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milleronic
(Minnesota)
Posted: Apr 26, 2013 - 20:30
 

More Dengue Fever!






...please {#Drool} 

unclehud
(now 50 feet above the planet in Boston)
Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 19:37
 

 Sloggydog wrote:

You heard wrong.  normally with cane toads and you generally boil them to make a tea or dry the relevant glands and smoke them but real drugs remain far superior.
 
Or they can spit in your eye or mouth — seen the movie "Big Trouble" recently?  It's hilarious!!  (I realize the Bufos don't spit ... but that doesn't lessen Stanley Tucci's agony in the closing scene.)

pixelpush
Posted: Mar 14, 2013 - 19:35
 

For some reason, I really like this mood it is putting me in!{#Bounce}

Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Jan 25, 2013 - 10:27
 

 Sloggydog wrote:
Wow a Dengue Fever track that i only dislike instead of totally despise
 

I was thinking the same thing.

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Oct 20, 2012 - 12:38
 

Not my taste!

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 10:40
 

 quesarah wrote:
Cool song. To shed some "reality" on the Toad-lickin' comments...
The relevant substance , 5-OH-DMT (bufotenine), is not orally active. So you don't lick 'em, you scrape  and ... usually, smoke it.
So I've heard.

 
You heard wrong.  normally with cane toads and you generally boil them to make a tea or dry the relevant glands and smoke them but real drugs remain far superior.

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 07, 2012 - 10:38
 

Wow a Dengue Fever track that i only dislike instead of totally despise

pinto
(west meade)
Posted: Sep 03, 2012 - 13:04
 

A Quinn-Martin production!

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 12:33
 

damn it Lana!!!

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quesarah
(Minneapolis, MN)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 15:39
 

Cool song. To shed some "reality" on the Toad-lickin' comments...
The relevant substance , 5-OH-DMT (bufotenine), is not orally active. So you don't lick 'em, you scrape  and ... usually, smoke it.
So I've heard.




4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Jul 02, 2012 - 15:33
 

Lounge-cool ... cold Cape Cod ... ahhh ... {#Cheers}

Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 16:24
 

 Xing wrote:
The band name is a perfect match to their muzac noise.
 
wah!

jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: May 18, 2012 - 16:23
 

 gypsyman wrote:
Bufo Alvarius - The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert....

Size of a friggin' dinner plate, they are....scared the bejeesus outta me a few times, here in the land where man can fly over mountain and hill,
and he doesn't need a spaceship, and he never will...
 


gypsyman
(just passing through....)
Posted: Apr 16, 2012 - 22:41
 

Bufo Alvarius - The Psychedelic Toad of the Sonoran Desert....

Size of a friggin' dinner plate, they are....scared the bejeesus outta me a few times, here in the land where man can fly over mountain and hill,
and he doesn't need a spaceship, and he never will...

oldsaxon
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 12:37
 

 billybob123 wrote:
Saw this great band live a couple weeks ago.  They were great.  Opener was an amazing band called Secret Chiefs 3.  Never heard of them, but they blew our heads off.  In a good way.
 
I will try to redeem myself by leaving bad humour behind and saying that I am very jealous you saw them live. 

billybob123
(Southern California)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 12:27
 

Saw this great band live a couple weeks ago.  They were great.  Opener was an amazing band called Secret Chiefs 3.  Never heard of them, but they blew our heads off.  In a good way.

oldsaxon
(United Kingdom)
Posted: Feb 13, 2012 - 12:14
 

 Misterfixit wrote:
Lick the Toad, Baby .. Lick it!
 
Gorean Frog Slave from the book...."Slave Frogs of Gor"  

"The Frog was kept collared and controlled by his Master. The collar symbolically linking it to the pad on which it was forced to stay, posed in one of the nine hundred approved frog poses." 

I have read one GOR book....the collar thing has just burned itself into my mind as the most horrid bit of writing.  

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 - 13:37
 

I haven't bought any of their stuff but I'm diggin' it.

Everybody here in the parking lot behind Romeo Tuna's hotel be dancin'.... {#Dancingbanana}

2cats
(Oklahoma)
Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 12:56
 

What instrument makes that "ribbit" sound?

Xing
Posted: Dec 29, 2011 - 04:20
 

The band name is a perfect match to their muzac noise.

shakitten
Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 20:00
 

 fredriley wrote:

{#Roflol} Ribbit! Ribbit!

According to Wikipedia, bufo alvarius (Colorado river toad) is a toad looking like this:

Photo of bufo alvarius

It rather makes you wonder who was the first person to lick such an ugly (to humans - no doubt sex on legs to other toads) beast...


 


LMAO! That's awesome...

mrdak
(Middle GA)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 - 22:33
 

What a monster on the bass .....

jhorton
Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 20:28
 

I just dare you to listen to this with your eyes closed and NOT see Peter Sellers in a trench coat!

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 10:44
 

 coy wrote:
i can lick frog addiction anytime i want

 
{#Roflol} Ribbit! Ribbit!

