• Simon Lebon.

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I assign the title "genius" to very few. Steve Martin, Chris Rock, and a handful of other living people earn that title for a series of undefinable reasons. Two of the very few geniuses we have alive today in the world of music and/or comedy entertainment are named Mickey Melchiondo and Aaron Freeman, aka Gene and Dean Ween. Only in America (and possibly Amsterdam...or certain parts of the UK...or Eastern Europe...or maybe Mexico...ok) or maybe most of the world would two guys get together in their parents basement at the age of 14 and start making mindbendingly good music for decades. Ween just did it better than anyone in any of those other countries.



The number of functional mp3s that Seeqpod could cross-reference was pretty pitiful. I was only able to represent two of their many fine albums here: 1992's Pure Guava and 1997's The Mollusk. Those are their two arguably best albums, despite being pretty disparate in accessibility and focus. As acquired of a taste as their early stuff can be, "The Stallion Part 3" is simply a prime example of great unconventional songwriting. At any rate, brace yourselves, huff some scotchguard if that's your thing, and bow to the Boognish. Shout-out to Boston-area artist Ryan Sullivan for planting the seeds of my love for this band.