tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87403842024-03-18T16:12:41.087-07:00Music for ManiacsBothering Normal People Since 2004Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.comBlogger1274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-88907670367697890152018-10-26T09:46:00.004-07:002021-04-29T14:26:39.627-07:00WFMU's SHEENA'S JUNGLE ROOM internet radio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Now screaming, er, <i>streaming</i> via the world's greatest radio station: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- Florence Foster Jenkins, "The World's Worst Opera Singer," is not only the subject of the recent Meryl Streep film, but of two books, including one written by ma music bloggin' homie <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins-Worlds-Singer/dp/1468313746/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1468313746&pd_rd_r=QQCA2ECQH1W1BES85V3Y&pd_rd_w=VubMW&pd_rd_wg=8fOLd&psc=1&refRID=QQCA2ECQH1W1BES85V3Y"><span style="color: red;">Darryl Bullock</span></a>, of "<a href="http://worldsworstrecords.blogspot.com/">World's Worst Records</a>" fame. The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins-biography-critically-acclaimed/dp/1250115957/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1250115957&pd_rd_r=QC838JE7811NKZ9A1R6M&pd_rd_w=5oVDP&pd_rd_wg=lYEtp&psc=1&refRID=QC838JE7811NKZ9A1R6M"><span style="color: red;">other book</span></a> is supposedly the one that inspired the film. Still not enough? Dig the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Florence-Foster-Jenkins-World-Her/dp/B000V3L1MC/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B000V3L1MC&pd_rd_r=ZK71TBDQ714WXNZEZD9Y&pd_rd_w=1EowU&pd_rd_wg=xwy24&psc=1&refRID=ZK71TBDQ714WXNZEZD9Y">documentary DVD</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">- Was quite surprised and delighted to hear <a href="http://www.shooby.com/">Shooby Taylor the Human Horn</a> in the recent animated film "Sing." 'Twas only a few seconds of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fX_120DMFDQ">"Stout Hearted Man</a>" but still, Shooby's fnally hit the big time! They better include him on the soundtrack album. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">- <a href="http://alleternalthings.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: purple;">All Eternal Things</span></a> is a beyond-great blog dedicated to lounge private-press vinyl. The album cover pics are priceless, and the mixes and vinyl rips are hours of good bad listening.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">- The Everyday Film, whose recordings were once so elusive, has now thrown up everything (if you'll pardon the expression) on <a href="https://theeverydayfilm.bandcamp.com/album/the-complete-works-of-the-everyday-film-2009-2013-digital-box-set">Bandcamp</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">From all of us here at M4M news, thanks for watching. Good night!</span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-1459180720187496782017-01-18T21:57:00.000-08:002017-01-20T20:30:24.843-08:00 David Liebe Hart & Chip The Black Boy gets Chopped & Screwed<a href="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2532151384_10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2532151384_10.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of LA/s outsider music heroes <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2008/10/david-liebe-hart-artist-creator.html">David Liebe Hart</a> and his ventriloquist dummy Chip (who he treats as his son) has a new, all-too-brief 5-song EP that takes his usual flying saucer obsessions and gives it the<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopped_and_screwed"> DJ Screw</a> technique, (minus the Purple Drank, one assumes). Apart from odes to aliens (including one who doesn't want him to look at porn), there's also "Nature," about his experiences on 4-H Club camping trips, in which Hart delivers this memorable lyric, in his warbly baritone: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"We rub sticks together to make fire/We had joy, and desire." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But you'll have to buy the release to hear it, as you only get a short preview on the EP's Bandcamp page:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">David Liebe Hart & Chip The Black Boy gets</span><a href="https://davidliebehart.bandcamp.com/album/chopped-screwed"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;">Chopped & Screwed</span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I've never been a major fan of the chopped 'n 'screwed sound, but the results here perfectly suit Hart's weird world. The result is sharp music shot thru with hilarious strangeness. I've already listened to this one 3 times. Pass the purple drank, please..?</span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-84227605569231645612017-01-10T21:13:00.000-08:002017-01-10T21:17:30.850-08:00ZOOGZ TOOSDAY: Son Of PukeIt's the (slight) return of <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2010/08/zoogz-toozday-1-idiots-on-miniature.html">Zoogz Toozday</a>!<br />
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Like a cross between cartoon soundtracks and free jazz, side 1 of this 1987 cassette-only release is a sprawling smorgasbord of countless samples and snippets of prior Rift releases mixed into a 44 minute sound-collage. Hear the album Trouser Press called: "patience-defying"! Casios, Chipmunk voices, backwards voices, video-game-like bloops 'n' bleeps, some things resembling actual rock music, and what sounds like 5 records playing at the same time...Fun stuff!<br />
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Side 2 is a found tape Zoogz claims was rescued from a garbage bin. It's a side of a polite jazzy group apparently called the Transients covering Beatles and (some fairly obscure) solo Beatle songs. That story might be more believable if the voices weren't so obviously sped-up. And then there's their, er, "cover" of "Revolution No. 9" which gives it all away. Still, judging by this set, Zoogz & Co. could have worked as a Holiday Inn lounge band. And who knows, maybe they did.<br />
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Zoogz Rift: "<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHMGtRR1QzXzZFRlk/view?usp=sharing">Son of Puke</a>" - in 2 files, Side 1 and 2, just like a real tape.<br />
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Much thanks to maniac Michael B. for sending this rarity our way.<br />
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<br />Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-63532412581705057762016-12-27T21:46:00.000-08:002016-12-27T21:46:05.507-08:00New Leaders of the Eldritch Cult If <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_P5VZONGTNGC0QT1zmdKuypfkflKwPUi">H.P. Lovecraft-inspired Christmas carols </a>just aren't, you know, <i>dark </i>enough for you, dig: <br />
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It's an excellent new album from The UK's <a href="http://www.willconnor.co.uk/home.html">Will "Seesar" Conner </a>and his large contingent of daemonic underlings creating Lovecraft-inspired dark ambient soundscapes, much of it created with found things on which mortal man was not meant to be making music. You might not necessarily know that from listening to this album, tho, as it's all quite musical, with each track creating its own sonic world. No random, self-indulgent banging-and-clanging here - Dr. Connor does have a PhD, after all.<br />
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The opening track is some genuinely spooky stuff - Mr. Connor shouldn't be surprised if horror film directors come a-calling. "Sirens" sets us adrift on a haunted ship lost at sea. Other tracks suggest dense rain forests, or swarms of giant insects. Way cool! Too bad this album came out <i>after</i> Halloween.<br />
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I asked Connor about he and the other members of his coven's use of found/invented instruments: "the re-purposed stuff is on all the tracks and that's all me, for the
most. There's bicycles, pot lids, mixing bowls, unopened 2 litre bottles
(they make great chime sounds!), bags of fertilizer (that was a less
than pleasant day at the studio for my nose...), glass jars, various
bottles, pieces of aluminum, newspaper, plastic, and much more. Arcaide
makes a lot of his own electronics, and I think Benjamin Pierce does as
well. Hell is Carbon is entirely guitars, but he used extended
techniques for all the tracks to which he contributed. I think Druha
Smrt, Babalith, and The Strange Walls (for this one track) used
primarily store-bought instruments played traditionally, but, as you can
hear, they stayed well away from standard melodic and harmonic material
for the most."<br />
Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-87898851488686186472016-12-22T21:15:00.000-08:002016-12-22T21:15:06.406-08:00ANOTHER WEIRD-ASS CHRISTMAS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Our pal Cat A. Waller has assembled another great batch of oddities, novelties, and cheese with a yule-time spin and I'd love to break it down for you, but Cat fears the copyright nazis, and would rather you just download this beast and check it out for yourself. Actually, a lot of it is quite old, so it's probably ok, but hey, can't be too careful nowadays. I can tell you that it's ingredients include: polka, lounge, the voice of Mr Magoo, holiday hillbillies, some helpful radio Public Service Announcements, some vintage burlesque naughtyness, a well-known indie rock band covering a song-poem, and a quite inexplicable number about a prog-rock star in his own winter wonderland. A wildly entertaining assortment that helps to make the season bright. <br />
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Cat's other collections, and a great discovery (The Ghostly Trio album) are also available here:<br />
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Thanks, Cat!<br />
Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-33361586662331691812016-12-08T21:53:00.001-08:002016-12-09T14:33:34.365-08:00ROCKING STOCKING STUFFERS<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To make up for my absence from blog-land*, here's about five bajillion hours of weird Christmas music. There's even a new blog called WeirdChristmas.com that has two swell <a href="https://weirdchristmas.com/2016/12/01/weird-christmas-annoying-music-podcast/">podcasts</a> so far, featuring the likes of Hasil Adkins, Tiny Tim, song-poems, and the truly horrifying Danger Woman. Hoo-yah! Pour the spiked eggnog, we got ourselves a party. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Our Central California agent-in-the-field <a href="http://donosdump.com/"><span style="color: red;">Don-O</span></a> has whipped up this HI-larious collection of Christmas Chomedy. Only 11 tracks, but classics from Albert Brooks, and the Portsmouth Sinfonia ("The World's Worst Orchestra" - featuring Brian Eno on clarinet!) sit alongside more recent gems from Stephen Colbert (one of the first things I ever downloaded from iTunes), and rad rarities that are new to me, like the one from ye olden Los Angeles radio personality "Sweet" Dick Whittington, and the gnarly surf rocker from the Go-Nuts. Oh, and speaking of L.A. radio, The Credibility Gap was a great '70s comedy show that featured Harry Shearer and Michael McKean.</span><br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHUi1lUnRETjRXaFE/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Santa Shtick"</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Despite the back cover artwork listings, there are actually 11 tracks; not listed is a message for KMart employees, and Jon Stewart's "Message From A Jew." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Don-O has also hepped us to the fact that the glory and wonder of Shittyflute now features Christmas songs. Yes! Inept flute/recorder solos (even the occasional violin) played over classic songs is a deceptively simple strategy that still makes me laff every time. Irri-tainment at it's finest. Much thanks to Don-O, whose "<a href="http://archive.org/details/@don-o">Hour of Crap</a>" is happily now being archived.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHMmLi8z1HbyhTEvfBgXpyg">It's Christmas-time, in the Shitty</a>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And if all that wasn't enough, prepare thyself for albums and albums of kooky kids and their DIY smart-ass home-brew christmas chrap, accurately described by our new Maniac pal Quentin as <span class="rpHighlightAllClass rpHighlightSubjectClass" role="heading" tabindex="-1">The Motherlode of F'ed up Xmas music</span></span>: "<i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">people at the Something Awful forums have been doing an annual Christmas album since 2009. The complete archive is on Bandcamp at </span></span></span></span></i><br />
