Chopstick Bridge
Encyclopedia
Chopstick Bridge is the second album
by Avoid One Thing
.
The album was released as an Enhanced CD
with an 18-minute documentary film
by Len Gittleman. The film includes footage of Joe Gittleman
at a Dunkin' Donuts
drive-thru, Gittleman and Amy Griffin jamming
, John Lynch's Kiss
memorabilia, Griffin riding her bicycle
, and the band practicing and performing.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Avoid One Thing
Avoid One Thing
Avoid One Thing was started as a side project by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones' bassist Joe Gittleman. The Boston-based group's first album, titled Avoid One Thing, was released in 2002 on Side One Dummy Records. The album was written and recorded almost solely by Gittleman. Gittleman assembled a...
.
The album was released as an Enhanced CD
Enhanced CD
Enhanced CD, also known as CD Extra and CD Plus, is a certification mark of the Recording Industry Association of America for various technologies that combine audio and computer data for use in both Compact Disc and CD-ROM players....
with an 18-minute documentary film
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
by Len Gittleman. The film includes footage of Joe Gittleman
Joe Gittleman
Joe Gittleman is an American musician, best known as the bass guitar player for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...
at a Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts
Dunkin' Donuts is an international doughnut and coffee retailer founded in 1950 by William Rosenberg in Quincy, Massachusetts; it is now headquartered in Canton...
drive-thru, Gittleman and Amy Griffin jamming
Jam session
Jam sessions are often used by musicians to develop new material, find suitable arrangements, or simply as a social gathering and communal practice session. Jam sessions may be based upon existing songs or forms, may be loosely based on an agreed chord progression or chart suggested by one...
, John Lynch's Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
memorabilia, Griffin riding her bicycle
Bicycle
A bicycle, also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human-powered, pedal-driven, single-track vehicle, having two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. A person who rides a bicycle is called a cyclist, or bicyclist....
, and the band practicing and performing.
Track listing
- All songs by Joe Gittleman unless noted.
- "Armbands And Braids" – 2:45
- "Chopstick Bridge" – 2:56
- "All That You've Heard" (Amy Griffin) – 3:43
- "A Lot Like This" – 2:46
- "Judy" (Gittleman/Griffin) – 3:30
- "About You" – 3:16
- "Next Stop Is The Last Stop" (Gittleman/Griffin) – 2:35
- "Gone And Forgotten" – 3:59
- "Streetlight" – 3:17
- "Fillmore East" – 2:54
- "The Airplane" (Griffin) – 0:30
- "Renegade" – 3:30
- "Capital Letters" (Griffin) – 3:22
- "Watching Us Anyway" (Gittleman/Griffin) – 4:56
Personnel
- Paul Q. KolderiePaul Q. KolderiePaul Q. Kolderie is a record producer, engineer, and mixer. He has worked with Pixies, Radiohead, Orangutang, Hole, Dinosaur Jr., Juliana Hatfield, Wax, Warren Zevon, Uncle Tupelo, Throwing Muses, Morphine, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Abandoned Pools, and The Go-Go's...
- Producer, Engineer - Adam Taylor - Assistant Engineer
- Matt Beaudoin - Additional Recording
- Jeff Lipton - Mastering
- Susan Butler - Photography
- Maura Lynch - Photography
- Joe GittlemanJoe GittlemanJoe Gittleman is an American musician, best known as the bass guitar player for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones...
- Vocals, Bass - Amy Griffin - Vocals, Guitar
- John Lynch - Drums