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.
You know me! I'm like, "Go school! It's your birthday!" Or something to that effect.
Willow ,'Empty Places'
Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan
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 boucher - Jan 04, 2005 7:49:22 am PST #6752 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
DavidS - Jan 04, 2005 7:54:58 am PST #6753 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
joe boucher - Jan 04, 2005 8:08:24 am PST #6754 of 10003
I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve. - John Prine
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...
Hayden - Jan 04, 2005 8:36:28 am PST #6755 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
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.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 04, 2005 8:55:02 am PST #6756 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Shoes for industry! Shoes for the dead!
Gandalfe - Jan 04, 2005 9:23:39 am PST #6757 of 10003
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
We must pull together, like a twin! All for one, and all for one! Let's hear it for me!
Volans - Jan 04, 2005 11:05:17 pm PST #6758 of 10003
move out and draw fire
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!"
evil jimi - Jan 05, 2005 5:19:11 am PST #6759 of 10003
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
Sounds like TripleJ ... excpet they'd never play Last Christmas by George Michael
DavidS - Jan 05, 2005 4:35:46 pm PST #6760 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
We get reviewed in the Jan issue of Magnet:
“Pop-culture zine Scram presents an anthology of bite-sized essays about obscure, overlooked and flat-out bizarre albums. As a Cliffs Notes of the outré, LOST IN THE GROOVES is a stone gas, placing genuine curiosities like CHEVROLET SINGS OF SAFE DRIVING AND YOU alongside jaw-droppers like Marvin Gaye’s 1978 divorce cycle HERE, MY DEAR. Now-mainstream oddities are avoided for less obvious ones; Lou Reed’s METAL MACHINE MUSIC isn’t here, but THE BELLS is. The result is like a midnight bull session with your inner, ADD-afflicted rock geek.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 05, 2005 4:39:19 pm PST #6761 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Damn, Hec. It's a shame you didn't have that last line as a cover quote. And THE BELLS review was one of the ones that really caught my attention (first Lou Reed album I bought, because it was supposedly "electornic" music according to some review, and I was going through a heavy synthesizer phase).