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Unheralded Origins of Genius

## Unheralded Origins of Genius: Analog Archives 1997-2000

***Unheralded Origins of Genius: Analog Archives 1997-2000*** is the 29th album released by Moes Haven. It is a compilation of very early tracks recorded on cassette from 1997-2000.

The album has 33 tracks and a run time of 1 hour 43 minutes. The track listing appears to include tracks which have been known to exist before only on cassette-only releases of the band prior to 2004. For example, "The Parasite’s Companion" (track 31) is known to be a song originally released on *An Art Supreme*, and "Oh, My Darlin’ Apple Core" may match the song "Darlin' Apple Core" known to have been on *This Is My Planet*.

## Track listing

1. Who Is R. Harper? 2:00
2. Jesus, Won’t You Come Bumby? (Original Demo) 2:02 (another version is Track 49 on *Songs from Deep in the Vault, Vol. 1*)
3. Smack Blues 5:00
4. For Now, for Now II 9:43
5. Oh, Tommy 2:28
6. Run, Lester, Run / They Don’t Understand Me (Original Demo) 1:10
7. Wait a Minute, Lester (Original Demo) 1:49
8. Retrospect / Turn on the Tulip / Tinfoil and Cheezewhiz 4:36
9. Fiasco (Original Improvised Demo) 2:01
10. Football Player / Skeleton Keys of Your Soul 3:09
11. Cracks on the Ceiling (Original Improvised Demo) 2:51
12. Backdoor 1:36
13. Oh, Mandy 3:10
14. Hollywood / Singular or Plural? 2:32
15. Cracks on the Ceiling 4:44
16. Barnyard Blues 2:21
17. Raging Cocaine Addiction 3:07
18. She Was Better Than Nothing / She Was Sitting Right Next to Me 3:15
19. Monetary Concerns 2:26
20. Is Art Futile? 6:36
21. Oh, My Darlin’ Apple Core 3:53
22. Country Bill’s 117th Nightmare 2:55
23. The Fiddler’s Apprentice 1:32
24. End of the Planet Blues 5:00
25. The Tory 2:11
26. She An’ Me 3:29
27. Forgettable 2:56
28. New Directions in Idiosyncrasy (A Bum’s Attempts to Understand Postmodernism) 3:02
29. The Death of the City 5:46
30. Apology to D.L. 1:42
31. The Parasite’s Companion 1:56
32. Girl From the Subway 1:24
33. Drop and Rot 1:10

*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)
Unofficial Tributes to Officially Awesome Music People

***Unofficial Tributes to Officially Awesome Music People*** is the fourth album of The Passionate and Objective Jokerfan. It was released one year and one day after the artist's prior album, it has 33 tracks and a runtime of 1 hour 6 minutes. This was a jump in length over the first three albums, which averaged about 45 minutes in length.

## Cover

The album cover is a photograph of Farley's then-girlfriend (now wife) Elizabeth Peterson, who is referenced on track 1, "James Taylor, My Girlfriend Loves Your Music". The cover is a black and white photocopy onto yellow paper, a change from the first three album, which use white paper. Every Jokerfan album after this one uses color photographs of Matt Farley for its cover art.

## Reception

The *Motern Mania* Tumblr reviewed this album in 2015. Among the songs it called out, it said it is a "dubious claim" that the song "My Favorite Ben Folds Five Album" asserts that *The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messner* is better than *The Joshua Tree*.

“Branding is Blather Guy, Please Repost Your Article About Me!” reveals the Jokerfan being sad that a blogpost had been written about him that was deleted before he could see it. The author of the "Branding is Blather" blog then heard the song and felt embarrassed.

Jonimitchell.com (the official website of Joni Mitchell) includes “Joni Mitchell Got Too Experimental As Her Career Evolved” on its list of songs about Joni.

Track 22 of the album is "Matt Pond, Let Me Tell You About You and How I Discovered Your Music". When the Bone Zone introduced Matt Pond to Matt Farley's work, he wrote a tribute song in return called "Ode to Matt Farley".

## References

1. ↑ [Motern Mania Tumblr review (August 26, 2015)
2. ↑ The Passionate & Objective Jokerfan: You Are Amazing, *Branding Is Blather* (October 2010)
3. ↑ Songs About Joni, jonimitchell.com, Retrieved 29 October 2020

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
The Pittsburgh Sports Band

**The Pittsburgh Sports Band** is a Matt Farley sports band band which releases songs about Pittsburgh-based sports teams.

The band has released three albums. As of July 2019, the most streamed song from this artist is "Sidney Crosby All Time Anthem!"

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

## Discography

 2009
 2015

## References

<references>

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

**The Very Very Awesome Song Band** are a single song band that sings about people who are awesome.

The band has released four albums, each of which contain 100 versions of the same song (which is 53 seconds in length), for different names, announcing in a first-person delivery that that person is awesome. The first two albums were released on Spotify on January 23, 2011, and the second two albums followed on May 10, 2011. The last two albums covers have no text on them.

As of July 2019, the most streamed song from this artist on Spotify is "My Name is Erik (And I'm Awesome)".
Timothee Chalamet Is Adored by All People Because He's Great

***Timothee Chalamet Is Adored by All People Because He's Great*** is a song by Papa Razzi and the Photogs that appears on their 2019 album *More Famous Songs Always for People*.

