Akron/Family Announces Details for Set ’Em Wild, Set ’Em Free

By David Nadelle on Feb 17 2009

Remember the infamous scene in Monty Python’s Meaning of Life when the vulgar, vomiting, lard-arse Mr. Creosote is introduced, seated, and served a bucket of moules marinières, pâte de foie gras, beluga caviar, eggs Benedictine, tarte de poireaux (“that's leek tart”), frogs legs amandine or oeufs de caille Richard Shepherd (“little quails' eggs on a bed of puréed mushrooms”), six bottles of Château Latour 1945, a double jeroboam of champagne, and six crates of brown ale before self-detonating after being coaxed by the unflappable maître d’ to squeeze in one more bite of food -- a wafer-thin mint?

Anyway, here’s the tracklisting for a three-CD collection of Dntel early material due April 14 through Phthalo Records. The Early Works for Me if it Works for You II package includes remastered versions of Jimmy Tamborello’s first two Dntel albums -- Something Always Goes Wrong and Early Works for Me if it Works for You -- plus a third course of unreleased songs recorded just prior to his Life Is Full of Possibilities album:

Disc One: Something Always Goes Wrong:

1. In Which Our Hero Begins His Long and Arduous Quest
2. In Which Our Hero Finds a Faithful Sidekick
3. In Which Our Hero Is Put Under a Spell
4. In Which Our Hero Dodges Bullets and Swords
5. In Which Our Hero Frees the Damsel in Distress
6. In Which Our Hero Is Decapitated by the Evil King
7. In Which Our Hero Begins His Long and Arduous Quest (Seq Remix)
8. In Which Our Hero Was Taken By Surprise (Languis Remix)
9. The S.O.S

10. A Machine And A Memory Keep You Alive

Disc Two: Early Works for Me if it Works for You}:

1. Loneliness Is Having No One to Miss
2. High Horses Theme
3. Pliesex Sielking
4. Termites in the Bathtub
5. Fort Instructions
6. Curtains
7. Tybalt 60
8. Danny Loves Experimental Electronics
9. Sky Pointing
10. Casuals
11. Winds Let Me Down Again
12. Jewel States, “The Door Borders”

Disc Three: Early Works for Me if it Works for You II

1. New Name
2. Incomplete 1
3. Paul Guitar
4. Don’t Try
5. Serious
6. Darker Earlier
7. Smile Break
8. Incomplete 4
9. Moody
10. Slowdance
11. Fancy Ian
12. Jittery
13. Incomplete 2
14. Bluegrass (Short)
15. Mini
16. Laughs
17. The First Day After the Worst
18. Ender

By Elzee on Feb 17 2009

I came to DC under false pretenses: I was told it would snow all the time, and so far all I’ve gotten is one storm that produced three measly inches. So, imagine my excitement when I looked out the window this morning and those glorious white clusters were gently tumbling downwards before my very eyes! Without considering this weather’s implications, I checked my email hoping to find a response to my Craigslist ad for an apartment or at the very least some funny porn spam. What I got was neither but was possibly better -- an email from my professor canceling my only class of the day! I was overjoyed.

Then I headed over to Ye Olde Tiny Mix Tapes to see what the music world had on the grill. What was cooking was a delicious stew of good news (note to self: food metaphor not appropriate in this context)! As you may or may not know, only songwriters, not musicians, get paid when their songs are played on terrestrial airwaves (this is not the “good news” part). But a bipartisan coalition of House members is fighting to pass H.R. 4789 -- the Performance Rights Act -- which would compensate performers every time one of their songs is broadcast on commercial radio.

According to CNET News, this would be tremendously helpful in curbing losses from illegal downloading and plummeting CD sales. Although most of my favorite musicians write their own songs, it is a little sad that Katy Perry doesn’t get any money when “Hot ‘n Cold” is played on the radio, so I hope this bill passes and that this snow stays on the ground.