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Jam Mechanics

Two bands who span the Atlantic, having a chat across the planet. Drafting jams from random challenges, fantastic banter while we're at it. So just relax and watch our antics; it's the pan-Atlantic Jam Mechanics

Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt Johnston from The Narcissist Cookbook and Bug from Bug Hunter. Each week we'll take on songwriting challenges and present our finished "demo" after a few hour break.

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S3 · E11
April 6 · 1 hr 2 min
S4: Retrospective
The Wiki'd Witch has retired. Season 4 closes with a look back at the audience rankings and questions, as well as a little surprise at the end! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠
S4 · E10
March 9 · 39 min
S4E10: That's Game Baby
Oh That? That's Episode 10 of szn 4 of Jam Mechanics, Baby. We finish out the season by defying all expectations and proving our worst enemies wrong OUR SZN 4 FEEDBACK FORM Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: The Storm Prompt Page: Jester --> Punch and Judy --> The Devil Lyrics: I ain't scared of The Devil I don't believe in Bad Luck They tried their best to convince me but the grift never stuck Because the Devil's just Thunder When you hear it you hide its just the sound it makes The Danger outside Go to bed, go to bed, little darling rest your head you are safe from the storm while you sleep The crashes you hear, so far off, nowhere near cannot hurt you when you sit with me When I was young, just a kid, my own mother told me this that storms were the gods in a fight I imagined the battle, the roar and the rattle, was the lord keeping watching in the night So I ain't scared of The Devil I don't believe in tall tales She tried her best to convince me that's where everyone fails Because the Devil's just Thunder When you hear it you hide its just the sound it makes The Danger outside So go to bed, go to bed, little darling rest your head its not God who keeps watch over us Its the roof that we built, its your pillows and quilt that your mother and I put our trust we're cursed by a god with illusion of choice when survival depends on the one to destroy and we're judged as a sinner as if we could stop but I will put you in the crib before I put you in the coffin so I ain't scared of The Devil I don't believe he exists But someone had to invent him and I am damn scared of them So don't go out in The Storm, love Not because of the noise The thunder is harmless It's only the voice So don't go out in The Storm, love Not because of the noise The thunder is harmless The Devil's their voice ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: The Vulgar Tongue Prompt Page: June Gloom --> Colloquialism --> Slang Lyrics: they hear us coming but they don't know where we're coming from they see us perching at the edge of the town we talk in circles and we gabble in tongues and we crow like the birds on the slope of the church picking eyes out of fresh cadavers we're c c coming we're c c coming oh we are the very dregs, that leaked onto your kitchen floor from a hole at the bottom of the barrel we are the nameless things that sing you to a restless sleep crouching at the outside of your window we are the urges you can't purge, the easy lies you tell, the flies that gather in the eyes of cattle we are the thoughts you bat away you can't ignore, like the rotten tooth you tongue and dig around in when you're bored and we're coming (we're c c coming oh we're c c comin oh) solo they hear us coming but they don't know where we're coming from they think they're safe if they plug up their ears but there's a backdoor to every heart and we knock just to check if it could take a kick and we paint a red cross on the timber we're c c coming we're c c coming oh you are the favourite children, lauded above all, the shining sceptre at the centre of creation you are a princess, just a grotesque mess of senses, you're an empty car just begging to be driven can you imagine what's like to be the bedrock of the world, to realise your purpose is just to be stepped on well you know what, don't you worry bout it child - you hear that knock? soon you won't have to imagine we're coming
S4 · E9
February 23 · 40 min
S4E9: Frankenstein Donor Register
Episode 9 won't disappoint you like a Big Boy Yoda. We talk brushes with fame and our biggest bombs before both writing bangers Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- --Bug's Song-- Title: Just Because Prompt Page: San Diego Comic-con --> San Diego Pride --> June Gloom Lyrics: There's no funeral, there's no wedding it's just a random weekend in February but the gang's all here and ready to hang out This ain't sick leave, this ain't work-from-home this is pure shit, uncut PTO 3 full days, no chores, no plans somehow The kids grew up and all moved out but everyone's back in town... Just Because! We put it on the Calendar Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're just some buds travellin to hang around Just Because... And just because is as good as any reason Because Just Because just makes it easy Just believe it does, Just Because It's not a diet, or a lifestyle its just a little unexpected but I thought I'd try it my friends are looking at me like they're shocked It's not a burger, it's not nuggies It's not either of the two foods you'd expect of me Its a brand new side of the menu that I've unlocked The kid's grown up his palette, I have just ordered a salad... Just Because! I'm monchin' on a salad here Just Because! I liked the way it sounds and we're Just some buds taken on the salad bar Just Because And just because is as good as any reason Because Just Because just makes it easy Just believe it does, Just Because I can tell ya something if ya say I never told ya The secret is the vinegar, your ears are baking soda I need to keep it quiet if you lean a little closer The only thing that's keepin ya from doin' what you're doin' is often not enough to stop ya if you wanna do it It doesn't take much to get the motivated movin' you may have thought you hit your limit but here's two words to fix it: Just Because! we're having such a better year Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're just some buds finding out the power of Just Because ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Criss-Cross Applesauce Prompt Page: Rube Goldberg-> Boob McNutt -> Jester (via Buffoonish) Lyrics: you might be guided by the cards or the full moon's gravity pick a path by plotting stars or the patterns in the leaves add up numbers in the bible til you land on sum you like if you're really having trouble ask your friends for some advice feed a universe of data to a planet-sized machine maybe god will call back later within 7 working weeks baby throw yourself at anything at anyone at all to get the sense that this direction you are stumbling in's the one that leads you home but if the cards are shuffled badly and the moon pulls only tides and the leaves clump all together and the stars slip out of line and the bible's numbers add up to 42069 and your friends suggestions get you guessing they're out of their minds if the algorithm feeds you only ads and right wing news if god's call center's automated and no one puts you through baby throw yourself a party invite everyone you know sit beside them criss-cross applesauce, this chaos is the closest thing to home grab yourself a cushion make yourself as comfortable as the uncarpeted kitchen floor allows friends, i love you endlessly but you would never know cause I never say that sort of thing out loud above us see the sky fissures and rends itself apart while beneath us magma boils at the core and in between this room of us, the circle will break only once the last of us has fallen to the sword