According to Wikipedia, bufo alvarius (Colorado river toad) is a toad looking like this:

Photo of bufo alvarius

It rather makes you wonder who was the first person to lick such an ugly (to humans - no doubt sex on legs to other toads) beast...



terryp17
(Whitegate, UK)
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 10:43
 

Should be dung fever

unclehud
(300 feet above the planet)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 09:56
 

 kcar wrote:
... I meant that many people don't seem to give much thought to the consequences of taking a drug before they first take it.... 
 
As someone who ... has a lot of friends describe their drug experiences to me ... let me add this:

No one knows the full and true effect of a drug before they take it.  Ask Big Pharma, and they'll prattle on for several minutes about unintended side effects — a list of things up to and including death.  Of course, these side effects don't apply to all who ingest said chemicals, only a few; and no one knows which (if any) will show up when you take it.

Same discussion for drugs that are classified as recreational or illegal.  Different highs for different guys.  (And gals, but that doesn't rhyme.)  The moral of this story?  "Curiosity killed the cat", maybe, or "whatever gets your through the night", or "if it feels good do it", or, quite honestly, "no one knows the consequences of taking a specific drug before they actually take it."

Of course, if you're caught with illegal drugs, the one 'fer shur' consequence is that you'll go to jail.

coy
(san antonio)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 09:47
 

i can lick frog addiction anytime i want


ick
(...out of the primordial ooze)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 09:44
 

This number is reminiscent of something that Tuatara might have done.  If you like this sort of thing you might want to check them out too. Members of the band include Peter Buck of R.E.M., Barrett Martin of The Screaming Trees, Justin Harwood of Luna and Skerik.  Spy movie soundtrack vibe that is very cool and jazzy.

mcYammer
(Beervana)
Posted: Nov 23, 2011 - 09:43
 

I am a spy in SE Asia, and must focus on my mission. This is very distracting...

ce
(the Netherlands)
Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 02:58
 

 Krispian wrote:
Anyone know what instrument is on the album cover?
 
Aparently it's the Mastadong.
 
From Little Rat Bastard :

The LA-based band Dengue Fever is itself a hybrid of psychedelic indie rock and vintage Cambodian surf tunes, so what better to create their music with than a custom, hybrid instrument? Half electric guitar, half chaipai dong veng (a traditional, long-necked Cambodian guitar), the Mastadong's equally unusual name was suggested by one of the band's fans. Guitarist Zac Holtzman is constantly asked about it at Dengue Fever's live shows, so he made a short video to explain the instrument.

(See also the video via the link)



Cynaera
(In a hammock under my own vine and fig tree.)
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 13:15
 

Gods, that must be totally annoying to the poor toad. 

"Duuude, would you quit licking me?  My tongue's longer than yours and I can catch flies with it. How would you feel if I licked you? And while we're at it, please put me down. You're squishing my middle, and I have to go to the bathroom. Lick THAT, you pervert."

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Oct 16, 2011 - 13:15
 

Lick the Toad, Baby .. Lick it!

Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 09:17
 

 kcar wrote:

"This implies that there exist possible consequences which are serious enough to preclude the consideration of such behavior..."

Not sure what you mean by this. I meant that many people don't seem to give much thought to the consequences of taking a drug before they first take it. Perhaps you meant that the effects of some drugs prevent people who've already started using them from thinking of the consequences.  If so, that's not real smart of them. 

Sure, people take drugs for all sorts of reasons. And people likely do think long and hard about what kind of high they want before they use a drug. I'm just boggled by people's willingness to take strong drugs, even ones with a brief psychoactive effect, without considering the possible damage they're doing to themselves. Yes, you get a great high from doing coke, for instance—or so I'm told—but you can give yourself a fatal heart attack or damage the dopamine-producing cells in your brain so much that you can no longer experience happiness. Cocaine can also induce manic-depression—this happened to Herman Goering. 

The effects of cocaine use, short- and long-term, are very well documented. The effects of ingesting toad venom...not so much. Why roll the dice with your life and long-term health? 

 
 
Oh dear. I see you get your drugs information from Mainstream Media.

Can I urge you to look closely at the kind of propaganda you have been served over the years by the 'War on Drugs' which has been one of the least successful prohibition campaigns in the history of this planet.

kcar
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 13:14
 

 MJdub wrote:
 kcar wrote:
Pretty amazing what people will do to get high and how little thought they give to the possible consequences.  

This implies that there exist possible consequences which are serious enough to preclude the consideration of such behavior, and it assumes that those who engage in said behavior give no consideration to any possible consequences.  I don't suck on toads myself but I do understand that there are many reasons and motivations for the use of the many types of drugs, and that many people do in fact put a lot of thought and consideration into the possible consequences, among other things.
 
"This implies that there exist possible consequences which are serious enough to preclude the consideration of such behavior..."

Not sure what you mean by this. I meant that many people don't seem to give much thought to the consequences of taking a drug before they first take it. Perhaps you meant that the effects of some drugs prevent people who've already started using them from thinking of the consequences.  If so, that's not real smart of them. 

