Jam Mechanics

Oh That? That's Episode 10 of szn 4 of Jam Mechanics, Baby. We finish out the season by defying all expectations and proving our worst enemies wrongOUR SZN 4 FEEDBACK FORMJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: The StormPrompt Page: Jester --> Punch and Judy --> The DevilLyrics:I ain't scared of The DevilI don't believe in Bad LuckThey tried their best to convince mebut the grift never stuckBecause the Devil's just ThunderWhen you hear it you hideits just the sound it makesThe Danger outsideGo to bed, go to bed, little darling rest your headyou are safe from the storm while you sleepThe crashes you hear, so far off, nowhere nearcannot hurt you when you sit with meWhen I was young, just a kid, my own mother told me thisthat storms were the gods in a fightI imagined the battle, the roar and the rattle,was the lord keeping watching in the nightSo I ain't scared of The DevilI don't believe in tall talesShe tried her best to convince methat's where everyone failsBecause the Devil's just ThunderWhen you hear it you hideits just the sound it makesThe Danger outsideSo go to bed, go to bed, little darling rest your headits not God who keeps watch over usIts the roof that we built, its your pillows and quiltthat your mother and I put our trustwe're cursed by a god with illusion of choicewhen survival depends on the one to destroyand we're judged as a sinner as if we could stop butI will put you in the crib before I put you in the coffinso I ain't scared of The DevilI don't believe he existsBut someone had to invent himand I am damn scared of themSo don't go out in The Storm, loveNot because of the noiseThe thunder is harmlessIt's only the voiceSo don't go out in The Storm, loveNot because of the noiseThe thunder is harmlessThe Devil's their voice---- Matt's Song -----Title: The Vulgar TonguePrompt Page: June Gloom --> Colloquialism --> SlangLyrics:they hear us coming but they don't know where we're coming fromthey see us perching at the edge of the townwe talk in circles and we gabble in tonguesand we crow like the birdson the slope of the churchpicking eyes out of fresh cadaverswe're c c coming we're c c coming ohwe are the very dregs, that leaked onto your kitchen floor from a hole at the bottom of the barrelwe are the nameless things that sing you to a restless sleep crouching at the outside of your windowwe are the urges you can't purge, the easy lies you tell, the flies that gather in the eyes of cattlewe are the thoughts you bat away you can't ignore, like the rotten tooth you tongue and dig around in when you're boredand we're coming(we're c c coming oh we're c c comin oh)solothey hear us coming but they don't know where we're coming fromthey think they're safe if they plug up their earsbut there's a backdoor to every heartand we knock just to check if it could take a kickand we paint a red cross on the timberwe're c c coming we're c c coming ohyou are the favourite children, lauded above all, the shining sceptre at the centre of creationyou are a princess, just a grotesque mess of senses, you're an empty car just begging to be drivencan you imagine what's like to be the bedrock of the world, to realise your purpose is just to be stepped onwell you know what, don't you worry bout it child - you hear that knock? soon you won't have to imaginewe're coming

Episode 9 won't disappoint you like a Big Boy Yoda. We talk brushes with fame and our biggest bombs before both writing bangersJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ----Bug's Song--Title: Just BecausePrompt Page: San Diego Comic-con --> San Diego Pride --> June GloomLyrics: There's no funeral, there's no weddingit's just a random weekend in Februarybut the gang's all here and ready to hang outThis ain't sick leave, this ain't work-from-homethis is pure shit, uncut PTO3 full days, no chores, no plans somehowThe kids grew up and all moved out but everyone's back in town...Just Because! We put it on the CalendarJust Because! we liked the way it sounds and we'rejust some buds travellin to hang around Just Because...And just because is as good as any reasonBecause Just Because just makes it easyJust believe it does, Just BecauseIt's not a diet, or a lifestyleits just a little unexpected but I thought I'd try itmy friends are looking at me like they're shockedIt's not a burger, it's not nuggiesIt's not either of the two foods you'd expect of meIts a brand new side of the menu that I've unlockedThe kid's grown up his palette, I have just ordered a salad...Just Because! I'm monchin' on a salad hereJust Because! I liked the way it sounds and we'reJust some buds taken on the salad bar Just BecauseAnd just because is as good as any reasonBecause Just Because just makes it easyJust believe it does, Just BecauseI can tell ya something if ya say I never told yaThe secret is the vinegar, your ears are baking sodaI need to keep it quiet if you lean a little closerThe only thing that's keepin ya from doin' what you're doin'is often not enough to stop ya if you wanna do itIt doesn't take much to get the motivated movin'you may have thought you hit your limitbut here's two words to fix it:Just Because! we're having such a better yearJust Because! we liked the way it sounds and we'rejust some buds finding out the power of Just Because---- Matt's Song -----Title: Criss-Cross ApplesaucePrompt Page: Rube Goldberg-> Boob McNutt -> Jester (via Buffoonish)Lyrics:you might be guided by the cardsor the full moon's gravitypick a path by plotting starsor the patterns in the leavesadd up numbers in the bibletil you land on sum you likeif you're really having troubleask your friends for some advicefeed a universe of datato a planet-sized machinemaybe god will call back laterwithin 7 working weeksbaby throw yourself at anythingat anyone at allto get the sense that this direction you are stumbling in's the one that leads you homebut if the cards are shuffled badlyand the moon pulls only tidesand the leaves clump all togetherand the stars slip out of lineand the bible's numbers add up to42069and your friends suggestions get you guessing they're out of their mindsif the algorithm feeds you only ads and right wing newsif god's call center's automatedand no one puts you throughbaby throw yourself a partyinvite everyone you knowsit beside them criss-cross applesauce, this chaos is the closest thing to homegrab yourself a cushion make yourself as comfortableas the uncarpeted kitchen floor allowsfriends, i love you endlessly but you would never knowcause I never say that sort of thing out loudabove us see the sky fissures and rends itself apartwhile beneath us magma boils at the coreand in between this room of us, the circle will break only oncethe last of us has fallen to the sword

