I Am an Elastic Firecracker

Best albums of 1995 (43 music items)

"My introduction to Tripping Daisy, as I'm sure it was for most of the world courtesy of the singles "I Got a Girl" and "Piranha". I quickly found that "I Got a Girl" was the weakest song on the entire album, on which every other song is a personal favorite. "Prick" tends to rate highest due to its dynamics, but I could just as well have chosen any other song I haven't already named here. Favorite song: "Prick" "

My First 40 CDs (or, Where I'm Coming From) (50 music items)

"Then: This was the first CD I ever purchased based solely on the strength of one song (which as it turns out falls under the weak side rather than the strong side if one had to divvy the songs up equally). I'd never heard of these guys before the below single came out, and frankly never heard much about them since. Except of course during the countless times I played this album over and over again in my bedroom! Now: Not only do I still own this CD, but it remains among my favorite discs from"

Best live shows I've seen (30 music items)

"Bronco Bowl Grand Re-opening 1996 The bill for this show was put together by Tripping Daisy and consisted of 5 other local (Dallas/Denton/Fort Worth) bands they wanted to play with (all of which they were friends of). My friends and I arrived late, so we only saw 4 of the 6. Since odds are nobody here knows any of the bands they played with I'll skip over them after I say this: the 1st band played with their backs to us (which I didn't appreciate), the 2nd band was an amazing punk group, the 3r"

i got a girl

“It started when I heard "I Got a Girl" over ten years ago and went on from there. Be sure to listen to the whole thing, including the "hidden" track at the end. It would be interesting to find out what these guys have going on in their heads...” read more