Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Moist

























What's in a name? Ask Lars Hammer (Larry Olsteen) and
John Redrust (John Hoskins). This studio album was to
be the culmination of a Masters in Philosophy. It was titled
Moaist, but became Moist, and so the anonymous studio
group of Hammer and Redrust became a band named Moist.
Everyone also calls their debut album Moist--the names
were just not that clear.

Unfortunately for philosophy, but perhaps perfectly for pop
culture, the tune entitled "1968" turned out to be the scandolous
"Whatever Makes You Wet," yet the story of the student
uprising in France is still evident in the lyrics of this song:
"student, embrace your worker ... ."

Perhaps even more famous is the song "Wittgenstein," whose
corrupted lyrics are often sung, "It get stine."

These turtled tunes happened to be worth millions for Hammer
and Redrust. Remember "Carnap?" It's here with all the other
seminar gems.

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