unterkayness

floppy toccata and fugue

2011-02-10T12:56:00.003-05:00

courtesy FunToTheHead

Bach played on floppy drive organ.

Via Synthtopia.

just hitting the snooze alarm to say

2011-02-09T10:38:00.004-05:00

This watershed moment in pop history, Mia Farrow's haircut, is brought to you by the wraith of Louise Brooks and the good folks at The Hair Hall of Fame.

Now if I can only get the Theme from Peyton Place out of my head . . .

courtesy tvtestcard

the foxx and the spaceman

2010-11-24T09:35:00.003-05:00

For fans of Sanford and Son and/or Sun Ra . . .

Starting in the middle of things:

http://nightofthepurplemoon.blogspot.com/2010/11/fred-sanford-meets-sun-ra.html

And the whole magilla:

http://gorrillaface.blogspot.com/

adventures cathode and otherwise

2010-11-17T22:17:00.003-05:00

The Wobbulator from blair neal on Vimeo.

Very groovy video tech as seen on Synthtopia.

And as seen & heard on Synthtopia, a little something about Delia Derbyshire:

courtesy UnmWit

the Turing test as administered by Simon Cowell

2010-10-19T11:49:00.003-04:00

Or maybe Clive Davis . . .

courtesy kmoriyama

Well past the parochial brouhaha regarding Milli Vanilli, supah autotuned vocals and other quaint pop music simulations, the HRP-4C Gynoid brings us all the way to Stepford.

Soon enough the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will have Iggy droids and Roy Orbitrons doing silicon moves.

Meanwhile, I'll be rewatching Blade Runner and hoping to fit in.

As seen on Waveformless.

If too intense, try this video of Hunter Thompson and a Hell's Angel on Canadian TV. Seen on Pathway To Unknown Worlds.

that wobble not finding

2010-09-10T10:46:00.005-04:00

Korean poetry collage created here.

As first read about on the music of sound.

ye band posters of olde

2010-09-04T02:28:00.003-04:00

Well, one at least. Classic "caught the poster, not the show" scenario. In a sleepy college town long ago.

Okay, one more. Saw these folks at what may've been their first show. Was a fan from that point on:

the littlest browncoat

2010-08-31T10:29:00.003-04:00

PCL LinkDump posted about this fun, tripped out Man from U.N.C.L.E. fan fiction staged with dolls.

Evidently, the good folks at Tonner Doll Company have whole worlds of character dolls. Including characters from Firefly.

Yes, Mal (browncoat sold separately), Inara (sold out), Zoë and the man they call Jayne.

No sign of/word about Wash, Book, Kaylee, Simon or River Tam. And as these are figure dolls, probably no chance of there being a scale model of Serenity.

the greatest films never made

2010-08-23T00:35:00.007-04:00

This page of movie posters from an alternate universe has been making the rounds on the strength of this poster alone.

But I say go there and see how hard it is to pick a favorite. This. So. Rocks.

Okay, okay, my faves (admittedly based on obscure name checking and/or none-too-subtle dislocations):

Andrei Tarkovsky's Micronauts, featuring James Brolin, Tom Selleck and the music of Wendy Carlos.

Ghostbusters, 1960s style, with Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, a demon possessed Bette Davis and the music of Henry Mancini.

The Star Wars with Malcolm McDowell, Jacqueline Bisset, Cheech and Chong (as the Droids), music by Bernard Herrmann, direction by Alejandro Jodorowsky, screenplay by Norman Mailer.

Evelyn Glennie rocks the Lake District

2010-08-19T12:05:00.004-04:00

Article about cool new stone xylophone.

MP3 of it playing.

Video all about it:

in memory of Bruno S.

2010-08-16T11:47:00.003-04:00

courtesy discowitch

NYT obit seen linked on Singer-Saints.

none other than

2010-08-11T23:50:00.003-04:00

As seen on Pathway To Unknown Worlds.

Ghosts of the future convene in this ectoplasmic assemblage of pixels & sound.

Cathode irradiation of weeks spent curled by the icy warmth of the set waiting for this show to finally come on.

