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I think I was trying to fuse Bukowski with Bob Dylan's 115th Dream. Some bitchiness about commercialism in there I guess, and I always loved Melanie Griffith. Do you know she made Another Day in Paradise, Crazy in Alabama and Cecil B. Demented in three consecutive years? How's that for great?

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Hey Boss, i ain't been in in weeks, hey boss, shut up and let me speak, hey boss, you act like it is treason, hey boss, you know I got my reasons.

Well I got on the computer the walls began to drip, the keyboard melted in my hands I wrote a movie script, 10 days straight it was tastier than Jaws, it was wetter than Angelina Jolie, commercial as Santa Claus.

Titled 'tits and Money' , was a potential smash, I flew to Hollywood, identity theft for cash, I'd tell my story to anyone that would listen, and I crashed first class next to Melanie Griffith.

Who knew a producer and we made a date, and we partied 'til morning, I was weaving at the gate. I entered a foyer, a party was ensuing, it was a Caligula orgy that was sucking and screwing. I gave my pitch, I read it from the gut, to some producer buried in a starlet's butt.

Hey Boss, get off my freakin' back, hey boss, your breath is like a scrotum sack, hey boss, what is all the fuss, hey boss your brain is filled with puss.

Down Santa Monica in his diamond flake Benz, had a meeting with his Russian Mafia friends, who fronted us money, we hadn't driven far, that producer stole my revenue I was ejected from the car. I hit the Walmart on Hollywood and Vine, i purchased a 357, and a Tech-9, smug behind his desk, in his studio glory, that producer was doing the Rush Limbaugh story.

I put three bullets in Rush, and I silenced his mouth, took his lower intestines out if his ass, and I pulled South, and I hung him by his organs, out the window in the breeze, stood back to admire and I must say I was pleased.

Hey boss, are you loving this tale? Hey Boss, because you look a little pale!

You might wonder what's my political affiliation, I consider it to be one of extreme moderation. I'd love to ride up Pennsylvania Avenue and see the Right, with all their heads mounted on poles and I'd like to see them at the same height. (I'm a Libra, I need that balance)

The producer was in terror, and so I planned it, that movie got made, but all the critics panned it, but the people spoke and when it was out on DVD, it was a bestseller and you know all them profits go to me. the movie business is desperate and twisted. I'm returning home, an option I'd resisted, with all my money, well I'm not retiring, i bought the business where we work, your sad ass I'll be firing.

Hey Boss, you're out on my street, hey boss, you're a dullard and you cheat, hey boss, the karmic wheel turns round, hey boss, in life that's all I've found.

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from SONGS FOR PARENTS WHO ENJOY DRUGS, released October 7, 2013
Hamell: Guitars, Vocals
Andrew Case: Drums
Ani: Kazoo

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HAMELL ON TRIAL Austin, Texas

Hamell on Trial is loud, fast music informed by politics, intelligence and a wicked sense of humor.
1995-Mercury Records-Big as Life, The Chord is Mightier Than the Sword.
1997- Choochtown
2003-Righteous Babe Records-Tough Love
2005, Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs.
2007-“The Terrorism Of Everyday Life,” (Edinburgh Fringe Herald Award)
2012-New West Records -The Happiest Man Alive. ... more

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