Flex Your Head 8: Nomeansno - 'Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?'

On Flex Your Head episode 8 host Jason Schreurs and guest Mike Isacson discuss Nomeansno's 1993 weirdness-defining masterwork 'Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy?' “Because I'm so… fucking… smart...”

Flex Your Head is a special episode series of the Scream Therapy podcast dissecting classic punk albums with my guests.

Featured song clips:
Nomeansno - "The Land of the Living" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "The River" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "Kill Everyone Now" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "Lullaby" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "Machine" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "The Land of the Living" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "Madness and Death" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)
Nomeansno - "Cats, Sex and Nazis" from Why Do They Call Me Mr. Happy? (Alternative Tentacles, 1993)

Intro/background music clips:
Submission Hold - "Cranium Ache" from The Buzz of a Buzzless Situation
Minor Threat - "12XU" (originally by Wire) from V/A - Flex Your Head (Dischord Records, 1982)