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Making a Fool of Myself

by Rubber Band Gun

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Today's gonna be so right The cameras goin off and today your gonna keep a smile as a smile in LA The cameras all that treats me alright But you love me today And then you'll love me a lot in LA Oh the green screens gotta be right There's a humidity floating in the air Don't do it any favors This could be the night I've waited for This could be the night I'm remembered for It could be the night I take the floor Maybe then they'll say my name right And they'll share there lunches And they'll share a lot And they'll share a little
2.
**U CANT HAVE WHAT U WANT WHEN U WANT IT GET IT? THE FUTURE'S ALL CLEAR TO ME I SEE IT ON THE SCREEN U CAN HAVE WHT U WANT IF U FRY, THERES NO TRY TRY HARDER TRY SOFTER All PEOPLE SHIT KITTENS DONT WAIT FOR THE CITY TO HOLD U IM NOT Ur KITTEN UR ALONE WHEN THE GREAT RAPTURE ENSUES U DONT COME CRYIN TO UR OLD FOLKS THEYR ALL DEAD I PROMISE UNTO THEE A WORLD WITHOUT STRANGERS DONT COMPLAIN WHEN THE WORDS ARE LOST ITS A GREAT LOAD BUT BEHOLD ITS ALL UR FAULT NOT KITTEN THE FUTURE'S A DIRTY ONE, WIPE UR MOUTH OFF POLLINATE DONT HIBERNATE U CANt put your tongue in there TAKE A SWEET THING, PICKLE IT FOR LIFE Life IS SOUR AND DOESNT WAIT for u TO BE IN HEAt U CANT SIT ON AN EGG AND HOPE TO SHIT GOLD** Take the night off Reno Take your hat off Reno
3.
Working at night Scripting the lines Reading the playbooks and covering the fights on the tube She sleeps at her desk But she's up before noon Heading advice Feeding her vice Taking her paychecks and throwing the dice at the tube But she tells you She tells you who she wants to lose Horace knows her accountant They know she doesn't tell the truth But she's got all the kid she wants in her brother Drifting to the bottom To the bottom review Baby im begging you please It's the time of the year we got sweeps this week I promise I'll take all of the heat From the network comprised of fish out of the water News is getting farther It's getting farther from you Carol will you go when they close All the stations Low budget sitcoms Something on the phone about nobodies watching the show after 3pm They've gotta be wrong bout the numbers The Nielson's slow But they love me too They've gotta believe that it's something They love me, they love me so The people that watch my show Taping tonight Drunk on the wine She found in the break room she needed the time on her own Now she's making fun on Horace all alone But she don't care when she's lazy so lazy that she didn't read her bookies fee She's wasting the time waiting in the middle Drifting to the bottom To the bottom review
4.
Making a fool of myself x3 Making a fool for you to push around With love and affection Don't worry, we're on air Every night I read the weather To the camera and the crew I take my eyes deep into that lense And I look at you with your family I show you where there's trouble and I show you that I care About each and everyone of you beautiful people watching out there And you know When I speak on live tv I don't stutter my words i got diction and A really great tie I'm professional (we love it) I'm so professional (we love you) my coworkers Never felt the same about me my coworkers Never gave a damn about me I no longer Slept at night I needed to teach them all a lesson And show them how it hurts I hear their laughs behind the break room door But I can't stand it no more light two bottles full of gasoline and toss them inside by the coffee machine Cause I'm professional I'm so professional You can't be there you can't be there when the ocean dies When the oceans tides come up We can't be ready cause the walls are coming We can't be ready for the morning when you wouldn't listen to me yesterday Why light a fire in the studio when you know everyone? Just a devious guy who's gotta do what it takes to survive Too much time spent on the notion That all the while the viewers at home know what's it's like alone All at once the ceiling fell and it started to snow A weatherman without his prompter, how could we know? I never learned Meteorology Was it you? Was it me? No university would take me Be my friend I was young, I tried then We're different people now I read the weather now Making a fool of myself
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about

50 LIMITED EDITION RBG CASSETTES NOW AVAILABLE
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RUBBER BAND GUN
Proudly Presents SUPER CHAPTER II:
MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF

Starring the Channel 17 News Team...