S4 · E8
February 9 · 40 min
S4E8: Denchawada
What up Girl! We both come back from our holiday break with EXCELLENT stories from home and no, we won't apologize. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: Oops! Prompt Page: Robotic Surgery --> Waldo (short story) --> Rube Goldberg Lyrics: Oops, I'm sorry, my fault, my bad yikes, I screwed up, whoops, I flubbed that on your left, no right, frick! dammit I get those mixed up by habit Franz Ferdinand, shot in the head Basic ass duke reppin' simple cause and effect I'm like if Dr Frankenstein and Rueben Goldberg ever met killed by my creation but with 20 extra steps Oops, I'm sorry, my fault, my bad yikes, I screwed up, whoops, I flubbed that on your left, no right, frick! dammit I get those mixed up by habit Someday I'll get out of my way Someday I'll get out of my way Sometimes the glass is half full but it was empty when you left it sometimes your mom's boyfriend's dentures are at the bottom of your beverage and when a pessimist would spit it up and curse his rotten luck the desperate would suck it up and plug his nose and chug Oops, I'm sorry, my fault, my oops yikes, I oops up, whoops, I flubbed that on your left, oops right, frick! dammit I get those mixed up by habit Someday I'll get out of my way Someday I'll get out of my way Another Domino! fallin while you're walking away Another Domino! falls and you just call it a game Another Domino! Falls and it was never the same Another Domino! Falls And you're absolved of the blame Oops, I'm sorry, oops my oops my bad oops you, I screwed oops, whoops, I oops on your left oops, no oops, I... I get those mixed up! I said: Oops, I'm oops my fault my bad, my oops yikes screwed up oops I flubbed that on your oops, whoops oops, frick, dammit I get oops oops oops oops dammit Someday I'll get out of my way Someday I'll get out of my way Someday I'll get out of my own way (oops) ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: JMCC Prompt Page: Happy Days -> George Lucas -> San Diego Comic-con Lyrics: let's go to jam mechanic comic con let's go to jam mechanic comic con meet me in gary Indiana Bring the hydra and alpaca let's go to jam mechanic comic con it's where we belong You'll see cowboys and vampires Socialist mayors Board games, puppets and smoke detectors A liberal kitty and a family dog Getting their shit rocked by ichard noir AND IF YOU GET HUNGRY WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED An army of dead dads eating popcorn I think curdled milkteeth is what happened to john Cthulhu stuffing his mouth with some balls Shimmy to the left cause captain stanley's got a gun LET'S GO TO JAM MECHANIC COMIC CON ... AND AFTER DARKKKK Amelia earhart's doing white lines With a guy in the corner looks a little like a lion Agamemnon's laying pipe but he's just warming up Here's you at a party with my uncle in a headlock An angel and a devil are making out hard Odin's in the garbage patch getting pardoned Someone's fur prince got stuck in cement The angel and the devil are making out again LET'S GO TO JAM MECHANIC COMIC CON oh and wikipede is also here
S4 · E7
January 26 · 41 min
S4E7: Chat... I Got Him
They Jam now? They Jam now! Listen to find out who gets got (Hint: It's not Jason). We talk Batman vs Darth Vader and confidently make up facts about robots Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: High Note Prompt Page: Anachronism -> Retcon -> Happy Days #Chuck Cunningham Syndrome Lyrics: Going out on a high note, callin' it quits don't wait for the moment we wish that we did they'll be sad that its over (but glad it exists) don't get caught hanging on when the alternative is Someone come get your boy wayne gretzky his grasp on fractions is at best a bit sketchy you miss 100% of the shots you don't take? Can I see your calculator, Wayne? if you don't shoot you can't miss, can't mess up let them think you're the best of what you've done not what you'll do when you've got nothing left to prove just quit while you're ahead [Chorus] Maybe we should've cut the mics at the first standing ovation should've packed away our picnics before the end of the parade cuz when you watch it peter out and now the band has long since passed the confetti on the ground begins to look a lot like trash if the magic's in the middle it means you went a bit too far lets go home at intermission, leave the people wanting more But will they notice you're missing? will they notice you're gone will they send out a search party or convince themselves you're not will they notice you're missing? will they notice you're gone? everyone reminisces whether you like it or not whether you're ready or not Going out on a high note, callin' it quits don't wait for the moment we wish that we did they'll be sad that its over (but glad it exists) don't get caught hanging on when the alternative is ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Stones Prompt Page: Immunotherapy -> Organ Transplantation -> Robotic Surgery Lyrics: hey can you hear me I've been waiting for your call there is nothing on this rock and I am slowly breaking down I don't think you ever taught me how to fix these faulty things Now I am rusting I'm eroding I am code upon a screen Somewhere 40 million miles from here This planet, barren and lonely This body, weathered and dull This mission barely makes sense to me Guess I'll just check the manual These arms extending out forward Reaching for something unknown Waving up at a blue dot in the sky Hey guys am I ever coming home? hey is it okay if I miss you, I don't want you to feel like I'm a burden when I call you just to talk I am pulling at my wires trying to find what makes me tick figure I might plug the right thing into the right place by mistake And floating in the burnt red air Somewhere 40 million miles from here That planet, emerald and sapphire This body, shiny and new This mission finally over and I rest in the cold light of the moon These tracks extending out backward Show all the places I've gone But each hill's the same as the last one Hey guys am I ever coming home This planet, barren and lonely This body, weathered and dull This mission barely makes sense to me There must be something I'm missing One last unoverturned stone Hey guys am I ever coming home?
