F Posterity, issue 15: "Postmodern Burlesque Review"

Looking back at the list of songs I've published so far, I've noted that few are actually new new. Most of them I've had sitting around unfinished or unrecorded for months or years. The closest to new is "Narcissist Blues", which I actually wrote this year. Some stretch way back to when I still lived in St. Louis.

That being the case, I wanted to publish something actually new today, August 30th. So I wrote a new song and recorded it this afternoon. Yesterday I was listening to lots of Woody Guthrie, and the folk chords served as inspiration to write a plain, straightforward song. I set out to do that. Whether or not I can write anything straightforward is debatable. Whether or not bandying around the term "postmodern" is straightforward is not debatable. It's a disposable term for expressing one's own pretension, even if by now it's a little bit "done". Try it sometime!

"Hey, Jack, I love that shirt. Very postmodern."

"Huh? it's J.Crew."

**feels smug**

I hear a little bit of Eef Barzelay's "Ballad of Bitter Honey" in this.

Postmodern Burlesque Review

Well Ive spent more time in Omaha than in love
And Ive spent more time in regret than in Spain
And Ive spent more time in debt than in heated pursuit of hopless ideals
That I fully expect to realize before Im dead

And just between the world and me and you
The best minds of time can conclude
Whatever they want to with footnotes tacked onto
Like Im just gonna go ahead and do

Well if Ive spent more exorcising than self-medicating
And if Ive spent more time playing banjo than paying my bills
And if Ive spent more time in offense of meaningless laws than screening my calls
I will count this life as something of a triumph

And just between the world and me and you
The best minds of time can conclude
Whatever they want to with footnotes tacked onto
Like Im just gonna go ahead and do

Well my eyes are crystal clear and my stomach is iron
And my heart is solid gold and pumps mercury blood
And my intentions are good with all of your daughters and all the worlds nations
And given the chance to prove it, I would

And just between the world and you and me
The best minds of time can concede
Whatever they want to with footnotes tacked onto
Like Im just gonna go ahead and do

Like Im just gonna go ahead and do

Like footnotes tacked onto an unreasonably long
Epic postmodern burlesque review

August 30, 2006

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F Posterity, 2006
52. F Posterity (Getzschman) - May 16, 2007
51. Crazy (Burton/Callaway/Reverberi/Reverberi) - May 9, 2007
50. Persistence of Regret (Getzschman/Ryan/Sahm) - May 2, 2007
49. Breakin' Plates (Getzschman/Ruthsatz) - April 26, 2007
48. Trio for Vocal, Metronome, Wurlitzer (Getzschman) - April 18, 2007
47. She Hates It When I'm Right (Getzschman) - April 11, 2007
46. Beat It (Jackson) - April 4, 2007
45. Mass Ave Strut (Getzschman) - March 28, 2007
44. Let's Fall Asleep Like This (Getzschman) - March 21, 2007
43. 2010 Ain't What They Said It Would Be (Getzschman) - March 14, 2007
42. Three Red Stars (Getzschman) - March 7, 2007
41. Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flansburgh/Linnell) - February 28, 2007
40. Everybody Thinks They're Self-Aware (Getzschman) - February 21, 2007
39. Hysterical Woman (Getzschman) - February 14, 2007
38. Hollaback Savior (Getzschman) - February 7, 2007
37. White Collar (old Philly dollar) (Getzschman) - January 31, 2007
36. Bottle of Blues (B. Hansen) - January 24, 2007
35. Ask Somebody (Getzschman) - January 17, 2007
34. All Time High Score (Getzschman) - January 10, 2007
33. Bury Me In My Jetpack (Getzschman) - January 3, 2007
32. Eggnogg Is The Liquor Of This Household (Getzschman) - December 27, 2006
31. Like Spinning Plates (T.Yorke/J.Greenwood) - December 20, 2006
30. Jack or Jesus (Getzschman/Peterson) - December 13, 2006
29. Runes (Getzschman) - December 6, 2006
28. We Leave Just Like We Come (Getzschman) - November 29, 2006
27. Shampoo! (Getzschman) - November 22, 2006
26. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Dylan) - November 15, 2006
25. Was That Seriously Your Plan? (Getzschman) - November 8, 2006
24. Understated Explosions (Getzschman) - November 1, 2006
23. Everything Sounds Better On Vinyl (Getzschman) - October 25, 2006
22. Take Heart (Getzschman) - October 18, 2006
21. Pigs (L. Freese, S. Reyes, L. Muggerud) - October 11, 2006
20. Upstart Casualties (Getzschman) - October 4, 2006
19. Troubling (Getzschman) - Sept 27, 2006
18. Tales of Woe (Getzschman/Getzschman/Booth) - Sept 20, 2006
17. Manual Labor Pains (Getzschman) - Sept 13, 2006
16. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Gibbard/Tamborello) - September 6, 2006
15. Postmodern Burlesque Review (Getzschman) - August 30, 2006
14. Neverending Love Affair (Getzschman) - August 23, 2006
13. Living On Credit (Getzschman) - August 16, 2006
12. Broke As A Muhfuh (Getzschman) - August 9, 20006
11. Josie (Becker/Fagan) - August 2, 2006
10. Cold Day at the Races (Getzschman) - July 26, 2006
9. Calaveras (Getzschman) - July 19, 2006
8. Narcissist Blues (Getzschman) - July 12, 2006
7. Advice to a Young Jedi (Getzschman) - July 5, 2006
6. God Only Knows (Wilson/Asher) - June 28, 2006
5. Miracle Hubcap (Getzschman) - June 21, 2006
4. A Paycheck Is All I Ask (Getzschman) - June 14, 2006
3. Halfway (Getzschman) - June 7, 2006
2. Summer Crazy (Getzschman) - May 31, 2006
1. Sunday Street (Van Ronk) - May 26, 2006