LUMPENPROLETARIAT—I used to sneak into the piano rooms at Modesto Junior College.  Thanks to a kind soul, who shared his passcode with me to get into the locked closet-like piano rooms.  (At the College of San Mateo, the piano rooms were also closet-like, but they were left unlocked during school hours.)

I’d just punch in the code in the door’s keypad, sit down at an upright piano, and run through J Mascis‘ “Everybody Lets Me Down.”  That song translates brilliantly to a stripped-down piano accompaniment.  Give it a go.

—Messina

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“Everybody Lets Me Down” (2002) – J Mascis + The Fog

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Marc Maron (b. 1963) vs. J Mascis (b. 1965)

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“Circle” interpreted by J Mascis

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“Circle” (1998) by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

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“What I Am” (1988) by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

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“Slow Down” (1990) by Brand Nubian

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“Don’t Let It Go to Your Head” (1998) by Brand Nubian

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