I don't know if the mission statement covers stuff like this, but since it's fabulous, I don't care.
A brand new, very funny, interview with The Firesign Theatre. Who are touring, apparently. Opening for Great White.
[h/t Merciful Lee Dickens]
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On a recent car trip with The Surly Teenager, I put "Dear Friends" in the CD player. Blew his little mind. All he could say was, "Those guys are *random!*" Which, in our little corner of the world, is high praise among the high school freshmen.
Dear Friends has one of my all time favorite bits of theirs.
"I Was a Cockteaser at Roosterama!"
well, i'll be.
I'm ecstatic to find the web presence of the great Steve Simels- the only record reviewer I agreed with 100% as an adolescent who was gravely concerned with pop-rock and read every review I could get my hands on. Nice blog you have here!
Doubly thrilled: mention of the Firesign Theater. Triply: I can chime in with "Dear Friends" fans, that one remains my favorite Firesign recording, by far. My eldest son is fast approaching the age in which I think he'd appreciate their special brand of humor- it should be fun.
Oh, man, do I love Firesign. So many classic lines:
"How long have Pico and Alvarado been gone?" "Since 1500." "Wow, that's longer than anyone's ever been gone before!"
"Trailerbikes, chiggerbites and moskweetoes collided aimlessly in the dense gas . . ."
"He broke the President!"
"Here in the studio, it's all knuckles and know-how, but when I get home, my old lady knows what I need, and how--a big, steamin' bowl of Loostner's Castor Oil Flakes . . . with real glycerin vibrafoam!"
Thanks for posting the interview. Those (four or five) guys still slay me.
Michael:
Thanks for the kind words.
Sit down, steve, this may be rough.
The president of the United States is named Schicklgruber.
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