And here it comes bearing the vestments of Jerry Lee and Tristan Tzara. Ready, set, go.

crossing green

2010-08-10T12:09:00.005-04:00

courtesy amlingisrad

Allison Weiss, truck driving singer person & company reenact the Battle of Boys 'gainst the Girls.

Here's hoping they win.

another patient of the Ward

2010-08-06T10:43:00.003-04:00

courtesy 39Online

I may remember this balmy bit of metafiction. It seems familiar. Or may've just read something like it in MAD.

But it's thanks to the good folks at Pleasant Valley Shopping who just posted this and other Montgomery Ward goodness.

blink once for yes

2010-08-02T14:18:00.000-04:00

courtesy spikepriggen

Whether you're a fan of Neil, this song or the leggy womens herein, this will break your brain six ways from Sunday.

And to entirely overdo things so as to avoid a third Scopitone post in about as many weeks, two more for the road. Offered without context . . .

coded for mass consumption by hermits

2010-08-02T00:14:00.004-04:00

For the film enthusiast, a still pic of that goldurn Godard.

For the person with truly nothing to do and nothing to hear/read & generally puzzle over, this.

Modesty!

2010-07-31T21:56:00.002-04:00

courtesy spikepriggen

I love this theme song and this cover/video treatment thereof. 'Nuff said.

'Cept the above was found whilst in search of a scene from Modesty Blaise where a street organ is playing the theme song (as street organs would in movies gone by).

And that came to mind becsuse of this hi-fi Barrel Organ.

my sentiments, if not my words

2010-07-26T00:42:00.002-04:00

"I have enough doubts of my own--tell me something you BELIEVE in!"
--Brother Dave Gardner

proper medication

2010-07-15T00:19:00.006-04:00

courtesy RhettandLink

I'm saving some of these great ads to watch after my periodontal appointment. But that's no reason for the rest of you to hold back.

Many thanks to the post-Fabulonian cabal who power The Hair Hall of Fame for sharing this Salt Lake Community College Cosmetology ad. After you've tipped your stylist, you can catch the making-of video here for add'l context/laughter.

And now another word or two or three from our sponsors . . .

For those who watch Glee and/or think of Alyson Hannigan one time at band camp:

Freedomize Explorer:

Bucks First:

suit yourself

2010-07-01T20:28:00.003-04:00

Funky Junk Trunk prepares us for space.

Tenebrous does right by art.

And at Synthtopia for all fans of sitars, tablas & optigans . . .

Enjoy the 4th!

block party

2010-06-24T20:38:00.003-04:00

As one might read on son of the forest, artist John Borowicz is having a show, Sprawling Conglomerates, at Adam Baumgold Gallery.

It's his first solo in NYC and runs through August 4th.

out of their damn minds

2010-06-06T18:33:00.004-04:00

The folks at PCL LinkDump post two videos that'll work some mighty voodoo: one of sonic DIY buzziness and another of one Bill (Wm. Burroughs) shooting another (Wm. Shakespeare).

An old compat musician/writer Michael W. Dean seeks not the Trail of the Lonesome Pine, but that of the Libertarian Punk out Wyoming way. And one day finds guns, bison and steam (if not in that order).

And he who has brought forth the planet that was FABULON, Chateau Thombeau and Wunderkammer sires within the without. Not crazy, per se. But adhering to the mind of no mind with the beautiful images and such.

Oh, wait--from A Basement of Curiosities, a man, his LP and a story . . .

Dennis Hopper could work the shadows

2010-05-29T19:26:00.005-04:00

courtesy NinjerAttack

Like no other.

Thanks for that & rest in peace.

BBC obit.

If Charlie Parker Was a Gunfighter . . .

PCL LinkDump.

dammit, that's Sir Gary Coleman . . .

2010-05-28T18:03:00.003-04:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_coleman

If the Simpsons count for anything, he is.

