Ah, Faith No More's Mike Patton. He is an artist of such varied styling. He can rock out, descend into metal, flirt with hip hop, and flail wildly with experimental zeal. With Peeping Tom, it's his mocking take on the pop album.

Mojo, then, is his mocking take on songs that glorify "the good life", the endless partying, drug use, and general stupidity. This is a song I could see Paris Hilton waving her arms around and 'woo'ing to, all the while never getting it. (The joke, I guess, aside from the fact that the song is simply tongue in cheek complete with Britney Spears reference, is that Mike Patton claims he has never used drugs.)

All that said and done, however, Peeping Tom is a good album of party music. I'd suspect that if you're not familiar with Mike Patton you won't get the general dark ("General Dark!") and uneasy feeling that runs (all current-like) through the album. A couple years ago I put it on at a party, but I don't think anyone noticed that the music had changed, so maybe Patton did good.

Since I posted a video with the song the other day, I figured I might as well do so here, just because I think Mike Patton's hairnet may or may not be part of the joke. This is their debut appearance on Conan O'Brien.

It's hard to believe I started this month with a moody piano piece!