S4 · E6
January 12 · 38 min
S4E6: From The Makers of Blooj
The world will never be the same after this episode. We're here to talk shop and hawk sauce in the 6th episode of szn 4. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: Flattering! Prompt Page: Poison Ivy -> Allergy -> Immunotherapy Lyrics: I don't begrudge flat-earthers cuz I think that they're crazy or insane its just a pity for their party thats based purely on their laziness cause there's mountains of evidence that help make it clear that our planet's a shape and that shape is a sphere and I fear that insisting we've already won will prevent us from doing whats yet to be done cause I have a dream and I need you to get with it earth isn't flat and if you, too, are sick of it Join Us, Help Us, make coins and coasters jealous The earth isn't flat (yeah, you don't have to tell us) When there's no way, here's our will: we won't die on this hill We're not Flat Earthers... we're earth-flatteners we'll get much further than that tin foil hat of yours We work all day to achieve the great flattening a pancake shape is a bit more... Flattering! There's no subscription fees, neither monthly nor annual just one flat rate and we hand you the manual we'll start with the mountains 'cause how could we not when the low-hanging fruit is the highest of rocks once we're smooth as a cue ball we'll need to start kneeding then plan the next steps at the quarterly meeting cause I have a dream and now you're in the thick of it the earth isn't flat and we're all just plane sick of it [Chorus] We work all day to achieve the great flattening a pancake shape is a bit more... Flattering! and faith can move mountains but damn, when I'm done with 'em moles will look down on the ground that's become of them When you had a dream and no one understood it to get back at all who have told you you couldn't Join us, Help us, we employ the overzealous The earth isn't flat yet, and damn does that compel us head to china, grab your chisel and I will meet you in the middle we're not flat-earthers, we're earth flatteners... I have a dream, but whether its happening you all believed, and damn is it... Flattering! ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Someone's Gonna Change The World Prompt Page: War on Terror -> Misnomer -> Anachronism Lyrics: open up the curtains let the darkness in the emperor expired in his bed and now the power vacuum that was left by him and filling in the air above our heads Gunships littering in the sky Fuel cells glittering like diamonds And all us ordinary folk Gathering below Oh oh oh And we've got fire in our eyes Up there someone's gonna change the world But the world down here's in short supply Who do you expect us to rise up against? The armies or the admirals or the gods? Might as well suggest we turn the river running through the town back on itself and flood the mountain tops Mainsails blocking out the moon Spent shells falling like a heavy rain And all us ordinary folk Gathering below Oh oh oh And we've got fire in our eyes Up there someone's gonna change the world But the world down here's in short supply At night I dream like everybody dreams I wake up I've forgotten what I've seen No matter who prevails up there above The meat down here still rots, and the air still tastes the same Tomorrow there'll be champagne for the rich But the only thing that trickles down is piss You could cut the head off every king The meat down here still rots, and the air still tastes the same [Chorus]
S4 · E5
Dec 29, 2025 · 37 min
S4E5: It's Me, Diapers!
This is our most unhinged ep 5 yet. We talk superpowers, dark web librarians, and how to recognize when your favorite podcast is incapable of putting out a bad episode. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Our Discord -- SPOILERS BELOW -- --Bug's Song-- Title: Richard Noir Prompt: Structural Integrity and Failure -> 9/11 -> The War on Terror Lyrics: The names ichard, like Richard with No R I was 2 minutes from flying the coop when some little bird wanders in out the rain looking for help She goes on and on about a strange man that's popped up in her families neighborhood she's clearly traveled a long ways for my help I can tell from her plumage she ain't from 'round here Whats a rural bird doing so far from home I ain't got time for bird-house calls I've never been an early bird but even I know that no good ever comes from staying out this late But then she drops the crucial detail that stops me in my tracks "he ain't moved in a week" hmm, that is interesting. Anyone who knows anything about man knows that they are fidgety and quick -- always on the move Maybe its time to see what happens when this unstoppable force meets an immovable object So me and the little bird fly back to her home in the sticks little farm just west of cityville and we set up an old-fashioned stake out And sure as sunshine, this ain't no wild goose chase Theres a man towering over the corn field Her first instinct is to bury her head in the dirt but I've crapped on enough statues to know that nothing was ever gonna get this beast to give chase That's a scare crow, ya scared crow. tell your scared folks to be scared no more this rare foe couldn't hurt a sparrow, ya know? With that I left her in the rain, another mystery solved She shouts after me: How can I ever repay you, Richard?? I say: It's Ichard, Noir! -- Matt's Song -- Title: Poison Ivy Prompt: Magia Naturalis -> Poison -> Poison Ivy Lyrics: So you're walking through the woods in the US of A Got your booty shorts on like you do every day You get your bare feet rocking, letting the dogs hang out You got your shirt off too cause it's 100 degrees Berry picking cause you got a hunger to feed this is what being free is all about You're kicking through the forest out on your own If you remember one thing then remember this poem If you see three leaves better let it be cause it's poison ivy So you're hiking through Australia to a beauty spot You ain't wearing nothing but your booty shorts Just you and the sand and the sun on the back of your neck When out of the corner of your eye You see a little windy cunt, a slithering guy You can cross his path or you can turn around and head back You're kicking through the outback out on your own If you remember one thing then remember this poem If the red touches yella, it'll kill a fella That's a fackin coral snake So you're picking through the wreckage of humanity's hubris You've found a stockpile of salt and canned food Filling your pockets as much as your booty shorts will allow Your saliva glands ache at the sight of this meal When up the back of your neck runs a shivering thrill There is something amiss, a presence malignant and foul So you're kicking through the deadzone out on your own If you remember one thing then remember this poem If it bleeds black flies, best cover your eyes If it smells like sulphur, don't let it touch ya If it burns with cold fire, free your heart from desire Those are lucifer's heralds Baby it's as easy as 1 2 3 My mnemonics got you jogging all your memories If you see three leaves better let it be cause it's poison ivy
S4 · E4
Dec 15, 2025 · 38 min
S4E4: Back to the Dad-Well
In episode 4 we drop all kinds of ancient knowledge and talk about our least-favorite airport Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: How to Build a House Prompt Page: Deep Sea Exploration -> Quenching -> Magia Naturalis Lyrics: I'm at the grocery store thumpin' every watermelon in the bin Dunno what I'm listenin' for but I saw my father do it when I was a kid He never taught me his tricks so its been hard cause guess and check only goes so far And now I have a watermelon of my own So I'm gonna teach it everything I know Like how to build a house, how to tie your sneakers how to walk and talk, and when you gettem, how to brush your little teeth and when you're wrong, how to say you're sorry but this list is getting long so we can start it in the morning when you're old enough to know it, your dad'll show you how I'll teach you everything you need to know How to Build A House But I dunno how to build a house but I can teach ya when ya need to lean on people and just ask someone for help the best lesson, while you're malleable, is teaching you how valuable it is to say: "I don't have to do everything myself" Because the ancient books of wisdom we're full of men who didn't listen but they claimed to know how everything worked they'd say the roof bones connected to the wall bones connected to the floor bones connected to the Earth, and that's [Chorus] Cause you don't know shit kid! But I can help ya with it We should start with shapes and colors, how to recognize your mother but I'm waiting and impatient and I really wanna skip to How to Grow a Garden I got some seeds to get you started We can grow some watermelons, teach each other how to tell when they are ready or be patient when they're still a bit too hard, and I can't build a house, unless it is for birds But I can try to build a home and get you ready for the world And when you are, I hope you'll do it too Because you wanna be like me and that is something I would do When you're old enough to do it, you're gonna show 'em how Teach 'em what I did and didn't know How to Build a House ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Four Stop Signs Prompt Page: Whippits -> Biomaterial -> Structural Integrity and Failure Lyrics: there's a tree growing out of the gutter in the house across from here there are cracks in the brick of the big smoke stacks at the ironworks museum there are bodies in this building's foundations, prophets sick with weather pains press your ear to the doors or the hardwood floors that swell up when it rains You are living in the arhythmical heart of the empire And it's four stop signs at each intersection And it's all uphill in every direction Hear the groaning of the city, count the rings around its eyes Find out how big animals like this can grow before they die Harvest ivy from the ceiling, drink the damp right off the wall Become a vessel for whatever's growing in the laundry pile Scrawl your debut novel longhand on the hulls of subway trains Serve single malts and double shots for half minimum wage Get married in the basement, get tetanus for the high Get sexy new infections just before they go worldwide You are living in the arrhythmical heart of the empire And it's four stop signs at each intersection And it's all uphill in every direction Kiss yourself goodnight and sneak out When you're fast asleep and don't come back Kiss yourself goodnight and sneak out
S4 · E3
Dec 1, 2025 · 37 min
S4E3: An Urban Bird
In Episode 3, we continue on our quest to finish the internet, 2 clicks at a time. We'll be radically honest here: you're going to love both of these songs Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: Bottle Rocket Astronaut Prompt Page: 2 Fast, 2 Furious -> Nitrous oxide -> Whippits Lyrics: I am Burt (the Urban Bird), I've got one wing that doesn't work But I've built a bottle rocket that'll lift me off the earth shoot for the stars? that ain't me. I would settle for that tree be like everybody else who can get up there easily If you try to pin me down I will get up off the ground I am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thing everybody's got already, make it look so easy I've been gracious, I've been patient natural selection never saw me comin', baby I am Burt (the urban bird), I've got one wing that doesn't work I've got whippets in my nest but if they ask, you never heard that wanna raid me? they can try -- here's a slice of pumpkin pie all the while I'm expanding to a full-fledged enterprise See that goldfish in the birdbath? you get 3 hints to guess who did that we put a turtle on a mailbox and hedgehog on a trashcan and we've got funding coming through and big announcements coming soon we pledge by 2026 we'll put a gopher on the roof [Chorus] I am a bottle rocket astronaut and all I wants the same thing everybody's got already, make it look so easy I've been gracious, I've been patient and we've got charlie darwin freakin rollin' in his grave, eeey! (Little critters in the sky) (Little critters where they don't belong) I am Burt (the urban bird), keep me down? it doesn't work. ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: A Mile and Change Prompt Page: Weather Pains -> NOAA -> Deep Sea Exploration Lyrics: tie a cannonball to a fishing line and toss it overboard let it sink right to the bottom boys and discover how deep it goes and you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart to everybody when you get back home that you touched the bottom of the ocean floor I know you men, I know you well When I look at you, I see myself The coaxing waves, that beckon us in We'd travel to the ends of the earth just to swing our feet over the edge And when I sleep, I hear the call The howling void, beneath our hull Goes on forever, ha, that's so absurd and we'll know better, by the time the sun sets we'll know for sure tie a cannonball to a fishing line and toss it overboard let it sink right to the bottom boys and discover how deep it goes and you can swear to the stars with a hand on your heart to everybody when you get back home that you touched the bottom of the ocean floor We let it drop, for a mile and change We didn't talk, as the evening came And we only stopped cause the line ran tight Would have kept on going if we could but we got the sense we could have gone all night And as the morning sun bore down on us And the ocean yawned, indifferent It goes on forever, and I haven't slept Cause I dream of the beasts in the infinite deep and wake in a swear we tied a cannonball to a fishing line and tossed it overboard let it sink over a mile and and we discovered how deep this goes now we can swear to the stars with a hand on our heart to everybody when we get back home that there isn't any bottom of the ocean floor floooooooooooooooooooooooooooor
