Advance copies now being released (11/3/13)! Six brand new songs by Paul Iorio
on an album called "Flashers in Flashcoats" (and not one track composed
before April 2013!).
Request a copy at pliorio@aol.com or at facebook.com/pauliorio.
This is the official album website, including cover art,
lyrics, MP3s, info, etc. Here're the tracks:
TRACK ONE: "I Know Everyone in the World."
Click here to listen: I KNOW EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.
TRACK TWO: "(Don't Go) Hate Crimin'"
Click here to listen: "(Don't Go) Hate Crimin'"
TRACK THREE: "I Think I Accidentally Mailed My Son in the Christmas Rush"
Click here to listen: I Think I Accidentally Mailed My Son in the Christmas Rush.
TRACK FOUR: "Blue Light"
Click here to listen: "BLUE LIGHT"
TRACK FIVE: "Baby, Let's Overdo It"
Click here to listen: BABY, LET'S OVERDO IT.
TRACK SIX: "The Sun Wasn't Discovered Till It Started Shinin' in the Morning"
Listen here:
THE SUN WASN'T DISCOVERED TILL IT STARTED SHININ' IN THE MORNING
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L Y R I C S
I KNOW EVERYONE IN THE WORLD
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
(I want to say) I know
I know everyone
I know everyone in the world
I know the maitre’d, I know the maitre don’t, I know a bugler up in Kent
I have a billion friends, and one sincere request
But, baby, I don’t know you
(I want to say) I know
I know everyone
I know everyone in the world
The munchkins, the makers of tiny little pies
Himalayan sherpas and their herds
I know veterans of Verdun, the man who invented fun
See-sawers at the Holy See
I know everyone in the world
Everyone in the world
Everyone in the world knows me
I know the bankers, the barkers, the butlers, the bards
The people of lower Lorraine
I know the dashing haberdashers, the flashers in their flashcoats
All of the rabbis in Mumbai
I know everyone
I know everyone in the world
NOTES ON "I KNOW EVERYONE IN THE WORLD":
Inspired a bit by fun. and Queen. The chorus came
to me in a dream a few months ago and I wrote it
from there. I play flute, keyboards and all other
instruments.
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HATE CRIMIN’
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Hate crimin’
Don’t go hate crimin’
Hate crimin’
Don’t go hate crimin’
(Don’t, don’t, don’t)
If I commit a crime,
It’s ‘cause I need a dime
Not because I’m biasin’
If I commit a crime
You know race ain’t on my mind
Green’s the only color I see
Hate crimin’
Don’t go hate crimin’
Hate crimin’
(Don’t, don’t, don’t)
If I commit a crime
You know money’s on my mind
For religion, I ain’t got time
If I commit a crime
And believe me I ain’t lyin’
Money, money, money, money (on my mind)
NOTES ON "HATE CRIMIN'":
kind of like War meets Melle Mel and is about a guy
who says, yes, he commits crimes for money, but
never because of bias. (Not autobiographical,
of course!)
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I THINK I ACCIDENTALLY MAILED MY SON IN THE CHRISTMAS RUSH
Music and lyrics by PaulIorio
Copyright 2013
Stars on trees
Trees on cars
Twinkle twinkle little son
I wonder where you are
Where is my little one
He was playing with the bubble pack
Thought he was crawlin’ there
In the Frosty wrap
[spoken]
Oh my god, I think I sent my son Priority First Class
I think I accidentally mailed my son in the Christmas rush
Sealed him in a Flat Rate Box
And sent him in the crush
If it fits, it ships, the p.o. likes to gush
I think I accidentally mailed my son in the Christmas rush
Called up the post office
They want a tracking slip
With no return address
It may not even ship
Second attempt at delivery
Will occur some time today
“If they’re not home, your son comes back
And you don’t have to pay”
[spoken]
Then they put me on that new kind of hold
Press one for classical, press two for rock
I think I accidentally mailed my son in the Christmas rush
Sealed him in a Flat Rate Box
The ride ain’t very plush
Holiday season
Gift wrap blizzard
Boxes on the TV
Where it’s “off to see the wizard”
Then I realized
Just where I’d left my boy
There he was near the backyard fence, playin’ with his toys
[spoken]
Big apologies to the post office
Hey, I didn’t mean “you’ll get yours” as a threat
Now let’s be reasonable here!
