by Jam Mechanics
Two bands who span the Atlantic, having a chat across the planet. Drafting jams from random challenges, fantastic banter while we're at it. So just relax and watch our antics; it's the pan-Atlantic Jam Mechanics Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt Johnston from The Narcissist Cookbook and Bug from Bug Hunter. Each week we'll take on songwriting challenges and present our finished "demo" after a few hour break.
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April 6, 2026
<p>The Wiki'd Witch has retired. Season 4 closes with a look back at the audience rankings and questions, as well as a little surprise at the end!</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/39XOEoh22kWNy5vsEZbAuX?si=r5RwdkxDR_uaboLCkSwRnQ">The Narcissist Cookbook</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3icuKNh1iYRvYPiEkxiAfR?si=_LpDbhInTgi7C_KOexiHyQ"></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3icuKNh1iYRvYPiEkxiAfR?si=_LpDbhInTgi7C_KOexiHyQ">Bug Hunter</a></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/VSmYJwNbmt">and our brand-new discord is here</a></p>
March 9, 2026
<p>Oh That? That's Episode 10 of szn 4 of Jam Mechanics, Baby. We finish out the season by defying all expectations and proving our worst enemies wrong</p><p><a href="https://forms.gle/eDs7o74vZZLsv2gt5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow">OUR SZN 4 FEEDBACK FORM</a></p><p>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. </p><p>If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, you can go to our <a href="https://jammechanics.bandcamp.com/">Bandcamp</a> or <a href="https://jammechanics.com/">website</a> to pay-what-you-want to support us!</p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/VSmYJwNbmt">and our brand-new discord is here</a></p><p>and follow us on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jammechanics/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@JamMechanics">YouTube</a>, etc!</p><p>Please rate / review and share the show (and our music) with friends!</p><p><br></p><p>-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --</p><p>----Bug's Song-----</p><p>Title: The Storm</p><p>Prompt Page: Jester --> Punch and Judy --> <strong>The Devil</strong></p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>I ain't scared of The Devil</p><p>I don't believe in Bad Luck</p><p>They tried their best to convince me</p><p>but the grift never stuck</p><p>Because the Devil's just Thunder</p><p>When you hear it you hide</p><p>its just the sound it makes</p><p>The Danger outside</p><p><br></p><p>Go to bed, go to bed, little darling rest your head</p><p>you are safe from the storm while you sleep</p><p>The crashes you hear, so far off, nowhere near</p><p>cannot hurt you when you sit with me</p><p>When I was young, just a kid, my own mother told me this</p><p>that storms were the gods in a fight</p><p>I imagined the battle, the roar and the rattle,</p><p>was the lord keeping watching in the night</p><p><br></p><p>So I ain't scared of The Devil</p><p>I don't believe in tall tales</p><p>She tried her best to convince me</p><p>that's where everyone fails</p><p>Because the Devil's just Thunder</p><p>When you hear it you hide</p><p>its just the sound it makes</p><p>The Danger outside</p><p><br></p><p>So go to bed, go to bed, little darling rest your head</p><p>its not God who keeps watch over us</p><p>Its the roof that we built, its your pillows and quilt</p><p>that your mother and I put our trust</p><p><br></p><p>we're cursed by a god with illusion of choice</p><p>when survival depends on the one to destroy</p><p>and we're judged as a sinner as if we could stop but</p><p>I will put you in the crib before I put you in the coffin</p><p><br></p><p>so I ain't scared of The Devil</p><p>I don't believe he exists</p><p>But someone had to invent him</p><p>and I am damn scared of them</p><p><br></p><p>So don't go out in The Storm, love</p><p>Not because of the noise</p><p>The thunder is harmless</p><p>It's only the voice</p><p>So don't go out in The Storm, love</p><p>Not because of the noise</p><p>The thunder is harmless</p><p>The Devil's their voice</p><p><br></p><p>---- Matt's Song -----</p><p>Title: The Vulgar Tongue</p><p>Prompt Page: June Gloom --> Colloquialism --> <strong>Slang</strong></p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>they hear us coming but they don't know where we're coming from</p><p>they see us perching at the edge of the town</p><p>we talk in circles and we gabble in tongues</p><p>and we crow like the birds</p><p>on the slope of the church</p><p>picking eyes out of fresh cadavers</p><p><br></p><p>we're c c coming we're c c coming oh</p><p><br></p><p>we are the very dregs, that leaked onto your kitchen floor from a hole at the bottom of the barrel</p><p>we are the nameless things that sing you to a restless sleep crouching at the outside of your window</p><p>we are the urges you can't purge, the easy lies you tell, the flies that gather in the eyes of cattle</p><p>we are the thoughts you bat away you can't ignore, like the rotten tooth you tongue and dig around in when you're bored</p><p>and we're coming</p><p>(we're c c coming oh we're c c comin oh)</p><p>solo</p><p><br></p><p>they hear us coming but they don't know where we're coming from</p><p>they think they're safe if they plug up their ears</p><p>but there's a backdoor to every heart</p><p>and we knock just to check </p><p>if it could take a kick</p><p>and we paint a red cross on the timber</p><p><br></p><p>we're c c coming we're c c coming oh</p><p><br></p><p>you are the favourite children, lauded above all, the shining sceptre at the centre of creation</p><p>you are a princess, just a grotesque mess of senses, you're an empty car just begging to be driven</p><p>can you imagine what's like to be the bedrock of the world, to realise your purpose is just to be stepped on</p><p>well you know what, don't you worry bout it child - you hear that knock? soon you won't have to imagine</p><p><br></p><p>we're coming</p>
