Maybe not nec. BBC.
― dow, Sunday, 1 November 2020 18:43 (three years ago) link
Ha, love that line, and the way he does that one.xp
― Spiral "Scratch" Starecase (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 1 November 2020 18:46 (three years ago) link
Not seeing GM's own ref to the above practice, but his buddy Xgau mentions Lipstick Traces [Rough Trade, 1993]:punk as Ur-political vanguard as per G. Marcus, a man who considers the Firesign Theatre background music (Adverts, "One Chord Wonders"; Mekons, "Never Been in a Riot") *
― dow, Sunday, 1 November 2020 19:03 (three years ago) link
Oh well, might be somewhere in here: https://greilmarcus.net/?s=firesign+theatre
― dow, Sunday, 1 November 2020 19:06 (three years ago) link
Marcus has mentioned he wrote Lipstick Traces while wearing out his Firesign vinyl.
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:06 (three years ago) link
From: https://rockcritics.com/2013/07/16/from-the-archives-greil-marcus-online-exchange-2002-2/
I hope the book is not devoid of humor, but I couldn’t have imagined turning it into a comedy, even if I wrote the whole thing while listening over and over to Monty Python and Firesign Theater records, for nine years, until they were all grey and cracked.
I asked the question!
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:10 (three years ago) link
Buncha other ilxors in there too
― "what are you DOING to fleetwood mac??" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 1 November 2020 23:15 (three years ago) link
Wow
― Meet the Anti-Monks! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 2 November 2020 02:29 (three years ago) link