"The Elektra staff had changed completely. They had fired the guy who signed us, and basically everybody else, including the president. They brought in this whole new staff whose introduction to Ween was 12 Golden Country Greats. With them not knowing us, they didn’t know if it was a put-on. A lot of people have so many misconceptions about that record. I think they thought it was our way to get out of the deal, which wasn’t the case at all. It was something we were proud of and love, plus we had The Mollusk about to drop. They had no idea what to do with the country record, so then it came time for The Mollusk, we were thinking, “This is our greatest record.” We mastered it with Howie Weinberg, sent it in, and I didn’t hear from Elektra for two weeks. I finally called the A&R guy, because the suspense was killing me. I said, “What do you think of the new record?” And he said, “What new record?” I yelled, “The new record! The Mollusk!” I heard him fumbling around on his desk and he said, “Oh, here it is.” He hadn’t even listened to it for two weeks! At that point, I knew the fucking record was doomed. Jesus Christ! They just gave us two huge advances, and we delivered two albums. I don’t know if they thought we were trying to put them on a second time, or someone mentioned, “Those guys did a nautical record.” I was so pissed! This was the best thing we’ve ever done, and they didn’t even care!"
---Mickey Melchiondo AKA Dean Ween (excerpt from "Ween's The Mollusk Turns 20: An Oral History By Mickey Melchiondo")
Today it's Brad and Jake with two returning guests: Sam Bronn from the DangerDOOM episode, and Alexandra Derderian from Inspector 34, Sad Milk Collective & Triple Yeah Productions as our month of Inspector 34 continues!!!
Links from ep:
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Sad Milk Collective: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvUbpeHF5pg3uJOZgvpfnyg
Triple Yeah Productions: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdySAnZFmzaWXMDSBVbx8Dg
------Dominoes Sketch: https://youtu.be/nx7BPcV46Jw
------Advanced Education for Average Adults: https://youtu.be/H01XYTCdt9Q
Stereogum Ween Oral History: https://www.stereogum.com/1951136/weens-the-mollusk-turns-20-an-oral-history-by-mickey-melchiondo/interviews/
"Lotion Man": https://youtu.be/0UXVvKUqVSk
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