Xander ,'Selfless'
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Joe, do you have the Credibility Gap's records?
Robyn Hitchcock did an album with Gillian Welch? Is it good?
I haven't heard it. It's the album Spooked. David Rawlings is on it too. It's just the three of them sitting in a circle with their guitars, I think. I'll probably check it out.
I've heard Spooked, and I liked it very much. It's available on Emusic if you're signed up.
Joe, do you have the Credibility Gap's records?
No. Let me guess: Chris Guest is on them. I'm going by the stuff I've heard on the Shearer site & years ago on Dr. Demento, plus the Shearer bio & McKean interview.
No. Let me guess: Chris Guest is on them.
No, no! You're right. I was just checking to see if I should tape it for you. I've also got Phil Austin's (of Firesign) solo project Roller Maidens something something.
I had considered doing a sidebar on counter-culture comedy albums for the book since that's kind of a lost world and they were all so music focused. I've got a funny National Lampoon LP (with Christopher Guest) where he natters on (very Spinal Tappian) about his band The Dog's Breakfast and his plans to do a symphony in space with the Sadler-Wells ballet.
I was just checking to see if I should tape it for you.
That would be excellent. And I'd really love to hear the Austin. He & David Ossman are my favorite Firesigns. I think I read that Austin was the one responsible for most of the music, as well as the one who brought a musical sensibility to their approach, and I think that the music is one of the best things about them. Porgie Tirebiter, He's a spy and a girl delighter...
Heh. Back from the Shadows again! Out where an Injun's your friend! Where the veg'tables are green, and you can pee into the stream!
I confess that I don't know one Firesign guy from another, but I do like the songs.
Shoes for industry! Shoes for the dead!
We must pull together, like a twin! All for one, and all for one! Let's hear it for me!
Things I like about living overseas: the radio just played "Last Christmas" by George Michael, followed immediately by "Motherfucking P-I-M-P" (uncensored) by Fifty Cent.
"You're listening to Cognitive Dissonance 98.9! Stay tuned for more!"
Sounds like TripleJ ... excpet they'd never play Last Christmas by George Michael