S4 · E2
Nov 17, 2025 · 37 min
S4E2: Big Willy Energy
The Jam McAdemy is back in session and we continue our Jorney through Wikipedia. Our research for the songs in this episode is impeccable (trust the experts). Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: The Expert Prompt Page: Optical Illusion -> Phantom Limb -> Weather Pains Lyrics: I'm coughin' out the ash and smoke to tell you that I told you so Vesuvius was bound to blow and I felt it in my joints and bones I felt it in my joints and bones They said "what makes you the expert?" is it luck or something else? Everybody gets hurt when they can't protect themselves I told you once, I told you twice i said you must take my advice what makes me the expert? I was right about the earthquakes, I was right about the floods I saw that ice berg coming but the captain didn't budge I had sensed the huge tsunami that would wipe us off the map The aches across my body, the alerts before collapse You're running out of time to listen ignoring signs and superstitions What makes you the expert? Is it luck or something else? Everybody gets hurt when they can't protect themselves I told you once, I told you twice i said you must take my advice what makes me the expert? I was right about the warning signs, the subtle ground that shifts The change in your direction, slow as continental drift So when you told me it was over The Red Cross was standing by We had tents and foods and doctors, not a single person died because when you are so prepared like me, the ground is always high Your heart is never broken and your feet are always dry Its not signs or superstition, sometimes its just repetition that makes you the expert, its not luck, its something else everybody gets hurt when they can't predict themselves I told you once, I told you twice i said you must take my advice what makes me the expert? I was right ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Shut Up and Drive Prompt Page: 1984 -> Rat Torture -> 2 Fast, 2 Furious Lyrics: okay you guys have clearly got a history is it just me or are the windows in here getting kinda misty the vibes are not exactly off but they're not quite where i thought they'd be i've got a funny feeling there is something you're not telling me i don't want to assume, i wouldn't wanna pry and i don't wanna be the thing that comes between both of you guys i can leave, it seems to me there's still some meat left on these bones you can chew each other out all you like when you're alone shut up and drive you guys have got a lot to say but you don't wanna talk so guess you gotta play this game i won't survive another ride with you i think i'd rather die i mean it, man so pull up or shut up and drive okay, let's do a cold open and cut right to the chase i've seen a million married couples with less chemistry than this there are devils, demons, incubi whose blood don't run as hot all the great lovers of fiction, they would kill for what you've got but throw a punch and not a kiss, if that's what you have to do keep your passion under wraps and act like everything is cool keep pissing nitroglycerine, keep burning it for fuel keep getting in his face like that, i know you like the view
S4 · E1
Nov 3, 2025 · 36 min
S4E1: The Jam McAdemy
We are back for season 4 with a brand new theme song, a brand new challenge format, and 2 brand new demos from the Jam Mechanic Boys. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- ----Bug's Song----- Title: I Hope You Like It Prompt Page: Modern Girl -> Beckton Gasworks -> 1984 Lyrics: You must be pretty bored by now watching me just watching tv eating sushi off the cushions of my couch so I learned a couple poems and I recite them in the dark and if you like them I can learn a couple more this time tomorrow cause I'm feelin' pretty guilty for my 1 surveillance agent who's assigned to watch me through the 1-way glass as much as I don't want this you have clearly drawn the short straw and no one deserves a punishment like that So I hope you like it, like what I'm doin the little puppet shows I put on just for you and only you I hope you like it, like what I'm doin just for you I can't keep novels in the house but I can do dramatic readings of the pamphlets that they slip under the door I do a pretty good impression of the freedom secretary but my minister of peace still needs some work If you like it, let me know, flip the lights but if you don't I can probably teach myself a dance or two We can workshop things together, I wanna practice and get better the man inside the mirror, this one's for you So I hope you like it, like what I'm doin the little puppet shows I put on just for you and only you I hope you like it, like what I'm doin just for you And when the revolution comes and they rip you from my walls I hope you never saw it coming when your jurisdiction falls I hope the little song and dance that I distracted you with is the final tune stuck in your head when the realization hits So I hope you like it, like what I'm doin the little puppet shows I put on just for you and only you I hope you like it, like what I'm doin just for you ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: The Thatcher Effect Prompt Page: Modern Girl -> Picture Disc -> Optical Illusions Lyrics: Do you know that you talk in your sleep when I'm driving Mumbling moaning mostly incoherent but sometimes a phrase just slips out before you bite it off I can't quite explain how it feels to be hearing you Telling the truth after so many years I could write you a letter or better put it in a song You swear you're arriving It looks like you're walking away You blur my surroundings when I focus in on your face Your features all scramble and change The shadows are pulled centre-stage Til I can't even see what I thought I saw yesterday Do you know that you kinda look weird when you're smiling It's all in your teeth, doesn't quite reach your eyes and I bet with a little more practise you could have it down The insides are all coming tumbling out And the upsides are dwarfed by my towering doubts And I can't take my eyes off this horrible mess we have found It's not what it looks like You say, that my senses are flawed Look at this way, you'll see that it's nothing at all I've come at it from every angle What a brilliant trick you have pulled I can't even see what I thought I saw yesterday
Oct 20, 2025 · 32 min
S4E0: SZN 4 Theme Song
andweareback. We are kicking off SZN 4 with a DIFFERENT type of episode. Where Bug and Matt usually get challenged to write a song and go away for 3 hours to write a demo, this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at writing the Season 4 Theme song in semi-realtime! Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode (except this one) You can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!
