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I Heard It Through The Grapevine

from the white cassette (1984) by Walls Of Genius

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Originally credited to the band "Gore A Cat"
Evan: guitars, vocals
Little Fyodor: synthesizer, percussion
This piece orginally began with a “hidden track”, some material from an interview Schaun Keenan-Gilson did with David and Evan on KGNU radio. Evan talked about the “ostinato”, which is classical music-speak for a repetitive bass line. Little Fyodor discussed the improvisatory process. They both talked about the party atmosphere and the effort to have fun. FOR THIS RE-RELEASE, I HAVE EXCISED THIS EXCERPT--IT IS REDUNDANT TO A LOT OF MATERIAL ALREADY EXPLORED ON WWW.HALTAPES.COM AND ELECTRONIC COTTAGE, PLUS IT'S A STRONGER TRACK WITHOUT THE INTERVIEW EXCERPT AS AN INTRODUCTION and THE INCLUSION OF THE INTERVIEW STRIKES ME NOW AS UNNECESSARY, BORING AND SELF-AGGRANDIZING. The fake lesbian orgasms were on a floppy 45rpm record given to us by Brian Ladd of the Psyclones (Ladd-Frith Music, Eureka CA). This piece emphasizes the approach we were taking so often. On one hand, we were serious about what we were doing and could discuss it from an academic standpoint. We was college grads, after all! So we stuck the interview in. But we didn’t want listeners to think that we took ourselves too seriously, so then we faded up faked lesbian orgasms before launching into a deconstruction of the Marvin Gaye hit. I had learned “I Heard It Through The Grapevine” the very day that Marvin Gaye died and played it as Joe Colorado that same night at the open stage at Pachamama’s coffee house on Pearl Street (currently a fancy French restaurant, L’Atelier).

(More discussion available at the Walls Of Genius archive, www.haltapes.com)

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from the white cassette (1984), released February 2, 1984

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Walls Of Genius

Fried psychedelia, relentless experimentation, hunter-gatherer improv, space rock doom, heavy rock monumentalism and daffy cover tunes. Walls of Genius rips holes in the fabric of space and time, kicks you in the ass and leaves you smiling. 80s stalwarts of the cassette culture, they're back in the 21st century. The most unique band that ever was. Really! ... more

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