ART- The only Record in the World 7"EP (selfproduced, USA, 1980)
“One must make sacrifices for ART”, it says on the backcover – and yes, this is art, ART, ARRRTTTTT. And what is Punk? Punk is playing against your audience – and this is ART! Fuck yeah!!
On the b-side of this slab, you’ll find two songs mixed onto one channel. On the left, you’ll hear two songs: First off “Give me nuclear Power”, followed by “I don’t wanna hold your Hand (I just wanna beat you up)”. Simultaneously, the right channel plays what’s described as: “ART gets thrown off the Stage while playing for the Yippies”.
ART was Mykel Board’s project. They put out 2 7″s and an LP, then the band morphed into ARTLESS which weren’t half as good but had a whole bunch of releases. Mykel Board was notorious for his provocative rantings in his monthly MRR column “You’re wrong”. He basically tried (successfully) to piss off every- and anybody, his main target being liberals and conservatives while giving the left- and right-extremists shit at the same time. It was funny until it wasn’t. By the end of the 80s I for my part got a bit tired with it. This record on the other hand is timeless. It makes me shit my pants. “We’re all boat people” – ’nuff said!
Ready?
Funny People with ugly Hairdos.mp3
Channel 1: Give me nuclear Power / I don’t wanna hold your hand (I just wanna beat you up); Channel 2: Art gets thrown offf the Stage while playing for the Yippies.mp3
hc81 wrote:
That’s what’s great about your blog: One wouldn’t find such a record among HC and KBD stuff elsewhere. Congrats!
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Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 11:50 am | Permalink
rich wrote:
you big freak, this is great
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Posted on 22-Aug-06 at 4:09 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
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Posted on 23-Aug-06 at 12:21 am | Permalink
E. wrote:
You’re welcome, no more! It really surprises me to see people dig this kind of stufff. I will post some more weird (though totally different) stuff very soon.
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Posted on 23-Aug-06 at 10:15 am | Permalink
Mykel Board wrote:
Thanks for putting this up. I guess it might lose me a few cents from itunes, but this version is actually more complete than the one on itunes.
For complete-ists, there is an ART tune on the YOU’LL HATE THIS RECORD RECORD, as well as one of two tunes on a split 7″ with GG Allin.
Mykel Board
me@mykelboard.com
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Posted on 26-Nov-06 at 10:58 am | Permalink
Erich wrote:
Thanks Mykel! Best to you.
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Posted on 26-Nov-06 at 12:11 pm | Permalink
LoveMakesmeSick wrote:
The mp3s don’t seem to work and the comments are oh so good. Please fix them. I’d appreciate it so much.
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Posted on 17-Dec-06 at 2:31 am | Permalink
Dave wrote:
I had a college radio show in the 80’s called, Scheduled Fallout”… the most requested song we ever played was Funny People with ugly Hairdos. The link is broken. I would love to hear it again. Any way that you can get it back up?
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Posted on 06-Nov-09 at 9:43 pm | Permalink