Turbo
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I want to make something real, I want to make a GRUNGE record.
Sell your turntable and buy a guitar!
I want to make something real, I want to make a GRUNGE record.
[stupid youtubes - this is the Lame Report from Almost Live - hopefully some of you will recognize a few of them]I want to make something real, I want to make a GRUNGE record.
It was definitely of its time/place. It got so popular KING (Seattle NBC channel) pushed Saturday Night Live (going through their post-Eddie drought) to start at midnight and ran Almost Live at its normal 11:30 time slotYou know, I had never seen Almost Live until I moved out here but they used to show reruns after SNL on Saturday Night/ Early Sunday mornings. It’s great but very, of it’s time and place (late 80s early 90s Seattle) even if some of the jokes were occasionally lame I feel like it better helped me understand a bit more what it was like being around the Seattle area during a time of great change.
You know, I had never seen Almost Live until I moved out here but they used to show reruns after SNL on Saturday Night/ Early Sunday mornings. It’s great but very, of it’s time and place (late 80s early 90s Seattle) even if some of the jokes were occasionally lame I feel like it better helped me understand a bit more what it was like being around the Seattle area during a time of great change.
It was definitely of its time/place. It got so popular KING (Seattle NBC channel) pushed Saturday Night Live (going through their post-Eddie drought) to start at midnight and ran Almost Live at its normal 11:30 time slot
As kids we were real goofballs when we went to Mariners games and used to re-enact Bill Nye as “Speedwalker” as we walked up the ramps in the Kingdome
Lord of the Green River DanceMy favorite part was how specific some of the comedy was, like they would make jokes about the different neighborhoods like Ballard being full of of slow driving Nordic grandparents and Renton the home of inbred trailer trash and lumberjacks; most people aren’t gonna get those references outside of Seattle.
That being said, making sketch comedy at the same time Seattle was become apart of the cultural zeitgeist nationally with the rise of Microsoft, Grunge music, and Starbucks probably helped broaden their appeal and was comedic gold.
You know, I had never seen Almost Live until I moved out here but they used to show reruns after SNL on Saturday Night/ Early Sunday mornings. It’s great but very, of it’s time and place (late 80s early 90s Seattle) even if some of the jokes were occasionally lame I feel like it better helped me understand a bit more what it was like being around the Seattle area during a time of great change.
My favorite part was how specific some of the comedy was, like they would make jokes about the different neighborhoods like Ballard being full of of slow driving Nordic grandparents and Renton the home of inbred trailer trash and lumberjacks; most people aren’t gonna get those references outside of Seattle.
That being said, making sketch comedy at the same time Seattle was become apart of the cultural zeitgeist nationally with the rise of Microsoft, Grunge music, and Starbucks probably helped broaden their appeal and was comedic gold.
And some pieces were universal, like Uncle Fran hyping his new album
F yeah! Insta buy.
| Wonder YearsGreatest Generation (Zia Exclusive)Orange & Clear With Orange Splatter 2xlpLimited To 500 |
Gather around kiddos, it's time to get your vinyl record collection out of the dumpster! For the first time ever, all of FIF's records have been compiled into one dumpster-tastic set.
Garbage never sounded so good!
10-Album Discography 12” Vinyl Box Set with all new, artwork-matching colors for each album.
These colors will be exclusive to the box set
I love that first FIF album so much.. View attachment 177979
Vinyl Discography Boxset
For the very first time ever Five Iron has a full length album on sale. This premium LP package features even more original artwork from Doug TenNapel.www.fiveironstore.com
Included in the Dumpster-themed top-loading box:
- Upbeats & Beatdowns (on Lime Green Vinyl)
- Our Newest Album Ever (on Peach Colored Vinyl)
- Quantity is Job 1 (On Cherry Red Colored Vinyl)
- Proof That the Youth Are Revolting (on Electric Blue Vinyl)
- All The Hype That Money Can Buy (on Orchid Purple Vinyl)
- Electric Boogaloo (on Black with Gold Smoke Colored Vinyl)
- The End is Near (on Blush Colored Vinyl)
- Engine of a Million Plots (on Silver Marble Colored Vinyl)
- Until This Shakes Apart (on Gold Dispersion Colored Vinyl)
- It's Creative But Not Very Funny (B-sides collection) (On White Marble Colored Vinyl, with Box Set-Exclusive White Album Art)
- a sticker sheet of local Denver relics for you to customize your dumpster
- Dumpster Box with room for more albums
They also have the individual records up for presale on Eco-Mix as well.
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Five Iron Frenzy 's online store with Music, Shirts, Hoodies, Jackets, Buttons, Stickers, ect!www.fiveironstore.com
Same I remember discovering them on my senior trip to New York City in 1998 and they’ve been one of my favorites sense. Box set is so fairly priced when you think what VMP would charge for a 10 LP Box set.I love that first FIF album so much.