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</span><a href="http://saxmas.bandcamp.com/track/ho-ho-ho-its-christmas-time" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">http://saxmas.bandcamp.com/track/ho-ho-ho-its-christmas-time</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> (possibly <br />
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</span><a href="http://saxmas.bandcamp.com/track/das-sexy-reindeer-danz" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">http://saxmas.bandcamp.com/track/das-sexy-reindeer-danz</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> (this one's also <br />
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</span><a href="http://saxmas.bandcamp.com/track/hell-bring-you-coal" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">http://saxmas.bandcamp.com/track/hell-bring-you-coal</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> (parody of the <br />
great "Hand of the Almighty" by John Butler)<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><i>There's also supposed to be a torrent of the whole collection at
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:4DBFD6935BEB93965A4601A8B42CBE72B50947E7&dn=Goon%20Christmas%202009-2015&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.openbittorrent.com%3a80%2fannounce&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.opentrackr.org%3a1337%2fannounce
- but I haven't tried the link, as my connection has a data cap.</i> [UPDATE: Quentin tried it, and it works.]<br />
<br /><i>I actually submitted one to this year's collection, which will probably
be released shortly before Christmas - I sampled my cockatoo doing his
normal spaz when I leave the room, turned it into an SFZ instrument,
used a MIDI of "Carol of the Bells", and added some samples of my macaw
talking. The result was described as "Christmas in bird hell" in the
thread."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Eagerly awaiting that - Sampled animals are always welcome 'round my pink aluminum xmas tree. Thank you, Quentin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">*A nice Maniac even wrote asking if I was ok. I'm fine, just very busy.</span><br />
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<br />Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-8157037724816148742016-10-19T15:33:00.000-07:002016-10-19T15:33:52.391-07:00Lloyd Marcus - American Tea Paaaaaar-TAY!<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">My fellow Americans! <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Not too crazy about any presidential candidate this year? <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">H</span>ere's someone more entertaining then all of them put to<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">g<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">e</span>ther: an ultra-conservative black man! Wh<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o</span> can sing like a Motown star! We truly live in an age of wonders.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">L</span>loyd starts off this 2009 release d<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eal</span>ing, like any good politician, in generalities<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> -</span> stuff that anyone can get behind. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">H</span>e even takes a swing at Louis Armstrong's chestnut "Wonderful World." But then you get two back-to-back bits of hilarity, the somewhat baffling (and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thoroughly</span> dated) "<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Twenty</span> Ten," and</span></span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">his </span>"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Girl" parody<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">, where Marcus sings the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">praises of the likes of Sarah Palin an<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">d the already-forgotten <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M</span>ichelle Bachman.</span></span></span> Classic. Just the thing to 'take back America' to the good ol' da<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ys of </span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">slavery, segregation,<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span>lynchings.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.. "What a <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">wonderful</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">country</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is is<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">!</span>"</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But hey, if nothing else, he is a pretty decent singer. A patriotic round of applause for our <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">representative</span> from <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">the</span> great state of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Utah</span>, Windbag, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">for</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sending</span> us this one</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
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Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-42448741073674019262016-10-09T18:23:00.005-07:002016-10-09T22:06:18.976-07:00I'm Still Bringing Weirdness Back...<div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 16px;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Last year, I reported on the </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2015/07/im-bringing-weirdness-back.html" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">latest sightings </span></a><span style="background-color: white;">of sicko songsters in our society. Not only are they still at it, but some serious competition has joined them. Maniacs rejoice!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bretts Milk "<a href="https://www.psychofonrecords.com/coming-soon-debut-bretts-milk/">Daddy's Breath" </a>(release date: Oct. 15) is creepy electronic "pop", like '80s New Wave gone evil. At its most subtly atmospheric, it</span><span style="background-color: white;"> suggests the </span><a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BNUOXSShYjU" style="background-color: white; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe WP', Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;">darker side of Barnes and Barnes.</a><span style="background-color: white;"> Upbeat tracks resemble dance music that no-one in their right mind would ever actually dance to. Vocals, sometimes distorted, sound like the Singing Resident in need of a psychiatrist. Or an exorcist. Great fun!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;">Perhaps an even stronger contender for album-of-the-year (so far) is Macula Dog's self-titled release. Someone on their <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">B</span>andcamp page says "</span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It's like the Residents performing covers of Oh, No!-era Devo inside the universe of Pee Wee's Playhouse," thus saving me the trouble of writing a review - I was going to compare this great band to those very same folks, including Pee Wee! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://haord.bandcamp.com/album/macula-dog">Macula Dog</a> </span>[listen for free, Name-Your-Price download]</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If your head isnt caving in yet from all this elegant eccentricity, it very well may after witnessing this stupendous 9 minute video from another avant-tarde veteran, Petunia-Liebling MacPumpkin and her <a href="http://www.electric-phantom.com/">Electric Phantom</a> posse. So impressed was I by the surreal hallucinations and audio manifestations of the vid that I just had to subject Ms. MacPumpkin to a brief interrogation.</span></div>
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- <i>Do you do all the visual effects/photography yourself? If not, would you like to give a shout-out to your collaborators?</i><br />
Melody McGinn the caretaker at Electric Phantom does the majority of the visual effects/photography/editing. In this particular story however, Jimmy L. Wright made all of the veggies, Alien and Halbert (the dog). Jodie Lowther created the "set" for part 4, and Frederick Barr the "set" for part 2. </div>
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We shoot the videos on greenscreen at Electric Phantom.</div>
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- <i>You are in Florida, correct? Is there any strange/experimental art/music scene near you?</i><br />
Yes! From Orlando originally and now in Gibsonton. hahha I believe there is a noise scene around here, but I don't go out much.</div>
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Oh it's already been released..One more video to go and the album has been completely visualized. <a href="http://www.electric-phantom.com/merch.html" target="_blank">http://www.electric-phantom.com/merch.html</a></div>
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<i>- Do you (like me) not really like vegetables, and this vid expresses your fear/guilt having been raised by your mother always trying to get you to EAT YOUR VEGETABLES?! </i></div>
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Actually Im a vegetarian but I had the same exact experience with meat. Maybe this is revenge. </div>
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- <i>Do you perform live?</i><br />
No. I'm sorry. :(</div>
Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-42315865115431652362016-09-20T10:32:00.000-07:002016-09-20T16:02:40.850-07:00BETTY BOOP "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop!"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yes, I'm alive and well! This blog ain't dead yet. I've just been spending my free time on other pursuits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You don't need me to tell you who Betty Boop is. But there's more to this <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">perennially</span> popular cartoon character than her famous flapper look and squeaky voice exclaiming her "boop boop be doop" catchphrase. Women in the Victorian era had to endure not just social/political restrictions (no swimming allowed!), but physical ones as well. I recently saw a museum exhibit of the almost bondage-like garb of the day: tight corsets, thick layers of clothes and padding, long skirts that killed thousands of women by getting caught in machinery, wheels, etc. By the 1920s, the fun-loving young women known as "flappers" threw all that mess out the window and started jitterbugging to the new sounds of hot jazz, smoking and drinking and engaging in other such un-lady-like activities, all while wearing little more than short dresses. They had one of the first extensively chronicled <a href="http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm">slang-uages</a>, even <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">preceding</span> the jazz hep-cat culture. I would wager to say that the flapper was the first hipster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The Fleischer Brothers studio wouldn't introduce Betty Boop to the silver screen until the 1930s, when the Great Depression was throwing a wet blanket over the flapper culture of the Roaring 20s. But Miss Boop kept the indomitable flapper spirit going, providing a link, via appearances by novelty jazz legend Cab Calloway, to the emerging Harlem hipster era that would come to define mid-century cool culture. In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood">pre-Code</a> era, th<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">is</span> risque, adult cart<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">on<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> was often built around musical sequences, and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span></span></span></span>his wonderful collection presents not just songs and musical segments from the cartoons, but even a couple of songs from Helen Kane, the original squeaky-voiced singer with the New Yawk accent that inspired the Boop character. Totally essential.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A helpful Amazon reviewer notes "</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">not all tracks are Betty herself (voiced by Mae Questel). But, many of the non-Betty tracks are from Fleischer Studios cartoons. Her “hot” theme song, sung by male vocals, began several Betty Boop cartoons...