S4E1: The Jam McAdemy

Episode 1 of the Jam Mechanics podcast, hosted by Jam Mechanics, titled "S4E1: The Jam McAdemy" was published on November 3, 2025 and runs 36 minutes.

November 3, 2025 ·36m · Jam Mechanics

Summary

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 Cookbook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bug Hunter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and our brand-new discord is here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠and 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 ItPrompt Page: Modern Girl -> Beckton Gasworks -> 1984Lyrics:You must be pretty bored by now watching mejust watching tv eating sushi off the cushions of my couchso I learned a couple poems and I recite them in the darkand if you like them I can learn a couple more this time tomorrowcause I'm feelin' pretty guilty for my 1 surveillance agentwho's assigned to watch me through the 1-way glassas much as I don't want this you have clearly drawn the short strawand no one deserves a punishment like thatSo I hope you like it, like what I'm dointhe little puppet shows I put on just for you and only youI hope you like it, like what I'm doinjust for youI can't keep novels in the house but I can do dramatic readingsof the pamphlets that they slip under the doorI do a pretty good impression of the freedom secretarybut my minister of peace still needs some workIf you like it, let me know, flip the lights but if you don'tI can probably teach myself a dance or twoWe can workshop things together, I wanna practice and get betterthe man inside the mirror, this one's for youSo I hope you like it, like what I'm dointhe little puppet shows I put on just for you and only youI hope you like it, like what I'm doinjust for youAnd when the revolution comes and they rip you from my wallsI hope you never saw it coming when your jurisdiction fallsI hope the little song and dance that I distracted you with isthe final tune stuck in your head when the realization hitsSo I hope you like it, like what I'm dointhe little puppet shows I put on just for you and only youI hope you like it, like what I'm doinjust for you---- Matt's Song -----Title: The Thatcher EffectPrompt Page: Modern Girl -> Picture Disc -> Optical IllusionsLyrics:Do you know that you talk in your sleep when I'm drivingMumbling moaning mostly incoherent butsometimes a phrase just slips out before you bite it offI can't quite explain how it feels to be hearing youTelling the truth after so many yearsI could write you a letter or better put it in a songYou swear you're arrivingIt looks like you're walking awayYou blur my surroundings when I focus in on your faceYour features all scramble and change The shadows are pulled centre-stageTil I can't even see what I thought I saw yesterdayDo you know that you kinda look weird when you're smilingIt's all in your teeth, doesn't quite reach your eyes andI bet with a little more practise you could have it downThe insides are all coming tumbling outAnd the upsides are dwarfed by my towering doubtsAnd I can't take my eyes off this horrible mess we have foundIt's not what it looks likeYou say, that my senses are flawedLook at this way, you'll see that it's nothing at allI've come at it from every angleWhat a brilliant trick you have pulledI can't even see what I thought I saw yesterday

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