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AARP Go The Weasels

In Spring 2006, a new Weasels song called "Little Big Man" was featured in "Model Citizens", an exhibition and series of documentary videos spanning four Northeast communities and featuring the work of over 25 model makers and curated as part of the Public Art/Moving Site Project; the show also involved longtime Weasels collaborator Michael Oatman. "Little Big Man" featured Fun, Graf, Weasell and Pirog from the Axis of Weasel band, joined by returning Leon/Uranus bassist Alan Okey and Al Kash, an internationally recognized veteran drummer whose first recordings were with Australian band, Blackfeather on their 1971 album At the Mountains of Madness. Kash also played drums in Florida for Tiger Tiger, a Miccosukee Indian band in the 1970s before returning to the Albany area to form regional '80s new wave legends Fear of Strangers (originally known as the Units), a band that also featured Aimee Mann collaborator Todd Nelson (guitar), with whom Kash later played in the Rumdummies.

Graf, Pirog and Okey left The Weasels after the completion of "Little Big Man," with Jon Cohen returning as bassist. In September 2010, The Weasels released a single and video, "Do The Teabag," featuring a new core line-up of Fun (Vocals, keyboards, saxophone), Weasell (guitar, vocals), Kash (drums) and Jon Cohen (bass). The full-length AARP Go The Weasels was released on February 14, 2013 (Valentine's Day), and included "Do The Teabag" in its 15 track playlist. Fun, Weasell, Jon Cohen and Cash are joined on the album by guitarists Chuck D’Aloia and Eric Finn, saxophone player Brian Patneaude, vocalist Sarah La Duke, keyboardists Adrian Cohen and Mike Kelley and percussionist Scott Appicelli, who also co-produced the album with Fun and Weasell.

AARP Go The Weasels includes the following tracks:

  1. "Father Weasel"
  2. "A Friend in Tweed"
  3. "1-800-MORON"
  4. "Zucchini Park"
  5. "Do The Teabag"
  6. "Driving Albert's Brain"
  7. "What Says Creep" (re-make of "Billy Boy" from Generation Xcrement)
  8. "Timmy's in Trouble"
  9. "Freemason Reese" (re-make of "Part on the Square" from Generation Xcrement)
  10. "Last Supper on Lark Street"
  11. "Invasion of the Body"
  12. "Trotsky in the Bronx"
  13. "Drink Your Tea"
  14. "Wailing Song"
  15. "Doubting Thomas"

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