Episode 55. Paul Kitchen | Strings Attached Podcast

Episode 55 of Strings Attached!

Welcome to Episode 55 of my podcast. Let me take you on a tour of over 45 years of words and music. Strings Attached. We’ve got a new name, but we’re still free range and use the words Zazen and Zafu every now and then. This episode features tracks from the albums Lost in Babylon, Turquoise in Blue, A Matter of Time and Trip Note Vol. 3. It also includes an unreleased live rehearsal track from 1988 or so. Check it out.

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I Talk to Jesus Video


For the 35th date on my ‘No Rhyme or Reason Tour’. I recorded and filmed this performance of ‘I Talk to Jesus’ on 1-9-2025. I wrote the song in 1988 and released it on the ‘Lost in Babylon’ album in 1989.   

For this track, I pulled up the original 8 track recording and stripped it down, keeping only the keyboard bass riff, a couple guitar snippets, and a keyboard in the middle solo section.  I added a live guitar and vocal, bass, keys, bvox, drums and loops. I ran the original keyboard bass riff thru a DS Audio Tantra plugin, as well as one of the drum loops, and had a new groove for the song.    

As I have done on previous Live From the inSync Asylum videos, I recorded the track without headphones or monitoring the guitar, which was later run thru and Neural DSP Morgan Amp plugin. 

As for the song, I’ve never thought of it as a religious song, but more one of desperation. When I did the Lost in Babylon album, I was reading the bible, with some of the tracks veering toward the apocalyptic (like the leadoff track ‘Take a Nail’). I still think it’s one of my better albums, though it’s starting to sound exactly like it was recorded over 35 years ago.  Check out if you haven’t already.  

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Podcast Episode 32. Paul Kitchen | Live from the InSync Asylum

New Music Update. Episode 32 of Live from the InSync Asylum!

Welcome to Episode 32 of my podcast.  Let me take you on a tour of over 40 years of words and music, Live from the InSync Asylum. I was in the mood, and the tunes on this one are pretty good. This episode features an unreleased song from the album Petty Tyrant, as well as tracks from Trip Note: 1978-2018 Vol. 3, Potshots From Over the Hill, Lost in Babylon, and the new album Black & Grey. Check it out and play it on some good equipment!

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Podcast Episode 31. Paul Kitchen | Live from the InSync Asylum

New Music Update. Episode 31 of Live from the InSync Asylum!

Welcome to Episode 31 of my podcast.  Let me take you on a tour of over 40 years of words and music, Live from the InSync Asylum. Featuring rare and unreleased music as well as live performances. This episode features an unreleased song from the album Common Ground, as well as tracks from Trip Note: 1978-2018 Vol. 4, Potshots From Over the Hill, Lost in Babylon, and the new album Black & Grey. Check it out.

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Paul Kitchen | End of the Line | Live From the inSync Asylum Video

Paul Kitchen | End of the Line Live From the inSync Asylum. For the 21st date on my ‘No Rhyme or Reason Tour’, I chose to do another song from the ‘Lost in Babylon’ album. Written in 1989. Once again I recorded the song without monitoring the guitar or vocals, with no headphones. Interesting to do it that way, but i have to listen carefully. Interesting side note: I bought this IYV guitar a couple weeks ago from the Amazon warehouse for $125 I think. Someone had returned it, supposedly scratched up. I tuned it up and started playing it – nothing else. So far so good.

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Paul Kitchen | Spin | Live From the inSync Asylum Video

Paul Kitchen | Spin Live From the inSync Asylum. For the 20th date on my ‘No Rhyme or Reason Tour’, I chose to do this song from the ‘Lost in Babylon‘ album. My PC struggles with recording two webcams and a Cubase session all at the same time. So, to conserve resources I didn’t monitor the guitar, just hearing my voice and the IYV Guitar in the room – monitors, no headphones. Interesting to hear it later when run thru my processing. This has always been a special song to me. So cool to be playing it for the first time in over 30 years. Hope you like it. https://bit.ly/3p6UD3y

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