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Reissue. Originally Released on Columbia in 1970. Their Best Stoner Classic Album…. More >>
Ensemble Theatre Group
Molasses Tank Productions is an ensemble theatre group that attempts to make its performances contribute in a visible way to the quality of life in both the city and the region.
Don’t Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers!
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
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March 31st, 2010 at 8:08 pm
I purchased this CD after having read glowing reviews both in the Rolling Stone record guide and here on amazon for many years. I am just so totally disappointed but this non-sense album. This so-called “masterpiece” is the quintessential late 60’s, LSD laden chaos that people that went to college during those tumultuous years find funny, but everyone else just shakes their heads and turns it off after 1 minute. It was recorded during a time when everything revolved around social disobedience, wild discussions, drugs and wild orators like MLK, Upton Sinclair, Timothy Leary, etc. Anyone under the age of 50 will find this CD completely incomprehensible and boring. Sorry baby boomers, your time is up.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 31st, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I bought four firesign cd’s Had them on 33’s when first released. I can’t believe I thought this stuff was funny 30 years ago.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 31st, 2010 at 10:51 pm
As Firesign Theatre albums go,this is definitely one of their more surreal projects.Everybody has a take on this album,so here’s my theory….Young George Tyrebiter,trippy hippy,awakens from his stupor,to find his television tuned into some sort of oddball early morning religious program. The followers apparently worship food,co-incidentally while George has the munchies.At one point the televsion becomes a two-transferance device. The Evangilist passess George a hot steamy breakfast,but in exchange,George finds himself pulled into the television world! In the televsion world,George becomes the cannon fodder of just about everything,including the central program,a bad teen comedy called “High School Madness”.( And much to his horror,”George Tyrebiter” is played by someone else,whereas the real George gets stuck playing all the extras and back up roles…confused yet?).It’s a roller coaster of ideas and sounds,as someone else is channel surfing through this as well.Eventually….George has gone forward into the past,only to escape as Old George Tyrebiter,movie mogul,whom awakes to his secretary reciting phone messages from a list of potentially washed up film comedians.This album was probably a lot of fun to record,but the end result is muddy.( Even with the miracle of CD’s,and not having to flip the record over.). A “best of” album titled,”Forward Into the Past” harvested the best bits of this album,I’d purchase that one first. This one is for hardcore “Fire-Heads”.( And why doesn’t this CD include the original album poster? )
Rating: 3 / 5
April 1st, 2010 at 12:42 am
Was good in the 70s on LP and still good on CD……light em if you got em!
Rating: 5 / 5
April 1st, 2010 at 3:25 am
My personal favorite FST album. Although it is necessary to listen to them in chronological order (in particular you must hear “How Can You Be In Two Places At Once” before this one) this one is an absolute must. “Comedy” is simply and inadequate term to describe this.
Rating: 5 / 5