approaches and asks for his signature he smiles and he beckons me over says "you can have mine, but his will be worth more one day" this is the story he's writing i am the hero and he's watching me go over the sea to haiti over the mountains to santa domingo dreams around here are disloyal they'll run off and come true for somebody else well i don't know dad that's a strange way to tell me to leave and never come back i'm 15 years old, i just hit the home run that pushed my team over the line to the finals and everyone's cheering but he is the loudest of all i want us to go for a meal with my brothers but he knows a guy he wants me talk to drags me away to talk money and mansions and fame you think i don't wanna be all i can be with my whole heart? you think i don't wanna see every square inch of this world? i'm forty years old playing catch with my girl in a diamond we set up right in our back garden four out of five times our dog gets the ball before us my neighbours are trying to figure out where they recognise me from, hey weren't you once someone i just say, no, you must be thinking of my dad this is the story we're writing me and my daughter can be who we wanna be you still come over on sundays she runs for a hug when you park in the driveway sometimes when she's fallen asleep we go out and play catch in the yard and i know that that's a strange way to say i forgive you maybe one day i'll say it out loud --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

It's Episode NINE of Jam Mechanics. We learn about Matt's casual relationship with the 5-second rule and Bug forgets to come up with a prompt (don't worry, his wife bails him out!) Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- BUG'S SONG Matt's Challenge: TV Theme song Title: Kick and Spin Lyrics: Do you ever feel like a lil guy? like you have no control but somehow you're still synchronized cuz life keeps spinnin', spinnin' and you keep kickin', kickin' mostly due to the metal rod thats going through your torso thats attached to three other dudes It's Foosball! It don't matter if you win all we do is kick and spin but mostly kick (but mostly spin) Try to pass to the goalie and you score on yourself try to pass up the field, oh no you scored on yourself then you finally score a goal but it ricochets off and you score on yourself It's Foosball! It don't matter if you win all we do is kick and spin but mostly kick (but mostly spin) Oh hey, didn't see you there you're probably wondering how I got here strapped to these three other dudes trapped in a perpetual game of soccer against different colored but functionally identical opponents Spinning clockwise into infinity forever… well… A witch trapped my soul in here, I used to be a lawyer, tell my wife I love her It's foosball! where nobody has a name where it's just a silly game where we kick and spin all day It's Foosball! It don't matter if you win all we do is kick and spin but mostly kick (but mostly spin) Kick and Spin was taped in front of a studio audience of weird faceless mannequins starring Kickolas Cage and John Kraspinski ---------- MATT'S SONG (Lady)Bug's Challenge: The Alpaca Can't see over the fence (and also, the alpaca can't jump) Title: The Alpaca Song Lyrics: the alpaca can't see over the fence the alpaca can't see over the fence the alpaca can't see but he can hear all of his friends the alpaca can't see over the fence he could go over it ALPACAS CAN'T JUMP go under it ALPACAS CAN'T DIG go through it ALPACAS AREN'T GHOSTS go round it UNFORTUNATELY THE FENCE IS SURROUNDING THE ALPACA ON ALL SIDES he could open the gate THE GATE IS LOCKED he could unlock the gate HE DOESN'T HAVE A KEY he could pick the lock PICK IT WITH WHAT a stalk of hay THAT WAS A RHETORICAL QUESTION, ALPACAS CAN'T PICK LOCKS THEY DON'T HAVE THUMBS he could eat the fence WAIT THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA try to eat the fence HE'S EATING THE FENCE! oh wow it's working! OH NO IT'S NOT why what happened NOTHING IN PARTICULAR IT'S JUST THAT THERE IS A LOT OF FENCE he could burn the fence I said he could burn the fence YEAH I HEARD YOU THE FIRST TIME WHY DO YOU THINK HE'S LOCKED IN HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE chorus he could fake his death OKAY scream for help OKAY and when his friends come MHM they'll see him lying on the floor ALRIGHT he'll be covered in blood WHERE'D HE GET THE BLOOD the blood is from the farmer OH MY GOD and then when the gate is open BURN THE FARM DOWN it's working, it's working they're coming to help him the blood is convincing they're opening the gate they're sensed his trickery but it's too late the alpaca is free the alpaca is freee he tries to start a fire but the farmer's not dead! they're fighting, they're fighting! he calls to his friends the ones he betrayed they won't save him he only has once chance he strikes a match he tosses it into the hay the alpaca has gotten his revenge --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