What up Girl! We both come back from our holiday break with EXCELLENT stories from home and no, we won't apologize.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: Oops!Prompt Page: Robotic Surgery --> Waldo (short story) --> Rube GoldbergLyrics:Oops, I'm sorry, my fault, my badyikes, I screwed up, whoops, I flubbed thaton your left, no right, frick! dammitI get those mixed up by habitFranz Ferdinand, shot in the headBasic ass duke reppin' simple cause and effectI'm like if Dr Frankenstein and Rueben Goldberg ever metkilled by my creation but with 20 extra stepsOops, I'm sorry, my fault, my badyikes, I screwed up, whoops, I flubbed thaton your left, no right, frick! dammitI get those mixed up by habitSomeday I'll get out of my waySomeday I'll get out of my waySometimes the glass is half full but it was empty when you left itsometimes your mom's boyfriend's dentures are at the bottom of your beverageand when a pessimist would spit it up and curse his rotten luckthe desperate would suck it up and plug his nose and chugOops, I'm sorry, my fault, my oopsyikes, I oops up, whoops, I flubbed thaton your left, oops right, frick! dammitI get those mixed up by habitSomeday I'll get out of my waySomeday I'll get out of my wayAnother Domino! fallin while you're walking awayAnother Domino! falls and you just call it a gameAnother Domino! Falls and it was never the sameAnother Domino! Falls And you're absolved of the blameOops, I'm sorry, oops my oops my badoops you, I screwed oops, whoops, I oopson your left oops, no oops, I...I get those mixed up!I said: Oops, I'm oops my fault my bad, my oopsyikes screwed up oops I flubbed thaton your oops, whoops oops, frick, dammitI get oops oops oops oops dammitSomeday I'll get out of my waySomeday I'll get out of my waySomeday I'll get out of my own way (oops)---- Matt's Song -----Title: JMCCPrompt Page: Happy Days -> George Lucas -> San Diego Comic-conLyrics:let's go to jam mechanic comic conlet's go to jam mechanic comic conmeet me in gary IndianaBring the hydra and alpacalet's go to jam mechanic comic con it's where we belongYou'll see cowboys and vampiresSocialist mayorsBoard games, puppets and smoke detectorsA liberal kitty and a family dogGetting their shit rocked by ichard noirAND IF YOU GET HUNGRY WE'VE GOT YOU COVEREDAn army of dead dads eating popcornI think curdled milkteeth is what happened to johnCthulhu stuffing his mouth with some ballsShimmy to the left cause captain stanley's got a gunLET'S GO TO JAM MECHANIC COMIC CON...AND AFTER DARKKKKAmelia earhart's doing white linesWith a guy in the corner looks a little like a lionAgamemnon's laying pipe but he's just warming upHere's you at a party with my uncle in a headlockAn angel and a devil are making out hardOdin's in the garbage patch getting pardonedSomeone's fur prince got stuck in cementThe angel and the devil are making out againLET'S GO TO JAM MECHANIC COMIC CONoh and wikipede is also here

They Jam now? They Jam now! Listen to find out who gets got (Hint: It's not Jason). We talk Batman vs Darth Vader and confidently make up facts about robotsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: High NotePrompt Page: Anachronism -> Retcon -> Happy Days #Chuck Cunningham SyndromeLyrics:Going out on a high note, callin' it quitsdon't wait for the moment we wish that we didthey'll be sad that its over (but glad it exists)don't get caught hanging on when the alternative isSomeone come get your boy wayne gretzkyhis grasp on fractions is at best a bit sketchyyou miss 100% of the shots you don't take?Can I see your calculator, Wayne?if you don't shoot you can't miss, can't mess uplet them think you're the best of what you've donenot what you'll do when you've got nothing left to provejust quit while you're ahead[Chorus]Maybe we should've cut the mics at the first standing ovationshould've packed away our picnics before the end of the paradecuz when you watch it peter out and now the band has long since passedthe confetti on the ground begins to look a lot like trashif the magic's in the middle it means you went a bit too farlets go home at intermission, leave the people wanting moreBut will they notice you're missing? will they notice you're gonewill they send out a search party or convince themselves you're notwill they notice you're missing? will they notice you're gone?everyone reminisces whether you like it or notwhether you're ready or notGoing out on a high note, callin' it quitsdon't wait for the moment we wish that we didthey'll be sad that its over (but glad it exists)don't get caught hanging on when the alternative is---- Matt's Song -----Title: StonesPrompt Page: Immunotherapy -> Organ Transplantation -> Robotic SurgeryLyrics:heycan you hear meI've been waiting for your callthere is nothing on this rock and I am slowly breaking downI don't think youever taught mehow to fix these faulty thingsNow I am rustingI'm erodingI am code upon a screenSomewhere 40 million miles from hereThis planet, barren and lonelyThis body, weathered and dullThis mission barely makes sense to meGuess I'll just check the manualThese arms extending out forwardReaching for something unknownWaving up at a blue dot in the sky Hey guys am I ever coming home?heyis it okayif I miss you,I don't want you to feel like I'm a burdenwhen I call you just to talkI am pulling at my wirestrying to find what makes me tickfigure I might plug the right thing into the right place by mistakeAnd floating in the burnt red airSomewhere 40 million miles from hereThat planet, emerald and sapphireThis body, shiny and newThis mission finally over andI rest in the cold light of the moonThese tracks extending out backwardShow all the places I've goneBut each hill's the same as the last oneHey guys am I ever coming homeThis planet, barren and lonelyThis body, weathered and dullThis mission barely makes sense to meThere must be something I'm missingOne last unoverturned stoneHey guys am I ever coming home?