The song was performed live for the first time at the 2021 Extravaganza because a group of attendees mentioned liking the song when buying their tickets to the show. But when they missed it being performed during the first set of the Extravaganza (due to traffic), the band performed it again in the second set, and then again in the third set. All three versions appear on the live album *Extravaganza V* (2021). A live version also appears on *Live at the Ladies Auxiliary Room* (2022).

## Lyrics

Timothee Chalamet

You are so wonderful

You're a famous actor

And you're handsome

Oh yeah

Timothee Chalamet

Call me by your name

You are a beautiful boy

That's the movie that you're in

Oh yeah

Timothee Chalamet

You are so talented

I love to watch movies that you're in

Because you always do a good job in them

Oh, oh Timothee Chalamet

You have a role in the

Coming of age comedy drama

Entitled "Ladybird"

Oh, oh Timothee Chalamet

I really, really, want to be your friend

Call me on the phone some time

So that we can be friends

Oh, oh Timothee Chalamet

Let me tell you my phone number

Its' (603) 644-0048

Timothee Chalamet

You're super duper handsome actor man

Oh yeah, oh yeah

And you're very good at portraying characters
Up on the big screen

Timothee Chalamet

You're so great

Oh yeah

There's nobody better in the world

Than Timothee Chalamet

Oh oh oh oh yeah
Timeline

This is a timeline of Motern Media history, all of the major events that have happened if you need to catch up as a new Moternist.

## Timeline

**1978**

* **(June 3)** Matthew Farley is born to Jim Farley and Mrs. Farley in Danvers, Massachusetts.
* Doug Brennan, Chris Peterson, and Tom Scalzo are born.

**1987**

* Matt and Doug "Frog" Brennan meet in the 4th Grade and write "Shut Up Your Monkey".

**1993**

* Matt and Chris "Pete" Peterson meet in high school.
* Frog, Matt, and Pete form the first iteration of Projection From The Side.

**1996**

* Matt enrolls at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island.
* Matt meets Tom Scalzo and immediately begin writing songs together.
* Matt meets Charlie Roxburgh and they begin making movies together.
* Matt and Tom form Moes Haven for their musical projects.
* The first Moes Haven song is recorded. It is called "For Now, For Now" and it is 9 minutes long.

**1999**

* Projection From the Side breaks up.

**2000**

* Tom and Matt graduate from Providence College.
* Matt moves to Manchester, New Hampshire.
* Tom moves to New York City, New York.
* By the end of the year, Moes Haven has recorded a plethora of unreleased works such as "Moe's Haven", "Moes Haven", "Moe sHaven", "Explorations in Madness", "The Lester Saga", "Apocalypse: Bring It On!", "Tasteless", "An Art Supreme", and "Down With Memories".
The New York Sports Fan

**The New York Sports Fan** is a Matt Farley sports band which debuted in 2008, and has released two albums.

The band should not be confused with The New York Sports Band, which is another band, which debuted a few weeks before this band, in 2008. It appears this second band was created to write songs about New York teams that compete with those being covered by The New York Sports Band. In 2014, however, The New York Sports Band released the epically titled *Yankees, Mets, Giants, Knicks, Jets, Nets, Rangers, Yeah!* which covers the waterfront of New York sports.
Victory is Ours! (For Now)

***Victory is Ours! (For Now)*** is the first compilation album by Moes Haven. Released on March 11, 2007, about 2 months after *December**,* it collects the 16 best songs from The 365 Project.

It is one of three of the most widely available CDs sold (for free) by Matt Farley at his live performances. Along with *It Takes a Lot of Guts!* and *Stromboli’s Alarm Clock**,* the CDs are given away at Motern Extravaganzas and were given out at Danvers residency shows.

It is the group's most popular album, 75% of the songs being over 1,000 streams (which is rare for this band). The sequel to this compilation is *It Takes a Lot of Guts!,* released in 2009. It collects the band's music from 2004 to 2007.

## 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)
W.M.D.E.2 (live)

***W.M.D.E.2 (live)*** is a 2018 live album recorded at the second Motern Extravaganza, and attributed to The Motern Manly Band.

The album has 27 tracks and a running time of 1 hour 3 minutes. It was released on June 12, 2018.

