Unearthed Simian Arcana

The biggest problem with a band releasing a 3" CD is 1) that you cannot play it anywhere and 2) when they package it in anything other than a normal CD case there's a chance of it being misplaced and it can't be kept with the rest of your collection.

That being said, the August 2003 release of Christmas Eve I and II + 6 by Old Man Gloom is about a grand total of a little over a minute of quality material in the form of 2 songs: "Skull Of Geronimo (Feat. The Vocal Stylings Of James Randall)" – 0:36 and "Branch Breaker" (Live In NYC) – 0:49. The rest of what resides on this disc is noise (save for the "chew on tin foil" version of "To Be With You" by Mr. Big) and while admittedly that is in fact what OMG is known for putting in between their actual songs, these are of the "my god, that's just un-listen-able" nature boasting the "let's see what we can get away with" vibe of twinkling noise that goes nowhere.

Not to be a TOTAL rip-off preying on the fans and collectors, the 1:25 of good stuff is in fact well worth the price of admission (I paid $5 + Shipping from Blue Collar Distro when it came out) and YES, those two short "songs" are worth it.

Now, all THAT being said, this little CD is well out of print so prepare to pay out the ass for one from the cock-suckers on eBay. My advice, try to get the vinyl when/if Magic Bullet does a re-issue. The packaging is WAY better and a fuck of a lot easier to keep track of. Other than that, this "little" release truly is a Gratuitous Release Made By Sensible Musicians Doing Questionable Things.

(((03)))