Populous Pudding Pt. 3
Masters of the Obvious played two Populous Pudding shows. The photos are from the first, which took place in a rented Willimantic hall on Sept. 16, 1988. The audio links are from the second, a May 13, 1989 performance in the Pudding fur locker. Paul Caporino sang and played guitar. Beck Dudley sang and played drums.
1."It’s So Big It’s Fluorescent” 2."Catholic World” 3."Let’s Make The Water Turn Black” (Mothers of Invention) 4."Countdown To Menopause” 5."Halfway To Stigmata” 6."Pink Turns To Blue” (Hüsker Dü) 7."Frenzy" (Fugs)
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The MOTO photos were snapped by Mary Dunham for issue #4 of DAMP magazine. Mary also worked as the session bassist during the recording of MOTO’s vinyl debut, “Crystallize My Penis".
MOTO’s Paul Caporino explains the Facts:
* I’m Paul Caporino from M.O.T.O., which is short for Masters Of The Obvious.
* The band was formed in New Orleans back in 1981 and has released its homemade rock’n’roll spitballs on cassettes almost exclusively while playing lots of gigs and enduring many line-up changes.
* In 1987 M.O.T.O. moved to Boston and started putting out several very collectable singles and LPs in the USA and elsewhere.
* In 1989 M.O.T.O. moved to Chicago where they’ve been ever since, still putting out singles, LPs and CDs that are very hard to find in stores, as well as the continual production of those homemade cassettes.
* I live with my spouse Alison and our big black cat Faboo.
* I work at Record Emporium which has loads of vinyl. I like records.
* I like cassettes - I like to make mix tapes of good stuff for people and swap tapes.
* I don’t really like CDs.
* I don’t trust the government or the news media and neither should you.
* I like all kinds of music but some more than others.
* I was one of six children raised in a Catholic family in a shotgun house in New Orleans. We didn’t have air conditioning until I graduated high school. Before that we had a big window fan in the back room that blew outwards and kinda blew air down the alley into the other windows of the house. When it rained we had to turn off the fan and shut the windows.
* I didn’t kiss a girl on purpose until I was 15. This happened in a hotel in New York City.
* I can wiggle my ears.
* My room is a mess.
* I once bit Steve Malkmus on the neck.
* I’m 5’11”.
* I don’t like red beans and rice.
* “M.O.T.O.”, “MOTO” and “Masters Of The Obvious” are registered trademarks with a capital ® - that’s where the goddamn tax return check went. Goddamerrung!
