Cool Clown Ground - Filet of Nod

[dannyf16]

I saw this back in '94 and was transfixed by it. I worked for a magazine at the time and called them and spent an entire night with them, having been approved to write an article on them. The article was scratched by our editor (the magazine went under a few months later; bad editing), but seeing this and meeting these guys is a serene memory for me.

If anyone has contact with the band let them know I fought to have it printed. Fought hard.

If they want it I still have the copy.

[blanche805]

Something that would have been funnier: Copying and pasting "I repeat myself when under stress." Ah. Next time... Next time you really like a band and then cease liking them because you found out they liked to play one chord for long stretches of time or because they pointed out in a catalog that a CD was recorded before Nirvana or Slint... Or something!

[blanche805]

This is just disgusting, it's NOT funny when other people put others down, and it's not at all human to think it is.

Well i guess some people just have to learn to laugh at themselves because paris hilton is one big joke!!!! Definition of Joke, "a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter".

I hate Sarah Silverman because most of her jokes suck and she never hits the punchline but Your definition is off and Paris is still a piece of shit.

[blanche805]

Then so are you.We are ALL fucking human beings, therefore we're all equal. No you see

[blanche805]

if we were all equal Paris would have had a full jail sentence. She gets benefits in her life that we don't get and yet she still

[jonvanflan]

I must say, I am a bit surprised the gurus at youtube didn't put in some simple sql to prevent duplicates from showing up. I didn't think I would be able to post the same text over and over, but hey, IBM makes record profits and makes the shittiest software on the planet. WebSpew.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[blanche805]

Dude! You're, like, totally amassing some retention there!

[jonvanflan]

Dude! 805 is Jon Anderson's area code. Central Califonia coast bra'. Chumbawumba bra'. I almost forgot tonight's installment of catfood. Almost. It's like that book about eating fried worms. I almost ate this one raw, bra'.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[blanche805]

"Doctor, it's weird that I can copy and paste lyrics from what used to be my favorite band (until an avant-noise drummer from the opposite end of the political spectrum from myself-- i.e. someone who isn't a consumerist technocrat-- told me they were crap) over and over and not think that's a waste of time, but I can't listen to one chord over and over and not think that's a waste of time."

[jonvanflan]

Yeah... You can read all about my consumerism on my myspace site, and then you can buy some CD's from my website -- we implemented the e-commerce before anything else. It's the most important thing. By the way, that drummer also doesn't like Yes or Genesis that much, so I decided to melt my whole collection. Amazing how many lives Cheer-Accident has saved through their music and pizza delivery. Inspirational.

[blanche805]

Yes. Well... We are all Living In The Heart Of The Beast, I suppose. And how sinister it must be to try to earn a partial living through the distribution of one's own music. Personally, I think you should get paid more for writing endless barbs about someone else's work, rather than attempting to give the world something of your own creation.

[jonvanflan]

Nice -- "political spectrum". Very linear thinking there Blanche. Looks like you at least got a 12th grade education there in Macon. I'm not so sure the drummer in question would consider "avant-noise" a good pigeon-hole to put him in. Then again, you have the sports team mentality -- sure Cheer-Ax win some and lose some, but gotta root for the home team, eh Blanche? Same with KC. I guess saying they have some great songs and mostly awful crap is too hard to follow.

[jonvanflan]

I guess sports fan is a bit inaccurate. I guess "fundamentalist" would be the better term. I can just picture Blanche bowing down on a 70's shag carpet 5 times a day with his nose up someone's butt, chanting "That one long song on Salad Days is great, therefore everything they do is great. A salaam alaikum. Lark's Tongues. No one was that avant in 1973. Sallallaahu `Alayhi wa Sallam'.".

[blanche805]

I guess you didn't recognize my "fighting fire with fire" parodic writing. (Gosh, "indie rock vs. prog rock." That's not linear thinking at all!) I don't actually think the drummer in question can be reduced to "avant-noise." I was just doing what you like to do by taking one aspect of someone's output, pouncing on it, and then pigeonholing.

