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Swamp Patrol 84

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Swamp Patrol was a collaboration of Hal McGee and Debbie Jaffe (Viscera) with David Mattingly (of Gabble Ratchet and Bright Too Late). This lo-fi wonder of a tape is one of my personal favorites in my catalog. It is a grab bag of tape collage, instrumentals and improvisations (including kitchen utensils), simultaneous readings from seemingly-unrelated texts (The Bible and J.G. Ballard's Crash), segments from instructional and educational records, and other dadaistic, absurdist behavior on tape. Swamp Patrol 84 was originally recorded for inclusion in an issue of Level Mail Art zine -- participants were invited to submit 100 copies of an art object -- 100 boxed issues containing the contributions of all the participants were distributed to subscribers and participants.

Manic sub/pre/post/un-conscious neo-absurdist automatistic musical meanderings, cut-ups and jams from the same people who brought you 60 MINUTES OF LAUGHTER. Instrumentation includes dream machine, car noise, sonic boom, ultra/micro/mini-moog freak receptor, guitar, keyboards, toilet bowl scum, ear wax, cancer of the vocal cords, chain saw, alligator windpipe, waring blender, etc... And titles include "Dioramas Of Stuffed Animals", "SWamp Creature Ritual", "Jesus in The Swamp", "Gregorian Chant Funk #1" and 32 others. Comes packaged in a plastic bag with found "art" objects, messages, liner notes and junk. A near steal for the price.
- January 1985 Cause And Effect Cassette Distribution Catalog

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Side A
"A.M. In The Swamp" 30:33 


Chickens and Insulation 
Exploring the Swamp 
Big Punk Place 
Swamp Massacre 
The Melee 
Dioramas Of Stuffed Animals 
The Crystal Ship 
Heeping Obscenities On Water 
Lost in the Swamp 
Twilight in the Swamp 
Swamp Creature Ritual 
Swamp Woman Lament 
Titanium White 
The Farewells Take Place In Silence 
Intrigue & Surprise 
Network Of Hidden Intention 

Side B

"P.M. In The Swamp" 30:16 

Jesus In The Swamp 
Gregorian Chant Funk #1 
Mortal But With A Vision 
Exile In Belgium in 1815 
Her Hopeful Stupidity 
Angry Mouth 
Decaying Glass 
The Search For Nothing 
I Like Sex 
Music For Dead Music 
You Putting Me Down 
Slapstick and Raucous 
Describing Intangible Worlds 
With Gravel In Little Boxes 
Sojourn To Tahiti 
Ektachrome Transparency 
Pleasure Of The Simple Life 
Structure Collapse 
Soft Light On Water 
Asparagus Comprehension

homemade audio folk art by Hal McGee and friends 1981-2022
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