Half Japanese - 1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts

An excerpt from the Half Japanese documentary, "The Band That Would Be King".

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Half Japanese
1/2 Gentlemen / Not Beasts
(1980)

All Music Guide:
"As with any album that is three records long, 1/2 Gentlemen/Not Beasts unwittingly shows Half Japanese's true roots. Over the three records, the band "covers" such minimalists as the Velvet Underground, the Stooges, and Jonathan Richman, as well as deconstructing such wordsmiths as Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. Although they would have you believe that their untuned, almost unlistenable, instrumental clatter is the result of being so enthusiastic that they didn't bother to learn how to play their instruments, it's just the logical, inevitable intellectual extension of Richman's naivete and the Velvet Underground's stripped-down guitar. Half Japanese is consciously primitive and amateurish. "

Tracklist:
DISC 1
1. "No Direct Line from My Brain to My Heart" - (2:00)
2. "10th Avenue Freeze Out" - (1:50)
3. "Ta Sheri Ta Ta" - (4:55)
4. "My Girlfriend Lives Like a Beatnik" - (1:05)
5. "Her Parents Came Home" - (0:59)
6. "Shhh-Shhh-Shhh" - (2:12)
7. "Girls Like That" - (2:12)
8. "Rrrrrrrrrrr" - (1:27)
9. "No More Beatle Mania" - (1:53)
10. "Tangled Up in Blue" - (3:45)
11. "Patti Smith" - (2:23)
12. "School of Love" - (1:07)
13. "Jodie Foster" - (2:15)
14. "Shy Around Girls" - (1:37)
15. "Grrrrrrrrrr" - (2:24)
16. "Bogue Millionaires-Cool Millionaires" - (2:11)
17. "Tn Tn Tn Tn Ki" - (3:10)
18. "I Can't Stand It Anymore" - (2:24)
19. "I Love Oriental Girls" - (1:44)
20. "Dream Date" - (1:33)
21. "Du Du Du - Du Du Du" - (7:22)
22. "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - (1:10)
23. "Ann Arbor, MI" - (0:33)
24. "I'm Going to the Zoo" - (1:13)
25. "Shi Yi Yi" - (0:58)
26. "Rave On" - (1:42)
27. "I Ta Na Si Na Mi Eee" - (1:02)
28. "Till Victory" - (2:16)
29. "Rip My Shirt to Shreds" - (0:19)
30. "I Don't Want to Have Mono No More" - (1:41)
31. "She Cracked" - (1:57)
32. "Bbbb-bbbb" - (1:36)
DISC 2
1. "Funky Broadway Melody" - (4:13)
2. "I'm Sorry" - (1:37)
3. "T-T-T-T-T-T" - (6:43)
4. "The Worst I'd Ever Do" - (0:44)
5. "Live in Baltimore MD" - (20:17)
6. "Live in Washington DC" - (18:16)
7. "Battle of the Bands" [*] - (1:59)
8. "Worst I'd Ever Do" [*] - (0:42)
9. "Ann Arbor, MI" [*] - (0:53)
10. "School of Love" [*] - (1:32)
11. "Her Parents Came Home" [*] - (0:57)
12. "Shy Around Girls" [*] - (1:11)
13. "Dream Date" [*] - (1:43)
14. "Bogue Millionaires-Cool Millionaires" [*] - (3:29)
15. "Knock on Wood" [*] - (1:44)
16. "Top Secret" [*] - (0:48)
17. "Guitar Solo" [*] - (0:41)
18. "Calling All Girls" [*] - (1:04)

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Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston - It's Spooky

Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston
It's Spooky
(1977)

All Music Guide:
"Originally released in 1989, this collaboration between the two songwriters is about as ramshackle as you can get. Drumbeats are notably out of step, vocals creak, and melodies lurch and stop. Not that this should come as any surprise to anyone with any familiarity with the two, as amateurishness is often the name of the game. This record originally came out on Jad Fair's label and is reissued here with six extra tracks. Covers include "Happy Talk," Phil Och's "Chords of Fame," Glass Eye's "Kicking the Dog," a deconstructed "Tomorrow Never Knows," and the Butthole Surfers' "Sweet Loaf," here retitled "Sweet Loafed." This might be the best representation of the two musicians, with the give and take occasionally resembling a kind of stumbling electric jug band on songs like "Something's Got a Hold of Me." The most impressive thing about the disc is the sheer exuberance for music that is felt every step of the way. The simple expressions and blunt descriptions are often charming and beautiful in their out-of-step way, especially during "I Did Acid With Caroline." It's one of the many moments where you realize that -- at the core -- this is wonderful, stripped-down-to-the-core indie pop with a huge heart. Whether or not this is a lost masterpiece is not quite etched in stone, but it is indeed an excellent portrait of obvious fan-boy eagerness and musical joy. Musical joy that -- at over 70 minutes -- might need to be spaced out accordingly."

Tracklist:
1. "It's Spooky" - (1:55)
2. "Summer Time" - (3:03)
3. "I Met Roky Erickson" - (2:30)
4. "Happy Talk" - (4:11)
5. "McDonalds on the Brain" - (0:42)
6. "I Did Acid With Caroline" - (1:43)
7. "If I'd Only Known" - (1:54)
8. "Tongues Wag in This Town" - (1:08)
9. "Tomorrow Never Knows" - (1:53)
10. "Oh Honey" - (2:13)
11. "A Vow of Love" - (0:52)
12. "When Love Calls" - (2:20)
13. "Frankenstein Vs. the World" - (2:21)
14. "Hands of Love" - (2:04)
15. "Kicking the Dog" - (2:56)
16. "What I've Seen" - (2:50)
17. "Something's Got a Hold on Me" - (2:01)
18. "Villian" - (2:38)
19. "Chords oF Fame" - (2:55)
20. "Ostrich" - (0:32)
21. "Casper the Friendly Ghost" - (4:14)
22. "First Day at Work" - (3:03)
23. "Fun and Games" - (0:47)
24. "Nothing Left" - (2:15)
25. "Memphis Tennessee" - (1:15)
26. "Come Back" [*] - (2:57)
27. "Tears Stupid Tears" [*] - (3:01)
28. "The Making of the Album" [*] - (1:51)
29. "Get Yourself Together" [*] - (1:24)
30. "What the World Needs Now" [*] - (3:03)
31. "Sweet Loafed" [*] - (2:45)

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