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

## Track listing

1. Worship the Vassal (Live) 3:10 (from *Double Take Action* by The Finklestinks)
2. Baby I'm Alone Now (Live) 2:02 (from *Sir Paul Made Ram. We Made This.* by Moes Haven)
3. Running Away from My Problems (Live) 1:25 (from *Keep Being Awesome!* by The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man)
4. The Aliens Built The Pyramids (Live) 1:59 (from *Believe: Exciting Songs About Shockingly Mysterious Stuff* by The Paranormal Song Warrior)
5. Antarctic Rages (Live) 3:03 (from *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* by Moes Haven)
6. Dig In (Live) 1:29 (from *December* and *Victory Is Ours! (For Now)* by Moes Haven)
7. Land of Falling Stars (Live) 2:10 (from *Basement Reunion* by Projection From The Side
8. Slanted Sun in Exeter, Nh (Live) 2:12 (from *January* and *It Takes a Lot of Guts!* by Moes Haven)
9. Hold on to What We've Got (Live) 2:43 (from *January* by Moes Haven)
10. Postcards and Memories (Live) 2:07 (from *Stromboli's Alarm Clock* by Moes Haven)
11. I Wanna See You with Your Boots Back On (Live) 2:08 (from *February: From the Bayou to the Barnyard and Back* by Moes Haven)
12. Dartmouth Girl (Live) 1:41 (from *December* and *It Takes a Lot of Guts!* by Moes Haven)
13. Let's Open a Deli! (Live) 2:56 (from *December* and *Victory Is Ours! (For Now)* by Moes Haven)
14. The Aliens Spare Earth (For Now) [Live] 3:37 (from *March: of the Aliens* and *Victory Is Ours! (For Now)* by Moes Haven)
15. Husbands 'R' Us (Live) 3:03 (from *This is My Millennium* by Moes Haven)
16. I Just Pretend to Wash My Hands (Live) 2:03 (from *Poop Oh Yeah! Poop Yes! Uh Huh! Poop!* by The Toilet Bowl Cleaners)
17. Heard She Got Married (Live) 3:39 (from *Keep Being Awesome!* by The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man)
18. Full Stop (Live) 2:43 (from *Double Take Action* by The Finklestinks)
19. Double Agents Are Deceptive (Live) 2:16 (from *January* and *Victory Is Ours! (For Now)* by Moes Haven)
20. Highlighter (Live) 1:42 from *Here's the Office Supplies Album I've Been Telling You About* by The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man)
21. Shut up Your Monkey (Live) 1:42 (from *Dislocated Songs* by Moes Haven)
22. Not Dead (Live) 2:09 (from *Out With the Old* by Moes Haven)
23. A Nod to the Gods (Live) 3:05 (from *Double Take Action* by The Finklestinks)
24. Punch Bowl (Live) 1:31 (from *Household Products and Household Items* by The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man)
25. Turtlehead Poop (Live) 2:30 (from *Poop Oh Yeah! Poop Yes! Uh Huh! Poop!* by The Toilet Bowl Cleaners)
26. It's OK to Break the Law If You Have Good Intentions (Live) 2:08 (from *Keep Being Awesome!* by The Very Nice Interesting Singer Man)
27. Bench on Washington Street (Live) 2:42 (from *Let’s Go Camping!* by Projection From The Side)
The Spoiled Chefs

**The Spoiled Chefs** is a band consisting of Matt Farley and Kevin McGee, with McGee providing vocals.

The band name is allegedly derived from the fact that the name "Pampered Chef" (a home marketing company for cooking products) was already taken. But using "spoiled" in lieu of "pampered" is also amusing since "spoiled" in reference to food can also be taken to have a different meaning.

The band has released two albums, *Songs About Food,* (recorded in 2001, released online in 2004), and *Songs About Holidays and Other Things* in 2005. McGee's vocal style is markedly different than Farley's and is more of a 1940/50s crooner style reminiscent of early rock and roll or pre-rock and roll pop music.

In 2005, the *Manchester Union Leader* covered the Spoiled Chefs' debut live performance and credited them for "putting the quirk in quirky."

The Spoiled Chefs' discography is extensively used in the movie *Obtuse Todd*, which includes scenes of McGee and Farley writing and recording many of the band's classic hits.

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Carol Robidoux. Promoters' Search Brings Out the Talent, *Manchester Union Leader* (April 2005)
The Singing Animal Lover

**The Singing Animal Lover** is a Matt Farley solo band with songs about loving animals. It has released four albums from 2011 to 2015. On his third album, the artist gets very upset with Farley and moves to his own record label. Even on CDBaby, the third album is released on "Singing Animal Lover Music".

As of July 2019, the most streamed song from this artist is "The Llama Song" from *Animal Lovers: Unite and Sing Songs!* (2011). The only word in the song is the word "Llama".

The Singing Animal Lover entered into direct competition with The Toilet Bowl Cleaners and The Odd Man Who Sings About Poop, Puke and Pee with his 2015 album *Animal Poop Songs*, since he believed Matt Farley and Motern Media stole that album idea from him.

 2014
 2015

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
Unfurnished Projects

**Unfurnished Projects** is the band name under which Motern Media released a 23-minute song about doorknobs, recorded in 1999, in 2016.

According to the CDBaby posting, "In 1999, Matt and Dave recorded this 23-minute epic song about doorknobs. Now they've finally released it. Listen to it."

It was released to Spotify on September 26, 2016.
The St. Louis Sports Band

**The St. Louis Sports Band** is a sports band by Matt Farley that has released one album focusing on St. Louis sports teams. *Cardinals & Rams* was released in 2009, and has 14 tracks (22:37). (Spotify release date June 8, 2009.)

As of July 2019, the most streamed song by this artist on Spotify is "Don't Run on Yadier Molina."
U.S. Senators

This article needs to be created.

The Pennsylvania Senator songs were headlined as "weird, awful" but also as "you need to hear them" and "amazing" by PhillyMag.[1]

Georgia Senator Johnny Isakson tweeted about his song in 2015, saying he was "undeserving but flattered nonetheless."

