Furniture One @ Nick's Caffe Trevi, August 9th 1999
This video was uploaded to Joel Huschle's youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@furnhusch) on April 1st, 2012. (Original url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WmG-zK1l9o) Thank you, Joel, for keeping all your VHS tapes and helping this stuff survive. This one is really special. This was actually the first video I wanted to make gifs of, and the one that gave me the idea, because it's 34 minutes long and there were so many little moments I wanted to dig out and show people. I got tired of scrubbing through the YouTube upload on my phone all the time. Necessity is the mother of... well. I'm not sure you could call what I'm doing here invention, but it sure is something.
Furniture One put out one cassette together, and as far as I know, they only played this one show as Furniture One. They mostly do Furniture Huschle material here, but the F1 songs ("Meat Bee Cave", "Cadaver Cake") are a lot of fun. The Furniture Huschle material is also given an interesting dimension here with some chill electric guitar arrangements, often with backing vocals.
This show took place at Nick's Cafe, the same night as an art show. If you've watched any Spgt gifs here, note the total 180 for Furniture material. Joel has range!
For the audio of this show, much like TraumaFeast '94, I pulled the left-channel-panned audio from the video upload and exported these audio clips as mono for ease of listening. All songs are presented here in their entirety. Please enjoy.
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| The camera spends most of this show on Joel. | GIF |
| People are still milling around as things move from art to music... | GIF |
| Ready to get started? | GIF |
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01. Meat Bee Cave (Furniture One)
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The first song on the set is also the first song on the Furniture One tape. Where the original had more of that Furniture Huschle/Party of One type Casio flavor, this live arrangement just has electric guitar to compensate.
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| Laying down the riff while the crowd gets settled. | GIF |
| They're getting there. "I know a place that's full of meat bees..." | GIF |
| The camera's still getting settled here, too. | GIF |
| There's Joel. "...my things to thieves." | GIF |
| Still focusing in: "Lots of danger." | GIF |
| "Meat bees! No, please. I'd rather pay outrageous fees." | GIF |
| "Meat bees! My enemies. I'd rather lose my things to thieves." | GIF |
| We'll see a lot of tight zoom on Joel's face during this performance. | GIF |
| Joel gets a request. "Oh, 'You Took My Nickel'..." | GIF |
| Joel introduces "Zero Coupon Bonds" next. | GIF |
| Getting in gear. | GIF |
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02. Zero Coupon Bonds
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This is a nice arrangement. The guitar mostly moves around some nice A and D stuff (Amaj7 / Dmaj7 ?), and the backing vocals on the chorus are actually very sweet.
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| "I bought some zero coupon bonds..." | GIF |
| "Now I've seen financial light, it's come to me, it must be right..." | GIF |
| "Zero coupon bonds..." Note Joel tilting the mic to the center. | GIF |
| "Zero coupon bonds..." The camera tries to catch them trading off. | GIF |
| These little "cha!" movements are a hit with the crowd. | GIF |
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03. Dairy Fire
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The guitar keeps time while Joel moseys along, plus some twangy background vocals. We spend this one zoomed in on Joel very tight, so no fun gestures to gif. That'll change soon!
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| "Dairy fire, watch the flames grow higher..." | GIF |
| "My mama was a god fearin' woman of the world..." | GIF |
| Joel hydrates between songs. We're zooming out here... | GIF |
| There they are! Furniture One, everybody. | GIF |
| Joel gets comfortable before this next one. | GIF |
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04. [Stinky Flower Song]
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If this is a pre-existing Furniture Huschle song, I don't have any information on it. I asked Joel and he just gave me "Stinky Flower Song" so here we are. Now that we're zoomed out, Joel gets dramatic on this one.