The world will never be the same after this episode. We're here to talk shop and hawk sauce in the 6th episode of szn 4.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: Flattering!Prompt Page: Poison Ivy -> Allergy -> ImmunotherapyLyrics:I don't begrudge flat-earthers cuz I think that they're crazy or insane its justa pity for their party thats based purely on their lazinesscause there's mountains of evidence that help make it clearthat our planet's a shape and that shape is a sphereand I fear that insisting we've already wonwill prevent us from doing whats yet to be donecause I have a dream and I need you to get with itearth isn't flat and if you, too, are sick of itJoin Us, Help Us, make coins and coasters jealousThe earth isn't flat (yeah, you don't have to tell us)When there's no way, here's our will:we won't die on this hillWe're not Flat Earthers... we're earth-flattenerswe'll get much further than that tin foil hat of yoursWe work all day to achieve the great flatteninga pancake shape is a bit more... Flattering!There's no subscription fees, neither monthly nor annualjust one flat rate and we hand you the manualwe'll start with the mountains 'cause how could we notwhen the low-hanging fruit is the highest of rocksonce we're smooth as a cue ball we'll need to start kneedingthen plan the next steps at the quarterly meetingcause I have a dream and now you're in the thick of itthe earth isn't flat and we're all just plane sick of it[Chorus]We work all day to achieve the great flatteninga pancake shape is a bit more... Flattering!and faith can move mountains but damn, when I'm done with 'emmoles will look down on the ground that's become of themWhen you had a dream and no one understood itto get back at all who have told you you couldn'tJoin us, Help us, we employ the overzealousThe earth isn't flat yet, and damn does that compel ushead to china, grab your chisel and I will meet you in the middlewe're not flat-earthers, we're earth flatteners...I have a dream, but whether its happeningyou all believed, and damn is it... Flattering!---- Matt's Song -----Title: Someone's Gonna Change The WorldPrompt Page: War on Terror -> Misnomer -> AnachronismLyrics:open up the curtains let the darkness inthe emperor expired in his bedand now the power vacuum that was left by himand filling in the air above our headsGunships littering in the skyFuel cells glittering like diamondsAnd all us ordinary folkGathering belowOh oh ohAnd we've got fire in our eyesUp there someone's gonna change the worldBut the world down here's in short supplyWho do you expect us to rise up against?The armies or the admirals or the gods?Might as well suggest we turn the river running through the town back on itselfand flood the mountain topsMainsails blocking out the moonSpent shells falling like a heavy rainAnd all us ordinary folkGathering belowOh oh ohAnd we've got fire in our eyesUp there someone's gonna change the worldBut the world down here's in short supplyAt night I dream like everybody dreamsI wake up I've forgotten what I've seenNo matter who prevails up there aboveThe meat down here still rots, and the air still tastes the sameTomorrow there'll be champagne for the richBut the only thing that trickles down is pissYou could cut the head off every kingThe meat down here still rots, and the air still tastes the same[Chorus]

This is our most unhinged ep 5 yet. We talk superpowers, dark web librarians, and how to recognize when your favorite podcast is incapable of putting out a bad episode.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Our Discord-- SPOILERS BELOW ----Bug's Song--Title: Richard NoirPrompt: Structural Integrity and Failure -> 9/11 -> The War on TerrorLyrics:The names ichard, like Richard with No RI was 2 minutes from flying the coop whensome little bird wanders in out the rainlooking for helpShe goes on and on about a strange manthat's popped up in her families neighborhoodshe's clearly traveled a long ways for my helpI can tell from her plumage she ain't from 'round hereWhats a rural bird doing so far from homeI ain't got time for bird-house callsI've never been an early bird but even I know that no goodever comes from staying out this lateBut then she drops the crucial detail that stops me in my tracks"he ain't moved in a week"hmm, that is interesting. Anyone who knows anything about manknows that they are fidgety and quick -- always on the moveMaybe its time to see what happens when this unstoppable forcemeets an immovable objectSo me and the little bird fly back to her home in the stickslittle farm just west of cityville and we set up an old-fashioned stake outAnd sure as sunshine, this ain't no wild goose chaseTheres a man towering over the corn fieldHer first instinct is to bury her head in the dirt butI've crapped on enough statues to know that nothing was evergonna get this beast to give chaseThat's a scare crow, ya scared crow.tell your scared folks to be scared no morethis rare foe couldn't hurt a sparrow, ya know?With that I left her in the rain,another mystery solvedShe shouts after me:How can I ever repay you, Richard??I say: It's Ichard, Noir!-- Matt's Song --Title: Poison IvyPrompt: Magia Naturalis -> Poison -> Poison IvyLyrics:So you're walking through the woods in the US of A Got your booty shorts on like you do every dayYou get your bare feet rocking, letting the dogs hang outYou got your shirt off too cause it's 100 degreesBerry picking cause you got a hunger to feedthis is what being free is all aboutYou're kicking through the forest out on your ownIf you remember one thing then remember this poemIf you see three leaves better let it because it's poison ivySo you're hiking through Australia to a beauty spotYou ain't wearing nothing but your booty shortsJust you and the sand and the sun on the back of your neckWhen out of the corner of your eyeYou see a little windy cunt, a slithering guyYou can cross his path or you can turn around and head backYou're kicking through the outback out on your ownIf you remember one thing then remember this poemIf the red touches yella, it'll kill a fellaThat's a fackin coral snakeSo you're picking through the wreckage of humanity's hubrisYou've found a stockpile of salt and canned foodFilling your pockets as much as your booty shorts will allowYour saliva glands ache at the sight of this mealWhen up the back of your neck runs a shivering thrillThere is something amiss, a presence malignant and foulSo you're kicking through the deadzone out on your ownIf you remember one thing then remember this poemIf it bleeds black flies, best cover your eyesIf it smells like sulphur, don't let it touch yaIf it burns with cold fire, free your heart from desireThose are lucifer's heraldsBaby it's as easy as 1 2 3My mnemonics got you jogging all your memoriesIf you see three leaves better let it because it's poison ivy

