Moving Away

Dylan and Deanie's new home March 2010

Listen to and download this song ---> Moving Away-The Efts

YouTube version ---> Moving Away - The Efts

Newest song! Recently our co-couple Dylan and Deanie bought a house. They packed up and moved away from Brooklyn in the middle of a blizzard. We spent the weekend at their new place a couple weeks ago and had a wonderful time. Since returning from our visit, I've been thinking about this idea for a song to give to our friends as a house-warming present. This project is based on another one of our old Braceface tunes called Preston County. It was Dylan's favorite of our songs, so I've appropriately updated the lyrics to reflect the current chapter in the lives of Dylan, Deanie, Wiles and Ashland.

Also Dylan and Deanie don't have a dog yet but they really should adopt one, don't you think?

Lyrics: No more moving so fast, no more fighting through crowds. No more climbing down stairs when you want to get out. No more smoky exhaust, no more mind-numbing noise. Now you're spreading your wings 'cause you've made a big choice. And you're leaving the big city and you're never looking back. You've bought a lovely home that has some trees and grass out back. You'll never have to think about anxiety attacks. This chapter of your life is found just off the beaten track. No more neighbors upstairs, no more paying to park. No more shying away from a stranger's remark. Now you play with your boys on the hill in your yard and you go to a shelter and adopt St. Bernards.

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I Remember Intellivision

Braceface in Morgantown, WV 1998

Listen to and/or download the song ---> Braceface - I Remember Intellivision
YouTube version ---> I Remember Intellivision - Braceface

In the mid 1990s I belonged to one of the greatest bands of all time: Braceface. Please keep in mind the name of the band pre-dated the horrible cartoon of the same name. At one time the band included Dylan (drums), Lolo (bass), Tabblet (bass), Thompson (guitar) and me (guitar/vocals). Later it boiled down to just Dylan, Lolo and me. While we had no microphone, I clearly recall screaming the vocals to this song over trashy guitars in Dylan's basement.

A few years after the band broke up I found myself sitting with Lolo in front of a PC while fooling around with Cakewalk's Guitar Pro software. An hour later, we had this song recorded. Lolo played the bass in this one while I sang and played guitars over the software's drum machine. This song is rather unique as it's the only one posted here that was created using mostly live instruments (all except the delightfully lo-fi drum machine). Braceface lives!

Quick notes about the production of this badly recorded song: we rigged our amps with a small digital PC microphone placed strategically in front of the speaker. Lolo played a proper bass line, but my guitar only had (has!) two strings so it's a good thing I added a compressor peddle to fill out the sound.

Lyrics: I remember Intellivision. I remember the A-Team. I remember Daisy Duke and ice cream. I remember being sick when I tried eating those doggie treats. I remember swinging flags and banana seats. When you think back to all those years ago it makes you wonder why all we think about is where we're going when we should be thinking about where we've been. Didn't know about STDs and didn't know about rock and roll. Knew a lot about water fights and digging holes. I remember the Weeble Wobbles and didn't know about fads or trends. Pacman, Metroid and Mario were my best friends.

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