In this episode, Matt shares some old band names, Bug talks about his burger preferences, and we spread the good news about the internet's saddest raccoon video. Oh, and we write some songs, too Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ------------------- BUG'S SONG Matt's Challenge: And the Oscar goes to... Title: The Opera Lyrics: Let me tell you all a little ‘bout the theater if you wanna pack people deep in the seats you're gonna plant seeds, play follow the leader lead'em to the end, breadcrumb, bird feeder they say sex sells but so does drama they're glued to their seats despite the genre the crowd is not complex at all they love The Phantom, hate the opera The curtains dropped The camera's stopped make ‘em drag you off the stage They've cut the lights so my advice: make ‘em drag you off the stage now you're twenty minutes deep in your Oscar Speech you look down and the crowd's all gone to sleep they all cut to commercials on repeat so you can drop the rehearsal, think on your feet You don't need dialog, and I'll posit this all your drama should all be ubiquitous if the scripts in Spanish, no me habla love the phantom, hate the opera The curtains dropped The camera's stopped make ‘em drag you off the stage They've cut the lights so my advice: make ‘em drag you off the stage You've got your speech all written you can picture it now but your scripts not finished and you're taking a bow you've got your mantlepiece polished and your suit clean pressed spending all that profit with no budget invested You've got your speech all written you can picture it now but your scripts not finished and you're taking a bow you've got your speech all written but you're playing pretend cuz the Oscar, it goes to The Oscar, it goes to your head ---------------------------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: Take a sad story and make it happy Title: Fresh Cement Lyrics: fresh cement brand new shoes you and i talking it through though we've spun this story ten thousand times these exact beats these exact lines on this exact corner of this exact street the movie reel spins endlessly the credits roll no cheers or claps and when we're done we run it back anyone would think we were rehearsing for something fresh cement on a soundstage the dialogue becomes cliché we hit our marks we play our roles but we do it now with our eyes closed it's like a dance but we don't touch a boxing match without the punch take a bow great work today see you tomorrow for the matinée anyone would think we were rehearsing for something i blink awake and it's my cue nothing's changed but something's new we're rushing now the reach the end and when we do it all begins no subtext now or metaphor you kick, i spit i scream, you roar and then it's done and all that's left is our footprints in fresh cement --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

Episode 7 finds Matt and Bug writing some 4-chord pop songs and talking hedgehogs, Aliens, and Dr. Who. Bug disappoints Reginald Kenneth Dwight in a big way. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ------------------- BUG'S SONG Matt's Challenge: BNE SZN (piano only!!) Title: Season Your Beanie Lyrics: I'll eat my hat if you make it I'm not mad I'm just candid and someone just had to say it there's no path where you're headed and you can act all offended I'm a realist and I feel its best you never pretended that there's a chance in a million you can be handsome or brilliant but you'll crash like all the others so you can call me the villain one day we'll look back and laugh, I'll get a pat on the back but if you make it with your music I will eat my hat Would like a salad on the side? we can sub it out for fries? We got a dad hat meal plan for 10.99 you can order a fedora that you'll just adore we got a chef hat special, call it hat du jour Cuz I've got 30 milion reasons that can prove you wrong and 200 fans in london singing every damn song I'm rubbin salt in the wounds, just admit you're defeated you can season your beanie, but you still gotta eat it you'd eat your hat if I made it so I snapback with a menu when you throw all that shade if you took a bite of brim and didn't like how it tasted you should've sampled the plastic long before you beret-ed and hey, yeah, maybe you're right a bit more often than not but you could choose to say nothing, it has no sticker or cost rubbin salt in the wounds to admit you're defeated you can season your beanie but you still gotta eat it you can season your beanie but you still gotta eat it you can season your beanie but you still gotta eat it ---------------------------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: Cthulu (Radio-Friendly) Title: Get Deep Fried Lyrics: let's stay in bed all day we'll get away from here tomorrow if the monsters allow what did people ever talk about the television doesn't work right now sit with me beneath the nothing where the stars all used to be before they all went out they're in the hallway at our door they're in the walls they're in the floor looks like it's all gonna end right as we begin who called this son of a bitch half mile tall, man looks like a fish the deep one will swallow us all he can swallow my balls who spoke the summoning rite who's up for fresh calimari tonight the deep one? eat my ass more like get deep fried am i right hentai tentacles gonna kick him right in the genitals he's gonna be like "this is terrible" i'm gonna be like "you look edible" elder god from the ocean floor I bet you wish you could sleep some more i'm your paralysis demon got hooked and you can't stop screamin they're in the hallway at our door they're in the walls they're in the floor looks like their party's gonna end right as it begins --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

