Live From Uranus [Live]

About the Artist
Little Jewford is the last surviving member of the original band Kinky Friedman and The Texas Jewboys. He was Kinky's sidekick, keyboard player and vocalist from 1973-1976. After taking a much-needed sabbatical to translate Beowulf he has returned to touring with Kinky while also performing solo. Kinky Friedman, Brent Spiner and The Cornell Hurd Band appear on the show (CD) as special guests.

Product Description
Live From Uranus is a live recording, from the Sphincter Studios in Uranus, Texas, of the 20-year anniversary of Little Jewford's Live From Uranus comedy variety show. Patterned after vintage comedy variety shows of the past such as; Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason, and Jack Benny, there's 67 minutes of something for everyone: singing, dancing, the Sphincter Players Theatrical Troupe, guest stars: Kinky Friedman, Brent Spiner(Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation), the world's only singing, dancing, kazoo playing cowboy puppet Buckaroo Bruce and the legendary Austin Texas' Cornell Hurd Band. Once you've heard the laughs coming from Uranus you'll never be the same.

Live From Uranus,Little Jewford,Sphincter Records,Country,Folk,Pop

Average customer rating: More Music, Less Talk The closest you get to a real MoAM? show best live album ever VIRTUAL REALITY

Live Transmissions From Uranus Man or Astro-man? Manufacturer: Touch & Go Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Rock | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Guitar | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Guitarists | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies & Retro | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Rock Guitarists | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 1000x The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Sound of los Straitjackets ¡Viva! Daikaiju Sway ASIN: B0000019LW Release Date: 1997-02-11

Tracks:

1. Intro Sample
2. Transmissions From Uranus
3. Time Bomb
4. Special Agent Conrad Uno
5. Sferic Waves
6. Destination Venus
7. Names Of Numbers
8. A Mouthful Of Exhaust
9. Cowboy Playing Bomboro
10. Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Love Theme
11. Gargantua's Last Stand
12. Surfari
13. Rovers
14. Manta Ray
15. Man From F.U.C.K. Y.O.U.
16. Eric Estrotica
17. Nitrous Burn Out

Album Details

Previously unavailabe, re-issue features the original line up of Co Co, Starcrunch, Birdstuff, and Captain Zeno, 17 tracks including Time Bomb, Surfari, Rovers, and others.

Customer Reviews:

More Music, Less Talk.......2005-02-05

I love MoAM. They're by far my favorite surf band and listening to them live is a treat. But on this album, while the music is unbelievably good, the back and forth between the band members is horrible.

You can't hear them talk and when you can, they're talking over each other. This is a case where less is more. The bit about dogs and cats being able to hear them sing would be funny if it didn't take three tries to get it out.

Still, awesome music if you can put up with some less-than-witty banter.

The closest you get to a real MoAM? show.......2000-11-14

Man or Astro-Man? are incredible live performers, and you realize it listening to this album. The goofy enthusiasm of Coco and the pure surf power of Starcrunch's ultra-reverbed guitar are what made this band great. The *real* MoAM? can be heard on Cowboy Playing Bomboro -- Starcrunch plays so tight and so fast, my jaw hit the floor the first time I heard this track. Birdstuff is a punk-rock freak of nature as usual on the drums, and Coco's bass comes through better on this album than in most others.

Live Transmissions from Uranus is a must-have for any fan of modern surf rock, and the best document of MoAM? before they lost Brian Causey.

best live album ever.......2000-03-06

The best live album I've ever heard. Completely live, uncut: they leave in all the dialogue between songs. Check out their deep Space accents. Amazing performance, amazing sound

VIRTUAL REALITY.......1999-03-22

If you've ever seen Man...or Astro-man? live then this is a must have

Average customer rating: Cool Live Album a great live album! a Great Bootleg this cd is kick as tunes,nothing less......... it's the best

Live from Uranus Less Than Jake Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk-Pop | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Third Wave Ska | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Ska General | Ska | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Pez Collection Greased Losers, Kings, and Things We Don't Understand ASIN: B00000886N Release Date: 1999-03-16

Tracks:

1. Liquor Store
2. Time and a Half on 2nd Avenue and 6th Street
3. Econolodged
4. Just Like Frank
5. Automatic
6. Lockdown
7. Never Going Back to New Jersey
8. How's My Driving, Doug Hastings?
9. Shindo

Album Description

1998 Japanese-only live mini-album featuring nine tracks. Includes 'Liquor Store', 'Time And A Half On 2nd Avenue And 6th Street' and 'Automatic'. 1998 Capitol Records release.

