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Peter Dizozza
Peter Dizozza
Songs of the Golf Wars
Olive Juice


Format Reviewed: CD

Soundclip: "Gated House and Garden"

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I'm still on the fence over human cloning, but I might be swayed after listening to The Golf Wars. Someone obviously recovered saliva from Styx, a fingernail from They Might Be Giants and a hair from Stephen Sondheim and produced this concept album, which serves as the score for the musical comedy of the same name. The story "centers" around dueling East Village pianists who take their act on the road, only to face conflict over US military-owned land in Hawaii, then... Oh sorry, I was reading from the script that Dizozza sent with his bio. I won't ruin it for you.

This collection, fortunately, has more in common with Cannibal, the Musical and Little Shop of Horrors than your sister's show tunes or Disney movies (unless you count the pedophilia of Pocahontas). The aforementioned theme holds the piece together, but in the cracks you'll learn about the wild lust of a recovering nun ("Gated House and Garden"), receive advice from your dad on how to make your own porn ("Make your Own") and get high while participating in bondage acts...but I don't see much talk of golf or Hawaii. Well, far be it from me to question it, as what musical do you know that makes any real sense? Thought so.

Is Dizozza this generation's Frank Zappa or its weird Al? You decide.



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