Iztac
At Mexico City’s Parque Zoologico de Chapultepec, Iztac, a rare snow leopard, swings from a trapeze while sleeping - dreaming!
Iztac is dreaming of simple worlds with simple rules, stretched in sequence across infinite universes. Everyone has an idea about how things should be, and these are the realms he explores each night, silently padding past the hedges at midnight, unnoticed by the citizens of the world of your Aunt’s politics, the world of your politics, and the world of no politics. These worlds are frightening, but Iztac doesn’t mind. He knows he’ll wake up in the zoo soon. There, he can see how complex the world is on its own. Although he is a prisoner, he knows no one can hurt him. He wonders what the people looking at him are thinking.
He will escape.
Joseph C. Krause
Michael “Biggs” Kallio
Iztac
Written and Produced by Joseph C. Krause
Front cover illustration – Michael “Biggs” Kallio
Typography – Robbie Bethune
Font inspired by the typography at the ticket counter inside Palacio de las Bellas Artes in Mexico CIty.
Original samples used on this album include:
Piano – Bought from CLem Fortuna
Kalimba – A gift from Auntie Pam
Horn – Erin Taylor
Trombone – Chad Wilson
Voice – Crystal Smith
1. Iztac
Iztac’s snore – Karl Wolf
Spanish announcement – Angelica Mendoza
”I’ve seen these before…” – Dr. Boyfriend
Thanks Dr. Boyfriend, Mark Alor Powell, and Lon Rinn
2. I Need A Garbage Man In My Life (feat. Stashu)
Poem – Yvonne Szymczak
Video released as Zelda and the Unibrows
Photos – Swivs
Lyrics:
A
Need
I
I need a garbage man in my life
The kind that’s not afraid to flip a can
(I need a garbage man in my life
The kind thats not afraid to flip a can)
I need a
And lets the combined trash juices run down his leg
Without a flinch
Or even a thought for the need of a baby wipe or a shower
The kind that can endure all the dirty things you dont want to see anymore
I need a
The kind of person who will put the things you needed once and don't need no more
Take it out your door And this dirty middle-man will meet it at the curb
(You know what a mess is dont ya?)
This dirty business
No handshakes here
Just flies buzzing through your ears
(Poop)
I need a garbage man in my life
That good old public service rock and roll
(I need a garbage man in my life)
I need a garbage man in my life
That good old public service rock and roll
3. Discount Time Travel
(Theme for Mitch Haba’s podcast.)
Lyrics:
Mitch was hanging out in Detroit
Taking pictures in abandoned buildings
Under a tarp next to trendy street art
He saw a flywheel with some tarnished gildings
It was a time machine And Mitch soon found that it still worked
But it had problems to work out for instance
Newscaster David Brinkley’s head fell right off!
”I could make good money on this,” he thought,
“Even though it makes time unravel. I'll keep my rates low,
Start an interview show,
And make a podcast called Discount Time Travel. Yeah!”
4. City on the Move
Public domain samples courtesy The Detroit Historical Society and Prelinger Archives
Additional production – Clark Eagling
5. Locomotion
Created for the film of the same title by Gary Schwartz
”Bum bum bum bum” – Gary Schwartz
Военно-воздушные силы России –Lado Darakhvelidze
Brendibot – Jeff Jimison
6. Playing With Dolls
Created for the film of the same title by Gary Schwartz
Released June 27, 2020