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2 unusual facts about Yerself Is Steam


Yerself Is Steam

"Shhh/Peaceful" is a cover of the Miles Davis song (from In a Silent Way), which is only quoted briefly in the introduction.

In 1992, Mint Films/Jungle re-released Yerself is Steam with a bonus LP/CD entitled Lego My Ego. The title is a parody of the Eggo waffles ad slogan, and is taken from a piece of voice tape at the start of "Frittering," where one musician tells another to "let go of my fucking ego" after they tell him how to play a song.



see also

North and South Brother Islands, East River

In 1991, the rock band Mercury Rev used the North island to shoot a music video for the song "Chasing A Bee" from the record "Yerself Is Steam".