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> Fanny Brice singing, “I’m An Indian,” plus Maurice Chevalier’s “Hello Beautiful” from the cartoon “Betty Boop’s Rise to Fame” (1934) wherein Betty imitates those stars on those songs. That soundtrack is also included...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">there are two Helen Kane songs (“That’s My Weakness Now”, “Do Something”)...</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Cab Calloway’s two songs from “The Old Man of the Mountain” (1933) that finish this CD... I find the Fleischer versions better than Calloway’s official studio recordings for 78 rpm. The other Calloway recordings on this CD are also from Betty Boop cartoons..."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Plus, you get Louis Armstrong, and Calloway's signature hit </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">"Minnie The Moocher," <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a </span>version of</span> which w<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">as just featur</span>ed <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">in the</span> "<a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-mystic-knights-of-oingo-boingo.html">Forbidden Zone</a>" soundtrack we posted recently. In the song, Calloway references "kicking the gong around," meaning smoking opium. Did I mention that <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Betty Boop" was <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">originally</span> an <i>adult's</i> cartoon?</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And I'm still waiting for Cyndi Lauper to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">fulfill</span> her destiny by <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">making</span> a Betty Boop<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>type record... </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> BETTY BOOP<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHbG1zbWgzUlRxYU0/view?usp=sharing"> "Boop-Boop-Be-Doop!"</a></span><br />
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<tr class="first tracklist_track track" data-track-position="1" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-width: 0px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">1</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Betty Boop Theme</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">0:35</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="2" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">2</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Sweet Betty/Don't Take My Boop-Boop-A-Doop Away/The Girl In The Little Green Hat</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">6:15</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="3" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">3</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Highlight From 'Betty Boop's Little Pal'</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">1:28</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="4" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">4</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Helen Kane</span></i>: </span>That's My Weakness Now</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">3:35</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="5" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">5</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Fanny Brice</span></i>: </span>I'm An Indian</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:52</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="6" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">6</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><span style="background-color: white; color: #111111; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">Maurice Chevalier:</span></i> </span>Hello Beautiful</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:19</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="7" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">7</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Stopping The Show</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">3:15</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="8" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">8</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><i>Arthur Jarrett: </i>Sweet Betty Theme</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">0:36</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="9" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">9</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Cab Calloway</i>: </span>Minnie The Moocher</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">3:28</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="10" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">10</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Betty Boop's Trial</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">5:44</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="11" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">11</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><i>Arthur Jarrett</i>: Sweet Betty Theme</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">0:35</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="12" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">12</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">I'll be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You <i>(with Louis Armstrong)</i></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:27</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="13" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">13</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Music Goes "Round And Around</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:38</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="14" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">14</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">St. James Infirmary Blues</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">1:42</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="15" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">15</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Helen Kane</i>: </span>Do Something</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:37</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="16" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">16</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Chant Of The Weed <i>(instrumental)</i></span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">1:23</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="17" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">17</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Highlights From 'I Heard'</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">4:18</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="18" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">18</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Betty Boop Theme</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">0:47</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="19" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">19</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">The Broken Record</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:36</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="20" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">20</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">Hell's Bells </span><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name">(<i>instrumental</i>)</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">2:29</td></tr>
<tr class=" tracklist_track track" data-track-position="21" itemprop="track" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/MusicRecording" style="border-top-color: rgb(229, 229, 229); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; vertical-align: top;"><td class="tracklist_track_pos" style="padding: 2px 14px 2px 2px; white-space: nowrap;">21</td><td class="track tracklist_track_title " style="min-width: 350px; padding: 2px; word-break: break-word;"><span class="tracklist_track_title" itemprop="name"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Cab Calloway</i>: </span>The Old Man Of The Mountain</span></td><td class="tracklist_track_duration" style="color: #444444; padding: 2px 10px 2px 2px; text-align: right; width: 0px;" width="25">3:00</td></tr>
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Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-32048385268558203622016-07-29T15:08:00.000-07:002016-07-30T09:13:04.375-07:00BEHOLD! THE ANARCHESTRA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Alex Ferris is quite obviously a genius, a 62-year-old inventor/composer who lives in the desert with his large array of giant, weird, hand-built musical instruments tuned to microtonal scales. It all sounds so impossibly obscure, esoteric, and outsider-y, but the music is beautiful. Even with it's lack of conventional instruments and standard Western "do-re-mi" scales, it's compulsively listenable. It helps that <a href="https://anarchestra.wordpress.com/"><span style="color: blue;">The Anarchestra</span></a> (which could mean anything from Ferris solo to a large group) has a very tight rhythmic sense. His earlier pieces, performed in 4/4 time, have almost an Afro-Cuban level of funkiness. Not the sort of thing that gets play in discos, but it <i>should</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Tho these are all instrumentals, with no noisy guitars or shouted vocals, the punk influence is clear, not just in the band name, but in the economy of the compositions. There's no long intros, drawn-out endings, or endless noodling. A piece begins with most of the instruments playing at once, all locked in, then a few minutes later, it stops. All that's missing is Dee Dee Ramone shouting "1, 2, 3, 4" between each track. There's a lot of albums, but it doesn't take hours of wading thu it all to find something good. You'll know right away. And what could be more DIY than building your own instruments?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">Ferris' instruments don't create too many harsh noises. Percussion, strings, winds...it's all so <i>musical - </i>the heir to the Harry Partch/Moondog legacy of eccentric visionaries. More recent albums have an almost meditative calm to them, but it's more "In A Silent Way"-era Miles Davis than New Age. Too much banging-and-clanging for the yoga set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">I actively seek out both invented instrument and microtonal music, so I'm amazed that I haven't heard of this guy before, but he seems to have made little effort to connect to the music world, even the avant-garde scene. He has been coming aboveground lately, releasing an enormous amount of music on his </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speaking of <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch">Harry Partch</a></span>, I was amazed to read that <a href="http://www.washington.edu/news/2016/06/08/harry-partch-instruments-now-at-uw-featured-on-new-paul-simon-album/">Paul Simon is using some of Partch's instruments </a>on his latest album. Oh great. He'll probably ruin microtonal music the way "Graceland" drove people away from the glory and wonder of African music, which sadly, to this day, still has yet to shake the hippie/urban trendy/"World Music" tag. Still, I am a little curious. Not curious to have actually listened to it yet, tho. Have any of you? Is outsider music made on homemade instruments the new NPR fad?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";"><a href="https://buttressokneel.bandcamp.com/album/lemons">"Lemons":</a> made entirely from 2 recent Beyoncé songs, chopped and sliced like, well, lemons.</span></div>
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Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-88772855436257609512016-07-16T23:58:00.002-07:002016-07-16T23:59:30.945-07:00The Dissection And Reconstruction Of Music From The Past As Performed By The Inmates Of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble As A Tribute To The Memory Of The Marquis De Sade<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Why, lookee here, it's our super-swell pals from the <a href="http://growboredbigscott62.blogspot.com/">Growing Bored For A Living </a>Blog. You know, the ones who slipped us those nutty "<a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/01/sesame-street-disco-two-albums.html">Sesame Street Disco" </a>albums. Let's find out what those crazy kids up to now:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Hello, all. Been 6 months since I've had something cool to drop in the M4M cauldron. Found this in a cobwebbed corner of the Internet long ago. Needless to say, the title jumped out at me. Quite a handle, huh?
