Our neighbor, Dan, took in our mail while we were in Mexico. That and the newspapers filled an Amazon box. In the pile were two small boxes, 45 mailers. I was expecting the one. Our copy of “Is That All There Is?” skipped and I don’t want to live without that record. The MX-80 single was surprise. Guitarist, Bruce Anderson, left the planet but not before the band recorded this gem. Produced by Steve Albini, “When Tully Flew the Coop” is a vintage MX pile driver. We fell in love with the slower, moodier b-side, “Snowing in Amsterdam.” The brilliant Rich Stim lyrics put it on the same shelf as the Peggy Lee classic.
“When she starts to daydream
Her mind turns to the dead
Go back to bed instead
She wants something
But doesn’t know what it is
There’s a place in the ocean
Where my father’s shoes lay
Malevolent tides
No warning sign
His judgement day
And while his life was slowing
It was snowing in Amsterdam”
Margaret Explosion plays the Little Theatre Café tonight.