Rest in peace, Sir Gary.

she sings

2010-05-24T13:41:00.003-04:00

courtesy elephantmarch

Don't be thrown by the sample image. This is a bee-you-tee-full story 'bout a singin' gyre-aff (um, giraffe).

food fun & frenzy

2010-05-21T00:35:00.002-04:00

courtesy thutranthutran

The ever lovin', ever loopy Food Party as kindly reviewed & generally contextualized on the ever groovin' Love Train for the Tenebrous Empire.

Bon appetit, mes amis.

all your bookstore belong to us

2010-05-11T19:07:00.003-04:00

courtesy FineMoustaches

Long live Brontësaurus!

straight to No. 1

2010-05-06T16:25:00.002-04:00

No Input: The Noise Underground from Marc Schreibman on Vimeo.

As seen on Synthtopia.

another attempt at social engineering

2010-05-03T19:19:00.004-04:00

Or not.

Friday the 7th @ 7:45 EST there'll be a live reading from The Failure, a new novel by James Greer, here.

Will post now to ensure 4 days and 15 minutes of relevance.

(more than) two sides of Cathode Ave

2010-04-28T10:37:00.007-04:00

1. the burning forest of the what?

Warning: there's disco, nudity and vast amounts of green screening. But given the bubbling semiotic stew herein, you'll be entirely too spun to be afeared or affronted. No brain will emerge unbroken. From the parallel universe loosely known as Italia '78 via the brave ironists of Chateau Thombeau.

2. rain and the polymer leaf

Zimoun dances the metal zephyr and the flailing arc at Disquiet.

3. guiding traffic from a deep space median

A friend found this bit of future fun as prognosticated in 1966 and reviewed by the good folks at Monster Movie Music.

courtesy zeonic6trial

4. but wait, there's more--aka the pong song

Act now and you'll intercept this pixel cloud on a Pathway To Unknown Worlds.

pretty complex

2010-04-27T22:41:00.003-04:00

courtesy ludditemusing

Thanks be to Bill Altice of the aforementioned Karen Cooper Complex for mentioning this.

And to ludditemusing of course or whoever made this.

no time for context

2010-04-24T10:33:00.003-04:00

Francis Bacon

33rd Floor

dream a little dream

2010-04-23T11:29:00.003-04:00

courtesy rongcentury

Well, it's hats off or it's heads off.

Either way, everyday is Pirate Jenny Day.

complex as you wanna be

2010-04-07T23:24:00.005-04:00

Bill Altice of the Karen Cooper Complex recently commented quoting what a slew of neat blogs (Mutant Sounds, for instance) said of the crazy sounds these youngsters were putting out circa '81.

But five seconds into the first tune on KCC's Shinjuku Birdwalk, no recommendations were necessary.

Hail, yeah, y'all, let's break some waves . . .

UPDATE--"Jerkin' Pretty" video as embedded here and on good ol' YouTube.

well prepared

2010-04-05T23:26:00.002-04:00

Extended Piano from Stephen Cornford on Vimeo.

A kinetic sound sculpture. Two guitar strings are attached to two bass strings of an upright piano. Mechanised bows play the guitar strings, whose vibrations resonate sympathetically through the whole piano. The sound is entirely acoustic.

Actually the above, cool as it is, is my second favorite. Works For Turntable posted here by Everyday Listening you really gotta see. And hear.

what's the story, morning glory?

2010-04-03T22:00:00.002-04:00

Before you go shooting the Ferdinand or smudging pucker paint, check this out at The Boat Lullabies.

here begins the tale of Danger Island

2010-03-24T10:54:00.003-04:00

courtesy kiwimike1

Be ye wary of sunken chests full of Mardi Gras beads and the pirates who love them.

Not convinced? Check out this great page of Danger Island video and info.

the one & many Chiltons to which we listen

2010-03-18T20:27:00.004-04:00

courtesy goodfeelinggs

For more & better reasons than any one favorite song or era taken on its own, losing Alex Chilton has been an esp. hard kick in the teeth. Maybe with Spring on its way or something . . .

Deferring now to these many fans/proponents/mourners:

mrdantefontana and Donna Lethal of PCL LinkDump

Kicksville 66

If Charlie Parker Was A Gunslinger . . .

