from track 1. Introduction:
"...this recorded book is brought to you by Sad Bastard Media Industries, fine purveyors of doom and gloom since 2005. Hello friends, we at the Sad Bastard Book Club Audiobook Division or the SBBCABD as we refer to it for short in the office, humbly welcome you to The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe as interpreted by The Sad Bastard Book Club. ... At this point you may be scratching your heads, ' interpretations?' Yes, interpretations. You see, about a month ago we received a certified letter from Ms. Crowe's lawyer, a Mr. Arthur Jacobs of Flagstaff, AZ informing us that if we reprinted any of Ms. Crowe's work he would 'sue us blind'. Now I'm not exactly sure how it is physically possible to sue a person to the point of blindness, no did Mr. Jacobs apparently as he failed to respond to our inquest on how this was so and the book club lacks vision care in its health insurance plan so we decided it was in our best interest to head the warning. Instead of the stories themselves we have crafted stories about the stories; or in some cases stories that vaguely relate to the stories. Though, admittedly by the end of this we were basically writing anything at all..." LISTEN TO THE ENTIRE INTRODUCTION AT WWW.DEVILSRUIN.com
The companion audiobook to The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe shows a lighter side of The Sad Bastard Book Club. The audiobook mirrors the musical album in every detail, giving explanations, further explorations, and insight into the album tracks. Simultaneously, however, the audiobook stands alone in some tracks, leaving the listener to wonder how, if at all, the audiobook chapter is related to the musical album track. Humor, alongside bizarre stories make this perhaps the most unique addition to the Rodentia catalog.
**This musical album is a companion piece to The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe (Audiobook). See all the items from The Sad Bastard Book Club for a special package price for purchasing both products together.
Tracklisting:
1. Introduction
2. Chapter 1: The Pauper Choir of Mathias, AZ
3. Chapter 2: Good Fences Make for Good Grudges
4. Chapter 3: Do You Know What Two Cents Would Have Bought You in My Day
5. Chapter 4: Our Sweet Victory, All Sickly and Toothless
6. Chapter 5: Our Sweet Victory, All Radiant and Still
7. Chapter 6: Too Much Whisky and Too Much Wine Have Led Me Into a Box of Pine
8. Musical Interlude # 1 : And See Kids, This is Why We Don't Talk to the Neighbors
9. Chapter 7: The Pauper Choir of Mathias, AZ (original version)
10. Chapter 8: This May Sound Perverse, But that is the Sexiest Noose I've Ever Seen
11. Chapter 9: Maypole Mayday
12. Chapter 10: All Tarted Up for a Regrettable Night Out
13. Chapter 11: Don't Worry My Sick Little Tommy, That Coldness That You Feel is Only Death's Icy Breath On Your Neck
14. Musical Interlude # 2: Laughing Sal
15. Chapter 12: Eviction Party in the United State of Nebraska
16. Chapter 13: The Sewer Rat Jamboree
17. Chapter 14: The Pleasure Machines
18. Musical Interlude # 3: R Before M Except After D (live)
19. Chapter 15: R Before M Except After D
20. Chapter 16: Thank You Corpses! Your Help Has Been Vital to Our Efforts. We Are Sorry About the Killing you Part... We Got a Bit Carried Away.
**Preorder: Album release date of October 21, 2008.
**Preorder Special: Purchase Either The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe or The Collected Short Stories of Carrie Anne Crowe (Audiobook) by October 21, 2008 and receive the companion piece FREE!