Happy New Year! On our 6th episode of Jam Mechanics, we go down memory lane (way, WAY down memory lane). Get your new Calendars pinned up and mark "Jam Mechanics" for every other Monday. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----------------- BUG'S SONG Matt's Challenge: Your First Memory Title: Memories Lyrics: There were roses in the garden My toys were on the lawn My brother rode a bicycle Watched closely by my mom I toddled off the patio I often wandered off And quickly get corralled by My sweetheart of a dog These are the details These are the memories These are the moments always cut from documentaries These are the details These are the memories That never stick I was just a baby in the backyard Learning one thing at a time The shapes and colors turning Into object ‘fore my eyes It was an early autumn evening The first I could recall I crunch the leaves beneath my feet My dad records it all These are the details These are the memories These are the moments always cut from documentaries These are the details These are the memories That never stick They called me in for dinner but Before I headed in They handed me a cup of kibble Filled up to the brim I toddled to the doghouse Thats when God, she hit record My first memory is getting all my shit rocked by a bird Can't choose the details Can't choose the memories Can't choose the scars they leave so sudden, unexpectedly Can't choose the details Can't choose the memories I wish we weren't so primed to focus on upsetting things Can't choose the details Can't choose the memories That seem to nest inside your head The awful details That form these memories But if I could instead I'd choose the details The little memories And make ‘em stick ---------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: "Calendar" Title: The Year of Confusion Lyrics: Uh sorry, Matt's notepad crashed and we didn't want to type them up again. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On the 5th episode of Jam Mechanics, we make amends to Bug for all the lost ice breakers. This is as close to a "Holiday Episode" as we get, and we almost got it right! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and our brand-new discord is here and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ---------- BUG'S SONG Matt's challenge: First Contact (42 word max!) Title: AlIen Lyrics: When I open up my phone, you're the first name on my list An Alien emoji next to your name and I wish When I open up my phone I wasn't forced to reminisce but when I open up my phone you're the first name on my list you're the first name on my list when I open up my phone the Typo from the time we met I chose to leave alone you're the first name on my list that will never phone home you're the first name on my list when I open up my phone The first contact on my list, when I open up my phone the reminder of the time we met, the name I never chose but AlIen, alphabetically will not leave me alone you're the first name on my list when I open up my phone ------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: Give me a (misunderstood) Christmas Song Title: A Christmisunderstaning Lyrics: it's the moment of the midwinter the time of yule through a log on the fire and let it burn every crackle and spark will represent a baby pig or a calf to be born next year here he comes across the sky underneath cover of night he knows who has been naughty he knows who has been nice he punishes the wicked brings good tidings to the pure so huddle up beside the fire prepare for the coming of odin lord of frenzy weep for the coming of odin it's december 25th and the children are playing with their new gifts oh the light of joy in the eyes of a child as the party winds down as the wine runs dry with snow on the ground we remember the night of the virgin birth happy birthday mithras infant god savior of the people born from a rock slayed a bull with your bare hands so the souls of the sinful would be washed in the blood of the innocent christmas trees were invented by the pagan celts --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On the 4th episode of Jam Mechanics, Matt shares a man vs nature story for the ages and Bug goes outside his comfort zone. So, so far outside his comfort zone. Don't listen to this if you can't take criticism! We warned you! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ---------- BUG'S SONG Matt's challenge: Stone. Cold. Diss. Track. Title: Dissin' all my Listeners Lyrics: Look at you, bet you're thinking that you're all that “lately I've been really into indie rock and podcasts” Chronically online, paying top dollar for broadband people show you memes, you're thinkin “I already saw that” Cool headphones! You're right to keep it quiet cuz if I had your music taste I'd also try to hide it The crew is in the car, nows your chance to make it awkward the nights already over when its your turn for the Aux Chord I tried to warn you but I'm done with taking prisoners You're in my target demo and I'm dissin' all my listeners Hey cool tune, how'd you find it, kid? Did you pop into a record shop and dig for it? oh you let an algorithm make a playlist? cool you and every other zoomer in your local middle school and hey maybe they're a talent and they kill it live oh, their show has the production of an open mic? we paid 25 bucks and you had to drag me, too to sit criss-cross and listen in a living room? Its not hard but I'll try to make it simpler you're in my target demo and I'm dissin all my listeners I hear you thinking that I'm comin off a bit harsh a little bit ungrateful to the one that got me this far should I apologize to all my audience or double down? this wouldn't be a diss if I didn't try to pop your bubble now You're terrible! (at making me feel like I'm alone) You're Awful! (cuz you drained your data playin' me on your phone) You the worst at being critical when feedback's all I want You're mean (I mean you mean the world to me so thanks a lot) You needed me to knock you off your silly little