Foamola Explained

Foamola
Origin:	New York City
Genre:	Folk music, folk pop, underground music
Years Active:	–present
Current Members:	Sparrow, Violet Snow, Lawrence Fishberg, Sylvia Gorelick

Foamola is an underground musical group from New York City, consisting of Sparrow and his wife, who went by the cyber alias Violet Snow.^{[1] [2]} Also in the group is artist Lawrence Fishberg and Sparrow's daughter, poet Sylvia Gorelick.^{[3] [4]} Their music has been described as "folk-minimalist",^[5] and as "anti-Plutarch pop".^[6] They attracted media attention for their performance at a 1995 party in honor of Phiber Optik in Manhattan.^[7]

Discography

Albums

• May I Take a Bath? (self-released cassette, 1992)
• Spit on the Dishes (self-released cassette, 1993)

Individual songs

• "I've Been Reincarnated Too Many Times" and "John Quincy Adams" - appear on Poemfone: New Word Order (Tomato compilation, 1996)

External links

• Foamola on Violet Snow's website

Notes and References

1. Notes on contributors. Critical Quarterly. July 2012. 54. 2. 98–101. 10.1111/j.1467-8705.2012.02068.x.
2. Web site: Reprogramming a Convicted Hacker; To His On-Line Friends, Phiber Optik Is a Virtual Hero . Gabriel . Trip . Trip Gabriel . 14 January 1995 . . 14 June 2017.
3. Web site: Foamola . Violet Snow Media . 2018-12-22 . 2022-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220605084511/https://violetsnow.webs.com/foamola.htm . dead .
4. Web site: Contributors . September 1992 . . en-US . 2018-12-22.
5. Web site: Republican Like Me Review . . 1997 . 14 June 2017 . Christgau . Robert . Robert Christgau.
6. Web site: David Wax Museum and Sparrow: Somewhat Experimental Performers . . 22 February 2012 . 14 June 2017 . Fenchel, Luke Z..
7. Hacker Homecoming . Quittner . Josh . Josh Quittner . 23 January 1995 . . 14 June 2017.