SOUNDTRACK: BUGS EAT BOOKS-“Imipolex G” (2004).
I had a CD planned for this week, but when I searched for Imipolex G online to see if it was real or based on anything, I can across this song by a band I’ve never heard of. How could I pass it up (at least it wasn’t a song about coprophagia).
I listened to the whole album (only once, so this isn’t a fair criticism) and it’s all in a similar vein–lo-fi sounding. Like maybe it was recorded on a two-track. The vocals are slightly whiny–not bad whiny–90s indie rock whiny.
And I see that Joe Jack Talcum from the Dead Milkmen has a solo album on the same label, so that makes sense. I probably would have lived this album back in college. And I would have wondered what Imipolex G was and then I would have found out about Gravity’s Rainbow and tried to read it. And given up.
So this song is just over three minutes and opens with feedback squalls, but that noise is undermined by the jangly guitar that takes over the song. It’s quite catchy (in a noisy indie rock kind of way that almost dares you to think it’s catchy.
I’ve tried to determine any lyrics I could “plans etched on the wall… target for my head…I’ve got to go away.”
I’ve embedded the song below, although clicking on the button will take you to their My Space page, rather than playing it directly.
The album appears to still be available (original pressings came with a bug).
[READ: Week of March 12] Gravity’s Rainbow 2.4-2.8
This was a conveniently short read this week (I had a lot going on, so those 30 fewer pages were a nice breather). Section 2 continued mostly with Slothrop, although it was also an extrapolation of the people who were impacted by him in the beginning of the section.
For those with weak stomachs, we saw what I have to assume is the most disgusting section of the book. And there was also a reverie (and the use of the word reverie) that had me a little confused. (more…)
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