tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913367917526742572.post2288383811221342985..comments2023-08-08T21:10:24.807-05:00Comments on Why Are There So Many Records In My Life?: Hot Toasters - "Fish and Doctor" 7"Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04723155952577592310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913367917526742572.post-4299152773731421362020-02-14T01:46:01.963-06:002020-02-14T01:46:01.963-06:00absolutely love this band. the songs on this 7” co...absolutely love this band. the songs on this 7” come from their 1993 album “Creek Dust”, which was recently reissued on CD alongside a new album of 1991-2001 recordings called “felucca”. both albums are just -super super super- good, though i think felucca takes the cake. Summer Kingdom” (夏の王国) and “Nobody Knows” (理由は誰も知らない) are particular favorites.<br />https://youtube.com/watch?v=qQaaO5j2tbc<br />https://youtube.com/watch?v=TelCbVfVTUU<br />https://www.discogs.com/artist/1225534-Hot-Toasters<br /><br />HOT TOASTERS are associates of another, similarly incredible and genre-destroying band, Coaltar of the Deepers, and COTD’s frontman NARASAKI runs the label that reissued the two albums. for some reason they aren’t available on streaming, but can both be picked up on CDJapan or amazon.co.jp (the latter has an English option and can ship globally!)<br /><br />but yeah. fuckin’ love these dudes so much. they’re on twitter @hottoastersjap and have been active the past few years and into the future!robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11731028225515921065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913367917526742572.post-2280314490892142582019-12-17T23:41:53.546-06:002019-12-17T23:41:53.546-06:00Ian, THANK YOU. The EP is still available from Dra...Ian, THANK YOU. The EP is still available from Drag City for $8. I'm tempted to buy it. I could have sworn I downloaded the longer FISH+DOCTOR album from which this is excerpted. I was in NYC in '96 and went to a DEFUNKT show at some underground club. I was a big DEFUNKT fan and loved the show, but the small venue was almost empty, and I was disappointed that they were not getting the respect they deserved. But among the few attendees I made friends with a trio of Japanese folks, and with their broken English and my worse Japanese we decided to go out drinking in the East Village, and we drank all night, until the bar closed around 4 am. We had a great time! And a few weeks later, what should arrive in the mail but a handmade copy of FISH+DOCTOR on cassette tape! It had, I think, 6 or 7 tracks on it, including all three that are on the EP. I listened to it regularly for years, and it remains one of my favorite albums, for all of the reasons you state. I just searched and found their live show from 2018, it looks like all of the original cuts that are on the cassette. The mix is unfortunate, but the music, with all of the band's fun and enthusiasm, comes through. Thanks Ian! tzfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943845428289404897noreply@blogger.com