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| WRR #74 - The Jim-Jims Box Lunch |
| 7" record - $4 This record is also availble at www.interpunk.com |
| The Jim-Jims are back with four brand new rock and roll treasures! You'll love the three originals, and the Jim-Jims version of the traditional "Goober Peas" is sure to put a smile on the face of any Princeton Trio fan! (2005) |
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| Track Listing |
Here is what I-94 Bar had to say about this record:
I spent a night looking for rock and roll in Springfield, Missouri, and ended up seeing some vile Murph and the Magic Tones pastiche in the basement of what passed for a Holiday Inn. Irrelevant, but for the fact that these guys are on a Springfield label that wasn't around in those days. Pity. (Doesn't Homer come from there? Wrong Springfield). There's nothing Simpsons-esque about these four tunes. Tim Springfield's quirky vocals are a cross between Jello and Mark Mothersbaugh and the rest of the band ain't too bad either. "Slow Bang" is a Big Rock Song by a punk band, replete with Angus Young trilling. "Fucked Up Again" and the title track are powertrips with nice, full-throated guitars. The closing "Goober Peas" is the sort of novelty song a band trots out as an encore when everybody's mindlessly drunk (them included). Bequeath it to the Magic Tones, guys. The front cover pic should be worth a Budweiser sponsorship (I think I'd skip the box lunch in that case - it really is cat's piss). And that could be a contemporary Ron Asheton on the back cover, holding a lighter.
Here is what Punk Planet had to say about this record:
These guys play pretty basic, fun, goofy punk with a little rock thrown in. They kind of remind me of All you can Eat or early Screeching Weasel. The singer has an odd, shrill voice. Drink a beer and kick back with these four songs. (NS)