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Kyle Kochan

**Kyle Kochan** is an actor who in appears in almost every Motern Media/ShockMarathons production going back to the very early days of their film making at Providence. He typically plays larger secondary roles.

## Filmography

* *Heard She Got Murdered* (2023) as Bruce
* *Boston Johnny* (2023) as Mr. Clambar
* *Magic Spot* (2022) as Randy 2 The Max
* *Metal Detector Maniac* (2021) as Adjunct Instructor Langston
* *Heard She Got Married* (2021) as Bruce
* *Motern Media Christmas Special* (2017) as Himself
* *Slingshot Cops* (2016) as Cashemere Boggs
* *Don’t Let The Riverbeast Get You!* (2012) as Sparky Watts
* *Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas* (2009) as Vince
* *Freaky Farley* (2007) as Air Force Ricky
* *Druids Druids Everywhere* (2003) as Kyle the archaeologist
* *Druid Gladiator Clone* (2003) as The Hobo
* *Sammy: The Tale of a Teddy and a Terrible Tunnel* (2002) as The Hobo
* *Adventures in Cruben Country* (2002) as The Hobo
* *The Paperboy* (1999), Screening Room

## See also

* Kyle Kochan on IMDB
* Episode 164 - Druid Gladiator Clone/Slingshot Cops, The After Movie Diner (August 6, 2015) (Kochan is interviewed in part of this episode)
I’ve Never Left My Hometown

***I’ve Never Left My Hometown*** is the 15th album by The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities And Towns. Unlike all other albums from this artist, it is a No Jokes album.

In 2018, Justin Decloux of *Film Trap* rated the album as among Farley's Top Five No Jokes albums. That album is recorded in the character of the artist who records these albums, who is named Ebeneezer. In *Roy and Cathy* (2017), Ebeneezer's former girlfriend Cathy has an affair with The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man (Roy).

The album has 30 tracks and a runtime of 53:51, though the last tracks are marked as "bonus tracks".

The album is discussed at length on The Motern Media Infomercial Podcast episode #121 (September 24, 2016), Before the album release, it is also also discussed on Episode #114 (August 10, 2016).

## Tracks

1. I've Never Left My Hometown 02:48
2. Same Route 01:38
3. Let Me Know How It Goes 02:20
4. I Can't Wait to See Her Face 02:52
5. The Killer Clown Came to Our Town 02:26
6. Staying out All Night 02:00
7. Skinny Dipping in the Creek 01:29
8. The Comforts of Home 02:35
9. Tell Her Right Away 01:52
10. A Schoolhouse Kind of Love 00:56
11. Get It out of Your System 01:04
12. It Is Not Fine with Me 01:48
13. She Called Me Pathetic 02:05
14. She's Leaving Town 02:56
15. Train Tracks / Bike Path 01:52
16. The Spot Where We Danced
17. Town Parade 01:25
18. Take Their Word 02:22
19. Innocent Trust 02:09
20. What Are You Gonna Think of Me? 02:49
21. Don't Go Get It 01:38
22. Quiet Nap (Bonus Track) 00:43
23. Never Cross That Line (Bonus Track) 00:46
24. Everybody's Gotta Come Back Home Sometime (Bonus Track) 02:10
25. That Might Not Be True (Bonus Track) 00:47
26. Circles and Lines (Bonus Track) 01:07
27. Zoom In (Bonus Track) 01:11
28. Well Roundedness Is an Illusion (Bonus Track) 02:23
29. Coffeehouse Chatter (Bonus Track) 00:46
30. Keep the Old Folks Busy (Bonus Track) 00:58

1. ↑ Decloux, Justin. The Best Music of Matt Farley, *Film Trap* (June 11, 2018)
Bibliography

After Matt's success in music and film, he released his first book, The Motern Method, in 2021. There would not be another book released until 3 books were announced and released in March and April 2023. He usually drops these books by surprise, with them immediately becoming available when announced.

## The Motern Method

The Motern Method is the first book written by Matt, released on December 31st, 2021. It is about Matt's creative method, similar to the 2012 film Local Legends, and might be considered a spiritual successor to the film. The description reads:

> In releasing 23,000+ songs and over a dozen feature-length movies, Matt Farley has developed a method to maximize both the quality and the quantity of his creative output. This book contains an explanation of his unique approach to creativity and productivity.
>
>

It is available for purchase on Amazon here, and has an average rating of 5 stars.

## The Selected Works of The Toilet Bowl Cleaners

The Selected Works of The Toilet Bowl Cleaners is a collection of lyrics to songs by The Toilet Bowl Cleaners released on March 13th, 2023. The description reads:

> It's one thing to hear these amazing lyrics sung by Matt Farley of The Toilet Bowl Cleaners. It's another thing altogether to see these words in print.
>
>

Matt has often described the book as a work of poetry, and wishes to get the book onto the top 100 poetry best-seller charts on Amazon. It is available for purchase on Amazon here, and has an average rating of 5 stars.

## Magic Spot: The Original Screenplay

Magic Spot: The Original Screenplay is the screenplay to the 2022 Motern film Magic Spot, including additional notes and essays on the script by Matt and Charlie Roxburgh. It was released on April 26th, 2023. The description reads:

> Farley and Roxburgh wrote this screenplay in late 2021. They produced the movie in 2022.
>
>

It is available for purchase on Amazon here.

## The Fifty

Following the announcement of a new No Jokes project entitled The Fifty, Matt also announced a book co-written with Tom Scalzo about the project. The book includes lyrics to all of the songs from the album. The description reads:

> A companion to the landmark music project from The Big Heist, The Fifty chronicles the band's 2-year journey to create 50 songs that they would release weekly on 5 albums from May '23 into June '23.
> In addition to the riveting and inspirational story, this book includes lyrics, songwriter / musician credit, and notes on all 50 songs.
>
>

It is available for purchase on Amazon here.[1]
Wishing Well

**"Wishing Well"** is the fifth track on the Matt Motern Manly Man album *Delicate Genius / Thirsty Killer*, released in 2017.

