Foreign Keys

Foreign Keys Jandek (1985). Corwood Industries release #0749.

Track Listing:

1. Spanish in Me
2. Lost Cause
3. Caper
4. Uncle Steve
5. Don't Be So Mean
6. Coming Quite
7. Needs No Sun
8. Oh No
9. Some of Your Peace
10. Put it Away
11. Balad of Robert
12. River to Madrid

Album Cover Description A different house? A side door? The wood paneling of this house appears narrower than the house in the previous album, indicating the possibility of a separate house.

The figure stands... caught in the act of opening or closing a door in the left 1/5th of the frame. He looks either angered, confused, or annoyed.

The vegetation is overgrown... and the camera appears to be surrounded (notice the blurry sprig of vegetation in the upper right corner).

The awning above the house seems sturdy... but poorly designed. (restricting the range of operation of the screen door).

The windows are louvered (behind the figure) and "conventional" on the right side of the frame. As always, the curtains are drawn.

Something leans against the wall behind the figure's legs. There appears to be something hanging from the doorjamb... a lantern? (diogenes?)

Reviews

Outside Links

• Seth Tisue's Foreign Keys review (http://tisue.net/jandek/discog#0749)