Goddess in Progress

Goddess in Progress
EP by Julie Brown
Released 1984
Recorded 1983-84
Genre Pop and Comedy
Length 16:34
Label Rhino Records
Producer Steve Thoma and Dan Lawson

Goddess in Progress is a 1984 EP (labeled as a "Specially Priced Mini LP") by Julie Brown,[1][2] released on Rhino Records on 12" vinyl and cassette. The two tracks on side one first appeared on Brown's independently released 1983 single I Like 'Em Big And Stupid; and two of the three tracks on side two were later included on the soundtrack of Earth Girls Are Easy, a film starring Brown and Angela Davis and based on the song of the same name.

Tracks

Side One

  1. "I Like 'Em Big And Stupid" (Julie Brown, Charlie Coffey, Terrence McNally, Ray Colcord) Stymie Music 2:39
  2. "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" (Brown, Coffey, McNally, Colcord) Stymie Music 4:37

Side Two

  1. "Will I Make It Through The Eighties?" (Brown, Coffey) Stymie Music 2:20
  2. "'Cause I'm A Blond" (Brown, Coffey, Dennis Poore) Stymie Music 2:14
  3. "Earth Girls Are Easy" (Brown, Coffey, McNally, Sterling Smith) Stymie Music/Hedgeapple Music 4:44

2007 re-release

In late 2007 Brown purchased the rights to the EP and re-released it on CD format. She included six previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1984 and 1987. The cover art was a slightly altered version of the original.

Track listing:

  1. Will I Make It Through The Eighties 2:47
  2. ‘Cause I’m A Blond 2:19
  3. I Like 'em Big and Stupid 2:44
  4. The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun 4:46
  5. Earth Girls Are Easy 4:52
  6. Too Much Girl 3:28
  7. Call Me For A Good Time 3:44
  8. Back In The Back Seat 3:20
  9. Surf’s Up, So What 1:46
  10. Fallin’ (At The Speed Of Love) 3:02
  11. Kiss & Tell 2:35

Back cover

The back of the EP is designed to look like a newspaper front page.

                       *EXTRA*
                     Evening Star
PAGE 1     "NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU"     SECTION 1

And to the left and right of the "Evening Star" banner, two boxes reading:

Weather Forecast                             Nancy Reagan's
   continued                              corndog & banana diet
  hot & nasty                               see Health Section

No date is given. The primary headline on the page is "Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun!!" with two stories below it: "Sugar and Spice and Everyone's Dead" and "Alien Love Child Born To Manicurist." From the lead article we learn that 17-year-old honor student Debby Dickey was the Homecoming Queen, and that she attended John Wayne High in Van Nuys. The Home-Ec major used a .38 caliber automatic to commit her crime and, among other things, Julie Brown was her best friend ("and Brooke Shields lookalike"). Julie Brown is named as the manicurist (and mother) discussed in the second article.

References

  1. ↑ "Valley Girl Is Only One Shade of Julie Brown". The Los Angeles Times. February 8, 1990.
  2. ↑ "Julie Brown's Homecoming Queen's Got a Musical to Premiere October 25 at Cavern Club Theater, Sliverlake". Broadwayworld.com. September 28, 2013.
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