## Lyrics

I'm trying to figure out something I guess

Trying to die with nothing left

Friends again, friends forever

Let's bring the Prohibition Party back together

In the basement with the blowtorch

and a "Keep Outside" on the front porch

have you noticed that things keep going back

and then going forth

I stole lots of loose change from wishing wells

When i run into all friends I always wish them well

I can't wait to see what we'll all become

And whoever survives will be who won

You were there and it happened

You didn't do it

But simply the fact that you went through it

From the outside, fills you with pride

Sometime they'll write about what went down in this cellar

And I'll be more than a periphery dweller

With my antiquated thoughts and my made-up word

And my undernourished hunger to be heard

Progress is fashion and it needs distance

But there's no time to slow the resistance

So let it burn and then we'll learn

And the scene was complimentary of Michelle

I looked closer but I couldn't tell

Fact from fiction

Too many contradictions
The New Orleans Sports Band

**The New Orleans Sports Band** is a sports band by Matt Farley that has released one album focusing on New Orleans sports teams. *Saints & Hornets* was released in 2009, and has six tracks (9:25). The Spotify release date was December 10, 2009.

With only six songs, the New Orleans Sports Band is among Farley's least prolific acts. Among sports bands, only The Oklahoma City Sports Band, who has released only one song as of July 2019, has released less songs.

As of July 2019, the most popular streamed song from this artist is "Drew Brees".

## Track listing (Saints & Hornets, 2009)

1. Drew Brees 1:44
2. Reggie Bush 1:35
3. Chris Paul (The Best Player of Them All) 1:30
4. Jeremy Shockey is Better Behaved in New Orleans 2:07
5. Darren Sharper (Pick Six) 1:34
6. Nobody Gonna Beat the Saints! 0:53
May: I Buy You A Sandwich?

## May

***May: I Buy You A Sandwich?*** is the thirteenth released album by Moes Haven, released on June 14, 2006. It is the largest gap from the end of the month on the 30th or 31st until the album's release date. The album earned $43 by 2016.

"Canadian Fisheries" and "Sandy's Photo" are featured on the band's 2007 compilation *Victory is Ours! (For Now)**.* The cover art features Tom Scalzo looking at the camera and probably Matt Farley walking into a sub shop.

The album takes place in The Great Lakes, in a period where Matt and Tom were obsessed with crab-catching (which "Canadian Fisheries" gets its name from: crab shops are titled fisheries). In the album's world, crabs are illegal. It's all explained on MMIP #101, "May Turns Ten!". "Before She Changed Her Mind" also features another use of the word Hell pejoratively. This is the second time after "No Future" from *Down With Memories*.

Creepy Bobby sings "To Make You Feel Like A Woman".

## Track listing

*Out With the Old* (2004) • *Dislocated Songs* (2004) • *Svetlana* (2005) • *Someone Else.* (2005) • *Explorations in Madness* (2005) • *Moe's Haven* (2005) • *Sir Paul Made Ram. We Made This.* (2005) • *Down With Memories* (2005) • *January* (2006) • *February: From the Bayou to the Barnyard and Back* (2006) • *March: of the Aliens* (2006) • *April: What A Cruel Month* (2006) • ***May: I Buy You A Sandwich?*** (2006) • *June* (2006) • *July: In The Sun With Me?* (2006) • *August: of Temporal Inconsistency* (2006) • *September: In Manchvegas* (2006) • *(SH)OC(K)TOBER* (2006) • *November the Tar!* (2006) • *December* (2007) • *If Not Us, Who?* (2007) • *This is My Millennium* (2008) • *Stromboli’s Alarm Clock* (2010) • *Metal Detector Maniac* (2022) • *(Several Supreme Beings Told Us To Make This) One Last Album* (2023)
**Compilations**: *Victory is Ours! (For Now)* (2007) • *It Takes a Lot of Guts!* (2009)
**Songs from Deep in the Vault (1996 - 2010)**: *Vol. 1* (2013) • *Vol. 2* (2017) • *Vol. 3* (2017) • *Unheralded Origins of Genius* (2021)
The Seattle Sports Band

**The Seattle Sports Band** is a sports band by Matt Farley that has released one album focusing on Seattle sports teams. *Mariners & Seahawks* was released in 2009, and has 12 tracks (18:10). (Amazon release date June 25 2009. Spotify lists January 1, 2009, which is incorrect except for the year.) The album cover photo is from the shoot for *Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas* (2009).
The Sports Band of Indianapolis, Indiana

**The Sports Band of Indianapolis, Indiana** is a sports band by Matt Farley.

The band has released one album, called *Colts & Pacers*. CDBaby lists a release date of 2008, although Spotify lists a date of January 4, 2009. The album has 14 songs (22:17). The most popular song from this band on Spotify as of July 1, 2009 is "Reggie Miller".

## Track listing (Colts & Pacers)

1. Peyton Manning (1:50)
2. Tony Dungy (1:57)
3. Marvin Harrison (1:30)
4. Reggie Wayne is Number One (1:57)
5. Antoine Bethea (1:32)
6. Joseph Addai (1:17)
7. Dallas Clark (1:23)
8. Dwight Freeney (1:24)
9. Bob Sanders (1:30)
10. Reggie Miller (1:11)
11. Marquis Daniels Has a Map of Florida on His Back (1:07)
12. Mike Dunleavy Jr. (1:32)
13. Charlie Weiss, You're On Thin Ice (1:41)
14. Peyton Manning Does Too Many Commercials (2:20)
Sirens

***Sirens*** is an album by The Big Heist, released on June 3, 2023, five days after their prior album, *This Ain't Mardi Gras*. It is the fourth of five albums the band released as The Fifty in 2023.

