The shack is the name of the MMW's "vacation" getaway, which is, literally,
a shack with no running water or electricity in the jungle on one of the
Hawaiian isles. They recorded the whole album with generators, some of
which were solar-powered. No joke.
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>Anyway, I listened to the album a few weeks ago and noticed it has a different
>feel than their last album. Sound-wise, definitely more "funky" (at least,
>consciously so) than experimental (though they still bow down to Larry Young's
>Fuel<---if you don't know who I'm talking about, then record collectors take
>note). I like it, though.
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For people who know MMW's older stuff, it's recorded pretty slick, more
like "It's A Jungle In Here" (their 1993 album) and is supremely groovy,
though not as cerebral as "Friday Afternoon In The Universe" (their last
album).
And, for the record, it's D-O-P-E.
See ya,
Brian in Beantown