No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical

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No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical
No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical cover
Studio album by Showbread
Released October 19, 2004
Recorded 2004
Genre Post hardcore
Length 54:17
Label Solid State Records
Producer Sylvia Massy
Professional reviews
Showbread chronology
Life, Kisses, and other Wasted Efforts
(2003)		 No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical
(2004)		 Age of Reptiles
(2006)

No Sir, Nihilism Is Not Practical is an album by the band Showbread. The album's use of lyrics has earned praise by many Showbread fans, including tracks such as "A Llama Eats A Giraffe (And Vice Versa)," "Matthias Replaces Judas," and "And The Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down." A music video was made for the song "Mouth Like A Magazine".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Llama Eats a Giraffe (And Vice Versa)"
  2. "Dead By Dawn"
  3. "Mouth Like a Magazine"
  4. "If You Like Me Check Yes, If You Don't I'll Die"
  5. "Sampsa Meets Kafka"
  6. "So Selfish It's Funny"
  7. "The Missing Wife"
  8. "Welcome to Plainfield Tobe Hooper"
  9. "And the Smokers And Children Shall Be Cast Down"
  10. "Stabbing Art To Death"
  11. "The Dissonance of Discontent"
  12. "Matthias Replaces Judas"
  13. "The Bell Jar"

[edit] Miscellanea

In 2004, Revolver Magazine called "No Sir...", "Best Post-Hardcore Album Of The Year".

The band posted this list of trivia regarding "No Sir..." on their website:

  • the original recording of "Nihilism" contained a segue in between "The Dissonance of Discontent" and "Matthias Replaces Judas" that featured the sounds of a hospital hallway and a doctor being paged. During the mastering of the record, the segue was somehow lost.
  • the first version of the cover artwork featured a llama in a three piece suit, wearing high heels, eating a giraffe head on a dinner platter.
  • the record was recorded in less than half the time taken to record "Age of Reptiles"
  • After recording his guest vocals in "Matthias Replaces Judas" and "Stabbing Art to death", Reese Roper tried very hard to help John figure out how to program his first keytar. Their efforts were met with no success.
  • the song "Stabbing Art to Death" originally contained an additional third verse (As heard on the album "Life, Kisses, and other Wasted Efforts") but was cut from the song in pre production.
  • in the Franz Kafka story "The Metamorphosis" Gregor's name is Gregor Samsa. In the showbread song "Sampsa Meets Kafka" his name is Gregor Sampsa. It is believed that Gregor represented Kafka himself, by misspelling his name the two characters become more separated and then when meeting each other are surprised instead of familiar with one another.
  • the scream heard in the segue between "The Missing Wife" and "Welcome to Plainfiled Tobe Hooper" is the voice of the character "Linda" in the film "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn" as "the force" in the woods crashes through a cabin window to overtake her.
  • the "insect apocalypse" segue that appears between "And the Smokers and Children Shall be Cast Down" and "Stabbing Art to Death" is actually the layering of about six or seven different audio samples, including a Space Shuttle taking off that sounds like a bomb exploding.
  • The thunder clap heard on the last hit of "The Dissonance of Discontent" was a lucky mistake
  • four different bass guitars were used on the song "The Bell Jar"
  • the phone call at start of the record is John and Josh talking to each other. Ivory originally tried the part... it didn't go so well.
  • the thank you's in the record sleeve include Sanpiper Air, which is the airline that Joe and Brian Hackett run in the sitcom "Wings", a Showbread favorite.