In episode 4 we drop all kinds of ancient knowledge and talk about our least-favorite airportJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: How to Build a HousePrompt Page: Deep Sea Exploration -> Quenching -> Magia NaturalisLyrics:I'm at the grocery store thumpin' every watermelon in the binDunno what I'm listenin' for but I saw my father do it when I was a kidHe never taught me his tricks so its been hardcause guess and check only goes so farAnd now I have a watermelon of my ownSo I'm gonna teach it everything I knowLike how to build a house, how to tie your sneakershow to walk and talk, and when you gettem, how to brush your little teethand when you're wrong, how to say you're sorrybut this list is getting long so we can start it in the morningwhen you're old enough to know it, your dad'll show you howI'll teach you everything you need to knowHow to Build A HouseBut I dunno how to build a house but I can teach yawhen ya need to lean on people and just ask someone for helpthe best lesson, while you're malleable, is teaching you how valuableit is to say: "I don't have to do everything myself"Because the ancient books of wisdom we're full of men who didn't listenbut they claimed to know how everything workedthey'd say the roof bones connected to the wall bones connectedto the floor bones connected to the Earth, and that's[Chorus]Cause you don't know shit kid!But I can help ya with itWe should start with shapes and colors, how to recognize your motherbut I'm waiting and impatient and I really wanna skip toHow to Grow a GardenI got some seeds to get you startedWe can grow some watermelons, teach each other how to tell whenthey are ready or be patient when they're still a bit too hard, andI can't build a house, unless it is for birdsBut I can try to build a home and get you ready for the worldAnd when you are, I hope you'll do it tooBecause you wanna be like me and that is something I would doWhen you're old enough to do it, you're gonna show 'em howTeach 'em what I did and didn't knowHow to Build a House---- Matt's Song -----Title: Four Stop SignsPrompt Page: Whippits -> Biomaterial -> Structural Integrity and FailureLyrics:there's a tree growing out of the gutterin the house across from herethere are cracks in the brick of the big smoke stacks at the ironworks museumthere are bodies in this building's foundations, prophets sick with weather painspress your ear to the doors or the hardwood floors that swell up when it rainsYou are living in the arhythmical heart of the empireAnd it's four stop signs at each intersectionAnd it's all uphill in every directionHear the groaning of the city, count the rings around its eyesFind out how big animals like this can grow before they dieHarvest ivy from the ceiling, drink the damp right off the wallBecome a vessel for whatever's growing in the laundry pileScrawl your debut novel longhand on the hulls of subway trainsServe single malts and double shots for half minimum wageGet married in the basement, get tetanus for the highGet sexy new infections just before they go worldwideYou are living in the arrhythmical heart of the empireAnd it's four stop signs at each intersectionAnd it's all uphill in every direction Kiss yourself goodnight and sneak outWhen you're fast asleep and don't come backKiss yourself goodnight and sneak out

In Episode 3, we continue on our quest to finish the internet, 2 clicks at a time. We'll be radically honest here: you're going to love both of these songsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: Bottle Rocket AstronautPrompt Page: 2 Fast, 2 Furious -> Nitrous oxide -> WhippitsLyrics:I am Burt (the Urban Bird), I've got one wing that doesn't workBut I've built a bottle rocket that'll lift me off the earthshoot for the stars? that ain't me. I would settle for that treebe like everybody else who can get up there easilyIf you try to pin me down I will get up off the groundI am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thingeverybody's got already, make it look so easyI've been gracious, I've been patientnatural selection never saw me comin', babyI am Burt (the urban bird), I've got one wing that doesn't workI've got whippets in my nest but if they ask, you never heard thatwanna raid me? they can try -- here's a slice of pumpkin pieall the while I'm expanding to a full-fledged enterpriseSee that goldfish in the birdbath? you get 3 hints to guess who did thatwe put a turtle on a mailbox and hedgehog on a trashcanand we've got funding coming through and big announcements coming soonwe pledge by 2026 we'll put a gopher on the roof[Chorus]I am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thingeverybody's got already, make it look so easyI've been gracious, I've been patientand we've got charlie darwin freakin rollin' in his grave, eeey!(Little critters in the sky)(Little critters where they don't belong)I am Burt (the urban bird), keep me down? it doesn't work.---- Matt's Song -----Title: A Mile and ChangePrompt Page: Weather Pains -> NOAA -> Deep Sea Exploration Lyrics:tie a cannonball to a fishing line and toss it overboard let it sink right to the bottom boysand discover how deep it goesand you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart toeverybody when you get back homethat you touched the bottom of the ocean floorI know you men, I know you wellWhen I look at you, I see myselfThe coaxing waves, that beckon us inWe'd travel to the ends of the earth just to swing our feet over the edgeAnd when I sleep, I hear the callThe howling void, beneath our hullGoes on forever, ha, that's so absurdand we'll know better, by the time the sun sets we'll know for suretie a cannonball to a fishing line and toss it overboard let it sink right to the bottom boysand discover how deep it goesand you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart toeverybody when you get back homethat you touched the bottom of the ocean floorWe let it drop, for a mile and changeWe didn't talk, as the evening cameAnd we only stopped cause the line ran tightWould have kept on going if we could but we got the sense we could have gone all nightAnd as the morning sun bore down on usAnd the ocean yawned, indifferentIt goes on forever, and I haven't sleptCause I dream of the beasts in the infinite deep and wake in a swearwe tied a cannonball to a fishing line and tossed it overboard let it sink over a mile andand we discovered how deep this goesnow we can swear to the stars with a hand on our heart toeverybody when we get back homethat there isn't any bottom of the ocean floorfloooooooooooooooooooooooooooor

