Big Questions with The Dead Milkmen: Making "Metaphysical Graffiti"
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- Опубліковано 27 жов 2023
- Come under the band's spell for spooky fun and scary stories about the making of their frightful fifth album, "Metaphysical Graffiti", in this bewitching episode.
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Metaphysical Graffiti
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Get Your Own Methodist Coloring Book
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Dean's Promo for the Metaphysical Graffiti Re-release
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Metaphysical Graffiti - Book
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DM Tabs
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Keith Haring: Great Art Explained
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Yamaha DX11
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butthole surfers - lady sniff
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Ash Anathema's Instagram
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Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (AKA "The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue")
www.imdb.com/title/tt0071431/
Chris Oliver “Atoms:”
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I Tripped Over the Ottoman video:
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The King (documentary)
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www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_...
Did Elvis Presley Really Say This About Black People?
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This is a goldmine of info about a cherished album. As a lifelong fan, I can’t even begin to tell you how much this means to me. I appreciate all of you taking this as seriously as we the fans do.
Loved this episode. I have a story about this album. What I was in high school there was a talent show and me and my friends decided we were going to lip sync " if you love somebody, set them on fire". Our plan was to have a plastic toy guitar and douse it with lighter fluid and light it up at the very end. We made the mistake of telling our teacher this plan and she shut it down. So instead we lip synced to " Hate you, I love you". We jumped around and smashed our toy guitars at the very end. Everybody in school hated it, and/or thought we were weird.
There's a Butthole Surfers documentary in production (Kickstarter); if they haven't been in contact with you yet, you should let them know you have some Gibby stories
Hate You, Love You is played on repeat during road trips with our grandchildren because they request it. Funny thing is, we never get tired of it. It's just a really great song. DM music will live forever because even kids today are weaving it into their memories.
An entire Earl album would be hilarious.
I love this episode so much. Metaphysical Graffiti is the second DM that I was introduced to (after Big Lizard); I think it was a new release at the time.
Also, the children's choir was a great choice. Despite Rodney's razzing.
JOE is playing New York today at baker falls. Should be fun
Absolutely love this album. It was my introduction to you, I was 13. Got to see you live at ESU in April of 93. Joe influenced my guitar playing. I came across these videos a few weeks ago and have been binging and really looking forward to the Metaphysical Graffiti episode. Thanks guys.
what a fantastic episode! An hour passed too quickly. Hilarious remark about Joe speaking this much for the first time in 45 years 🤣 We, the fans, definitely loved that. Thanks for all the studio and songwriting details you shared, like other guy in comments said, it means a lot. So I might be running naked and singing "born free" way too often, but I won't do terrible things, except for making you sick. Happy Halloween
That's an interesting story behind the "Earls". Does that explain the origin where in "Little Man In My Head", during the instrumentals, there's the " Some people put socks in their pants to make their member bigger then they really are" ? ; Was that a clip from an actual conversation or a stand alone statement? I picture some guy snooping around with a cup to his hear, pressed against the door and hearing that.
One of my all-time favorite albums because this was the album tour that I saw the Dead Milkman actually perform!
My favorite song on this album is dollar signs in her eyes.❤🎉
Dollar Signs is kind of like Joe's Piano Man. Sung in the 3rd person. Fascinating info ..great episode.
This is one of my favorite albums, positioned at the perfect point in my life to have been the official departure point from top 40 radio and MTV when I was a freshman in high school. It was a perfect combination of humor, energy, and raw unfiltered expression. Love you guys.
I love learning the dead milkmen lore 🤭🤭
Joe Jack battery incident
Loved loved loved this episode! These album dives are such a treat! It was cool to hear how you guys decide who sings a particular song, too.
Happy Halloween! 🧙🎃💀
Happy Halloween!!!
Wow master tapes with Earl outtakes exist and we may get to hear more from 1990 era! Great stories.
this is my favorite dead milkmen album!! my dad had the cassette and i would run this front to back over n over as a 12 yr old.. this and psychic powerless another mans sac were my jamz as a 6th grader in 2006 lol
would like to add to the recommendations that Mr. Anonymous reminded me of "Wait for Your Laugh" about Rose Marie. it's just great
It's been taking me forever to get through this one - so many interruptions! - but I love it! I've had "Methodist Coloring Book" running through my head all day!! You guys are really and truly greater than the sum of your parts, and it's always a joy to tune in every week to watch you shoot the shit. Keep on keepin' on! Much love!
What a coincidence! I bought the MP3 album of METAPHYSICAL GRAFFITI earlier this month because my cassette copy was shot. Nice to hear some stories about the making of, though BEELZEBUBBA and NOT RICHARD, BUT DICK are my favorites.
Great episode and great album. Thanks for clearing up the "Song for Michael's Pipe" on the lyric sheet as it's puzzled me for 30 years.
