Chicago Piano

Squeaky has never been big on cover songs, partly because I'm kind of a one trick pony when it comes to playing the guitar, but also because we just never wanted to do it much. We did play a halloween show one year when we played songs by Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Sonic Youth, and some other bands. That was a lot of fun. We also learned side 3 of London Calling, which I fear almost broke the band up.
Anyway, we're learning a Jawbox cover for the upcoming benefit show for J Robbins (holy shit! It's tomorrow night!), and it's not easy. People always use the word "angular" or "choppy" to describe Jawbox's guitar parts, and boy is that true... I literally cannot sing and play the guitar part at the same time. It hurts my head. Steven can do it, but basically only by playing the guitar sloppily. So we decided that I'm not going to play guitar during the verses, and Steven will cover the guitar fully. My only problem will be figuring out what to do with my hands.
The lyrics are a challenge, there's a lot of them, and they come fast. Lyrics that I write are a lot easier to remember because there's an inner logic to it all, at least to me, but these lyrics are a little "angular", too.
This morning, I got up to pee (well, I woke up because my 2-year old decided it was a good time to wake up and demand 1) water 2) juice and 3) breast milk. Then I decided to pee.) and I'm sitting there at 3 in the morning and I'm not thinking at all, and all of a sudden, my brain starts spitting out the lyrics to Chicago Piano. Doesn't guarantee that I won't forget them at the show, but it's a start.
Which brings me to the photo: it's a Thompson submachine gun. Nicknamed the Chicago Piano, as well as the Chicago Typewriter.
H/Sq