I thought I’d accidentally mailed my son in the Christmas rush
Sealed him in a Flat Rate Box
And sent him in the crush
Figured he’d get a ride direct to Cedar Brush
I thought I’d accidentally mailed my son in the Christmas rush
Christmas rush
Christmas rush
NOTES ON "I THINK I ACCIDENTALLY MAILED MY SON IN THE CHRISTMAS RUSH":
A campy evocation – almost a parody – of country Christmas
novelty songs (with a touch of Johnny Cash). As the title
suggests, it’s about a guy who thinks his toddler, caught
up in a blizzard of wrapping paper and boxes, might have
been accidentally sent priority first class through the
U.S. mail!
And it has an interesting history. The concept came to me
five months ago in a dream in which I dreamt I’d written
such a track (about a guy mailing his son) that had become
a surprise nationwide hit. But I felt sad because my
reputation and identity had been forever defined by this
one novelty song. I woke up, sang the chorus into my
recorder and then developed it later.
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BLUE LIGHT
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
In a blue light, I’m really blue
In a green light, I’m green
With a blacklight, I’m neon bright
In the darkness, unseen
In a blue light, I’m really blue
In a green light, I’m green
Red is blue with an orange-ish tint
Yellow’s blue with some green
In color blindness, I’m black and white
With some jaundice, I scream
In a blue light, I’m really blue
In a green light, I’m green
There’d be no dreams without darkness
Darkness is the reason that we dream
Nothing gives you answers
Like light that dances
Oh my my
In the blue light, I’m really blue
In the green light, I’m green
Blue would not exist without black and white
See the colors only with light
You can see the fireflies in the park
That white dress looks much better in the dark
There’d be no dreams without darkness
There’d be no dreams without darkness
NOTES ON "BLUE LIGHT":
Like an acoustic Zeppelin track. It evolved from
a guitar riff that I created and started playing
compulsively one afternoon. It’s about how a
blue light makes someone blue, a green light
makes someone green, etc.
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BABY, LET’S OVERDO IT
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Hey, it’s all right
Babe, let’s overdo it right now
Hey, it’s all night
Babe, let’s overdo it right now
Let’s pounce, take more than an ounce
Let’s gorge, it ain’t no scourge
Let’s live great before it gets too late
Hey, it’s all right
Babe, let’s overdo it right now
Hey, it’s all night
Babe, let’s overdo it right now
Let your cup go overflow into the lowest plain
Let your ship go climb the highest wave
Hey, it’s all right
Babe, let’s overdo it right now
Hey, it’s all night
Babe, let’s overdo it right now
NOTES ON "BABY, LET'S OVERDO IT":
A power folk-pop track (very harmonica-ed!).
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THE SUN WASN’T DISCOVERED (TILL IT STARTED SHININ’ IN THE MORNING)
Music and lyrics by Paul Iorio
Copyright 2013
Alpha Centauri was discovered by a priest
Who was looking for some action, driven to distraction
The Earth was found by the brontosaurus genus
And Nothingness discovered on Daytona Beaches
The sun wasn’t discovered till it started
Shinin’ in the mornin’
Shinin’ in the mornin’
The sun wasn’t discovered till it started
Shinin’ in the mornin’
Shinin’ in the mornin’
Neptune was found in 1846
And Pluto was discovered in celestial sticks
The moon was thought to be the eye of god
Until the age of the tripod, long before the iPod
The sun wasn’t discovered till it started
Shinin’ in the mornin’
Shinin’ in the mornin’
The sun wasn’t discovered till it started
Shinin’ in the mornin’
Shinin’ in the mornin’
NOTES ON "THE SUN WASN'T DISCOVERED TILL IT STARTED SHININ' IN THE MORNING":
A gospel-style pop song that grew out of a comment
I made in the thread of a Facebook friend. My friend
quoted a Syd Barrett lyric – “Pluto was not discovered
until 1930” -- and I replied, “Yeah, but the sun wasn’t
discovered till it started shining in the morning.”
As soon as I wrote my comment, I knew it was a song.
I instantly came up with a clap-along melody to go
with the line and then sped it up into alt-pop.
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So there's the album!
Critics and radio people who are just starting to get
copies of my "Flashers in Flashcoats" album: All
information about it (and my other 200 songs) can be
found here and at my music website (www.pauliorio.blogspot.com)
or at the government's official copyright site
(www.copyright.gov).
As you can see at copyright.gov, all of my 200 songs were
written, performed, arranged and produced by Paul Iorio.
