Frayed Edges Of The Firesign Dept.

I got into the Firesign Theatre at Don't Crush That Dwarf, and liked them for all the wrong reasons. I'd read they were a comedy act, but they weren't making me laugh out loud like everyone on the internet is doing these days LOL!

They were unlike anything I'd ever heard, deep and mysterious and a little bit sinister, similar to the buzz I got from the EC Mad comics. They were full of references to unknown sources, references that the jokes depended on. If anything, this increased the attraction and upped the weirdness factor. I'd entered a whole new world of strange, as obsessively detailed as a Will Elder panel. Their first four albums remain endlessly replayable, with diminishing returns thereafter, but it's all good.

Having said that, here's some of their less good stuff to fill the cracks in your collection. Give Us A Break is a collection of short ads you'll want to listen to at least once, again and again! A Firesign Chat With Papoon is political satire - and we all know how powerfully mind-changing that is - from '72. No sleeve because some kind of promo release. Pink Hotel Burns Down is a ragbag archival set, with both Fabergé aggs and dust bunnies. And Stoned Live Radio is just that, four friggin' hours of stoned live radio.

This is for Michael Snorky Smith, who requested some Firesignage. Hit the search button for more!