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THE SHELLEY WINTERS PROJECT went into WOOLLY MAMMOTH SOUND (The weeping behemoth has folded her tent. The catacomb rehearsal/label/studio so many have slogged away in for years is being torn to bits to make room for - you guessed it - condERminiums.) Anyhow SWP slid in there one long night and recorded 17 songs live. (Sir David Minehan crawled all over the place - ass in air - to get things right.) Overdubbed vocals and one or two bits of guitar, violin. Mixed when we could. In many ways it's SHELLEY's truest record. No other instruments or players took part save those last remaining: Meredith Cooper - violin. Jeff Muzerolle - drums. Noah Scanlan - bass. David Berndt - guitar. Berlin - Berlin. Realize it's been said before, but as far as this old lady's concerned, SHELLEY is her LAST BAND EVER. Will miss Mr. Minehan with all my heart. Less some big idea with big bucks wades into my life.

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Hit In The Face

streets i walk in the neon night
tattoo n lip rings cigret jes right
nail in the tongue eyes outa sight
studs jes so + pants too tight
im thinkin i know what’s wrong with these kids
it ain’t that h’es stupid ‘s that he’s never been hit
in the face

he’s sittin w/ her but she lookin at me
im just here drinkin not much to see
he size me up you know what I mean?
but i got that thing i reel her in clean
im thinkin i know what’s wrong with this kid
it ain’t that he’s stupid ‘s that he’s never been hit
in the face

happend t me jes after school
turned 14 cocky + cool
three kids jump me sit on my chest
think it turnd em on you know the rest
im thinkin i know what’s wrong with these kids
it ain’t that they’re stupid ‘s that they never been kissed
in the face

i wish they’d know what i knew as a kid
gettin hit in the face + what it did
freedom r manhood r a saving grace
the smell of life in the blood you taste
amen

well i don’t know much but i do know this
i aint scared o nuthin cuz i been hit
right here you can touch it yll see what i mean
my chin my nose my eyes my spleen
i think i know
what you want from me
what you want from me
what you want from me
ya wanna be hit
ya wanna be hit
ya wanna be hit
ya wanna be hit

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from FORCED 2 SWALLOW, track released September 22, 2002

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Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) Jamaica Plain

A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen ... more

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