I'm always a little bit sad when I come to a band past their heyday. It's a shame, here you are enjoying the band's songs and they are kaput or on the verge of bowing out of the industry and all you wanna do is see them live. Such is my experience with The Mr. T Experience. In the early 00's I purchased their re-released, deluxe edition EP ...And the Women That Love Them and fell in love with every song on the disc. But alas, the band were done soon after that so this remains as the only exposure I've had to The Mr. T Experience.It's not like the songs on here are amazing. If you took all the wit from the pop-punk bands, blended a little They Might Be Giants alternative, and scooped in a little School House Rock, you'd wind up with The Mr. T Experience. Not the best musicians, or the most amazing singers, but their songs instantly put a smile on my face. When you have songs like "How'd the Date End?", an ode to being on an episode of Blind Date, you're pretty much a winner in my book. Amazingly, my favorite songs on this disc weren't even on the original EP which I find to be shocking. They're great songs throughout, super enjoyable, excellently written, and funny as hell.
I don't have to much to say about the band, this post is kind of being rushed by the fact that I'm sitting at work with my boss breathing down my neck, but I think if you take a listen to the songs below they might add a little smile, to this rainy, dark day. Hope you guys enjoy them.
The Mr. T Experience - "We Hate All The Same Things"
The Mr. T Experience - "How'd the Date End"
The Mr. T Experience - "You Today"
The Mr. T Experience - "Unpack Your Adjectives"










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by the way, Dr. Frank (Frank Portman of the Mr. T Experience) wrote one of my favorite books in, uh, forever a year or so ago. Yes, it's listed under teen fiction, but trust me, you'll love it.
The book is King Dork - available in paperback on Feb 12th. Awesome!
Frank Portman did a reading last year(?) at the coffee shop I was working at in Seattle, and he played several of the songs from the book. Not quite the Mr. T Experience, but pretty much pretty rad.
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