February 23, 2026
<p>Episode 9 won't disappoint you like a Big Boy Yoda. We talk brushes with fame and our biggest bombs before both writing bangers</p><p><br /></p><p>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. </p><p>If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, you can go to our <a href="https://jammechanics.bandcamp.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> or <a href="https://jammechanics.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a> to pay-what-you-want to support us!</p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/VSmYJwNbmt" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">and our brand-new discord is here</a></p><p><br /></p><p>-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --</p><p>--Bug's Song--</p><p>Title: Just Because</p><p>Prompt Page: San Diego Comic-con --> San Diego Pride --> <strong>June Gloom</strong></p><p>Lyrics: </p><p>There's no funeral, there's no wedding</p><p>it's just a random weekend in February</p><p>but the gang's all here and ready to hang out</p><p><br /></p><p>This ain't sick leave, this ain't work-from-home</p><p>this is pure shit, uncut PTO</p><p>3 full days, no chores, no plans somehow</p><p><br /></p><p>The kids grew up and all moved out but everyone's back in town...</p><p><br /></p><p>Just Because! We put it on the Calendar</p><p>Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're</p><p>just some buds travellin to hang around Just Because...</p><p><br /></p><p>And just because is as good as any reason</p><p>Because Just Because just makes it easy</p><p>Just believe it does, Just Because</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not a diet, or a lifestyle</p><p>its just a little unexpected but I thought I'd try it</p><p>my friends are looking at me like they're shocked</p><p>It's not a burger, it's not nuggies</p><p>It's not either of the two foods you'd expect of me</p><p>Its a brand new side of the menu that I've unlocked</p><p><br /></p><p>The kid's grown up his palette, I have just ordered a salad...</p><p><br /></p><p>Just Because! I'm monchin' on a salad here</p><p>Just Because! I liked the way it sounds and we're</p><p>Just some buds taken on the salad bar Just Because</p><p><br /></p><p>And just because is as good as any reason</p><p>Because Just Because just makes it easy</p><p>Just believe it does, Just Because</p><p><br /></p><p>I can tell ya something if ya say I never told ya</p><p>The secret is the vinegar, your ears are baking soda</p><p>I need to keep it quiet if you lean a little closer</p><p>The only thing that's keepin ya from doin' what you're doin'</p><p>is often not enough to stop ya if you wanna do it</p><p>It doesn't take much to get the motivated movin'</p><p><br /></p><p>you may have thought you hit your limit</p><p>but here's two words to fix it:</p><p><br /></p><p>Just Because! we're having such a better year</p><p>Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're</p><p>just some buds finding out the power of Just Because</p><p>---- Matt's Song -----</p><p>Title: Criss-Cross Applesauce</p><p>Prompt Page: Rube Goldberg-> Boob McNutt -> Jester (via Buffoonish)</p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>you might be guided by the cards</p><p>or the full moon's gravity</p><p>pick a path by plotting stars</p><p>or the patterns in the leaves</p><p>add up numbers in the bible</p><p>til you land on sum you like</p><p>if you're really having trouble</p><p>ask your friends for some advice</p><p><br /></p><p>feed a universe of data</p><p>to a planet-sized machine</p><p>maybe god will call back later</p><p>within 7 working weeks</p><p>baby throw yourself at anything</p><p>at anyone at all</p><p>to get the sense that this direction you are stumbling in's the one that leads you home</p><p><br /></p><p>but if the cards are shuffled badly</p><p>and the moon pulls only tides</p><p>and the leaves clump all together</p><p>and the stars slip out of line</p><p>and the bible's numbers add up to</p><p>42069</p><p>and your friends suggestions get you guessing they're out of their minds</p><p>if the algorithm feeds you only ads and right wing news</p><p>if god's call center's automated</p><p>and no one puts you through</p><p>baby throw yourself a party</p><p>invite everyone you know</p><p>sit beside them criss-cross applesauce, this chaos is the closest thing to home</p><p><br /></p><p>grab yourself a cushion make yourself as comfortable</p><p>as the uncarpeted kitchen floor allows</p><p>friends, i love you endlessly but you would never know</p><p>cause I never say that sort of thing out loud</p><p>above us see the sky fissures and rends itself apart</p><p>while beneath us magma boils at the core</p><p>and in between this room of us, the circle will break only once</p><p>the last of us has fallen to the sword</p>
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Two bands who span the Atlantic, having a chat across the planet. Drafting jams from random challenges, fantastic banter while we're at it. So just relax and watch our antics; it's the pan-Atlantic Jam Mechanics
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt Johnston from The Narcissist Cookbook and Bug from Bug Hunter. Each week we'll take on songwriting challenges and present our finished "demo" after a few hour break.
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