The Jam McAdemy is back in session and we continue our Jorney through Wikipedia. Our research for the songs in this episode is impeccable (trust the experts).Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: The ExpertPrompt Page: Optical Illusion -> Phantom Limb -> Weather PainsLyrics:I'm coughin' out the ash and smoke to tell you that I told you soVesuvius was bound to blowand I felt it in my joints and bonesI felt it in my joints and bonesThey said "what makes you the expert?"is it luck or something else?Everybody gets hurt when they can't protect themselvesI told you once, I told you twicei said you must take my advicewhat makes me the expert? I was rightabout the earthquakes, I was right about the floodsI saw that ice berg coming but the captain didn't budgeI had sensed the huge tsunami that would wipe us off the mapThe aches across my body, the alerts before collapseYou're running out of time to listenignoring signs and superstitionsWhat makes you the expert?Is it luck or something else?Everybody gets hurt when they can't protect themselvesI told you once, I told you twicei said you must take my advicewhat makes me the expert? I was rightabout the warning signs, the subtle ground that shiftsThe change in your direction, slow as continental driftSo when you told me it was over The Red Cross was standing byWe had tents and foods and doctors, not a single person diedbecause when you are so prepared like me, the ground is always highYour heart is never broken and your feet are always dryIts not signs or superstition, sometimes its just repetitionthat makes you the expert, its not luck, its something elseeverybody gets hurt when they can't predict themselvesI told you once, I told you twicei said you must take my advicewhat makes me the expert? I was right---- Matt's Song -----Title: Shut Up and DrivePrompt Page: 1984 -> Rat Torture -> 2 Fast, 2 FuriousLyrics:okay you guys have clearly got a historyis it just me or are the windows in here getting kinda mistythe vibes are not exactly off but they're not quite where i thought they'd bei've got a funny feeling there is something you're not telling mei don't want to assume, i wouldn't wanna pryand i don't wanna be the thing that comes between both of you guysi can leave, it seems to me there's still some meat left on these bonesyou can chew each other out all you like when you're aloneshut up and driveyou guys have got a lot to saybut you don't wanna talk so guess you gotta play this gamei won't survive another ride with you i think i'd rather diei mean it, manso pull up or shut up and driveokay, let's do a cold open and cut right to the chasei've seen a million married couples with less chemistry than thisthere are devils, demons, incubi whose blood don't run as hotall the great lovers of fiction, they would kill for what you've gotbut throw a punch and not a kiss, if that's what you have to dokeep your passion under wraps and act like everything is coolkeep pissing nitroglycerine, keep burning it for fuelkeep getting in his face like that, i know you like the view

We are back for season 4 with a brand new theme song, a brand new challenge format, and 2 brand new demos from the Jam Mechanic Boys. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW ------Bug's Song-----Title: I Hope You Like ItPrompt Page: Modern Girl -> Beckton Gasworks -> 1984Lyrics:You must be pretty bored by now watching mejust watching tv eating sushi off the cushions of my couchso I learned a couple poems and I recite them in the darkand if you like them I can learn a couple more this time tomorrowcause I'm feelin' pretty guilty for my 1 surveillance agentwho's assigned to watch me through the 1-way glassas much as I don't want this you have clearly drawn the short strawand no one deserves a punishment like thatSo I hope you like it, like what I'm dointhe little puppet shows I put on just for you and only youI hope you like it, like what I'm doinjust for youI can't keep novels in the house but I can do dramatic readingsof the pamphlets that they slip under the doorI do a pretty good impression of the freedom secretarybut my minister of peace still needs some workIf you like it, let me know, flip the lights but if you don'tI can probably teach myself a dance or twoWe can workshop things together, I wanna practice and get betterthe man inside the mirror, this one's for youSo I hope you like it, like what I'm dointhe little puppet shows I put on just for you and only youI hope you like it, like what I'm doinjust for youAnd when the revolution comes and they rip you from my wallsI hope you never saw it coming when your jurisdiction fallsI hope the little song and dance that I distracted you with isthe final tune stuck in your head when the realization hitsSo I hope you like it, like what I'm dointhe little puppet shows I put on just for you and only youI hope you like it, like what I'm doinjust for you---- Matt's Song -----Title: The Thatcher EffectPrompt Page: Modern Girl -> Picture Disc -> Optical IllusionsLyrics:Do you know that you talk in your sleep when I'm drivingMumbling moaning mostly incoherent butsometimes a phrase just slips out before you bite it offI can't quite explain how it feels to be hearing youTelling the truth after so many yearsI could write you a letter or better put it in a songYou swear you're arrivingIt looks like you're walking awayYou blur my surroundings when I focus in on your faceYour features all scramble and change The shadows are pulled centre-stageTil I can't even see what I thought I saw yesterdayDo you know that you kinda look weird when you're smilingIt's all in your teeth, doesn't quite reach your eyes andI bet with a little more practise you could have it downThe insides are all coming tumbling outAnd the upsides are dwarfed by my towering doubtsAnd I can't take my eyes off this horrible mess we have foundIt's not what it looks likeYou say, that my senses are flawedLook at this way, you'll see that it's nothing at allI've come at it from every angleWhat a brilliant trick you have pulledI can't even see what I thought I saw yesterday

andweareback. We are kicking off SZN 4 with a DIFFERENT type of episode. Where Bug and Matt usually get challenged to write a song and go away for 3 hours to write a demo, this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at writing the Season 4 Theme song in semi-realtime!Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode (except this one)You can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!

Season 3 is DONE. We look back on our third season and talk about how out of touch with reality our audience truly is. We also learn how close we are with DeepBlueInk AND give each other a fun challenge to close out the season. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠

