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Shoes for Industry

14 June 2003, 8:26 PM

I'm not sure what happened to my cassettes of Shoes for Industry! (the Best of the Firesign Theatre album). So now I face a difficult decision. I could buy:

  • The entire Shoes for Industry! album from Amazon, on CD, for $17.
  • The entire Firesign oeuvre from Amazon, on CDs, for about $100.
  • Thirteen selected tracks from Shoes for Industry! from the iTunes Music Store, for $1 apiece.
  • "The Further Adventures of Nick Danger," by far my favorite Firesign piece, a 28-minute tour de force that taught me everything I know (and then some!) about over-the-top fourth-wall-breaking radio comedy, from the iMS for $1.

There's certainly other Firesign stuff I like, but "Nick Danger" is the only piece I really love, and I could have it immediately for one lousy buck. Temptation strikes. But it would be nice to have the other stuff on the CD, and there's a lot of their stuff I've never heard from other albums. Decisions, decisions.

PS: Yes, I know I passed up several lovely opportunities in the above for Firesign-style puns and asides. Am in a rush.

PPS: Is Firesign Theatre the closest you can get to hypertext in an audio format, or am I just free-associating?

Comments

Porgie & Mudhead!

Forward into the Past!

We're All Bozos on this Bus!

Ahem. Sorry about the outburst. My completely impartial advice is that you should buy the entire lot.

(And yes, FT is truly audio hypertext.)

Beth

Posted by: Beth (mail) (web) | June 15, 2003 8:54 PM

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