So, Menomena are one of the hippest most creative bands around, and their last album "Friend & Foe" put them in a league all their own with each member playing multiple instruments and recording lush, epic songs based on a self created looping system. While digging through some Menomomena demo's and b-sides for this weeks show I saw a song called "Sista Social Theme". With a little research I came up with this lo-fi video from back in 2000 of the band playing on a local access Portland TV show called Sista Social, and this host is eccentric to the max. Very animated and it's a blast to watch her hang out with a young Menomena (shortly before their first album "I'm the Fun Blame Monster" came out) for a full 30 minutes!
The 3 piece plays their cover of the Sista Social song for her, they talk about the album being a flip book, for a short time they awkwardly sit with the host while part of their album is played and finally end with a cool live perfromance of an old song called "Rose" with an encore of Sista getting on the drums and busting out a freestyle rap with the rest of the band...
bizarre. Check it out it's a trip!!!
Menomena - Sista Social Theme Song from the album "Happiness is Shouting Bingo"
Also, check out the blog We Are the Brain Washers for a download link (click 2007 for rapidshare) for Menomena's 2007 album, "Friend & Foe"
~D.D.
2 comments:
That video is just hilarious- thanks for that!
Dude, i just picked up a Menomena album i didn't have previously - "Happiness is Shouting Bingo!". want me to send it?
PS - i totally found this blog via google image search while tracking down album art for that menomena album. Way to go man!!! you were number 1 on the search results!!!
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