
Ambrose Bierce, Oil of Dog 7" Read by Anthony D. P. Mann, score by Chris Bozzone - Transparent Red
Ambrose Bierce, Oil of Dog 7" Read by Anthony D. P. Mann, score by Chris Bozzone Transparent red vinyl * Limited pressing on 150 gram vinyl * Housed in fold-over sleeve * Newly commissioned art by Eric Adrian Lee & Matt Dougherty About: In the telling of the events in "Oil of Dog," writer Ambrose Bierce crafts a tale which is perfectly calculated to evoke in the listener a feeling of unease verging on disgust. The narrator's behavior is eye-popping in its abject criminality, and is only matched – and, truly, surpassed – by that of his parents. As read by Anthony D.P. Mann, whose recitation of the events which led to the "so bad an end" of "these estimable persons is quite matter-of-fact, Bierce's tale will shock the listener. Mann's stentorian delivery has always felt as though his narrators are patrician madmen attempting to explain horrors beyond belief to a bewildered audience, but never more so than in "Oil of Dog." Maintaining a fine line between childlike innocence a