Surreal audio at its finest! These mind-bending journeys into the absurd recesses of American culture have aged well – or perhaps they haven’t aged at all.
It’s like listening to an old radio show, only there are always several things happening at once, and they don’t quite make sense till you understand the whole album and figure out who all the different characters are.
Which takes about 200 listens. So get started! See youtube links below.
Historical Note – classic rock-era albums require repeated listens to grasp the flow of the entire work. The early tracks on an album make more sense after you get to know the later ones, etc. Ditto for Firesign – there are layers of interweaving meanings, references, characterizations….
Choose one or two albums and play them a hundred times in the next week/month/year/decade. Don’t worry – all will become clear in the end!
Where to start? Depends on who you ask, and what time of day. Try these:
How Can You Be In Two Places At Once (includes the original Nick Danger episode)
Don’t Crush the Dwarf (featuring “High School Madness”)
Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death (End of Millennium Radio Show)