A different version of "We're the Only People at This Beach" appears in the movie *Magic Spot* (2022), sung by Jon Cross, and piano only versions performed by Farley appear on *Motern Extravaganza VI* (2022) and *The Centennial Ganza* (2022), all of which were released before this album. A live band version appears on *Summer Ganza 2023* (2023).

A version of "Place by the Fire" is played by the Trailhead Troubadours in *Magic Spot*.

A live version of "Shiny Remote Control Car" appears on *Live at the Ladies Auxiliary Room* (2022) under the title "Remote Control Car". Farley wrote the song in 2021, and commented on twitter: "Recently wrote a song based on “Boots of Spanish Leather.” (note: This is a Bob Dylan song.) The only difference is that, instead of boots of Spanish leather, the narrator wants a super-fast, turbo-boostered, shiny remote-control car. It’s called “Super-Fast, Turbo-Boostered, Shiny Remote-Control Car.” "[1]

Farley discusses the album on The Motern Media Infomercial Podcast on its June 1, 2023 episode.[2]

## Track listing

1. We're the Only People at This Beach (2:31)
2. Let Her Go (3:16)
3. Place by the Fire (2:07)
4. Roots (4:54)
5. Sirens (3:10)
6. Never Played the Game (2:37)
7. The Energy's About to Shift (4:20)
8. Smooth Boom (4:53)
9. Shiny Remote Control Car (3:13)
10. Anthem #1 (4:01)
Summer Song

**Summer Song** is track one on *Dislocated Songs* (2004) by Moes Haven.

## Lyrics

Summer of 1993

Froggy and Sleison and Dugan and me

Nobody worked; there wasn't any school

So we just played ball and hung by the pool

Rode bikes to Salem, it seemed far away

Pete rode from Nahant and we said, "no way!"

Somebody hit me, I must be dreaming again

About when life was simple and I had friends

Homerun derby at MacArthur Park

Hittin' homeruns until after dark

Ball almost went through some man's glass

He wanted us to get out of there fast

He used fireworks to drive us away

When we came back to fight him the very next day

Somebody hit me, I must be dreaming again

About when life was simple and I had friends

ATL--Dugan was a living legend

ATL--Come on man, I deserve that point, I was robbed

ATL--Dugan was a living legend

ATL--The rules? They were made by the mob

Chokin' the Chicken, Tremendous Turkey

Chris Peterson was such a jerk he

Hated Doug so much all year

Wouldn't even let that poor little frog come near

At the lunch table

He was ready willing and able

To break that little froggy in half

And then he'd sit back and he'd have himself a laugh

Boredom

Capture the flag was one of our last resorts

Boredom

He got the idea after watching Salute Your Shorts

Dick T. thought he was pretty cool

Cause he went to a different school

He said he hung out with girls on Friday nights

While we were in Dugan's having wrestling fights

Video camera everywhere we go

Killer in the House, El Matador Pequeno

Filming at the mall they thought I was a fool

Making second sequel to Adventures of Abdule

Somebody hit me, I must be dreaming again

About when life was simple and I had friends

Bulldog was jokin

Window was broken

Art K. said to be snortin' coke

In Reilly's house there was always something

Lots of young girls and the bass was pumpin'

Sleison got dropped off

Where's he gonna go? Where's he gonna go?

Pete's hair was chopped off

Don't worry, it's gonna grow

Somebody hit me, I must be dreaming again

About when life was simple and I had friends
The San Diego Sports Band

**The San Diego Sports Band** is a sports band by Matt Farley that has released one album focusing on San Diego sports teams. *Padres & Chargers* was released in 2010, and has 9 tracks. (Spotify release date July 1, 2010). A black-and-white version of the same cover photo was first used by The Detroit Sports Band for the cover of *Tigers, Pistons & Lions* (2009).
The San Francisco Sports Band

**The San Francisco Sports Band** is a Matt Farley sports band which records songs about San Francisco-based sports teams. The band has released two albums.

As of July 2019, the most streamed song from this artist on Spotify is "The Buster Posey Song" (2012).

*Deadspin* wrote about Farley's sports bands in 2014, calling their music "a sonic trainwreck" but still "hilarious."

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Kevin Draper. This One Guy Has Written Hundreds Of Awful Songs About Sports, *Deadspin* (November 15, 2014)
The Boston Sports Band of New England

**The Boston Sports Band of New England** is a sports band by Matt Farley.

The band has released one album, called *Celtics, Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and the Media* in 2013. It has 77 tracks (2 hr 4 min), and has a Spotify release date of September 13, 2013.

As of July 2019, this band's most popular song on Spotify is "Tom Brady Is Back!"

In a way, this band is a successor to earlier Farley bands that covered individual Boston sports teams, including The Boston Baseball Band (2007 debut, last album in 2011), The New England Football Band (2007 debut, last album 2010), and The Boston Basketball Band (2008 debut, last album 2010). Farley has never had a Bruins-centric band because he's not a big fan of hockey.
Farley & Greenspan

**Farley & Greenspan**. In 2015, radio producer and podcast streamer Sam Greenspan spent the month of January sending all of his tweets to Matt Farley rather than tweeting them. Farley made the album *Social Media Detox* from those tweets, which was released in February 2015.

The album has 15 tracks and is 24:23 in length. As of May 2019, the most streamed song from the album is track 1, "Overture to Social Media Detox" (1:58).

CDBaby blurb: "Greenspan gave up social media for a month. Anytime he'd normally tweet, instead he texted his thoughts to Farley. Farley compiled those tweets and used them for this album."

