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Tin Foil Hat

By Tweaklab on March 13, 2022 11:58 pm

This was going to be a murder folk style tune that ended up becoming more of a Nine Inch Nails tune by the end...

Inspired by the tin foil hat wearers of my state/city/the school my kids go to... we've had our first (and are still having) bout of COVID-19 go through the household... we've been in isolation for 1 week now, it started with my eldest testing positive last Monday, then myself on Thursday, middle child on Friday, and now my youngest is expected to test positive from a test yesterday... my wife is bullet proof, fully Neo with the bullet time only for COVID particles LOL. ****UPDATE**** the youngest came back positive as well from the PCR test... that's 4 out of 5 of us. RIP.

That said, the lyrics were going to be along the lines of "your kid gave my kid COVID... that's a nice tin foil hat, I'd like you to meet my baseball bat." but I've lost my voice + the wife did not approve of such lyrics... bit hard to record them when we're all stuck at home wuahaha!

This might be the first weeklybeat I've done with the acoustic?

Oh! As per what COVID is like for those who have never had it - my kids, it had then both on the couch for 1 - 2 days a piece, then they bounced back pretty much the next day. I've had what I would call "man flu" for 4 days now, anywhere from mild to "well this is a pain in the ass" severity. I guess we're lucky to get it this far down the line, no doubt I'd be in more pain if not triple vaxxed and I was catching it a year or two ago with one of the more intense strands of the virus.

Woo!

Also this rant isn't supposed to be pro vax or whatever, but I've literally spoken to parents at my kids' school that refuse to even TEST their kids with the home testing kits that are provided for free BY THE SCHOOL even if they have symptoms. F*#k them.



This rules. Whilst listening I thought it had kinda Twin-Peaks-if-it-was-scored-by-Trent-Reznor vibes, then when I clicked on the track to leave a comment and read the post I was like "whoa!".
Totally feel you on the testing stuff....big sighs all around. Hope you and the family get through it soon.

Yeah i can definitely hear what you mean about it sounding NIN like, especially the section beyond 1:30. I'd have loved to hear one with lyrics, in a folksy style. smile

Good luck with the recovery of the whole family!

A nice little tune either way.

Best wishes to you and your kids.

UGH good luck with those people.

Love the secret NIN ending.

You should do more acoustic, Lynden! (and more everything)

yeah I like the wifey lyrics filter, lol

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