Jester from Blang! by Lach

SONG NOTES: I went to visit Brenda Kahn at her loft on the Bowery. She took out a trumpet, and played a few notes. As she did, the sun came into view sending beams of light throughout the room. I stared at her aura as it turned into a kaleidoscope of color and I was filled with a sense of wonder at this musical friend of mine. She finished playing. I mumbled something like "Cool," went home and jotted down the first stanza of the song. A year later I saw American Music Club and was impressed by Mark Eitzel's writing. I wanted to write a "Mark Eitzel" song and came up with the music and lyrics to a stanza, bridge and chorus. The lyric of the bridge, "Little birds reflected in a pool of Olympic ice," refers to the erotica of Anais Nin. However, I couldn't get the first stanza until I found the lines I had written about my afternoon with Brenda. 1 realized they'd make a perfect start to the song. Ta-da!

STUDIO NOTES: Recorded live in the studio with Billy, Geoff and me in a circle surrounded by microphones. Billy dug up some bongos and away we went. The Humans added the Rubber Soul "Sha-la-las."

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

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