Pastor Dick: Muriel's Purse Fund was the second volume in the Over the Edge series, which distills the best moments from Negativland

Negativland

Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! song, while their record label is named after another Neu! song...

's radio program Over the Edge

Over the Edge (radio)

Over the Edge is a sound collage radio program hosted and produced in the United States by Don Joyce.Joyce is also a member of the pioneering sound collage band Negativland, members of which frequently make guest appearances on Over the Edge. A series of Over the Edge episodes have been released...

, broadcast on KPFA

KPFA

KPFA is a listener-funded progressive talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area. KPFA airs public news, public affairs, talk, and music programming. The station signed on-the-air April 15 1949, as the first Pacifica Station...

. This album was edited together from several different broadcasts recorded between 1982 and 1986.

Originally released in 1989 by SST Records

SST Records

SST Records is an American independent record label formed in 1978 in Long Beach, California by musician Greg Ginn. The company was initially called Solid State Transmitters through which Ginn sold electronics equipment...

 on cassette only, it was re-released in 1996 by Negativland's own label, Seeland Records

Seeland Records

Seeland Records is an independent record label created by Negativland in 1979 to release their own recordings. It is a reference to the song "Seeland" by the band Neu!, who also gave Negativland the basis for their name, Sea-Land Corporation, a freight company, and the micro-nation of Sealand,...

, as a CD

Compact Disc

The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...

 with a new edit to make room for additional recorded material (while excising about 12 minutes of extraneous material), and includes a tract-like booklet titled Pastor Dick's Flagship Faith Vol. 17 #1, and an offering envelope.

Track listing

1. "A Thrilling Choice, Dayle Embree Testifies" [CD only]
2. "Ask Pastor Dick, Muriel's Purse Fund, Bible Quiz"
3. "Hell Car"
4. "Men's Continental Faith Breakfast Incorporated, Your First Day In Heaven, More Bible Quiz"
5. "Christianity and the Cults, Joseph Smith, Brainwashing at the Cuckoo Club"
6. "I Love My B.I.B.L.E., More Bible Quiz, The Weatherman Clears It Up"
7. "Whisper a Prayer"
8. "Drunk At Last, A Date With Ham, etc."
9. "Forty-three Fuck You's, Sign Off and the News"

Personnel

• Richard Lyons
  Richard Lyons (musician)
  Richard "Pastor Dick Seeland" Lyons is one of the members in Negativland. His personas in the band include Dick Vaughn, 5-time Cali Award winner; auto trivia expert...
  
  
• David Wills
• Don Joyce
• Mark Hosler
  Mark Hosler
  Mark Hosler is an American musician who is a founding member of the sound art collective Negativland.- Career :Through his public speaking, lectures and extensive interviews, he serves as the primary spokesperson for the group...
  
  
• Chris Grigg
• Helen Holt
• Ian Allen
• Kent Hastings