Mercury Radio Theater - The Death And Life Of The Undead Boy (c) 200
Artist....: Mercury Radio Theater
Album.....: The Death And Life Of The Undead Boy
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 23
Genre.....: Indie
Label.....: Angryson Records
Catalogue#: ASR007
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://mercuryradiotheater.com/blog/
Tracklist:
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01 Are You Adequately Prepared To Rock 01:33
02 Story 1 00:29
03 Dejected, Adu Depressed In Spirits; Disheartened 01:58
04 Story 2 00:21
05 No Me Gusta 01:50
06 Story 3 00:23
07 In My Room 02:01
08 Story 4 00:20
09 The Hypno-Eye 03:10
10 Story 5 00:19
11 Monster Freak Twilight Hour 01:38
12 Story 6 00:39
13 Evil Con Carne 02:24
14 Story 7 00:18
15 I'm Out With The Out Crowd 01:52
16 Story 8 00:23
17 You Are My Density 04:12
18 Story 9 00:19
19 Every Pansy Has It's Thorn 01:52
20 Story 10 00:19
21 The Preadolescent Pariah 01:57
22 Story 11 00:07
23 The Invisible Who Casts No Reflection Among Us 03:11
Total:44,3 MB / 31:35 min
Release Notes:
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The Death and Life of the Undead Boy review Artist: Mercury Radio
Theater Label: Angryson Records length: 23 tracks/31:25 minutes Just in
time for Halloween comes a scarrrrrrrrrrryyy story to regale all of the
kiddies courtesy of one of the most bizarre albums to come down the
pike in a while: The Death and Life of the Undead Boy. Hailing from the
intensely frightening city of Philadelphia (hey I've been there, it's
true), the Mercury Radio Theater has followed up previous releases such
The Manhattan Zombie Massacre with their newest mixing of music and the
spoken word. Ironically, the Mercury Radio Theater's namesake was an
actual radio program in the 1930s that ran the legendary War of the
Worlds Halloween broadcast prank that scared half the east coast into
thinking the Martians had landed. The story on this album is about a
little boy named Victor. Unfortunately, Victor has a problem. He just
happens to be a vampire. This leads to all sorts of awkward situations
for poor Victor as he is teased by his schoolmates, misunderstood by
his parents, and generally lonely all the time. His only solace is in
his pet dog and his favorite television show Monster Freak Twilight
Hour.ö Victor is also in love with his classmate Lydia. But will Lydia
requite his love? Will Victor gain acceptance? This story, narrated by
Joe Genaro, is cleverly written and entertaining. Equally entertaining
are the musical interludes between story verses provided by the MRT. I
can best describe their music as cool surfer punk that just for the
heck of it gets an occasional polka influence thrown in for good
measure. Yes, you will hear an actual accordion on this record,
although I don't think it is Weird Al playing it. A delightful addition
is the album packaging. Victor's story comes complete in storybook form
with some great drawings by Joe Whiteford. You will have pictures to
show to the kiddies as the story is narrated to them. What a bonus!
Truly a stupendous blend of story telling and music, The Death and Life
of the Undead Boy is as oddball a record as you will find. In case you
havenÆt figured it out by now, I like these guys. Although I have to
wonder, if Victor is a vampire, how does he go to school during the
day? Is he a daytime vampire? And if the people are bothering him, why
doesn't he just get them at night, I mean after all, he IS a vampire?
These issues a side, kudos to the Mercury Radio Theater for creating an
innovative and clever record. Noel Lloyd 10/22/03