014 - Sam Phillips - Part 3: Cruel Inventions – Finding The Mystical Connections

Mark Feldbush and I continue our discussion of Sam (Leslie) Phillips’ albums The Turning, The Indescribable Wow & Cruel Inventions. These three albums represent a pivotal time in Sam's life. In this episode, Mark & I discuss Cruel Inventions, her beautifully moody and tense 1991 album that explores exploitation, consumerism, capitalism and the dark side of love while struggling to understand just how we all fit into this crazy messed up world. All song clips are used without permission but under fair use.All other clips procured from publicly posted clips and used under fair use. Check out Sam Phillips music: Bandcamp:  https://samphillips1.bandcamp.com/Sam Phillips Website:  https://samphillips.com/YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/samphillipsmusic?app=desktopSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6Epdio7Ic0zhZkhXHFc8qa?si=nVWm3DgNSP6wK0Ymujz2bw   Princess Bride The Machine  YouTube clip used from https://youtu.be/BbgyppGqBgg All Cruel Inventions clips used from https://www.youtube.com/@stripcyclemusic“Black Sky” clip from StripCycle music on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Q_dJmTUbgSinger Songwriter clip from Los Angeles Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN9aCPFmqlY “Sister RosettaGoes Before Us”  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANOrllutAhs"Sam Phillips performs four songs with the help of Erik Gorfain, who plays an electric guitar with amps the sizeof cigarette boxes. He also trots out a Stroh violin — a contraption that mustbe seen to be believed".