ERRMIGRRRDDD - just found the tabs!- thanks, Joe!
This is my favorite Dead Milkmen album, could talk about it for hours :)
I always thought it was 2000 bong hits in a row! Haha! I love the mow across America shirt! I am lucky to halve an original. I can't believe you broke a string during Methodist and it still sounds great! Another great episode! Happy Halloween!
Come to Chicago!
Holy Moly….
Awesome
I remember deciphering The Song For Michael's Pipe back when it came out. I even made some music albeit basic and repetitive to go with it. I assumed it was an actual song that didn't make the cut. Thanks for the clarification. After Dean goes through the process of backing up/digitizing all that footage of tape, does that mean we can expect some revived bonus tracks?
Another great episode. Thank you Joe for your excellent memory. Learned so much in regards to the album and some of the not so fun,Behind the scenes of that period of time.
Every band needs to have someone like that. I've always been that guy in every band I've been in. Probably wasted too much brain activity remembering such things haha.
Thanks Dan for the shout out & recommendation. A few of the songs on Atoms we're recorded with the still,Broken foot. Working on the follow up to Atoms now. I start physical therapy on Halloween. It's going to be painfully spooky!
Oh,Rodney. I've heard 2,000 Bong Hits From Home. It's hilarious. Drunken 4-track fun!
Hello! In High School in 1994-1997 I listened to you All the time and had the college radio station play your songs. Metaphysical Graffitti is an Album that I Still listen to front to back. I was gonna make a Led Zepplin joke, but eh. LOVE YOUR BAND and I am so happy to learn about the MYSTERIES OF THE MILKMEN. I have made a 1 minute video for like instagram of BITCHIN' CAMERO, and I am gonna make more videos of Y'All. the videos are under my name on tik tok and facebook and instagram or I can send them to you directally. Hi
Not to get sidetracked here, but please tell me your username is a nod to Zappa, Margaret Cho, and weed!
What a kewl ep! I'm glad Rodney doesn't limit himself to the tongue and cheek now. I don't know what I'd do without Buried in the Sky and Tomorrow Should’ve Been Here Years Ago tuggin' at my viscera-strings. I wonder if you guys could answer a question for the Not Richard but Dick ep that'll hopefully come eventually. What's going in the 1st two lines of Jason's Head? Is Jason trying to kill the woman in the song or is it the other way around and I'm just mishearing the words?
I saw you on this tour! Still have the shirt. Rodney told a silly Xmas story, does anyone know where I could listen to it again online?
Thanks guys! Great session.
OMG SQUONK!
Also, I love The Big Sleazy and it's memorialization of WXPN before the University of Pennsylvania took the reigns away from students, after "offensive material" of a sort I do not recall was broadcast, but perhaps Rodney remembers... Also, who played the announcer and guy who cleans out the toilets at the headshop?
In Pittsburgh we are lucky to have WRCT (Carnegie Melon University) which sounds a bit more like I imagine the good old days of XPN did.
I'm curious about when the geo coordinates got attached to the Earls? 👽 Felt like a great continuation of the album art's theme, including Song For Michael's Pipe 😂
I noticed that as well! I was hoping they'd discuss that.
They talked about the coordinates on a Viewer Mail episode in May 2020.
If Led Zep didn't exist the DM would be crowned in their place hands down! No ifs or buttox about it
I bet Rodney knows what a Grell is, though
Pages 46 & 47 of the Fiend Folio
Awesome 👍😎
Oh awesome! Can I get the coloring book signed by everybody?
The cool thing is, I love music. I love shitty music. And i think Billy Joel is pretty shitty. But I like his music. And ya know, a lot of people feel the same way about the Dead Milkmen. And I don't give a fucking shit if you agree or don't.
The link for the Methodist coloring book isn’t working for me 😭
Yeah, even if you go to "all products" there's no listing for it.
Should be good now - sorry for the delay.
Got ittttt, had to have one after hearing the origins of the song 😆
Ummm I do believe part 2 is how Joe is wrong Soul Rotation is in fact the best album ever released
Ever heard of RC Christian? He's the dude in the cowboy hat who paid for the Georgia guide stones
I always thought rcs mom might be about him
What would remote control christian say
Yeh mo joe
Well ayam friends with kris Kristofferson
He blew up them guidestones last year round july
When i heard i tilted my head back like a pez dispenser
Atom's apple do anythang for his brother
Remote control Christian
watched a cute film about touring, but all I could think the whole time was, "Which milkman would say THAT?" because sometimes it was overwhelmingly clear and other times it was the thinnest line...ua-cam.com/video/agUS6GnZr_U/v-deo.html - a few lines about almost getting paid and the things the kids miss starting a band today that was unreal, super hard in the day (phone bills, press packets, and booking woes-stuck in lodi/fargo/wawa)?