Cow With The Window In Its Stomach, The

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General | May 2008

Reviews

Ragnar of Ravensfjord
Reviewed 2008-07-09
Very odd blend of spoken word and lo-fi, shall we say, “D.I.Y. prog rock”? Often interesting sometimes random and surreal and silly. In the realm of later-era Zappa and a little Negativland at their most spontaneous & silly.

(1) Some kid talking to their mom about recording. Lame.
((((2)))) Loose, jazzy improvy, prog. Gets better as it moves along.
(((3))) Zappa-ish synclavier/synth bits, bass and “clap beats”.
((((4)))) Rumbly, rhythmic and jazzy fusion.
(((5))) Sparse, jam and a bunch of conversational spoken word snippets.
((6)) Spotty classic rock vs. “free noise rock” jam. Kinda lame.
(((7))) Except of a funny short story about the cow in the album & weird, fake commercial.
(((8))) Another story mixed with jazzy jams. Sort of amusing.
(9) TOO MANY FCCS! AVOID!
((((10)))) Loose, funky jazzy jam. Would be a hit amongst stoned college students but actually good for what it is.
((((11)))) Slow and steady build up with a prog-rock/lo-fi jazz fusion base.
((((12)))) Etheral, choral, very airy, voice sound just like the title. Nice.
((13)) Huh? Feedback, spontanenous drums and some lady talking about pills & cigs.
((14)) Minimal guitar chords & noodling.
(15) Some guy calling his dog and the dog talking back.
(((16))) Basement jam, with a god bass sound. Guitars are just OK but the bass playing takes the cake.
((17)) More Pookie Chow ads, more 80’s Zappa-ish, electronic silliness that goes nowhere.
((18)) Disjointed guitar/drums hippy fusion-y jazzy sounds that are too close to the ‘Dead for comfort.
((19)) Really long “discount prog” jams going in a bunch of different directions but rarely landing a good place.
(20) Really lame skit about a guy that needs to go to the loo. (FCC “shit” said once)

Recent airplay

She'll Be Your Friend If You Let Her Be Your Friend
Sleeping
OatmealJul 25, 2008
No Mind Never Matter
Brownian MotionJul 23, 2008

Charting

2008-07-20 — 2008-09-21
Week EndingAirplays
Sep 7 1
Aug 10 1
Jul 27 2

Track listing

1. July 31, 1966
2. No Mind Never Matter
3. Cobalt Rat Candelabra Theatre Intro
4. The Impenitent Dead
5. She'll Be Your Friend If You Let Her Be Your Friend
6. Thyroid Condition
7. Talking To A Girl / Pookie Chow
8. Cluck Truck
9. Delivering Scientific Equipment
10. It Looks Like You
11. Sleeping
12. Ah Oh Wah Oh
13. Red Pills
14. Purple Microdot Blues
15. Princess
16. Would Your Turtle Like Some Lettuce?
17. Cobalt Rat Candelabra Theatre Outro
18. Refractive Phenomenon
19. The Return Of The Impenitent Dead
20. Jeri And Jeff Talk About It