perch you spend too damn much on my silly indie merch You're enabling a dream, its irresponsible a grown ass man thinks that anything is possible?? call a cease fire, its all for show cuz I play until I win like this is rochambeau and I'm a rocker and your peace sign looks exactly like scissors you're gonna get crushed cuz I'm dissin all my listeners ------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: You see that guy in the corner? He seems like a... Lion Title: We're all Enemies Here Lyrics: hey welcome settle in i won't ask how you found the place we were are all blown here by different winds don't give me your name don't give me your story i've seen your face already that's all that's important pull up a chair i'll pour you a drink and i'll keep my eyes on the door that's what i do here i watch your back so you don't have to for a while don't give me your card don't give me your money i've seen your face already that's all that's important see that guy in the corner looks like a lion he fights for a living and he fights like he's dying you wanna have bad time tonight trying sneaking up behind him he took a dislike to a friend of mine, now i don't even recognise him you see that girl over there no, you didn't and if anyone ever comes asking bout a friend or daughter missing you just shake your head and send them over my way i'll make sure that nobody ever comes here asking round again don't give me that look like you're your own man i've seen your face already that's all that's important don't get any ideas we're all enemies here --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On the 3rd episode of Jam Mechanics, we cement BUG's legacy forever. This one feels right out of a dream within a dream Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ---------- BUG'S SONG Matt's challenge: Songception Title: Song Lyrics: I just woke up here I am 7 seconds old I go in your ears I am exactly what you told me to be and I I will never change or mould At least not for long You are my dad I am your song It's been 30 seconds now and Boy feels good to stretch these legs Pick up the pace and run and jump And see how far this road'll take me Oh hey, what's that? I found this chord, oh please dad, can we keep it? You say: song that there's a minor chord, its only good for somber feelings So I put it back down where it was You teach me right from wrong You are my dad And I am your song But look at me, a minute in And now I've found some friends They back me up, they make me fuller, Act as perfect complements And now people keep on stopping me To tell me what I am What this sound is all about And what it means to all of them I am anguish, I am heartache I am unbearable to hear I am closure, I am power, I am brutally sincere But dad you never told me I could make these people cry I thought you brought me here so I could be something they like You say you didn't mean it, never wanted this for me, I may not Be the song you meant to write, but I'm the one they need The one they need Sometimes you get it right, even if they take it wrong You are my dad But I'm their song ------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: The song must have the initials B.U.G. Title: Buried Under Gary Lyrics: why do you come here they say every summer don't you have anywhere better to be you arrive with the butterfly weed blow into town like a cottonwood seed something's buried under Gary Indiana something's buried under Gary Indiana there's blood on the lake shore keening from the wild haven't you felt it moving deep in the soil so i have coming for years every summer cause that's when the symptoms appear ask your friends bout their prophetic dreams ask your kids bout the shadows they've seen seems like everyone but you's got a feeling something's buried under Gary Indiana something's buried under Gary Indiana it'll swallow the steel mills the lake's gonna boil haven't you felt it crawling deep in the soil something's buried under Gary Indiana something's buried under Gary Indiana --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On the 2nd episode of Jam Mechanics, we learn a shocking fact about Matt, make the next hit TikTok Dance, and things get a little omnipotent. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠ or ⁠website⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠ and follow us on Instagram, YouTube, etc! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ---------- BUG'S SONG Matt's challenge: Write the national anthem for the proud nation of Bugtopia Title: Pledge Allegiance Lyrics: If you don't want to sing this song Don't feel compelled just to belong Obligatory public vows shouldn't make anybody proud We don't believe in faded ink No shame updating how we think Let's circle back, no need to lock our constitution Google Doc Don't pledge allegiance to me, I I've got no reason to be right I'm not your King, I've not returned I've got a million things to learn We're like a trilogy unwatched 2/3's abandoned and simply dropped We'll never know the end, I'll bring the paper and the pen and try again We're okay living in the wings Don't need attention or what it brings we're all content just to let the kings Fight back and forth over petty things We'll plant our flag and hope it grows And if the cameras come we can strike a pose If this life's an anthem of perfect prose We are the 2nd verse that nobody knows [Chorus] And we'll shimmy to the left, shimmy shimmy to the left Everybody shimmy shimmy on over to the left And then we'll shimmy to left, keep going to the left It'd be super duper helpful if you'd