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just a quick (non)review: the record is pure gold. i don't know what it is about the MoM sound, but it pleases me to no end. this CD makes me want to dance around. it's that good. i actually get a smile on my face at several points during the listen, a sure sign that i like it. i didn't know what to expect from them after that last ep on sonig, but it's safe to say that the full-length is a bit more accessible and groovy. track 3, Pinwheel Herman, has replaced the Statler Brothers "Flowers on the Wall" as my late-summer theme song. i'd go on, but i'm at work, and i could rant on this record for a long while. . .to sum up, go have a listen. if you don't like it, but it anyway, as i think that it's a grower for sure. one last thing: who or what is "our choice"? it's listed after "sonig" and "rough trade" on the back cover. </hysterics> +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Jeffrey Cash Shoemaker Web Slinger IT Masters, Inc. Tel: 512-219-5086 ext.134 Fax: 512-219-5087 www.itmasters.com

i got the mouse on mars cd the same day as i got the pluxus cd. in the nearly two weeks since, pluxus listens: 2 (and i've yet to make it all the way through. a snoozer and not in a warm nap kind of way), mouse on mars listens: i've lost count. i don't generally play albums to death, but this is one of the first full lengths in a while that i've throughly enjoyed. i think i tell everyone i come across about it. music wise, i find it other step in mom wonderful development. i pulled out vuvlaland the other day and while i still like it, they are lightyears beyond that. dsp hackery to be sure, but in a wonderful warm and playful way. i see this record be very successful crossing bountries. it is fucked up and twisted, but yet accessible and fun. while picking one album for 'pick of the year' is ussually a fruitless endevour of comprises, if i had to recommend one cd to a total stranger, this would be it. ben. On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, david turgeon wrote:

quoted 7 lines what's the word on the new mouse on mars cd? i liked _autoditacker_

> what's the word on the new mouse on mars cd? i liked _autoditacker_ > back then but since i've heard _instrumentals_ & _glam_, my expectations > have been heightened a bit... > > -- > david >

quoted 7 lines i got the mouse on mars cd the same day as i got the pluxus cd. in the

> >i got the mouse on mars cd the same day as i got the pluxus cd. in the >nearly two weeks since, pluxus listens: 2 (and i've yet to make it all >the way through. a snoozer and not in a warm nap kind of way), mouse on >mars listens: i've lost count. i don't generally play albums to death, >but this is one of the first full lengths in a while that i've throughly >enjoyed. i think i tell everyone i come across about it.

i think i already posted my definite thumbs up for this disc, but i'll do it again. it's *awesome*. probably my favorite of the year, although i haven't bought much music in a while. it really does mesh the bleeding edge with very inventive and enjoyable music. i've also played the hell out of it. like once a day at least for two weeks. i've turned on most of my friends to it, with the notable exception of my ex-gf who couldn't seem to process the whole "funk meets dsp" thing going on. i delivered pizza when "autoditacker" was released (you bang a LOT of music doing this), and i can say that for myself the new one has the same longevity. -jeff -------------- 1642 try 621 --------------