Monday, August 08, 2005

First, The Dog Faced Hermans

Tim asked,

Where do I find a copy of the Dog Faced Hermans "Every Day Timebomb" on CD? It's not available in online downloadable form anywhere that I can find... (That last is because I'm trying to reconstruct a 12-year-old tape I got from you, and that song and the ee cummings spoken word stuff are the last standouts that I haven't found in digital form.)

Oh, I am sorry to read this, because my one hope for the Dog Faced Hermans was online downloadable sources, like the Indy one you referred to a few months back. I have been looking for the Dog Faced Hermans on CD since about 1995, when I realized that the only copy I had of their music was a quickly wearing out tape, where I had copied some songs from the CD collection at WXYC, source of so many delicious things. And I have had no success. I see there is a web source for some of their albums, but I don't see that title, and despite a little preliminary hunting on the web, I have had no luck.

As for the e.e.cummings, that came from a record in my parents' collection, and when I get teched-up enough to copy records to my computer (the day is not far off), I'd be happy to digitize that for you, because I bet it is oop, as we used to say in the book business.

5 comments:

Tim said...

Yeah, the Cummings has never been cd-ized, which considering the paltry size of the spoken word section of most music stores is easy to understand. It's too bad that someone hasn't made it available for download, though--it would seem to be a sure bet for at least a couple thousand undergrad downloads each year...

Isis said...

Good point, but I bet the folks who make the downloads available haven't figured that out yet. Perhaps this is a great opportunity....

Tim said...

Heh:

I've got the brains, you've got the looks
Let's make lots of money
You've got the brawn, I've got the brains
Let's make lots of money


Alternatively, three steps:

1. Rip old e.e. cummings LPs to digital files and try to sell them online.
2. ???
3. Profit!

Colin said...

Everyday Timebomb plus the first mini-album Humans Fly and some tracks from singles are available on CD via The Ex's online store...
exmailorder.nl/shop/humans-fly-everyday-timebomb

Colin said...

All tracks from the original CDs are also downloadable from itunes...
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/artist/dog-faced-hermans/id7368706