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    Recorded 20 years ago (1999) in Barcelona, produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Giant Sand), this Anniversary reissue is fully remastered and includes a fresh remix of the song that inspired my novel, "Space Kitty Blues." Comes in a 4-panel Eco-Wallet

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  • my novel, set in Barcelona around the turn of the millennium.

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I wrote this one at Miles' castle by myself. It was originally a shuffle blues, but when we recorded it, John Parish suggested that i make it an uptempo rocker. He added added a drum loop and some brilliant slide guitars. I wrote a novel around a fantasy that the song was an '80s hit that became a cat food commercial. I later remixed the song to sound more "eighties." The 20th Anniversary Edition includes the remix, slightly altered.

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TOUGHER THAN A BAKELITE PLATTER,
COOLER THAN A MINUS DEGREE,
STUBBORN AND SLEEK LIKE A FELINE
CYBORG UP IN A TREE,
MAN I WANNA GET IT.
HOW AM I GONNA GET IT
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
GET IT DOWN, GET IT DOWN?

A SIREN SONG VENUS FLYTRAP,
TEXTURE LIKE MARTIAN WAX,
MICRO-FINE GROOVES ON THE A-SIDE,
TINY SOFT SPIKES ON THE BACK -
MAN I WANNA PET IT.
HOW AM I GONNA GET IT
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
GET IT DOWN, GET IT DOWN?
SOMEONE CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
GET EM OUT HERE ON THE LAWN.
JUST A LITTLE WATER PRESSURE,
FRESH FRUIT FALLS TO THE GROUND.
MAN I WANNA GET IT.
HOW AM I GONNA GET IT
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
GET IT DOWN, GET IT DOWN?

THE FIRE CHIEF AND SOME NEW FLAME
ARE CAMPIN OUT IN MY BACK YARD,
SAYS YOUR KITTY CASH IS GARBAGE,
SAYS HE'LL TAKE A PLASTIC CARD
BUT I GOT NO CREDIT
HOW AM I GONNA GET IT
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
GET IT DOWN, GET IT DOWN?

NOW SOMETIMES IT MOVES LIKE A FIRE
OR A LION RUNNIN FREE.
SOMETIMES WHEN IT'S HUNGRY,
I CALL IT AND IT COMES TO ME,
BUT I ALREADY FED IT.
HOW AM I GONNA GET IT
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,
GET IT DOWN, GET IT DOWN?

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from Begging Her Graces: 20th Anniversary Edition (remastered), released March 23, 2019
pat mAcdonald – vocals, guitar, harmonica / John Parish – drum loop, slide guitar

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pat mAcdonald Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

From my bedroom to barrooms to Timbuk3, to exile in Spain with an album in the can & no plan, I was always chasing increasingly trivial triumphs & glorious failures. A midlife German label deal enabled European tours from home base in Barcelona. From Legendary Sons of Crack Daniels to Purgatory Hill &back, i now live and work projex out of the Holiday Music Motel in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. ... more

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