P. MILES BRYSON - MEGALOMANIAC DECORATORS QUARTERLY (IA 112) Here it is, P. Miles Bryson's 2nd release for Illegal Art. This time the sound source is a giant stack of pop tunes from the 1960s. Many are recognizable as P. Miles carves out an addictive mix where the songs are both altered and preserved. In the end the listener is left with a dizzying yet amazingly friendly collage that merges fascism with interior decorating. We still don't understand what this has to do with Stalin (except for what the elaborate liner notes insinuate), but the vibrant layers of neo-revivalist-retro music are simply blissful. Resurrecting the glorious excesses of the past, this is a roadtrip in a neon pink-and-yellow Cadillac shoo-bee-doodling the return to style and elegance. After all the discourse and digital editing it's really about the pleasure of silk draperies and orange vinyl floor tiles. P. Miles is an obsessive collage/sound artist located in Arizona who has also released on Solipsism, genesungswerk, SSSM, Cynfeirdd, Anaemic Waves Factory, and 6 on the dot. also available: mp3 of track 2 and Alejandro's Carniceria see the illegal art catalog for ordering information tracklisting: 1. (A brief but incongruous) Introduction on How to Wander Aimlessly and Achieve the Newest Impossible Cosmetic Conspiracy 02:21 2. neo-rivivalist-retro-summer-splash 04:07 3. Time-honored Traditions in Fleur-de-lis imbedded Vinyl Wood Veneering 02:38 4. Subtler Polycultural Shades of Chinese Tiki Coromandel Screens 03:50 5. Symphonia Molto Colori a Manico-Depressivo Maximali - A Movement in Polka-Dot Plaid 04:39 6. The Ever-Masculine Gouache Gingham 01:15 7. Composition in Authentic Navajo Linoleum Jekyll-and-naugaHyde 05:12 8. Three Illusions in Randon Geometric Pseudo-Suburban Dining 10:14 9. Terrazzo Plexiglass Mosaics and the Dilemma of Corrugated Plastic Lavatory Tropicales 02:02 10. Obsessions in Tiger-skin Taffeta 03:48 11. Swivel-base Functionality and the Understated Felt Svelte 02:31 12. A Touch of the Orient: Turkish Afghans, Moroccan Shag-rug Murals, and a few Tasteful Suggestions in Hanging Giant Red-lacquered Opaline Camelheads 07:39 13. Epic Equestrian Barbecue-Rotisserie Themes 02:46 14. Brooding Elegance in Early-American Cork Bark 03:38 15. Frantic Reinterpretations of 17th Century Cornish Rattan Love Seats 01:28 16. Shopping tip interlude I 00:10 17. Shopping tip interobscenity II 00:12 18. Drunken Groping Escalator q-Tip cha-cha Outerlude III 00:32 19. Shopping inner-ImpossibleAchingFutility-lude IV 01:06 20. Proposal for a Grand-Piano Gaming-table Cosmic Formica Renaissance 06:51