Re: Bad Ideas

Listened to a BAD IDEAS CD-R from the nineties. The BAD IDEAS were another good idea via Jon Ezell and other Tuscalosers whose names shall soon be psychically transmitted my way. Great old school west coast punk influence complete with lots of guffaws and over one hundred tracks. Whereas some bands only give you one bad idea, the BAD IDEAS gave you over one hundred bad ideas for your dollar, making a BAD IDEAS CD-R not only a good work of art but also a good investment. This little Xerox and scotch tape monstrosity was put out on the Pink Pentagram record label. My favorite tracks include "Fashion Gestapo," "The History of Art," and "The Philosophy of Natalie." One of the funniest songs I have ever heard on any album is "Life of a Guitar Shop Employee" which features audio of a guy walking into a guitar shop. He plays a couple of bars from "Smoke On the Water" and keeps messing up (exactly at the part where most beginners guitar books stop printing tab for it). Then he asks the guitar shop employee if his friend can play drums (which he is quick to do). One note one-liners! Geniuss! I have no idea how to get a BAD IDEAS CD-R to you, but I'm sure if you wanted one bad enough we could make it happen.

Listened to my EXORCIST CD-R today. EXCORCIST's "Blood Curdled Cream and Butter" was technically put out on my label, Living Legend, but for some reason the same CD-R keeps being rereleased and given away for free under various titles and by various artists. I guess the musician who bootlegs and plagiarizes his own CD-R is one step ahead of the game in the digital age. So maybe I'm not reviewing a CD-R on my own label (which is stupid anyways), I am instead reviewing the CD-R by ANTOINE AND AMELIE or the CD-R by ANTOINE or the CD-R by SLIGHTLY LESS OFFENSIVE THAN . . . , etc. EXORCIST is from Montevallo. The CD is great--like Big Stick meets Caroliner Rainbow. The CD-R is spray painted black and features photo inserts. Vocals can barely be discerned through layers of noise, but when they are lyrics range from chilling to entertaining. My favorite songs include "It's Time To Go Shopping" which is about crack heads who hide their stuff in chickens at the supermarket; "He Might Be Gay," which is basically just someone cackling and saying "What if he's gay?"; and a cover of "Hello" by the Doors which is just the first two lines over and over again.

EXORCIST pictured above.
If you want to buy this free CD then ask me.