The following are excerpts from the liner notes of the full-length CD Wax Onomatopoeia (2009) by DJ Earl-e.
"Zsong" is sort of an interlude song, raw and uncomplicated. It is another song from the "93 Poway days (see "Wax On" liner notes), but this version is the second version. The original cut had some other elements in it, like a sample of a skateboard ollie for a snare, a sample of a pinball table flipper, and more, but a computer hiccup somehow lost the original version, leaving this simpler song in the mix. What I added later, to lend to the continuity of this album, was the intro which was taken from a late night session with my homies Juggla, Vegas, and Prose. I was house-sitting in a small trailer on a bout an acre of land on the outskirts of Iowa City in the dead cold of January 1994. This was one of those nights where we just played music and left the mic on record, capturing some fleeting bits of genius in between the ridiculous and ludicrous moments...I'm not sure what this part was, but it sure makes us laugh to this day. The Captain Z bit just had to go with this song.
The title "Zsong" comes from the guitar loop, can you guess why?
The next song, "Slayin'" is a newer song from Earl-e, but started with an old idea. Back in high school, I was in chorus, and we would sing a Christmas medley including "Jingle Bells" and "Sleigh Ride." I do think that I felt like slaying my chorus director after singing these for the 2000th time...
The song is really a (maybe not so) subtle commentary on the 24-hour media fed society and how many of these pundits, experts, and academics (the vultures) relish in the reportage of carnage.