shimmy to the left It'd be great if you'd shimmy to left please, thank you [Chorus] ------- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: Accident? Title: Accident? Lyrics: i was walking to work day crossing the street you gotta look both ways i know but today i just stepped out with my eyes closed three narrow misses and a screaming driver i made it safely to the other side and i open my notebook and i write "experiment 9: success" and underline it yeah i think i'm immortal the signs are becoming unignorable it all started a week ago i woke up with a weird feeling so i did what any reasonable person ought to do jumped out the window barely caught a sprain walked on the tracks and tried to stop a train yeah i think i'm immortal the signs are becoming unignorable how else would you explain it i'm god i think i always knew i'm god you're not that sucks for you i thought that i was special i guess i was now all you motherfuckers better pray because i'm god i'm god my first commandment is all love songs are now about me my second commandment is thou shalt not order in food without leaving some aside for me as offering my third commandment is the workday now starts at 4pm and finishes at 4.45pm two days a week My fourth commandment is the summer will never rise above a pleasant temperature, and i'm scottish so, prepare for cold weather My fifth commandment is commands are hard to come up with, imma take a break my sixth commandment is free healthcare for all, sorry, i should have thought of that sooner my seventh commandment is vampires are real and they're sexyyy my eighth commandment is we should probably defang the vampires, but i acknowledge that a lot of their sex appeal comes from how dangerous they are so i dunno leave that with me my ninth commandment is no war, no famine, no poverty, no bloodsports, no long layovers, no disappointing endings to novels, no greenhouse gases, no mandatory mailing list signups, no hidden fees, no gods, no masters, no actually scrap that. you didn't write that down did you? my tenth commandment is the vampires leave you alone unless you consent to be bitten yeah i think that solves that problem --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

On our first episode of Jam Mechanics, we break the ice, introduce ourselves, and tell one of our favorite tour stories. Bug and Matt challenge each other to write a brand new song (from scratch!) in a three-hour window. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠ or website to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠ Bug Hunter⁠ Feel free to reach out to us at: Both: hello@jammechanics.com Bug: bug@jammechanics.com Matt: tnc@jammechanics.com and follow us on Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube, and Spotify! Please share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- MATT'S SONG Bug's Challenge: Write a song about the four elements. Cannot use the words: Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Hot, Wet, Wind, Dirt Title: The World Yet to Come Lyrics: grab my winter coat and leave the door unlocked I'll be back before you know I'm gone cutting through the sidestreets with the alleycats and missing dogs whispers from the reservoir have kept me up buzzing lights impersonate the sun missives from the landfill to the west of town frozen condensation in my lungs and I will be back when the spell is cast I'll breeze through your door with my heart intact the crystals that form on the inside of our windows will fracture and come apart I'm waiting I'm waiting for sun the life of the world yet to come --------------------- BUG'S SONG Matt's challenge: Write a song about this (random) ⁠⁠Wikipedia page⁠⁠ Title: Francesco Lyrics: Franceso is the mayor of a city by the shore its on the southern tip of Italy known for tuna fish and tourists he books a meeting, sends an email, poses for the local paper one more email, has that meeting, off to dinner with his neighbors that's Francesco Francesco, he was named after a saint called Padre Pio who reportedly fought demons, claimed he parlato con dio He says a prayer, goes to mass, and poses with a little wafer one more prayer, one more sip of wine then pranzo with his neighbors that's Francesco And though he's not producing miracles or guiding wayward spirits homes I wonder if Francesco thinks about it yeah, I wonder if Francesco thinks about it. But in March of 241 BC the Roman and Phoenician Fleets began a battle in the sea just off the coast of Sicily So many bodies on the beach, they turned it red, now theirs to keep they built a tower on the hill, passed back and forth through history The Romans and Aragonese, the Normans and the Genoese but now it's ruled by Angelo who runs the gift shop at its feet and now I think about that abandoned fort the bodies stacked on that bloody shore how long it took to clear the port 2000 years of tug of war Now long after the Fall of Rome An office chair usurps the throne A modern mayor scrawls his name on permits for a loading zone It hasn't always been this way it hasn't always been this way and I wonder if Francesco thinks about it yeah I wonder if Francesco thinks about it --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message

Jam Mechanics launches on October 23! Get ready for Bug (Bug Hunter) and Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) to challenge each other to insanely specific (or frustratingly general) songwriting challenges every other week! This excerpt comes from Episode One: Hot Wet Wind Dirt --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jammechanicspodcast/message