HORACE A. HOBART - The tortured weatherman protagonist; hated and mocked by his coworkers, he is prescribed medication for his mental instability which slowly corrupts his consciousness into seeking revenge

REDD RENO - The cruel lead anchor and host of "The Hourly Update"
He is the main source of Horace's turmoil, acting as his arch-nemesis

CAROL FELLINGTON - Sportscaster by day, gambling addict by night, she partakes in the bullying of Horace with Redd and drinks her way through her work day


- Story Guide -



Hurricane Horace

- GOOD MORNING HORACE. IT'S A NEW DAY. HERE'S A WAY TO START IT OUT. TAKE YOUR MEDS. CONVERSE WITH THE MIRROR. HEAR THE VOICES. LISTEN TO THEM FOR YOUR SATISFACTION. FOR YOUR REVENGE. THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT.

Redd Reno: The Hourly Update

- REDD RENO IS ALWAYS LATE. HE STROLLS IN WHEN HE FEELS, AND HE FEELS WHEN HE FEELS LIKE IT. HE IS THE ALPHA AND THE BETA AND OCCASIONALLY THE GAMMA BEFORE HE GETS HIS COFFEE. A MAN OF MEANS AND NUMBERS, HE HAS NO SYMPATHY FOR HORACE'S CONDITION. IN FACT, HE AIMS TO AGITATE IT LIKE A CRUDE YOUNG BOY WITH A GOLDFISH IN A PLASTIC BAG. HE SHAKES HORACE LIKE THE ANIMAL HE BELIEVES HIM TO BE.

Carol Fellington With the Sports

- YOUR FAVORITE SPORTS LADY, CAROL, IS AT IT AGAIN. BETTING ON ANYTHING THAT MOVES, FROM THE PIGS TO THE PONIES. FROM THE SPORTS BALLS TO THE SUPER SECRET BOWL LXXXIII, CAROL IS GONNA THROW HER HAT IN THE CIRCLE. BUT LET'S SEE HOW SHE DOES AFTER A LONG NIGHT OF LOSES...

PROFESSIONAL CONFESSIONAL

- THE PEAK OF THE TENSION: THE DISCOVERY OF A VANDALIZED PRINTOUT ON THE BREAKROOM FRIDGE.
"IDIOT"
"LOSER"
THE LAZIEST OF ALL THE 5 LETTERED INSULTS.
STRAWS ARE BREAKING ON ALL KINDS OF CAMELS' BACKS. A TWINKLE IN HORACE'S EYE. THIS ISNT THE DAMN GRINCH AND I'M NO DAMN SEUSS. BUT I'LL BE DAMNED IF THIS ISN'T THE MOST IMPORTANT MOMENT OF HORACE'S LIFE. HE KNEW IT WOULD BE. THEY KNEW IT WOULD BE. THEY TOLD HIM IN THE MIRROR.

The End of the Mock

- HORACE'S SWAN SONG. HE STARES AT THE CAMERA, "LIVE ON AIR." HE CONFESSES, MAKES HIS PEACE, SIGNS OFF FOR GOOD AND THEN IS SILENT BEFORE HE HUMS TO HIMSELF, FOR HIS MANY SELVES. HE LOOKS TO THE LIGHT AND WALKS. SLOW AT FIRST, HE STARTS TO DANCE. HE DANCES HIS WAY OFF THE STUDIO FLOOR. THE LAST SOUND HE HEARD WAS HIS OWN.

credits

released November 18, 2015

***LYRICS AVAILABLE ON EACH INDIVIDUAL TRACK***



- All songs written and recorded by Kevin Basko at the Basko Family Home in New Jersey between the summer and fall of 2015

add. vocals by Olive (Babies' Babies)
babiesbabies.bandcamp.com

Thanks to Olive Lurrie, Nick Palladino, Jonathan Rado, G&P Basko, and Horace. All stories and characters are part of the Super Chapters collection. -

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