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| Joel waits for his cue... | GIF |
| "I stuck my head in the stinky flower." | GIF |
| "I had to wait for several hours." A forming smile at stage right... | GIF |
| "Through my adolescence it had ominous power..." And a chuckle... | GIF |
| "But I found true love in the stinky flower." | GIF |
| "Some choose flowers of different scents." They're grooving... | GIF |
| "...every single flower that has that stinky special stench..." | GIF |
| Joel's letting everyone just take this one in. | GIF |
| "I stuck my hand in the stinky flower." | GIF |
| "I stuck my arm in the stinky flower." Joel's wearing him down... | GIF |
| "It seemed to like it and so it was." Peter, you good over there? | GIF |
| "I caught the stinky flower buzz." Ah, Joel got him good. He's gone. | GIF |
| But he rallies! Watch how they both spring into action here. | GIF |
| Hanging in there for the last chord. Joel's very pleased with himself. | GIF |
| Cool as you please. What's next, Joel? | GIF |
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05. Furniture Store
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Playing the hits! With harmony vocals in the style of Chicken Damage's rendition, but some steady guitar in place of Chicken Damage's percussion (believe that guy had moved to Iowa at this point) and some long, long, long streams of the chorus repeating.
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| The camcorder also flips to this green night-vision type mode. | GIF |
| "Never thought I'd make it..." | GIF |
| Check out Joel's pro moves leaning off the mic to breathe. | GIF |
| "Furniture store, furniture store, furniture store, furniture store, furnit | GIF |
| Check out the big smile. "Forced into surgery, arrested for surgery--" | GIF |
| I imagine that room was smiling back. You all know this one, right? | GIF |
| "Furniture store, furniture stoooore..." They're having fun at the end. | GIF |
| Joel pops back in for the final "store" and the camcorder adjusts. | GIF |
| We're zooming in a little further now. | GIF |
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06. Amityville II: The Demon
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I could just get 20 very zoomed-in shots of Joel's face, but we'll keep this one light...
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| "...a bunch of flies to take his life..." | GIF |
| "How awful to be so naive..." | GIF |
| "Amityville II: The Demon..." | GIF |
| "The demon and his flies will get you every time..." | GIF |
| A great little gesture here from Joel on "the demon". | GIF |
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07. Cadaver Cake
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Here's the other Furniture One original they adapt for the live setup. Joel gets up to yell, and Peter very patiently waits to predict Joel's verses before throwing in the guitar riff.
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| Checking the mic before they get started here. Ahem... | GIF |
| THIS CAKE'S MADE OUT OF HUMAN REMAAAAAAAAINS | GIF |
| THE FROSTING IS BLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD | GIF |
| AND THE FIRST LAYER'S SPONNNNNNGGGGYYYYYYYY | GIF |
| THE NEXT LAYER IS HUMAN BOOOOOOOOOOOONE | GIF |
| I MUST BE ONE OF THE EARTH'S WALKING DAAAAMNED | GIF |
| To be chosen to eat this awful cake. | GIF |
| I MUST BE SOME SORT OF SACRIFICIAL (slice) LAMB | GIF |
| Because it will kill me! To eat this cake! (emphatic nodding) | GIF |
| THIS CAKE'S MADE OUT OF HUMAN REMAAAAAAAAINS | GIF |
| (Joel puts his glasses back on.) | GIF |
| THE FROSTING IS BLOOOOOOOOOOOD | GIF |
| Nicely done, boys! | GIF |
| The camcorder adjusts into this more pixelated mode. | GIF |
| Joel sits back down for this one. | GIF |
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08. Imagine Dating
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The highlight of this one is Joel's audience shout-outs. Hopefully I've identified everyone correctly.
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| "And you yell aaaaah." | GIF |
| Why sit still when you've got a swivelchair? | GIF |
| "You gaze into her eyes and they are beautiful." A team player here. | GIF |
| "Then she opens up her mouth..." | GIF |
| "And it's all full of flies and bugs, and you yell aaaaah." | GIF |
| "And he yells aaaah." | GIF |
| "And Chrissy yells aaaaaaaaaaah." | GIF |
| "Then Bill yells aaaaah." | GIF |
| "And Robin yells aaaaaah!" (Robin does!!) | GIF |
| "And Rael yells aaaaaaah." | GIF |
| "Catherine and Amy (Aimee?) yell aaaaaah." | GIF |
| "While Dave and Eric and Kevin yell aaaaaaaah." | GIF |
| "And Gloria and Kim and everyone else yell aaaaaaaaaah." | GIF |
| "Everybody! Everybody yells! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" | GIF |
| "Ya open up your mouth and yell aaaaaaaah!" | GIF |
| "And you yell aaaaaah.... aaaah, aaah..." | GIF |
| Peter sets his guitar down. The camcorder goes green-mode again. | GIF |
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09. The Man Who Bent Spoons With His Mind
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This one doesn't get a guitar accompaniment, because they run this like a straight-up Furniture Huschle song. Both of them, in unison. Check out Joel's reaction at the end...
