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This composition was inspired by the work of the late John Giorno (1936-2019).

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Judy Kankakee was not her real name
She made the fog clear and kept to herself
Her tears were salty
She had a modern perspective
She rose in the East and set in the West
She did not like to copy and paste
She put all her money in Canadian banks
She played on someone else’s kit
Her butterfly was a Monarch
She once joined the party but never discussed it later
She was a subject matter expert
Her background matched her personality
She kept her best thoughts on paper scraps in a wooden cigar box
She uploaded files regularly
She formed a new band but kept the old name
She turned the tables on the bastards
She came from somewhere else
She got drunk on free wine
She traveled both near and far
She dealt with unresolved issues gracefully
She carefully rolled each cricket in cocaine before feeding it to the frog
She admired the less fortunate
She once wrote a movie review
She became progressively darker and more intense
She performed impeccable quality control
Her credit was never disparaged
She hit her stride early on and kept it in perpetuity
She never watched the previews
She swam up the river backwards
Her sculptures were provocative and oddly compelling to educated people
She did not talk too close to the microphone
She wore her own clothes
She never tried to sell you something temporary
She drove the local dry cleaners into bankruptcy
Her garden grew plastic plants
She had one foot in the past
She fed the swine daily
She pumped her own gas
She made her own church out of clay
She pushed the small child down the sledding hill after the first big snowfall
She brought out the treble but not the bass
She was denoted by her absence
She transferred the data
She did her best work on her feet
Her poetry was an acquired taste
She never went to reunions
She deftly leveraged her vast creative output to considerable profit
Her hands were open to all
She moved on when it was time to move on
Her guns were immaculate
She was an American Icon
She was authentic
She was not afraid to visit dangerous places
She was not afraid to change her name
She was not afraid of anything, really
She was Judy Kankakee

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from Solid Gold Hits!, released June 2, 2023

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Karl Meyer Chicago, Illinois

Originally from Cincinnati, now from Chicago, veteran punk artist Karl Meyer continues to write and record songs that slice straight through the flesh of society and into the heart of human existence.

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