Ed in the Refridgerators’ Good is Dumb(er than ever) reissue available now!
Ladies and gentlemen,
It was 10-years ago Ed in the Refridgerators first graced our earth with their presence. Born of middle school boredom and cheap Yamaha keyboards, their influence has been felt far and wide, even prompting David St. Hubbins (of the legendary Spinal Tap) to tell one reporter, “What I like about them is their energy.” A writer from the San Francisco Bay Guardian even once called our house! Why would people in San Francisco give a damn about a bunch of 12 year-olds making a racket in their parent’s garage?
Despite this semi-regional notoriety, Ed in the Refridgerators’ debut recording, Good is Dumb, has been relatively unavailable since the early part of the decade. The 100-or-so original CDr copies seem to have been hoarded away by collectors, difficult to track down, even in this digitally-enhanced music trading environment. So it is with great joy that we bring this legendary recording back into print for the first time since aught-two.
To celebrate 10-years of ED, we are re-releasing Good is Dumb in it’s original CDr format, in an expanded 2-disc, deluxe edition with nearly 60 bonus tracks. Disc one contains the original 10 song album plus 4 demos from early 2000, alongside Ed’s entire February 2000 score for a MassArt student theatre production. Disc two contains complete recordings of the first 2 live shows ever performed by Ed in the Refridgerators: the first, a radio session from WMFO in Medford, Massachusetts, and the second, a live show from Tufts University’s Crafts House, also Medford, MA, both recorded in early October 1999. Also included in this deluxe reissue is an “Ed in the Refridgerators Gave Me Cooties” linocut-printed patch, a certificate of authenticity denoting this package’s scarce availability, a 12 page booklet with extensive liner notes, and a cassette tape featuring 11 Ed in the Refridgerators practice demos from Summer 1999, recorded just before Good is Dumb. All this comes encapulated in screenprinted, octuple-folded cardboard packaging.
This special deluxe edition is available now in a limited edition of 100 copies. You can order it right now for $15 in Harry and the Potters’ online store.
Give the gift of ED to a loved one this Christmas.
