Released: 1999
Tracks: Making Love to Jewel; Nonkertalk; Hiding in Front of You; Nonkertalk; Buzzbomb Creeper; Nonkertalk; A Little Break; Nonkertalk; Clumpy Clumpy Banjo
Best track: Buzzbomb Creeper
Track to skip: if you have to, A Little Break
Nonkertalk is the bonus disc that came with Keneally’s Nonkertompf album. I believe the hard copy (also available as a stand-alone) is now sold out, but you can download it through iTunes. It really doesn’t work as a “stand alone” album – its purpose is to talk about Nonkertompf and present some outtakes. This disc is divided up between outtakes from the album (Making Love to Jewel, Hiding in Front of You, Buzzbomb Creeper & Clumpy Clumpy Banjo) and interview segments with Keneally & Scot Chatfield (Mike’s friend and co-head of their label, Exowax). The songs are all pretty enjoyable, even if they only total about 7 minutes of music. My favorite is Buzzbomb Creeper, a great echo-laden guitar song. Clumpy Clumpy Banjo is a full banjo version of Clumpy Clumpy O from the album proper.
The interviews are really the important part here. They’re a great look into the history of this album and Mike’s thoughts on the songs. You get a better appreciation for the Nonkertompf songs after hearing him talk at length about them and the album as a whole. It was very useful and informative for me. I also like that there are basic tracks from the album proper played underneath, and the guys talk about things you may not have noticed in the mix. As I mentioned above, “A Little Break” would normally constitute a skippable track, but it’s really just a “break” between those two interview segments. In the context of the disc it’s a funny track that has Scott and Mike making random vocal sounds for 22 seconds before continuing on with the interview. In terms of putting it on my iPod…yeah, I won’t worry about importing it; it doesn’t really work in isolation. I think this disc is a great companion to the Nonkertompf album and it helped me understand it better. As a stand alone disc I rarely listen to it all the way through, but it’s good to own.
Rating: 82
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