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THE SMIRKING HERBERT
Too Chubby For Ballet?

MUSIC

TRACKS :

  1. Let’s Do Lunch With
  2. A Brand New Head/We Do Not Accept This
  3. Apple Doapflake Bumblebee
  4. Yowza MacDaddy (To the Universe!)/The Word April
  5. Envision the Skeletal Elms of January
  6. Why He Took That Cash Register
  7. I Can Make-A Lovedumb
  8. This Animal Belongs to Me (And I Can Do What I Want With It)!
  9. Mermaids on Mars
  10. I Left My Body
  11. Trip with Smirkin’ Herbie D!
    a. Paris at 95 mph
    b. The Mating Habits of the Pastel Guazefish
    c. Her Insect Courtesans: Imaginary and Otherwise
    d. Blotter Paper Dipped in Liquid PCP with a Little Bit O’ Downer In It
    e. A Little Too New Wave for My Taste
  12. The Old Mercurial
    a. A Red Bear
    b. Duality
    c. Weerd Pillz
    d. Goth Picnic at Disney World
    e. I Need Your Arms Around Me, I Have Used Them for Many Years
    f. Space Germs
    g. Whole Lotta Orange
    h. Not Like: IS
    i. A Hat, A Coat and a Gun
    j: 1150 to Lewisham
    k. Talking to Houses
    l. Houses Talking Back
    m. Entrepreneurship: Say What You Are
    n. Queen Beetle Desert Tropico Billiard Room
LABEL : Mumble Mumble

RELEASE DATE :

2001
FORMAT : C-90 cassette
PARTICIPANTS :

Dan Susnara
Greg Stomberg
Dan Nordquist
Adam Bohman
Rich Goodfriend

REVIEWS :

IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION #52
The Smirking Herbert - TOO CHUBBY FOR BALLET: Where DID this dam tape come from? References to England, big egg on th' front cover, & some WEIRD mixes... highly energetic... prudently psychedelic - AH, there's th' keyword... shoulda' known... it's from Dan Susnara. He's got Greg Stomberg & Dan Nordquist doing some spooky spoken-word stuff, lots of strange cut-ups weaving in & out. Sound quality is PERFECT! Dan's been diddlin' with them dials! Movin' on in to th' 21st, no doubt; phunky, phunky! Th' (musical) ideas fly furry, at hyper speed, almost. Nothin' gets (too much) inna' groove, it's cut & dodge all th' way through... & that's a COMPLIMENT, Dan! This is one of the most unique musical experiences I've had in 2001 (& Dan/others know I've had some PRETTY damned UNIQUE musical experiences)! I just luv this tape, maybe 'coz it reminds me so much of Thomas Dolby's stuff; ergo, it not only gets our MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, but th' "PICK" of the year for "most creative music"! —Rotcod Zzaj

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