The Cheese Stands Alone, by Andy Rivkin and his Gedankenband

The Cheese Stands Alone

by Andy Rivkin and his Gedankenband

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1.	We Have Won The Toss (and We Elect to Rock) 02:20	info	buy track
2.	When I Think of You 03:44	info	buy track
3.	Desdemona 04:21	info	buy track
4.	Another X, Another Y 03:50	info	buy track
5.	Another Sunrise 04:03	info	buy track
6.	My Vampire Love 03:09	info	buy track
7.	The Song In My Head 02:42	info	buy track
8.	Westerberg St. 03:33	info	buy track
9.	The Better Part of Valerie 02:33	info	buy track
10.	Patapsco Patuxent 02:48	info	buy track
11.	Beneath the Milky Way 03:52	info	buy track
12.	Storm Green 02:57	info	buy track
13.	Last Night I Dreamt I Could Fly 02:35	info	buy track
14.	Hubris 03:27	info	buy track
15.	All A Test 01:36	info	buy track
16.	Love or Limerance 03:20	info	buy track
17.	As Happy As You Make Me 05:24	info	buy track
18.	Gedankenband 03:10	info	buy track

about

The 40th Birthday album. More songs about ex-girlfriends, imaginary girlfriends, science, and geekiness. Fewer songs about buildings or food.

Song notes here: imperturbable-music.blogspot.com/2009/09/song-notes-for-cheese-stands-alone.html

credits

released September 18, 2009

All songs written and performed by the Gedankenband, save Storm Green, lyrics by Jennifer Grier.

The Gedankenband:
Andy Rivkin: guitars and vocals.
Günther van Günther: lead guitar, umlauts.
Eddy Diffusion: drums, percussion
Katsumi Ramone: bass
Uncanny Allie:backing vocals on "It's All A Test", church organ
Ophelia Synecdoche: flute, keyboards

Thanks to the Büttklënch crew for being willing to take time from their busy touring schedule to help out. Thanks also to the Itascatown Philharmonic for their work on "As Happy As You Make Me". Such engineering and producing as was done was done by ASR.

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Andy Rivkin and his Gedankenband Columbia, Maryland

Andy is a planetary astronomer by day, and also by night since he's an astronomer. Also a founding member of Dr. Lüst, Science Diet, and other bands you likely haven't heard of.

The Gedankenband is a rag-tag crew of veteran eigenmusicians who help Andy turn his music into, well, still music. But maybe different from what he intended. But in a good way. Or something. ... more

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