Nothing Painted Blue is an American indie rock band, sporadically active since the 1990s, led by songwriter Franklin Bruno. Bruno and drummer Kyle Brodie have been the only constant members, as the remainder of the line-up has undergone a number of changes throughout the band's existence. They formed in 1987 in Los Angeles and released their debut LP, A Baby, A Blanket, A Packet of Seeds, in 1990. Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ... Franklin Bruno is an American musician and has been a member Nothing Painted Blue since its inception in 1986. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ...

The band sometimes spelled their name as "N∅thing Painted Blue" (abbreviated "∅PB"), a use of notation for the empty set in mathematics. References to mathematics are common in their songwriting and iconography (Bruno's undergraduate degree was in mathematics; he is currently a visiting professor in philosophy at Northwestern University); for example, their 1998 record was named after the Monte Carlo method. The cover of the same album depicts pins scattered randomly on a surface, an apparent reference to a probabilistic method for approximating pi. Their album Placeholders features a song called Can't f(x), an abuse of mathematical notation for the song's refrain, "can't function". In mathematics and more specifically set theory, the empty set is the unique set which contains no elements. ... Euclid, detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ... Philosopher in Meditation (detail), by Rembrandt. ... For other schools named Northwestern please see Northwestern College. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Monte Carlo methods are a class of computational algorithms for simulating the behavior of various physical and mathematical systems. ... The word probability derives from the Latin probare (to prove, or to test). ... Lower-case Ï€ (the lower case letter is usually used for the constant) The mathematical constant Ï€ is an irrational number, approximately equal to 3. ... Partial plot of a function f. ...

The band's name apparently comes from one of Ann-Margret's lines in the 1964 film Kitten with a Whip: "How come you think you're such a smoky something, when you're so nothing painted blue?" Ann-Margret Ann-Margret (born April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born actress and singer. ... Kitten with a Whip is a 1959 pulp novel by Wade Miller, a pseudonym used by the writing team Robert Wade and William Miller. ...

Bruno's compositions are known for their intellectually quirky sound and lyrical cleverness. Though Nothing Painted Blue has not achieved the level of cult status that contemporaries like Pavement and labelmates Guided By Voices did, many fans insist that they deserve a place in the canon of '90s underground rock, especially on their 1994 album Placeholders, which is often viewed as an unheralded masterpiece. Pavement may refer to: Pavement (material): An American English term referring to the durable surfacing of roads and walkways. ... Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) was an extremely prolific lo-fi/indie-rock band from Dayton, Ohio. ...

Discography

Albums

• A Baby A Blanket A Packet Of Seeds (Jupa, 1990)

[As yet never released on CD, it remains an obscure LP-only release.]

• Logorrhea (Shrimper, 1992)

[Cassette-only release of tracks taken from four early college radio broadcast performances.]

• Power Trips Down Lovers Lane (KokoPop, 1993)
• Placeholders (Scat, 1994)
• Emotional Discipline (Scat, 1997)

[A compilation of many of the band's 7" single and compilation tracks.]

• The Monte Carlo Method (Scat, 1998)

[The LP version included a bonus two-song 7" single.]

• Taste The Flavor (Shrimper, 2005)

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EPs

• Biographer's Ruse cassette (Car in Car Disco Products, 199?)
• The Future of Communication EP (Scat, 1995)

7" Singles and EPs

• The Bellyspeak EP (Jupa, 1991)
• "Swivelchair" b/w "Blooming, Buzzing" (KokoPop, 1992)

[A CD single edition includes a third song, "El Niño".]

• "Few" b/w "Or Do They?" (Scat, 1992)
• "Sorely Tempted" b/w "Lab Rat Blues" and "Going to Fontana" (Jupa, 1993)
• "Another Child Bride", from a Working Holiday series split 7" with Lois (Simple Machines, 1993)
• "After the Housewarming" b/w "Love to the Third Power" (Anyway, 1994)
• "Anti-Nomination", from a split 7" with Refrigerator included with issue #8 of Nipple Hardness Factor zine (1995)
• "President Am I" b/w "Contraption" (Pottery, 1995)
• "Control Freak" b/w "Niacin" (Scat, 1996)
• "Nightshirt", from Second Semi-Annual Report (Scat, 1997)
• "Growth Spurt (Neelon Mix)" b/w "Centerfold" (Scat, 1998 - included with the LP version of The Monte Carlo Method)

Compilation appearances

• "Go to Waste", from the If I Could Hear You, I Would Hit You 7" (Baby Huey, 1991)
• "Big Pink Heart", from the Swing Set 7" (Shrimper, 1992)

[This track was also included on the Shrimper compilation Abridged Perversion.]

• "Missed the Point", from A Day in the Park (The Now Sound, 1993)
• "Complications", from the Scat Records 1995 Sampler promo-only cassette (Scat, 1995)

[This track was taken from the Logorrhea cassette and was at the time intended to be included on Emotional Discipline.]

• "My Heart and the Real World", a Minutemen cover, from Green Light Go (BottleCap, 1995)
• "Miracle Thaw", from Object Lessons: Songs About Products (Inconspicuous Records, a product of Beer Frame Magazine, 1998)

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External links

• NothingPaintedBlue.com - Official site