Spotify link: [1]
CDBaby link: [2]
Amazon link: [3]
Apple Music link: [4]

## Track listing

1. Overture to Social Media Detox 1:59
2. Lunch With Sean 1:17
3. States Where You... 1:01
4. Three Lonely Days 1:19
5. Fist of the Arm 1:07
6. Greenspan's Tempted 2:12
7. Text Because I'm Terrified 1:27
8. Lord, Give Him Strength 1:42
9. The Oodles Controversy 1:24
10. Jokes! 1:36
11. Relapse 2:13
12. The Wonders of Velcro 1:11
13. February 1 2:11
14. Final Thoughts 1:44
15. Surprise Ending 2:02

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Media Detox:The Album
The Prom Song Singers

**The Prom Song Singers** are a single song band that exists to serve the needs of boys and girls who need to ask someone to the prom. The band has released six albums (600 songs) for girls names (the same backing music on each), and two albums (200 songs) of common boys names, with the vocals sung by Farley's wife Elizabeth.

Numerous students find the songs and make videos which are completely hilarious and make people smile.

As of July 2019, the most streamed song from this artist on Spotify is "Elisabeth, Will You Go to the Prom With Me" followed by "Harry Styles, Will You Go to the Prom With Me", as the last 10 songs of *Promposal Songs for Him, Vol. 1* ask celebrity males to the prom. Similarly, *Play This Song For Her, Vol. 6* asks 100 celebrity females to the prom.

The first six album covers from this band have no words on the covers.

## Discography

* Motern Media Playlist of Prom Song Videos

## See also

<references>

1. ↑ Ethan Forman. The perfect 'promposal', *Salem News* (April 10, 2013)
2. ↑ Musician Brilliantly Capitalizes On Promposal Season, *Right This Minute* (March 21, 2019)
The Philadelphia Sports Band

**The Philadelphia Sports Band** is a Matt Farley sports band which debuted in 2008. The band has released three albums and one single.

As of July 2019, the most streamed song by this artist on Spotify is "Jason Avant is a Great Receiver" on *Phillies & Eagles* (2011), which has been played on the Jim Rome Show many times, and on other sports shows. The song has also been written about favorably by sports media. NJ.com says it is "admittedly catchy and will likely be in your head the rest of the day."   One Youtube fan-post of the song has over 110 thousand views.

The Avant song has been re-done at least three times. In 2014, The Athletic Sports Band did a version called "The Jason Avant Song (Panthers Version)" on *Sports Music Songs*. And in 2015, the debut album of The Kansas City Sports Band led off with "The Jason Avant Song (Chiefs Version!)." The Hungry Food Band also borrowed the same musical track for "Butter or Margarine? What to Do?" on *Food Song Central: A Lot of Songs About Food* (2012)

In 2019, the song was re-done with new vocals as a custom song titled "Kaleb in Green Bay Is a Great Caller" by "Smack and Cheese" (Spotify release June 18, 2019), and was used by a frequent caller into the Jim Rome show for the "Smackoff" on June 21, 2019.

## References

<references>

1. ↑ "Rome just played your Jason Avant song again.", Twitter.com (January 22, 2018)
2. ↑ Hey @MoternMedia, @jimrome is bumping your Jason Avant song, Twitter.com (September 29, 2015)
3. ↑ just heard "Jason Avant" on the Jim Rome show!!, Twitter.com (November 18, 2014)
4. ↑ Podcast in which the @NFL\_ATL boys spin @MoternMedia's Jason Avant song, Twitter.com (April 10, 2014)
5. ↑ Eliot Shorr-Parks. LISTEN: 'Jason Avant is a Great Receiver' song by Eagles fans, *NJ.com* (March 5, 2014)
6. ↑ Brett Gering. This Jason Avant Song Will Make Your Day Better One Word At A Time, *Arrowhead Addict* (November 11, 2014)
7. ↑ Fan post of song on youtube, youtube.com (August 21, 2012)
8. ↑ Smackoff 25 Hour 3, The Jim Rome Show (go to 13:00)
9. ↑ Kaleb in Green Bay Is a Great Caller (youtube.com)
Papa Razzi and the Photogs Get Political

## Album chronology

### Previous

(#27) *11 in 10: Celebrating 11 Red Sox Victories in October 2007*The Boston Baseball Band

### Next

(#29) *Go Patriots!*The New England Football Band

***Papa Razzi and the Photogs Get Political*** is the second album by Papa Razzi and the Photogs. The album was released on November 20, 2007, four months after the band's debut album *Dream Girls*. The album has 14 tracks and a running time of 28:29.

CDBaby says "Fourteen songs about politicians, news reporters and celebrities." The CDBaby album notes include: "This is the greatest album ever recorded (until the one the Papa Razzi does with Britney Spears, at least)."

The album notes admit that much of the album has nothing to do with getting "political": "Rest easy, though. Fans of Papa Razzi's first album will be pleased to know that there are also plenty of tunes dedicated to plain old celebrities who have nothing to do with the political process."

Indeed, if the track order at all reflects the recording order of the album, listeners find that the album starts with songs more focused on politicians (including national figures like Dennis Kucinich, and local figures like Providence mayor Buddy Cianci), and moves on to asking Stephen King to watch Farley's new movie *Freaky Farley* (2007), asking the head of Saturday Night Live, Lorne Michaels, to hire him, and asking actress Kiera Knightley to date him.

The album cover photo shows Farley sitting in the aisle of a movie theater. The cover has a yellow background, and is the first of many Farley albums (through about 2010) which use what appears to be black-and-white photocopies of photographs placed on colored paper, as opposed to the white paper used for all non-compilation Moes Haven albums up to that time.

The most popular tracks are the ones about **Barack Obama** and **Keira Knightly**, which have 1,017 and 1,927 streams respectively.

"My Theory on Mariah Carey's Highly-Publicized Breakdown" refers to when, in 2001, Mariah Carey had a mental breakdown and it was extremely publicized and dominated the news cycle.

