1. The Guru Home Demos

2. The Am Fam Variations

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2. Earthquake Weather

3. I Don't Love My Guru Anymore

4. Mumps: Fatal Charm

"When a rock fiend morphs into a lonely troubadour, the transition can be unsettling. Thank God Robert Mache was there to facilitate my journey into the Donovan/McGarrigle nebula. Listen, if you dare, to nakedly acoustic 'virgin' songs, folksy-mopesy to the max! Then brave the 'abused' set, where baby's first 4-track is freed into a hissy quagmire of cheap string patches!" -- KH

Robert Mache - Guitars
Kristian Hoffman - Everything Else

Track listing:

Virgin Set:
1. Odd Man Out
2. Garbage Turns to Gold
3. I Fell From Grace (MP3)
4. Postman (previously unreleased)
5. Don't Believe Your Eyes
6. Cold (But Not Over)
7. New Old Flame
8. Shantytown
9. Always
10. If Someone Said (previously unreleased)

Abused Set:
11. If Someone Said (previously unreleased)
12. I Don't Love My Guru Anymore
13. I Fell From Grace (MP3)
14. Don't Believe Your Eyes
15. Bridget Who?
16. Cold (But Not Over)
17. New Old Flame
18. Shantytown
19. My Generation
20. What I Meant To Say
21. Everything That Must Be Done (previously unreleased)

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Kristian Hoffman met Lance Loud in art class at Santa Barbara High School, and their friendship continued for 35 years. Kristian was with Lance at Carl Bean Hospice on the day Lance left this plane for another. Together they helmed the seminal '70s New York City pop/punk band Mumps, called by Andy Warhol "the best band in New York"! Kristian appeared in several episodes of the original PBS series An American Family. The directors, Alan and Susan Raymond, called upon him to "reimagine" the simplistic Brady Bunch-esque burble of an original instrumental theme, apparently culled at the time by PBS from some copyright-free catalog of canned jingles. Even the Raymonds don't know the original authors! So on this CD we offer no less than twelve startlingly varied, whimsical, satirical, ridiculous, and sometimes beautiful versions of the theme, three of which appear in the documentary, plus two bonus tracks!

Track listing:
1. Folk/Psych Am Fam
2. Baroque Am Fam
3. Good Timey Am Fam
4. Minor Arabic Am Fam
5. Technogrunge Am Fam
6. Swinging Cartoon Am Fam
7. Straight Boring Am Fam
8. Straight Boring Am Fam with Percussion and Strings
9. Backwards Masking Am Fam
10. Carl Stalling Tribute Am Fam (MP3)
11. Silent Movie Haunted House Am Fam
12. Gypsy Am Fam
Bonus Tracks:
13. Backwards Masking Am Fam - Extended
14. Over the Rainbow

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The record that every fan of the Beatles, the beach Boys, the Kinks, and great songcraft in general has been pining for - L.A.Weekly

Track listing:

1. "Devil May Care" with Russell Mael of Sparks
2. "Get It Right This Time" with Anna Waronker of That Dog
3. "Anyone But You" with Stew of the Negro Problem
4. "Scarecrow" with Rufus Wainwright
5. "God, If Any, Only Knows" with Abby Travis
6. "Series of You's" with European Eurodisco star Paul Zone
7. "Revert to Type" with strings arranged by Van Dyke Parks
8. "Get It Right Carny Reprise"
9. "Madison Avenue" with El Vez, the "Mexican Elvis"
10. "Just In Time" with Michael Quercio of the Jupiter Affect
11. "Palace of Corn" with Darian Sahanaja of the Wondermints
12. "Tender Even Then" with Maria McKee of Lone Justice
13. "Die For Cute" with Steve McDonald of Redd Kross
14. "Sex Choir Intro" with spoken word by Paul Reubens
15. "Sex In Heaven" with performance artist, TV and movie actress Ann Magnuson
16. "Can't Remember My Dreams" with confrontationalist Lydia Lunch
17. "Lullaby"

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Earthquake Weather shimmers with the brilliance of a pop virtuoso in top form! - BAM

Track listing:

1. He Means Well
2. Lite of the World
3. Earthquake Weather
4. Morose Colored Glasses
5. Man in a Hurry
6. Gaper's Club
7. That Beautiful Word
8. I Had My Chance
9. That's Our Secret
10. Rehearsal
11. But It Didn't
12. Reasonable Man
13. The Fool Is Back upon the Hill
14. Now I Understand

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The perfect union of good songwriting, clever production, and unexpected depth - Yellow Pills.

Track listing:

1. Odd Man Out
2. Garbage Turns to Gold
3. I Don't Love My Guru Anymore
4. I Fell from Grace
5. Science Fiction
6. Don't Believe Your Eyes
7. Bridget Who
8. Cold But Not Over
9. New Old Flame
10. Shanty Town
11. Always
12. My Generation
13. What I Meant to Say

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