All of them. (And, unlike the work of some other recording
artists, not one of those copyrights is in dispute
officially or unofficially! Jus' sayin'.)
Btw, if you're hearing any misinformation from someone
else that varies from this factual record, could you
please -- please -- let me know at pliorio@aol.com? (You
won't have to give me his or her name; I'll know who the
person is.)
Thanks -- and enjoy!
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AOL FILING CABINET
-----Original Message-----
From: PLIORIO
To: pliorio
Sent: Thu, Apr 28, 2011 7:50 am
Subject: Appointment with Henry Yang, DDS, on Monday, April 25, 2011
Paul Iorio's Appointment with Henry Yang, DDS, on Monday, April 25, 2011
My appointment with Henry Yang, DDS, starting at 11:30 am, was for a filling on a
right side tooth. Yang made his entrance at around 11:40, seeming slightly
hostile, though we had met before months earlier under pleasant circumstances.
Things proceeded to get somewhat odd. Without saying a word, and without
showing his face, he positioned himself behind me, preparing an injection
of Novocain or some other anesthetic and then -- without telling me he was
going to do it, much less asking my permission -- he injected me with
the substance. And he muttered. "You'll feel that on your lips." This
happened around noon.
Then he tried, unsuccessfully, for as long as five minutes, to get his
computer functioning, which he ultimately was not able to do. During this time,
I explained to him that I had had a neck ache that day -- it resurfaces every now
and then -- and that sitting in any sort of steep inclined position would throw
my neck out. And I asked if he could please work with me being as far upright
as possible. And he did try to do that.
Though my last check up and last set of x-rays were nearly nine months
old, he didn't ask me about any new sensitivity in the tooth being filled and
acted as if the previous x-ray was current.
He then filled the cavity. At one point, fluid began building up in my mouth
and he had his assistant put in a tube to drain the fluid. But the
tube didn't work because the drain was not functioning. Yang then
took time out from the procedure to get a screwdriver and dismantle
the drain, fixing the sink's plumbing while I waited. (And Yang never
once provided a cup of water and asked me to rinse, another first for a dental visit.)
Afterwards, with the procedure done, Yang and his receptionist
didn't even seem to want me to pay or to fill out any forms that would
create a paperwork trail. (And Yang, seeming slightly angry, wrote
something at length and with intensity on my patient report.) It was
only when I insisted on going through the procedure of paying that
they became friendlier; he appeared to charge me about one-third
the price I'd been quoted before, perhaps an acknowledgment that
things hadn't gone so well. As I paid my bill, I tried to keep things
amicable with Yang and his receptionist, explaining that
I had had a neck ache that day precluded me from leaning too
far back in the chair.
When I got home, I looked in the mirror and saw that the Novocain or
anesthetic was making my top upper lip droop in an unusual fashion,
different than my previous experiences with Novocain.
The main effects of the anesthetic, along with the right side drooping,
wore off around two hours afterwards, around 2pm.
But then I began to feel weakness in my top upper lip. Though the
Novocain had worn off, it had obviously adversely affected the nerves
of my top upper lip. This continued through Tuesday the 26th and
Wednesday the 27th. And on Thursday morning of the 28th, I
observed a noticeably changed look of my mouth on the other side, the far
left side.
As of Thursday the 28th, I'm still hoping that adverse symptoms
dissipate.
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In the very, very local news categpory
Dick Greco, Relic of the Segregationist Era, Poised to Take Office Again.
I don't get involved in the local politics of the city where
I partly grew up and where my sister now has the top
perch at City Hall, Tampa, where I have not lived since
the 1970s.
But I can't help but look at the mayoral elections there with
disbelief at the prospect that the same guy who was mayor
during my 1960s youth is now poised to win the mayoralty
once again. Guy's name is Dick Greco, an ultra-conservative
during the conservative days of racial segregation in the southeast.
In my whole life, I've had one personal encounter with him.
It occurred in 1974 (or '75) when there were either minor race riots
in the city of Tampa (or the prospect of riots), and the mayor at
the time, Greco, had given his police officers shoot-to-kill orders with regard
to the rioters.
And I confronted Greco about that decision when he visited
my school. At the time, I had just been elected president of
my high school and had already been active in student and community
politics for years.
In the schiool aduitorium, I asked Greco, face to face, "Why do you have a shoot to kill
policy with regard to the rioters?"