Matt Farley sings his phone number on the songs "Andy Rooney (Three Minutes Each Week)", "Stephen King, Please Watch Freaky Farley", "Lorne Michaels, Please Hire Me", "Keira Knightley, I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", and "Britney Spears, Let's Make a Record Together".

## Track listing

Moes Haven • The Big Heist • The Toilet Bowl Cleaners • Matt Motern Manly Man • Brennan McFarley • Caniko Tucci • Papa Razzi and the Photogs • The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man • The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan • Projection from the Side • The Finklestinks • The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities And Towns • The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee • The Hungry Food Band • The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals • The Singing Animal Lover • The Paranormal Song Warrior • The Great Weather Song Person • The Spoiled Chefs (with Kevin McGee) • Single song bands • Sports bands • No Jokes • Full 75+ band list on home page
Papa Razzi and the Photogs

**Papa Razzi and the Photogs** (Spotify link) is one of Matt Farley's most popular novelty song bands. The band's songs primarily focus on celebrities, though many albums contains songs about people who have simply contacted Farley, written about Farley, or just interest him and may not be especially famous.

Papa Razzi (along with his early Sports bands) was the beginning of Farley's attempt to maximize streaming reviews in 2007, with its debut album *Dream Girls* released in July 2007, just a week after he released Go Red Sox! by The Boston Baseball Band. The band has released 38 albums as of October 2022. The albums range from 14 to 100 tracks in length, with many albums having over 90 tracks. The band's total output across the 38 albums (and one single) released through December 2020 is 2,644 songs.

As of 2024, the most streamed song by this artist is *It's OK if you Poop/Pee Your Pants Sometimes. Don't Feel Bad.*, with over 2.5 million streams on Spotify. Before that song took off, as of August 2019, the most streamed song on Spotify was "Ladies Love Justin Beiber", which appears on the band's eighth album, *Songs About Famous People (Who Didn’t Ask Me to Write About Them)* (2010). On YouTube a fan-made video for "Jensen Ackles, Great Man" from *Celebrity People Are the Better People Yes True* (2013) is among the band's most watched videos.

Farley appeared on *New Hampshire Chronicle*, a local television program, under this band name in 2010. NH Chronicle - Papa Razzi and the Photogs (Youtube, 6:34)

Farley performed the Papa Razzi song "Used to Be a Pizza Hut" from *I Feel Compelled to Make Good Music Songs* (2014) on *The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon* in 2016.

In July 2022, Kylie and Kris Jenner posted a Tiktok dancing to "Kris Jenner, You Are a World Famous Wonderful Woman"[1] from *The Life of This Legendary American Music Man is Quite Good, Yes* (2012), which received a great deal of celebrity press coverage, and a massive number of views. *Cosmopolitan* speculated that the band must be "pretty big" fans of Keeping Up with the Kardashians to write the song, which they called "hilarious".[2]

## Discography

Moes Haven • The Big Heist • The Toilet Bowl Cleaners • Matt Motern Manly Man • Brennan McFarley • Caniko Tucci • **Papa Razzi and the Photogs** • The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man • The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan • Projection from the Side • The Finklestinks • The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities And Towns • The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee • The Hungry Food Band • The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals • The Singing Animal Lover • The Paranormal Song Warrior • The Great Weather Song Person • The Spoiled Chefs (with Kevin McGee) • Single song bands • Sports bands • No Jokes • Full 75+ band list on home page
July: In The Sun With Me?

## July

***July: In The Sun With Me?*** is the fifteenth released Moes Haven album. Released on July 21, 2006, about a week and a half before the month ended, the album is supposed to evoke feelings of summer days, down at the lake, and working at summer camp as a teenager. For the record, Matt Farley hates being in or by the lake.

The album has a record-smashing 3 songs on the 2007 compilation *Victory Is Ours! (For Now).* It features the songs "Black Lake", "Dixie Guano Co.", and "You Lie In The Sun With Me". It had only earned $40 by July 2016.

Experimenting appears more often on this record than in others: in "Where'd Everybody Go?" Matt overlays two verses telling a truth and a lie at the same time. "You Lie In The Sun With Me" features a harpsichord solo. It is the last album to have a MMIP episode dedicated to it (MMIP #113, July 31, 2016[1])

The lake themes can be considered a precursor to Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas.
World Motern Day

**World Motern Day** is an annual Motern holiday celebrated every June 3 since 2015. There are many ways to celebrate: you can listen to the Official Motern Media Playlist[1], by tweeting about Motern Media on Twitter or buying an album or shirt from the Motern Media merchandise shop.

This annual holiday should not be confused with the Motern Extravaganza. The first Extravaganza was held on June 3, 2017, and was called the "World Motern Day Extravaganza." But the second Extravaganza was held on *June 2*, which caused one wayward fan to show up at the show one day late.

## History

Farley seems to have come up the idea for World Motern Day at least by late 2014.[2]

The first *World Motern Day* was discussed at length on MMIP episodes #48, #49, #50, and #52. Matt planned to make $1.5 million from having one million listeners stream an eight hour playlist of his music. Matt then took a month off the podcast since he did not make his goal of earning $1.5 million from streaming. He made about $360 that first year.

The Motern Media Holiday Singers have a song titled "Official World Motern Day Anthem".

## External links

* World Motern Day on moternmedia.com
* Robley, Chris (7 May 2015) One indie songwriter will quit making music if he doesn’t earn $1 million from Spotify by 2018, DIY Musician (CDbaby.com)
Tiffany L'Heureux

**Tiffany L'Heureux** is an actress who plays important secondary roles in a number of Motern Media/ShockMarathons movies.

