Dr. Affectionate

“Dr. Affectionate” is a crooner from “Flounder.” Sharon Hirata provided stately Tenor Saxophone and sprightly Soprano Saxophone, Mike (That One Guy) Silverman supplied sinuous standup bass, Andy Borger abetted by spinning the spidery trap drums groove so far behind the beat that it turns yesterday into tomorrow, and I, The StiKman vocalized and plucked understated piano.

We all need “caress units.” That lonely guy is doing the same thing under the covers as the attractive young couple except he’s doing it by himself. Wilhelm Reich believed that many diseases, and particularly cancer, were caused by deficits or constrictions in the flow of “Orgone energy”, which was a result from a healthy, uninhibited libidinal flow. So ladies, in order to maintain health and keep fit, have plenty of sex with The StiKman, and gentlemen, take it where you can get it.

Dr. Affectionate – Lyrics
What’s wrong?
Something missing?
Your breath down my neck.
Something that
sucks
chews
licks.
The calves tongue.
The mouse’s teeth.

A desire is going around the world
for mumbled words that yield no meaning.
Children lisp it,
and so do old men
all alone under the covers with their thumbs.
and questioned now,
your skin shrinks away from the test:
modesty,
which in the darkness
(when company was gone)
was not cast off.

Someone is called Dr. Affectionate
and he still lives in forbidden concealment.
Exact science classifies what’s missing
as caress units,
for which thus far
no substitute has been found.

from Broken Glass Promenade, track released 15 June 2014

Track Credits
Composed by The StiKman with lyrics by Günter Grass
Produced, Engineered, and Mixed by The StiKman
Production consultant: Nicholas Dobson
Recorded and Mixed at Polymorph.

The Stikman: Lead Vocals and piano
That One Guy: Upright Bass
Andy Borger Trap Drums
Sharon Hirata: Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Ralph Carney Alto and Baritone Saxophones
Matt Embrie and Igor: additional Piano

This is Sharon Hirata .

This is Sharon Hirata on Dr Affectionate

That 1 Guy 

Andy Borger