Drunken Advice for a Mid-Life Crisis

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Drunken Advice for a Mid-Life Crisis

I'm sorry about my condition.
I didn't expect to be seeing you here.
You stuck to tradition:
changing as little as you could,

out of fear of never making it out alive.

& isn't it ironic, how you find yourself here at a bar,
staring down a tall gin & tonic,
& trying to recognize your reflection
or the sinking ship that you once called your life?

Take my advice, no one makes it out alive.

I'll be your white flag, as you lead the procession;
the cavalcade of disappointment, a ticker-tape catastrophe.
You'll drink your frustrations & lead the parade in circles.
You'll escape to tropical isles--what'll we tell your kids & wife?

I'll spare you the I-told-you-so: no one makes it out alive.

Oh, I'm your conscience & I've been drinking.

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Peter Federman - electric guitar, organ
Jacob Eli Goldman - whistle, sequenced loop
Alex Mazzaferro - voice, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, sequenced loop
Wil Mulhern - drums

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from To Persevere, released May 2, 2006

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aeroplane, 1929 Springfield, Massachusetts

aeroplane, 1929 was a band from New England. Between 2005 & 2010, they released two albums & two EP's on Topshelf Records. The band consisted of Alex Mazzaferro (vocals/guitar/keys/lyrics), Jacob Goldman (bass/keys/recording/arrangements), Noah Goldman (guitar/pedal steel/keys), & Wil Mulhern (drums), plus friends like Julian Veronesi, Chad Jewett, Dave Van Witt, Alex Syner, & Peter Federman. ... more

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