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Whiskey Meetings

from The Other Side of Hell EP by Black House

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Although I had made an effort before this to declare my non-binary gender identity in small ways, this is the first time I put it into such plain words. The song focuses on encounters with cultural stereotypes in general and specific experiences in which someone perceived me to be someone I am not, especially during the time in my life when I was most often perceived as a cisgender man. I was actually surprised by some of the things that were said when folks assumed there were no women around, Mad Men-esque sentiments that I may have naively thought went the way of whiskey-soaked business meetings. That new-found level disgust and other various frustrations are what fueled this song. I kept it upbeat because it's supposed to show you just how ridiculous it is to assume that nobody will know you are a hater just because you close a door--so quit being ridiculous and treat EVERYONE like you want to be treated, no matter who you see in front of you.

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I'm not a man
I don't want your whiskey meetings
I'm not a woman
Won’t stay home to raise the children
So don't slap me on the back
Don't you try to grab my ass
I'm not yr boy, and I'm not yr girl.

You saw me getting on the elevator
And said you wished I'd been a pretty girl
Take your misogyny camaraderie
And get yourself away from me
Or you'll be sorry for that creepy smile

Sitting next to me on the airplane
Told you to turn your phone off comin’ down
You looked at me and my magazine
Attacked my masculinity
Don't you know that shit don’t work on me?

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from The Other Side of Hell EP, released November 7, 2014

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Black House Corvallis, Oregon

Folky country bluesy whatever. This is myself as a queer person, as a survivor of all kinds of mess, as a life enthusiast, in musical form.

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