fIREHOSE – Fromohio (1989)

[Album 663/1001]

“You’re a lucky, lucky, lucky little boy. Do you know why? You get to drink from the fIREHOSE!”
– UHF, Stanley Spadowski

UHF is one of those films that a handful of people saw…and they adored it!

Midway through the film, there’s a tremendous scene with a contest (Find the Marble in the Oatmeal) & a prize awarded to the winner (A drink from the fIREHOSE).

And as luck would have it, someone generously uploaded it to YouTube!

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To hear this fIREHOSE album, I did not have to complete a task as arduous as finding a marble hidden in oatmeal (though I’d like to think I’d be above average at that particular challenge).

A part of me is concerned that when I stream an album (essentially getting the prize without investing any time/energy), I don’t appreciate the album as much as I would if I’d spent the time/energy/money physically acquiring the album.

But then another part of me realizes that if I did attempt to locate & purchase physical copies of each album on the 1001 list, I’d be attempting to spend a lot of time/energy/money that simply doesn’t exist.

So I suppose I’m a lucky, lucky, lucky little(?) boy that fIREHOSE’s Fromohio was available on apple music.

It’s often Sloan-ish, which in my books, is about as complimentary an ‘-ish’ suffix as there is.

There are Chris Murphy-esque vocals at the end of If’n and I could have sworn Chris made a cameo on the first line or two of Understanding.

It also sounds an awful lot like Patrick Pentland guesting on guitar (and previewing Losing California) in The Softest Hammer.

It’s possible that like UHF, Fromohio didn’t reach a huge audience.

It’s more than probable that also like UHF, the audience that did hear it, found plenty to like about it.

And whether I’ve earned the prize or not, I’d be happy to drink from this fIREHOSE again.

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Verbalize the Positive

UHF + Sloan = what’s not to like!