They're brilliant - a lot of fun and weirdness combined with disarming honesty and a bit of Pete and Dud. What else could you want?

Ahh Incognito, why am I not surprised you're a fan of Cook and Moore.

Thanks again to Phil & Jeremy !

Phil, look forward to the video clips..
A fresh breeze no doubt, as opposed to the flogging a dead horse approach taken by "others" recently (smiling).

Awaiting more from Bud the Judd !

By "clips," I meant "small bits of things" -- in other words, these latest song samples from Novelty Act that Jaffaman has posted. I haven't seen any video clips. I was just hoping more people might post their opinions about these latest song samples, since there have not been many responses.

Oh, and Happy Birthday, Phil!!!

Bloody ****

Just downloaded the two new samples. I got Novelty Act actually yesterday or so and found out of the the four it took a couple of more listens to really get, but it's awesome too.

I thought "Nobody's Best Friend" had some heavy **** in it until I heard the "Fire Extinguisher" sample.
This album so far, sounds so diverse, it sounds really incredible. I am a huge fan of music and have a very diverse taste from 16th Century Choral Music, to Erik Satie, Naglfar, Devin Townsend, Pink Floyd, Frontline Assembly, Primus, King Missile, Tom Waits, Biftek, The Cure, The Clouds, The Beatles, Kate Bush, Enya and Slayer and so far, from what we have heard, think this new album form Phil, is absolutely extraordinary.

Once again, I repeat, I will do whatever I can to promote this. I have been already.
This is really amazing stuff. Original, incredible, heavy, amusing, powerful, and extremely intelligent.

Truly another work of Art from an amazing Artist.

Ok, I�ve been slow in reacting to this thread. Kind of difficul to convey both my 29 years love of Phil music and the absolute shock of disovering those new tracks. There�s pain and humour, violence and sweetness, a totally, hugely personal appproach to music. A world of his own making. Kinda disturbing sometimes� I remember listening to the Schnells and feeling really both extatic and a a little uneasy. Not that I mind that, I like to feel uneasy / distrurbed �Fun House� by the Srooges, Nick Cave, Alex Harvey, Tim & Jeff Buckley, the Godz. It�s that voice you know, like an angel or a sick child.
Ok, so maybe I�ve just made a fool of myself but hey, Phil Judd�s making some new music�"Heaven, I'm in heaven" (Irving Berlin)
�Nuff said.

Yeah, the first 2 full length songs (No One's Best Man and I'm In Lover With A Girl I've Never Met) are nothing short of masterpieces. Having now lived with them for a few months, I'm even starting to think that [*wait for it...*] they might even be an improvement on such classics like Titus and Sweet Dreams. How someone can come back out of obscurity after 15 years of releasing nothing and then... this... well it astounds me.

But listening to these new Phil songs (and the 2 new samples) just has me keep wondering & wondering that *IF* Phil ever got together with Neil Finn (we've already heard Tim & Phil), what the collaboration would sound like; I just think those 2 geniuses could create something even more special with their special blends of music. Now to bug someone to do a mash-up!

Thanks Jaffa!

Absolutely brilliant, the latest two... this is going to be one hell of an album. Thanks Jaffaman... any positive feedback you're able to convey to Phil about these songs... well, they're just the most amazing, spine-tingling songs I think I've ever heard...

Love that "oooh walking with my tail between my legs"...

Jaffaman,

Do you know if these tracks are "trial versions", or are they basically the finished product that will be on the album?

Finished product, unless Phil decides otherwise later on.

PHIL!!! YOU OUT THERE???? TIME FOR ANOTHER WAKE UP CALL!!!!!

I second Harry. We love you Phil. YEAH! YEAH ! YEAH :
Am I quoting the Beatles there ? Oh my, I always liked the Monkees better.
At least, they had a good show

I couldn't get these online songs to play on my computer. Typical

I'd love to hear the lyrics to these songs.

Jaffa, would it be breaching any copyright or anything to post the lyrics?

Otherwise, anyone, any ideas on how I can hear these songs? From the comments already made, I'm now drooling too

If your browser isn't playing the files automatically, try copying and pasting the following URLs into iTunes, Windows Media Player or Real Player:

http://homepage.mac.com/jaffamannz/.Music/Novelty_Act_excerpt.mp3

and

http://homepage.mac.com/jaffamannz/.Music/Fire_Extinguisher_excerpt.mp3

Jaffa

Jaffa,

What is happening with Novelty Act - has the novelty worn off?

Absolutely not. As I mentioned last month, Phil was distracted by ill health for a while but he's back working on the project again and having a ball. He's currently working on the visual side of things and might possibly be recording a few new songs.
It'll be at least the end of the year before you'll see anything on CD, although "No One's Best Man" will have its radio debut on National Radio in NZ on Sunday 8th May.

Yeah, it seems that few took heed of the fact that you mentioned Phil had some health issues that put the album on hold. More well wishes and positive comments about the song previews would be more enouraging to Phil than some of this impatient jibber jabber I see posted on here from time to time. As for me, I know Novelty Act is going to be great and I'm happy to wait as long as it takes for Phil to complete it and feel it's ready for the world.

Jaffa, does NZ National Radio have live Internet streams now? I'd love to hear the debut broadcast of "No One's Best Man." I haven't been able to listen to the archived Enzology shows, but I'll keep trying.

Thanks for this latest update and for being a great spokesperson for Phil!

Thanks Jaffa, Glad to hear its still coming along. Look forward to its release into the wild.

National Radio doesn't stream live and the Enzology files are not accessible to those outside NZ (nor even to most ISPs within NZ)... at present. Hopefully all this will change before the end of the year. So much red tape from so many parties, it's crazy and very frustrating!

The broadcast version of "No One's Best Man" will be the same that you've already heard, anyway.