Steely Dan, The Police, XTC, The Smiths, Rush, The Cure, Elvis Costello, Pere Ubu, Van Halen, King Crimson, Herbie Hancock, BCR, Captain Beefheart, Lloyd Cole (and the Commotions), Paquito d'Rivera, Richard Alwyn, Beastie Boys, Hunters & Collectors, Stevie Wonder, The Buzzcocks, Laurie Anderson, Trip Shakespeare, James, The Clash, Adam & the Ants, Ornette Coleman, Everything But the Girl...oh, and the Beatles
Sounds Like
The most fun you've ever had in your life:
Hook-heavy guitar riffs
Speed-demon bass lines
Funky, soulful horns
Sweet-Jesus-I'm-on-fire! drums
Dance-pop-aliscious, latin-groovesque, sweat-till-you-end-up-in-a-strangers-bed party music
The Mongol Beach Party is inappropriately festive.
Flower Head Man Tees and Camis
Kansas City artist (and Mark's spouse) Peregrine Honig designed this beautiful image for us. We asked her if she could update the "flower head man" that appeared on our cassette demo back in 1991--and currently serves as the background image on this page. She didn't just update it, she fully reimagined it as only she can. The t-shirts and camis are white cotton from American Apparel and cost $15.
To celebrate their December 2008 reunion show, the Mongols remastered their 1991 release Toast, added five bonus tracks and rereleased it as Toast: reburn. All the songs you (or possibly your parents) remember, plus a few more from the vaults.
NOTE: The cds are currently out of stock but YOU CAN STILL BUY TOAST! When you follow the link to our CD Baby page, click the "add MP3 to cart" button on the left hand side, inside the gray box. You will receive the music and artwork all zipped up and ready to download.
Buy it now!
The Mongols perform "Shiny Suit" at the recordBar, 12/19/2008
The Mongols perform "Jigsaw Man" at the recordBar, 12/19/2008
How did the Mongols change your life?
Live at the Human Observation Lab - 1989 --thanks to Leo Wetherill
Toast: reburn, featuring newly remastered versions of the original songs plus five bonus tracks. CDs and MP3s available for purchase on the same page. Buy it now!
Okay. I understand that life imitating art is one of those really cute intellectual headgames that freaks like me use as a filter or worldview. But seriously, just because your songs are stuck in my head, must your CD also be stuck in my computer's drive?! We are not amused. Ok. We are a little amused....and a little freaked out.
IC is short for Imum Coeli which is Latin for "bottom of the heavens". Also known as the Nadir, it is the lowest point in the sky that a planet can travel relative to the horizon. If you are born at midnight, the Sun would be found around the IC of the chart. The IC forms the cusp (starting point) of the 4th house of ancestral roots, family, home and the foundation of your life.
As expected your shows delivered the desired effect. Great fun, great dancing, great pains in my legs. Thanks for fulfilling my expectations. Look forward to the next one. Hope it wont be 16 more years. Love you guys. Angela
I had an absolute blast at the shows. That's more fun than I've had in a long. My legs feel like jelly, but I'm still on a major high from the music. Both shows were incredible and some of the best music I've ever witnessed live.
