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The Clown Watches The Clock

by Micah Schnabel

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At the church inside the old Mexican restaurant that used to be a Pizza Hut that shares a parking lot with the dollar store The congregation bows their heads and say prayers that taste like a stomach ache A talk show host that drives a Cadillac promises them their lives will be better after they’re dead He’s mostly right but for all of the wrong reasons The sports bar next to the Ethiopian restaurant has cover bands on the weekend and a patio that is still roped off with caution tape from last week’s shooting tonight’s dart and billiard league will now be a memorial banquet benefitting Danielle, the bartender who was shot in the neck during a fight over a motorcycle registration My heart is a strip mall And it’s going out of business Broken windows/ neglect and indifference The writing on the wall says There’s no such thing as an innocent witness The manager at the dollar store has been stocking shelves since 6AM and has fallen off the ladder twice She was up all night taking care of a crying baby And the guy who was supposed to replace her called in sick When she gets off work she’ll walk 3 miles home to her apartment to find a bright orange eviction notice taped to her front door She jingles her keys and says a prayer to the private investment firm that the lock still turns The waitress at the 24 hour diner with a hatchet man tattoo on her neck steps outside and rips her vape pen and adjusts her bedazzled state provided ankle monitor a bumper sticker on a Cadillac in the parking lot says “not all who wander are lost” And she thinks to herself maybe not all But most
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Get Rich Quick
3.
Christian Band
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Real Estate
5.
#33 Dryer
6.
Land Of Impending Doom
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Happy Birthday, Baby!
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COINSTAR
9.
White Roses
10.
Fingers Like A Gun

about

My new record “The Clown Watches The Clock” shares a title with my second novel that came out in November 2023. The two were written simultaneously over the course of the pandemic and have come together as one large piece of work. Together they make up a snapshot of a point in time in my life where I was struggling and then learning to embrace the complete and total loss of hope.

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releases May 15, 2024

All songs except for “CoinStar” and “White Roses” were recorded on July 7th, 8th, and 9th 2023 at Jay Gasper’s house in Columbus, Ohio

Engineered and recorded by Alex Douglas

Jason Winner played the drums, clapped hands, and sang background vocals

Todd May played the bass, synth, and sang background vocals

Jay Gasper played all of the interesting electric guitar parts and contributed the synth sound on “4 Vignettes”

Vanessa Jean Speckman sang background vocals on “CoinStar”, “4 Vignettes”, “Real Estate”, “White Roses” and wrote and spoke the spoken piece in “Get Rich Quick”


Frank Turner mixed, mastered, shook the tambourine, and played the organ

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“CoinStar” and “White Roses” were recorded at Secret Studio in Columbus, Ohio during the dark days of the pandemic.

Keith Hanlon engineered the sessions

Lydia Loveless sang back-up vocals on “CoinStar”

Bob Starker played the saxophone on “CoinStar”

David Murphy sang back up vocals and clapped hands on “White Roses”
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The Clown costume on the cover is an original painting by Vanessa Jean Speckman

Joe Maiocco designed the cover artwork and layout

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Micah Schnabel is a singer/songwriter and author from Columbus, Ohio.

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