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fave it Political | Weird Jazz
12 tracks | 35 minutes
Released Oct 2006
on Abel Ashes & The Runs
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 00:24 Introduction lyrics BUY MP3 00:24 Introduction lyrics "GIFT MP3" 00:24 Introduction
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:30 Commercials lyrics BUY MP3 05:30 Commercials lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:30 Commercials
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:53 The Revolution Is Making Me Dizzy lyrics BUY MP3 03:53 The Revolution Is Making Me Dizzy lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:53 The Revolution Is Making Me Dizzy
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:10 Alamogordo Testing lyrics BUY MP3 02:10 Alamogordo Testing lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:10 Alamogordo Testing
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:02 The CEO lyrics BUY MP3 03:02 The CEO lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:02 The CEO
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:14 Food In My Gut lyrics BUY MP3 03:14 Food In My Gut lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:14 Food In My Gut
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:43 Stop and Go Traffic lyrics BUY MP3 01:43 Stop and Go Traffic lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:43 Stop and Go Traffic
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:00 Goddess lyrics BUY MP3 04:00 Goddess lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:00 Goddess
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:44 Amtrak Out of Orange County lyrics BUY MP3 01:44 Amtrak Out of Orange County lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:44 Amtrak Out of Orange County
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:08 Lemming Sunset lyrics BUY MP3 06:08 Lemming Sunset lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:08 Lemming Sunset
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 02:24 Alamogordo Testing (Operation Expose The Government Terrorists M lyrics FREE 02:24 Alamogordo Testing (Operation Expose The Government Terrorists M lyrics "GIFT MP3" 02:24 Alamogordo Testing (Operation Expose The Government Terrorists M
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 01:45 Stop and Go Traffic (Stop The 9/11 Cover-up Mix) lyrics BUY MP3 01:45 Stop and Go Traffic (Stop The 9/11 Cover-up Mix) lyrics "GIFT MP3" 01:45 Stop and Go Traffic (Stop The 9/11 Cover-up Mix)
“An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.” - Edgard Varese Melodic strophic atonal musaics and other sonic cerebral pabulum for fans of Frank Zappa,Captain Beefheart, Mike Keneally, Sonny Sharrock, and Midnight Oil
Bio / Background
!@#$%^&*
“Love the CEO. Stick it to the man!”
– GREEDY JESUS
“The music, the concepts, it is all so good.
The line about brocolli in 'Amtrak' caught me off guard and I almost guffawed coffee on my keyboard!
Total satisfaction is achieved by listening to you. Beautiful, even if the underlying truths are very scary.”
– MIKE GAITO
“Hilarious and brilliant stuff...and I gotta give accolades for your activism...kinda thought I was the only one out there mixing that level of awareness with music. Your songs remind me a lot of what I used to do when I was really Avant (before my testicles shriveled up and I started doing more "commercially viable" material).
I hear a lot of Zappa, a bit of Zoogz Rift, and a dash of John Trubee and the Ugly Janitors of America (if you remember them...few do).”
– JOHN LUDI
"The album cover consists of an illustration of a man holding up two children (or two very small men) by the neck.
↓ more ↓This is the slightly-demented, slightly-sane world of Abel Ashes & The Runs, and Eat Plastic is an album that you'll either get or not. Fortunately, it's good (and original) enough to merit a number of listens.
When I listened to it for the first time, I was not sure what I was getting myself into. There are hints of Frank Zappa in there, in the guitar playing and the deep low voice that Abel Ashes uses in some of the songs, along with the humor. You can take the humor with a grain of salt, for the music on this CD (recorded between 1993 and 2006) is what will keep fans there and wanting to hear more. Or in a track like "The CEO", the guy is almost a dead ringer for Calvin Johnson (of Beat Happening fame), and that alone is funny too, for here is Abel Ashes singing lyrics that make you want to laugh and yet does it in a deadpan voice.
What also makes these songs interesting is that he's a good storyteller, even if those stories seem to go anywhere and everywhere, not unlike Primus. It's a cartoon-like musical world , with the music just as animated, moving from weird guitar feedback and distortion to jazzy lounge. The album closes with two serious tracks which look into some of the 9/11 conspiracy theories that have been discussed, done with various soundbites from different sources. They are separated from the rest of the album but could have easily flowed well with the other material.
The songs can be open to interpretation, yet there's nothing left to the imagination with lyrics such as 'Here's some commercial advertisements/here's some commercials you stupid ass.' It's oddball when it wants to be (which is most of the time) and yet carries a bit of a smirk which leads me to believe they know exactly what they're doing. Impressive work."
- DA BOOKMAN (JOHN BOOKMAN)
The Run-Off Groove, MusicForAmerica.org
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