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Inter-Album Interview: Eenor Keeps On Creating
Multi-instrumentalist Eenor (Frog Brigade, Yard Dogs Road Show) joins us to talk about the arc of his music career and his excellent run with Les and…
5 years, 2 months ago
Bastardizing Jellikit - Poetry & Prose
Josh and Frankie discuss two studio tracks recorded for compilations in 1993 and 1994. Poetry and Prose is a delightful meta-ditty, and Bastardizing …
5 years, 2 months ago
Hamburger Train - Pork Chop - Hail Santa
We've reached the end of Pork Soda, and revel in its triumvirate of instrumental tracks that close this inimitable record. Hamburger Train dominates …
5 years, 2 months ago
The Air Is Getting Slippery
The vaudevillian track The Air is Getting Slippery is perhaps Primus at its most suggestive, and has the air of something sordid, but Frankie helps J…
5 years, 3 months ago
Mr. Krinkle
I'll tell you why: buried on the back half of Pork Soda is Mr. Krinkle, which has become a latter-day live staple and undisputable crowd pleaser. Jos…
5 years, 3 months ago
(The) Pressman
(The) Pressman is one of a few tracks left over from the early days of Primus, and it finally made its way to a studio recording, stashed in the last…
5 years, 3 months ago
Pork Soda
The title track of the 1993 effort is a novelty mishmash self-indulgent parody of advertising and a metaphor for what Les Claypool sees Primus as in …
5 years, 3 months ago
Wounded Knee
An unexpected Tim Alexander composition divides the two halves of Pork Soda. We get into the specifics of the recording of this track, which occurred…
5 years, 4 months ago
Nature Boy w/ Louis Ortega
Nature Boy, an enigmatic track that delights and confounds when it rears its hydra heads in concert. Senior bass analyst Louis Ortega drops in to dem…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon w/ Anthony Garcia
A standout offering from Pork Soda, The Ol' Diamondback Sturgeon serves as a companion piece to Fish On and provides just as many delights. Our ol' p…
5 years, 4 months ago