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">No, it's actually just a jazz album, and I admit one that's not near scary enough for a title like that! Mr. Schifrin was known at the time for his jazzy film scores like <i>The Cincinnati Kid</i> or the <i>Mission: Impossible</i> theme. He doesn't stray too far from those roots. What he <i>does</i> do though is take aspects of 18th century music and apply them to a swinging, mid-60's jazz context.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You hear the gentle opening guitar notes of "Renaissance" and you can imagine them being played on a harpsichord. When an actual harpsichord shows up on "Beneath The Weeping Willow Shade", it seems appropriate under those period-style vocals. And then when that track kicks into gear, it still works. And man, on "Versailles Promenade", the guy is working that harpsichord like Bud Powell!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Putting this in a kind of historical context - this album came out in 1966. Ten or fifteen years before, De Sade had gotten his first major reprinting and critical reassessment in his native France. The play<i> Marat/Sade</i> had opened in Germany in 1963. In fact, this album's long title is a homage to the full title of that play -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, in a way De Sade was kind of an icon of the underground/avant-garde back then. How he inspired this well-played but still mainstream jazz album is beyond me. The Sixties were a strange time all over, I guess.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But this is a <i>swinging</i> little oddity! Put out by Verve Records, produced by Creed Taylor, recorded by the great Rudy Van Gelder. Was put out as one of those Limited Edition CDs, now runs for $100 or more. Files sound great @320 Kbps, and also includes full art.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Thanks for checking this out, and as always feel free to poke around Growing Bored For A Living. We try to keep it eclectic, something I learned from our esteemed Mr. Fab here at Music For Maniacs. Stay crazy, everybody. The Marquis did....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www9.zippyshare.com/v/jkxpQKZN/file.html">The Dissection And Reconstruction Of Music From The Past As Performed By The Inmates Of Lalo Schifrin's Demented Ensemble As A Tribute To The Memory Of The Marquis De Sade</a></span><br />
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Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-57353989615118137152016-07-03T00:38:00.000-07:002016-07-03T00:48:16.689-07:00 The GTO's "Permanent Damage"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I (and my family) now own the Frank Zappa family cat. Said cat was given to us by the queen of the groupies, Pamela <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Des</span> Barres. No, I'm not making this up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Frank Zappa died over 20 years ago, his wife Gail just died last year, and as <a href="http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-ca-ms-frank-zappa-legacy/">you may have heard</a>, there has been a much-publicized and unpleasant squabble amongst the four Zappa children. But one thing Ahmet, Moon Unit, Dweezil, and Diva can agree on is: no-one wants Gail's cat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Enter Miss Pamela. The best-selling author of "I'm With The Band" has known the Zappa family since Frank's old band the Mothers of Invention ruled the Sunset Strip in the late '60s. Ms. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Des</span> Barres used to babysit the Zappa kids, and Frank produced and played on the one and only album by des Barres' groupie-group, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_GTOs">the GTOs</a>, aka Girls Together Outrageously. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Pamela</span> couldn't keep the kitty. He did not get along with one of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Des</span> Barres' other cats so she put the word out that the Zappa-cat was free to a good home. Instead, he ended up in mine. Kidding! But yeah, my wife learned of this thru the social-media grapevine, and now we own Bongo. Who I hope is not named after the Zappa/Captain Beefheart album "Bongo Fury," because a furious cat who has not been de-clawed suggests another Zappa album title: "Weasels Ripped My Flesh."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But he seems fine, so let's celebrate the arrival of the newest member of the family with this true cult classic of an album. Des Barres and her fellow scenesters were most certainly not trained singers, but I wouldn't have it any other way - their daffy enthusiasm is a beautiful thing to behold. And in any case, they receive sympathetic assistance from not only The Mothers, but Davy Jones of the Monkees, Jeff Beck, and an out-of-place Rod Stewart. Tho just about anyone normal and mainstream <i>would</i> sound out-of-place on this unselfconsciously kooky mixture of gossipy, sometimes lurid spoken word (subjects include: Beefheart's choice of foot-wear, and foxy 11-year-old boys who resemble Brian Jones), guest appearances (a kinda creepy <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2012/06/rodney-on-roq-vol-4.html">Rodney Bingeheimer</a>), and surprisingly catchy eccentric pop songs. Day-glo earworms!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The GTO's<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHUXZLWlUyMnhpS2s/view?usp=sharing"> "Permanent Damage"</a></span> (<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">1969; liner notes from the album:)</span><br />
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Miss Pamela and Miss Sparky discuss STUFFED BRAS and some of their early gym class experiences" </span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Who's Jim Sox?" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Spoken:
A B.T.O. is the opposite of a G.T.O. only they get in there more -
sexually, than we do. It means, Boys Together Often, Only, Occasionally,
Organically, Outrageously. All those O’s.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The Captain's Fat Theresa Shoes" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(This is a song about a pair of crazed shoes CAPTAIN BEEFHEART wears.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Wouldn't it be Sad if There Were No Cones?" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Miss Pamela & Sparky discuss the manner in which local Hollywood soul brothers make sexual advances in front of the Whisky a Go Go.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Do Me in Once and I'll Be Sad, Do Me in Twice and I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation)" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(This is a reasonably abstruse love song with a gentle bum in it.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The Moche Monster Review" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Miss
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they’re hitchhiking.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"TV Lives" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(A brief word about television. This song is nearly as absurd as the medium it describes.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Rodney" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Rodney Bingenheimer
is one of the more unique figures of contemporary social history. The
G.T.O.s have put together an unusual piece which includes the voice of
Mr. Bingenheimer as he comments on the lyrics which have been written
about his peculiar exploits. This “song” might give you a broad view of
the scene in Hollywood as it relates to the Sunset Strip’s foremost male groupie.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I Have a Paintbrush in My Hand to Color a Triangle (Mercy’s Tune)" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(This is a song about a lovers’ triangle which involves Brian Jones, Bernardo B.T.O. and Mercy.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Miss Christine's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(In this episode we find our exotic Yugoslavian maiden explaining her moral viewpoint after reading a short segment of Cynthia Plaster Caster’s diary.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The Original GTO's" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Miss
Lucy and Miss Johna were the originators of G.T.O.ism two years ago. In
this sequence we find them inside a piano kissing each other &
having a cosmic-level discussion.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The Ghost Chained to the Past, Present, and Future (Shock Treatment)" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Miss Mercy explains her personal philosophy. Lead vocals: Mercy and R.S. (Rod Stewart).)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Love on an Eleven Year Old Level" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(For some reason, the G.T.O.’s are preoccupied by the memory of Brian Jones.
In this song they discuss their mutual admiration for an 11 year old
boy who happens to look like Brian… and also has a couple of other
things going for him.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Miss Pamela's First Conversation With the Plaster Casters of Chicago" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(Cynthia
and Miss Pamela find that they have a “fave rave” in common, and
proceed to compare notes on their relationship with him. Some semantic
difficulties toward the end of the conversation provide a convenient
transition to the next piece of material.)</span></span></td>
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<td style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"I'm in Love with the Ooo-Ooo Man" <span style="font-size: 85%;">(In real life, the OOO OOO Man is Nick St. Nicholas from Steppenwolf.