With a pissed off expression, Greco looked at me -- and at my long hair and hippie clothes
-- and said: "Some of those people need a warning shot right through the head."
That is a verbatim quote. And that's the only interaction I've ever had with Dick Greco.
Don't go electing a relic from your segregationist past.
Oh, he's got religion now, I'm sure of that. But he was a
right-winger back then, at the very least he was not anywhere
near the forefront of the desegreation movement. He was not
progressive then, when it really mattered, so why are you
rewarding him now with a fifth term in office?
I endorse Buckhorn.
All ye reporters out there at the St. pete times and thge tampa
tribune, why don't you ask him why he was not a vocal
proponent of school integration and open housing back then?
as him poiint blank: were the segregationists completely
and unequivbgpocally wrong/ and were you wrong for
not being more vocal in favor of the civil rights movement?
oh, it's so easy to praiuse Martin Liuther King now -- even
mitt romeny says he was his right hand man! -- but what
about back then/ i lived down there back then. There
was never an instance where Greco praised king or the
civil rights moivement back then.
He was on the wrong side of the relutionary change of that
era and should not be rewarded for his reactionary politics.
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Subj: gerd's playlist (first one)
Date: 4/29/06 10:22:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: PLIORIO
To: PLIORIO
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"Hillbilly Rockhouse" - Show 0379
RADIO "EMS-VECHTE-WELLE", GERMANY,
FM 95.6 / 95.2 / 99.3
Thursday, April/13/2006 - 10.00 p.m.
Host - Gerd Stassen
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ARTIST --- "SONG"
ALBUM --- (LABEL) Year
ELAINE FRIZELL --- "Buckaroo"
A Tribute To Joe Maphis & Merle Travis --- (Mosrite) 2005
THE CORNELL HURD BAND --- "Thanks for tuning in"
Texas By Night --- (Behemoth) 2006
THE CORNELL HURD BAND --- "Texas by night"
Texas By Night --- (Behemoth) 2006
THE CORNELL HURD BAND --- "You only kiss me when we say goodbye"
Texas By Night --- (Behemoth) 2006
THE CORNELL HURD BAND --- "Viva Las Vegas"
Texas By Night --- (Behemoth) 2006
SUNNY SWEENEY w/Jim Lauderdale --- "Lavender blue"
Heartbreaker's Hall Of Fame --- (Self Released) 2006
CLAY BLAKER --- "Deep down broken hearted"
Nashville Session --- (unreleased)
HERMANN LAMMERS MEYER --- "Truck driving man"
Yesterday Once More --- (Desert Kid) 2006
LYNN BECKMAN & LISA MEADOWS --- "Song for Sarah"
Single --- (Self Released) 2006
BLUE GRASS BOOGIEMEN --- "Leave well enough alone"
Who's Afraid Of The Boogiemen? --- (Vandriver) 2006
THE MOONLIGHTERS --- "Don't know if I'm coming or going"
Hello Heartstring --- (Onliest) 2002
MIKE BELLA --- "Loves gonna live here"
Lost In The Shuffle --- (Five Star) 2005
GENE PITNEY --- "She thinks I still care"
Gene Pitney & George Jones --- (Bear Family) rec. 1966 1994
SLOW HORSES --- "Flammable heart"
Silent Skies --- (Universal) 2006
MISSION STREET PROJECT --- "Deja Vu (All over again)"
Liberty Tree --- (Hudson Harding) 2006
THE LEWIS 3 --- "Don't leave her lonely too long"
Perfect World --- (Sanctuary) 2006
MARTY STUART AND HIS FABULOUS SUPERLATIVES --- "Hillbilly rock"
Live At The Ryman --- (Universal South) 2006
DIDI PERRY --- "When in Texas"
A Simple Country Girl --- (Self Released) 2006
PAUL IORIO --- "Memory Lane (is a two-way street)"
About Myself --- (Self Released) 2006
ALBERT LEE --- "I'm a road runner"
Road Runner --- (Sugar Hill) 2006
TEXAS STRING DRIVE --- "Limerock"
Texas String Band --- (Self Released) 2002
--- END OF PROGRAM ---
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Gerd Stassen
Hillbilly Rockhouse, Radio EVW
P.O. Box 1130
49836 Lengerich
Germany
Phone: (0) 5904 - 9383-13
Fax: -- (0) 5904 - 9383-82
Email: g.stassen@t-online.de
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Playlists at Hans Settler's web page:
http://insurgentcountry.net/radio_evw.htm
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