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Alternative & Experimental Music artist from Lafayette, CA. 60+ songs free to stream or download. Add to your playlist now.

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John Tenney

Picture for song 'Buses' by artist 'John Tenney'

Buses Buses

Hungarian trolley buses swoosh through a mysterious Asian soundscape...

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Picture for song 'Man To Man (Thank You Spam!)' by artist 'John Tenney'

Man To Man (Thank You Spam!) Man To Man (Thank You Spam!)

Two guys meet at the gym to discuss their philosophies of life and--love?? The War Of the Sexes lives on!

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Picture for song 'At the Cafe' by artist 'John Tenney'

At the Cafe At the Cafe

Two couples, enjoying their holidays in Paris, undergo a strange adventure...

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Picture for song 'Airport' by artist 'John Tenney'

Airport Airport

Waiting for a flight in a distant city. Don't be afraid...

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Picture for song 'NO2' by artist 'John Tenney'

NO2 NO2

Dreaming feverishly in the dentist's chair...

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Picture for song 'Panel Discussion' by artist 'John Tenney'

Panel Discussion Panel Discussion

The Vocalizers are having a meeting, to discuss (slag, really) the relative merits of their synthesized colleagues. Are they human or not? They insult each other and spin off into random weirdness, just like real people...

Experimental

Picture for song 'Elephant Orchestra' by artist 'John Tenney'

Elephant Orchestra Elephant Orchestra

Picture it: On a street in Bangkok, an orchestra of endangered elephants, playing music for love and money. But who's that real old guy in the flowered shirt, skulking on the sidelines? The elephants will have the last word about him...

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Picture for song 'What You Want' by artist 'John Tenney'

What You Want What You Want

Two guys talk about Big Questions while they walk into a bizarre Asian cityscape. They emerge with a new "friend" in tow, and no closer to any answers.

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Picture for song 'A Life On Tape' by artist 'John Tenney'

A Life On Tape A Life On Tape

Our solitary hero wallows in his past, thanks to his old tape recorder. Little does he suspect what lies in store (shades of Alfred Hitchcock)...

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Picture for song 'Middle Of Nowhere' by artist 'John Tenney'

Middle Of Nowhere Middle Of Nowhere

A young hotshot heads for India on business. His jetlag is so powerful that it's positively hallucinogenic. Or is it more than that?

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Picture for song 'Audition' by artist 'John Tenney'

Audition Audition

The Vocalizer Players constantly need new talent, who will feel The World of Theatre coursing through their veins like mother's milk (huh??) The classics take a beating when these potential Vocalizers start chewing the scenery...

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Picture for song 'The Show Must Go On' by artist 'John Tenney'

The Show Must Go On The Show Must Go On

The Vocalizers have accepted new members, and in the tradition of "troupers" everywhere launch their latest blockbuster production, with disastrous results...

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Picture for song 'I Feel So Powerful' by artist 'John Tenney'

I Feel So Powerful I Feel So Powerful

The Vocalizer Players are at it again. Our hero, playing the part of a "warrior in the corporate trenches," faces off against the director. Nothing goes right; even the understudy has a hissy fit and flounces off the stage...

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Picture for song 'To the Ends Of the Earth' by artist 'John Tenney'

To the Ends Of the Earth To the Ends Of the Earth

"Oh oh here she comes..." It's the first appearance of Pellagra Transom, world-weary femme fatale and all-around man-eater.

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Picture for song 'Pellagra's Blues' by artist 'John Tenney'

Pellagra's Blues Pellagra's Blues

She's baaack... Is she a garden-variety b----, or a one-woman justification for slaughtering Westerners? Whatever you think, Pellagra was born to raise trouble...

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Picture for song 'Olay Pellagra' by artist 'John Tenney'

Olay Pellagra Olay Pellagra

Like she says, everybody's dying to know everything there is to know about her. Right? Right?

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Picture for song 'Talent Show' by artist 'John Tenney'

Talent Show Talent Show

The Vocalizers just wanna have fun, but show their true colors: backbiting, booing each other, stealing all the glory they can, and in the end taking pathetic revenge. An old, old story...

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Picture for song 'It Was the Heat' by artist 'John Tenney'

It Was the Heat It Was the Heat

An elderly Englishman is delirious from heatstroke, sprawled on the African veldt sometime in the 1920s or 30s, and his life flashes before his ears... Well, that's one possible interpretation. Dream up your own...

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Picture for song 'Somebody's Wedding, Berkeley Hills' by artist 'John Tenney'

Somebody's Wedding, Berkeley Hills Somebody's Wedding, Berkeley Hills

Maybe I've been playing too many weddings... Here's a fantasy of a wedding gone horribly wrong, partly based on the weird rules of a real place. The string quartet at the beginning is not my own, believe me...

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Picture for song 'Spudnut Shop, Berkeley, 1955' by artist 'John Tenney'

Spudnut Shop, Berkeley, 1955 Spudnut Shop, Berkeley, 1955

A 9-year-old intellectual kid (guess who?) stops in for a snack at the shop of a crusty old right-wing troglodyte. Strange things begin to happen, needless to say...

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