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Noodle Muffin's "Regime
Change"
CD is the kind of CD that people either
LOVE or HATE, depending on their political persuasion (i.e. IQ)!
Fortunately
for us, our audience are intelligent, well-informed people, who, generally speaking,
HATE George W. Bush with a passion. Needless to say, "Regime
Change" received our best reviews ever!
Check out this great "
short- but- sweet" review of RC in Punk
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o Adelaide, Australia street magazine
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New
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Nerve Magazine
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Amp Magazine
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o Impact
Press
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KZSU
90.1 FM, Stanford University
o Skratch
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o Almost
Normal Comics
o Noodle
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Amp Magazine Online: NOODLE MUFFIN “Regime Change” CD Unfortunately still as relevant as ever; this indie band have produced a wonderful 20 song CD of Bushisms, and reasons for some much-needed change around here. They masterfully cut up words from the Commander-In-Chief himself, with a variety of musical styles, tunes and songs. Sheer brilliance. Imagine that MONTY PYTHON music album, all targeting the man, and the Man. (RK) (www.noodlemuffin.com) |
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Adelaide,
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Review from Canada: The
Nerve Magazine NOODLE MUFFIN “Regime Change” CD Unfortunately still as relevant as ever; this indie band have produced a wonderful 20 song CD of Bushisms, and reasons for some much-needed change around here. They masterfully cut up words from the Commander-In-Chief himself, with a variety of musical styles, tunes and songs. Sheer brilliance. Imagine that MONTY PYTHON music album, all targeting the man, and the Man. (RK) (www.noodlemuffin.com) |
| Skratch
Magazine NOODLE MUFFIN REGIME CHANGE FYOOG STATE RECORDS The latest release from Los Angeles's insane comic artists is an epic release of staggering proportions. With 20 tracks of Bush-bashing madness and at least five extra hidden tracks, this album ranks with some of the all-time greatest off-the-wall albums. It is the third full-length release from this band?but by far the most important. With a release date of 9/11 and a powerful political commitment to rid the world of their least-favorite dictator, these young men have stepped to the front of the furor over the impending election. All proceeds from the album are being donated to charity, and the entire album can be downloaded for free at . The music sounds like a hybrid of The Beastie Boys, Frank Zappa, and The Barenaked Ladies. Perhaps the most surprising item on this disc is the lead vocalist?George Bush himself! Join the fight, download the album, and save the world. -Dug |
| Impact
Press Noodle Muffin • Operation Regime Change • Noodle Muffin • A fascinating array of new sound-bite-filled mixes pointed squarely against the Bush Administration, this album is brimming with creativity and I have deep respect for the DJs who compiled all of these sounds and arranged them so cleverly. As I write this on Election Day, it will be dated by the time you read this review, but it is nonetheless a fine album and worth preserving for posterity. (DP) |
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Almost
Normal Comics Noodle Muffin: Operation Regime Change ($?) Noodle Muffin PO Box 25697 Los Angeles, CA 90025 www.operationregimechange.org www.noodlemuffin.com Okay I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Noodle Muffin isn't casting its vote for George W. Bush. At least that's the impression I get after listening to, oh I don't know, the first thirty seconds of this CD. From the first to the last track (and there are more than 20 tracks!) it's nonstop Bush bashing to tunes! Most of it is related to the military operations going on in Iraq, but not all of it. There's a fare share of devoted to just general world domination too. Anyway, what really impressed me while listen to this was the quality of the sound and the talents of the singers. Most CDs that are independently produced leave a little something to be desired, but that's not the case here. This is a really good listen! Of course it helps if you're a little critical of the Bush administration. And that brings up my unpopular criticism. Some of the songs have sound bites of the president mixed in. Many of these bites are taken out of context and mixed to give a meaning other than what was actually said. The only reason I even point that out is because there are some people that would accept what they're hearing without question, although what they hear has intentionally been manipulated. Okay, I just wanted to throw that in, in the interest of fairness. Chances are if you're taking the time to read this you'd probably dig this CD and be able to discern fact, opinion, and fabrication for yourself. If you're going to a political rally, or just getting together with friends to talk about the upcoming elections, get a copy of this CD and take it along. Or, you can do what I'm going to do with it, play it in the office around a bunch of staunch republicans and watch their heads explode! |
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KZSU
90.1 FM, Stanford University Noodle Muffin - Regime Change Don’t burn out on anti-Bush stuff yet, at least not until you give this one a spin. Lots of great intact Bush samples, lots of manipulated mashed up ones, with silly musical accompaniment that is derivative of popular songs, styles, from electro pop, to funky hip hop, to Bowie epic glam to NIN and the Beach Boys. Silly stuff but really smart simultaneously as every track is riddled with great Bush’isms and samples. Every track good. Really good. 1) bush speech and film sample mash up, war theme, electro mash up including star wars theme, good 2) Bowie’esque epic tongue in cheek ballad knocking Ashcroft, creationists, Rumsfeld 3) upbeat funky electro with more bush quote mash up with a hip hop MC chorus 4) Beach Boys rock (fun fun fun til her daddy takes her t-bird away) feeling joke about “bush’s drunken daughters” having a big kegger bash in bahgdad 5) FCC- see clean edit track 27 6) FCC- see clean edit track 26 7) dubby reggae poke with voc delivery talking about bush connections to bin laden, Hussein, etc 8) silly feel, is this an REM or They Might Be Giants poke? Stream of lyrics and samples, great 9) are they poking NIN or Ministry now? Lots of good samples about bush middle east policy 10) great Monty Python sample to start, sounds like Stereo Total pop as its sung in French, a poke at the whole anti French “freedom fries” crap, brief 11) big swing beat, mildly titillating double entendres, almost lewd if it wasn’t so ridiculous and brought up the whole “subliminable” thing 12) list of acronyms of the day, very brief 13) FCC- see track 28 for clean edit 14) mellow silly ballady, nice, brief 15) silly psuedo nu-metal poke at the whole “lets roll” crap 16) wmd lies by bush, horrific war fallout reports, over epic ballady stuff 17) spacey electro, great samples taken during his 2000 campaign that turned out to be total lies, simpson samples “stupid president”, lots of chimp sounds, great 18) commentary about yaleys, upper class tyranny over backwards spaciness kicks into silly ditty about being privileged and escaping responsibility 19) electro rock, fundamentalist extremists going on, ashcroft singing, with Bush “approving this message” 20) “somewhere in texas a villiage is missing its idiot”, brief perfect interlude 21) brief weird interlude “brought to you by the partnership for a bush-free America” 22) dead air for exactly 5:00, then classic “with us or with terrorists” quote 23) Bush’s fundamentalism, church and state separation and lack thereof, smooth club techno soundbed 24) happy pop w/ sick commentary 25) brief, Bush on “friends” w/ saddam, obl, etc 26) radio edit of track 6: commentary on conservative xtian support and Ashcroft “kiss my ashcroft” delivered in a dancehall reggae manner 27) radio edit of track 5: cheery pop feel, Bush as a drunk, killing soldiers, name it 28) radio edit of track 13: great simpsons sample in beginning funky electro rock, call for regime change 29) 1:40 of silence then a great doctored brief snippet about “communication”, Bush’s skill 30) Dr Laura mashup, very Negativland’ish |
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