"Better Than The Average Weekend" - Tribute to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet 2001

A tasteful and loving tribute to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - the guys that wrote and played all of that cool music used in the Kids in the Hall TV series. They actually recorded three full albums and a ton of singles and compilation tracks. Really!Why Shadowy Men? What's the deal? Like a lot of fans outside of Toronto, my first exposure was through The Kids In The Hall television series. I enjoyed the show, but I just couldn't get the theme song and the link music out of my head. I finally found a store locally that had a Shadowy Men CD (specifically DIM THE LIGHTS, CHILL THE HAM), so I snatched it up. Part of me was worried that the music on the show wasn't their "real" sound. Once "Reid's Situation" started up, I couldn't help but smile. There was that *SOUND*. Catchy, melodic, but with a sense of humor thrown in. I was hooked right off. Since then, I've found other bands that remind me of the Men, but no one else seems to have quite the same formula. - Owen Gwilliam

trax:
1. Good Cop Bad Cop - The Heatscores 2. Zombie Compromise - The Dead Barons 3. Shake Some Evil - The Mulchmen 4. Egypt Texas - Insect Surfers 5. Customized - Unkown 6. Harlem by the Sea - The Neptones 7. Having an Average Weekend - Dirk Doom & Overdrive Orchestra 8. Reid's Situation - Spy-Fi (Featuring Phantom Frank) 9. Aunt's Invasion - The Sandblasters 10. Hot Box Car - Derf Zorr & Stella 11. Jackpot - Bass Playin' Ben 12. Ben Hur Picked off in a Gazebo - The Pop Defect 13. Siesta Cinema - The Deoras 14. Unwatchable/Three Piece Suit - Squid Vicious 15. That Wuz Ear Me Callin' a Hors - Breakfastime 16. Spy School Graduation Theme - Squid Vicious 17. Mecca - The Coctail Preachers 18. Algoma Reflections - The Sadies 19. Peas Porridge Rock/You Spin Me - The Surfdusters 20. They Don't Call Them Chihuahua - The Fabulous Planktones 21. Off Our Back Conrad Black - The Sawney Bean Band 22. Memories of Gay Paree - The Urban Surf Kings