Perplexions Explained
| Perplexions |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Melora Creager |
| Cover: | Melora.jpg |
| Released: | December 4, 2006[1] |
| Length: | 20:57 |
| Label: | Filthy Bonnet Co. |
| Producer: | Melora Creager |
Perplexions is an album by Melora Creager, frontwoman and founder of the band Rasputina, which was released on December 4, 2006, through her own record label, Filthy Bonnet Recording Co.[2]
Song Inspirations
- "Lunar Girl Explorer", according to Creager, was "inspired by the satellite explorations of Saturn's moon, Titan",[3] although she was likely referring to the Huygens probe, which touched down on Titan on January 14, 2005, as the Galileo spacecraft was never involved in such exploration.
- "Warbots" is about the U.S. Government's real life attempts to make robot soldiers. The lyric "the lawyers tell me that there are no prohibitions against robots making life or death decisions", credited in the song to "Mr. Johnson", is indeed a direct quote from Gordon Johnson of the Pentagon's Joint Forces Command.[4] [5]
- "Krakatowa" was described by Creager "a tale of Polynesian spite and revenge."[3]
Personnel
- Melora Creager - Artwork, Cello, Drums, Dulcimer, Engineer, Programming, Vocals
- Jonathon Tebeest - Piano
Notes and References
- Web site: Rasputina's Official Website . Rasputina's Official Website . 3 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061205055020/http://rasputina.com:80/ . 5 December 2006 . dead.
- Web site: Melora Creager- Perplexions . AllMusic . 3 July 2021.
- Web site: Melora Creager: Perplexions . CD Baby . 3 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061225112755/http://cdbaby.com:80/cd/melora/ . 25 December 2006.
- Web site: Weiner . Tim . Pentagon Building 21ST-Century Robot Army For Combat . The Orlando Sentinel . 3 July 2021 . 20 February 2005.
- Web site: Weiner . Tim . New Model Army SoldierRolls Closer to Battle . The New York Times . 3 July 2021 . 16 February 2005.
