RADIO GNOME INVISIBLE PART 1 - FLYING TEAPOT

I remember talking to a friend once about the various characters of this album and if there were possibly deeper meanings behind some, etc. He looked rather amused as he said "Teapot is just an excuse for Allen to get really really high, get up on stage in his little costumes and dance around in front of the crowd, nothing more." I didn't argue but vowed to continue my investigations into the political significance of the Gnomes and Pixies at a later date.

I do love humor and the counterculture fantasies of the 70s as much as the next guy but I don't always love it mixed with my prog. It's a fine line. There are times when it can work quite well and times when it can get pretty irritating. I guess I would say musically that we're somewhere in Supersister territory here. The first half of the album is fun but by the time we get to "Witch's Song/I Am Your Pussy" I have most definitely had enough Tea for a while. "Pothead Pixies" though is so much fun that I have fantasies of taking over the airwaves and Ipods and playing that song at high volume to the unsuspecting masses until they snap.

I think it's fair to acknowledge that there are albums whose value to a listener will change based on where one is in life. At one time one's mindset and situation could make this album essential, a few years later this kind of album could be just silliness. That's a generalization to be sure but it's also true that one's circumstances may well play a key role in how valuable a piece of music is to them. Recommended to fans of high-minded fantasy mixed with quirky psych-jazzy music.

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