Cricket Machine

Return of the Cricket Machine

Track Listing
1.  Introduction
2.  Captain Yank
3.  Spock's Brain
4.  Loud Tommy and the Paper Dog
5.  I Know a Foot when I See One
6.  Space Jerky
7.  Fake You Out
8.  Donkey in a Rice Paddy
9.  Dry Heave
10.  Frosty Bogush Goes to Heaven
11.  Five for a Dollar
12.  Robochicken
13.  If the Man Says it's Funky...
14.  Spock's Balls

Musicians
Ffej - electronic percussion
Joe Wagner - electric guitar

Cricket Machine is back...this time, with a brand new set of improvisations recorded during one night of activity at Ffej's Left Orbit Studios.  The material was then digitally mixed and edited on Ffej's computer.  Check it out!

CD - $5
Item Number - FJ2

Listen to mp3 samples from this album!

The Ffej & Joe Story Hour

Track Listing
1.  The Trouble with Fritz and Shoes
2.  Clouse's House
3.  Toby's Left Foot
4.  Clancy's Dances
5.  Fire

Musicians
Ffej - words & voice
Joe Wagner - acoustic guitar
with...
The Singing Back-up Singers (#5)

During their tenure with Victoria's Secret Service, Ffej and Joe Wagner, though by default, re-formed Cricket Machine* (however, they didn't really use the name), a duo featuring Ffej's voice and Wagner's unique guitar styling.  Originally intended as a promotion for Victoria's Secret Service, this showcase, scheduled to be aired on WQSU 88.9 FM in Selinsgrove, PA, would include live music and band interviews.  However, of the five musicians, only Ffej and Wagner were able to attend.  So, the pair decided to perform together, and the net result was five impromptu songs, including a hastily rehearsed cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Fire" (which they learned in five minutes at the radio station by obtaining the lyrics and guitar tab from the internet).  This was the first and only live performance by the duo.

*Footnote - Cricket Machine was formed by Ffej and Joe way back in 1993 when Blather's Kite was situated in Philadelphia.  They recorded a 3-song EP featuring the lost tracks "Shortyville," "Mr. Sauer Kraut," and "Slapshot."  The master tape was later stolen when the group's apartment was burgularized.  Unfortulately, proper mixdowns of the music never occurred, resulting in the duo's trail to obscurity.

Hear an excerpt of "Clancy's Dances" from The Ffej & Joe Story Hour.  Click HERE!

If you like:  spoken word/story telling, King Missile, acoustic guitar, humor in music, improvisation, novelty music, etc.

Cassette - $3
CD - $5
Item Number - FJ1

Listen to mp3 samples from this album!
 

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