It seems that there is an odd and unfortunate trend in cartography of late where some maps leave the country of New Zealand off of them.
Which may or may not make you wonder if it really exists in the same way we established the existence of Ann Arbor in the previous post.
Cartography is a science after all, so perhaps New Zealand has been some kind of inside joke among cartographers for years. Like "Here be Dragons" or Finland.
So at some point Map of the World, who we know from photographic and aural evidence did in fact exist, made the jump to Atlantic Records in the intervening years from the previous post and plopped out this Elongated Player to little or no success before being sucked into the void.
It's more of the same pop stuff as the previous records done with a larger budget and a bit more production.
Unfortunately this was around the same time Grunge happened to enter the popular consciousness.
They didn't stand a chance.
Take a moment and listen to what you missed.
And enjoy a nice studio version of "Stop Thinking Now" which is the song they did on the live compilation that first brought them to my attention.
Modern cartography makes the tyranny of distance worse for those poor New Zealanders, by rubbing fake maps in a far off nation's noses. Haven't they been through enough lately, I ask you.
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