Ok these two guys,
they’re disgusted with everything except their families and sex. So,
after they sniffed one another out, one said, “We should make a
record so one of us doesn’t end up a sniper in a
McDonald’s.” The other one said, “Yeah, OK, but I’m
not leaving my house.” Anyway, Palumbo and LK - the guys in question
- decided that “Palumbo and LK” sounded like some bogus tree
hugging folk duo (which, of course they also hate). One of them said,
“Everything is made in China. If I didn’t know better, I would
think my kids were manufactured there.” The other, more detail
oriented one, said, “No, not the parts of your kids, lots of their
parts are made here in the US, but maybe your kids were ASSEMBLED in
China.” Then they said, whatever let’s call our band
MADE IN CHINA. So, please don’t ask either one
of them about that ever again.
LK, an anal retentive
obsessive compulsive, went to Columbia. The school, not the country, which
is spelled differently anyway. He graduated and then bagged it before
becoming a lawyer, cause who wants all that money and power? Instead, he
went into music. “Idiot,” said dad. “Don’t be a
fool,” said mom. LK produced and mixed, cause that made him BOSS, and
he lovessssssss being BOSS. He worked on the Chili Peppers, played with
Herbie Hancock, and lots of other stuff the world thinks is even more
important that he doesn’t want to talk about right now.
Palumbo, a Zen Buddhist head-in-the-clouds loon who thinks life is
to be taken on a moment by moment basis, went to school, quit, and went
into music. “Idiot,” said dad. “Don’t be a
fool,” said mom. Palumbo formed this band called Crack The Sky and
they did okay, until he saw that they were on the verge of breaking big,
then he bagged that, cause yep, same thing money and power! He went back to
school so mom and dad would put him back in their will, and actually became
a doctor of psychology. Then, he met LK. The meeting went something like
this:
LK: I would like to produce you.
Palumbo:
Sure.
LK: Can I be boss?
Palumbo: Sure.
LK bossed Palumbo around and made this record called Citizen X. One
day, while Palumbo was searching the Jenna Jameson websites down in the
studio, LK was piddling on the piano. Palumbo listened and said,
“Whoa, hey you write that?” LK, wonderful at being boss, but a
little rusty when it came to his own stuff, said”well” Palumbo
became uncharacteristically overbearing and begged LK to show him his
songs. Like a kid who just got caught - well, looking at Jenna - LK
reluctantly showed some songs to Palumbo.
Palumbo: This is
really good stuff.
LK: It’s
Palumbo: No,
it’s better than good I can make it better, but it’s really
good.
LK: Can I be boss?
The result is MADE IN CHINA,
Sonic Blog V.1 The songs are the thing.
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