## References

<references>

1. ↑ This song about Georgia Sen. Johnny Isakson is awful and amazing, *Ledger-Enquirer*, December 3, 2015
2. ↑ Farley tweet about Georgia article (December 3, 2015) ("Writer @kbn\_le is just half-correct in describing Papa Razzi's ode to Senator @SenatorIsakson as "awful & amazing")
The White Album (With Brown and Yellow Stains)

***The White Album (With Brown and Yellow Stains)*** (2012) is the eighth album by the The Toilet Bowl Cleaners.

The album has the most tracks of any Toilet Bowl Cleaners album, with 33 songs and a runtime of 54:12. It was released to Spotify (and elsewhere) on June 26, 2012. (It may have not immediately appeared on streaming services that day - Matt Farley did not tweet about this "long awaited epic album" until July 11, 2012.)

The album title is a reference to The White Album by the Beatles.

As of February 14, 2022, the most popular streamed songs on Spotify from this album are "Butt Cheeks Butt Cheeks Butt Cheeks!" (829,444) and "Poop Poop Poop Poop Song" (819,833).

The cover art of this album appears to feature the same toilet which first appeared on the prior album, *Still Farting, Pooping, Puking and Peeing*, except a plunger now appears. A toothbrush is also visible, laying on the sink vanity.

Writing on Amazon.com in January 2022, music critic Whitney Sara Gazlay give this album 5 stars, writing "If you have children, or perhaps are young at heart, this is the band for you. We found it by mistake when my nephew asked Alexa to play “buttcheeks” and for the rest of the week our children were happily occupied and us adults were left alone to talk about whatever we wanted. Cheapest babysitter ever." Conversely Amazon music critic K. Foord wrote in January 2019 that children need to be protected from this album and called for regulation to address this: "This album and others like it should be labeled explicit so they can be excluded from kids' devices."

## Track list

1. Poop Poop Poop Poop Song 1:58
2. Dried Snots 1:38
3. A Song About Dandruff (It's Like a Snow Globe When You Shake Your Head) 1:59
4. Hair in My Food 1:24
5. The Brown Crusty Undies Song 2:04
6. Yellow Underwear 1:26
7. Poop Stuck in My Butt (Best Constipation Song Ever) 1:20
8. The Butt Song 2:08
9. The Bum Song 1:41
10. Quarterback Poop (Football Poop Song) 1:11
11. Don't Poop On Stage (the Broadway Poop Song) 1:53
12. That Pretty Girl Just Farted, I Think 1:47
13. Soccer Goalie Poop Song 1:56
14. Who Passed Gas in the Car? (Someone Farted!) 1:19
15. The Goiter Song 1:13
16. Clear Pee Means You're Properly Hydrated 1:39
17. Slam Dunk Poo (Basketball Poop Song) 1:36
18. The Safety Doorknob Fart Game Song 1:48
19. Brown Undies (the Poop Brown Underwear Song) 1:54
20. Don't Fart in My Face Anymore, Please 1:20
21. The Pus Song 1:04
22. I Love You Like a Fly Loves Poo 2:07
23. Smelly Smelly Poop Poop Poop Song 1:18
24. The Dark Yellow Pee Song 1:51
25. Lemonade Looks a Lot Like Pee 1:31
26. The Shingles Song 2:01
27. Hair Growing Out of My Ear 1:38
28. The Saliva Song (Saliva! What a Wonderful Substance) 1:29
29. The Spit Song (a Pretty Good Song About Spit) 1:36
30. A Song About Bile 1:33
31. Poop and Pee On the Toilet Seat 1:11
32. Butt Cheeks Butt Cheeks Butt Cheeks! 1:57
33. Neil and Emma Love Poop 1:29

## References

<references>

1. ↑ Tweet, Matt Farley Tweet July 11, 2012 ("The long awaited epic album from The Toilet Bowl Cleaners! The White Album (With Brown and Yellow Stains) - http://itun.es/ibD6d8 #iTunes")
The Smokin’ Hot Babe Lovers

**The Smokin' Hot Babe Lovers** is a single song band by Matt Farley which sings the song "(Girl's name) is a Smokin' Hot Babe" (0:59) with hundreds of different female names.

This band has released five albums, all in 2011. Each contains 100 tracks. Only the first two have any cover text. All the albums have a cover photo of Matt Farley's wife, Elizabeth.

As of July 2019, the most streamed songs from this artist on Spotify are "Abby is a Smokin' Hot Babe" and "Kayla is a Smokin' Hot Babe".
The Name Project

**The Name Project** is a Matt Farley solo band that has released two albums consisting of songs solely of female names.

The first album by this artist, *Girls Volume One* was released on May 5, 2008. This was fairly early in Matt Farley's start of recording many albums. Indeed, this album came out very shortly after the debut album of The Toilet Bowl Cleaners, and based on the Discography, it is the seventh band name that Farley released music under.

*Girls Volume One* has 22 tracks and a run time of 40:05. The album cover features a female who is not identified, though she looks somewhat similar to Jessica Kinney, an actress in the opening slumber party scene of *Freaky Farley*.

This band didn't get around to releasing its second album, *Girls Volume Two*, until January 11, 2020, over one and a half years later. This album is more than twice as long as the first, with 48 tracks and a runtime of 1 hour 19 minutes. The album cover features Elizabeth Peterson, who Farley was by then dating.

