FIRESIGN THEATRE
Boom Dot Bust (Rhino)
Reviewed by Shaun Dale

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The infernal machine at my elbow has decoded the data on this shiny, shiny, shiny piece of plastic a couple dozen times now, transmitting waves of moving molecules toward the infernal organics in my skull. Those organics have had considerably more trouble decoding the data in those moving molecules, though, which in the world of the 4 or 5 crazee guys that make up the Firesign Theatre is a very good thing.

Whether it's a kung-fu Citizen Kane, an exorcist's infomercial or a conference call on the mayor's phone (ring, ring, ring!), there's something to please every Bill and frighten every Elmer on this one. The Firegods have spawned a bunch of new characters and put them in a bunch of settings that often seem only tangentially connected, until, of course, repeated doses expose the seams that hold it all together.

The easy thing to do, of course, would have been a follow-up to their Grammy nominated Rhino debut, Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death. But it would have been wrong. The Firesign Theatre bravely chose to do right, and to do it right. The result is as inexplicable as it is hilarious. Get one for your very own infernal machine as soon as possible. It's not only shiny, shiny, shiny, but funny, funny, funny.

Track List:

Just Jinkin' Ya! * We Heart Billville * Drink Global, Eat Local * The Mayor Is The Problem * Buy The Numbers * Dishnet Sports Wrap-Up * Gov. Bill Williams Tornado Preserve * That Billville Sound! * Bless Their Strange Names * "Kane!" * Super Racearound II * Weather With An Edge * The Digging Of Elmertown * Boom Dot Bust * Back Room At The Ash 'N' Onion * The Glue-It Yourself Show * Collision City * Doom Bot Dust * Inside The Money Bubble * Devilmaster By Infermco * The Good, The Fatt And The Ugly * Three Schnooks In A Boat

© 1999 - Shaun Dale