Elastic No-No Band: Discography

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5 brand-new solo recordings by Justin, augmented by 2 tracks from the old CD-R albums (see below). The new lo-fi gems were all recorded during a hiatus in the recording of material for the next ENB album (due in 2009). The title is a variation on the title of the old ENB CD-R, Every Elvis Has His Army (see [and hear] below), which is a quote from the Elvis Costello song "Episode of Blonde".

1. Pump It Up
2. You Belong To Me
3. Monkey To Man
4. Battered Old Bird
5. Toledo
6. High Fidelity
7. I Want You

All songs written by Elvis Costello; "Toledo" co-written by Burt Bacharach.
All tracks recorded by Justin Remer. Mastered by Major Matt Mason USA.

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A new EP that's mostly Justin solo, but with some guest appearances from ENB's Preston Spurlock (bass on track 1), Toby Goodshank (guitar and vocals on track 2), and Major Matt Mason USA (finger snaps on track 1). Some of these tracks will probably end up on our next album, but not all of them.

1. Emotional Tourism
2. I'd Love Just Once To See You (Beach Boys cover)
3. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Beatles cover)
4. Suffering From 7
5. Hangover Dial

Tracks 1, 4, 5 written by Justin Remer
Track 2 written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love
Track 3 written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Tracks 1, 3, 5 recorded and mixed by Major Matt Mason USA
Tracks 2, 4 recorded and mixed by Justin Remer
Mastered by Major Matt Mason USA at Olive Juice Music, NYC.

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What is My 3 Addictions?

1. My 3 Addictions
2. Part 1:Food
3. Cheese Fries [new studio version]
4. Coffee Den
5. Sundaes on a Sunday Afternoon
6. Part 2: Movies
7. Woody Allen Surrogate (Kenneth Branagh's Blues)
8. The Guy Who Dies
9. I Am Klaus Kinski (And This Is My Song) [new studio version]
10. Part 3: Girls Who...
11. (Everywhere I Look) I See Your Face [new studio version]
12. I'm in Lust [featuring Sammy Shuster]
13. A Modest Proposal (For Laura Cantrell) [new studio version]
14. My 3 Addictions (postlude reprise)
15. Nobody's Wife (You're The One) [featuring Sammy Shuster]

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Major Matt Mason USA.

Featuring guest appearances by Debe Dalton, Dibson T. Hoffweiler, Frank Hoier, Casey Holford, Tianna Kennedy, and Angel O. Mendez.

Never released as the "B-sides" of any singles, and not exactly "rarities" (certainly no rarer than our other songs), the "leftovers" on this disc are various one-off recordings done at various times over the past 2 years.

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The 12 listed tracks on this CD are also available for download from iTunes at this link right here.
(Although a lot of the songs are available [in slightly different, unmastered versions] as mp3's at the links below.)

1. Sally's Strut [from the ANTICOMP FOLKILATION]
2. Would You Care?
3. Nobody's Wife (You're The One) [live, with Sammy Shuster]
4. What I'm Good For
5. Let's Fuck [live]
6. Nobody's Listening
7. You Never Swam [live]
8. Cheese Fries [live]
9. Lone Gay Man's Last Words [from the POULTRYGEIST: NIGHT OF THE CHICKEN DEAD soundtrack]
10. Younger Than Me
11. I Am Klaus Kinski [live]
12. New York City Girls/You Think It's Wrong (To Sing Along) [live]
... and 3 unlisted bonus tracks.

"Justin Remer doesn’t just write songs about some of the most unexpected subjects. He writes darn good ones, too." -- Dan MacIntosh, Indie-Music.com

"Elastic No-No Band's Justin Remer has chosen the best [of the group's] low-key joke-folk. 'Let's Fuck' is even better than the title suggests. 'You Think It's Wrong' is the right direction in all ways." -- Jonathan Berger, Urban Folk

1. Run-DMC
2. Let's Fuck
3. Turn Out Right
4. I Am Klaus Kinski (And This Is My Song)
5. You Never Swam
6. Cheese Fries
7. (Everywhere I Look) I See Your Face
8. Jeanette Is Working
9. You Think It's Wrong (To Sing Along)
10. A Modest Proposal (For Laura Cantrell)
11. Tough Guy
12. Turn Out Right Waltz

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No-No's (Leftovers and Live Songs) as a free gift.
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THE STORY: These 4 CD-R's were all made using voiceover-recording equipment at New York University (NYU). This was the beginning of ENB, when it was just a performing name for Justin Remer (your humble narrator).

