Addicted to Bad Ideas

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Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century
Punk cabaret
Length35:22
LabelChunksaah Records
ProducerDon Fury
The World/Inferno Friendship Society chronology
Red-Eyed Soul

(2006)
Addicted to Bad Ideas: Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century
(2007)
The Anarchy and the Ecstasy
(2011)
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Addicted to Bad Ideas is the fifth album by The World/Inferno Friendship Society, and their second for Chunksaah Records. Subtitled "Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century", the release is a concept album inspired by the life and films of actor Peter Lorre.

Lead singer Jack Terricloth described Lorre as "a strangely charismatic, extremely creepy person, which I think most punk rockers can identify with ... It’s the lure of the other. He’s the underdog, the outsider."[3] Many of the album's lyrics are taken directly from movie dialogues, notable Lorre quotes, and from the biography The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre by Stephen D. Youngkin. The track title, "Everybody Comes to Rick's" is a reference to "Rick's Café Américain" from the film Casablanca. In addition, the album's cover art is an homage to Lorre's renowned film M.

This album was developed into a dramatic multimedia production directed by

Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival, Philadelphia's Live Arts Festival, Montclair State University's Peak Performances series, and South Carolina's Spoleto Festival USA.[3] Jack Terricloth commented, "the producer asked me if we were ever going to pay him back. We said 'No!'"[4]

The songs "Peter Lorre Overture" and "Heart Attack '64" are reworked versions of tracks from

East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today
.

Track listing

  1. Peter Lorre Overture – 4:45
  2. With a Good Criminal Heart – 2:55
  3. "M" is for Morphine – 3:01
  4. ...and Embarked on a Life of Poverty and Freedom... – 3:32
  5. Ich erinnere mich an die Weimarer Republik – 4:13
  6. I Just Make Faces – 2:45
  7. Everybody Comes to Rick's – 2:05
  8. Cathy Catharine – 2:49
  9. Thumb Cinema – 3:23
  10. Addicted to Bad Ideas – 3:14
  11. Heart Attack '64 – 2:40

References

  1. ^ "World/Inferno Friendship Society - Addicted to Bad Ideas". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. ^ "Addicted to Bad Ideas - The World/Inferno Friendship Society | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  3. ^ a b Sisario, Ben (January 8, 2009). "Addicted to Peter Lorre (That Voice, Those Eyes)". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Punknews.org | Jack Terricloth (World/Inferno Friendship Society)

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