Miss Pamela sings the lead vocal on this very special song of love. I
have no idea what the rubber chicken suit with the beak is.)</span></span></td>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The G.T.O.’s
write all their own lyrics & no subject matter covered by these
lyrics was suggested by any outside source. The choice of subjects is a
reflection of the girls’ own attitudes toward their environment. The
G.T.O.’s hope you like their album. — Frank Zappa</span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-45907101133599839602016-06-24T00:26:00.000-07:002016-07-03T00:40:36.388-07:00The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo: "Forbidden Zone"<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KKSxMNRBBAsaFl151H5veA8tcTnaRpoTm7qEFDLpCAMrfDqroQ_qURDUck4fkaqES3gHPtUg7dncL-SPrNTjcV25qGpNQk4VieATLcU9SWaBNJ6xWFmFEa7QDKV6mTGYzHA1/s1600/Mystic+Knights+Of+The+Oingo+Boingo+-+Forbidden+Zone_+Original+Motion+Picture+Soundtrack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KKSxMNRBBAsaFl151H5veA8tcTnaRpoTm7qEFDLpCAMrfDqroQ_qURDUck4fkaqES3gHPtUg7dncL-SPrNTjcV25qGpNQk4VieATLcU9SWaBNJ6xWFmFEa7QDKV6mTGYzHA1/s400/Mystic+Knights+Of+The+Oingo+Boingo+-+Forbidden+Zone_+Original+Motion+Picture+Soundtrack.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Back in the days of Los Angeles' wild-n-whooly pre-punk "<a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-roto-rooter-good-time-christmas-band.html">Freak Scene</a>", The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo were filling large theaters with their outrageous performances. And if you think that name sounds familiar, yes indeed, Danny Elfman would eventually inherit the group from brother Richard and pare it down to the hugely successful band Oingo Boingo, who would then in turn serve as the springboard for Elfman's even huge-er career as a soundtrack composer. Somewhere in the world right now, the theme to "<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>he Simpsons" is playing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But this was Elfman's first score, and possible his best, an <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">u</span>tterly weird, wacked-out, and wonderful assortment of short instrumentals ("Factory" wouldn't sound out of place on The Resident's "Commercial Album"), and theatrical vocal numbers from Elfman (as the Devil); star Susan Tyrrell, an actual Oscar nominee who made the admirable decision to toss away movie-star life to make films with the likes of Andy Warhol and John Waters; and - yes! - Herve Villachai<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">z</span>e, the little fella with the thick accent who played Tattoo on Fantasy Island, who can be heard in the "Finale."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Also featured: "Yiddishe Charleston", which sounds just like its title: a Jewish boogie-woogie; the Dr. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">D</span>emento swing-era standard "Pico and Sepulveda," and the amusingly</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; font-style: inherit;"> flatulent nonsense vocals of performance artists <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kipper_Kids">The Kipper Kids</a> (one of whom is married to Bette Midler?!) sung over some vintage jazz novelties. All of which perfectly complements big brudder Rick Elfman's hysterically surreal, non-PC classic midnight movie. The year was 197<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">7</span>: Richard was retiring from the group to <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pursue</span> a video career, and Danny was ready to steer it from its glam-era theatrical origins into New Wave rock band territory. Nothing here really sounds like Oingo Boingo, tho. Much to this album's credit, it doesn't really sound like <i>anything</i> you've heard before. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; font-style: inherit;">Various versions of this soundtrack have been released over the years. This is the most complete.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #252525; font-style: inherit;">The Mystic Knights Of The Oingo Boingo: "<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHX09OR0lrOVZmOVE/view?usp=sharing">Forbidden Zone" soundtrack</a> </span></span><br />
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<br />Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-15115044523820183462016-06-17T17:37:00.000-07:002016-06-17T17:37:04.513-07:00I CUT PEOPLE: "I Quit"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">27 tracks of lightning-fast audio edits whizzing by in 24 minutes? It can only mean another release from <a href="http://icutpeople.com/">I Cut People</a> and their ever-improving m.o. of wicked social satire thru a dense collage of countless samples. The album is called "I Quit" but let's hope he isn't. With Negativland members dropping dead left and right, and The Tape Beatles seemingly out of action, ICP would appear to be our best chance for reversing the usual one-way stream of corporate/religious info-tainment, creatively recycling this waste, and spitting it back. The inanity of the mass media, politics and consumerism, and the anxiety it produces in the brainwashed populace has never been more funny! And entertaining! NOW how much would you pay?! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I Cut People <a href="https://icutpeople.bandcamp.com/album/i-quit">"I Quit"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Picks to click: "Try It," "All You Need Is More Things," and "All About Crap<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">.</span>" <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>nd if Beavis and Butthead were sound collagists, they would have proudly produced "Dick Bible."</span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-84725582128576695892016-06-10T11:58:00.001-07:002016-06-13T15:36:13.296-07:00HIPPIE NOISE IN A LAUNDROMAT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The self-titled 1971 album "The </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Roots Of Madness"</span> is a truly historic avant/outsider artifact. Incredibly, the recordings of this, well, <i>madness</i> date </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">back </span>as far as 1969. That beats The Residents, and the LA Free Music Society were a couple years away from forming. And needless to say, The Great Punk DIY Explosion was far off on the horizon when this bag of nutters from the wholly unremarkable Northern California town of San Jose made this home-brew concoction. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsP1l7p8zC9A3fUhRb9FmlrpPPg5xtLuOFzovqCBTUJwlj1T1SBIelC4nr8CRWgT3VrIx0ht7yx2MQ6iWrNfQYWno2eeW-7I7_qIo5KUFLa5Jl8FNCaaYvajK4hvyqLl1zwbt/s1600/Roots+Of+Madness+Don+Campau+Laundro1d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSsP1l7p8zC9A3fUhRb9FmlrpPPg5xtLuOFzovqCBTUJwlj1T1SBIelC4nr8CRWgT3VrIx0ht7yx2MQ6iWrNfQYWno2eeW-7I7_qIo5KUFLa5Jl8FNCaaYvajK4hvyqLl1zwbt/s320/Roots+Of+Madness+Don+Campau+Laundro1d.jpg" width="174" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ingredients: tinkly music boxes, short wave radios, free-jazz, blues guitar, beat poetry, smutty poetry, a Dada sensibility, a smart-ass sense of humor, sound effects, even an actual song or two. All common strategies now, but must have been fairly incomprehensible at the time. And yes, they did do gigs in laundromats. It's not like there were too many actual music venues in town to play.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://archive.org/details/RootsOfMadnessLp"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"The </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Roots Of Madness"</span></span></a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">One of the members, Don Campau, went on to a still-extant experimental music and public radio </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">career.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-48965516355974027312016-06-08T15:12:00.002-07:002016-07-26T08:38:51.576-07:00The MUSIC FOR MANIACS Amazon Store <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve set up</span> <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/mr0c1-20">an Amazon store</a></span> for all the stuff I do NOT post here, because it's in print. The favorites, the standards, the must-haves. Not just random stuff, but carefully curated for YOU, the discerning Maniac. If you buy something from our "aStore" (as they call them), you can rest assured that it is by one of the greats in our field, or at least this particular album has passed the test. Theoretically, you should be able to buy blindly, and know you're getting some good weirdness. The obvious stuff is largely covered: Beefheart, The Residents, The Shaggs...Bonzos, Spike Jones, Dr Demento...</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Sun Ra, Ornette, </span>Cage, Negativland, People Like Us...Cab Calloway, Screamin' Jay Hawkins...Devo, Wall of Voodoo, Butthole Surfers...Carl Stalling, Raymond Scott, Mel Blanc...theremins, circus music, yodeling...George Formby, Ivor Cutler, music performed by children, and even by elephants: something to annoy everyone! </span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">New to strange music, and need to get caught up? Have holes in your collection that you've been meaning to fix? Now's never been a better time to buy! <span style="color: black;">Now with 2 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">categories</span>: one for</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">CDs and DVDs</span><span style="color: black;">, and one for mp3</span><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">d</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">ownloads</span><span style="color: black;">.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now back up by request: "<a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-wave-covers-for-oldies-lovers-part.html">New Wave Covers For Oldies Lovers vol.3</a>", the crazy xylophone of <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2010/05/museuam-of-obsolete-instruments.html">Michael Eingorn</a>, "<a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2011/04/vinyl-palooza-9-wisdom-of-solomon.html">The Wisdom of Solomon</a>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Dig this new outsider music show: <a href="http://rtrfm.com.au/shows/revolver/?an_page=2016-06-07">"Derailroaded."</a> The first episode features children musicians. (Which reminds me: Stinky Picnic have some <a href="https://stinkypicnic.bandcamp.com/">new releases</a>.)</span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-48136753824278306582016-06-06T18:05:00.000-07:002016-06-06T20:12:57.488-07:00CASSIUS CLAY: "I Am The Greatest"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">When great men die, of course, we should remember them by their weird novelty records.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnysCzOP8-KuCZO13RZgDxqUouYv1YHWiLGZXjCIzBoWAXrx6VVW3Tqjdz8tBhPfAHUaXHBWvwNGFy1Anht9JiS4DL4qXcfTr97PO3UUU10WGpZmcCGrv4g2d49MD5c0qykLb/s1600/folder.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnysCzOP8-KuCZO13RZgDxqUouYv1YHWiLGZXjCIzBoWAXrx6VVW3Tqjdz8tBhPfAHUaXHBWvwNGFy1Anht9JiS4DL4qXcfTr97PO3UUU10WGpZmcCGrv4g2d49MD5c0qykLb/s320/folder.