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Isaac Brock. Scott Swayze does some guitar work, Jeremiah Green is on drums, and Chris Setton does some singing, but Isaac Brock is the Main Mouse.
projectors. "The stars are projectors, projecting our lives down to this planet earth."
snowflakes. From the album "The Lonesome Crowded West", released in 1997. Another one of my favorites.
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"I hear voices insinuating
Feeds me lyrics to this song that I am saying
Sunlight 7:20 PM, early September
Standing looking at a photograph
That you do not remember being takeN" | Super Modest Mouse
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Exit Does Not Exist. All of these songs are from "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About".
Strings to be pulled. From the album "The Moon and Antarctica", released in 2000.
Long Walk Off A Short Dock. Another song off of "Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks".
Baltimore. From the album "This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About".
| How many times do we here him say "This is the part of me" in the song "Medication"? | Super Modest Mouse
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10. Another one from "Building Something Out Of Nothing".
| "I might disintigrate into the thin air if you'd like". This is the first line of what song? | Super Modest Mouse
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Dark Center Of The Universe. Third song on the album "The Moon and Antarctica".
| The Album "Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks" is dedicated to whom? | Super Modest Mouse
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Nobody. There is no literal dedication, although the notes do say "In memory of Chris Takino". They released this album in 2001. for more info and fun stuff, you can check out modestmouse.com, epicrecords.com, and modestmousemusic.com. Thanks for playing, hope you enjoyed it, and please rate it as this is my first one!
Blue Cadet 3, Do you Connect?. "Blue Cadet 3, Do you Connect?" was pressed in 1994 by K records, "Long Drive" was recorded in 1996 by UP records, "Fruit That Ate Itself" was recorded in 1997 by K records and "Good News" was recorded in 2004 by Epic.
| What CD and song is this quote from? "Standing in the tall grass, thinking nothing, you know we need oxygen to breath..." | Modest Mouse Quiz #1
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"Lonesome Crowded West" / "Cowboy Dan". This is from "Cowboy Dan" off of the "Lonesome Crowded West" CD pressed in 1997 by UP records.
| What song is this line from "A fake Jamaican took every last dime with that scam"? | Modest Mouse Quiz #1
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Float On. This is from "Float On" which is on the "Good News For People Who Love Bad News" CD.
Issaquah, Washington. It was here that Isaac lived in a shed next to his mother's house, and this is where they say that he started to write the songs that would become Modest Mouse.
The Mark On The Wall. This is a short story that was written by Virgina Woolf. "The Mark on the Wall" has a line in it that says "I wish I could hit upon a pleasant track of thought, a track indirectly reflecting credit upon myself, for those are the pleasantest thoughts, and very frequent even in the minds of modest mouse-colored people, who believe genuinely that they dislike to hear their own praises."
| Is this a correct line from the song "Never Ending Math Equation"? "The universe works on a math equation
that never even ever really ends in the end"
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Yes. This is a direct line from that song... GOOD JOB for getting it right!
Brian Deck. Brian Deck is an American music producer and member of band Red Red Meat, who also appeared on this album on the keyboard. Steve Wold produced "This is A long Drive...", and Dennis Herring produced "Good News for People..." and Calvin Johnson produced "Buliding Something Out of Nothing".
mice don't feel very free to walk around. This is from the song "Mice Eat Cheese" which was recorded the same time as "Blue Cadet 3, Do You Connect?" but we didn't really see it until "Sad Sappy Sucker".
this one's a cash fiend. This is from the song "Doin' the Cockroach" off the "Lonesome Crowded West" CD recorded in 1997 on UP records.
we're gonna shake the eyes hand. This is a line from the song "Third Planet" off the "Moon and Antartica" CD recorded in 2000 on Epic records.
Charles Bukowski. This is from the song "Bukowski" off the "Good News For People Who Love Bad News" CD.
Yes. In a documentry found on You Tubes Isaac is interviewed near the end of the film. He is walking through the park after buying a 40 from the gas station on his break at work, and he sees a woman and her dog walking and trys to say hi and she brushes him off; he goes on to tell the story of how he found this dog in that park.
Long Walk Off A Short Dock. This is a great song that they made. They have used it on "The Moon and Antarctica", "Night On the Sun" and "Everywhere and His Nasty Parlor Tricks".
| In the song "Tiny City Made of Ashes" Isaac says he got a phone call from the Lord telling him to do what? | Modest Mouse Quiz #2
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to go "get a sweater". This is a great song from "The Moon and Antarctica" recorded in 2000 on Epic records.
No. This is a reference to the song "Interstate 8", which has been used in a few EPs that Modest Mouse has done. The line is "I'm on a road shaped like a figure 8, I'm going nowhere, but I'm guaranteed to be late".
764-Hero. They joined up with 764-Hero in 1998 on Up/Suicide Squeeze on a 12" to do this great song that I recomend to any Modest Mouse fan.
realizes and itemizes. This is from the song "She Ionizes and Atomizes" off the "This is A Long Drive For Somone With Nothing To Think About" recorded in 1996 with UP records.
| In the song "Paper Thin Walls" they're "shakin' hands" and what else is going on in this line? | Modest Mouse Quiz #2
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they're shakin' in their shoes. This song is from "The Moon and Antarctica" and has a great guitar riff in it.
Wicks Guitars. This is a custom guitar maker named Brian Wicks that has been doing it since he was 12 years old and now has three models that he is making for Isaac which you can find at wicksguitars.com/isaac.
| What is the name of the song that Modest Mouse played on 02/26/2000 in Victoria, BC at the Icehouse where Isaac says at the end "so if anyone's recording this show, if I could have a copy of that... uhmmm cause its the only time I'll ever hear that either"? | Modest Mouse Quiz #2
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Sweater/Jawbreaker. This song is one that all Modest Mouse fans should hear. It was done just as a jam at this show and to my knowledge has never even been put on a record and Isaac truly meant it when he said "he would never hear it again himself."
Way Down. "Way Down" is on the self titled EP that is more commonly known as "The Fruit That Ate Itself". All the others are in fact on this CD.
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