Monday, January 24, 2022

[Ed.]'s Psychedelic Psoundtrack Dept.

Foam-O-Graph© - Wallpaper For The Shrieking Insect Abyss Of The Soul!

Th' IoF© postbag has been bursting with concerned enquiries after [Ed.]'s health and whereabouts! Older readers - that's you, boomerbutt - may remember visiting his Treehouse Of Blessed Forgetfulness™ a while back. Naturally a recluse, [Ed.] has been occupied with creating a hauntingly lifelike diorama of The Diet Of Worms out of chicken fat. But enough history already! What album has been spinning on th' treehouse Victrola as soundtrack to his lofty artistic endeavor?

"Why," laughed [Ed.] [left - Ed.] yestiddy, "which it's Amphetamine Gazelle, a exclusive compilation of all-studio tracks by Mad River what never made it to anal bum! Gee! Is it ever swell! Plus also, it's got this wayyy groovy cover like what you go boss-eyed at while you listen to the sounds! That is, unless you're busy working on a hauntingly lifelike diorama of The Diet Of Worms out of chicken fat!" (laughs)

Sayy, pals, leave us join [Ed.] freakin' out' to this otherwise unavailable FoamExclusive®!


Thanks to the ClamSlam© Corporation for their Non-Fungible Token crowdfunding initiative!

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42 comments:

  1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 6:59 AM

    Jesus Freaking Christ I can't see to the end of the garden out there on account which the mist! Where'd this freakin' mist come from?

    Answer that and win th' album!

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  2. cowculatorJanuary 24, 2022 at 7:22 AM

    I know there is a scientific explanation for it but, gee I sure like Cheez-whiz@!

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 7:33 AM

      The guy blowing chunks over the rail in the background liked it too much.

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    2. BabsJanuary 24, 2022 at 8:27 PM

      3 women meet for brunch after a wild night...

      1st woman says "girls, I got so drunk last night, I went home and blew chunks".

      2nd woman says, "you think that's bad? After I dropped you two off, I drove home. I was so hammered I ended up driving through my garage door and kept going. Destroyed my garage, my husband says it's going to cost 5 grand to fix".

      3rd woman goes "When I got home I decided to take a bath and light some candles. I was so drunk, I passed out, knocked over the candles and ended up burning down my whole house".

      1st woman exclaims, "You don't understand, Chunks is my dog!"

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    3. BambiJanuary 25, 2022 at 12:44 AM

      Ooh that's nasty.

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    4. SteveSharkJanuary 25, 2022 at 5:30 AM

      Indeed. It left a nasty taste in my mouth

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  3. cowculatorJanuary 24, 2022 at 7:44 AM

    Obviously a rookie.

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  4. jonderJanuary 24, 2022 at 8:06 AM

    Mist is made by maids of the mist. They stir it in kettles with mist-sticks. Stir steadily, lest your mist get too thick: it may attract wildlife. The last thing you want is a gorilla in the midst of your mist.

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  5. draftervoiJanuary 24, 2022 at 9:42 AM

    I thought it might be because the Mad River (California) is in the north coast, a land of fogs, mists, drizzles...Humboldt County, most rainfall in the state. The Internet reveals, however, that the band is named after OHIO's Mad River.

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    1. FiveGunsWestJanuary 24, 2022 at 3:02 PM

      Saw them open for Hammer and Grand Funk 1970 at the Columbus Veterans Auditorium and they were great. Drummer had one of those new-fangled, at that time, set of Fibes drums. Awesome sounding.

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  6. draftervoiJanuary 24, 2022 at 9:48 AM

    Also...that diorama? Uh...I once constructed a life-sized replica of the Taj Mahal out of foil-wrapped pats of oleomargarine I swiped from the International House of Pancakes.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 10:59 AM

      You should really get together with [Ed.] to pool resources and ideas! I know he has plans for a quarter-size model of The Golden Hind made from goose dripping.

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    2. draftervoiJanuary 25, 2022 at 10:15 AM

      Yeah, well, things were fine until an unseasonally hot July (normally a foggy month near Chrysopylae...). Melted my Mahal. I suspect a goose-dripping Golden Hind would be just the thing to transport this Plate of Brasse I just uncovered up at Pt. Reyes....

