Comments on: Two Interviews From the Early 80s

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:31:18 +0000

I think that song is from some early Disney cartoon, but I don’t know which one.

It’s not an original.

By: Carl Marks

Carl Marks — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:12:30 +0000

if you have a moment for “name that tune”:

is “Far Beyond The Stars” a Kirkwood tune? It has cropped up on various 8o’s tapes, ’90′s shows, and Curt’s solo tours.

I would easily call it Kirkwood, but it has a magical world of Disney movie feel to it, but I can’t find any trace of it anywhere.

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:59:51 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Keith!

By: Keith

Keith — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:41:33 +0000

Man. Listening to all of the albums and visualizing the creativity there, reading articles and hearing about the myth-like proportions of this band, looking at the amazing album art and the funny streams of consciousness there, checking out the many old and new Meat Puppets videos online, hearing the intelligent comments and funny observations on these radio programs… it all paints a very real and very desirable picture for the viewer/listener.

I think that the Meat Puppets wit and creativity can be found in a lot of other artists out there, but the collage of ideas in that trio always amazes me. All of the albums, radio shows and art grow on me over time, and I am continually called back to when I first first picked up their albums or listened to a particular cover song (the first version I heard by the Meat Puppets and then heard on the radio). I distinctly remember riding a horse on a vacation to Phoenix and as I bounced uphill looking at the rocks and cacti around me, I said to myself, “hey, this is the beat that ‘Seal Whales’ goes to”… and for me, it did.

I’ll shut up now. But MP’s rule.

By: John Long

John Long — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 01:24:37 +0000

Man, they tore the roof off. Those Kirkwoods sure can work their respective gee-tars.

By: Snail Tracks

Snail Tracks — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:00:25 +0000

excuse my snobbishness, but ICK! those dudes should get on their knees and beg the meat puppets for a lil’ droplet of their fluids so they might know what it feels like to have some true creative juices flowing through their bodies!

but, anyways…

have a great time at the show! i’m sure it’ll be awesome! wish i could be there too…

derrick, thanks for the insightful response!

By: John Long

John Long — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:21:27 +0000

I’ll be seeing Meat Puppets tomorrow in the same place I last saw the original lineup about 13 years ago. I saw the current incarnation this past spring as well. I wasn’t sure what to expect after so long, but I was impressed.

If anybody’s interested in a new-ish band that sometimes sounds a lot like mid-80s Puppets, I might suggest Oxford Collapse. They’re from Brooklyn (I know, I know; somebody get a rope) but the bass breakdowns have a Cris Kirkwood-meets-Mike Watt thing going on, and occasionally the clean guitar sounds right out of Up On The Sun. Pretty cool, IMHO, if you like that sort of thing. I do.

By: Derrick Bostrom

Derrick Bostrom — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:04:20 +0000

RE: Ted: It’d be tough for anyone to come into as tight a groove as the Puppets’ and fit perfectly right away. The original trio had a three-way groove, and now it’s kind of a two way groove with a drummer. It’ll take Ted a while to really integrate himself. He’s certainly got the talent to make that happen. I would agree that a good shortcut to that integration would be for the three of them to trip together a lot, but that’s harder to do when you start to get up there in age.

By: Gavin

Gavin — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:48:34 +0000

Derrick, I have to say I love your hair from the Mirage era. Very…unique! I was just watching a home movie type video for Get On Down. Weird.

By: Snail Tracks

Snail Tracks — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:33:58 +0000

hey derrick, i bought a drum kit a a couple months back and i’ve been playing along to Up on the Sun…

which got me thinking about the new meat pups drummer ted…

and he’s ok, i’m sure he’s an alright guy and all that…

but he’s missing something. it doesn’t really seem like he has the ability to lock into the groove as well as you’ve managed and he doesn’t seem to have the same subtle touches or feel… he sounds a bit… clanky or somethin’ i don’t know..

this is just a theory but..

i get the impression that ted hasn’t smoked nearly enough marijuana or chowed down on enough (or any) peyote buttons to have the ability to channel magical creative energy from other worlds and dimensions.

and that’s a key meat puppets component, is it not?

anyways..

these interviews were great. thanks so much for taking the time to post stuff like this.