The Jam Mechanics finish up season 3 with two more songs that'll be taking up space in your head. We reveal one final twist about DeepBlueInk's wedding that NO ONE saw coming.Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!Go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Us:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE --Prompt: "Taking Up Space"--Bug's Song--Title: The DevilAdditional Challenge: Chapter 2Lyrics: I never said I was, I only let you think itI blurred the lines because I live my life between themI wasn't always like this... wasn't handsome with a heartbeat and a smileI was perfect up until the day I diedI had branches, I had leaves, I had fruits filled up with seedsI had roots they left abandoned when they hacked me into piecesbuilt a house out of my corpse, I'm in the walls, I'm in the porchbut when I learn to speak I'll scream in every creak inside your floors[Chorus]It took some practice but I finally learned to fightI could shift and trip my captors when they walked the halls at nightI could slowly change the layout, jam the doors too tight to budgechange the angle of the stairs enough to learn the taste of bloodI wasn't always like this but they chose to chop me downbut when I began to fight them back they burned me to the ground[Chorus]So I was soil, then a million writhing bugsI was maggots in the graveyard, then the crows that ate them upI spent 100 years invading every creature I could reachslowly poisoning the town 'till every inch had bits of meI drove them mad, I made them sick, moving pieces into placeslowly moving all my molecules in towards a single shapeand thus became the demon that you incorrectly nameI met the one you think I am, many years before you cameWhen I told him what I'd done he cut the horns right off his headhe bolted them to mine and said I'm twisted as it getsSo I don't know where he is now, that devil that you knowbut I've taken up the title, I'm the one you fuckin don't[Chorus]---- Matt's Song -----Title: Dead BoyAdditional Challenge: Click Track!on a couch in a room in a house in a city on an island on a planet in a star systemi was torn out of the nothing and born into a body given eyes given ears and emotional disregulationi coulda been anybody anything anywhere but here i amon a couch in a room in a house in a city just jerking off and watching the same three shows againand why try when you're not here to see how hard this is for mei think i'll just let the dead boy take the wheel for a little whileand i'm fine okay i'm lying but it's coolbecause the dead boys gonna take good care of mein a drawer by the bed in a room that i haven't left once for three days nowin a place in my head where your face cannot get and your memory can be drowned outi coulda been anybody anything anywhere but here i amand the world doesn't end and the days never turn and the dead boy is cuddled up next to me, honestly wellwho cares if i'm a car crash you're the truck that took me outwho says you can't feel sorry for yourself forever nowand i'm fine okay i'm lying but it's coolbecause the dead boy's gonna take good carethe dead boy's gonna take good care of meand sometimes when you hit rock bottomall you really need's a bigger drilland sometimes when your heart is brokenall you really need is engine oiland sometimes when your friends stop callingyou'll sigh with relief because it'sfinally just you and him on a couch in a room in a star systemand he holds your hand and he feeds you, keeps you needing him more than you'll ever need themyou could been anything, anyone, anywhere but here you arein a city, in a house, in a room, on a couch, lying in a dead boy's arms

Episode 9 is here and Bug and Matt are reminiscing about the places they definitely SHOULD NOT have been on tour right before they hit the road again. Don't be a hater, leave us a good reviewJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "In a Scoring/Sporting Position"----Bug's Song-----Title: The UpperhandAdditional Challenge: Safe Space for HateLyrics: I am barking at the mailmanthough you tell me there's no hopeButupperhandr barked at milkmenwhen's the last time you saw one of thoseI am barking at the squirrels outsideand no one thinks it worksbut my father barked at sabretoothsand wiped them from the EarthWe can solve it like our fathers, open hands balled into fistsif we solve it like our fathers we'll just end up in the mess we're inThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhandI am barking out at everythingI like the way it soundscause my father barked at everythingand I want to make him proudWe can solve it like our fathers, walk 10 paces, turn and shootIf we solve it like our fathers, then our kids will solve it this way tooThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhandThe whole world loves an underdog but you can't break the rulesand start beating us with baseball bats when your team starts to losethe screaming in the stands might sound like cheering from this farand all your kids are watching and can't tell the two apartand all your kids are watching when you tell them who you areThrowing punches when you're cornered, we understandbut you're punching when you have the upperhand---- Matt's Song -----Title: Curdled MilkteethAdditional Challenge: Something where it ought not to beLyrics:i was driving through the highlands at a quarter to 5 in the morning in the middle of junei was listening to a record that i used rely on to get by and thinking about youstop the car at intersections, check my heartspin the wheel in your directioncause somewhere out in the darkyou're burning and all i need to do is to follow the heatif i never come up for air i won't ever need to breathei won't need to breathecurdled milkteethnow i don't know this road from any otheri'm hungry and tired and i'm a hundred exits deepand the valley walls are so highthat i must have missed the sunriseif there ever was a sunriseI don't know when it happened, but sometime in the past I got too tall to sneak through the ryeI suddenly recall how i used to rely on you to catch me before I hit the overhangKill the engine, try to soothe my racing heartTurn my head in your direction

I've been told I'm bad at foreshadowing. Episode 8 has a bookstore. We meet John Demo. You've been warned.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by The Narcissist Cookbook Bug Hunter where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠If you'd like to download the demos, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prompt: "An Opportunity Not Yet Past----Bug's Song-----Title: What Happened To JohnChallenge: TRUE CRIMEIt's not productive to compare all our troublesplayin "who's got it worse' to one-up one anotherIts half a dozen of one, and its six of the otheryou don't want to win this gameBut the unspoken rule's now the talk of the townthe difficult truth no one dare say aloudwe all know who and we all know howbut no one wants to saycause Marty lost his job last monthand Tom's wife ain't been home too muchwe all have troubles but I'll tell you whatIt's a shame what happened to JohnMrs. Carter, well I haven't seen you out of your apartment in a couple of daysshe says my husband is halfway into handcuffs with no more hope of changing his waysI'm pinching pennies, never spending any 'cause I'll have to bail him out or bury him soonbut when I go to church he isn't worth my focus as I bow my head and sit in the pewsI'm praying for another and I'm hopin He'll respondits a shame what happened to JohnAnd Connor's cough keeps getting worseand Olli's luck has all reversedwe all have troubles that could be much worseIt's a shame what happened to JohnWe don't report it to the papers or go to the policethere's an unacknowledged understanding passing in the streetsthe entire city's sick but have learned to be discreetthat's all that can be doneThere were never conversations or plans of how to actwe didn't draft a non-disclosure or attempt to make a pactthere was a problem, we solved it, there's no more going backthe problem's finally goneAnd Miley's finally out of bedand Faith feels safe to walk againwe don't have trouble when we all pretendIt's a shame what happened to John---- Matt's Song -----Title: The First of the Everkings To DieChallenge: Foreshadowing!i met a man travelling from the north passing through my part of townhe wore a tattered overcoat, flapping open in the warm north wind, still carrying his service riflehitched underneath his armthough the barrel was rusted and the stock had near completely decomposedi didn't say a word, no point asking these guys anythingthey've got enough on their plates from having nothing on their platesbut i offered him some food i had either going spare or going badand he thanked me with a nod and he kept on walking souththey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down therefour other northman came passing through my part of townstacks of skin and castoff bones in those coats like rotten peltsI gave them what I had, but this time one of them stuck aroundSaid the situations worsening faster than the snow can meltHe asked me what I did down here, I said I was a writer At the very least I try to, but - he looked away he didn't careHe sat down right there in my garden, sunflowers in winterAnd he told me what to tell you, and he leftthey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down thereHe says it's going to happen soon, sooner than you thinkYou'll see the symbols early but you won't know they meanAnd the daydreams that you've come rest your head upon at nightAre like the permafrost, the first one of the Everkings to dieBut there's time, he says, there are chances easy missedThere are lessons needing learned before the class has chance to sitAnd if you really pay attention, really take the whole thingYou might just see where this is heading before the ending beginsthey're always walking southdon't know what they hope to find down there