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  7. FiveGunsWestJanuary 24, 2022 at 12:18 PM

    The mizzle is from the falls on the Withywindle

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 1:56 PM

      I'm on page 800 or so on my fourth reading of my 1st paperback edition, bought in '68. It may be the last - the book is falling apart a little quicker than I am.

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    2. FiveGunsWestJanuary 24, 2022 at 2:59 PM

      I find it humorous, in my own case, that each rereading is different and that it deepens as we age with the book. I find it much deeper and more emotional than I did in 1970 and wanted to move there. Sounds good.

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    3. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 3:32 PM

      Why didn't the eagles take Frodo and Sam to Mordor? Shorter book, I suppose, is the answer.

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    4. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 3:36 PM

      Oh look - here's the answer, on the internet, of all places, and it's lifted right from the book:

      "Perhaps the most pertinent explanation for this perceived plot hole comes in an exchange from Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring, in which Gandalf asks the Great Eagle, Gwaihir the Windlord, "How far can you bear me?" To which the beast replies, "Many leagues, but not to the ends of the earth. I was sent to bear tidings not burdens." While the definition of "many leagues" is certainly open to interpretation, Tolkien's message is clear - the eagles are not designed to take passengers. Supporting this notion, every journey the birds make with a human on their back is relatively short. Even after rescuing Gandalf from Orthanc, Gwaihir only flies as far as Rohan, where the wizard commandeers Shadowfax and makes the rest of his journey by horse."

      https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-fellowship-eagles-fly-mordor-plot-hole/

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    5. SteveSharkJanuary 24, 2022 at 4:32 PM

      It's those bloody Eagles again!!!

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    6. SteveSharkJanuary 24, 2022 at 6:30 PM

      Joking aside, I've always seen Frodo and Sam's journey as a rite of passage that had to be done the hard way. In a sense, the journey was more important than the reason for it.

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  8. SteveSharkJanuary 24, 2022 at 4:43 PM

    Have you cleaned your glasses recently?

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 4:54 PM

      Why ... no ... I don't think I have. Would you perchance have a patented product at hand at once efficient and convenient? Could I perhaps purchase it? Where do I send the money? Where am I? What are you doing in my room?

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    2. SteveSharkJanuary 24, 2022 at 5:34 PM

      I could breathe heavily on the lenses for you. And then buff them up to a dazzling radiance.

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  9. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 24, 2022 at 6:44 PM

    If anybody wants this swell 12" long-playing L.P. 33 1/3 r.p.m. record album - ax!

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    1. BabsJanuary 25, 2022 at 1:19 AM

      Yes please, this sounds like it should not be mist.

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  10. JohnJanuary 24, 2022 at 8:51 PM

    I want (please)...

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  11. cowculatorJanuary 25, 2022 at 3:52 AM

    Mr. Third:
    It is Unseemly for you to make us beg...however...plleeeeeeeeease!
    john

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  12. Clarence PuneJanuary 25, 2022 at 4:31 AM

    In a pissed tryst dis mist is dismissed.

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  13. cowculatorJanuary 25, 2022 at 6:15 AM

    So I was playing with my pull apart cowboys (see a couple of months back..ornot) and I noticed the bottoms are all the same; but the tops are cowboys with hats and a gun in one hand; and the indians have a feather and a knife in their hand. You see how this is going to go. The bottoms are interchangeable , it's only the tops that are different !! There is a lesson here.
    I AM sorry. I meant native americans and assholes.

    john

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 25, 2022 at 7:21 AM

      I for one would greatly appreciate a pitcher of your pull-apart cowboys. Can you upload?

      I have a feeling I too had pull-apart cowboys - was there a kind of plastic popper feature? "Male" (so to speak) in the top half?

