Orbit
Libido Speedway (A&M)
by Sheril Stanford
Dear Phil,
Hey! How are things in Canada? Things are pretty boring around here, as usual. Wiederman dug up a frog we buried in the back yard last month and puked all over Mom’s new Oriental rug – she was REALLY pissed off. I’ve been hanging out with this new girl in school, Andrea, but her parents hate me. Her father’s this big sleazy lawyer who keeps threatening to get a restraining order against me. Randy Preston stopped smoking and drinking and he’s trying to form a Young Republicans group at school – weird, huh?
Have you been able to find a radio station up there yet? Me and Jason and Mike were talking about what a drag it must be to live in a stupid little frozen hick town in the middle of nowhere, so we decided that every month we’ll send you a tape of the songs we’re listening to. The band we think is cool right now is called Orbit. They have an album called Libido Speedway. At first, I thought Orbit was one of those weenie techno bands, but Jason said that I was thinking of the Orb (he’s still pissed about that time we threw his Moby tape into the lake). Anyways, you’ll really like Orbit – they have a song that gets played on the radio a lot down here – it’s called “Medicine” – the bass line is kinda like the Pixies on “Gigantic.” You should call one of those dweeb radio stations up there and request it! Ha ha!
Well, I guess I better go – Weiderman’s making that sound he makes just before he throws up. I guess he hasn’t recovered from the frog yet – maybe it was the formaldehyde? Anyway, write soon and tell us what’s going on in exciting Canada.
Love,
Jason, Mike and Andy