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Slithis Survival Kit

by Slithis Survival Kit

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about

Way back in the 1970s, I was fascinated with this movie which purported to be so frightening that one had to carry a survival kit into the theater to protect oneself against the inevitable appearance of Slithis, a slimy creature that appears in the night and ruins automobiles on sight.

I never saw the movie. I am somewhat glad I didn't because the film became legendary in my mind well into adulthood.

One night in New Orleans, I was staring out at a fetid pool behind a ruined hotel and noted that it looked like a place that Slithis might crawl out of. No one had a clue what I was talking about. But the pool and it's murky water had a particularly irresistible ambiance.

This movie that I hadn't seen needed a soundtrack.

I gathered some friends (all the right friends) and convinced them that it was a good idea to do, and one night we went ahead and did it. It would be the first time I had ever seen the film, a full 40 years after first hearing of it.

It was a perfect recording. So perfect that we had to do it twice. I am not sure where the first one went, but this is the second one.

credits

released January 26, 2019

Dr. Pete Larson - nyatiti, shamisen
Fred Thomas - guitar, drums, keys
Dave Sharp - bass, drums
Chuck Sipperley - synth action

Recorded in Ann Arbor, MI August 2018

Artwork by Matt Brinkmann

Photos by Miles Larson (Stylarson)

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"Dagoretti" is the confluence of three large pathways in Nairobi connecting all of Kenya together. It is also the Swahilified pronounciation of "The great." We like to think that we put out great records that connect distant places together.

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