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We skip ahead to the new record, the one we've just completed, entitled Magic Dollar Shoppe. A fuller record, with more friends playing more instruments at once. This one we think is slightly more deranged than the first, after all, it's about shopping, a lunatic romp through the somewhat confusing equation: free trade = free expression or vice versa.
"Magic Dollar Shoppe" is an 11-song journey through the world of unbridled and gratuitous purchasing power, encapsulating the cheap highs and low-brow dives of the new American budget shopper. Our magnificent line-up on Dollar Shoppe included the usual suspects and the contributions of some of our favorite SF musicians.
Vocals by Adam Klein
Keys by Michael Mullen & occasional guitar solo
Guitar by Nicole Brodsky
Tim Mooney once again produced all songs, adding effects and percussion, and playing guitar on "See Again," "Sweater" and guitar and bass on "Theme."
But adding to the core group were the sensitive and surprising contributions on Drums by Chip Dalby (The Tender Few www.myspace.com/tenderfew );
Bass by Abel Mouton (Abel Mouton and The Tastemakers www.myspace.com/wwwmyspacecomabelmoutonandthetastemakers );
Arp and glockenspiel and vocals by Roshy Kheshti, and Thunderstick and Tambourine by Sara Cassetti (The Ebb and Flow http://www.myspace.com/theebbandflow );
Harmonies and backing vocals by Carlos Forster (For Stars)
Matt Sieling on accordion.
Later, the down and dirty guitar player, John Murry added a magical touch to "The Life Of Every Party Is Its Death" -- check him out:
(http://www.myspace.com/bobfrankandjohnmurry )
and finally, Andrew Gerhan from Our Lady of The Highway particpated in the party that ensued on tape. Check them: (http://www.myspace.com/ourladyofthehighway).
As usual, the songs are tiny icons of our cultural failure of inventiveness, and this time, not only America comes under the microscope. Why, even the reincarnation of Plastic Bertrand, the last great New Wave French phenomena makes an appearance. This CD seamlessly follows "is it IN yet?" -- it's still provoked by the question, 5 years into the Iraq/ Afghanistan debacle, of how to address American culture -- its obsesssional fascination with cheap goods. But we also ask: what happened to the things we hold dear: bad parenting, mid-life crises, shoplifting, anti-social behavior, public assistance?
Finally, all correspondence to the band can be directed from this page. Press, booking, label and distro inquiries can be addressed to Live Large Publicity at acidlines@hotmail.com. We also encourage you to view our first ROCK VIDEO for "Quiet Homes" on this site, a psychedelic, drag Cronenberg experience -- and gentler, tasteful, "TV Families" video. For back story, earlier incarnations, solo pojects, future dreams -- visit www.bitterstag.com.
Like a cross between Neal Young and Violent Femmes with a dash of otherworldliness! I also read through your blogs with great interest and felt myself in India again, thanks to your vivid descriptions. I would really like u to listen to my song "Donnez" (only the first and last two lines are in French), since it is very close to the subject of one of your blogs on our over-consumption. It also contains sitar and an indian time pattern. All the best, and when I have time I will blog with u, I too have made this my year in the virtual void and meaningless everything!
ohhhh my, love sweater video. and there are so many reasons why:
1. making shift pants since 1972. 2. mommy's original 70's blouse finally made it's debut. 3. going put a big hillel thrift store belt around it. 4. this one takes the cake! sweater, my new favorite.
