IPECAC - Here and Now (October 1988)

Sungreen [3:03] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
Third Take [4:24] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
The Broken Swing [1:47] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
Grabatune [1:32] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
All This is True [5:37] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
Grapejuice [5:18] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
Vacacaca [3:00] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
Major Alto [3:01] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??
Hallogen (3) [1:32] 1988-10-?? - 1988-10-??

Here and Now was our first "real" album since Gourmet. The other ones had been improvs and a compilation. For this album, I dug up some "serious" lyrics, wrote some new ones, found a couple "warmup" practice songs for us to learn, and then Jon and I wung it from there.

The most memorable song ended up being "All This is True", on which I rapped about animals. The animal theme (and some of the lyrics) became a motif for both IPECAC and the Master Anchovies.

The last two [full] songs were intentionally "cacaphonic" improvs. I think it was our way of dispelling any sense of seriousness/pretentiousness. Or at least that's how I rationalized it.

Sorry for the horribly cliche title. I don't know what we were thinking!