I Am the Fun Blame Monster! is the debut album of the band Menomena

Menomena

Menomena are an indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States; currently made up of Justin Harris, Danny Seim and more recently Joe Haege of 31Knots and Tu Fawning...

. It was self-released on May 20, 2003 and made available exclusively through online retailer CD Baby

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. The CD was re-released by FILMguerrero

FILMguerrero

FILMguerrero is an independent record label based in Portland, Oregon. It was founded in 1998 by John Askew as a way to release Ames, the debut album by Askew's studio project Tracker. Since then, the label has gone on to release CDs, LPs and EPs by a number of different artists...

 in 2004, and then again by Barsuk/FILMguerrero in 2007. A white vinyl LP was released by FILMguerrero in 2005 that featured an origami

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 design by band member Brent Knopf and hand screen printing/assembly by band member Danny Seim. The original run was limited to 500 copies, which sold out. FILMguerrero re-released the LP in 2007 on 180 gram vinyl, but without the intricate packaging. The title is an anagram for "The First Menomena Album."

On May 24th, 2011, the album was reissued as a double album alongside a bonus DVD. The bonus material features 9 bonus tracks and rare footage of the band's appearances on Portland cable Public-access television

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 program The Sista Social Show, a live performance at Portland's Meow-Meow and music videos for the album tracks "Trigga Hiccups" and "Cough Coughing".

Track listing

1. "Cough Coughing" – 3:20
2. "The Late Great Libido" – 4:59
3. "E. Is Stable" – 5:17
4. "Twenty Cell Revolt" – 4:05
5. "Strongest Man in the World" – 5:35
6. "Oahu" – 5:18
7. "Trigga Hiccups" – 4:02
8. "Rose" – 2:58
9. "The Monkey's Back" – 8:52

Deluxe Reissue Track listing

1. "Shirt"
2. "Crunka"
3. "Let's All Unite!"
4. "The Ladder"
5. "Sepia"
6. "Nebali"
7. "Divad"
8. "Tung Track"
9. "Posh Isolation"

External Links

• "Cough Coughing" (Official Video) on YouTube
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