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Listessa Tribute Tape

Songs From the Magic Bus Songs from the Magic Bus II: Listessa Refuels
Picture of original tape's cover art Picture of the new tape's cover art
Cover art by Shannon Hutson Cover art by E. Cannon


One of the longest running projects going on in the background of Listessa is the tribute tape. The basic idea is that musicians on the list will record themselves doing various Pumpkins covers and then send them to a central person who will compile them all together into a final product to be treed out to Listessa members. This idea was attempted first in 1995 and went nowhere. In 1996 the project was undertaken again and completed successfully.

The original Listessa tribute tape was put together by Tim Miller and was titled "Songs From the Magic Bus", in honor of a landmark post (which can be found on the Quality Posts page) by one-time list member Nick Saqr.

List maintainer Karl Daher, along with list member Vince Horst, has recently put together a follow-up tape, which has been titled "Songs From the Magic Bus II: Listessa Refuels".

Karl is currently distributing copies of "Songs From the Magic Bus", released in January 1997, and "Songs From the Magic Bus II - Listessa Refuels", released in September 1998. Here are the details on how to order:

  1. All sales final. I am not responsible for orders not received (ie. money orders not received by me or cassettes not received by you.) As well, if you don't like the tape when you receive it, give it away as a gift. Just don't send it back to me expecting a refund. :-) This is an at-cost distribution for the members of the Listessa mailing list only!

  2. All orders must be paid by money order. No cheques will be accepted. Money orders in US dollars can be purchased at most banks in most countries. Please do not send a US postal money order, as I can not cash them in Canada. Canadians can feel free to send postal money orders to me. Naturally, Canadians (or anyone else for that matter) can send me money orders in Canadian dollars. Please make the money orders payable to Karl Daher. Send cash in the mail AT YOUR OWN RISK!

  3. The address to send the money orders to is:
    Karl R. Daher
    241 - 5th. Street
    Morden MB R6M 1N6
    CANADA
    Along with your money order, please indicate your choice of tribute tape (I, II or both), the mailing address that you want the cassette sent to, and your e-mail address. Sending a humourous story along with your order may speed up shipping. Then again, it might slow it down... :-)

    To Listessa's non-Canadian subscribers: Sending a letter to Canada requires EXTRA postage! Please see your postal outlet for current rates.

  4. Upon receipt of money order, it will take:
    up to 10 days to send a tape within Canada
    up to 21 days to send a tape to the US
    28+ days elsewhere (depending on where elsewhere is!)
  5. The prices (finally):

    All prices include shipping. Any duty or tariffs occurred in your country is extra!

    Location Tape I Tape II or CD II (please specify)
    Canada: SOLD OUT $5.00 CDN
    USA: SOLD OUT $5.00 USD
    Other: SOLD OUT $8.00 USD


    CDN stands for Canadian Dollars. USD stands for US Dollars.

Songs from the Magic Bus Tracklisting

The descriptive notes about each song are by Tim Miller.

Side One:

  • mellon collie & the infinite sadness - (Josh Sherman) - done beautifully in the classical guitar fashion.
  • disarm - (Certified Waif) - a pumpkins classic for sure, and Certified Waif does an excellent job with it, adapting the pumpkins approach, starting mellow and finishing with a hard edge.
  • mellon collie reprise - (Flight of June) - the ending section of "thru the eyes of ruby" seems to have a name, much to my surprise. it's "mellon collie reprise", and it's here, the first of many great covers from jeff*jill
  • stumbleine - (Flight of June) - played great and sung great. jeff's whispery voice fits nicely into the mood of this song.
  • slunk - (Boda) - the punk version. heavy and screamy. great for rawking out.
  • i am one - (GlitzerNova) - GlitzerNova does a wonderful job with the opening track from Gish. all the bandmembers are in sync and it rawks beautifully.
  • silverfuck - (Danny Gillispie) - danny might be the next neil young... the wavering voice, the acoustic guitar. if you would have told me a couple months ago that someone could pull off an acoustic version of a song like silverfuck, i would have called you crazy, but danny proves that it can be done beautifully, with only a guitar and a voice.
  • sweet sweet - (TubeBabies) - definitely a more complicated take on this simple pumpkins tune, with a very spacey ending...
  • crush - (Velvet Reflections) - this band has only one month of musical experience, which amazes me, since they pull off a great version of this old forgotten tune. bravo, VR, and keep up the good work.
  • beautiful - (Sadness) - mighell's adventure into the land of ambience. where'd you get that wall of keyboards mighell? ;) very dreamy. great stuff..
  • lily - (Flight of June) - once again, jeff*jill do a great job and have some fun with this one...
  • 1979 - (Flight of June) - another fun one. get ready to dance ;)
  • pennies - (Sadness) - just mighell, his guitar and his drum machine. i like the pumpkins version, and i love mighell's.
  • pulseczar - (Flight of June) - a trippy, bordering on insane piece. it's done very well..

Side Two:

  • rocket - (Paper Wings) - addition of keyboards makes the sound fuller, and it really sounds great. Paper Wings do a great job with the production...
  • tonite, tonite - (Paper Wings) - the boys put alot of feeling into this one. a very good version.
  • rhinoceros - (Shannon Hutson & Tim Miller) - this one is still questionable, since shannon has yet to tell me whether or not she despises my vocals. i tried to give the vocals a 'echo-y' quality. shannon plays great throughout, and this version is a bit more abbreviated.
  • bullet with butterfly wings - (GlitzerNova) - as much as i don't like this song (from being so overplayed last year) i really really loved this version. the band was once again in top form and played well.
  • mayonaise - (May Choi Kennedy Greenburg) - instrumental and very powerful, even without the vocals. a bit of improvisation at the end.
  • jupiter's lament - (Tea & Puppets) - almost a chorus of vocals... i like it alot.
  • cherub rock - (Certified Waif) - this is also played very well, and that's all i'll say ;)
  • take me down - (Flight of June) - i like the keyboards. they give the song a dreamy quality. those of you who don't like james' vocals should really enjoy this.
  • meladori magpie - (Sadness) - what's that stuff you have playing in the background mighell? anyway, mighell did an excellent job with this (duh!)
  • zero - (Sadness) - managed to squeeze this on at the last minute. mighell says there's a cool noise at the end. listen for it.
  • bye june (Danny Gillispie) - danny slows it down a bit after attacking the 8-minute epic rawkers ;) very very nice.
  • farewell & goodnight - (Corduroy Pillow) - i like this a lot. it reminds me of when the pumpkins play it live, and not just because it's out of tune in parts ;) look for more Corduroy Pillow stuff on future tributes (if they do something with vocals ;)
  • galapagos - (Sadness) - i thought this closed the tape very well, and once again, mighell gives a stellar performance.



Songs From the Magic Bus II - Listessa Refuels Tracklisting

Side One:

  • tonite reprise - (Arcane)
  • muzzle - (The Semitones)
  • the aeroplane flies high - (Sebastian Bach)
  • soma - (Kinetic Sherbet)
  • thru the eyes of ruby - (Atomic Kitty)
  • porcelina of the vast oceans - (Kinetic Sherbet)
  • blew away - (Bubbling Star)
  • ...said sadly - (Oolong Sun)

Side Two:

  • today (live) - (Animage)
  • egg - (Atomic Kitty)
  • eye - (The Flaming Cats)
  • hummer - (Stargazor)
  • spaceboy - (Arcane)
  • spaced - (Oolong Sun)
  • love - (Grovel)
  • where boys fear to tread - (Grovel)
  • daydream - (Arties's Revenge)


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