This band turned out not be very popular, perhaps because the single word name titles didn't work well in search algorithms. As of February 21, 2022, the most streamed song from this artist on Spotify is "Kaitlyn" (Track 3 on Volume One) (1,210 streams).
The Sports Band of Phoenix, Arizona

**The Sports Band of Phoenix, Arizona** is a sports band by Matt Farley.

The band has released one album, called *Suns, Cardinals & Diamondbacks*, in 2008. Spotify lists a release date of December 10, 2008. The album has 17 songs (27:33). The most popular song from this band on Spotify as of July 1, 2009 is "Shaq's Been Traded to the Phoenix Suns".
Traded

***Traded*** is the debut album by sports band The Athletic Sports Band. It was released one day after *This is My Millennium* on March 26, 2008. Unlike previous sports albums, this album is not dedicated to a single sport or team. The title, *Traded*, references people switching teams in sports.

The album's cover features Matt Farley on presumably a basketball team with his father Jim Farley to the far right. The album is the first to mention golf and basketball. Matt also uses the phrase "et al", a shortening of "et alia", meaning "and others."

It is one of the shortest Motern albums at 18:16.
Thirsty Killer

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

## Lyrics

What does it cost, to be a well dressed flapper?

I hopped on the train and met the ghost of Frank Zappa

Let’s be friends again, let’s be friends forever

Let’s bring the prohibition party back together

Wash out!

Wash out!

You could be better, you could stifle your laughter

You could pitch inside and just a-graze that batter

The thirsty killer is who I am

I walk across the country, followed by a van

Polite! Polite! Used and abused!

Blug blug blurple! Look at my shoes

I don’t get death or why we try

I just like being known as the underwear guy

You could be better, uou could stifle your laughter

You could pitch inside and just a-graze that batter

The thirsty killer is who I am

I walk across the country, followed by a van

Wash out! Wash out!

Wash out! Wash out!

Blug blug blurple. Stifle your laughter

Pitch inside and just a-graze that batter

I’m the thirsty killer! Polite polite!

I’m coming to your party tonight!
The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals

**The Strange Man Who Sings About Dead Animals** is a Matt Farley band that has released two albums.

The band's first album, *Very Sad Songs About Very Dead Animal Creatures*, was released in 2012, and is a novelty song album containing 86 tracks about different species of dead animals.

The band's second album *Animal Noises* is a No Jokes album that is a play on the title of The Beach Boys' *Pet Sounds*, and there are clear nods to Brian Wilson-type compositions among the songs. The 28-track album is analyzed on MMIP (#129) (November 20, 2016). Farley says there that the first 14 tracks were intended to be the pure album, and the second 14 tracks were supposed to be listed as "bonus tracks", but he forgot to do that when uploading the album.

## Discography

 2016

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
Abby Loretto Does It Again

**Abby Loretto Does It Again** is an unreleased interactive fiction game created by Brendan Patrick Hennessy. The game has been teased before, but it's current status is unknown.

## History

On March 1, 2018, sometime after the release of Known Unknowns Brendan Patrick Hennessy revealed that he was working on a new game on his Tumblr. On the March 16, 2018, Hennessy confirmed that it would take place in the same universe as Birdland and Known Unknowns but will focus on a new set of characters.

On August 22, 2018, Hennessy shared the first screenshot from the game and confirmed its title, "Abby Loretto Does It Again," in the tags. The screenshot itself is of a comedic poem entitled "No Human Skulls At Wal-Mart," suggesting that one of the characters may be a poet. On November 20, 2019, Hennessy teased the existence of a "marauding surfer gang" in the game.

## References

1. ↑ https://brendanpatrickhennessy.info/post/171437838032/workin-on-a-new-game. Retrieved May 24, 2019
2. ↑ https://brendanpatrickhennessy.info/post/171943017297/i-love-your-work-so-much-is-there-more-is-there. Retrieved May 24, 2019
3. ↑ https://brendanpatrickhennessy.info/post/177292791582/just-so-were-all-clear-this-next-game-is-going-to. Retrieved May 24, 2019
4. ↑ https://brendanpatrickhennessy.info/post/180328338222/i-just-want-to-say-i-love-your-games-also. Retrieved May 24, 2019
Dan Canoe

**Dan "Canoe" Landing** is a character in Birdland. He is a camp counsellor, specifically the canoeing instructor.

## Personality

Dan is somewhat aloof and mysterious. He is often vague, and talks about topics that confuse the other campers. Such as respecting inanimate objects.

Dan takes the dangers of canoeing very seriously – possibly too seriously. He lectures the campers about respecting their paddles and makes them practice their canoeing strokes on land before getting in a boat. This is somewhat due to his own lack of practical experience in a canoe.

## Character Biography

After he is taken over by the birds on July 15, he interrogates the campers about the purpose of canoes and canoeing. Then he lets them actually go out in the canoes and observes as Bridget tips over and gets in a splash fight with Bell.

At the Summer Camp Olympics, Dan loses the canoeing race. He has no practical experience paddling a canoe, and when Alisha Sail tells him to imitate what he's seen the campers do, he splashes water at her and flips the canoe.
Kaz Kaczmarek

* Uniform
* Party

\*UNDER CONSTRUCTION\*

**Kaz Kaczmarek** is a character in Known Unknowns.

## Relationships

### Nadia Nazari

Kaz and Nadia are best friends and ghost-hunting collaborators. Kaz is the first person Nadia tells about her bisexuality and crush on Summer, and they are very supportive of her throughout the story. They are also the only other person working on the school newspaper that Nadia runs, and they believe in Nadia's editorial abilities even when she herself doesn't.

