10+10 Fishermen Against the Wind. 9) Kit Ream - Don't be so holy poly over my souly
Kit Ream: even the rich cry.
Nabisco is one of the world's largest cookie producers (Oro Saiwa, Oreo... just to name a couple), and Kit was meant to inherit the whole shebang.
But Kit soon starts to blow all his money on sex & drugs (more drugs than sex, truth be told): Result: his brain goes to mush (although - it seems - he wasn't doing too well beforehand anyway).
In short, Kit ends up in a nice facility staring at a mirror for a few years; when he gets out, he decides to transform himself into a guru and bring the ideas he's developed during those years of staring at mirrors to the world. And what better medium than music?
That's how "All That I Am" comes to life.
However, the album has the opposite effect: indifference or, worse, hearty laughter. Thus, Kit disappears (rumor has it there's even a murder involved: a guy killed on his father's yacht because "the voices told him to").
The album resurfaces thanks, especially, to Jello Biafra, who is an authority in this field as much as (if not more than) Irwin Chusid.
Jello loves this album immensely, and so "All That I Am" becomes a "Must" (try looking it up online if you want proof).
To fully enjoy it, it's helpful to try to understand the lyrics (when you can make them out!), but the effect is, in any case, guaranteed...