Torched Laughter Studio Diary: Day 44 - Jaw Filled Wreckage
Began the vocals on Thursday for a song called `Jaw Filled Wreckage.’ I completed about a 3rd of what was needed. The fatigue on my voice was no longer endearing so I needed to stop. The work done on `The Tilted Figure’ did half of the damage. The other half is not sleeping.
I write this on a Friday night nursing honey tea and listening to Cinematic Orchestra. I am not speaking and plan to head to bed early. Drunk fights and dramabombs are the last thing I need right now. Saturday will be ambitious: Sing 3 out of the 4 remaining songs. I need these to be done. I have something to prove to myself. I would like to do all 4, but one needs a big lyrical overhaul.
“Jaw Filled Wreckage” is a variation based on another song from the CD `Smoke and Origination’ called ‘Sharp Knives.‘ The former was the first one written for `Torched Laughter.’ It’s social commentary mixed in with the abstract. The title of the song was inspired by William Burrough’s phrase `Language Is A Virus’ (also a song by Laurie Anderson.) This term describes how certain sayings and words are picked up by other people and employed in their daily lives ad infinitum. Just like a virus, it replicates and mutates until everyone knows and uses some variant of them.
In other words, your fucking W00t is HIV.
The title `Jaw Filled Wreckage’ doesn’t imply a viral cornucopia of snappy sayings. It refers mostly to the mindless inane babble that we house in our mouths (or even our hands 
so desperate to deposit it onto another hapless victim: Filthy linguistic waste.
The title also refers to horrific teeth dreams.
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