Squirrel Nut Zippers' second album, Hot, was one of the most surprising success stories of 1997. Like the group's debut, The Inevitable, Hot is comprised entirely of good-natured, if slightly tongue-in-cheek, postmodern ig-band music. The band has nailed the sound of jump blues and swinging jazz, and if the Zippers don't have the chops of real big bands, they do have enthusiasm and a sense of humor. Of course, for purists of the genre, that collegiate sense of humor might make Hot a little unbearable, especially those instances when Katharine Whalen sounds uncannily like Billie Holiday, only without the substance. For those willing to overlook such things, they'll find Hot to be a good time, filled with songs nearly as infectious as the group's breakthrough hit, "Hell."
What's Halloween without a trip to Hell? I always had a soft spot for this song, the keystone of the don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it late '90's hot jazz revival. Surely, though, when he says "Teeth are extruded" he means "Teeth are extracted." Right? I mean, teeth are extruded isn't all that horrifying--what, were they squeezed into a toothpaste tube? Anyway, I was just going to post the MP3...
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He has already apologized for wanting to do this. Jackson voiced his figurative surgical ambitions in the wake of inflammatory remarks made by Obama to the effect that "fathers should be around to help raise their kids."I had to check three media sources before I found out what Jackson actually said. Because of this widespread and self-imposed censorship, I assumed Jackson had uttered the d...
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Simply a donation to the Zipper's artist lounge. Does not look like "Hell" has ever been posted as an mp3. And it should be, because it's pretty farkin' good.Here's my obligatory anecdote: A boss axed me a decade ago if I liked jazz, like old jazz. I axed in return, you mean like The Hot Five? No she said. Like The Squirrel Nut Zippers. Despite this introduction I do like them.(In fact,...
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The Squirrel Nut Zippers, are one of those bands, that as my friend Julie puts it, after an album or two, you pretty much got all you can get from the band. SNZ, for all of you living under a rock, or dare I say it to young be cognizant of such things in the late 90's to know, is a band that makes it home in a 20's, jazz, big band revival.Personally I think they did it rather well, and earned t...
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| 1 Got My Own Thing Now |
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| 2 Put a Lid on It |
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| 3 Memphis Exorcism |
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| 4 Twilight |
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| 5 It Ain't You |
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| 6 Prince Nez |
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| 7 Hell |
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| 8 Meant to Be |
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| 9 Bad Businessman |
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| 10 Flight of the Passing Fancy |
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| 11 Blue Angel |
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| 12 The Interlocutor |
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