This project came about as an offshoot of the quickly defunct group Lenin's Jukebox. Brenn, drummer for Left Lane Cruiser, was still interested in collaborating and had been honing his one man band skills. Thus the group Fun with Chicken??? was born. Fort Wayne has a great Vietnamese restaurant called Saigon which lists ingredients under each menu item. My favorite dish was noted as containing chicken followed by three question marks. Of course, Saigon has since gotten new menus. Thus was born Fun with Chicken???. Brenn recorded one man band stuff in his living room, burned it to CD and handed the sucker to me. I figured the Music with Friends series would be a good outlet for the tracks. After releasing Music with Friends 1, I determined it would be best to stick to my original plan of each EP being between 4-6 tracks. Best to leave folk wanting more than to overstay one's welcome.
intro- Brenn and I determining how to best start our only planned performance.
Commodore 64 Imapala- A fine chance for me to goof off, bust out a song title I've been sitting on a while and drop some of those rimes which were on scraps of paper and never found a home. Brenn's singing the hook in his best drive through dragon impression.
Shark Jumpers- The three times I've had a can Guiness, I've not been able to resist breaking it open to get to the personal flotation device. It was either good for ping-pong or fake eyeballs and I'd already done my Slick Rick crack on Still Means Something's "A Handful of Words." Much like Music with Friends 1's "Nachos", this song built itself up quite organically.
Instant Karate- Though I spent a good deal of thought when naming Still Means Something's songs, I imagine this release has the majority of world championship song title title belts. Brenn came over with a garbage can, banged on it, I got too excited and was shouting over it when it was being recorded, then laid straighforward "better than you" type raps. Nice and simple.
Every Hero Needs a Theme Song- After realizing how many times I mentioned our group name, I realized this song could have but one title. The only question that remains is "How did he go to the bathroom with all that stuff?"
Orange Electric Lawnmower- Inspired by my former neighbor Eric Tarr and his tidy yard habits. I was chatting with Keter looking for something to start the song and he suggested "Peter Griffin fighting a giant chicken." I took his idea and ran with it, enjoying some syllable slicing en route to the final FWC??? track
