I Remember You: Soul Coughing

From time to time, I will feel the urge to pay homage to an artist or group that time has forgotten before myself. It's one of several completely inconsequential series that are sure to keep my page hits in the mid to high single digits monthly!

Years before Mike Doughty was creating his trademark brand of coffeehouse beat poetry solo, he was creating his trademark brand of coffeehouse beat poetry on heroin with his band, Soul Coughing. If you remember them, chances are it's either for their debut single, the uber-hip mid 90's diatribe "Screenwriter's Blues" or their 1998 pop-rock minor hit "Circles". If you're not familiar with any of their stuff, here's a great place to start. "Super Bon Bon", from their sophomore release Irresistable Bliss, makes for an adequate representation of their quirky (read: on heroin) sense of melody, nonsensical hipster lyrics and slammin' bass line. Enjoy.