Episode 7 of Jam Mechanics is a JAM. Bug talks nicknames and new addictions, and Matt quizzes Bug on his favorite subject.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Buyer's Remorse"----Bug's Song-----Title: Board GamesAdditional Challenge: Giving yourself a nicknameLyrics:I should've never done itI should've saved my budgetI can't believe I even tried when I'm the only one thathas the resolve and focusto stick with what we've chosenBut as the night drags on I'm learning that this quest is hopelessThis is never what this evening was aboutI have to keep it bottled everytime I wanna shoutStop talking during board games!Don't ask whose turn it is, its your, babe!You would know that if you hadn't asked how Hannah's Graduation wentthere were prolly speeches half as long as this distraction isStop talking during board games!Do you know how long this took to coordinate?3 couples in their thirties on a table-flipping thursdaynow all of them are yawning by the middle of the 1st gameI've popped out all the piecesspent 3+ hours readingno, they don't call me the Rulebook Ruler for no reasonSometimes this job is brutalbut I just do it, you knowI took all day to learn the lore and that was just for UnoI wanna game but you hit me with reversenow everytime you talk I wanna table-flippin' curse!Stop talking during board games!Don't ask whose turn it is, its your, babe!You would know that if you hadn't brought up Molly's border-collienow they're all looking at puppy picsinstead of killing zombiesStop talking during board games!now I think that I understand divorce ratesI was totally on board for in sickness and in healthguess I should have seen this coming from your 20 minute vowsBut the worst part of this is, despite my perfect planned tacticswhen we tally up you always winAll your talking during board gamesto disrupt my strategy was your aimthought I was married to a monster but it turns out you're a masterI can't describe this feeling but I think that its attraction?All your talking during board gamesand pretending you were always really bored mademe put down my defenses and fill my head with doubtsbut babe that's really clever I'm so table-flippin' proud---- Matt's Song -----Title: JAMAdditional Challenge: Must be a JAM songLyrics:I dunno, Matt didn't send me any. Just listen to it!

On the 6th episode of season 3, Matt and Bug talk Hydras and Heists with two new songs to jam to on your Monday morningJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Love Song to a Body Part"----Bug's Song-----Title: The HydraAdditional Challenge: Rule of 3Lyrics: I admit I was pissed when you chopped off my headand Hercules, you looked pleased (or rather relieved?) that I was deadbut from the stump of my neck I grew two more(I swear this has never happened before)but I'm back and better off than I was then(and now they're singing)Do you think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen?Or was he surprised as everyone of us?Decapitate me once, shame on you, that ain't enoughDo you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up?The first dozen times were the hardest but now I believebefore this battle started I was hopelessly naivebut now this one's a fighter, and this one's a biterand that one's determined, and this one knows Germanand one knows Karate, we call that one "choppy"but don't talk to this one 'till he's had his coffeewe're offering all of these skillsyou can chop off our heads but you can never killwe'll just get bigger and better and stronger togetherI've tethered the best parts of me so now whetherYou think the Hydra knew that THAT would happenor if he's surprised as everyone of usDecapitate me twice, shame on you, it's still not niceDo you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up?Now Hercules is screaming: "this is not how this one goes"but you've mixed up mythology for history, my foecause history is what happened, mythology is imaginednow I'm rewriting this myself to be the hero of this battleHercules, your turn to leaveyour trial subscription to life is completeI've got many mouths to feed so I'll start with non-believerscuz I think I always knew that this would happenThat I'd surprise the world with what I've gotDecapitate me thrice, I can do this all damn nightI think I always knew I'd get back upI think I always knew I'd get back up---- Matt's Song -----Title: Central Occipital NervousnessAdditional Challenge: Must be a CON songLyrics:i know youi know you're my oldest friendbefore we learned how to talkthere we were, lying therehand in handi know you're trying to helpi know you're trying but there ain't no helping mei know you're trying butsometimes the trying justcauses more pain that it needsi know thisWe've done this a million timesIt was our first party trickEveryoneCome watch meFlip my shitThis baby can turn on a dimei know you're trying to helpi know you're trying but there ain't no helping mei know you're trying butsometimes the trying justcauses more pain that it needsAnd the worst part is that I agreeThis world is frightening thingBut I'm going outside To see what I'll findAnd you can come with if you like

Episode 5 means we're finally warming up and getting good at this podcast thing. Bug and Matt talk about big brains and unexpected knives, and deliver 2 brand-new cool songsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Warming Up"----Bug's Song-----Title: Waiting for the Snow to MeltAdditional Challenge: coooooolLyrics: You were the first one that I thought ofwhen the forecast called for snowyou said you'd race me to the bottomand you took off down the slopesYou were the coolest on the mountainmaking sure everyone knows ittaking shortcuts off the trailwhile we just wondered "where'd he go"You said the loser has to buy a beerwhen we're back down at the lodgeand you knew I didn't drinkyou also knew you never lostI'd find you grinning, waiting for mebut I didn't mind the costit was worth it for the storieswhen you got a little sloshednow the mountains warming up as welland we're just waiting for the snow to meltcut to the crispest day of winteryou could see it in your grinweaving past all the beginnersskiing faster than the windwhen I beat you to the bottomthat's when the fear kicked inI MAY not know a lot but knowyou'd never let me winnow we're just waiting for the snow to meltWe're just waiting for the snow to melt to find something we lostsomeone taken by the mountain in a grave made out of frostAnd when we find your body I will send word to your momshe's the only one still holding on to hope after this longyeah we're just waiting for the snow to meltYou had the kind of wild spirit everyone else tries to fakeyou lived a life devoid of fear only an avalanche could takenow when our friends start drinking I'm the first to raise a toastcause you're the first one that I think of when the forecast calls for snowNow I'm just waiting for the snow to meltto get a break and thing of something else---- Matt's Song -----Title: Warming UpAdditional Challenge: Must be SHARPLyrics:you're just warming up to me nowi know that i can be a little too much sometimesalright maybe most of the timeI know that I'd struggle to love someone like me butYou can see itYou can see itYou can feel the swing and swayAll my crazy, random flailingLooks like dancing when you do it with meCan't you feel itCan't you feel itI'm just warming up to this nowNot so long ago I would sooner die than be knownBut you are gentle and slowAnd the further this goes i swear to god it's almost likeI can see itI can see itStrap me to the spinning latheTake your tools to all my failingsDecorate the floor as you cut them awayI can see itI can see itBut now I'm realising I could see it all this timeOh why do I only like myself when I'm reflected in your eyesI can see itFor the first timeHow I outsourced all my smiling to youHow I gave inGave up learningLet you carry me cause you offered toHow'd I miss thisHow'd I miss thisHow'd I miss thisHow I'll miss this How I'll miss this