Kaz and Nadia are a good balance for each other, because Kaz is action-oriented while Nadia is more thoughtful. Kaz distracts Nadia with ghost-hunting when she starts to worry too much, and Nadia points out Kaz's more impulsive behaviors, like buying expensive ghost detectors or climbing over a fence instead of using the gate.

### Anja Kaczmarek

Anja and Kaz get along well, despite their very different personalities. Their social lives don't have much overlap: Kaz and Nadia are best friends, even while Anja and Nadia are fighting, and Anja and Summer are friends, but Kaz barely talks to Summer.
The Sports Band of Denver, Colorado

**The Sports Band of Denver, Colorado** is a Matt Farley sports band which releases songs about Denver-based sports teams. The band has released two albums and one single.

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

## Discography

 2011
 2012

## References

<references>

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

**Alisha "Sail" Avi** is a character in Birdland. She is a camp counsellor, specifically the sailing instructor.

## Personality

Alisha is loud and fierce. On her first sailing session she gives a passionate speech about sailing. She is described as "screamy" by Bridget.

## Character Biography

On July 13th, she gives the campers a fiery motivational speech about never giving up or making excuses when sailing.

She is the first counsellor to be Birdified. On July 14, Zoe asks Bridget if Alisha was acting weird the other day, which Bridget denies.

After she is taken over by the birds on July 16, she interrogates Bridget about the purpose of a life jacket and learns that it's a rule that everyone has to wear them.

On July 17, Bridget overhears her and TJ Swim greeting each other in stilted bird-language. Then she catches Bridget hiding, asks her what she's doing, and accepts Bridget's explanation that this is actually a normal human function.

Alisha competes against Bridge in the final round of the Summer Camp Olympics. When Bridget falls out of her sailboat, she climbs into Alisha's boat. Still in the race, all Bridget technically has to do is step on the dock before Alisha. The two get in a fight, and Bridget throws Alisha's life jacket in the lake. Alisha goes after it, allowing Bridget to get to the dock and win the race. Alisha decides to break the rules and attempts to attack Bridget, but this "protocol violation" stops the birds from possessing the counsellors.

## Trivia

* Alisha was born in 1997, making her 18 during the events of Birdland. It could be assumed the most of the other counsellors would be around this age as well.
Brendan Patrick Hennessy Interactive Fiction Wiki

## Welcome to the Wiki

before you start editing, please check out our Wiki To-Do List!

Hello, and welcome to the "Brendan Patrick Hennessy Interactive Fiction Wiki." It's a mouthful, I know, but I couldn't find a better all encompassing term for it that would include all of the games. Feel free to call it the "Birdland Wiki" if you will instead.

This game is mainly meant to document all things Bell Park, Birdland and Known Unknowns related, but feel free to create pages for other works instead. I'm currently working on a to-do list, so watch out for that! Thanks for stopping by, and feel free to help out the wiki!

## Who is Brendan Patrick Hennessy

Brendan Patrick Hennessy is a Toronto based interactive fiction author. If you've heard of him it's most likely from his interactive fiction game Birdland, one of the games this wiki focuses on. They're amazing games with a focus on mystery, character and LGBT characters.

## What are the games?

There are three main games that fit within the general "canon" of the series:

* **Bell Park Youth Detective**: Playable here. The first game released. Focuses on Bell Park, a 12 year old teen detective who is hired to solve a mystery at a library before a big tech conference.
* **Birdland**: Playable here. The story follows Bridget Leaside as she attempts to navigate summer camp, feelings and bird creatures.
* **Known Unknowns**: Playable here. The most recent. Follows Nadia Nazari, Grade 12 journalist trying to balance a ghost hunting mystery and her relationships with the people around her.

I don't think I'm very good at writing short synopsis for these, its honestly best experienced if you go and check them out yourself!

## Latest activity

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Toilet Troubles

**Toilet Troubles** is track two on *Dislocated Songs* (2004) by Moes Haven.

## Lyrics

I went to the bathroom

Tried to flush the toilet

It would not all go down

So I called the plumber

I called up the plumber

But his price was too high

To go fix my bathroom

Now I can't go bathroom

Can't go to the bathroom

Can't go to the bathroom

Cannot flush the toilet

I cannot go bathroom

I went to the neighbor

But they were not at home

Whatever shall I do?

Gotta find a bathroom

Next I tried the market

Asked them but they told me

"Payin' customers only"

And I had no money

Can't go to the bathroom

Can't go to the bathroom

Cannot flush the toilet

I cannot go bathroom

I went down to the park

Found myself a nice bush

I relieved myself there

Oh boy it felt so good

Break it down for me, fellas

Oh hey!

Someone saw me going

They called up the police

Now I am arrested

Take me to the jailhouse

Now I am in prison

But it is not so bad

Toilet in my jail cell

No more need for plumber

Can't afford a plumber

Can't afford a plumber

Can't afford a plumber

Oh yeah
Toe to Toe

**"Toe to Toe"** is the twelfth track on the Matt Motern Manly Man album *Delicate Genius / Thirsty Killer*, released in 2017.

