"When they kick out your front door, how you gonna come? With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your gun?
Y'know ,considering this record is composed mainly of songs from, "Loose Nut," an album I never cared for, and features the Greg/Henry/Kira/Anthony Martinez line-up, from a period during their slow decline, it seems a given that it would be a step down from "Live '84." Actually these songs come off so well that I almost want to re-think my take on this era. Henry rages in a way Spot was never able to capture in the studio . Martinez is no Bill Stevenson; or Robo; and certainly no Biscuits, but fuck it. The band is in fine form and there are a lot more highlights than low-lights. "Annihilate This Week," "Wasted,""Drinking and Driving," "Bastard In Love," and "Modern Man," all sound amazing. The title, of course, comes from Henry's introduction of the band by dick-size, (I'm Henry and I've got a one and a half) during a lame improvised middle section to "Gimme Gimme Gimme." I remember reading in Henry's book how sexually frustrated the band was on the road, at this point in their career. This clumsy, pointless dialogue confirms it. The answer to the question, of course, is that Kira's got the 10 1/2. Mildly amusing.
This record is far better than it has any right to be. Check it out, even if you think you don't like the later stuff. Tell 'em I sent ya.