Pathway to Unknown Worlds

Singer-Saints

And Now the Screaming Starts

Monster Movie Music

While thinking about the wraiths of Chilton and Dickinson cavorting in a spectral Trans Am.

And of other people/places/things gone way on up & out.

wishing all a Bagginesque day

2010-03-10T00:33:00.003-05:00

courtesy pelayo

double shtick tape

2010-02-17T11:14:00.003-05:00

Heino und Jerry im Über Space kindly brings us Nina Hagen and Don Rickles on Merv Griffin in 1985.

If that doesn't double your fun, there's always the story behind Evelyn Evelyn as told by singer/songwriter/force of nature Amanda F*cking Palmer.

Or perhaps the twin likeness of Philip Ahn/Master Kan from Kung Fu on If Charlie Parker Was A Gunslinger . . .

the last ping pong ball

2010-02-16T12:28:00.004-05:00

courtesy mikecelona of www.mikecelona.net

Valentine's PSA

2010-02-14T10:01:00.003-05:00

courtesy ALLEN0955

cool kids & cubes

2010-02-09T20:27:00.003-05:00

Yard Sale Bloodbath shares a bit of 1985.

son of the forest breaks it down for us.

Don Kirshner, Dick Shawn and the like

2010-02-02T09:47:00.006-05:00

On Magic Carpet Burn, everything Archie meets the 2-D Don K. & the music is born.

Fish Out Of Water puts us back in the vocal swim with the one & only Dick Shawn.

Otherwise, Ill Folks can set you up for a Cold Cold Winter.

this film (& this dude) be trippin'

2010-01-29T11:39:00.006-05:00

courtesy crushingdeath

The Holy Mountain is my new favorite film and the filmmaker, Alejandro Jodorowsky, my new hero.

The movie's much better than the trailer lets on. But the trailer does show enough of the over-the-top scenes so one might say "yes, looks cool" and "no, don't show it to the kids or Auntie Bess".

Thanks to far hipper folks at GLOWING RAW and exp etc for shining the light long & brightly enough to dawn on these far shores of Marblehead.

once upon a time

2010-01-17T10:04:00.002-05:00

courtesy ghamlen

the Gobbler

2010-01-03T12:51:00.003-05:00

Before my drifting into suspended animation, those two words will beat out "Rosebud".

As seen thanks to PCL LinkDump, the whole crazed thing called The Gobbler. Go now.

freakin' Sealtest Ice Cream

2009-12-29T22:32:00.002-05:00

Cotton Candy Truant could be no truer to its name that to bring forth this sugar-dosed bit of deja vu all over again.

ho ho huh?

2009-12-24T15:05:00.002-05:00

uberkayness gets lit up like a chrismas tree.

the Great Santa Convergence of '09

2009-12-22T00:01:00.010-05:00

A Basement of Curiosities is switching on the Santa Moog.

Magic Carpet Burn brings us a spacefarin' Santa (as well as the Three Stooges).

And Cotton Candy Truant presents Our Santa of the Flying Cupcake Bakery.

Meanwhile, People of Walmart has sighted Biker Santa on his stylin' new ride. (Tho' those antler handlebars seem to tell a sad & gruesome tale . . .)

And whoa, wait, this just in from Chateau Thombeau: Santa's flying first class on the cover of Jet magazine. As none other than Esther Rolle. Rock on . . .

And and and: on Sexy People, the Red and the Black dovetail nicely in Santa and Goths.

And again: a Merry Christmas Santa from Pathways To Unknown Worlds.

And, oh, hey, Aloha, Santa from Hooked On Stereophonic.

Brittany Murphy will be missed

2009-12-21T00:01:00.003-05:00

courtesy freshMOVIEZ02

She shows up 9 minutes into this long time favorite.

Other posts in her honor at:

kindertrauma (which led to . . .)

Final Girl

Synthtopia

insert clever robot related title here

2009-12-01T23:21:00.004-05:00

My servos are majorly glitching so . . .

Robots! on North of Onhava offers up a fun and jargon-free look at our imminent enslavement by cybernetic beings.

Nerdbots, as seen soaking up the open bar at Chateau Thombeau, are the very best friends money can buy.