## Lyrics

We went toe to toe

and I told you so

Nobody got involved

The police don't have time for me

They've got real crimes solve

We went toe to toe

and I told you so

Before we were done

Everybody had fun

Don't bring your baggage along

Because your baggage weighs a ton

Do I need this

Do I want this

No no no

Do I need this

Do I want this

Tell your friends you've got to go

I coulda sworn i saw you at the wake

Hiding behind an arrangement

I mighta comeover to say hello

If it weren't for our estrangement

Toe to toe, I told you so

I'm not inclined to be reclined

But I'll accept this circumstance

And I'll write it off this time

Do I need this

Do I want this

No no no no no no no

Do I need this

Do I want this

Please tell your friends that it's time to go

We went toe to toe

and I told you so

Nobody got involved

The police don't have time for me

They've got real crimes to solve
Walk in the Moonlight

**Walk in the Moonlight** is the second track on *Mature Love Songs* (2014) by The Toilet Bowl Cleaners.

## Lyrics

And we'll walk in the moonlight

yeah, we'll walk in the moonlight

and we won't feel so uptight

no we won't feel so upright

And we'll walk in the moonlight

And we'll walk in the moonlight

And everything will go right

Yes, everything's gonna go right

Cuz we'll walk in the moonlight

Yeah, we'll walk in the moonlight

Tonight

Tonight

You'll hold my hand

Yes I'll hold your hand

And I'll be your man

Yeah, I'll be your man

And I'll hold your hand

And you'll hold my hand

And we'll understand

Yeah, we'll understand

We won't have to say anything

You'll hold my hand

Yes, you'll hold my hand

You'll be my woman

And I'll be your man

As you hold my hand

As we walk in the moonlight
Cassidy Woods

*(Not to be confused with Cassidy, Bell's former friend)*
**Cassidy "Woods" Warden** is a character in Birdland. She is a camp counsellor, specifically the Nature and Camping instructor.

## Personality

Cassidy has a very affectionate, cutesy way of speaking- she calls the campers "little darlings" and tells them to have a "lovely morning."

## Character Biography

She is first introduced while she is teaching orienteering to Bridget and Elizabeth, who both do not understand the activity.

For one activity, she splits the campers up into pairs of one junior and one senior, preventing Bridget from partnering with Bell or Mackenzie.

After she is taken over by the birds on July 17, she points out that humans have no wings to help them survive in the forest, and so she teaches them to forage for grubs by putting her face in the dirt. Bridget and Bell ignore Cassidy, and sneak away.

She wins the grub-finding round of the Summer Camp Olympics because Bridget can't stand having her face in the dirt.
The Virgilous

**"Virgilous,"** were a group of elvairy illuminates who controlled major political decisions during the rule of Reginald Larexen. They were known for their mystical all knowing power to see past and present, and made every decision based upon it's opposition to conflict. To many moreover, the virgilous showed disconnection to the people in being disparaging about said conflict. This caused many to lose faith in their leadership abilities. They were eventually overthrown by Pernicious Larexen.
Enchantment

**"Enchantment,"** also known as one's charm, is a power gifted to the vairy by birth. It encompasses magical abilities known as the charms of Empyrean. These range from creating flowers to harnessing the different elements. Stated as the obliviant sub-species, those born without have been brought unending shame in the past. The reason for this is that they are seen to be godless. Enchantment has as well been witnessed to be transferred from one to another through cult ritual. This is known throughout Sel as transference, a crime punishable by execution for it's deplorable pursuit of power. Because the different enchantments do not allow inbreeding, they have resulted in mistrust and preternism throughout elvaria.

There is an affliction known as the Curse of the Impuissant Being, a degenerative disease that slowly fades a vairy's enchantment until they fade into aeternum. Dorman Merriweather was burdened with this in his youth and took on the biology of a man through magical genetic manipulation to disguise himself. He then searched for years to find a cure, even killing without remorse to find a way to stop the curse.
The Oklahoma City Sports Band

**The Oklahoma City Sports Band** is a sports band by Matt Farley.

It is an unusual band in that it has released only one song, "Kevin Durant (Go Thunder Go!)" (1:58) in 2012. (Spotify release date June 12, 2012). The cover photo for the single was first used by The Detroit Sports Band for the cover of *Tigers, Pistons & Lions, Vol. 2* (2011).
Marxis

**"Marxis,"** is an elder obliviant world traveler who used his intrigue to uncover legends of Elvaria's past. He took up a part time job at a library in his older age, slowly but surely combining all of his findings into one whole manuscript. While working this job, he formed a friendship with a teenage berae known as Jeline.
Valluin and Jilrae's Wedding

**"Jilrae and Valluin's Wedding,"** was an event that took place in which the queenless prince and obliviant woman were married. It was a massive ceremony, celebrated with great upheaval for the future of the kingdom. However, there was still an uneasiness to the two as they had not revealed yet to the public of Jilrae's obliviance.
Open Up!

**Open Up!** is a short interactive fiction game created by Brendan Patrick Hennessy as a micro-sequel to Birdland

## Plot

17 year old Trinity Park is tasked with taking care of her younger sister, Bell Park over the week while their parents are away in Vancouver. Trinity attempts to enter Bell's room to ask her what she wants for dinner, but finds that the door is locked, and demands that Bell open it.

