The Bonnie Situation

Tape # ??
Originally recorded sometime during the winter of 1994 (exact date unknown)

The title for this tape comes from a segment of the film “Pulp Fiction,” released in November 1994. The cover was created on my first computer (a Power Mac 7100), which had been recently purchased. By this time, I had a large collection of audio samples from movies, television, and old children’s records. I began to incorporate them into my tapes whenever possible.

Side A: 46:11 minutes, 31.8 MB

The tape opens with Criswell’s introduction to the Ed Wood masterpiece, “Plan 9 From Outer Space.” Next up is a scratchy version of “Pop Muzik,” one of the first ever electro-pop songs. Other electronic songs follow, many of them built around a certain riff (or is that lick?) Nirvana’s cover of “The Man Who Sold the World” is also here, and after some pure pop from World Party and Matthew Sweet, the tape continues with Japanese artists Pizzicato Five and the 5678’s (who would reach semi-fame years later with their cover of “Woo Hoo”). Side A ends with Primus, and I can’t quite remember why.

Links:

The Bonnie Situation: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bonnie%20Situation
M: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Scott
Perrey and Kingsley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perrey_and_Kingsley
The Human League: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqqBs6kkzHE
Nirvana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUWXcIJC7Q0
Matthew Sweet: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzQ8ef-RpQo&feature=related
Pizzicato Five: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z22nzBVLCto
A live version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eC2qR6jBgE&feature=related
The 5678’s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5.6.7.8's

Side A:

1. Pop Muzik -- M
2. Swan’s Splashdown – Perrey and Kingsley
3. Da Da Da -- Trio
4. Fascination – The Human League
5. Supernova – Liz Phair
6. Backwater – The Meat Puppets
7. The Man Who Sold the World -- Nirvana
8. Is it Like Today? – World Party
9. Sick of Myself—Matthew Sweet
10. Twiggy vs. James Bond – Pizzicato Five
11. Woolly Bully -- The 5678’s
12. Jerry Was a Race Car Driver -- Primus