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, characterized 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 England.
AD-ROCK FEVER SMITES THE EDDIES
AUSTIN, MN- Those enigmatic superstars, the Swirling Eddies, have signed
an exclusive multi-dollar contract with the Hormel Company of Austin, Minnesota
in yet another cheesy corporate sponsorship deal. Hormel has bought the
rights to the song "Let's Spin" for use in their upcoming MTV ad campaign
for their canned, processed luncheon meat. The chorus will reportedly be
rewritten "Let's SPAM, everybody let's SPAM!!". Hormel will also be underwriting
the 'Eddies" upcoming world tour where the boys will be breaking own the
barriers of rock fashion with their new "SPAMdex" rock pants. The 'Eddies'
have proven once again that they are the cutting edge of modern music.
Group spokesman Camarillo Eddy believes this new innovation could save
hundreds of dollars in food expenses as well by simply scraping off their
pants after the gig and making little finger "spamwiches" for those wild
post-gig parties the 'Eddies' are so famous for The Hormel Co. declined
to comment on the deal.
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The Swirling Eddies "making faces".
EDDIES RESCUED FROM VIDEO LIMBO
The epic video "Spittle and Phlegm", which spent not a few 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. Call 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 Babylon from Outdoor
Elvis. It's a classic.
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