It was to be an equal sharing of ideas, influences, and missteps. Using the idea of combining the notion of “song” and elements from stand-up comedy, and electronic music and a shared love of the electronic form and its many permutations, we respectfully, playfully explored and experimented. I went about the realization of this idea with fellow Lambchops and electronic-minded musicians Ryan Norris (Coupler) and Scott Martin (Hobbledeions). Woe be it unto the man whose tastes are frozen forever, for given time, space, and understanding, such things become reborn and reimagined as we search for a creative kernel of truth. It unlocked in my mind a genre of music long dormant in memory yet an influence so prevailing in a variety of current musical genres. In reading it, I saw parallels between the dance culture of that era and the indie-rock/punk/experimental music culture. It occurred to me that it could make an interesting dance recording given the right situation and circumstance.Įqually inspirational was the book Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture 1970–1979 by Tim Lawrence. It was on a 78 RPM record on the Coral Records imprint. Diets? Who needs ’em? Well, if you’re like Buddy Hackett, or us… you do.Ī few years ago, I came across a 45-second monologue about trying to lose weight, performed by the comedian Buddy Hackett.
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