SIR MILLARD MULCH:
50 Intellectually Stimulating Themes from a Cheap Amusement Park for
Robots and Aliens, Vol. 1
(Ed Furniture
Entertainment)
You know, we get a lot of CDs here at the offices of The Night
Owl. However, I don't recall ever getting one like this one by Sir Millard
Mulch. Like the title says above, this CD contains 50 tracks (actually, there
are 53)--"a mish mash of impossible computer-sequenced virtuoso music,
progressive rock instrumentals, pathetic love songs, and spoken word
mini-lectures." Unfortunately, most of them are practically guaranteed to annoy
anyone who comes within 50 yards of it. Several of the 'songs' are
instrumentals, played on a computer (an Atari 1040--the liner notes list all
the specs for all the techno geeks out there).
A lot of the tracks reminded me of Frank Zappa, during his synclavier phase. At the Zoo actually contains a solo lifted almost note for note from "Peaches En Regalia." The thing that makes the disc interesting (at least it looks interesting) are the cover tunes that appear on it. Intertwined with tracks like "I Bought My Love a Bungee Cord," "15 Interesting Things to do with Tiny Chairs," and "Battle Hymn of the Horticulturalist" are covers of hits by the likes of Spice Girls, Winger, and Metallica. Trust me, you've never heard anything like this.
So, you're probably wondering, is the CD good? I'm not quite sure. It's definitely interesting, though…