## Filmography

* *Metal Detector Maniac* (2021) as Runner
* *Motern Media Christmas Special* (2017) as Amy
* *Slingshot Cops* (2016) as Kimmy
* *Don’t Let The Riverbeast Get You!* (2012) as Pamela Gladwell
* *Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas* (2009) as Nancy
The Motern Method

***The Motern Method*** (2021) is a book authored by Matt Farley that was released on December 31, 2021.

The 136 page volume contains Matt Farley's method that he has developed to maximize the quality and quantity of his creative output.

As one reviewer describes it "The first half of the book is honestly more of a motivational, self-help piece. Lessons there are short, sweet, and can be applied to anything in life. The second half touches on how to manage creative endeavors, and how to handle failure."

## Links

* Amazon
* Goodreads
The Washington Sports Band

**The Washington Sports Band** is a Matt Farley sports band which records songs about Washington, D.C.-based sports teams. The band has released two albums.

As of July 2019, the most streamed song from this artist on Spotify is "Robert Griffin III (Rg3 Cannot Be Stopped!)" (2012).

*Deadspin* wrote about Farley's sports bands in 2014, calling their music "a sonic trainwreck" but still "hilarious."

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Kevin Draper. This One Guy Has Written Hundreds Of Awful Songs About Sports, *Deadspin* (November 15, 2014)
The Motern Media Holiday Singers

**The Motern Media Holiday Singers** is a Matt Farley "novelty" band that releases song about holidays and other celebratory events. It has released four albums.

Their first album, *We Wish You a Merry Christmas (Updated for Modern Food)*, was released in November 2014, and includes 70 versions of the Christmas song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" with other foods substituted for the normal "figgy pudding" line.

"Email Debt Forgiveness Day" from *These Are Great! Holiday Songs!* was played on NPR on the April 12, 2015 episode of Reply All.[1]
Who Put Coffee in my Mountain Dew?

**Who Put Coffee in my Mountain Dew?** is track 5 on *Songs About Food* (2004) by The Spoiled Chefs and also track 32 on *Dislocated Songs* (2004) by Moes Haven.

The Spoiled Chefs album was recorded in 2001; Kevin McGee sings on the song. A live version recorded in Wisconsin with Farley on vocals appears on the 2005 Chefs' album *Songs About Holidays and Other Things*.

When Farley and McGee worked together, this song arose out of a true story that happened.

A cover of this song by Robert Janz and CJ DeGroote was released on streaming services in 2019, it was also part of a medley they recorded for the 2019 Motern Media Cover Song Challenge.

## Lyrics

She swore she'd never drink soda again

But then what'd she go and do?

She bought herself a bottle

Of Mt. Dew

And she said:

I like coffee

I like tea

I love you

And you love me

But who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

I have a feeling that it was you

Who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

Who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

It used to be yellow

Now it's navy blue

Who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

It's true that he was guilty

Of this heinous crime

But his intentions were good

So let's listen to his rhyme

And he said:

I know better

So listen to me

Soda will give you the osteo-P

Throw it away

Don't even drink a little

Cause if you don't

Years from now your bones will be brittle

Perhaps it was wrong for me to ruin your drink

But I just really wanted to make you think

Years from now

When you're in good health

You'll thank me

For helping you take care of yourself

Who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

Who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

It used to be yellow

Now it's navy blue

Who put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

You put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

You put coffee in my Mt. Dew?

It used to be yellow

Now it's navy blue

You put coffee in my Mt. Dew?
The Singing Texas Sports Fan

**Singing Texas Sports Fan** is a Matt Farley sports band. This band covers only Texas-based sports teams

The band has released two albums, one in 2008 and one in 2012. As of July 2019, the band's most streamed song on Spotify is "Dirk Nowitzki (Go Mavericks!)".

*Deadspin* wrote about Farley's sports bands in 2014, calling their music "a sonic trainwreck" but still "hilarious."

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Kevin Draper. This One Guy Has Written Hundreds Of Awful Songs About Sports, *Deadspin* (November 15, 2014)
The Poop Song

**The Poop Song** is an extremely popular song by The Toilet Bowl Cleaners which appears as Track 1 on their 2011 album *Still Farting, Pooping, Puking and Peeing*. The song is 68 seconds in length. It has 1.42 million streams on Spotify as of July 24, 2019, and is widely streamed on other platforms as well.

## Lyrics

Oh, Poop
Poop, poop, poop poop poop poop poop (repeat until end)
The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee

**The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee** is an artist name which Matt Farley began to use in 2013, to compete against The Toilet Bowl Cleaners, although the singer is branded as also being the lead singer of that band.

As of January 9, 2024, this artist has released 3,366 songs across 67 albums and a smattering of singles, which is more prolific than any other Motern Media artist. All releases after the first four albums (since April 2018) are "Name Poop Songs" albums which literally consist of tracks titled "The (Name) Poop Song" with 3,158 names (63 albums x 50 songs each, plus 8 single songs) covered to date. The music is different for every song. The album titles are often absurdly similar, which makes compiling this discography ridiculously difficult.

## TikTok

In 2020, TikTok discovered Name Poop songs, and TikTok users started making hundreds of requests for more songs, causing The Odd Man to increase his songwriting pace without any corresponding drop in quality, because of his well of creative genius. The Odd Man's TikTok fame has greatly increased his number of Spotify monthly listeners.

## Discography

Moes Haven • The Big Heist • The Toilet Bowl Cleaners • Matt Motern Manly Man • Brennan McFarley • Caniko Tucci • Papa Razzi and the Photogs • The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man • The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan • Projection from the Side • The Finklestinks • The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities And Towns • **The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee** • The Hungry Food Band • The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals • The Singing Animal Lover • The Paranormal Song Warrior • The Great Weather Song Person • The Spoiled Chefs (with Kevin McGee) • Single song bands • Sports bands • No Jokes • Full 75+ band list on home page
Used to Be a Pizza Hut

***Used to Be a Pizza Hut*** is a song by Papa Razzi and the Photogs that appears on their 2014 album *I Feel Compelled to Make Good Music Songs*.

