ooc:thank you. you may want to play a game of chance today. its not very often i ever post actual music stuff here. amy lee would work too but i think she sings a little too cleanly for mariko.

Cara: Mariko you are so damn talented. Both tracks are great, but "again" fucking wrecked me, so beautiful and raw. Nothing but love from this side as always. But make more music, your talent deserves it all!

Kathy: This is more up my alley! Love it!

Olivia: This is more inside my alley ;)

Shanti: Olivia seriously?

mariko:aw,thank you so much for giving it a listen.





Mariko: careful.that alley can lead to so many problems. then you end up writing high school goth poetry about it.

Mariko: aww,thank you. I am su glad you liked it and that you will get the rest that you need I'm kinda stuck for new material if this relationship works out,and it really seems to.

theres not going to be a wet dream.
theres not going to be a pope.
theres not going to be a tangerine.
but you'll be there when i
CHOKE!

throw me down the well.
throw me down the well.
make me hit my head so
i will can not tell.

sometimes things fall from tall trees.
sometimes things fall from ferns.
sometimes things fall from Jefferies.
i'll be there when you BURN!

throw me down the well.
throw me down the well.
make me hit my head so
i will can not tell.

lets put on boots and stomp on the stairs.
lets put on boots and stomp on fred.
lets put on boots and stomp on heirs.
All my favorite people are DEAD!


Mariko sez: who gives a fuck what it means? oh.i guess you guys want more than that. it's just a big dumb rock song. i think since i write songs a little more personal than my sister,people assume i am serious. this is really just sort of nod to the sort of music i like,you know like real corny shit like jack off jill and marilyn manson . hey,halloween is coming up. those stores that set up in the ruins of other stores need music too, right?

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Review
it is rare to get a release from these artists and even rarer for them to join forces. here at the office we have it on good report that the joint release is just pure laziness. clearly neither artist wanted to write a b side to a single. for you collectors out there,there are both dahlhaus and studio60 prints.. so you may want to get your grubby paws on both. or not,really. unless there is a tragic plane crash involved,i doubt these will ever be collectable. so what do you get for your money? lets find out.
with mariko's offering we get something straight from a 1990's hot topic. thin and buzzy guitars behind mariko's typical vocal delivery. panning from overly childlike to a screechy roar. so if thats your thing,then by all means. as far as what its about? its possibly for someone's student film. i hope it is because it makes no sense otherwise. however,mariko makes it nonsense that you want to hear.
for the harlots side..i wish i couldnt follow what their song is supposed to be about. erica hess has made writing the silliest nonsense and calling it a song her brand. this may be the stupidest song i have ever heard. subject matter aside,and trust me,we'll get to that,i hate this song. the thing gets stuck in your head and you find yourself humming it while you open that can of cat food. the verses are sang as a limmerick and the the chorus bounces along in this fun little way and before you know it.... yeah. so i hate you, harlots. this is the harlots at their best: insanely catchy and stupid. the title lets you know what you're in for. its a cheesy sci fi what if where quasimdodo is some vigilante with a very specific idea of revenge.