S3 · E11
Jul 14, 2025 · 51 min
S3: Retrospective
Season 3 is DONE. We look back on our third season and talk about how out of touch with reality our audience truly is. We also learn how close we are with DeepBlueInk AND give each other a fun challenge to close out the season. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode.If you'd like downloadable files for this episode (and the demos we showed off), ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us!Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠
S3 · E10
Jun 23, 2025 · 41 min
S3E10: F Stands For Finale
The Jam Mechanics finish up season 3 with two more songs that'll be taking up space in your head. We reveal one final twist about DeepBlueInk's wedding that NO ONE saw coming. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! Go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Us: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE -- Prompt: "Taking Up Space" --Bug's Song-- Title: The Devil Additional Challenge: Chapter 2 Lyrics: I never said I was, I only let you think it I blurred the lines because I live my life between them I wasn't always like this... wasn't handsome with a heartbeat and a smile I was perfect up until the day I died I had branches, I had leaves, I had fruits filled up with seeds I had roots they left abandoned when they hacked me into pieces built a house out of my corpse, I'm in the walls, I'm in the porch but when I learn to speak I'll scream in every creak inside your floors [Chorus] It took some practice but I finally learned to fight I could shift and trip my captors when they walked the halls at night I could slowly change the layout, jam the doors too tight to budge change the angle of the stairs enough to learn the taste of blood I wasn't always like this but they chose to chop me down but when I began to fight them back they burned me to the ground [Chorus] So I was soil, then a million writhing bugs I was maggots in the graveyard, then the crows that ate them up I spent 100 years invading every creature I could reach slowly poisoning the town 'till every inch had bits of me I drove them mad, I made them sick, moving pieces into place slowly moving all my molecules in towards a single shape and thus became the demon that you incorrectly name I met the one you think I am, many years before you came When I told him what I'd done he cut the horns right off his head he bolted them to mine and said I'm twisted as it gets So I don't know where he is now, that devil that you know but I've taken up the title, I'm the one you fuckin don't [Chorus] ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Dead Boy Additional Challenge: Click Track! on a couch in a room in a house in a city on an island on a planet in a star system i was torn out of the nothing and born into a body given eyes given ears and emotional disregulation i coulda been anybody anything anywhere but here i am on a couch in a room in a house in a city just jerking off and watching the same three shows again and why try when you're not here to see how hard this is for me i think i'll just let the dead boy take the wheel for a little while and i'm fine okay i'm lying but it's cool because the dead boys gonna take good care of me in a drawer by the bed in a room that i haven't left once for three days now in a place in my head where your face cannot get and your memory can be drowned out i coulda been anybody anything anywhere but here i am and the world doesn't end and the days never turn and the dead boy is cuddled up next to me, honestly well who cares if i'm a car crash you're the truck that took me out who says you can't feel sorry for yourself forever now and i'm fine okay i'm lying but it's cool because the dead boy's gonna take good care the dead boy's gonna take good care of me and sometimes when you hit rock bottom all you really need's a bigger drill and sometimes when your heart is broken all you really need is engine oil and sometimes when your friends stop calling you'll sigh with relief because it's finally just you and him on a couch in a room in a star system and he holds your hand and he feeds you, keeps you needing him more than you'll ever need them you could been anything, anyone, anywhere but here you are in a city, in a house, in a room, on a couch, lying in a dead boy's arms
S3 · E9
Jun 9, 2025 · 39 min
S3E9: Escape Room Politics
Episode 9 is here and Bug and Matt are reminiscing about the places they definitely SHOULD NOT have been on tour right before they hit the road again. Don't be a hater, leave us a good review Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- Prompt: "In a Scoring/Sporting Position" ----Bug's Song----- Title: The Upperhand Additional Challenge: Safe Space for Hate Lyrics: I am barking at the mailman though you tell me there's no hope Butupperhandr barked at milkmen when's the last time you saw one of those I am barking at the squirrels outside and no one thinks it works but my father barked at sabretooths and wiped them from the Earth We can solve it like our fathers, open hands balled into fists if we solve it like our fathers we'll just end up in the mess we're in Throwing punches when you're cornered, we understand but you're punching when you have the upperhand I am barking out at everything I like the way it sounds cause my father barked at everything and I want to make him proud We can solve it like our fathers, walk 10 paces, turn and shoot If we solve it like our fathers, then our kids will solve it this way too Throwing punches when you're cornered, we understand but you're punching when you have the upperhand The whole world loves an underdog but you can't break the rules and start beating us with baseball bats when your team starts to lose the screaming in the stands might sound like cheering from this far and all your kids are watching and can't tell the two apart and all your kids are watching when you tell them who you are Throwing punches when you're cornered, we understand but you're punching when you have the upperhand ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Curdled Milkteeth Additional Challenge: Something where it ought not to be Lyrics: i was driving through the highlands at a quarter to 5 in the morning in the middle of june i was listening to a record that i used rely on to get by and thinking about you stop the car at intersections, check my heart spin the wheel in your direction cause somewhere out in the dark you're burning and all i need to do is to follow the heat if i never come up for air i won't ever need to breathe i won't need to breathe curdled milkteeth now i don't know this road from any other i'm hungry and tired and i'm a hundred exits deep and the valley walls are so high that i must have missed the sunrise if there ever was a sunrise I don't know when it happened, but sometime in the past I got too tall to sneak through the rye I suddenly recall how i used to rely on you to catch me before I hit the overhang Kill the engine, try to soothe my racing heart Turn my head in your direction
S3 · E8
May 26, 2025 · 39 min
S3E8: I'm Thinkin' Ohio
