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1001 Real Apes mixes David Greenberger’s monologues with music by Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. Apes is loaded with quirky stories, reflections, and opinions that Greenberger has culled from The Duplex Planet, his publication of conversations with old people – particularly drawn from the residents of the defunct Duplex Nursing home in Boston.

Greenberger offers up everything listeners have come to expect from Duplex Planet projects, plus some. The 27 stream-of-consciousness stories are alternately funny, moving, wise, silly, and inspirational, providing a unique view into the minds of the characters. They meander, as minds tend to do, through a terrain of guitars, travel, silverware, dating, beer, dinosaurs, and a perennial Duplex Planet favorite, Snakes. The moods range from the jazzy riffs of the insistent I Ain’t Coe to the prayerful mourning of No Firebugs. Working with producer Bill Scheniman (Deborah Harry, NRBQ, Bon Jovi) has also yielded a friendly, spoken-word pop song, How Records Are Made. Roll down your car windows, turn up the volume, and go for a ride; this song sounds like summer.

David Greenberger: monologues

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic
Michael Bierylo: guitar, computer sequencing, sound design
Ken Field: saxophones, flutes, percussion
Erik Lindgren: piano
Rick Scott: synthesizer, samples, percussion

Produced by Bill Scheniman

Track Listing

1. 1001 Real Apes Overture (1:27)
2. Dad's Tray (2:09)
3. Cowboy Story (2:40)
4. The Phantom of Crestwood (1:30)
5. Minerals and Moon (2:08)
6. Freaky Women (3:44)
7. Nine Colors/Quincy Sore Throat (2:57)
8. Six Bits of Advice (0:57)
9. 36 Meatballs (1:19)
10. Gravity/Massachusetts/Newton (3:46)
11. Firecrackers (1:51)
12. Dinosaurs (1:27)
13. All About Snakes (4:33)
14. A-E-I-O-U (Guitars, pt. 1) (2:06)
15. Daphne's New York City (2:39)
16. Swimming (3:10)
17. Chicago (1:25)
18. No Firebugs and a Prayer (5:16)
19. Theo (0:52)
20. I Ain't Coe (3:38)
21. Bruno (1:37)
22. How Records Are Made (2:31)
23. Plink Plink Plink (Guitars, pt. 2) (2:07)
24. Rosie (2:42)
25. Time Marches On (1:38)
26. A Cautionary Tale (0:53)
27. I Like Beer (2:47)
28. They Made a Movie Out of This (2:22)