Discography

this is the complete tosteestostas catalogue on compact disc, more or less. there are still some curios, side-projects, compilations and things i need to get up here, but most of the important stuff is present and accounted for. right now, it comes out to the following:

JOHNNY WEST
singin’ the oesophagus to sleep  TCD01001
don’t talk like a baby  TCD01002
nostril saliva EP  TCD01003
sick shit EP  TCD01004
live at the naked giraffe theater   TCD01005
sleep-deprived EP  TCD01006
merry fuckin’ christmas  TCD01007
here comes trouble  TCD01008
lifeline / wohis (two albums on one cd)  TCD01009
a bunch of loose ends  TCD01010
children have no eyes  TCD01011
beautifully stupid  TCD01012
temporary amnesia  TCD01013
keep your scars  TCD01014
live on cjam  TCD01015
oh you this  TCD01016
nudge you alive  TCD01017
pavement hugging daddies EP  TCD01018
brand new shiny lie  TCD01019
growing sideways  TCD01020
who you are now  TCD01021
nostalgia-triggering mechanism EP  TCD01022
the bitter side of sweet  TCD01023
the chicken angel woman with a triangle  TCD01024
out-takes, misfits and other things (1999-2007)  TCD01025
an absence of sway  TCD01026
if i had a quarter…  TCD01027
creative nightmares  TCD01028
love songs for nihilists  TCD01029
my hellhound crooked heart  TCD01030
medium-fi music for mentally unstable young lovers  TCD01031
gift for a spider  TCD01032

unofficial:
the many musical noses of johnny west
johnny west and friends
fuzzy shrapnel
lamest shit
selected acoustic tracks

PAPA GHOSTFACE
screaming nipples  TCD02001
horsemouth (and other bedtime stories)  TCD02002
songs for dead skin  TCD02003
you’re a nation  TCD02004
shoebox paradise TCD02005
paper chest hair  TCD02006
live at silvers  TCD02007
kissing the bald spot  TCD02008

unofficial:
partners in crime single
papa ghostbox
all this stuff, and more stuff (unfinished)
Y2Kondoms R better than 1
out-takes and new tracks
sinkless man promo single
silver and shit
songs for dead skin (alternate mix)
kissing the bald spot (first version)

GUYS WITH DICKS
without dicks  TCD03001
just two guys  TCD03002
scotch tape sex pot  TCD03003
guys with tyson’s dad  TCD03004
a roomful of sexiness  TCD03005
guys without tyson  TCD03006
subliminal bile  TCD03007
good luck in the next life  TCD03008
stellar  TCD03009
castrated  TCD03010
twisted and fresh  TCD03011
a stoned conversation  TCD03012

unofficial:
a collection of love songs
stoner blues
live on vhs
subliminal bile (first mix/issue)
good luck (first mix/issue)
without dicks (first mix/issue)

WEST / SMITH
tonsil floss  TCD04001
chinese bubblegum  TCD04002

MR. SINISTER
incognito in austin  TCD05001

THE TRAVELLING WESTBURYS
romaine noggin  TCD06001

STARVING ARTISTS
busy doing nothing  TCD07001

with JESSE TOPLIFFE
giovanni’s sampler  TCD08001
giovanni’s glissando  TCD08002
sessions  TCD08003

with MATT MALANKA
the stuff about the stuff  TCD09001

THE ADAM RUSSELL PROJECT
the wicked carnival  TCD10001

there are a number of things i recorded for other people over the years (without any musical participation on my part), but i don’t think they count as proper tosteestostas releases, so they’re not represented here. take that, things i recorded for other people!

you can hover your mouse over a thumbnail image and a little blurb about the relevant album should pop up on the screen, just like magic. or, if you click on the image, you’ll be taken to that album’s page where you can read a lot more about it and listen to a song or two, and maybe even watch some relevant video content, depending on the album in question. i intend to have all of the lyrics up here eventually, but it’s a rather time-consuming task, so it’ll take a while before every album gets its due in that department.

if anyone wants to own any of these cds, i direct your attention over HERE.

there were also roughly two hundred cassette tapes recorded between 1994 and 1998, and they’re all very much albums, but to make a dedicated page for each of them would be a truly herculean undertaking. perhaps someday, when i have a ridiculous amount of time to kill, i’ll get around to that. for now, we’ll stick to things that have been “professionally” recorded. you probably don’t want to hear me at eleven years old improvising a concept album about a superhero with confidence issues and leaning heavily on my keyboard’s built-in demonstration songs anyway…but just so you know i’m not kidding:

therein are the following albums:

as THE WEST TEAM:

