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SOME KINDA FUNNY

• ODD MAN OUT is a parlor game song, having something to do with romance, that we have been singing for a couple years now. It's become one of our most requested numbers.
• GLORIOUS PREDICTION was written about a year and a half ago, inspired by two well dressed strangers who left a religious pamphlet at the front door.
• HISTORY OF LANGUAGE is a hard song to describe. Lou sings this loopy historical piece, subtitled the Language of History.
• AUNT EMILY is a sequel, or perhaps more of a prequel, to the song Waltzing With Bears. Not very like any of the other songs on this CD, it has a very singable nonsense chorus which has proven to keep people awake at night.
• GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY delivers the news the way it would sound if the world were set up more to our specifications. Mentions the Pope, tornadoes, prison, candy, plum puree, fusion, ozone, and velour.
• DO YOU BELIEVE IN ME suggests to whom you should turn in hard times, and more important, to whom you shouldn't turn. It uses the Tooth Fairy and Santa as examples. This is one of our favorites.
• MAIDEN VOYAGE is very new, having been written this year. Here a mother is telling her daughter the story of how she met the girl's dad on a cruise ship in the Bahamas; a story of affection through affliction.
• THE STUFF SONG was also written this year, and was inspired by a conversation about writing a will. But fortunately, that's not what the song is about.
• THE UNFULFILLED SNEEZE has been kicking around in our repertoire for three or four years now. It's an imitation Stephen Foster song about allergies, pepper and loss.
• HEARD ABOUT THE HEAT is a Wisconsin song that we sing from coast to coast, written to warn people about the dangers of moving to our state.
• GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY is a song not meant to be particularly funny, which is a rarity for us. But it isn't a sad song, either. It's just a song; a sort of lullaby, as you can probably tell from the title.
• POET IN LOVE is one for the navel gazers, with something of a warning in the chorus. This is our imitation Leonard Cohen song for this recording, which is beginning to be a habit with us.
• RED KIMONO isn't a complete laff riot but it isn't a lead weight either. It's a waltz about luck, gratitude, and perspective. It features dipsticks, big shoes, love, Cleveland, Rover the Dog, Mother Theresa, and more.
• YOU BLOT OUT THE FUTURE is our imitation country-western Zen song about romance and its ability to keep consciousness in the present. Also features gin.