
← Jam Mechanics29 Dec 2025 · 37 min
S4E5: It's Me, Diapers!
<p>This is our most unhinged ep 5 yet. We talk superpowers, dark web librarians, and how to recognize when your favorite podcast is incapable of putting out a bad episode.</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: <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></p><p>Our Music:</p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/39XOEoh22kWNy5vsEZbAuX?si=r5RwdkxDR_uaboLCkSwRnQ" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Narcissist Cookbook</a><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3icuKNh1iYRvYPiEkxiAfR?si=_LpDbhInTgi7C_KOexiHyQ" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/3icuKNh1iYRvYPiEkxiAfR?si=_LpDbhInTgi7C_KOexiHyQ" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bug Hunter</a></p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/VSmYJwNbmt" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Our Discord</a></p><p><br /></p><p>-- SPOILERS BELOW --</p><p>--Bug's Song--</p><p>Title: Richard Noir</p><p>Prompt: Structural Integrity and Failure -> 9/11 -> <strong>The War on Terror</strong></p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>The names ichard, like Richard with No R</p><p>I was 2 minutes from flying the coop when</p><p>some little bird wanders in out the rain</p><p>looking for help</p><p><br /></p><p>She goes on and on about a strange man</p><p>that's popped up in her families neighborhood</p><p>she's clearly traveled a long ways for my help</p><p>I can tell from her plumage she ain't from 'round here</p><p><br /></p><p>Whats a rural bird doing so far from home</p><p>I ain't got time for bird-house calls</p><p>I've never been an early bird but even I know that no good</p><p>ever comes from staying out this late</p><p><br /></p><p>But then she drops the crucial detail that stops me in my tracks</p><p>"he ain't moved in a week"</p><p>hmm, that is interesting. Anyone who knows anything about man</p><p>knows that they are fidgety and quick -- always on the move</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe its time to see what happens when this unstoppable force</p><p>meets an immovable object</p><p><br /></p><p>So me and the little bird fly back to her home in the sticks</p><p>little farm just west of cityville and we set up an old-fashioned stake out</p><p>And sure as sunshine, this ain't no wild goose chase</p><p>Theres a man towering over the corn field</p><p><br /></p><p>Her first instinct is to bury her head in the dirt but</p><p>I've crapped on enough statues to know that nothing was ever</p><p>gonna get this beast to give chase</p><p><br /></p><p>That's a scare crow, ya scared crow.</p><p>tell your scared folks to be scared no more</p><p>this rare foe couldn't hurt a sparrow, ya know?</p><p><br /></p><p>With that I left her in the rain,</p><p>another mystery solved</p><p>She shouts after me:</p><p>How can I ever repay you, Richard??</p><p><br /></p><p>I say: It's Ichard, Noir!</p><p>-- Matt's Song --</p><p>Title: Poison Ivy</p><p>Prompt: Magia Naturalis -> Poison -> <strong>Poison Ivy</strong></p><p>Lyrics:</p><p>So you're walking through the woods in the US of A </p><p>Got your booty shorts on like you do every day</p><p>You get your bare feet rocking, letting the dogs hang out</p><p>You got your shirt off too cause it's 100 degrees</p><p>Berry picking cause you got a hunger to feed</p><p>this is what being free is all about</p><p>You're kicking through the forest out on your own</p><p>If you remember one thing then remember this poem</p><p>If you see three leaves better let it be</p><p>cause it's poison ivy</p><p><