[blanche805]

This whole exchange has been fairly linear and smacks a bit of a "sports mentality." I'm finding it amusing for the time being, but mostly (due to an intrinsic curiosity of human behavior) I'm just trying to "get inside of" someone's head who spends so much time prosthelitizing to the thousands of King Crimson fans that KC aren't as good as Yes or Genesis, and to the 300 Cheer-Accident fans that C-A aren't as good as Dream Theater. Your enthusiasm for this battle intrigues me.

[blanche805]

People tend to like what they like for very personal reasons-- especially people who discover music which hasn't been shoved down their throats by the powerful and ubiquitous mainstream promotional machinery. It just seems like an odd mission to take on, this trying to convince someone that they're actually not really getting something out of what they think they're getting something out of.

[blanche805]

Like, am I wrong for liking the song "Cat Food?" Should I instead listen to "South Side Of The Sky?" I like both! For completely different reasons. Is "In The Wake Of Poseidon" the wrong religious document?  Please help me, O Saviour, lead me the Way to the bible that will get me into heaven the

quickest.

[blanche805]

Pardon my French. Proselytizing. Is what I meant. Is an actual word. Now, continue Blanche...

[blanche805]

Thank You, Blanche. I will continue, Blanche.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

This award-winning performance has won Cheer-Accident a year supply of cat food.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

Lady Window Shopper with a new one in the hopper whips up a chemical brew; croaking to a neighbour while she polishes a sabre knows how to flavour a stew. Never need to worry with a tin of 'Hurri Curri': "Poisoned especially for you!" No use to complain if you're caught out in the rain; your mother's quite insane. Cat food cat food cat food again.

[jonvanflan]

I watched this a googolplex times in a row and held it in the whole time. I am a better fan that you are.

I think these "music videos" may catch on some day. Some people need ProTools or Cubase to loop. Not Cheer-Accident. No. They can loop all on their own. Visceral and provocative. This whole business of using drums and guitars? Craziness! Unclassifiable?File this under, "what the hey"!?!

[blanche805]

Here's an idea: Listen to "Filet Of Nod" for seven straight hours instead of spending that seven hours commenting on how much you dislike it. It will make you a better person. Try it out!

[jonvanflan]

It only takes seven seconds to say what a piece de merde it is. I think not listening to filet of nod for seven hours and spending that time discovering new and better music will make me (and anyone) a better person. Why waste my time listening to a chord over and over? This is what people mean when they say prog rock is self indulgent. This is the definitive state of self indulgence -- filet of nod. They should call it filet of self indulgent merde de taureau.

[blanche805]

You are speaking my language! (You must have sensed that I was Canadian.) But you somehow always manage to miss all of my nuanced undercurrents. Your forte? Isn't prog rock known for having many chords in its music? Isn't prog all about (how do you like it?) more more more? Wouldn't this be the opposite of prog rock? Tip: Possessing the concept of "a waste of time" most efficiently paves the way to a waste of time.

[jonvanflan]

First off, Blanche, you are from Macon Georgia and are in Kappa Kappa Gamma and have a scrunchee in your hair. You are more about Jack Daniels than Yukon Jack. Second, Filet is a performance art piece with the "Emperor's New Clothes" concept. They get off on people who think it is so meaningful. They are laughing at you through all of it. Get a clue. Tip: playing the same chord for days is just boring. Uberknobs lap it up because they indulge in all things phony.

[blanche805]

I do have a scrunchee in my hair (and I can't wait to have you grab it with your sexy manteeth and tear it off my head). Well, I guess Macon is to Canada as Pakistan is to Mexico. Or something! Nothing but good news here... And how would one go about playing one chord for days while still being genuine in your book? Perhaps a wailing synthesizer over top would alleviate its phoniness?

[crustandcrumb]

Boy, watched this one twice in a row.

[Ferfbid]

I just went from listening from listening to Salad Days to watching this. Great transition