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">To note</span> the passing of the former Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, let's listen to The Lip From Louisville's early '60s album of his clever, funny poems, delivered with gusto. Damn near proto-rapping, I'd say. Some lame comedy sketches that he most certainly did not (entirely) write are in there too, but look on the bright side: bonus tracks that set his poems to groovy music. And then there's his singing... a karaoke-esque cover of "Stand By Me," and a ridiculous sing-along called "The Gang's All Here." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">CASSIUS CLAY: "<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHOHJlOEdNX1dzams/view?usp=sharing">I Am The Greatest</a>"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And don't forget his all-star kids albums:</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2008/07/ali-and-his-gan.html">Ali and His Gang Vs. Mr. Tooth Decay</a>" - From 1976, with Frank Sinatra! And Howard Cosell.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"<a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/01/365_days_17_the.html">The Dope King's Last Stand</a>" - From 1977, with an even more all-starry cast. How's this for a line-up: </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">President Jimmy Carter, Lily Tomlin, Pat Boone, Senator Hubert Humphrey, Billie Jean King, and Sinatra again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As a Los Angeles native, I'm used to seeing celebrities here, as well as in Las Vegas, and New York. If you've spent much time in those cities you know that it's not a big deal, maybe someone will recognize a celeb, chat briefly, then leave them alone. But when I saw Ali strolling thru Caesar's Palace in Vegas, there was a veritable mob surrounding him. A peaceful, respectful mob, but still, I have never seen one individual create such a commotion. I think I saw the Pope, the President, and the cast of "Friends" waving and saying, "Hey, over here! What about us?!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-72529293091653754732016-06-01T11:57:00.000-07:002016-06-02T08:27:58.760-07:00COVER THE EARTH Vol. 6<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiWW5Vzv5pswCXdKSZAsBSe-ZZJ9kpJEuvTIyCYt3qG-UIjebFFKs1kkZI0mlAZNVChgPxK0bY2cbirYmNBIypZH6r7heL5-G_MQN0pUjaxSwBc5tdKL0nqHMNdGcbOQG__8b/s1600/cover-the-earth+6+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTiWW5Vzv5pswCXdKSZAsBSe-ZZJ9kpJEuvTIyCYt3qG-UIjebFFKs1kkZI0mlAZNVChgPxK0bY2cbirYmNBIypZH6r7heL5-G_MQN0pUjaxSwBc5tdKL0nqHMNdGcbOQG__8b/s320/cover-the-earth+6+cover.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I had not planned on compiling another selection of odd ethnic covers of Western hits, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">thinking</span> that I had exhausted that particular well, but<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">our pals over at the <a href="http://growboredbigscott62.blogspot.com/2015/09/150-artists-cover-bob.html">Growing Bored For A Living </a>blog hit us with a treasure trove of exotic, unlikely reworkings of famous songs that you thought you were sick of, and it just <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">demanded</span> another volume. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Which</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">reminded</span> me of some comments left in previous "Cover The Earth" posts offering suggestions</span>, which I then tracked down. And I did ha<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ve</span> a few<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">new <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">discoveries</span> me own self (I take full blame for the bagpipes). As with the previous volumes, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">some</span> extreme liberties <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">have</span> been taken with the material, <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">sometimes</span> rendering them almost <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">unrecognizable</span>. Just the way we like it.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">S<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">o</span> thanks to Growing Bored (check the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> mammoth<a href="http://growboredbigscott62.blogspot.com/2015/09/150-artists-cover-bob.html"> Bob Dylan cover project</a>), and the nice <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">a</span></span>n</span></span>iacs who suggested some suggestions. </span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHLVh1Qkk3S0ZZWm8/view?usp=sharing"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"Cover The Earth Vol 6"</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">01 2Cellos - Welcome to the Jungle <i>(Croatia/classical)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">02 Red Hot Chili Pipers [<i>that's PIPERS! Not "Peppers"</i>] - We Will Rock You<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/</span>Eye Of The Tiger<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/</span>The Clumsy Lover<i> (Scottish bagpipes)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">03 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P</span>astel <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">V</span>espa - <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">L</span>'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">A</span>narchie dans l'<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">U</span>.<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">K</span>. <i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(T<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>e Sex Pistols go </span>French y<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eh</span>-y<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">eh</span>, tho <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Ms. Vespa is</span> Brazilian)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">04 20th Century Steel Band - Loves Theme <i>(Barry White goes Carib <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ste<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">el drum)</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">05 </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Don Sornrabeab - Mao <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">(</span>Drunk) <i>(<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Play That Funky Music, Thai boy)</span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">06 Alyssa ZezZA - Purple Rain <i>(Italian singer, but a Brazilian <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">bossa style here)</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">07 Ray Barretto - James Bond Theme <i>(Latin <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">jazz)</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">08 Red Hot Chili Pipers - Smoke on the <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">W</span>ater<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/T</span>hunderstruck<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">U</span></span>pside down at <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">E</span>den's <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">C</span>ourt </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">09 The Maytals - Give Peace A Chance <i>(John goes Jamai<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">can)</span></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">10 Finger 5 - I Want You Back<i> (Jackson<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s</span> go J-<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">pop)</span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">11 Isaya Mwinamo & His Merry Men - Bamba Ya Afrika <i>("La Bamba" in Kenya)</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">12 Joya Landis - Kansas City <i>('50s rock-n-roll inna <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">s</span>ka stylee) </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">13 20th Century Steel Band - Theme From Shaft</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">14 <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">P</span>astel <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">V</span>espa - <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">B</span>lue <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M</span>onday <i>(a bit of Joy <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Division</span> also cleverly cuts into this Brazilian bossa <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">nova cover</span>)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">15 Los <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">T</span>ropicanos - <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">L</span>ight <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">M</span>y <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">F</span>ire <i>(think these guys are also <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Brazilian</span>, but I wouldn't call this bossa nova; 'Latin psych,' maybe?)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">16 Ukulele Clan Band - Money for <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">N</span>othing <i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>Spanish folkies getting kinda bluegrass<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">-</span>y; </i></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">h</span>ey, the<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">y</span> kep<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">t</span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/jan/18/direstraits-popandrock"> the original un-PC lyrics</a>)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">17 Faye Wong - Dream Person<i> (Chinese <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">C</span>anto-pop </i></span><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">cover of The Cranberries' "Dreams"<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">)</span></span></i><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">18 Red Hot Chili Pipers - Hey Jude<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">/</span>The Mason's Apron </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-44644869455078677442016-05-25T16:13:00.000-07:002016-05-25T21:54:18.043-07:00THE WORLD'S TALLEST MUSIC: Joseph Bertolozzi's "Tower Music"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">An entire album made solely from the sounds of someone banging on the Eiffel Tower?! Now that is the kind of thing to warm the cockles of a Maniac's heart, and to thoroughly confuse, if not annoy, mainstream music consumers: "<i>Wha..?</i> Why doesn't he use <i>real</i> musical instruments?" Because, my poor, brainwashed Normals, there is a universe of unused sounds out there that cannot be conjured up with pianos, guitars, even synthesizers. Music is all around us, as John Cage would say, and sampling those sounds and using them as the raw stuff of compositions is an excellent way to make us aware of that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The album actually sounds like you think it would, dominated by metallic plinky pongy tones. But even tho these songs are indeed produced only by Bertolozzi's molesting of a great Parisian structure, they are n</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ot just random banging. They are</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> structured, highly rhythmic, even weirdly</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> melodic, with each track having it's own peculiar flavor. In other words: musical. Here's one particularly toe-tappin' sample:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Joseph Bertolozzi<span style="color: red;"> <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHTlNmUXhVV1dlaGc/view?usp=sharing">"Continuum"</a></span> from "<a href="http://www.innova.mu/albums/joseph-bertolozzi/tower-music-musique-de-la-tour">Tower Music</a>"</span><br />
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<br />Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-89402779604453717872016-05-24T14:35:00.000-07:002016-06-01T12:31:32.703-07:00BINGO GAZINGO<a href="http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1958263239_16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://f4.bcbits.com/img/a1958263239_16.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Whilst perusing the roughly 5,372 albums <a href="https://rsteviemoore.bandcamp.com/">R. Stevie Moore</a> has put up on his Bandcamp page, I was delighted to see that the Bingo Gazingo album is now available for your free listening/low-cost purchasing pleasure. Mr. Gazingo was a real character, a senior citizen who started appearing at poetry readings in the 1990s, hilariously declaiming in a <i>New Yawk</i> voice his short, rhymed phrases, often only vaguely related to what his poems where supposed to be about. This, his one and only album, features a back-up band featuring Moore, Chris Butler (of The Waitresses, and <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2014/07/tin-huey-contents-dislodged-during.html">Tin Huey</a>), and various djs from WFMU, the station that would release this album. The music is a real variety show, from punk, to soulful r'n'b, to abstract improvs. But of course the late Bingo is the star of the show, proclaiming such profound utterances as:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They're playing classic rock/in Jurassic Park</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- I want to make my home in/your ovum</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- Rick the wanker/from Casablanca/I sing like Paul Anka</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- My projectile/is erectile</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">- I cannot accept/your indecent proposal/maybe a horse'll</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I'm glad no-one told him that Tupac's last name isn't pronounced "shaker" - it would have messed up his rhymes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://rsteviemoore.bandcamp.com/album/bingo-gazingo">BINGO GAZINGO</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Speaking of R. Stevie Moore, out of his near-infinite discography, I've heard maybe...3 albums? I def. like "Phonography," esp. the wonderful "Goodbye Piano," where he bumps his head into the mic, and keeps on singing. And I have a couple greatest "hits" collections. But NOW where do I go?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-4813326676426248602016-05-18T14:15:00.000-07:002016-05-18T14:15:23.916-07:00MADRIGALS FOR MANIACS<a href="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3143316208_16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a3143316208_16.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We've been following Frenchman <a href="http://cartonsonore.bandcamp.com/">Cartone Sonore's </a>curious career for some time now, most of it concerned with obscure and toy instruments. But his new album is created solely with his voice. Yep, no other sound sources used other than his own singing, clicking, droning, and any other sounds he can coax out of his larynx. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's one of those projects that could just be a gimmick, or art-fart self-indulgence, but</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> t</span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">he results are quite fresh and original. The on-line album's 11 tracks vaguely resemble everything from Gregorian chants to beatboxing to The Beach Boys (sometimes simultaneously), but really, it feels like a whole new musical vocabulary opening up. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The wonders of multi-tracking!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Listen and/or buy via Bandcamp:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Carton Sonore: <a href="https://cartonsonore.bandcamp.com/album/animago">"Animago"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the catchiest tunes on the album, "Dans La Foret" is available for free. My fave track might be the haunting "Un Gout Familier," which sounds like an instant standard. (I don't even know how to label this post. Guess I'll have to make a new label for "Vocal/Acapella.")</span><br />
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<br />Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-73217624051116333992016-05-14T15:50:00.000-07:002016-05-20T12:42:55.793-07:00Lowbrow Vol.7: Devil Dance<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Reposts! By request: Pierre Bastien's <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2011/09/pierre-bastiens-musiques-machinales.html">marvelous mechanical musics</a> </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">and</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2012/05/snoopys-beatles-classiks-on-toys.html" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">Snoopy's Beatles Classics on Toys</a>. <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I won't be re-upping any<a href="https://toypianoband.bandcamp.com/"> Twink The Toy Piano Band</a>, as he has put all of his stuff on Bandcamp, so go there.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Due to a crashed hard drive, this volume was delayed and Vol. 8 was posted first, but now our series exploring </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">mid-20th-century kool kulture</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> is sequentially correct. In this volume, former nightclub accordionist-turned-killjoy preacher Jack van Impe warns us of the dangers of that devils' music, thusly illustrated by riotous, ridiculous, rhythm-and-blues, rock'n'roll rekkids (ever notice that Satan is often depicted as smiling and laughing? He's apparently having much more fun than The Other Guy). Lots of ludicrous novelties this time out, by artists gleefully unconcerned with making Profound Artistic Statements. You'll have fun fun fun even after - and I want to make this perfectly clear - even </span><i style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', sans-serif;">after</i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> Daddy takes the T-bird away. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">But </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">this time, l</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">et's add "style" to our usual mix of "sin," "sex" and "sleaze". P</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ublisher V. Vale of the legendary RE/Search books has been <a href="https://www.researchpubs.com/2016/02/v-vales-research-newsletter-feb-2016-local-music-nick-zedd-childhood/">bemoaning the state of his home cit</a>y lately, e.g: </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; line-height: 21px;">We think it’s necessary to read as much humor as possible these days to keep our morale up, as San Francisco daily becomes more inundated with a tsunami of “techies” proud of their acultural normcore barbarism (trendy new martinis, trendy new restaurants—is that all there is?!) </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #555555; line-height: 21px;"> I wasn't familiar with the term "normcore," but it's apparently a fashion statement popular among urban youth that attempts to create as bland and inconspicuous a look as possible (while still prominently wearing designer labels, of course). Baseball caps, pullovers, etc. Artist-types shunning original style to look like their dad. My God-zilla! and you thought modern culture couldn't get any more boring? Perhaps that's why in recent months I've been hittin' the thrift stores looking for real flash suits and bright-colored Hawaiian-style shirts, creating outfits like the one Don Draper is sporting here. (Shirt collars OVER the jacket, doncha know.) And paisley shirts! They might go well with my </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Peter Fonda "Easy Rider" sunglasses. Gotta buy a new pair of Beatle boots tho, as the ones I had when I was 20 are sadly long gone. And where can I get a medallion to adorn my chest as I wear my v-neck, wide-collar David Cassidy-type paisley shirt? It's kinda like <a href="https://img1.etsystatic.com/131/0/5816633/il_570xN.857540221_o6fl.jpg">this one</a>, only blue. There must be someplace where one can get those loud shirts Nelson Mandela used to wear. If any shirts are worth $95, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BanditoRockabilly"><span style="color: blue;">these</span></a> may be them. Fashion tips in comments, please. And photo links, esp. from ladies sporting leopard skin prints.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Loud clothes - clothes that go up to 11 - need loud music. So once again, we're pouring in your earholes lots of stuff taken from my mostly 45 rpm vinyl discoveries that have not only <i>not </i>appeared on other like-minded compilations (so far as I know), but have never been digitally available</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">...until now! </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Can find no info on some of these mysterious sides. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHUTlCTTRyYUJZclU/view?usp=sharing">Lowbrow Vol.7: Devil Dance</a> - almost 69 minutes; (69: the <i>dirtiest</i> number in the world!