My Breasts Are Out Of Control
Dos Fallopia
1992/2004: Tongueinchic Records TIC 2459 (originally TIC 300)
Woo-hoo!!! Lisa’s put it out on CD! “Breasts” is (are?) out! I can sing along with all the classics—especially the title track, which is entirely too catchy (I have found myself singing it on my bikeride home from the office...and I’m male!). I just got this (late June 2005) and will have to give it several plays-through before I can say more than “YAY!” here, but for the moment I can simply say that when I first heard “Cross Dress For Less” I ended up giggling at such a high pitch that probably every dog in a 2-mile radius was reacting.
Dos Fallopia, incidentally, are Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt: individually they are two of Seattle’s most wonderful comedians (and have been for the past two decades, amazingly enough), and together they’re almost too much to take without a prescription, even if you know what you’re in for when you experience them (especially live). Four of their many paired characters are presented here via individual songs: The Surly Bitches (Red & Spike), The Spudds (Euomi & Wynotta), Mud (Compost Morningdew & Dolphinfree Tunawomon*), and Fran & Annie (of Fran & Annie’s Round-the-Corner Wee Tot Inner-Child 12-Step Daycare).
* For the record, Lisa’s website (www.heylisa.com) lists their names as Compost Morning Dew and Dolphin-Free Tuna Woman. While I completely concede to Lisa’s naming convention, I personally “hear” (and prefer) the spelling I’ve used, especially the “womon” part.
Comments © 2005 Mark Ellis Walker, except as noted, and no claim is made to the images and quoted lyrics.