NYU didn't have Pro Tools in their voiceover rooms for this first one, so it was just a mic, a mixer, and a CD burner. A few of the songs end with a THUNKy guitar chord, after they seem to be already over. I would have to do this to get the CD burner to switch to the next track -- be very quiet, then make a loud noise. Obviously, it didn't always work. The recordings were all done in single takes without overdubs, lending them a sort of Daniel Johnston-y home-recording feel. There's some good, some bad, and a lot of stuff in questionable taste, but it wouldn't work any other way.

Includes "Turn Out Right," which appears on the VERY BEST OF ... SO FAR disc. Links below to mp3's.

1. I'm Yr Dog
2. Eatin' My Heart Out
3. Rule of 3s (Solemnity Child)
4. Medley no. 2
5. I Saw the Light (H. Williams)
6. Lovesick Blues (I. Mills-C. Friend)
7. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (H.Banks-A. Jones)
8. Wintry (Gettin' Cold)
9. Chontsha, Bontsha, Schmontsha
10. Becky, I'm Nuts
11. Baby, Dance With Me
12. It's So Easy (B. Holly-N. Petty)
13. Skinny Legs (L.Lovett)
14. Praha Ha Ha
15. Turn Out Right
16. I Get Lonesome (B. Hansen)
17. Breath
18. "Sexy" Chicken Song

THE STORY: So this second one was still Justin alone, but now there was Pro Tools. Still not really many overdubs, apart from the over-the-top backup singing on "Tough Guy." There are some "invisible" audio edits, which helped lead to a bit less stress and more confidence with the recording.

This one features a larger originals-to-covers ratio than the first, and the songwriting and singing started to get better too! Links below to mp3s.

1. Waiting For a Ho
2. Click click Click click
3. Hot As I Are
4. Bony Moronie (L. Williams)
5. Raining Raining (N. Lowe)
6. Ballad of the Lonesome Stranger, part 1
7. Pickin' Yr Friend's Nose
8. Parent's Advice
9. Big Black Suitcase
10. Something You Should Know
11. Oh Mama... I'm Alone
12. You Don't Miss Your Water (W. Bell)
13. Tough Guy
14. Armchair Critic

THE STORY: A collection of Elvis Costello covers. Most of them were recorded at the same time as the stuff from MORE SONGS ABOUT COWBOYS AND MOISTURE, since this was going to be a "stopgap EP" until MORE SONGS was done, but then it kept growing. A lot of fun experimentation, and a questionable
a cappella performance of "You'll Never Be a Man."

Links below to mp3s.

2008 UPDATE: "Pump It Up" has since been remastered and included on the EP, Every Elvis Has His Impersonators, which is why it no longer downloads from below.

1. You'll Never Be a Man
2. Love For Tender
3. Party Party/It's Time
4. Uncomplicated
5. Radio Sweetheart
6. Big Tears
7. Everyday I Write the Book
8. Mystery Dance
9. Deep Dark Truthful Mirror
10. I Can't Stand Up For Falling Down (Sam and Dave version)
11. Pump It Up (Streaming audio only)

All songs written by Elvis Costello (aka D.P.A. MacManus); except track 10, written by Homer Banks and Alan Jones.

THE STORY: My time at NYU was coming to a close, and my ability to use their facilities was ending. This was a hurriedly recorded batch just to get my tuition's worth. A lot of covers, but probably some of the most interesting recordings in the CD-R bunch. Links below to mp3s.

2008 UPDATE: "Monkey To Man" has since been remastered and included on the Every Elvis Has His Impersonators EP, which is why it no longer downloads from below.

1. Rave On
2. Let's Fuck
3. Monkey To Man (Streaming audio only)
4. Calling You
5. What I'm Good For
6. Howlin' At The Moon
7. Jeanette Is Working
8. My Love For You (Has Turned To Hate)
9. She
10. We're Getting Closer To The Grave Each Day
11. You Think It's Wrong (To Sing Along)
12. Weary Blues From Waitin'

Track 1 written by Norman Petty, Bill Tilghman, Sonny West
Tracks 2, 5, 7, 11 written by Justin Remer
Track 3 written by Elvis Costello
Tracks 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 written by Hank Williams
Track 9 written by Gram Parsons and Chris Ethridge