From Lance's original J Church website: "Our second full-length
release. It sure took long enough. Songs include No Surprise
(most famous for clever use of the word "lesbian"), Lucidity
(basically an update of Commodity), New
Dreams Broken (about a guy that lives across the street
and stares out of his window every day. It's my guess about his
life), Picture This (about my old neighbourhood
in LA that was toasted in the Rodney King riots. Fine with me),
Marge Schott (Conspiracy theory. Bruce Lee's death=Marge
Schott owning the Reds), Why I Like Bikini Kill
(I love them. It's true), Chemicals (my straight-edge,
anti-speed message... sorta), and I Can't Be Nice To You
(about the San Francisco Weekly and not M.R.R., although I guess
it could be). The CD includes a secret track which is a piano /
melodica four-track version of I Can't Be Nice To You
with Lydia tickling the keys."
In the CD booklet Lance talks about Why I Liked Bikini
Kill: "I hate explaining songs, but this could easily
be misunderstood. It seems like every fanzine I read these days
has a column slagging Bikini Kill or Riot Grrrls. Bikini Kill and
Riot Grrrl are cool and this song is aimed at their detractors."
The coloured vinyl has to be seen to be believed - a superb red,
black, yellow and orange flame pattern. Some copies of the LP appear
to have been missing the lyric sheet. The live tracks on the bonus
7" were recorded in 1992 at the Women's Building in San
Francisco, Brendan's second show with the band.
The back cover photo is the basketball team from Lance's old high
school in Hawaii - they're namechecked in the lyrics of No
Surprise.
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