Singles, Live, Unreleased

Sound Performance's repress with different matrix and SID codes: [r32845176]. Track information by Neil Hagerty: DISC 1: 1: Peel session version of one of the first songs we ever wrote. About holding onto the past in an unhealthy way. Released by arrangement with BBC Worldwide Ltd. First transmission date: 16 July 1993. 2: At our last Drag City sessions, we recorded an early unreleased song. Sometimes you just know something and that's all there is to it. Recorded 1/21/94 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA. 3: Citizen X, of no fixed address, was awarded his prize this afternoon. Recorded 7/88 in Arlington, Virginia. 4: Setting a Maoist phantasy about fame to dope smoking music. Recorded 8/89 at Old West Studio in San Francisco, CA. 5: Another supergirl. This is an outtake from "Twin Infinitives". Recorded 5/90-6/90 at Lowdown Studios in San Francisco, CA. 6: Unreleased song about an average night of drinking. Recorded 1991 at Lowdown Studios in San Francisco, CA. 7: I've heard it said that the people who are most vulnerable are those that think that it could never happen to them. Recorded 7/27/92 at Snack Time Studios in Hoboken, NJ. Licenced from Sub Pop Records. 8: That autumn feeling. Recorded 5/2/92 at Noise NJ in Demarest, NJ. 9: This was on a Milton Nascimento tape ("Minas") that we bought in a gas station in France. Released by arrangement with BBC Worldwide Ltd. First transmission date: 25 November 1995. 10: Pink dolphins in the Hudson. Recorded 5/88 at Noise NY in New York City. 11: Love song involving a certain something. Recorded 7/88 in Arlington, Virginia. 12: This "Twin Infinitives" outtake was a premature call for action. Recorded 5/90-6/90 at Lowdown Studios in San Francisco. 13: Cover of late Jefferson Airplane tune. Buy your shotguns now for the revolution. Recorded in 1992 at The Station in Maryland. 14: The drug buyer's side of the story. Recorded 9/93 at T.O.G. Studios in Arlington, Virginia. 15: A tribute to the heroes of free jazz. Recorded 8/93 at The Bathhouse in Chicago, IL. 16: Atypical Godz Tune. Recorded at Chiswick Reach in London, England. DISC 2: 1: True-to-life teen love song. Recorded 5/88 at Noise NY in New York City. 2: No one knew when the Arab/U.S. conflict would start bt you could guess where. Recorded 7/88 in Arlington, Virginia. 3: In capitalism, the less you care about something the more successful it will be. Recorded 8/89 at Old West Studio in San Francisco, CA. 4: The bitter conflict between tenderness and expediency, previously unreleased. Recorded in 1991 at Lowdown Studios in San Francisco, CA. 5: Grace of expression is not the cornerstone of valuable information. Recorded 7/27/92 at Snack Time Studios in Hoboken, NJ. Licensed from Sub Pop Records. 6: Live. Recorded 7/30/93 live at Lounge Ax in Chicago, IL. 7: The old story of Midwesterne conservatism. Recorded 5/2/93 at Noise NJ in Demarest, NJ. 8: From the movie. The helicopters were the BBC engineers' idea and we said: OK. Released by arrangement with BBC Worldwide Ltd. First transmission date: 16 July 1993. 9: While I was overdubbing this the engineer warned me over the headphones that my guitar was out of tune. I didn't say anything back but I was making faces like: Duh. I didn't think he could see me but unbeknownst to me there was a video monitor in the iso booth. Released by arrangement with BBC Worldwide Ltd. First transmission date: 26 November 1995. 10: We wish we could survive on nothing but sunshine. Recorded 7/88 in Arlington, Virginia. 11: The love song genre. Recorded 8/89 at Old West Studio in San Francisco, CA. 12: Live. Recorded 8/7/92 at Lounge Ax in Chicago, IL. 13: Tribute to a drug dealer, previously unreleased. Recorded 1991 at Lowdown Studios in San Francisco, CA. 14: Like a lot of our songs we got this from a dream where a popular rock band was singing this on a TV show. Released by arrangement with BBC Worldwide Ltd. First transmission date: 16 July 1993. 15: In the dramatic style of Dear Abby. Recorded 8/93 at The Bathhouse in Chicago, IL. 16: Recorded at our last Drag City session, but held back until now. Recorded 1/21/94 at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA.