Goddess in Progress is a 1984 EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 (labeled as a "Specially Priced Mini LP") by Julie Brown

Julie Brown

Julie Ann Brown is an American actress, comedienne, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, television director. Brown is perhaps best known for her work in the 1980s, where she often played a quintessential valley girl character...

. It was released on a small independent label in both 12" vinyl and cassette tape formats. It was composed of tracks that eventually appeared elsewhere; the two tracks on side one appeared on the single "I Like 'em Big and Stupid;" and two of the three tracks on side two appeared on the soundtrack to the film Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy

Earth Girls Are Easy is a 1988 American musical comedy film directed by Julien Temple. It stars Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Michael McKean, Julie Brown, Jim Carrey and Damon Wayans. The film is marketed with the tagline "An out-of-this-world, down-to-earth comedy adventure"...

, the plot of which was based on the song of the same name that appears on the other side.

Track listing:

Side One

1. I Like 'Em Big And Stupid (Brown-Coffey-McNally-Colcord) Stymie Music 2:39
2. The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun (Brown-Coffey-McNally-Colcord) Stymie Music 4:37

Side Two

1. Will I Make It Through The Eighties? (Brown-Coffey) Stymie Music 2:20
2. 'Cause I'm A Blond (Brown-Coffey-Poore) Stymie Music 2:14
3. Earth Girls Are Easy (Brown-Coffey-McNally-Smith) Stymie Music/Hedgeapple Music 4:44

The back of the album is designed to look like a newspaper cover. It is titled:

                       *EXTRA*

                     Evening Star

PAGE 1     "NEWS ABOUT PEOPLE JUST LIKE YOU"     SECTION 1

with captions to the left and right of the words "Evening Star" as follows:

Weather Forecast                             Nancy Reagan's

   continued                              corndog & banana diet

  hot & nasty                               see Health Section

The primary headline is "Homecoming Queen's Got A Gun!!" The two articles are entitled "Alien Love Child Born To Manicurist" and "Sugar and Spice and Everyone's Dead." No date is given.

Julie Brown is named as the manicurist (and mother) discussed in the first article. From the second article we learn that 17-year-old honor student Debby Dickey was the Homecoming Queen, and that she attended John Wayne High in Van Nuys. The Home-Ec major used a .38 caliber automatic to commit her crime and, among other things, Julie Brown was her best friend ("and Brooke Shields lookalike").

2007 Re-release

In late 2007 Brown purchased the rights to the E.P. and re-released it on CD format. She included six previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1984 and 1987. The cover art was a slightly altered version of the original.

Track listing:

1. Will I Make It Through The Eighties 2:47
2. ‘Cause I’m A Blond 2:19
3. I Like ‘Em Big & Stupid 2:44
4. Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun 4:46
5. Earth Girls Are Easy 4:52
6. Too Much Girl 3:28
7. Call Me For A Good Time 3:44
8. Back In The Back Seat 3:20
9. Surf’s Up, So What 1:46
10. Fallin’ (At The Speed Of Love) 3:02
11. Kiss & Tell 2:35