
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.