Uncle Eye and the Strange Change Machine offers up a Dr. Demento flavored collection of 13 tunes, and one very compelling and beautiful song in the 14th slot. The artist winds through perfectly produced songs that give the term 'quirk' a spin while supported with rock vocals and instrumentation - along with a few sound effects and background vocal oohs and ahhs. The titles say most of it, but then the tunes begin and complete the package. The first track, "Ruby the Rescue Cow", is an ode to the Chicago fire. Track 2, "Pollo Elastico", is a tribute to that brand of rubber chicken that can be ridden by a singer. . . Track 4, "Hyperactive Talking Cows" is equally nuts as the lyrics go, 'lets put on our dancing boots, manicure your unibrow, put on your fruit salad suits. .and the grownups sing, sugar and coffee, sugar and coffee. .wearin zip lock pantaloons, i was dancin' with a red balloon. .' Track 7, "Baseball Team from Outer Space", describes the Universe Series should it be played with over confident aliens, 'we're the best team in the universe, we'll come in first'. The final track is a surprise. After all the TMBG-tinged tunes and quirk comes "Captain Tree". True, the topic is a tree with such punnish lyrics as 'leaf your worries behind'..but the writing, performance, and production is that of a gorgeous independent college radio gem. We love the entire album, but the final track seals the deal.