Lovingly fabricated by thrift store adventurers, they no doubt come with a boilerplate waiver for buyers to sign: "In the event of a silicon insurrection" etc. etc.

Speaking of electronic BFFs, Furbys evidently roam the earth amongst the People of Walmart.

And for those looking forward to spending the holidays with a robotic master race, Magic Carpet Burn's playlist, Magic Christmas Burn, has just the tune for you.

lies I tell on Facebook #265

2009-11-29T22:47:00.004-05:00

In regards to the Maginot Line:

Originally there were plans to make a line of defense out of papier mache penguins (ten meters high--so y'know, not life sized). The Surrealists had figured the penguins would frighten German soldiers (who were known to have recurring nightmares about all things Antarctic) and greatly confound the High Command (ditto). But, the French were like "hey, what do Surrealists know about fortifications" and the rest is history. Luckily, yes, definitely, guys: George C. Scott totally saved their bacon. And then refused the Best Acting Oscar presented to him by De Gaulle.

In my own words, tho' based entirely on the poorly photocopied liner notes of a Scott Walker album and a recipe found on the inside of a Campbell Soup label.

too true

2009-11-29T22:41:00.003-05:00

"In today’s struggling economy you need to wear clothes, why don’t you wear these clothes?"

Kindertrauma is selling t-shirts.

Now I'm cheap & fully dressed. But maybe you need a t-shirt with a scary clown on it.

Or you need a laugh.

Either way, it's your move.

when it rains it sizzles

2009-11-27T12:30:00.003-05:00

Traffic stopping Spanish bubblegum (!?!) cards of actresses at PCL LinkDump. Sure there's Loren and Bardot, but freakin' Ida Lupino . . .

And at pulpnivora, the steamy headwaters of all this, waits Loretta Young and Ava Gardner as well.

And Jennifer Jones looking like she's way past ready for a girls' night out with Deborah Harry and Lydia Lunch. And like able to set asbestos on fire at 400 paces with a passing glance.

like Easter on Thanksgiving

2009-11-27T11:38:00.004-05:00

That greatly missed aggregation of all that's brain-breakingly cool and grandly ironical returns to Earth in its newest incarnation, Chateau Thombeau.

unlaced at any speed

2009-11-25T12:40:00.003-05:00

mudd up! serves up a mellow rejoinder to any holiday crazymaking in the form of a great song by a great singer in e x t e n d e d mix.

shadow boxing

2009-11-23T19:14:00.002-05:00

Indiscreet Ubiquity is the latest drawing in artist John Borowicz's horror vacui block party.

auditioning for the role of Achilles

2009-11-11T13:57:00.002-05:00

If, like me, you harbor the dream of an all-chimp Homeric revue, this fellow (with an appropriate costume change) could be the lynchpin of the cast.

Or if that lead-in confuses you, just let PCL LinkDump explain just how cool clothed chimps are.

looking to read these soon

2009-11-07T11:50:00.002-05:00

The Failure by James Greer

Gorgeous East by Robert Girardi

I've seen the movie & I've heard the song

2009-11-07T11:31:00.002-05:00

Mimesis from James Greer on Vimeo.

Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft from James Greer on Vimeo.

The Mole People

2009-11-07T11:16:00.002-05:00

A fave old movie from up late watching TV childhood days, The Mole People in its print manifestion on deadilicious.

calling all space cadets

2009-11-01T19:55:00.003-05:00

Percy Trout digs out some groovin' old Ideal toy at PCL LinkDump.

13 lets us know the best flying saucers are made of vinyl & have great cover art.

And And AND: Wrong Side of The Art shows multiple right sides of The First Men in the Moon.

Halloween extravaganza

2009-10-31T12:52:00.002-04:00

Magic Carpet Burn had made my damn(ed) Halloween several times over. But this old Brach's candy ad, so long ago & so familiar, takes the candy corn prize.

With a Whedonverse proviso, I'm also down with bruddah Nosferatu over at Paco Camino.

