| VOLUME I | ISSUE 2 |
| Hello again to all you little "eddies" out
there. We're
back!! Welcome to the 2nd edition of the Swirling Eddies Spinning Vortex Fun Club Newsletter. We hope that by now all of you fine people have experienced the joy and wonder of "OUTDOOR ELVIS", the second monumental musical masterpiece by the Swirling Eddies. With twenty-one! songs, clocking in over an hour, this album is certain to become a classic. Conceptually exploring the theme of idolatry in our society (both secular and religious), Camarillo Eddy has written some of his most incisive lyrics yet. Songs Iike Attack of the Pulpit Masters; Hide the Beer, the Pastor's Here and Urban Legends brandish that infamous two-edged sword of biting, hilarious satire and profound spiritual truth, while Blowing Smoke; Billy Graham; and Strange Days reveal the tender, sensitive heart of the prophet. Brief snatches of musical insanity(such as Arthur Fhardy's Yodeling Party and CoCo, the talking guitar) add a spice of levity , rounding out the album in classical DA fashion. Musically, Outdoor Elvis picks up where Let's Spin left off, with a myriad of classic rock stylings, char- acterized by infectious rhythms and unbridled guitar. Those of us who've followed the band over the years will most certainly appreciate the range of nuances in Camarillo's vocal deliveries. Concieved this past summer, the album was written and recorded in a matter of weeks and was engineered by the newest member of the Eddies, Prickly Disco, who also contributes some instrumental embellishments and shares a duet with Camarillo. Frontline Records reports that the album is doing very well in the marketplace and boasts the Eddies' first NUMBER ONE! single: Driving in Enpland.
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 months in rock purgatory, was released to mainly rave reviews (and some audible groaning) at the first of the year. This forty-five minute "schlockumentary" has raised quite a few eyebrows and has sent most of us to the floor, clutching our sides with laughter. The centerpiece of the tape, the innovative concept video of "I've Got an Idea", proves once again that you don't need a huge budget (or any budget for that matter!!) to be creative. The first part of the video, a bizzare silhouetted interview of Camarillo recounting the completely ludicrous history of the band, is filled with actual footage of some of the cheesiest acts in show business history. It's the ultimate parody. Gall it the Anti-Video. The Un-Video, if you will.The rest of the tape is home video footage of DA's trip to England and their reenactment of a pub brawl on stage at Greenbelt. For those who were hoping for some actual footage of the Eddies, take heart, we're working on it! Look for a new video this summer. During the tremendous delay, those who ordered the video received a special collector's video in the form of "Camarillo's Apology", where Cam apologized for the delay and basically told everybody: "Hey, get off my back, it's COMING!!". This special video also included an impromptu, lip-synced rendition of Mystery Baby- lon from Outdoor Elvis. It's a classic. |
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