It performed by Farley on The Tonight Show in 2016--that being the song they requested. The idea for the song was suggested by the creator of the "Used To Be A Pizza Hut" website, who tweeted the suggestion on June 26, 2014--within 10 minutes Farley tweeted back that one would be on next Papa Razzi album, and so it was.[1]

## Lyrics

It used to be a pizza hut

It used to be a pizza hut

It’s not a pizza hut anymore. But to me it still is

used to be a pizza hut

Used to be a pizza hut

Someone else moved in and is doing something else now

It will always be a pizza hut

It will always be a pizza hut

I don’t care what you’re trying to sell me

It will always be a pizza hut

It will always be a pizza hut

It used to be a pizza hut

It used to be a pizza hut

It’ll always be a pizza hut

It’ll always be a pizza hut

I don’t care what you are trying to sell me

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

It used to be a pizza hut

I cannot take it seriously

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Cause it used to be a pizza hut

And it still looks like a pizza hut

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

It used to be a pizza hut

It’ll always be a pizza hut

It used to be a pizza hut

It’ll always be a pizza hut
Tightrope

***Tightrope*** is the second album by The Big Heist.

It was forecast in March 2020 to contain 12 songs and 36 minutes long, according to this twitter post[1] and the 3/18/2020 episode of The Motern Media Infomercial Podcast.

As released on April 1, 2020, the album contains 13 songs.

## Track listing

1. Tightrope
2. Takedown
3. I Tell You What
4. Basin and Range
5. Between Two Wars
6. Waiting for My Love
7. Kaleidoscope
8. Amped-up in the Alleyway
9. Falling Leaves
10. You Should Be a Model
11. Sure Thing
12. No Way, No Way
13. Last Straw

## Personnel

* Matt Farley - vocals, piano
* Tom Scalzo - electric & acoustic guitar
* Chris Peterson - bass, vocals, rapping
* Doug Brennan - drums, vocals
This Ain't Mardi Gras

***This Ain't Mardi Gras*** is an album by The Big Heist, released on May 29, 2023. It is the third of five albums the band released as The Fifty in 2023.

## Track listing

1. Bowling League (2:10)
2. At the Kick-Back Walter (3:22)
3. Don't Lie Awake (3:26)
4. Domino (3:48)
5. Catapult (2:59)
6. Did She Really Say That? (3:05)
7. Help You Unwind (3:53)
8. Fort Lauderdale Nights (2:49)
9. The Coconut Lounge Is Shutting Down (2:46)
10. Home (2:08)
Those Crazy College Kids

**Those Crazy College Kids** is a Matt Farley band which sings songs about college.

This artist has released two albums, which are not online as of May 2019. Both albums date to 2010.

In 2016, The Hectors Collectors won the Motern Media Cover Song Challenge (see MMIP #116 & #117) with this band's song "Hot for Professor". ([1])

The albums were probably taken down from streaming platforms because some of the lyrical content is the racier side for a Farley band. And presumably the albums were not earning any significant funds to justify keeping them online.

## Discography

* *College is Fun!* (32 songs, 55:30, Jan. 26, 2010 Spotify)
* *Wild Times on Campus* (35 songs, 55:40, Oct. 13, 2010 Spotify)
The Wedding Proposal Song Music Band

**The Wedding Proposal Song Music Band** is what you think it is. It released five albums in February-March 2012, each with 100 songs, proposing marriage to different female names.

But sadly, this band has been far less successful than other single song bands such as the The Prom Song Singers. As Farley said to the *Salem News* in 2013, “Flop. The reason being is you can do a silly, fun song to ask a girl to the prom, but to propose, it needs to be a little bit more serious.”

Volume 5 of the band's portfolio contains some questionable targets for marriage including "Grams, Will You Marry Me?", "Grandma, Will You Marry Me?", and "Auntie, Will You Marry Me?" Also, "Old Lady, Will You Marry Me?", "Party Girl, Will You Marry Me?", and "Baby Mama, Will You Marry Me?" probably use titles that should not be used in most proposals. Volume 5 concludes with a karaoke version, "Will You Marry Me?"

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Ethan Forman. The perfect 'promposal', *Salem News* (April 10, 2013)
2. ↑ Reddit thread (September 12, 2016) (Reddit thread on this band)
The Paperboy

***The Paperboy*** is a 1999 comedy movie that Matt Farley and Charles Roxburgh shot while in college at Providence College. It was home-released on VHS in 1999. On June 2, 2014, Shock Marathons released the remastered film to YouTube.

The film had its debut at Moore Hall at Providence College on April 11, 1999.

## Plot synopsis

The film opens with Elliot Backman giving another student a handmade newspaper. A credits montage backed by a 1950 recording of Mozart's "Chaconne" from his ballet *Idomeneo* plays as Elliot gives other students newpaper. Elliot is The Paperboy, an amateur newspaper enthusiast who adds a personal flare to his work: every paper he delivers is different. No one paper is the same.

TBC

## Cast

* Matt Farley as Elliot Backman
* Kara Svendsen as Anna Magadan
* Charles Roxburgh as John Lynch
* Many other cast members in smaller roles, including Kyle Kochan

## References

1. ↑ Tabak, Jessica. Paperboy Delivers!, *The Cowl* (April 15, 1999, page 17)
The New England Football Band

**The New England Football Band** is one of Matt Farley's many sports bands. It released its first album in 2007. The only sports band earlier than this one is The Boston Baseball Band.

The band has released three albums between 2007 and 2010. Though it hasn't released anything since then, The Boston Sports Band of New England released an album in 2013.

*Deadspin* wrote about Farley's sports bands in 2014, calling their music "a sonic trainwreck" but still "hilarious."

