Balloons/G-Finger (Double Door 10/10/96)
This is pretty messy, sonically speaking, but the liveliness of this
“Trading Balloons” rendering seemed worth sharing. Also, it goes right
into “Garbage Finger,” a song/hybrid we only ever performed twice.
Phil Bonnet- guitar
Thymme Jones- drums, vocals
Jeff Libersher- guitar, vocals
Dylan Posa- bass
Though always a bit of a recluse (social mobility is limited,
literally, when you’re living in a box), Phrogclock began to
become somewhat of a “public figure,” beginning on
August 24, 2002, as he was asked to emcee a show
at “The Doctors Building” in Chicago. He then went on
to play that role several times in the next decade, and
in fact continues to give these sporadic appearances,
but this one here… this is the “board recording” of his
very first.
Nils Frykdahl- lead vocals
Jeff Libersher- guitars, bass, backing vocals
Thymme Jones- drums
Recorded by Todd Rittmann
Store bought eyes
Stock symmetry
Rehearsing curtain calls
Drinking culture
From a plastic cup
This must be art
All your scenes are dying
Try but you can’t go back
Again
A dilettante
That walks and talks like a duck
Is just a duck
All your scenes are dying
Try but they won’t grow back
Again
6/2/02 Southgate House; Newport, KY
Mr. Spoons joins in on “Track 29.” (If memory serves, he
was actually onstage for most of our set…)
Dylan Posa- bass, mouthdrums, vocals
Jamie Fillmore- guitar, vocals,
Jeff Libersher- guitar, vocals
Thymme Jones- drums, vocals
Believe it or not, this was an actual television ad for
the album Enduring The American Dream. It aired locally
in Chicago during a White Sox game in the summer of ’97.
I’m sure the White Sox fans watching at home that night
noticed a funny taste in their beer after being subjected to
this 30-second piece of creepiness. In the spirit of context-mongering,
we’ve provided a little “before and after” for the only CHEER-ACCIDENT
television commercial ever to be aired.
Poor Phrogclock really needs a phriend. The only call he’s received
so far turned out to be a wrong number. Awwwww…
Help the poor guy out this month by calling: (773)332-3640
Carmen Armillas- lead vocals and most backing vocals
Thymme Jones- piano and various keyboards, drums, some backing vocals
Scott Rutledge- words
We progress
Putting off death
The sky is torn wide open
As a mouth throws up on a mirror
A mouth full of dust
As the dead ends
The false starts
Beyond the sea
There is a sea
Which is woman
A catalog of sounds
A prosthetic leg
One thing leads to the next
As difference is internalized
Our features become a magazine
A frontier from either side
Measure and repetition
Rust and erosion
Fabricate an opening
Between nothing and a line
The outside is still
Like a pose
Like an advertisement
Seemed like a good name for the first song in a series…
Hey! This’ll be a fun game: Try to figure out which is the trombone and which is the mouthbone. Good luck!
Elizabeth Breen – vocals
Lindsay Weinberg – vocals
J.P. – trombone (solo)
Jeff Libersher – guitars, bass, synth bass, trumpet
Thymme Jones – drums, b-vox, trumpet, mouthbone (solo)
Mike Hagedorn – trombone (ensemble)
Engineered by Todd Rittmann
Still missing you, Phil…
Coulda sworn there was a mix of this performance where you could actually hear the brass part that happens about halfway through “Humanizing…” If it ever turns up, we’ll be sure to slap that thing on up here right quick!
Alex Perkolup – bass
Laura Boton – keyboards
Andrea Faught – Moog, trumpet
Jeff Libersher – guitar, trumpet
Thymme Jones – drums, piano, vocals
Mike Hagedorn – trombone
Todd Rittmann – dancing