Happy Halloween, y'all.

pattern recognition

2009-10-31T11:50:00.003-04:00

Slogan at The Boat Lullabies must be: party like it's 1945.

As one can [not-so] plainly hear, that earlier & greatest of Pepsi generations knew how to take a belt (or two or three) and in turn belt it on out, out, out, out, out . . .

All part of what looks to be a cool collection to come.

Meanwhile, if you're planning to dress as Sherlock or Watson, may want to check out this bit of arcana at PCL LinkDump.

gettin' in the spirit

2009-10-26T11:34:00.003-04:00

Those Francophone biker-baker luchadores are at it again. A blindfolded esper is just one of several great pages from the Magician directory.

With a eye to disease & contagion, Day Of The Woman picks the top 11 Sickest Flicks (literally).

Allegory of Allergies presents the very thing for your local Haunted House.

And now, ladies & gentlemen, a holiday message from The Shaggs.

in with The In Crowd

2009-10-24T10:54:00.003-04:00

No need to be blue.

Not when you're reading one of the world's most awesomest blogs, I'm Learning To Share!

This time 'round, ev'rything from non-peeps to woolies to WalMart to Loudon Wainwright III to Soupy Sales to unsung lyrics of TV theme songs and more.

Those who doubt it need only click.

Honi soit qui mal y pense.

wanna buy a bridge?

2009-10-22T15:15:00.002-04:00

Or maybe just some records . . .

Another true confession from a post-punk hick . . .

Vic Mizzy, musical mastermind

2009-10-20T19:29:00.005-04:00

What do you say about a composer who wrote the theme to Green Acres *and* the music for The Ghost and Mr. Chicken?

Frankly, I dunno. The dude rocked our worlds with bass harmonicas and fuzztone guitar motifs and now he's gone.

But Magic Carpet Burn takes a step in the right direction with the aforementioned primo Don Knotts comedy.

Around 8:38, dig the creepiest organ music ever . . . (thanks, Vic)

courtesy DonKnottsFan

hearing in pictures

2009-10-15T14:03:00.003-04:00

This ad posted at Paco Camino is the sole basis for the new movie, The Audiophile Andy Warhol.

Starring Miley Cyrus as an ohmmeter-wielding Edie Sedgwick and a very bleached Zac Efron as A.W. (Who plays Candy Darling et al. I'll leave to you, the fans . . .)

if I ever join Facebook

2009-09-30T13:52:00.002-04:00

Y'know, it was weird.

Kevin McCarthy had just jumped off this produce truck screaming at anyone who could listen about big pod plants and aliens and such. I was unnerved.

But I woke up this morning feeling fresh and alive, and yet very calm (like after a long drifting deep space voyage).

And feeling so thoroughly renewed, I popped out of bed and signed up on Facebook.

Or, for those more familiar with the remake:

Brooke Adams, y'know, points at me and goes, I dunno, "Ahhhhhhhhg!"

So then I point at Brooke and I go "Ahhhhhhhhhg!"

We both go "Ahhhhhhhhg!" a couple more times before we fall to the ground laughing and saying "Dude, we soooo totally rule this planet--yeah!"

(Hope my wife will post this on Facebook . . .)

the silicon musk of Bigfoot justice

2009-09-29T13:17:00.004-04:00

A visually inclined friend sent along proof that Bigfoot exists. A cool, if suspiciously closely-cropped, pic of Lindsay Wagner, the Bigster and Lee Majors from the 1970s.

Tho' I do happen to live in a cave and hadn't seen this picture before (not even in old issues of Better Caves and Meadows), I knew the bittersweet truth behind this picture and chose to share it with him (and now the world) though the email quoted below.

To those who cannot bear the weight of truth, I say look away now. No one will think any less of you:

"We can rebuild Bigfoot--we have the technology . . ."

Bionic Bigfoot, the spinoff that never was. Indeed, as a cover, he'd be traveling the country hauling freight in a Peterbilt. He'd be hiding in plain sight, with only children, kindly old folks and the pure at heart recognizing that "Bionic Bigfoot" was more than just a clever CB handle for an "ex-sideshow performer". It was a stamp of justice and abiding love across the land. And in the hearts of those who'd call him friend.