Album Details

Japanese Exclusive Release. Tracks: Liquor Store, Lock Down, Time and a Half, Never Going Back to New Jersey, Econologid, Hows My Driving Dough Hastings?, Just Like Frank, Shindo, and Automatic.

Customer Reviews:

Cool Live Album.......2006-02-27

This album is cool. It's a little short, but has some really cool songs from Less Than Jake's early releases, Losing Streak, Pezcore, and Goodbye Blue and White. It's really not a must have, so you have to make the call on whether you want to add it to your collection. I would recommend buying "The People's History of Less Than Jake." It's a DVD with most of those songs on it and it's cooler because you can watch it too.

a great live album!.......2002-10-11

Less Than Jake - Live From Uranus was recorded live in New York in 1997. It has now been put onto CD and is really good. It has great songs on it such as Liquor Store, Automatic, Just Like Frank and Time And A Half On 2nd Avenue And 6th Street. Don't let the price put you off because it's definitely worth it. A must buy for all LTJ CD collectors!

a Great Bootleg.......1999-04-18

One of the best bootlegs to date by LTJ... Capitol records did a great thing with it... although i recommend not buying it since you can get the MP3s for free.

this cd is kick as tunes,nothing less................1999-04-18

This i has got some of the best tunes from less than jake,excellent sound,grooving tunes..KICK ASS!!

it's the best.......1998-12-01

it's ska delicious. 2 songs are not on losing streak or pez core. It's the best cd.

Average customer rating: Gets old real quick. An underrated gem from Kinky Friedman's better half...

Live From Uranus Little Jewford Manufacturer: Sphincter Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Classic Snatches from Europe ASIN: B000066B3H Release Date: 2002-01-29

Tracks:

1. Intro/Little Jewford Monologue
2. Youve Got A Friend in Uranus/Little Jewford
3. Little Cars and Trucks
4. Presentation: Mayor Colin M. Packer
5. Buckaroo Bruce Interview
6. Buckaroo Pals/Buckaroo Bruce & The Cornell Hurd Band
7. Buckaroo Bruce Goodbyes
8. Whispering Hollows
9. Motor Speedway
10. Timeless Feelings/Little Jewford
11. Mystery Guest(Brent Spiner)
12. Ragtime Cowboy Joe/Brent Spiner, Little Jewford & The Cornell Hurd Band
13. Brent Spiner Thanks/Goodbyes
14. Sweet Preparations on H Street
15. Big Billy Bowels Bowlarama
16. Wee Willie Winkie part 1
17. Poopoo Clinic in Uranus
18. Wee Willie Winkie part 2
19. Buzzsaw Detergent
20. September Serenade/Little Jewford
21. Kinky Friedman & Little Jewford repartee part 1
22. Cowboy Jack/Kinky & Little Jewford
23. Kinky Friedman & Little Jewford repartee part 2
24. Kinky Friedman & Little Jewford repartee part 3
25. Do Your Ears Hang Low?/Kinky & Little Jewford
26. Who The Hell Are You?
27. Sphincter Products
28. Youve Got A Friend in Uranus/Little Jewford & Guests

Album Description

Live From Uranus is a live recording, from the Sphincter Studios in Uranus, Texas, of the 20-year anniversary of Little Jewford's Live From Uranus comedy variety show. Patterned after vintage comedy variety shows of the past such as; Milton Berle, Jackie Gleason, and Jack Benny, there's 67 minutes of something for everyone: singing, dancing, the Sphincter Players Theatrical Troupe, guest stars: Kinky Friedman, Brent Spiner(Commander Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation), the world's only singing, dancing, kazoo playing cowboy puppet Buckaroo Bruce and the legendary Austin Texas' Cornell Hurd Band. Once you've heard the laughs coming from Uranus you'll never be the same.

