Act of God

March 1997:
Preparation begins as one half of the duo soon to be known as Act of God (a phrase lifted from their performance contract) gathers sound from a mic’ed yellow 13” television set, then barricades himself in a room for weeks, editing reels of tape with razors blades. The other half of the duo creeps around Albany “borrowing” drum machines from “friends” and programming them with mindfuck time sigs like 27/16. All this for the sake of one 15 minute performance at a college open-mic in New England, during which most of the audience leaves (some because they didn't like the music, and some because of the seizure-inducing strobe lights). Act of God sees someone filming the event from around the 15th row. At the conclusion of the performance, the man with the camera abruptly leaves the building. Act of God never sees him again, but evidence suggests that the man was Karl Rove.

2002:
Act of God, having been a part-time hobby for the last 5 years, surrenders their master tapes to FSR for release. Many pieces are juvenile (for which Act of God apologizes), and the album is erratic (for which they do not apologize), but at least it makes the most of Fair Use.

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Discography

11 Important Messages from Act of God: 1997-2001 (2002)
The title tells it all -- each and every one of these messages are VERY important, even if they are delivered by disgraced politicians and purple dinosaurs.



1. An Important Message from John F. Kennedy
2. On Dry Land
3. Daddy
4. An Important Message from Spiro Agnew
5. My Favorite Room in the House
6. A Healthy Approach
7. Mary
8. Not Very Hard
9. Kosher Style
10. An Important Message form the Gentlewoman from Colorado
11. Home on the Range

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