OK. Only ten but it was in September of 2011 when came Soul Revolution and Teenage Battle Hymns.
Here is the lead track “Blizzard of Lies” lovingly re-presented for your amusement and edification.
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You know the message but you can’t complain
Your heart was open when he made his claim
You can be mad now
You know you hate him but you’ll change your mind
These habits are hard to break
Now you rise up, now you go down on your knees
Ah, but you can be mad now.
Yeah, well you can be mad now.
There’s something oozing from the TV set
You can be mad now
It may be over but it ain’t done yet
You can be mad now
He’s gonna teach us how to be good pets
He so loves his animals locked in a cage chained to a trough all day
Be mad, be mad, be mad, be mad, be mad now!
I can, i can, i can, i can be mad now!
He knows we’ll listen ’cause we’ve heard too much
He knows we’ll fuck it ’cause it smells like love
You say you like the way he fills you up
But you know he’s a jealous god
Now you rise up, now you go down on your knees
Yeah, well you can be mad now.
Uh huh, when he knocks me down
I like to watch it ’cause i have no pride
I learn my lesson but i soon forget
I open up and let him deep inside
I really love it when he whips my flesh
These habits are hard to break
Now I rise up, now I go down on my knees
Be mad, be mad, be mad, be mad, be mad now!
I can, i can, i can, i can be mad now!
Can be mad
Can be mad
Can be mad
Candy man
Can be mad
Can be mad
Candy man
Candy man
Candy man
Candy man
Can be mad
Candy man
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Image by Koldo Barroso © 2009
Image by Koldo Barroso © 2009
Our dear friend Ed Dickie was a member of the +1 Live Unit in the early 80s. Ed played percussion, keyboards and sang with +1 in Polyethylene Pet’s Santa Cruz performance piece "Visuals". To this day, he remains a spirit guide for the project.
Ed’s a brilliant multimedia artist and a renowned photographer. His artwork will be sprinkled throughout this program. Here is a wonderful video featuring some of his beautiful work.
There is only one word for this fine composer and songwriter. And that word is “Pony”.
He’s an old friend who was very important in the development of the Polyethylene Pet project. One of the only humans alive to hear the dynamic 15 minute tape piece “Meonoon” (released on the first PP album “Smile”). He actually spent an evening listening to it multiple times in a row. Once we got a thumbs up from him, we decided it was worthy to release.
Here is some of the music he’s recorded which has inspired and made us happy.
Our old and dear friend Erling Wold, a composer of some note, has been a stalwart supporter of the Polyethylene Pet project since the beginning. He was an influential part of our thinking about abstraction, musical complexity and taste. His avant-punk attitude matched perfectly with our own and his ongoing friendship and musicality continue to be a source of great inspiration for us.
Back in the late 70s, i met the ever charming Erling Wold and Brian Woodbury, among other brilliant people, in a house in Berkeley. We became fast friends and they went on to advise and support the nascent Polyethylene Pet. Erling helped me master the first Pet album “Smile” to cassette for release. They let me use their home to produce the recording and even played on a track or two.
However, what inspired me to meet them was their unique corporation/performance art piece called “Splendrix”.
I had been renting a house in Mendocino CA from Brian’s mom. She gave us a tape and, immediately, i fell in love with the Splendrix way of doing business. Later i went down, met them and, in a joint merger, co-produced their first and only album.
Splendrix was pure genius.