I've been told I'm bad at foreshadowing. Episode 8 has a bookstore. We meet John Demo. You've been warned. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by The Narcissist Cookbook Bug Hunter where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If you'd like to download the demos, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Prompt: "An Opportunity Not Yet Past ----Bug's Song----- Title: What Happened To John Challenge: TRUE CRIME It's not productive to compare all our troubles playin "who's got it worse' to one-up one another Its half a dozen of one, and its six of the other you don't want to win this game But the unspoken rule's now the talk of the town the difficult truth no one dare say aloud we all know who and we all know how but no one wants to say cause Marty lost his job last month and Tom's wife ain't been home too much we all have troubles but I'll tell you what It's a shame what happened to John Mrs. Carter, well I haven't seen you out of your apartment in a couple of days she says my husband is halfway into handcuffs with no more hope of changing his ways I'm pinching pennies, never spending any 'cause I'll have to bail him out or bury him soon but when I go to church he isn't worth my focus as I bow my head and sit in the pews I'm praying for another and I'm hopin He'll respond its a shame what happened to John And Connor's cough keeps getting worse and Olli's luck has all reversed we all have troubles that could be much worse It's a shame what happened to John We don't report it to the papers or go to the police there's an unacknowledged understanding passing in the streets the entire city's sick but have learned to be discreet that's all that can be done There were never conversations or plans of how to act we didn't draft a non-disclosure or attempt to make a pact there was a problem, we solved it, there's no more going back the problem's finally gone And Miley's finally out of bed and Faith feels safe to walk again we don't have trouble when we all pretend It's a shame what happened to John ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: The First of the Everkings To Die Challenge: Foreshadowing! i met a man travelling from the north passing through my part of town he wore a tattered overcoat, flapping open in the warm north wind, still carrying his service rifle hitched underneath his arm though the barrel was rusted and the stock had near completely decomposed i didn't say a word, no point asking these guys anything they've got enough on their plates from having nothing on their plates but i offered him some food i had either going spare or going bad and he thanked me with a nod and he kept on walking south they're always walking south don't know what they hope to find down there four other northman came passing through my part of town stacks of skin and castoff bones in those coats like rotten pelts I gave them what I had, but this time one of them stuck around Said the situations worsening faster than the snow can melt He asked me what I did down here, I said I was a writer At the very least I try to, but - he looked away he didn't care He sat down right there in my garden, sunflowers in winter And he told me what to tell you, and he left they're always walking south don't know what they hope to find down there He says it's going to happen soon, sooner than you think You'll see the symbols early but you won't know they mean And the daydreams that you've come rest your head upon at night Are like the permafrost, the first one of the Everkings to die But there's time, he says, there are chances easy missed There are lessons needing learned before the class has chance to sit And if you really pay attention, really take the whole thing You might just see where this is heading before the ending begins they're always walking south don't know what they hope to find down there
S3 · E7
May 12, 2025 · 37 min
S3E7: Li'l Louie
Episode 7 of Jam Mechanics is a JAM. Bug talks nicknames and new addictions, and Matt quizzes Bug on his favorite subject. Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- Prompt: "Buyer's Remorse" ----Bug's Song----- Title: Board Games Additional Challenge: Giving yourself a nickname Lyrics: I should've never done it I should've saved my budget I can't believe I even tried when I'm the only one that has the resolve and focus to stick with what we've chosen But as the night drags on I'm learning that this quest is hopeless This is never what this evening was about I have to keep it bottled everytime I wanna shout Stop talking during board games! Don't ask whose turn it is, its your, babe! You would know that if you hadn't asked how Hannah's Graduation went there were prolly speeches half as long as this distraction is Stop talking during board games! Do you know how long this took to coordinate? 3 couples in their thirties on a table-flipping thursday now all of them are yawning by the middle of the 1st game I've popped out all the pieces spent 3+ hours reading no, they don't call me the Rulebook Ruler for no reason Sometimes this job is brutal but I just do it, you know I took all day to learn the lore and that was just for Uno I wanna game but you hit me with reverse now everytime you talk I wanna table-flippin' curse! Stop talking during board games! Don't ask whose turn it is, its your, babe! You would know that if you hadn't brought up Molly's border-collie now they're all looking at puppy pics instead of killing zombies Stop talking during board games! now I think that I understand divorce rates I was totally on board for in sickness and in health guess I should have seen this coming from your 20 minute vows But the worst part of this is, despite my perfect planned tactics when we tally up you always win All your talking during board games to disrupt my strategy was your aim thought I was married to a monster but it turns out you're a master I can't describe this feeling but I think that its attraction? All your talking during board games and pretending you were always really bored made me put down my defenses and fill my head with doubts but babe that's really clever I'm so table-flippin' proud ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: JAM Additional Challenge: Must be a JAM song Lyrics: I dunno, Matt didn't send me any. Just listen to it!
S3 · E6
Apr 28, 2025 · 33 min
S3E6: That's Petty Theft!
On the 6th episode of season 3, Matt and Bug talk Hydras and Heists with two new songs to jam to on your Monday morning Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- Prompt: "Love Song to a Body Part" ----Bug's Song----- Title: The Hydra Additional Challenge: Rule of 3 Lyrics: I admit I was pissed when you chopped off my head and Hercules, you looked pleased (or rather relieved?) that I was dead but from the stump of my neck I grew two more (I swear this has never happened before) but I'm back and better off than I was then (and now they're singing) Do you think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen? Or was he surprised as everyone of us? Decapitate me once, shame on you, that ain't enough Do you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up? The first dozen times were the hardest but now I believe before this battle started I was hopelessly naive but now this one's a fighter, and this one's a biter and that one's determined, and this one knows German and one knows Karate, we call that one "choppy" but don't talk to this one 'till he's had his coffee we're offering all of these skills you can chop off our heads but you can never kill we'll just get bigger and better and stronger together I've tethered the best parts of me so now whether You think the Hydra knew that THAT would happen or if he's surprised as everyone of us Decapitate me twice, shame on you, it's still not nice Do you think the Hydra knew he'd get back up? Now Hercules is screaming: "this is not how this one goes" but you've mixed up mythology for history, my foe cause history is what happened, mythology is imagined now I'm rewriting this myself to be the hero of this battle Hercules, your turn to leave your trial subscription to life is complete I've got many mouths to feed so I'll start with non-believers cuz I think I always knew that this would happen That I'd surprise the world with what I've got Decapitate me thrice, I can do this all damn night I think I always knew I'd get back up I think I always knew I'd get back up ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Central Occipital Nervousness Additional Challenge: Must be a CON song Lyrics: i know you i know you're my oldest friend before we learned how to talk there we were, lying there hand in hand i know you're trying to help i know you're trying but there ain't no helping me i know you're trying but sometimes the trying just causes more pain that it needs i know this We've done this a million times It was our first party trick Everyone Come watch me Flip my shit This baby can turn on a dime i know you're trying to help i know you're trying but there ain't no helping me i know you're trying but sometimes the trying just causes more pain that it needs And the worst part is that I agree This world is frightening thing But I'm going outside To see what I'll find And you can come with if you like
S3 · E5
Apr 14, 2025 · 35 min
S3E5: Is That A Knife??