Customer Reviews:

Gets old real quick........2005-09-03

Want to know how many Uranus jokes you can pack into one CD? Then buy this--otherwise, avoid it like the plague. Little Jewford wears out his welcome real quick, and even the arrival of Kinky Friedman (the next governor of the great state of Texas) can't rescue this ill-advised project.

An underrated gem from Kinky Friedman's better half..........2004-11-01

If you are a fan of irreverant humor and a unique, radio-show style presentation, this is the album for you (as an aside, one thing that jumps out immediately is the fact that Little Jewford's surprisingly rich speaking voice deserves regular work as a voice-over artist in Hollywood and at the very least, a career in radio. It is truly remarkable).

The run-time of the CD is listed as 67 minutes and that's exactly what you get...67 minutes of genuinely funny, raucous, bawdy entertainment from a talented musician/comedian/kazoo-ologist who deserves at the very least the right to represent Uranus at the next NATO summit.

I wish Little Jewford would write a book. This guy is funny.

Average customer rating: More Music, Less Talk The closest you get to a real MoAM? show best live album ever VIRTUAL REALITY

Live Transmissions From Uranus Man or Astro-man? Manufacturer: Touch & Go ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Rock | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Surf Guitar | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music Rock Guitarists | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: 1000x The Utterly Fantastic and Totally Unbelievable Sound of los Straitjackets ¡Viva! Daikaiju Sway ASIN: B0000021X4 Release Date: 1995-06-22

Tracks:

1. Intro Sample
2. Transmissions from Uranus
3. Time Bomb
4. Special Agent Conrad Uno
5. Sferic Waves
6. Destination Venus
7. Names of Numbers
8. Mouthful of Exhaust
9. Cowboy Playing Bomboro
10. Mystery Science Theater 3000 Love Theme
11. Gargantua's Last Stand
12. Surfari
13. Rovers
14. Manta Ray
15. Man from F.U.C.K. Y.O.U
16. Eric Estrotica
17. Nitrous Burn Out

Album Details

Previously unavailabe, re-issue features the original line up of Co Co, Starcrunch, Birdstuff, and Captain Zeno, 17 tracks including Time Bomb, Surfari, Rovers, and others.

Customer Reviews:

More Music, Less Talk.......2005-02-05

I love MoAM. They're by far my favorite surf band and listening to them live is a treat. But on this album, while the music is unbelievably good, the back and forth between the band members is horrible.

You can't hear them talk and when you can, they're talking over each other. This is a case where less is more. The bit about dogs and cats being able to hear them sing would be funny if it didn't take three tries to get it out.

Still, awesome music if you can put up with some less-than-witty banter.

The closest you get to a real MoAM? show.......2000-11-14

Man or Astro-Man? are incredible live performers, and you realize it listening to this album. The goofy enthusiasm of Coco and the pure surf power of Starcrunch's ultra-reverbed guitar are what made this band great. The *real* MoAM? can be heard on Cowboy Playing Bomboro -- Starcrunch plays so tight and so fast, my jaw hit the floor the first time I heard this track. Birdstuff is a punk-rock freak of nature as usual on the drums, and Coco's bass comes through better on this album than in most others.

Live Transmissions from Uranus is a must-have for any fan of modern surf rock, and the best document of MoAM? before they lost Brian Causey.

best live album ever.......2000-03-06

The best live album I've ever heard. Completely live, uncut: they leave in all the dialogue between songs. Check out their deep Space accents. Amazing performance, amazing sound

VIRTUAL REALITY.......1999-03-22

If you've ever seen Man...or Astro-man? live then this is a must have

Average customer rating:

Live from Uranus Less Than Jake Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000BRAZ98 Release Date: 1998-12-15

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