Peter H Cummings- Cartoons- Tracks and Commentary

This was Peter's last formal release. The culmination of months worth of recording on his new synthesizer, 'Cartoons' carved out a more determined path in his musical direction. By 2002, Peter had regained creative energy that had been in retreat for the latter half of the 1990s. His Scleraderma, and the inevitable fate that was a part of it, had become an assimilated and accepted part of his existence. With the fear of death blunted, and a desire to see out his remaining days being productive, Peter's muse took on an almost easy quality. In the move towards non-lyrical pieces and musical snapshots, I think a certain refocusing of his attention took place which was tremendously freeing. There are still the expected psych-filled gut spillings, but balancing that expositional energy is a truly pleasing imaginative playfulness.

-D. Longey 8/30/08

	Peter H. Cummings • Cartoons Click tracks to play, use back button to return. To download track, right-click and choose 'save file as..' 1. Rusty Mobile Home 1:59 A pop homage to reclusive living. 2. Backward Flinching 1:11 This might actually be about my early drawings. I never inquired.-DL. 3. Lounge Meltdown Flyaway 1:48 Tropical helicopter vibes and such. 4. Any Given Day, 1995 4:22 A rather harrowing account, in vignettes, about going down a wrong road. A raw confessional dressed up in musical theater form. 5. Things That Killed the Horse 1:02 Pure Surrealism! 6. Fairy Circles 0:48 Creepy. 7. Shuffle the Coil 1:26 Edgy. 8. Magnolia Pants 1:56 Wistful, gentle and very lovely instrumental. 9. Peculiar Holiday 3:03 A perky, surrealistic pop excursion. 10. Goya Washes Dishes 1:16 Pure music... a soundtrack to some unmade short film, perhaps. 11. Whipped Breakfast 1:14 More strange rites. 12. Gray Day in 3/4 3:21 Elegiac. 13. Evil Landlord 2:41 Right out of real life, or a Cohen brothers movie. 14. Two Syllable Words I Like 1:43 an unfinished piece stitched together 15. Driving Around With Dad 1:46 Happy memories of Irv. 16. Crazy Old Pony 1:56 The reckoning. 17. Fingering the Fracture 1:24 That that gets between the cracks. 18. Imagine a Dream... 6:10 Unabashed pop sentimentalism; a heartfelt appeal to dreamers everywhere. 19. Distant Fish Hoots 0:29 Goodnight, grouper, wherever you are.
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This was Peter's last formal release. The culmination of months worth of recording on his new synthesizer, 'Cartoons' carved out a more determined path in his musical direction. By 2002, Peter had regained creative energy that had been in retreat for the latter half of the 1990s. His Scleraderma, and the inevitable fate that was a part of it, had become an assimilated and accepted part of his existence. With the fear of death blunted, and a desire to see out his remaining days being productive, Peter's muse took on an almost easy quality. In the move towards non-lyrical pieces and musical snapshots, I think a certain refocusing of his attention took place which was tremendously freeing. There are still the expected psych-filled gut spillings, but balancing that expositional energy is a truly pleasing imaginative playfulness. -D. Longey 8/30/08
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