 Fudgie
& Fufu
"The Biography of Libby A. Miller" CDR +
book
Chapultepec
Press
Genres: electronica, experimental
Chapultepec Press
111 E. University #3
Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
Mar 31 - Apr 6 2003 |
Fudgie
& Fufu's The Biography of Libby Miller is actually two
things: a book, and a Fudgie & Fufu remix album. I assume the intent was to have the
listener read the book while listening to the music, and this seems to
work pretty well. The first thing you'll notice about this album is the nudity on the
cover. It shows a bunch of people standing on a roof, naked,
pointing to the sky. Wow. The book's contents are even
more ridiculous. With intentionally terrible grammar and even more
bizarre content, the mini "essays" in this book (all of
which are supposedly "chapter 6") run the gamut from
sexually explicit ("a glossary of sexually deviant terms"
including the "Amazing Tusk" and the "Berlin Wall Blow
Pop" - you don't want to know) to just plain fucked up (a
fill-in-the-blanks "do-it-yourself" love letter which
includes the lovely line, "you so sexiest of whole world that I
want to punch your hair and pancreas"). The little comics
are equally odd; a mini-comic, "Fudgee & Fufoo Sav the Nite
B-4 Crismus", for example, needs a two page "literal
translation" in order to be understood. All
in all, despite its confounding bizarreness, the book is a
surprisingly fun read.
The CD, meanwhile, is a mostly electronic remix album whose biggest
name is Matador Records alum Khan. The music is a
nice mix of styles and sounds. Highlights include the silly Madame
Lucy J remix of "White Meat," the funky Electriznique
remix of "D-Not-D," the Kid 606-esque cacophony of Enduser's
remix of "Y.B.", and the chilled-out Khan with Kid Congo
Powers take on "Surrender Your Panties."
All in all, The Biography of Libby A. Miller is a nice
little package of music and bizarre writing/drawing/photography that's available for the
reasonable price of twelve dollars. Not necessary but good fun
indeed.
80%
Matt Shimmer [Vitals:
11 songs, distributed by the
label, released 2002] |
