Frank London’s Klezmer Brass Allstars - Carnival Conspiracy: In the Marketplace All is Subterfuge (Piranha)

Now I’m no expert (being a student of Wikipedia not the Talmud), but I know the Jewish holidays well enough to be aware that during the Purim feast the (usually abstemious) Jews have license, nay an obligation, to get as pissed as the Pogues on St. Patrick’s. Listening to Carnival Conspiracy, I’m guessing every day is Purim in Frank London’s universe. Like a kid with his parents away, London raids the liquor cabinet to concoct a potent international musical mix of kosher wine, Mexican tequila, Brazilian cachaça and Czech Becherovka. Totally intoxicating and remarkably smooth for a ‘shit mix’, Carnival Conspiracy holds it together well enough to pass to a roadside sobriety test. To quote London’s liner notes “A toast: Property is Theft! Up Your Bum!”