Hal Willner

• Whoops, I'm an Indian [Pussyfoot, 1998] A-

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Whoops, I'm an Indian [Pussyfoot, 1998]
Named after a Three Stooges short to which it establishes no additional discernible connection, this 1999 "dance" record was Willner's sole attempt to create his own musique refabriqué from bits and pieces of all the other people's music he spent his life raiding. Over discernibly if inconsistently disco-ready beats he layers, among many other things, Yiddische comedy, tribal drums, weeping violins, soprano vocalese, military chorale, looped horn fanfares, Hawaiian lei music, Jack Webb's hard-boiled diet advice, an all-purpose laugh track, and a 78-rpm "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" played back at 33. It does wear down toward the end. But if you can imagine finding such a hodgepodge "listenable," you probably will. I sure do. A-