Neglected Record #4 takes us to the mysterious land of Jamaica Plain, MA. Before I lived here full time, I was spending about 80% of my time on campus or in my swanky (ie; not swanky and quite crappy) apartment in the Back Bay area. However, it wouldn't be strange to find me on a Saturday or Sunday morning wandering around Centre Street, digging the scene and spending a long time inside the Goodwill or Boomerangs looking for LPs, books, and alarm clocks.
It was at the JP Boomerangs I found a NM copy of "The Fat Skier." The Throwing Muses were always a band I knew the name of - also, wasn't one of the Breeders in this band? I thought so...Anyways, imagine my surprise when I found this LP (actually, EP) in the vinyl section there for only $1. Excited? Of course I was.
So as I rushed home (meaning I rode the 39 as fast as it could go!,) I put this on the turntable and heard some wacky music of the "college rock" variety, including the b-side which is just one track, but has some backwards talking and a baby mumbling interspersed with some grooves thrown in, kind of like Vampire Weekend (which I totally forgot about until I just listened to it.)
Listening to it a year after I bought it, you'd be hard pressed to say that anything from Massachusetts in 1986 sounded better (ehh, except that other band with someone who was in the Breeders...)
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