Bell takes a while before opening the door, she attempts to get Trinity to leave, but Trinity begins to get suspicious and enters Bell's room. Trinity suspects that Bell is hiding a boy in her room and begins to search around. Eventually, Trinity attempts to open the closet, which is locked. After banging on the door, the door creeks open and Bridget, Bell's girlfriend, steps out half naked. Bridget attempts to explain themselves before Bell finally admits that she's dating Bridget.

After finding out that today, July 19th 2016, is their one year anniversary, Trinity allows Bridget to stay, as long as they keep it reasonable. Trinity and Bell hug, and Trinity leaves Bell's room as Bell locks the door behind her again.

## Characters

* Trinity Park
* Bellwoods Park
* Bridget Leaside

## Locations

* Park Residence
	+ Bell's Room

## Gameplay

The writing is stylistically consistent to Birdland, keeping the same design and second person writing style. In the game, the player controls Trinity Park, Bell's older sister.

The game also features a different colour palette from Birdland. While Birdland utilized pinks for dream sequences and green for day scenes, Open Up utilizes a darker blue background instead. It also does not include any character portraits.

## History

Following the massive success of Birdland, Hennessy decided to create a small interactive fiction game set one year after the events of Birdland as an update on Bridget and Bell. It was released on July 19, 2016, the one year anniversary of Bridget and Bell's relationship, and is set on that day as well.
Wiki To-Do List

hello! welcome to the birdland wiki! as you've probably seen, not a lot is set up yet. a lot of work needs to be done to get this wiki in best shape! this to-do list serves as a guide of pages in need of additional work, or pages that need to be created! if you you've created a page that isn't on this list, feel free to add it. if you think that there's page that this list needs, feel free to help contribute!

## Games

* Bell Park Youth Detective
* Birdland
* Known Unknowns
	+ Episode 1
	+ Episode 2
	+ Episode 3
	+ Episode 4
* Open Up!
* Abby Loretto Does It Again

## Characters

### Youth Detective

* Bell Park
* Cassidy (mentioned, not to be confused with Cassidy Woods)
* `-bitmap-zer0-`
* Paige McKinely
* Mr. Kelbourne
* Miles Carnarvon
* Chet Ginsberg
* Argent Sunflower

### Birdland

* Bell Park
* Bridget Leaside
* Elizabeth Wei
* Mackenzie Singh
* Taylor Massey
* Taylor Creek
* Zoe Price
* TJ Swim
* Cassidy Woods (not to be confused with the other Cassidy)
* Logan Crafts
* Alisha Sail
* Dan Canoe
* Heather Ropes
* Nathan...
* Bird People or bird creatures or whatever

### Known Unknowns

* Nadia Nazari
* Kaz Kaczmarek
* Anja Kaczmarek
* Miles Golden
* Summer Okamura
* Allen Rhodes
* Annette Dupont
* Jayden Finch
* Olivia Kwon
* Christopher Kipling or just Kipling
* Mr. Sherbourne or marc as he likes to be called
* Docteure Rouillé

## Locations

* Middle Canada College nadia's (and bridget's) high school
	+ middle canada college also has a variety of subrooms and areas
* Kipling's House
* Toronto Reference Library also known as the murder library
* Summer Camp... which i... don't think we actually get the name of?
	+ Canoe Docks
	+ Sailing Docks
	+ Ropes Course
	+ Swim Docks
	+ Nature Area
	+ Arts and Crafts Hut

more descriptive location pages for locations from known unknowns might be better since these actually have explorable layouts and everything

## Worldbuilding/Miscellaneous

* frthr?
* cyberNExT
* List of Tarot Cards from the birdland tarot card section
* Canadian Zodiac birdland's own in universe zodiac for canadians
* we need redirect pages. for example, the actual full names of the counsellors will lead to their main pages, or just the first names of characters will lead to their main pages
* pages need to be added into appropriate categories
* templates, including infoboxes for locations/characters, as well as templates for warning and work in progress headers to put on pages
Mr. Sherbourne

**Mr. Sherbourne** or **Marc Sherbourne** is a teacher at Middle Canada College and a supporting character in Known Unknowns.

\*UNDER CONSTRUCTION\*

## Relationships

### Students

Sherbourne often attempts to connect and appeal with his students on a personal level, and believes that the best way to do so is to seem "hip" and "cool" with the kids. He makes outdated and forced references to pop culture when talking or teaching classes as a way of engaging students, and is insistent on them referring to him by his first name. However, this method has little success. He attempts to be casual and a teacher that students can talk to. Throughout the story Sherbourne lets Nadia know that he is there to discuss any issues with her, although she states that she does not want to do so.

### Alain Sherbourne

Little is known about Alain's relationship with Marc Sherbourne, aside from the fact that the two were related in some way, most likely siblings. It could be inferred that the two had a close relationship, and that Marc was deeply impacted by Alain's death.

## Trivia

* In the file names for character portraits, most characters that have a second, non-uniform portrait often have their pictures numbered (e.g. Nadia1.png is Nadia in her school uniform, Nadia2.png is Nadia at Kipling's party). Sherbourne is the only character that doesn't have a properly numbered portrait, despite having a second picture. This was most likely to avoid any potential spoilers for the game. However, Mr. Sherbourne's spell casting costume is named "Sherbourne666.png," a reference to the funni devil number