CRAZY MUSIC (june 1994)
JOHNNY WEST IN THE BASEMENT (june 1994)
THE VERY BEST OF JOHNNY WEST (june 1994)
JOHN WEST LIVE! (june 1994)
A BRIEF LIVE SET (july 1994)
SARDIES, LARDIES (july 1994)
ZERO TOLERANCE (july 1994)
A CRAPPY LIVE SET (november 1994)
THE PENCIL BOX SESSIONS (november/december 1994)
HARMONY IN THE KEY OF C (december 1994)
VARIOUS INTERVIEWS (december 1994)
LIVE AT THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS (december 1994)
GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION (december 1994)
GREATEST DISCOVERIES OF THE DEEP (december 1994)
WOODSTOCK (december 1994)
NEVER-RELEASED HITS OF THE WEST TEAM (december 1994)
THE SEAMS OF LIFE COME UNDONE (january 1995)
HITS LIVE! AT PENN STATE COLISEUM (january 1995)
VALENTINE’S DAY CONCERT (february 1995)
THE DREAM POOL (february 1995)
HIGH TIDES & LOW LIFE’S (march 1995)
MACHO MACHINE 2 (april 1995)
40 GOING ON 15 (april 1995)
THE HOLE IN THE GROUND (may 1995)
FOREVER ROCKING (may 1995)
JOHNNY SHUFFLE: WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE (july 1995)
FAITH (july 1995)
PURE SMITH (july 1995)
CRACK ON CONCRETE (august 1995)
A SONGWRITING SEMINAR (september 1995)
THINK IT OVER (september/october 1995)
THINK IT OVER LIVE (october 1995)
THERE’S A DEATH IN THE FAMILY (october 1995)
LIVE IN ’95 (november 1995)
MODERN EQUATIONS (november 1995)
MIDNIGHT SNACK (december 1995)
JOHNNY WEST UNPLUGGED (january 1996)
SIGN LANGUAGE (january – february 1996)
SIGN LANGUAGE LIVE (january 1996)
WEST SET (january 1996)
I KNOW I’M LOSING YOU (february 1996)
THE DARK SIDE (march 1996)
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 1
TAKE NO CHANCES (aborted)
THE MANY DREAMS OF JOHNNY SMITH (june – july 1996)
APATHY – NO SYMPATHY (july – august 1996)
SIMPLE TASTE (august 1996)
LIVE IN NYC
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 2
PARADISE IS OKAY (august 1996)
IT’S ONLY MUSIC (august 1996)
ANOTHER CHEAP TRICK (august – september 1996)
WE’RE ON STRIKE (september 1996)
TWO DOWN, THREE TO GO (october 1996)
ANYTHING’S POSSIBLE (october – november 1996)
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 3
IT ALL STARTED WITH A SONG (november 1996)
SUBSONIC CITY – A MOCK OPERA (november 1996)
THE ENNUI SESSIONS (december 1996)
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 4
THE DOOR IS OPEN (december 1996)
BROWN IS THE COLOUR (1996)
IT’S FINISHED NOW (december 1996 – january 1997)
MODERN EQUATIONS [same title, different album] (january 1997)
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 5
UNLAWFUL ENTRY (january – february 1997)
THINK IT OVER [same title, different album] (january – february 1997)
MIRROR IMAGE (february 1997)
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 6
MACKEREL FILLETS (march 1997)
GREATEST HITS VOLUME 7
YESTERDAY’S A BLUR (march – april 1997)
STAG TAPE FOR RON (april 1997)
KAPUT (march – may 1997)
FREEDOM OF SPEECH (april – may 1997)
DON’T YOU LOVE IT? [HITS VOLUME 8]
RETURN TO INNOCENCE (may 1997)
OUT OF THE DARKNESS (may – june 1997)
FLESH OR FANTASY? [HITS VOLUME 9]
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE OUT-TAKES (april – july 1997)
INCOGNITO (june – july 1997)
SEVENFOLD SEX APPEAL (july 1997)
RECURRING DREAM [HITS VOLUME 10]
CALICO CATS (july – august 1997)
TAKING FLIGHT (august 1997)
A GLIMPSE OF HORRIFIC PLEASURE (november 1994 – october 1997)
HEARTLESS MATTERS (september – october 1997)
WALKING DOWN FEAR STREET (halloween 1997)
STOP BEFORE YOU START (september – november 1997)
YOU SOUND LIKE I FEEL [HITS VOLUME 10]
RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE VOLUME 1 (november – december 1997)
RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE VOLUME 2 (december – march 1998)
SHUT UP & SMILE (january – march 1998)
13 LESBIAN GIRAFFES ON A DESERTED ISLAND (aborted)
THE MAD LAUGHTER OF STARVING ASSES (march 1998)
AN UNUSED SESSION (march 1998)
YOU GIVE MUSIC A BAD NAME (more out-takes)
RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE VOLUME 3 [THE SEX AIN'T BAD, BUT I WANT MORE] (march – may 1998)
KLEENEX DESIRE (april – june 1998)
NAKED NADIR MEETS FUZZY NAFUD (aborted)
RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE VOLUME 3 & 1/2 [SWALLOW & SPIT, MON AMI]
JOHNNY WEST // BETISE (july 1998)
JOHNNY SMITH // ELEPHANTS ALWAYS LIE (june – july 1998)
JOHNNY SMITH // LIVING IN A NEW HOUSE (august 1998)
JOHNNY WEST // KILL ME WHILE I’M STILL DEAD (august 1998)
JOHNNY SMITH // MINDLESS (august – september 1998)
RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE VOLUME 5 [GOD BLESS JIFFY] (august – september 1998)
JOHNNY SMITH // WALKING THE CHICKEN (september 1998)
JAMMIN’ MY BLUES AWAY (september 1998)
JOHNNY SMITH // TAKE YOUR SKIN OFF (september – october 1998)
HAIRLESS UPON INSPECTION (august – november 1998)
RADIO-ACTIVE WASTE VOLUME 6 [ANIMALS IN LOVE] (november 1998)
STARVING ARTISTS // WARTS & ALL (december 1998)
PAPA GHOSTFACE & STARVING ARTISTS // SMELLY LARYNGITIS (march 1999)
THE LOST JOHNNY SMITH ALBUM (1999)
BARRY WHITE & EDRYKAH IBOTREZ (1999)
BONJOURNO, RIGASHKITO! (june 1999)

as THIN LIZZY (no, not that thin lizzy)

CASIO SESSIONS (1994)
THE GAME (1995)
BUTTERFLIES (1995)
PIANO BENCH (1995 – 1996)
SNOWFLAKE (1996)
FOOTPRINTS (1997)
SOON I’LL BE GONE (1997)
THE FAST FORWARD TEAM (1999)

(and a bunch of other cassettes i still need to investigate and itemize…)