And if you can't find a suitable church in Winkler, take the five minute drive over to Morden (another small town) where there's 23 more to choose from.
The thrift store was obviously over-run with Christian material. I bought a couple of things that looked somewhat interesting:
Ghoti Hook - Sumo Surprise
WORST ALBUM COVER EVER. Musically, they're okay. They're a Christian punk rock band. The singer has a really horrible fake accent though. If you're going to sound british, then get a british singer! Still, I wouldn't mind hearing the album of cover songs they did called "Songs We Didn't Write" because we all know how much I like hearing other people's renditions of popular songs.
Five Iron Frenzy - Quantity is Job 1
This is apparently a Christian ska band, again decent on the talent level. This album gives us an okay cover of Electric Light Orchestra's "Sweet Talkin' Woman"
But the real treasure here is the spoof musical "These Are Not My Pants (The Rock Opera). I generally hate musicals, so I tend to enjoy the hell out of anything that spoofs them. I've put the entire Opera online for your listening pleasure. There's a very good chance that you will NOT be able to sit through the whole thing because it's really fucking retarded. Click Here to Listen!
The best treasure I found in Winkler isn't at all Christian related. It's a record entitled "Good Housekeeping's Plan For Reducing Off-The-Record"
There's an entire series of these things, but I'm guessing I've got a fairly early version which makes it all that much more entertaining!
Trim down that double chin with this exercise:
I really can't see how anybody can take this exercise record seriously with the music that they've chosen. I think the purpose is to degrade the fat woman into making her feel absolutely rediculous while doing these exercises. To see what I mean, click here and listen to exercise #2.
On the plus side, if you splice some of these segments together, you can make your own animated audio porno! Here's the one I made.
Next installment in the Junq Tour: The Pas, Manitoba. I found some fantastic stuff there!
1 comment:
Five Iron Frenzy was one of my favorite bands in middle school. The Rock Opera was, as you could tell, one big joke, but the bulk of their stuff is actually pretty good. This was back in the day when the typical alt-Christian music CD had two or three joke songs. Their "real" songs sound a bit like Less Than Jake, but IMO a bit more creative.
FIF was kind of the only notable band that their label had, so I wouldn't be surprised if this CD was a result of them being pressured to make something to sell to their loyal fans. This would give the title some credence (quantity is job #1).
Interesting factoid, when this group broke off they actually had 3 parting albums before the end, and then there was a failed scheme to make a (I kid you not) Christian Ska Supergroup called Gorilla Rodeo. When that plan fell through, the lead singer of FIF was pressured by his label to start a solo act called Roper, which was a punk-ish version of Five Iron Frenzy.
One of FIF's last albums was a CD entirely full of new joke songs and b-sides, which they titled "Cheeses of Nazareth." Of course, a lot of people complained that it was irreverent, so they called it "Cheeses..." But the REAL fans knew the REAL title.
At one point they realized that because of how light-hearted and non-serious they took themselves, they didn't feel like they had an outlet for some of the more personal, serious, or dark songs. So they created Brave Saint Saturn for that.
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