Album Notes

...um...let's see...11 tunes, most of them brand new...some of them really ancient (i. e. "I Lie The Truth" is a tarted-up 1983 Waitresses' demo)...general concept was to write about dysfunctional characters that one might encounter on a daily basis = passing for 'normal'...recorded at my rehearsal studio, in my bedroom, everywhere...production concept was to keep the parts simple, but interlocking and not layered...has a rough demo quality that is more mid-fi than lo-fi...brass on "Capitalism" orchestrated by Chris D. Butler (no relation)...which leads me to my next project = a CD made with people only named 'Chris Butler'!

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A QUICKIE BIO -

Seminal New Waver, blah blah & etc. Member of Tin Huey in late '70's. Songwriter/producer/guitarist for all Waitresses stuff (including "Square Pegs" TV show theme and "Christmas Wrapping"), early '80's. Spent rest of decade producing (Freedy Johnston, Scruffy The Cat, Joan Osbourne) & writing songs in hard-won obscurity, playing drums and doing freelance writing for tech and music mags. Popped back on to the scene with a series of 45's recorded on antique audio gear using Edison wax cylinders, 1940's wire recorders and 1930's home diskcutters. In 1996, released "The Devil Glitch", a 69-minute song with over 500 verses (1998 Guinness Book of World Records "World's Longest Pop Song!"). In 1997, released "I Feel A Bit Normal Today" - a CD of new bent pop. Played drums with Richard Lloyd (Television). In 2001, released "Un Petit Gouter - The Best of Kilopop!" - a fake "Best of" from a fake Euro-pop band.

In, 2001, released "Easy Life" (plus a "alt.easylife.cd" - an out take CD) - a CD song cycle based on the murder of four students at Kent State University in 1970. In 2002, releases "The Museum of Me" - a collection of 10-years-worth of audio experiments using antique and obsolete recording gear. Currently collapsed in a corner, and not planning to do a thing unless there is a damn good reason to.

June/cb