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2.Dreampipe------------------------The Chorus Song
3.The Freshboys------------------------I Own You
4.Shower With Goats------------------------I'll Be Gone
5.Fury In Catamaran------------------------Hot Pond, Dry Ice, Fly Flank
6.J.C. & The Noise------------------------Dreams And Reality
7.Kid Karma------------------------Entropy
8.The Eugene------------------------Bad Ass Asians And A Hot Kimono
9.The Great Glass Elevator------------------------Lagoon
10.Rufus Cruising------------------------Car
11.Duf Davis & The Book Club------------------------Away They Go
12.Hugo Hughes------------------------Pocus Sender
13.Jared Kessler------------------------High School Reunion
14.Godspeed Thru Texas------------------------
15.Shawn's Friends From New Jersey------------------------Buck Wild
Reviews of Have Orange Christmas! HAVE ORANGE CHRISTMAS A wonderfully idiosyncratic odds and ends anthology CD. It runs the gamut from irreverent tongue- in-cheek novelty tunes (Godboy's hilariously crass "Yer Butt Makes Me Puke") to heady, hiply atmospheric instrumentals (Dreampipe's supremely groovy, toe-tappin' blast "The Chorus Song," Kid Karma's entrancing "Entropy"), with a nice smattering of mondo nutso white-guy rap (the Fresh Boys' riotous "I Own You"), trashy, thrashy three-chord punk (Shower With Goats' insanely punchy "I'll Be Gone"), weird, droning spoken word nonsense (Fury in Catamaran's sublimely kooky "Hot Bond, Dry Ice Fly Plank"), and mean swaggerin' moody mothers (J.C. and the Noise's brooding gem "Dreams and Reality") in between. Favorite whack track: Hugo Hughes' deliciously demented Chipmunks-get-put-through-a-blender gasser "Pocus Sender." Overall, this seriously strange and thus quite splendid aural freakathon sizes up as the scrambled sonic equivalent to a severe eggnog and vodka bender, i.e., it's fabulously fucked-up and somewhere way out in the ozone. - Joe Wawyrzniak(Jersey Beat)
Christmas! Have Orange!......If rock'n roll had a purpose in the 1950's it was to make music your parents would hate. Music back then was honest. It was recorded practically in one take, it had to be. Somewhere the spirit of rock died. In the 70's punk recaptured it for a while but eventually became glossy just like the rest. Now theres Pro Tools, and 64 track digital studios with auto tune on the vocals. Now a days, its hard to find honest music. That's what you got to love about indie music. Especially when these musicians have 9 to 5 jobs they work. Christmas! Have Orange! recaptures some some of that innocense music today is lacking. Theres no hidding good songs, no matter how lo-fi they are. To these artists, the same amount of care goes into these songs as main stream artists with big studios, and maybe even more so because they have to work harder at it. The Eugene make the most outta their Yamaha keyboard beatz as do Rufus Cruising (who by the way scream old school Folk Implosion). What do they put in the water in Boston? Dreampipe conjure up a Danny Elfman vibe with the chorus song. One listen and you'll think you were in the Nightmare Before Christmas. The Great Glass Elevator are as kick ass and Beatle-esque as ever with Lagoon. Even local exploitation hero, Jared Kessler, gives us an impressive track with Highschool reunion. Shower With Goats add some tastefull punk flava! Godspeed Thru Texas gives us a track that would make Elliott Smith green with envy. And the lead guitarist from Godboy's collaboration on Santana's Supernatural album didn't make it cause he out soloed him and made poor Carlos cry (just kidding but it would've happened). This record is a must have for indie fans everywhere!!--jason sprague
"Eclectic mix of artists... just to the left or right of the mainstream" I received these two Orange Entropy Records Samplers not long ago, and dropped them right into the CD Player. Orange Entropy is a CDR-based label which seems to deal mostly with indie lo-fi (low budget) type groups and artists. Several of the tracks suffer from downright amateur-sounding recording techniques (it's not hard to imagine some of these guys crowded around a boom box) but others pull off some interesting tunes with decent production. On christmas, the more notable tracks include: a fun ditty by Godboy, serious punk by Shower with Goats, an interesting cross-genre piece by J.C. and the Noise, an instrumental electronic tune by Kid Karma, some quirky pop by Rufus Cruising, and Jared Kessler's offbeat pop tune. All in all, the samplers by Orange Entropy Records offer a very eclectic mix of average to above-average artists who may be just to the left or right of the mainstream. There are a few substandard tracks (that shall remain nameless) but overall these CDs are a real eye-opener for those who think that the scene in New Jersey consists mainly of grunge cover bands. Definitely worth a listen! (Second Story, Author unknown)
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