Welcome to Out of the Dungeon, a many part series detailing a decade of NSFTM noise, hip hop, 'n' adventures from top No Sunlite for the Media scholars, historians, fans, 'n' collaborators. Medians share their thoughts on the absolute values of various NSFTM rekkerds, while we provide free audio streaming 'n' hi-quality file purchase of all the albums at our bandcamp page.
Out of the Dungeon XIX: Teach Them Wisely
A Child's Introduction and Why We Needed Another No Sunlite Release
Instructions by L!Z
[A Child's Introduction to Money and the Instruments of the Media
was originally issued as a CD inside a pouch with thee Disney-parody
artwork safety-pinned to it. This baggie was filled with photo sheets
'n' lyrics, amongst other goodies. These are long gone -
but you can still download Money here]A Child’s Introduction to Money and Other Instruments of the Media: social, political, spiritual. NSFTM has done it again. I can’t wait to give my children their introduction to money by letting them give this album a listen.
If you are anything like me, you were first introduced to No Sunlite’s March 2009 release of A Child’s Introduction to Money with hits like “Paperwork” 'r “Cast Spells Not Votes.” You probably owned the Cast Votes Not Spells t-shirt before hearing their later release of the song. Maybe you saw them along with the notable “NSFTM” Lithuanian banner at their well-attended K.C.’s show in Fredericksburg. No doubt, you loved the songs, but you were left thinking, "Wait, these are new songs; when did NSFTM come out with these?"
With a vinyl release of Hellgramite on the band’s heels and a copy of the cigar box release you were still trying to track down a copy of, you couldn’t imagine NSFTM could have more tunes to block out that sunshine your roommates were giving the media by turning on their televisions.
The NSFTM freak flag flies high.
The easy crowdpleaser, maybe for its catchy hook, but I hope for it’s powerful content, is track four, “No Sunlite (Gza of Love).” At 2 minutes 19 seconds, NSFTM syncs up the line “2:19, time to start knocking blocks out like Jenga,” a small detail that portrays the band’s creative proficiency. Math’s rapping is now a staple of both this album and NSFTM’s legacy at large, but it does not pigeonhole their style. Only a few moments after the 2:19 brilliance, Math reinforces this philosophy in “Gza of Love,” when he delivers one of my favorite lines from the whole album: “our desire to rewire is our greatest asset.”
Before you read on, play track four and listen to that line one more time: “our desire to rewire is our greatest asset.”
For me, going to school three hours south of Annandale meant getting bits and pieces of current No Sunlite projects but always feeling slightly out of the loop. Luckily, that just allowed me to be pleasantly surprised with new material every time I visited.
But, that’s just the thing about No Sunlite For The Media. You may go to a different school, study abroad, miss a show, listen to the radio for a few hours, or even blink, but NSFTM will keep making music to draw you back.
A Child's Introduction and Why We Needed Another No Sunlite Release
Instructions by L!Z
[A Child's Introduction to Money and the Instruments of the Mediawas originally issued as a CD inside a pouch with thee Disney-parody
artwork safety-pinned to it. This baggie was filled with photo sheets
'n' lyrics, amongst other goodies. These are long gone -
but you can still download Money here]
If you are anything like me, you were first introduced to No Sunlite’s March 2009 release of A Child’s Introduction to Money with hits like “Paperwork” 'r “Cast Spells Not Votes.” You probably owned the Cast Votes Not Spells t-shirt before hearing their later release of the song. Maybe you saw them along with the notable “NSFTM” Lithuanian banner at their well-attended K.C.’s show in Fredericksburg. No doubt, you loved the songs, but you were left thinking, "Wait, these are new songs; when did NSFTM come out with these?"
With a vinyl release of Hellgramite on the band’s heels and a copy of the cigar box release you were still trying to track down a copy of, you couldn’t imagine NSFTM could have more tunes to block out that sunshine your roommates were giving the media by turning on their televisions.
The NSFTM freak flag flies high.But if there is one thing No Sunlite does have, it’s tunes. And, with A Child’s Introduction you get 30 of them. But before confronting the songs, you had to dig through the package. The album’s appearance was their most uniquely designed yet. Each CD lovingly placed in a hand-sewn fabric bag with a random (or not so random...) assortment of trinkets. You got a Star Trek card (to reference the sample source on "Signals From Beyond"), a toy dinosaur (to battle with while jamming to "Dinosaurs"), a Halloween pencil (to put you in the spooky mood for "Cast Spells Not Votes"), a hard candy (to suck on during "Cotton Candy Factory"), photos of the band undressed, covered only by vinyl (a comment on rap: sex sells, or rap: vinyl breaks forever?...or both?), and a lyrics sheet, of course. [In a weird display of Zappa-inspired conceptual continuity, those same Star Trek cards became lyrics for the band's next year garage-rock tape Noise Dogs, while the "safety-pinned" artwork and album title referenced a Disneyland LP that the band had sampled heavily on their Hellgrammite LP.] With NSFTM you don’t just get sound—you get genuine art.
The easy crowdpleaser, maybe for its catchy hook, but I hope for it’s powerful content, is track four, “No Sunlite (Gza of Love).” At 2 minutes 19 seconds, NSFTM syncs up the line “2:19, time to start knocking blocks out like Jenga,” a small detail that portrays the band’s creative proficiency. Math’s rapping is now a staple of both this album and NSFTM’s legacy at large, but it does not pigeonhole their style. Only a few moments after the 2:19 brilliance, Math reinforces this philosophy in “Gza of Love,” when he delivers one of my favorite lines from the whole album: “our desire to rewire is our greatest asset.”
Before you read on, play track four and listen to that line one more time: “our desire to rewire is our greatest asset.”
For me, going to school three hours south of Annandale meant getting bits and pieces of current No Sunlite projects but always feeling slightly out of the loop. Luckily, that just allowed me to be pleasantly surprised with new material every time I visited.But, that’s just the thing about No Sunlite For The Media. You may go to a different school, study abroad, miss a show, listen to the radio for a few hours, or even blink, but NSFTM will keep making music to draw you back.
-L!Z
Roma, Italia
Apr. 2k10
Desire to Rewire:
Roma, Italia
Apr. 2k10
Desire to Rewire:
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