Sure, people take drugs for all sorts of reasons. And people likely do think long and hard about what kind of high they want before they use a drug. I'm just boggled by people's willingness to take strong drugs, even ones with a brief psychoactive effect, without considering the possible damage they're doing to themselves. Yes, you get a great high from doing coke, for instance—or so I'm told—but you can give yourself a fatal heart attack or damage the dopamine-producing cells in your brain so much that you can no longer experience happiness. Cocaine can also induce manic-depression—this happened to Herman Goering. 

The effects of cocaine use, short- and long-term, are very well documented. The effects of ingesting toad venom...not so much. Why roll the dice with your life and long-term health? 

 

ferwoman
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 12:32
 

7 -> 8

Sloggydog
(UK)
Posted: Sep 10, 2011 - 04:56
 

Personally I prefer infectious diptheria

More_Cowbell
(Northern IL)
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 06:51
 

This one is bareable, there is no skreaching.

ehaflett
Posted: Sep 01, 2011 - 06:49
 

Thanks for sticking with this album despite the negative comments Bill, it grows on me with every spin.

wossName
(Earth)
Posted: Aug 18, 2011 - 08:28
 

Ok, this must be the third or fourth time I open RP to see who made that sweet song and find out it's Dengue Fever. I guess I'll go buy the CD now... {#Smile}



Foot
(NorCal / Wine)
Posted: Aug 14, 2011 - 14:55
 

Pretty good, sounds like a side project of Cake.

MJdub
(California)
Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 14:54
 

 kcar wrote:
Pretty amazing what people will do to get high and how little thought they give to the possible consequences.  

This implies that there exist possible consequences which are serious enough to preclude the consideration of such behavior, and it assumes that those who engage in said behavior give no consideration to any possible consequences.  I don't suck on toads myself but I do understand that there are many reasons and motivations for the use of the many types of drugs, and that many people do in fact put a lot of thought and consideration into the possible consequences, among other things.

That said, this song is just brilliant!  This band is really growing on me, especially their new stuff.  I can totally understand why it is less accessible to some of us who are accustomed to western music, but WOW....I get it and I like it!

As for the crazy guitar thing, it's definitely not a shamisen.  It is fretted and really sounds nothing like a shamisen — not to mention the utter travesty that a shamisen without a skin stretched over a hollow body (and played without a plectrum) would be.  I know virtually nothing about Cambodian music, but my best guess is it's something like the "Chapei dong veng" (spelling varies quite a bit) — just by appearance it's the closest thing that I've seen.


lbaltz
(Sag Harbor, NY)
Posted: Jul 28, 2011 - 14:31
 

It would be interesting to hear this back to back with "The Friends of Mr. Cairo" by Jon and Vangelis.  VERY similar melody line...

kysmet
(Central Florida)
Posted: Jul 26, 2011 - 20:00
 

This song's not bad, surprisingly, probably because there aren't any vocals.

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jul 20, 2011 - 10:33
 

Love the "toadlicking" info, Bill {#Roflol}

coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Jul 17, 2011 - 23:35
 

I like how the beginning flashes a bit of SHE CAME FROM PLANET CLAIRE, then segues into old Mission Impossible soundtrack themes...and keeps weaving in that bit of B-52s to get that Sci-Fi feel coming back around time and again — a righteously diggable number, in my book!



pinto
(west meade)
Posted: Jul 02, 2011 - 07:34
 

A Quinn-Martin Production!  Coming this Fall to ABC!



kcar
Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 11:47
 

 Businessgypsy wrote:

Once you've gone bufo, you never go back
It's so cool that the horns aren't over-processed or too slick. You can really feel the musicians here. Toad-lickin' good!
 
Dude, you must lick the toad. Do not smoke the toad. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_toad#Venom_and_U.S._law

Pretty amazing what people will do to get high and how little thought they give to the possible consequences. 



coloradojohn
(Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan -- 15 min. west of Shinjuku, center of the freaking Universe)
Posted: Jun 25, 2011 - 08:16
 

Pretty chill, atmospheric...  I'd like to see someone play that wild Mustang-Shamisen combo thang!


Red_Dragon
Posted: Jun 20, 2011 - 21:42
 

 Jamunca wrote:
First!

Now about the song.... No amount of instrumental goodwill wash out the bad taste of all that is Venus on Earth. I'm going to be vain here and vote a 1 just out of spite or maybe on principle or.... well, just because it's Dengue Fever. Take your pick.
 
that works.

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 18, 2011 - 18:20
 

 Decoy wrote:
man these guys are hit or miss, I like the instrumentals, but then they start with the singing, and I stab my ears with ice picks...given a 4.  Which is the highest I can give Dengue Fever.

 
How can you still be hearing anything after the first time you stabbed your ears with ice picks? And if you're doing it repeatedly, your head must look like a big, squishy red sponge.

Personally, I usually tune their stuff out rather than do deliberate bodily harm to myself - I inflict too much inadvertent damage to me just trying walk from one end of a room to the other. {#Rolleyes}