Jeff Mangum apparently had some involvement with this record, which is cool.
True story:
Something like 10 years ago my dad made a facebook profile for our cat. Then he found out there was a whole universe of \"pet accounts\" on facebook, and he made friends with a few thousand of them. One of them was run by someone who played on this album (maybe Jill? don't know), which is how the CD ended up in my Dad's hands, which is how it ended up in mine.
I only discovered it years later when I was selling off my parents old CDs on ebay. Since it was a gift, he decided it would be gross to sell it. I listened to it, and after two songs I decided I hated it because it was too weird.
There was a time shortly after when Ian from primbo was asking for music recommendations, and I told him this was a really great album as a prank. Actually I was \"testing\" him, since he seemed to like literally every album I told him to listen to. I think he did the same thing where he listened to the first two songs and then stopped, so I guess he passed the test.
Then, some years later, having acquired a taste for weirder stuff, I gave it another shot and was surprised to find that the album really starts getting good starting with track 3.
(If anyone who worked on this album is reading this - haha sorry. I like the whole thing now. I think I just needed the context of the rest of it. I even figured out how to play 78s on guitar.)
Tracks:
0:00 Linkway
2:13 The Spaniards
3:59 Friendless Man
6:54 Fun in the Lab
8:21 Snapshot
10:35 Heavy Metal
11:42 I Got Blue
15:13 Untitled Segue
15:36 Eat This City
17:37 Untitled Segue
17:47 Our Building
19:11 78's
23:32 Soap Opera Epic
25:10 Dusty Little Star
26:18 Untitled Segue
26:43 Little Baroque Song
27:47 I Am Punkrock
31:49 Lullaby For Worriers
36:42 Banjo Nocturne Serenade
41:34 (hidden track)
Original Liner notes (copy-pasted from discogs):
Recorded at Eric's house, Jill's house, Alex's house, Grady Street house, Flicker Theatre and the WUOG lobby. Dusty Little Star is dedicated in loving memory to John Ryan Seawright.
Recorded By Eric Harris with Engineering assistance from Jeff Mangum and Laura Carter; except track 7 which was recorded by Alex McManus.
Mastered by Derek Almstead
Layout and Design by Kelly Ruberto and Jill Carnes
Thimble Circus is Jill Carnes and Eric Harris.
The following special guest performances are listed in order of appearance:
Deanna Varagona - baratone saxaphone
Karen Gaitens - guiro
Peter Erchick - piano
Scott Spillane - horn
Jeff Mangum - squeaky chair
Heather Mcintosh - cello
Chris Jolly - piano and trumpet
We would like to thank the following people:
Jeremy Ayers, Carnes Family, Darrin Cook, Julie Daniels, Bettie Deen, Jamie deRevere, Elise Gallinot, William Cullen Hart, Horn Tooters of Athens, Hubcap City, Hannah Jones, Tonya Lamm, Andee Laskis, Daniel Lebow, Trey Ledford, Clint McLeroy, Erin McLeroy, Seymour McMullen, George Norman, Mark Olson, Dexter Romweber, Slappy, Lisa Sparer, Coree Spencer, Bill Taft, Paul Thomas, Dr. Vernon Thornsberry and Victoria Williams.
Front cover painting by Jill Carnes
Back cover photos are of Jill (left) and Eric with his sister Ellen (right).
