Idiot Revolution
Hello, Hello
Pop Goes The Weasel
Blockhead
Small Things
Dear Abby
Info:
1994
Dyslexic Records #04
Out of Print
1998 (Re-press)
Dyslexic Records / Choke Inc.
Out Of Print
We wrote these songs really fast (and played them fast, too). We had planned on playing this
10-inch live in it's entirety at Isabel's Grand Finale (the show with the "pie fight"), but
the police shut the show down after Los Crudos played. This is definitely our favorite release,
and though it doesn't sound like the stuff that came before it, the songs we wrote afterwards
continued in this vein. Along with the 6 songs for the 10-inch, we also recorded "Oreo" and
"Stand By Me", which ended up on Dyslexic's Van" compilation years later (and even later, the
re-release of the Superincredibleheavydutydudes cd). Darryl and Bob from the Bollweevils contributed background vocals on
all the songs (you can really tell it's them), and Erik Pertl (Groovy Love Vivbes)
did the cover art. "Small Things", the song with all the bells and chimes, has only been played
live a couple times. But the "chimes" show up in every song. They were on the floor while we
did back-ups, and people kept stepping on them. It sounds like bottles breaking, so we left it
in. We get lots of letters about the song "Pop Goes the Weasel", mostly from those wondering if
it's some anti-Screeching Weasel manifesto. It is not. Though Todd won't go into specifics
besides the fact that it's about "more than one person", I think the song is more general than
most people want it to be. It's a Chicago thing, afterall. The title "Jerk Lessons" came from
Scott, after he saw some animated televison show about Junior Campers.
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