GET A TASTE OF ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER, ANDY KAUFMAN'S FIRST-EVER COMEDY RECORD, OUT 7/16 ON DRAG CITY/PROCESS MEDIA
LISTEN TO A TEASER FEATURING EXCERPTS AND NON-ALBUM MOMENTS!
When news broke near to Andy Kaufman's birthday that an album of unreleased material was going to be released by Drag City on July 16th, the word spread like wildfire. Everyone from The New York Times to The AV Club to Pitchfork to Paste covered the news with the excitement of an unhinged Latka Gravas. It's no small coincidence that a flurry of new rumors concerning Andy being alive and well and living in ambiguity in Albuquerque, New Mexico surfaced shortly thereafter. These things happen every few years accompanying the release of any new Andy-related news. We will neither confirm nor deny any such claims (if we were ever in any place to comment on them in the first place). However, we are very excited to share a snippet of audio from the 82 hours of micro-cassette recordings Andy made between 1977-79. This sneak peek, premiered today onDangerous Minds, features moments both on the record and off, created by Vernon Chatman(Wonder Showzen, South Park, Louie, The Chris Rock Show) the same mastermind behind the creation of the whole record (along with the help of editor Rodney Ascher, director of acclaimed documentary Room 237). With liner notes by Kaufman co-conspirator Bob Zmuda, and narration bySaturday Night Live's Bill Hader, Andy And His Grandmother, out July 16th on Drag City/Process Media, promises to be a true work of comedy for our times - one that was performed over thirty years ago.
LISTEN TO A TEASER FOR ANDY AND HIS GRANDMOTHER HERE