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Factoids

singer/guitarist Kathy McCarty and drummer Scott Weir were both in the movie Slackers
Brian Beattie produced three Dead Milkmen albums,
- Bucky Fellini
- Beelzebubba
- Metaphysical Graffiti
under the nicknames "Mud Lounge," "Orchid Breath," and "Bongwizard." He has also produced Dead Dog's Eyeball, Sorry Entertainer and most recently Daniel Johnston's Rejected Unknown, for which he founded newimprovedmusic.
About the Dead Milkmen again -- Kathy and Stella Weir were featured as the "Shyettes" on "Do the Brown Nose" on Graffiti. Kathy does violin and vocals and Brian also did vocals and lap steel on Bucky Fellini, the album that also features the Milkmen's version of Johnston's "Rocket Ship."
Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair perform "Kicking the Dog" on Daniel Johnston and Jad Fair (see the Daniel Johnston discography
- The line "You said you had a girlfriend, made you scared of the world. The way you write it down makes me hate that girl" from "Kicking the Dog" refers to Dan's line "I had a girlfriend, made me scared of the world. I'd stare at the TV, terrified of the soap opera," a lone phrase from Continued Story.
Plus 3 more you won't care about
- Brian's brother Rob e-mailed me once.
- "Rocketship" and "Sorry Entertainer" were featured on Hear & Now in autumn 1997
- I used "Living With Reptiles" and "We Don't Touch" and Kathy's as well as the original version of "Running Water" in my brilliant 1997 PoMo short "Teilen."