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October 4, 2006      Share/Save/Bookmark

The Top 10 Things Not to Write
in Your New Album’s Liner Notes

10> “So, the wife is gone on Tuesday and Thursday nights. The code
to the gate is 90125. And I like sponge baths.”

9> “We copied most of this stuff from Bo Diddley.”

8> “… but most of all, to the record company producers who
gave us a shot after we blew them.”

7> “… and a shout out to my boy, Osama bin Laden.”

6> “Scientology sucks! You hear me, Isaac Hayes, I’m talkin’ to
you!”

5> ” … and finally, thanks to Rob and Fab for their brilliant
musical inspiration.”

4> “… and a very special shout out to Sofonda Peters for
playing the slobber blues on the bonaphone during our
European tour. It’s just not a tour without a tranny.”

3> “The first 10,000 members of the fan club to respond get a
free bag of weed!”

2> “We remember neither writing nor recording any of the songs
on this album.”

and the Number 1 Thing Not to Write in Your New Album’s Liner Notes…
1> “Guest vocals: Yoko Ono.”


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Credits:

Selected from 48 submissions from 18 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Andrew Hackard, Austin, TX — 1 (2nd #1!)
Paul L. Gaba, Village of Wellington, FL — 2
Mike Davis, San Antonio, TX — 3, 6
Brian Bell, Seattle, WA — 4, 10
Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 5
Erik Deckers, Syracuse, IN — 5
Curtis Stoddard, Milwaukie, OR — 7
Reid Kerr, Carthage, TX — 7
Matt Kall, Solon, OH — 8
Judith Cottrill, Bronx, New York — 9
Jim G. Phynn, Horsham, PA — Topic
Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro

RUNNERS UP list — Spank-yous

“… then you add two cups of pot.”

(Bill Martin, Los Angeles, CA)

“And, last but not least, I’d like to thank God for making us so
talented, even though we’re an antiestablishment agnostic group
that worships Satan in our spare time.”

(Paul L. Gaba, Village of Wellington, FL)

“Thanks to our fans. The more albums you buy, the less likely we
are to ever acknowledge you.”

(Roy Opochinski, Toms River, NJ)

“Also available on Kazaa, Gnutella, and many other fine file
sharing systems!”

(Matt Kall, Solon, OH)

“For the total live-show experience, don’t just listen;
scratch-n-sniff here!”

(Marty Hale-Evans, Seattle, WA)

“… then we dumped the body where it will never be found, out off
highway 95, near milepost 27.”

(Curtis Stoddard, Milwaukie, OR)

“And special thanks go to my ex wife, whose insane alimony
payments force me to put out this crap on a regular basis.”

(Dustin Moskowitz, Skillman, NJ)

“We heard about this kid in England dying of cancer, and it made
us really sad. We think it would be great if all our fans could
send little Craig Shergold a get-well card.”

(Marty Hale-Evans, Seattle, WA)

“Praise be to Hezbollah for covering the costs of making the
record!”

(Roy Opochinski, Toms River, NJ)

Runners Up list name

(Brad Simanek, Cedar Rapids, IA)

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