A Central Banker's Dilemma (Dirigo Remix) by The Astroturf.

As featured in NPR's Planet Money.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money /2008/11/hear_uncle_sam_plays_ god.html

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Alan greenspan used to be the toast of the town
Everyone loved his interest rates, he twirled them round and round

Under his guiding hand liquidity was almost free
It flowed like wine we passed it around between you and me

Chorus:
I'm having nightmares of stagflation. We're running out of room
The overnight rates way too low. It's either bust or boom

Liquidity is almost gone I just passed out on that bench
Ben Bernannke can you spare a drop my thirst must be quenched

The subrime debt steadily climbs the writeoffs just won't stop
The maestro what have you done your reputation's shot

I'm having nightmares of stagflation. We're running out of room
The greatest of all dilemmas. It's either bust or boom

Ben Bernanke where's your sense you gotta listen to the hawks
Just look at the ECB - inflation targeting would never stop

I opened up the paper the headline inflation is 5.6
Since your target was roughly 2 you must be feeling sick

I'm having nightmares of stagflation. We're running out of room
The overnight rates too low. It's either bust or boom

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This one's called "The King of Spain" Maybe it's from his self-titled EP, or maybe it's a new one. Anyway it's not on his (awesome) album "Shallow Grave". I shot it with my phone during the Eurosonic festival in Groningen, Holland. Enjoy.

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Please visit me on the web at: http://randygeorgemusic.com

This video is an experiment to see how rapidly the theremin can be injected into the world's collective consciousness. It's amazing that not everyone knows what a theremin is. It was one of the first electronic musical instruments ever made and it was invented in 1919. Are Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse from Gnarls Barkley really theremin players? There's only one way to find out!

some notes:
The main theremin was passed through iZotope Trash, an awesome software guitar effects plugin. The video was edited entirely in Adobe After Effects. The hand on the carpet was to simulate wind noise, definitely cause for confusion. This also means all the parts of the song were performed with hands only. CRAZY!

Randy George - Moog Etherwave Pro Theremin, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Minimoog Voyager, carpet
KD - Akai MPC drum machine
OG - background vocals on keyboard
Elliot - Fender Bass VI

This video performance is dedicated to the pioneers, Leon Theremin and Bob Moog, who devoted their lives to music in the electronic medium. Without them the music world would not be what it is today.

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Randy George - Moog Etherwave Pro Theremin

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I made my own Remix of Dayman, check out It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on FX-- its a hilarious show. For the mp3 check out my blog: http://www.stuartml.com/blog

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