Stranger Than Supper(1990)OverviewTracksLiner Notes
Also called Booger Breath, Poot for Thought, and Chopped Liver, and subtitled UWEB Evangelist Series, this CD was the only UWEB CD to be released to the general public. Meant to reach more potential UWEB members and raise money for the club, it is a collection of unreleased tracks, much like Residue or the later "Liver" albums, Liver Music and Daydream B-Liver. In fact a number of tracks which appeared here were to have gone onto the Liver albums, but Uncle Willie decided that it would be more fun to have all new music on the later collections. Anyone who bought the Liver CDs would probably have already bought Stranger Than Supper, so why duplicate things?
In the liner notes Uncle Willie points out that, between the first two tracks on this CD, there is a difference of 18 years and 18 million people in the audience.
- Intro / Somethin' Devilish
- Teddy Bear
- Why Didn't I Think of That?
- New Orleans
- Lament
- Die in Terror / Eva's Warning
- Suzanna
- Land of 1000 Dances * Double Shot
- Mr. Skull's New Year's Eve Song
- This is a Man's World
Intro / Somethin' Devilish (2:59)
This was the introduction to the Boarding House performance and opens the second "side" of the unreleased tape album Baby Sex. Most of the performance appears on Daydream B-Liver.
Teddy Bear (3:46)
While on tour with Cube-E The Residents appeared on NBC's Night Music with David Sanborn performing several numbers from the show, including this one. This track was also to have gone onto Daydream B-Liver but Burning Love was included instead.
Why Didn't I Think of That? (0:55)
(The History of Digital Music Part 3 -- early midi) The third part of a performance the band gave under an assumed identity to demonstrate the evolution of digital music to a junior high-school class. The first two parts appear on Liver Music and the fourth has yet to be released. This part was originally composed as the theme to a TV show that never aired, called Why Didn't I Think of That?.
New Orleans (2:02)
A Black Barry jam session from Cube-E.
Lament (3:22)
An excerpt from the Snakey Wake performance.
Die in Terror / Eva's Warning (7:36)
An excerpt from the 13th Anniversary Show: Live in the USA CD which was in the planning stages when Stranger Than Supper was released.
Suzanna (1:52)
A track which was to have gone into Buckaroo Blues but which didn't fit in anywhere.
Land of 1000 Dances * Double Shot (11:39)
This track was included as a bonus track on Buckaroo Blues.
Mr. Skull's New Year's Eve Song (6:26)
A studio reworking of the piece that Mr. Skull played to welcome in the 1990s at the Cube NYE performance. This was also going to go on Daydream B-Liver.
This is a Man's World (4:55)
This version of the single was released in Australia where it was a big hit on the alternative charts. It appears on Liver Music as well.