Did you ever meet Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller fame), who ran the label at that time?

We had met Penn a couple years before he was involved with the 50 Skidillion label. He was a friend of another friend of ours. He had written to us when we had only released our first little 7-inch record.

We spent time with him in Maryland and stayed at his house when Half Japanese played in L.A. As far as the reissue, why was it important to have other artists—R. Stevie Moore, Lurch & Holler, and others—record the entire album, instead of just a song or two? I always loved the album.

It came out at a time when 50 Skidillion was about to go out of business, so it didn't get heard the way it should have. I think that it's a really great album. After seven years, when the rights reverted back to me, I shopped it around a little bit and never really found a deal for re-issuing it until I found Thick Syrup.

They are great to work with. I have done a few projects with them. They said that they'd like to do it.

I suggested that it would be pretty cool to have other bands cover the whole ... more.

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