There’s no TWoo as angry as A TWoo with a fish head that is coveted by another.Īnother potential title for today was “The Icebreaker” because that’s what Jenn spent the whole walk doing.Īuntie Robyn came by to give me her treadmill (hey, I gotta be able to keep up with Dexter on the agility course – time to start running again!) now that she’s given up on modern civilization and moved into a fishing shack in the woods. I didn’t photograph this, because I had to step in to stop it. So when Dexter went to pick up the head again, TWooie beat 10 kinds of holy hell out of him. In the Land Of TWoo, that makes it his property.
Alas, while he may be honourable, he’s also easily distracted, so at one point he got tired of carrying the fish head around and put it down.
So Dexter, being the honorable fella that he is, stepped up to finish the job. Something clearly plucked this REALLY UGLY fish out of my river and ate everything but the head. The “fish heads” song was one of a handful available to me! But because the fish head caused the most strife, it won.
Pancake Dream is available on CD, vinyl and digital, as well as deluxe editions with elaborate packaging, a video/DVD version of the album and merch bundles. ( Pre-order yours.) The video version of the album will also be available to stream via Night Flight Plus soon.Ĭheck out Pancake Dream's artwork and tracklist below.There were so many good potential titles for today’s post. The video premieres in this post and you can watch it below.
The video for "American Dream" also pays tribute to "old friends with sad ends" like Bill Paxton (who directed the "Fish Heads" video), Devo's Bob Casale, Miguel Ferrer, Gilligan's Island's Dawn Wells, and more. But… it’s an honest and a personal song, which in itself, is a rarity for Barnes & Barnes.” I wish I hadn’t been inspired to write it. "It’s a reflection of American politics and the divide that causes so much trauma and drama in our country and it’s also a personal report regarding friends lost during this heinous global pandemic. "Inspired by current events, I wrote American History as a 'social studies' song," Mumy tells us. The album also occasionally draws back the curtain, for something a little more serious and direct, which is the case with "American History." While none of their other songs hold quite as much cultural cache, Mumy and Haimer have continued to make music together as Barnes & Barnes since and will release a new album, Pancake Dream, this Friday (11/5) via Demented Punk.Īs fellow Demento vet Weird "Al" Yankovic notes, Pancake Dream "definitely ain’t 'Fish Heads,'" and "finds the brothers Barnes at their most hypnotic and avant-garde, creating lyrics and soundscapes that will forever plague my dreams and haunt my every waking moment." It's a more mature Barnes & Barnes, but no less strange.
That song is " Fish Heads," which still sounds shockingly weird some 42 years after being released. Barnes & Barnes, the cult duo of Art Barnes ( Bill Mumy who played Will Robinson on '60s-era Lost in Space) and Artie Barnes ( Robert Haimer), hold the distinction of creating the most requested song in the Dr Demento Show history.