Money Feeds My Music Machine

{{Infobox album

| name = Money Feeds My Music Machine

| type = Album

| artist = Captain Howdy

| cover = Captain Howdy - Money Feeds My Music Machine.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1998|4|21}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1995}}–{{Start date|1997}}

| venue =

| studio = Noise New Jersey {{small|(Jersey City, N.J.)}}

| genre = Experimental rock, alternative rock

| length = 39:56

| label = Knitting Factory/Shimmy Disc

| producer = Kramer

| prev_title = Tattoo of Blood

| prev_year = 1996

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = Kramer

| type = album

| prev_title = Songs from the Pink Death

| prev_year = 1998

| title = Money Feeds My Music Machine

| year = 1998

| next_title = Reasons in the Sun

| next_year = 1998

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |first=Ned |last=Raggett |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000598822|pure_url=yes}}|title='Money Feeds My Music Machine' Review |website=Allmusic |accessdate=March 9, 2016}}

}}

Money Feeds My Music Machine is the second studio album by Captain Howdy, released on April 21, 1998, by Shimmy Disc and Knitting Factory Records. It is a collaboration between musician and producer Kramer and magician Penn Jillette.{{cite magazine |first=Terry |last=Rompers |url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=kramer |title=Kramer |magazine=Trouser Press |year=2007 |accessdate=March 9, 2016}}

The album title is a phrase from the song Green Tambourine by The Lemon Pipers.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| title1 = Always Something There to Remind Me

| writer1 = Burt Bacharach, Hal David

| length1 = 3:43

| title2 = I Just Don't Wanna Try

| writer2 = Kramer

| length2 = 4:12

| title3 = Old Man

| writer3 = Neil Young

| length3 = 4:11

| title4 = Man Bites Dog

| writer4 = Kramer

| length4 = 2:22

| title5 = If You Love Me, Kill Your Dog

| writer5 = Penn Jillette, Kramer

| length5 = 3:34

| title6 = I Just Wanna Get Laid

| writer6 = Kramer

| length6 = 3:36

| title7 = I Long For Kyoto

| writer7 = Penn Jillette, Kramer

| length7 = 3:06

| title8 = Don't Fuck With the Phoenix

| writer8 = Penn Jillette, Kramer

| length8 = 2:58

| title9 = Shut Up

| writer9 = Penn Jillette, Kramer

| length9 = 3:19

| title10 = Radio's Broke

| writer10 = Penn Jillette

| length10 = 3:24

| title11 = Barry's Lament

| writer11 = Kramer

| length11 = 5:31

}}

Personnel

Adapted from Money Feeds My Music Machine liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Money Feeds My Music Machine |others=Captain Howdy |year=1998 |type=booklet |publisher=Shimmy Disc |location=New York City}}

;Captain Howdy

Penn Jillette – vocals
Kramer – instruments, vocals, production, engineering

;Additional musicians

Bill Bacon – percussion
Tess (Kramer's 5-year-old daughter){{Cite web|title=The Captain Howdy, SECOND SHIMMY|url=http://www.kramershimmy.com/secondshimmy/?/digitaldownload/money-captainhowdy-5/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Kramer's homepage}} – vocals (4)
Billy West – guitar

;Production and additional personnel

Tony Fitzpatrick – cover art
Jed Rothenberg – assistant engineer
Steve Watson – assistant engineer

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

rowspan="2"| United States

|rowspan="2"| 1998

| Shimmy Disc

|rowspan="2"| CD

| shimmy 091

Knitting Factory

| SHM-5135

References

External links

[https://www.discogs.com/Captain-Howdy-The-Money-Feeds-My-Music-Machine/release/3407056 Money Feeds My Music Machine] at Discogs (list of releases)

[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzcGaq1y11nbOeOQ98y2GbF00jDxDeB9o Money Feeds My Music Machine] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

Category:1998 albums

Category:Captain Howdy (band) albums

Category:Albums produced by Kramer (musician)

Category:Knitting Factory Records albums

Category:Shimmy Disc albums