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Mar. 23rd, 2008 07:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miko2Today's Song: Don't Know What Jack by Man or Astro-Man?
What can you expect from a band whose members are known as Star Crunch, Birdstuff, and Coco the Electronic Monkey Wizard? Let's not forget their revolving collection of bassists, which have included Dr. Deleto, Cap'n Zeno, and Dexter X. Also note the tag line on their myspace page "Bringing you yesterday's technology tomorrow."
Man or Astro-Man? according to Wikipedia: "Primarily instrumental, Man or Astro-Man? blended the surf rock style of the early 1960s with the new wave and punk rock sounds of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Man or Astro-Man? was known for their anachronistic dedication to science fiction themes, audio samples, obscure electronic devices (such as theremins and tesla coils, and high-energy live performances."
The song that
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eddvick placed on his Norwescon 2008 compilation for me is called "Dick Tracy Two-Way Wrist Radio" and includes dialogue from the actual television commercial. Unfortunately there's no video for this song on Youtube, so here's a Man or Astro-Man? -- Don't Think What Jack
Man or Astro-Man? -- Engine of Difference
Man or Astro-Man? -- La Grange (this is a cover of the well-known ZZ Top tune, at a Seattle show at Graceland).
