Once again, I'm stumped for a Theme. This may be the reason this particular tape is called "The Clumsy Attempt". It does have a lot of experiments with negative space, though. One problem you get with a collage show (especially a college collage show), is the urge to throw everything at the broadcast antenna you can in the space of the hour or so you have allotted.
This is a mistake.
The value of "less" cannot be overstated. I could go into lots of music theory about why this is the case, but this is something to hear more than write about. Listen to pop music all this week, and if you find yourself confused and disoriented, consider what the music would be like if producers followed a maxim of "less".
- Crazy Birds are the new Crazy Dinosaurs
- Zoo Gymnastic Meet
- Carly Simon / Mr T. / Tammy Faye
- Field Mice and Bad Jokes
- Smugglers and Marriage
- Somebody Else's Problem
- Fish
- And Mice Jesus
- French Dressing
- Oh My God It's Amway
- Twitchy Violins
- Z-Man Speaks
- Americana
This show's flowsheet, with Stern comments added.