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| Politely leaning in. No one reading off any cheat sheets here, either. | GIF |
| How many times HAVE you listened to the tape, Peter? | GIF |
| Fixed concentration while Joel's keeping up the gestures here. | GIF |
| A great bit here for "and bent all men" | GIF |
| "Spoon bender, not a man mender..." | GIF |
| They got through the whole thing. | GIF |
| Joel's big lean back! And if you squint to the left, look at that smile... | GIF |
| Getting the guitar back in... and the camcorder is readjusting. | GIF |
| Joel gets comfortable. | GIF |
| We're zooming way in again. There's that smile! | GIF |
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10. Indian Train
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We remain very zoomed in.
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| I could do a ton of gifs just like this. | GIF |
| Joel's delighted by someone running around the venue mid-song. | GIF |
| The color comes back. And we're zooming back out! | GIF |
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11. Speech Avenues In Cities
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One from the Furniture Huschle CD. Some nice steady guitar keeping time, dunk-dunk-dunk-dunk, while Joel delivers his verses.
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| "Should appeal to the rappers in the crowd." | GIF |
| That gets a smile out of Peter, known De La Soul enthusiast. | GIF |
| Joel gets ready while the rhythm comes in. | GIF |
| "Speech avenues or first street..." Nodding in time... | GIF |
| "Dad says 'don't' in a verbal barrage..." Joel swivels freely. | GIF |
| Unison here on "Martha Stewart might dedicate a show to it." | GIF |
| "Teat gone dry" gets Joel in a milking gesture. | GIF |
| Together again on "Nothing but a wire!" | GIF |
| Peter's really dialed in on the groove here as it builds... | GIF |
| They're both getting ready --- "sick and tired of all your lies!" | GIF |
| "Everything DIES!" "Everything DIES!" "Everything dies!" | GIF |
| Looking pleased about that one. | GIF |
| On to the next song. Is it "Head of the Devil"? | GIF |
| They're skipping ahead to "Lamp for Sale" instead. | GIF |
| Joel's bit about hymnals is a hit. | GIF |
| Smiling before he gets into this one. | GIF |
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12. Lamp For Sale
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An old one! Thank god we're zoomed out, because the gestures on this one are essential.
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| Driving with Joel! | GIF |
| I like his delivery on "the rooooad" here. | GIF |
| Joel gets up for his dancing. | GIF |
| Peter doesn't crack until Joel looks at him. | GIF |
| Peter's got the groove. Close your eyes and he can't make you laugh! | GIF |
| LAMP! For sale! | GIF |
| Lamp! For sale! Lamp for sale! | GIF |
| Can we pause to appreciate Joel's hair? | GIF |
| A little dramatic flair, then Joel's driving in his auto again. | GIF |
| Maximum swivel. | GIF |
| The transition from "dancing" to "electrocutions" is peak FH. | GIF |
| Joel's machine-gun-recoil shake on "Military missions..." is great. | GIF |
| Peter's trying to keep it together here by looking away... | GIF |
| ...too late. "I hope that I can find my mom there." | GIF |
| "Hope that I can find my dad there." If you right-click-save any gif... | GIF |
| LAMP! FOR SALE! LAMP FOR SALE, LAMP! FOR SALE! | GIF |
| Lamp for sale! Lamp for sale! | GIF |
| Joel says two more, but there's an abrupt cut to the end of the show... | GIF |
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12. Finale
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I wonder what the missing second-to-last song was? Here they're at the tail end of the show before the camcorder turns off. What a fun time!
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| Together: "Guns don't kill people! I kill people!" | GIF |
| Joel's gun gesture is great. | GIF |
| I like the little flashes of people's cameras going off. | GIF |
| All done! Peter gets his glasses. I think there's a photo somewhere. | GIF |
| Joel's tidying up. And he has CDs for sale! | GIF |
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