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;">1 Jack van Impe - rock music is more dangerous ("</span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;">From Night Clubs to Christ") </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;">2 Mad Man Taylor - Rumble Tumble</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">3 Bruce Johnston - Soupy Shuffle Stomp <i>[future "replacement" for Brian Wilson with a </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>retarded tribute to TV funnyman Soupy Sales]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">4 Bobby Peterson Quintet - Mama Get Your Hammer </span></span><i><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">[sick humor + screamin' r'n'b = what all</span></span></i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> music should be like]</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">5 Jack van Impe - rock and roll music</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">6 Thee Midnighters - Everybody Needs Somebody To Love</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">7 Spike Jones - Pimples And Braces<i> [yes, The Master novelty bandleader did live long </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>enough to parody teenagers and rock'n'roll]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">8 Grace Chang - I Want You To Be My Baby <i>[famous singing actress of Chinese cinema </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>swings bilingual]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">9 Jack van Impe - commie plans</span></span></i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">10 The Lancasters - Satan's Holiday</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">11 Georgia Gibbs - Kiss of Fire (rock version) <i>[this was originally an early '50s tango-type</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> hit for Gibbs, but this 45 is apparently a '60s remake, judging by the swiping of Roy Orbison's</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>"Oh Pretty Woman" riff]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">12 Jack van Impe - commie rock beat</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">13 Morty Jay and the Coney Island Brass - Beef-Eater <i>[one of my absolute fave (fairly) recent instro 45 rpm discoveries]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">14 Vince Edwards - Squealin Parrot (Twist) <i>[was very surprised to come across a 45 with such a </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>wacky title by teen dream actor Edwards, as most of his records are mushy ballads; was even </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>more surprised to find how wacked-out hilarious it was]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">15 ''Handsome'' Jim Balcom - Corrido Rock (Part 1)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">16 Jack van Impe - vile filthy dirty</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">17 Mike Minor - Satan's Waiting <i>[from an alternate universe where Satanists favor </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>finger-snappin' lounge over heavy metal]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">18 Scott Engel - Devil Surfer <i>[future avant-crooner Scott Walker once recorded a satanic </i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>surf instro, under his original name?!]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">19 Jack van Impe - gogo pogo</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">20 The Allisons - Ling Ting Tong <i>[black girl group singing Asian stereotypes, and a way-out (slide?) guitar solo]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">21 Bill Lewis - Swim Beat</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">22 Jack van Impe - naked!</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">23 The Motions - Long-Hair</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">24 Rod McKuen - I Dig Her Wig <i>[one would never guess that the man behind this kooky</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> rocker would go on to become a hugely successful author of sappy poetry]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">25 Bobby Gregg And His Friends - The Jam Part 1</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">26 Jack van Impe - 4 letter word</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">27 Lou Monte - Elvis Presley For President <i>[Monte was the court jester of the Rat Pack</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> /Italian-Amercan scene]</i></span></span><br span="" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">28 The Sparkletones - I Dig You,Baby <i>[I'd rather not describe here what makes the </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i>end part of this song, and the entirety of the next song, so, er, 'unique'; you'll hear]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">29 Gene Dozier & The Brotherhood - Mustang Sally</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">30 Bill Haley & His Comets - Straight Jacket (Live)</span></span><br span="" style="background-color: white;" /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">31 Jack van Impe - baser animal emotions</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">32 David Houston - One And Only <i>[from the film 'Carnival Rock' (thanks Youtube!);</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> featuring blistering guitar work by Elvis' string-slinger James Burton]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">33 Steve Allen - Memphis<i> [tv comic plays a straight-ahead ahead Chuck Berry</i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i> instro...but I thought he <a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SpxhEoV5IsE&time_continue=4&ebc=ANyPxKo899dGzcEqOhDVC0VYF2vif2npgLojM7yDiJlEufDGwS73fj0Vf21nIT50d7m7vByf4KzC">hated rock n roll</a>?]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">34 Steven Garrick and his Party Twisters - Sister's a Twister </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">35 The Applejacks - Rocka-Conga</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">36 Jack van Impe - twisted vile perverted</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">37 Royaltones - Wail </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">38 Jack Gale & The Medicine Men - The Sloppy Madison <i>[radio dj's parody of <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">incomprehensible</span> dance instruction records]</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">39 Milt Rogers & His Orchestra - Lonely Road To Damascus</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial"; font-size: small; white-space: nowrap;"><br /></span></span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-84253595579178567582016-04-28T00:34:00.000-07:002016-07-03T00:40:36.393-07:00ROBERT WILLIAMS "Late One Night"<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Former drummer for Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, Robert Williams, followed up his <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/01/robert-williams-buy-his-records.html">debut solo EP</a> with this <a href="https://www.discogs.com/Robert-Williams-Late-One-Night/release/3152460">1982 full-length</a>. He's still joined by some Zappa/Beefheart sidemen, (e.g.: Bruce Fowler's mighty trombone) but he's deffo moving towards a more commercial New Wave direction here. On side 2 that works just dandy.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> </span>"Gotta Be Nice," featuring Danny Elfman and two Go-Gos (Charlotte Caffey and Jane Wiedlin), should have been playing out of every store in the Galleria. "Grinding The Gears," featuring Hugh Cornwall of The Stranglers, is likewise killer. The tribal throb of "Hungry" is reminiscent of Adrian Belew's classic "Big Electric Cat."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Side 1 is a bit problematic, however, what with it's blatant Police-isms sounding desperate for KROQ airplay. And William's sometimes corny lyrics (on both sides) can be an issue. And yet, amidst all the late-period Devo synths, hard rock gee-tars, and four-on-the-floor beats (this guy once played Beefheart's notoriously tricky rhythms?) is a wacked-out cover of Beatle George's "Within You Without You," complete with hazy sitar-ish sounds, odd time signatures, and an incongruously funky poppin' bass. You can take the boy out of '70s prog...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Perhaps A&M Records wasn't the suitable label for this album. Or perhaps Williams lacked an outrageous enough personality (and stage name) to make it as a New Wave punker. But whatever the reason, with neither the Freak Scene nor the Valley Girls buying this album, it died a quick death, never getting a digital reissue. My 99 cent used vinyl copy was in great shape. Williams</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> would not make another solo album for many years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">ROBERT WILLIAMS <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHQ3M2eENNMzhZNVU/view?usp=sharing">"Late One Night"</a></span>Mr Fabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15116623844291424658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740384.post-43519744371469438032016-04-25T15:48:00.001-07:002016-06-01T12:31:57.814-07:00 Evangelist Jimmy Swaggart "The Ring Of Fire: A Message To The Youth of America"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You boys and girls that have Beatle records at home...This is the most
rotten, dirty, damnable, filthy, putrid FILTH that this nation of the
world has ever known. And you parents that would allow this filth to be
in your home, you ought to be taken out somewhere and horse-whipped, you
hear me?<br />-- Jimmy Swaggart, "The Ring of Fire", 1968"</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When reader Kenny left that comment, referring to the <i>sin</i>-tillating collection<a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/02/the-big-rumble-uncensored-scenes-of.html"> "The Big Rumble",</a> I said: well sweet jumpin' Jeebus on a pogo-stick, I have <u>got</u> to have that album, pronto! And long-time M4M contributor Windbag came thru. But no-one's a bigger windbag then disgraced whorin' porn-addict Jimmy Swaggart, who somehow makes his cousin Jerry Lee Lewis look respectable, with his message to "the Youth of America." Presumably then, you European, Asian, African and Latin kids can have all the fun you want. <i>Damn</i> you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In a most enjoyably hyperventilating manner, Swaggart huffs and puffs against the immoralities of our age. Not too surprising, given the above quote, but he even suggests that the appropriate response to children disobeying their parents is the death penalty. Hey, that's what the bible says! </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you're thinking of sampling this album, Meat Beat Manifesto (meat)<span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovlnIsaW7Rk">beat you to it</a></span>
20 years ago, but don't let that stop you. There's still plenty of
nuggets waiting to be mined by the right DJs/sound collagists.</span> I really did LOL out loud when he went off on Mom putting on her miniskirt and going out to dance The Frug! The Monkey! The Watusi! Despite the title, he does not sing any Johnny Cash songs, however.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">After <a href="http://musicformaniacs.blogspot.com/2016/04/las-vegas-dammit-six-volumes-sing-of-sin.html">6 discs celebrating Sin City</a>, I think we really need to attempt to cleanse our damned souls now: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Jimmy Swaggart<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4SaM1bhGfLHeWpHX2RlaUFrU00/view?usp=sharing"> "The Ring Of Fire"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Bothers and</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> sisters, let us give thanks and praise to <strike>the Most High</strike> Windy!</span><br />
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