13 January 2021

Who Shimmied the Bong?

 

Ann Magnuson & Kramer at it again, wafting up the sickening smell of rancid bongwater.

Double Bummer
is a double LP by Bongwater released in 1988. The four-sided album consists of psychedelic-era cover songs, sound collages, & originals in an abrasive &/or abstract, dense, sludgy experimental style often with dreamy cacophonous vocals by Magnuson (on songs like "Frank", a sardonic "tribute" to Frank Sinatra or "Dazed & Chinese", Led Zeppelin's "Dazed & Confused" sung in Cantonese.

Bongwater here is: Kramer – vocals, instruments, production, engineering; Ann Magnuson – vocals, instruments; Dave Rick – guitar; & David Licht – drums with friends Don Cherry – trumpet; & Gary Windo – tenor saxophone.

Bongwater - Double Bummer 2xLP, Shimmy Disc Shimmy 0000000000011, 1988
decryption code in comments

Side A -
Lesbians of Russia
Frank
We Did it Again
Homer
Joy Ride
Decadent Iranian Country Club
David Bowie Wants Ideas
Rock & Roll Part 2

Side B -
Just May Be the One
There You Go
Shark
Jimmy
Crime
Pornography
Pew

Side C -
Dazed & Chinese
Bullaby
So Help Me God
His Old Look
Stone
Number

Side D -
Love You To
Reaganation
Double Birth
Bruce
Pool
Rain

We’ll roll out the barrel next.

Enjoy,

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