BRIGHT BLUE JUNGLE
DMentM, 60m CD-R
May 2004

  1. Voodoo Queen
  2. Kathleen
  3. The Sea Goddess
  4. Operator Help Me
  5. Bright Blue Jungle
  6. Bedwetters
  7. The Artificial God 1 (edit)
  8. The Artificial God 2 (instrumental)
  9. Betty's Nightmare
 10. Queen Of The Bees
 11. Queen Of The Jungle
 12. Mercy Flight 41
 13. We Were Strappy Birds Together

    Between 1999 and 2002, Muffy St. Bernard took tours of all the sweatiest spots on the planet (Earth). She'd originally gone to put a bandage on that cow that got walloped at the end of "Apocalypse Now," but she found herself revered as a goddess and decided to stay for a while. Who wouldn't? Being waited upon by star-struck warriors and constantly fanned with enormous fronds was enough to keep her satisfied. For a while.
    As Muffy quickly learned, though, being "Queen Of The Jungle" wasn't all bread and margosa...it was also rats, pitcher plants, flying insects, and loyal subjects who play repetitive polyrhythms all night on human-hide bongo drums. As much as she loved the non-stop adoration of her savage fans (the "Muffytrons" as they became known), she needed to come back home in order to get a good night's sleep.
    It wasn't long after her return that she began going back over the sound bytes she'd collected. She remixed her mixes and she re-concluded her conclusions. It took an awful long time to get everything ship-shape for a release, but here it is in 2004.
    And how are the Muffytrons doing these days? It's hard to say, because we haven't been able to find them again. Rumour has it that they were simply unable to survive without the conveniences that Muffy brought to their world -- Kraft Dinner, surgical tape, fishnet stockings. Or maybe they're busy making their own CD. If so, Muffy heartily encourages their initiative, but cautions us against believing anything they say about her.

    All tracks were written, recorded and performed by Muffy St. Bernard, copyright 2004 Dangermuff Enterproses, except "Operator Help Me" (written by Stanard Ridgway, copyright 2000 by Dis-Information Music, administered by BMI). Mike Yunker played bass on "Operator Help Me" and Zsa Zsa drank some water during "The Sea Goddess."
    The packaging was put together by Muffy, who would like to apologize to both Art Of Noise and Banco de Gaia. The centerfold picture was taken by Mark Weiser in his apartment lobby, and the pony picture doesn't need a credit because I paid $2.00 for it. I don't remember the name of the pony.
    Many of these songs are reconstructions of pieces recorded between 2000 and 2003 for a series of "Frequent Mutilations," broadcast on CKMS. None of them have been previously released. They were assembled on the Diabolical Ladymac (usually) in the Abbxcess Bedroom or in the Amrita-ta-ta Livingroom. A few of the reconstructions are almost identical to the originally broadcast versions, but most bear little or no resemblance.
    Special thanks to those at CKMS, Mike Yunker, Mark Weiser, the gals at Delirium Clothing, Dan Haner, Adam Smith, Zsa Zsa, Gary Gehiere and Annie Drogeny, all who had something or other to do with this CD.

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