Episode 5 means we're finally warming up and getting good at this podcast thing. Bug and Matt talk about big brains and unexpected knives, and deliver 2 brand-new cool songs Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- Prompt: "Warming Up" ----Bug's Song----- Title: Waiting for the Snow to Melt Additional Challenge: cooooool Lyrics: You were the first one that I thought of when the forecast called for snow you said you'd race me to the bottom and you took off down the slopes You were the coolest on the mountain making sure everyone knows it taking shortcuts off the trail while we just wondered "where'd he go" You said the loser has to buy a beer when we're back down at the lodge and you knew I didn't drink you also knew you never lost I'd find you grinning, waiting for me but I didn't mind the cost it was worth it for the stories when you got a little sloshed now the mountains warming up as well and we're just waiting for the snow to melt cut to the crispest day of winter you could see it in your grin weaving past all the beginners skiing faster than the wind when I beat you to the bottom that's when the fear kicked in I MAY not know a lot but know you'd never let me win now we're just waiting for the snow to melt We're just waiting for the snow to melt to find something we lost someone taken by the mountain in a grave made out of frost And when we find your body I will send word to your mom she's the only one still holding on to hope after this long yeah we're just waiting for the snow to melt You had the kind of wild spirit everyone else tries to fake you lived a life devoid of fear only an avalanche could take now when our friends start drinking I'm the first to raise a toast cause you're the first one that I think of when the forecast calls for snow Now I'm just waiting for the snow to melt to get a break and thing of something else ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Warming Up Additional Challenge: Must be SHARP Lyrics: you're just warming up to me now i know that i can be a little too much sometimes alright maybe most of the time I know that I'd struggle to love someone like me but You can see it You can see it You can feel the swing and sway All my crazy, random flailing Looks like dancing when you do it with me Can't you feel it Can't you feel it I'm just warming up to this now Not so long ago I would sooner die than be known But you are gentle and slow And the further this goes i swear to god it's almost like I can see it I can see it Strap me to the spinning lathe Take your tools to all my failings Decorate the floor as you cut them away I can see it I can see it But now I'm realising I could see it all this time Oh why do I only like myself when I'm reflected in your eyes I can see it For the first time How I outsourced all my smiling to you How I gave in Gave up learning Let you carry me cause you offered to How'd I miss this How'd I miss this How'd I miss this How I'll miss this How I'll miss this
S3 · E4
Mar 31, 2025 · 34 min
S3E4: Min/Max Your Wiping
Don't blame me for this title. This was Matt. Episode four of our once-respected podcast finds Bug and Matt diving deep into Hallmark Channel Movies and talking about their feelings Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode. Huge thanks to ⁠⁠⁠DeepBlueInk ⁠⁠⁠ for our artwork and squeezing us into his busy schedule! If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠you can go to our ⁠⁠⁠Bandcamp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to pay-what-you-want to support us! Our Music: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Narcissist Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and follow us on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, etc! Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends! -- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW -- Prompt: "Just a Feeling" ----Bug's Song----- Title: Liberal Kitty Additional Challenge: 200bpm Lyrics: He's just a feline looking well groomed He makes a beeline for me when he sees I have food And you can see why kitty is the king of the house you'll never hear him coming when he's ready to pounce His heroes are awesome: Bagheera, Mufasa He doesn't care for Aslan as we raised him as agnostic If you put on the Aristocats he does get quite upset cause this righteous little kitty really hates the 1% He's a Liberal Kitty That's the Liberal Kitty He shimmy, shimmy, shimmies to the left, and has the right to meow He voted for Kamala but it didn't count cause he's a liberal kitty, and just a literal cat He's just a feline sharing his views He doesn't see why people care which bathroom you use and it seems like you shouldn't need 2 jobs to survive sellling toe bean pictures on the web to get by He donates to causes, his toe beans are awesome Between Bernie and AOC his favorite's a toss-up He thinks we'll have a woman running things eventually and he really thinks that catnip should be moved to schedule 3 He's a liberal Kitty That's the Liberal Kitty He shimmy, shimmy, shimmies to the left, and has the right to meow He voted for Kamala but it didn't count cause he's a liberal kitty, and just a literal cat He is my liberal kitty he's from a deep blue city his toe beans are so pretty He is my liberal kitty He is my liberal kitty he's from a deep blue city his toe beans: itty bitty He is my liberal kitty ---- Matt's Song ----- Title: Aurora Teagarden: Reunited and it feels so Deadly Additional Challenge: Must be titled after a Hallmark Movie Lyrics: i gotta wonder what you're doing here i gotta little too comfortable i think i guess we gotta little used to not running in running in running in each other now we've had a bit of time to stew to really soften us up and soak it all in i thought i had a lot to say to you but open my mouth and bite off the tip of my tongue REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLY REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLY NANANANANA what a pity that you brought a gun i really thought for a moment you were happy to see me now what a shame that i came prepared with a kev with a kev with a kevlar vest and then you ask me if i liked the taste of my freshly brewed polonium tea not as much as i like the sound of the boom of the bomb that has gone off right under your seat REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLY REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO DEADLY Hate is really just a feeling that we share I squeeze your hand just to check you are still there And I feel like squeeze back in the dark

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