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    2. cowculatorJanuary 26, 2022 at 1:13 AM

      I can't figure out how to load a pictur from my Fire@ Tablert so Here is a link on ebay.
      https://www.ebay.com/itm/203744699753?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item2f70216569:g:EZoAAOSwki9hpCze&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACoPYe5NmHp%252B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSjVt3vLKCbov98Z19qhuwY9n2IP%252BV0ZmdBG20ACB9lTUOlZky%252FvpFjf2MTWM%252BncO5h1%252F0L5zWWNCJR66aYDjKL%252FIe3PvEP4QmGJazg4aEC3Pw6YKKvxe%252B%252FdJFEP7cXT9I0d07qCmj4CIYf4k4eLt7tVP6DBIUsEEAbo8KdFjMRARGD988IOhrd5%252FaeefYM%252FGTtIyshJK1p7fu9v9ePmGljgNwA5WQgbQNonvn7vLf6uKpoDNmjXu3FAJfydezazUJMWsORoed4uyi%252BPbtyrg98D9J2F7j6CLugMQEXyo7v7YfhGy%252BNCYsGc3MJuSd%252BRUtByn0sgl23%252Bwaete%252BsoZEFRoeHRFO1Gy4W5qt0FUuM3Q3BgAphxc%252FuxS%252BZjnfWB84wzIfTbprrI2fZ%252FgX5AhStLqCA%252FbW1HedMn22Jx3nX7VkbUXX3lKLuP%252B65MkOWLkMQbj%252F%252F8kSNmJ0Wn4GFwlQ%252FPmwRFTgiIWJo6M42EkYa41AXSkfZm2LP366fH7OcvWerDZqMbxCN78qBPW3hWWV0lZ1A2bNS8nUPF%252BnUICQmmv1GMipasCimiOMDqmh2wP6GyxrJ9OA%252Fw%252B0qqBzJgKk9sYQS3E7Eq40PvVRjLYdk9xbMWpj84frpoZZaXQL8%252BrcQ4LBN4bUpRt0O5Pwf3fGVrP7%252BPuWq0CxdvlMtHJZVEZh7AOiJ237amF%252BGXv5qGgtmJqKfud3Ivo0vyXS5%252F9lLpQnloQXmwSZGwCfbFOXuuvl6OMTfsRTezzJ6OQdUBkz3pfEcx4LwFDGVClSVDgrvKPgI%252F1ljaifzjqFOBynucTcfHJ80gXaSIQ3%252BUCXRZqwMKfYB6Re3NV6mNar9O8EZw%253D%253D%7Cclp%3A2334524%7Ctkp%3ABFBMjrXrptJf

      John

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    3. draftervoiJanuary 26, 2022 at 2:52 AM

      Yeah, I remember these....

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    4. cowculatorJanuary 26, 2022 at 3:19 AM

      I Used to have them Ride to the land of the dinosaurs on my atomic submarine that shot torpeedos and Nuclear Missles.

      Good times, good times.
      john

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    5. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 26, 2022 at 3:30 AM

      Typing that URL into the address bar was a pain in th' ass, let me tell you ...

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  14. Konrad UseoJanuary 25, 2022 at 7:09 AM

    Q - Where'd this freakin' mist come from?
    A - I blame fart demons.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 25, 2022 at 7:19 AM

      It's gone now ... almost like ... it was never there! But it was, and I took a photograph of it!

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  15. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 25, 2022 at 7:18 AM

    I should point out that this is pretty hardcore psych, and sometimes the sound quality is thin, but it's an essential "third studio album" if you like the band. And who doesn't?

    That tracklist in full:

    - The three tracks from the original Wee e.p.
    - Four songs recorded in Dayton (? - me neither)
    - Three demos
    - One from '68 (the others are all '67)

    46 minutes of primo drug-enhanced entertainment, including unironic Hare Krishna chanting.

    Crazy Creek

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  16. Bacon PB MuffinJanuary 25, 2022 at 9:16 AM

    Don't ya' know, there be a (misty mountain) "Mad River" in Vermont as well.

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  17. draftervoiJanuary 25, 2022 at 10:33 AM

    Ah, the Sierra Nevada has a dozen or more Mosquito Lakes. The 49ers would get stuck on some obvious themes at times.

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    1. Farquhar Throckmorton IIIJanuary 26, 2022 at 3:39 AM

      Either that or they thought they were going around in circles.

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