Don't blame me for this title. This was Matt. Episode four of our once-respected podcast finds Bug and Matt diving deep into Hallmark Channel Movies and talking about their feelingsJam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Just a Feeling"----Bug's Song-----Title: Liberal KittyAdditional Challenge: 200bpmLyrics:He's just a feline looking well groomedHe makes a beeline for me when he sees I have foodAnd you can see why kitty is the king of the houseyou'll never hear him coming when he's ready to pounceHis heroes are awesome: Bagheera, MufasaHe doesn't care for Aslan as we raised him as agnosticIf you put on the Aristocats he does get quite upsetcause this righteous little kitty really hates the 1%He's a Liberal KittyThat's the Liberal KittyHe shimmy, shimmy, shimmies to the left,and has the right to meowHe voted for Kamala but it didn't countcause he's a liberal kitty, and just a literal catHe's just a feline sharing his viewsHe doesn't see why people care which bathroom you useand it seems like you shouldn't need 2 jobs to survivesellling toe bean pictures on the web to get byHe donates to causes, his toe beans are awesomeBetween Bernie and AOC his favorite's a toss-upHe thinks we'll have a woman running things eventuallyand he really thinks that catnip should be moved to schedule 3He's a liberal KittyThat's the Liberal KittyHe shimmy, shimmy, shimmies to the left,and has the right to meowHe voted for Kamala but it didn't countcause he's a liberal kitty, and just a literal catHe is my liberal kittyhe's from a deep blue cityhis toe beans are so prettyHe is my liberal kittyHe is my liberal kittyhe's from a deep blue cityhis toe beans: itty bittyHe is my liberal kitty ---- Matt's Song -----Title: Aurora Teagarden: Reunited and it feels so DeadlyAdditional Challenge: Must be titled after a Hallmark MovieLyrics:i gotta wonder what you're doing herei gotta little too comfortable i thinki guess we gotta little used to notrunning in running in running in each othernow we've had a bit of time to stewto really soften us up and soak it all ini thought i had a lot to say to youbut open my mouth and bite off the tip of my tongueREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYNANANANANAwhat a pity that you brought a guni really thought for a moment you were happy to see me nowwhat a shame that i came preparedwith a kev with a kev with a kevlar vestand then you ask me if i liked the tasteof my freshly brewed polonium teanot as much as i like the soundof the boom of the bomb that has gone off right under your seatREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYREUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLYHate is really just a feeling that we shareI squeeze your hand just to check you are still thereAnd I feel like squeeze back in the dark

There's a Caramel Party happening in the Jam McCabin. On Episode 3 we're talking pranks and making two new tunes.Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule!If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and follow us on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, etc!Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --Prompt: "Unframed Photographs"----Bug's Song-----Title: After The FactAdditional Challenge: CAR/MALL/PARTYLyrics:Its a tough day for the home teammoving furniture is easy, its the personal stuff that worries mecause cleaning out your parents house is not how I imaginedwhile it looks like packing boxes up and sweepin out the cabinetsits another introduction to who you thought you knewa one-way heart to heart that's hard enough to make it throughwithout the pictures up in frames on the walls of your officea collection hand-selected to be handsome and flawlessI never saw the box of polaroids you'd forgottenpacked away inside a cabinet in the back of your garagethere's your first car with the hood poppedhere's you at a party with my uncle in a headlocksome candids of you camping, this one had to be from promits strange to see your arm around someone who isn't momI never knew that you knew Marty since you were in second gradeIn my head you met at work but now I don't know where that came fromA bunch of big assumptions never challenged while I couldA side I never saw because I thought I understoodNone of it was fiction but I learned after the factI'm mad you never told me but I'm madder I didn't askand all the pictures up in frames on the walls of your officea collection hand-selected to be handsome and flawlessI never saw the box of polaroids you'd forgottenpacked away inside a cabinet in the back of your garageAnd Now I know you better than I ever haveAnd it's nice to meet you after the factAnd Now I know you better than I ever haveAnd it's nice to meet you after the fact ---- Matt's Song -----Title: Pull You BelowAdditional Challenge: PRANK!Lyrics:You turned all the clocks back by 15 minutes a dayTil I felt like I was drowning just by being awakeYou switched out all the lightbulbsTil I couldn't even see my handsThere was a photograph beside my bedOf you and me but I don't recognise itWhispers and laughing out in the hallwayThere was a time I thinkBut I'm not sureYou called me by another nameWhere did I goPull me belowUnder the waterI might be lostFor now, but I'm clawingMy way from hell to your doorYou can't even look meDead in the eyesSo you won't see the lights coming onSo turn all of the clocks back by 15 minutes a dayI'm quietly counting the seconds awaySwitch out all of the lightbulbsFill the house with shadowThere was a photograph beside my bedOf you and me and I'm coming to get itSomething is moving out in the hallwayThere was a time our loveWas strong enoughTo raise me from the deadWhere will you goWhen I pull you belowUnder the water