CD/Cover/Other
- 3 Alternate Covers
- When you line the three versions up, there is a message on the side of the albums, and that message is "Kept In The Dark"
Song/Album References From Official Website
Before the release of AoB on MGB.com there was a section entitled "trustus.matthewgoodband.com : A daily distraction"
The following came from it as a new daily distraction was added.
Along with the title fallowing it is the song and a line from the song, or whatever else the reference is from...
trustus.matthewgoodband.com
- MGB's new theme, like they used to be "The Trouble Bunch"
blindsquirrel.matthewgoodband.com
- The Rat Who Would Be King - "Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while..."
bitterpill.matthewgoodband.com
- Advertising On Police Cars - "...a bitter pill, is it better still to lay undone, your guts for show?"
filthymouth.matthewgoodband.com
- Carmelina - "...my filthy mouth, well it makes my mom proud..." or "...my filthy mouth, well it hides my clean selves..."
daystar.matthewgoodband.com
- Man Of Action - "...got me a whore head, got me a day star..."
keptinthedark.matthewgoodband.com
- Three versions of AoB, when the spines are lined up "Kept In The Dark" is the message on them
justtired.matthewgoodband.com
- Anti-Pop - "...you're not my girl, you're just tired..."
nopain.matthewgoodband.com
- Sort Of A Protest Song - "...baby, no pain, no gain.."
sheep.matthewgoodband.com
- Fall Of Man - "You pray for the sheep..."
stayuplate.matthewgoodband.com
- Anti-Pop - "...All born to stay up late..."
nogain.matthewgoodband.com
- Sort Of A Protest Song - "...baby, no pain, no gain.."
squealfordaddy.matthewgoodband.com
- Tripoli - "Best to smile, best to squeal for daddy..."
Songs
Man Of Action
- At the beginning of this track a female voice says "You are now listening to the Audio Of Being"
Tripoli
- The kids singing "Where has my head gone" at the end of this song aren't credited in the liner notes
Advertising On Police Cars
- Mr. Chips is from the manifesto titled "Porno Safari"
Truffle Pigs
- The last line "Jenn I'll bring them to their knees" is not in the lyrics.
Videos
Carmelina
- when Matt sits on the park bench with the little girl to have lunch, he pulls out his sub/sandwich which appears to already have a bite taken out of it. In
the next shot the bite hasn't been taken out of the sandwich
- There are some sayings on the wall in a bunch of scenes, and the sayings are:
"Dr. Friendly Says: Loose Lips Sink Ships"
"Goals Are Just Dreams With Deadlines"
"Everything Is Going To Be A-OK!"
"Remember, without us you'll be less interesting"
- The pig mask, and other masks that Ian, Rich, and Dave wear are a reference to Animal Farm, a novel by George Orwell.
- Dave and Ian are arguing over whether or not Destiny's Child song "Bootylicious" has "you're not ready for this jelly" in its lyrics.
- In the scene with Dave, Ian, and Rich playing cards and Dave and Ian arguing over the Bootylicious song, just before Rich tells his termite joke, he leans
back and takes a peak at Ian's cards.
Anti-Pop
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. is in this video.
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Before the video, Matt comes on to say, "The following Matt Good video does not contain the following"
These are the music videos that comes to mind:
Office buildings - Apparitions, Strange Days
Elevators - Apparitions, Strange Days
Elevators in office buildings - Apparitions, Strange Days
Obscure literary references - Carmelina
Clipboards held by secretaries or couriers - Carmelina, Strange Days
Secretaries - Carmelina
Couriers - Strange Days
Janitors - Apparitions
Gas station attendants - Hello Time Bomb
Suits - Apparitions, Strange Days, etc.
Ties - Hello Time Bomb, Apparitions, etc.
Women in cages - Hello Time Bomb
Women in showers - The Future Is X-Rated
Women mouthing words to a song they don't know - Rico