Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Addicted to Bad Ideas is the fifth album by The World/Inferno Friendship Society, and their second for Chunksaah Records. Subtitled \"Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century\", the release is a concept album inspired by the life and films of actor Peter Lorre.Lead singer Jack Terricloth describes Lorre as \"a strangely charismatic, extremely creepy person, which I think most punk rockers can identify with ... It’s the lure of the other. He’s the underdog, the outsider.\" Many of the album's lyrics are taken directly from movie dialogues, notable Lorre quotes, and from the biography The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre by Stephen D. Youngkin. The track title, \"Everybody Comes to Rick's\" is a reference to \"Rick's Café Américain\" from the film Casablanca. In addition, the album's cover art is an homage to Lorre's renowned film M. This album was developed into a dramatic multimedia production directed by Jay Scheib. In 2009 World Inferno performed this work at festivals such as Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival, Philadelphia's Live Arts Festival, Montclair State University's Peak Performances series, and South Carolina's Spoleto Festival USA. Jack Terricloth commented, \"the producer asked me if we were ever going to pay him back. We said 'No!'\"The songs \"Peter Lorre\" and \"Heart Attack '64\" are reworked versions of tracks from Just the Best Party, and \"Ich erinnere mich an die Weimarer Republik\" is reworked from East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today."@en }
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- Addicted_to_Bad_Ideas abstract "Addicted to Bad Ideas is the fifth album by The World/Inferno Friendship Society, and their second for Chunksaah Records. Subtitled \"Peter Lorre's Twentieth Century\", the release is a concept album inspired by the life and films of actor Peter Lorre.Lead singer Jack Terricloth describes Lorre as \"a strangely charismatic, extremely creepy person, which I think most punk rockers can identify with ... It’s the lure of the other. He’s the underdog, the outsider.\" Many of the album's lyrics are taken directly from movie dialogues, notable Lorre quotes, and from the biography The Lost One: A Life of Peter Lorre by Stephen D. Youngkin. The track title, \"Everybody Comes to Rick's\" is a reference to \"Rick's Café Américain\" from the film Casablanca. In addition, the album's cover art is an homage to Lorre's renowned film M. This album was developed into a dramatic multimedia production directed by Jay Scheib. In 2009 World Inferno performed this work at festivals such as Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival, Philadelphia's Live Arts Festival, Montclair State University's Peak Performances series, and South Carolina's Spoleto Festival USA. Jack Terricloth commented, \"the producer asked me if we were ever going to pay him back. We said 'No!'\"The songs \"Peter Lorre\" and \"Heart Attack '64\" are reworked versions of tracks from Just the Best Party, and \"Ich erinnere mich an die Weimarer Republik\" is reworked from East Coast Super Sound Punk of Today.".