Rant In E-Minor: Variations by Bill Hicks [Audio CD]

Description: Tracks:Bill Takes StageFevered EgosDance ClubsHomosexualityPeople SuckPro-lifers and Non-smokersStarted Smoking AgainHendrix Was an AlienLet's Do Some ComedyKeith Richards and the Ledge Beyond the EdgeHendrix LanguageMusicians Who Are DeadLA City of HellI've Smoked a LotAustraliaEasterGideonsGifts of ForgivenessRiff On Comedy, Dick Jokes and Plastic PlantsWhen Jesus Comes BackConfession Time (Cops)Wax DartI'm Talking to the Women HerePussywhipped SatanRebirthingRush Limbaugh Performer Notes: Personnel: Bill Hicks (vocals, guitar); Kevin Booth (keyboards, bass, percussion).Recorded at Fossil Creek Studio, Austin, Texas from November 1992-June 1993; recorded live at Laff Stop (aka Capital City Comedy Club), Austin, Texas from March-October 1993; recorded live at Cobbs, San Francisco, California in July 1993. Includes liner notes by Kevin Booth.Recording information: The Laff Stop.Like his spiritual forefather, Lenny Bruce, the late Bill Hicks was a comedic visionary who used a profanity-laced approach in skewering societal sacred cows and made people simultaneously laugh and feel uncomfortable. Hicks' politically incorrect left-wing libertarian viewpoints saturate the posthumously released RANT IN E MINOR, where religious fundamentalism and politics are particular targets.Delivered in an erudite twang, Hicks hilariously mocks Billy Ray Cyrus and Michael Bolton ("Fevered Egos"), PC extremists ("Non-smokers"), and wealthy celebrities (particularly Jay Leno) who deep-six their creative credibility by becoming corporate shills ("Artistic Roll Call"). The self-admitted "armchair psychologist" takes potshots at both the right ("Deficit [Jesse Helms], "Rush Limbaugh") and the left ("Waco," "One of the Boys [Clinton]) in a way that still reverberates years after the incendiary comic's passing. Although Hicks' inherent pessimism ("Love List [No Future]"), pro-drug stance ("Confession Time"), and borderline conspiracy theories ("Politics in America") often found him getting limited media exposure, his is a message especially relevant at a time when Noam Chomsky's predictions about corporate oligarchy seem increasingly accurate. Plus, the late Texan was a distinctly funny crank. Professional Reviews: Musician (6/97, p.86) - "...As he learned his craft, he evolved into probably the best comedian of the late Eighties and early Nineties, working dangerous issues that kept him off television..." Producer: Steve Hicks, Lynn Hicks, Michael Epstein, Mary Hicks, Jack Vaughn, Brian Volk-Weiss Format: CD (2 Disc); Stereo Studio/Live: Live Release Date: 15 April, 2016 Label: CD Dimensions: 14.2 x 1.2 x 12.4 centimeters (0.09 kg)

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