Hey, look. Past Me got Current Me an awesome present.
Derek Perry of Fake Problems recently wrote up an interesting piece of how local music fans can jumpstart their own music scene. Check out the full piece here and a snippet of it below by clicking “Read More.”
I figured it out
ADT:
This song sets up the concept of a zombie pope on the album. It’s about a pope who is new to the throne who isn’t sure if he’s ready to become the pope. He lives in fear feeling out of place. He is bitten by a zombie and experience symptoms of the zombie bite (shaking, paralyzed hands). He tries to keep himself grounded and human by reminding himself to tap his feet along with his heartbeat. He tries to stop his zombie urges by pretending that nothing has changed. He eventually realizes that there is no stoping the change and he loses his pulse.
5678: This song is about the pope who realizes that his new life may not be so bad. While he still does consider himself a man of God he feels that his newfound immortality makes him greater than God (God is good, but I am great.) Being a zombie does have its downsides and the pope finds that there are a number of humans who are coming after him with bullets in their pockets trying to put him to rest. He soon realizes that being a zombie may not be as miraculous as he’d hoped and he finds that performing his duties as pope because he is a zombie (my water never turned to wine).
Songs For Teenagers: This song is about the pope having to confront his urge for human brains head on. As a zombie his “drug” is human flesh. He finds that he loves devouring humans even though he knows that he shouldn’t. He struggles with this life, but he meets another zombie named Anna who talks to him and lets him know that he is not alone. Anna talks the pope down and convinces him that there is nothing wrong with devouring humans. Although he feels down he believes that this is the life he has to lead.
RSVP: At this point in the story the pope has decided that it isn’t right for him to continue devouring humans. He decides that he has to wash his hands of his past sins (devouring humans.) He decides to tell Anna that he can no longer continue living the life she told him to be fine with. The pope declares that now that he has no idea what the universe holds in store, and it may get worse but he has to try to get away from Anna and find himself a cure.
Soulless: This song details the resurgence in life the pope experiences after meeting a mortal woman. He finds that around her he is able to suppress his zombie urges. With true love comes a new confidence that he will not fail again and will be able to move on and find the cure. The more time the pope spends with his new love the less zombie-like he becomes. He is cured and “brought back to life” because of the power of love.
Complaint Dept.: After the pope is cured he finds that those that once followed him no longer feel the same way. He runs into numerous complaints about how he became a zombie and is met with great criticism. At this point the pope is impeached and loses his faith in his fellow man as well as in God (Because faith is a funny, pathetic notion. That God’s a drug dealer and he’s always holding.) The pope feels that he is losing his grip and hanging on the edge of his new relationship because of his problems with others. He feels that the complaints have driven him to become somebody that he wasn’t before, and it is beginning to negatively impact his romantic relationship.
Done With Fun: The pope now questions why he wants to run away and why he hates the vatican. He wonders if he is blaming other peoples complaints as an excuse not to solves problems he may have been able to solve himself. He decides that he is tired of being fed up with the crowd of people who speak poorly about him. He realizes that he is the problem and comes to the conclusion that he will try to fix his problems head on instead of blaming those who dislike him because he was a zombie.
The Magazines: The pope’s new love feels that after becoming a human he has changed. As a man who was once a zombie the pope is written about frequently in magazines and as their relationship slips away she only sees what is written in magazines about her former lover. She decides that she will give him space and let him figure out what he wants. However, in the end she realizes that she can no longer see what is written about him in the magazines. She allows the pope to come back into her life and tells him that she will always have time to kill for him and he knows she always will.
White Lies: The pope and his lover at first feel that their relationship has been brought back to life (much like he was). They feel that after experiencing so much negativity they deserve something great. Although the two try to convince themselves with white lies that they are better now they soon find that that isn’t the case. Their resolutions to become a better couple start to fall away and they decide that it will be alright and they decide to call it a day on their relationship.
Grand Finale: They find that although they are no longer together they still have hope for the future as individuals and that there is no reason to be afraid. The pope finds that he is overjoyed that he will be able to start over with the ending of the relationship. He is happy to have experienced love, but feels that the dim light of his life will soon turn to a raging blaze and new opportunities will come his way.
Ghost To Coast: The pope finds that his life without his lover does not turn out as positive as he’d hoped. He loses all of his motivation and ambition and he eventually runs into his former lover and explains that he spends most of his time alone. All that he is able to do anymore is write and sing songs for his past lover. He realizes that without her he feels nothing and he is unable to conjure up meaning without her in his life.
This happened.
My attempt at crayon art-ing the Fake Problems beach punk design
Anonymous asked: Where'd you get that picture of Chris and Sean when they were younger? Kinda creepy.
Sean’s girlfriend sent it to me. Settle down, I checked with Chris first before I posted it.
“I put a pinecone in Sean’s beer because he did something mean to me that I already forget.” - Chris
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New photograph: Fake Problems
(full version: http://www.ryanrussell.net/fakeproblems_mar2012.jpg)
Chris and Sean, age 12
Chris Farren was a guest on Joe Sib’s online TV show Complete Control with Joe Sib.
Chris performs acoustic on the show, and plays “Songs For Teenagers” as well as a NEW track!!!
Check it out here
