Mystical Shit

...'s They . "The Sandbox," "How to Remember Your Dreams," "Jesus Was Way Cool," "The Neither World," and "Fourthly" appear on 1990 's Mystical Shit. "Dinosaurs," "The Way to Salvation," "Life," "The Indians," "Scotland," and "To Walk...

In this article: Jesus Was Way Cool, John S. Hall, King Missile, The Way to Salvation, Happy Hour, Martin Scorsese, Take Stuff from Work, Soft Skull Press, Francis Bacon, and King Missile

...subtitle "since that was Dogbowl' idea." In late 1989 and early 1990 , the band recorded the album Mystical Shit, and in 1990 released it on Shimmy Disc. On the strength of the single "Jesus Was Way Cool," the album hit #1 on the CMJ charts,...

In this article: King Missile, John S. Hall, Dogbowl, Shimmy Disc, Steve Dansiger, Charles Curtis, Bradford Reed, Atlantic, and Fluting on the Hump

All right, you wanted Kings, you got Kings. As you may remember, we were covering the doomed-to-fail show from the start, but when it was put in time-out by NBC for bad ratings--and then moved to a dreaded Saturday-night slot--it got lost in...

In this article: Titus Welliver, Suicide, DVD, and A.V. Club

In "No Point," a psychedelic rock track with prominent lead guitar, frontman John S. Hall sings a list of states and activities to which "there is no point ." The list includes answering the telephone, opening the mail, using drugs , not...

In this article: No Point, John S. Hall, Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump, and King Missile

Why are we asking this now? The fossil, nicknamed "Ida", was discovered in 1983 but the scientific paper describing it has only just been published amid great secrecy to coincide with the commercial launch of a popular science book and a...

In this article: Human, God, University of Oslo, Chimpanzees, Burden of proof, Cannabis, and Recession

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM Trinity Church has just completed their recounting of the Passion on Twitter. Happy Good Friday, everyone. thanks for the reminder, paul. i'm diggin' out my jesus christ superstar...

In this article: Good Friday, DVD, Twitter, and Trinity Church

"Take Stuff from Work" is a song by avant-garde band King Missile. It appears on the band's 1987 debut album Fluting on the Hump. In "Take Stuff from Work," a jangly acoustic guitar and simple drumbeat are punctuated by occasional...

In this article: Take Stuff from Work, John S. Hall, Mystical Shit & Fluting on the Hump, Life is Good, King Missile, and Fluting on the Hump

Message from the floor of the US House: "If Michael Savage wants to see a moron, he should look in the mirror." | Crooks and Liars Message from the floor of the US House: "If Michael Savage wants to see a moron, he should look in the...

In this article: Michael Savage, Autism, Fragile X, NPR, and US House

John S. Hall (born John Charles Hall September 2, 1960) is an American poet, author, singer , and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various disparate...

In this article: John S. Hall, King Missile, Dogbowl, Shimmy Disc, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, King Missile, Manhattan, Sasha Forte, and Dave Rick