Mike Patton - "The Man in the Lower Left Hand Corner of the Photograph." Mike Patton squeals, screams, chokes, hacks, heaves, and hisses through forty-five minutes of works for solo human larynx, pharynx, and mouth in Adult Themes for Voice. If you've never heard these recordings before and you plan on downloading the snippets, kickin' them over to your nice, white iPod, and listening to them on the train ride home, be forewarned. There may be a little blood on your little virginal headphones after this earfuck.

Boorh marh.
Boooorh maaarrrh.
Boooorrrrh maaaaarrrrh.
Sssa-ss-ss-ss-ss sssa!

L(h)-ootch.
Diwmh.
Doyts.
Sss.
Wowhl'.

Even more entertaining than hating the sounds is reading reviews from "fans" and detractors. Fans piss and moan because they wanted this album to be from "the guy who brought you Faith No More and Mr. Bungle!" Detractors hound Patton for ripping off Throbbing Gristle [because everything was ALWAYS so much better twenty-five years ago]. Oh, brother. Everyone just keep writing reviews so I can keep laughing, but shut up so I can keep on listening. No one actually cares about what you have to say about a recording, the same way no one cares what I have to say about a recording. Besides, Adult Themes was recorded with a mic and probably some pedals, and it was mixed in hotels with a four-track cassette deck in 1996.
And for your continued aural [dis]pleasure:

+ Mike Patton - "Red Mouth Black Orgasm."
+ Mike Patton - "Porno Holocaust."

Ah, makes you wonder what he's going to lend to Medúlla.