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Kevin Draper. This One Guy Has Written Hundreds Of Awful Songs About Sports, *Deadspin* (November 15, 2014)
Theresa Peterson

**Theresa Peterson** is an actress and director who has appeared in a number of Motern Media/ShockMarathons movies starting in 2021. She is the sister of Elizabeth Peterson and Chris Peterson.

She directed a short film called "Finding Brave" in 2020. Peterson was named Best First Time Screenwriter by the Los Angeles Film Awards in 2021 for the film.

## Filmography

* *Magic Spot* (2022) as H
* *Metal Detector Maniac* (2021)
* *Heard She Got Married* (2021) as DJ/local reporter
* *Boston Johnny* (2023) as Dr. Elizabeth Clifton
* *Heard She Got Murdered* (2023) as DJ
You Thought We Ran Out of Poop Song Ideas. You Were Wrong

***You Thought We Ran Out of Poop Song Ideas. You Were Wrong*** (2013) is the ninth album by the The Toilet Bowl Cleaners.

## Background

The album has 17 tracks and runtime of 25:57. It was released to Spotify on June 10, 2013. The song "Poop Into a Wormhole" was featured on NPR in January 2014. But "Poop in My Fingernails" is the definitely most streamed song from this album.

## Album cover

The cover art of this album features a new toilet not previously seen on any Toilet Bowl Cleaners album. This is easily discerned by the presence of a baseboard heating unit and a tile floor with much smaller tile (tan with white accent tiles) than on the previous two albums. "The Toilet Bowl Cleaners" name is again placed on the open toilet seat, as previously done on *Still Farting, Pooping, Puking and Peeing* (2011), though a cleaner font is used this time.

## Trivia

The song "St. John's, Capital of Newfoundland and Labrador" by The Guy Who Sings Songs About Cities and Towns uses the musical track for "Poop in the Urinal", and "Windsor, Ontario, Canada Song" uses the musical track of "Poop in My Fingernails".

## Track list

1. Poop Clouds (1:14)
2. I Pee When I Poop (But Not the Other Way Around) (1:23)
3. Randy Liedtke Poops Eleven Times a Day (1:42)
4. Poop Sneeze (I Wiped My Nose With Poop-Stained Toilet Paper!) (1:18)
5. Bristol Stool Chart (1:58)
6. I Want Stomach Flu (Because I Love to Poo) (1:40)
7. Tell Me If I Have a Booger On My Nose, Please (1:23)
8. Poop in the Urinal (1:49)
9. Poop Into a Wormhole (1:47)
10. It's a Lot of Fun to Wipe Your Bum (1:45)
11. Zero-Gravity Poop (Astronaut Poop Song) (1:19)
12. I'm Gonna Warm Up the Toilet Seat for You (1:39)
13. Poop in My Fingernails (1:47)
14. Rodeo Ruby Loves to Poop (1:15)
15. Poop from My Pee Hole, Pee from My Poop Hole (1:09)
16. I Didn't Pee On My Tie! (1:35)
17. The Poop Hat Song (1:07)

## References

<references>

1. ↑ One Hundred Songs In A Day, NPR - On the Media Blog (January 22, 2014)
Wiki Rules

This site is an unofficial wiki about Motern Media and Matt Farley.

Anybody can edit this thing, why not you? Seriously, please add something, we've been around for 3 years, and most of this has been done by only a few people.

## What articles do we need?

Lots.  Like articles on each Farley album and notable Farley songs. You want to write up an article on a joke album or a No Jokes album? Go ahead! Or an article about an actor who appears in Farly movies? Sure!

## F.A.Q.

1. Be nice!
2. **Papa Razzi and the Photogs** have thirty albums, do you want an article on each one? **YES**
3. Can I add Spotify links to articles? **Yes**. Whatever is easier to help people discover the music.
4. Can I create hoax articles claiming Matt Farley built the pyramids? **Yes,** but we would prefer you didn't. Vandalism is not cool.
5. Does Matt Farley know about this site? **Yes.** He endorses it frequently.
6. Matt Farley wrote a song about me, can I add an article just on my song? **Sure.**
7. I heard Matt's phone number in a song! I don't know what I'm doing here? Is the song listed at (603) 644-0048? If not, add it!
8. **Keep it to public information!** This site is about the music and movies and such. It contains public information, there's tons of stuff on there to write about. The man's phone number is public for gosh sakes. But please refrain from posting personal information about family members and friends who Farley collaborates with that is not otherwise available online. How do you know if something is fair game? If it has been discussed on a legitimate website, or if Farley has discussed the information on the MMIP podcast or in an interview, it is probably fine to cover here.
TJ Swim

**TJ "Swim" Phillips** is a character in Birdland. He is a camp counsellor, specifically the swimming instructor.

## Personality

TJ is laid-back. He usually lets the campers "do whatever." He lets the campers have free swim sessions as long as they swim with enthusiasm.

## Character Biography

After being taken over by the birds on July 16, he makes the campers swim nonstop for almost 20 minutes (17 minutes and 28 seconds according to his own count.) Then he gets in the water himself to demonstrate, and swims out into the lake and doesn't come back.

He wins the swimming round of the Summer Camp Olympics, because he's just a better swimmer than Bridget.
You of a Case

**"You of a Case"** is the eleventh track on the Matt Motern Manly Man album *Delicate Genius / Thirsty Killer*, released in 2017.

## Lyrics

She was sketching on a coaster at a hotel bar

And everyone who matters has noticed

And I know this

Isn't my path

I peered down it a bit

And I laughed and turned back

But that's not to say that I'm immune to the shallow words

And the gorgeous tune

And the mysteries that they don't solve

Ah, but I would

And I'd kill the vibe

Because its not good

To be satisfied

And they fought all night

And then she transcribed

Those empty lines

And they fit just right

And I would be improved

If I were not removed

Cause nobody wants to hear the truth

Ah, but that's self-serving

And I'm not deserving