Inspite of a huge advance printing of 10,000 t-shirts bearing a likeness of the truck driving Sasquatch on his CB (and the words, "This is Bionic Bigfoot, c'mon!"), the studio heads did not prove to be such good buddies to the project and ashcanned the whole thing.

Word is that somewhere in some warehouse in LA there are boxes and boxes of those t-shirts and other long-suppressed-then-forgotten merch related to the silicon Sasquatch. Which is a cool legend and all, but I don't think I buy it. I'm going to have to see a picture . . .

(There are also many conspiracy theories associated with this stillborn TV show, one tying into the death--some say assassination--of Dale E[a]rnhardt. But such things are mostly whispered in darkened hallways and go well beyond my personal knowledge or that of my email spellchecker.)

The Yeti sends best regards,
K.

and now the laughter starts

2009-09-25T19:42:00.006-04:00

Yet another cool blog populating my imploding Google Reader is And Now The Screaming Starts. Riffing on Poe and invoking Jung is only the start of the fun in the latest entry.

FABULON is taking a hiatus, but there's always plenty to catch up on there for the ironically minded.

Meanwhile, Magic Carpet Burn presents all sorts of fun greasy kid stuff like old how-to articles on making oneself up as a ghoul or a Martian. Halloween is just around the corner.

Rosie the Riveter

2009-09-18T00:02:00.000-04:00

courtesy Internet Archive

Feel free to play, sing or hum along. Or listen & read, maybe do a little research.

Or check out the video . . .

courtesy DurerDrew

yessir!

2009-09-18T00:01:00.000-04:00

The Internet Archive has tons of recorded music.

Everything from netlabels to live classical to old cylinder & 78 recordings.

Here's an old Woody Guthrie side:

the age of flight

2009-09-17T00:01:00.001-04:00

Luckily, obscure childhood memories can be cool.

Like faint recollections (circa age 5) of the Johnny Astro. Mostly just the Mars 2 and Luna 3 balloons with the USAF logos.

And the Mattel Vertibird toy helicopter, another pleasant recollection from long ago.

how right wrong can be

2009-09-16T23:29:00.004-04:00

Wrong Side of the Art has all the crazy damn movie poster images one might hope to see.

Exhibits A and B.

Flight of the Bumblebee on Violano-Virtuoso

2009-08-27T00:44:00.003-04:00

Mentioned seeing this mechanical musical instrument a couple years back, but never uploaded any video.

Till now.

And for something more mellow:

so I shoved it into Race

2009-08-24T20:36:00.005-04:00

Much as people shamelessly quote The Simpsons and Monty Python, folks back in my long ago youth and far off corner of the sticks were still quoting lines from early 60s comedy records by Brother Dave Gardner.

Now you can be funny that way too (tragically passé and marginalized), thanks to Schadenfreudian Therapy.

Lapsing now into lazy/lame comparisonspeak: Imagine if Jonathan Winters, Lord Buckley and the wraith of Walt Whitman met in a smoke-filled green room thereby creating a wormhole from which a strange otherworldly dude came through to skat, and otherwise sing & speak in numerous over-the-top voices.

This dude would be Brother Dave.

But I'm overselling it. Go on, kick thy own self . . .

in a full bird Trans Am to Valhalla, Mississippi

2009-08-18T14:24:00.003-04:00

An old friend just sent me this obit for Memphis music maker/record producer Jim Dickinson.

If in no mood for the greatest craziest damn music cranking from the Jensen coaxials of post-life, one might rejoin the living in the least likely of ways: via cell.

Mobile soundscapes, that is, presented by the good folks at Disquiet.

shadow boxing with a few phantoms

2009-08-17T00:02:00.003-04:00

courtesy dutylux

Documentary as playlist . . .

mother of Freud

2009-08-16T00:57:00.005-04:00

courtesy Prionyx

Another long lost, tho' somewhat more fractured, bit of my cathode youth . . .

Maybe seen as the late late late show in early school (or pre-school) days, Freud: The Secret Passion stars the likes of Montgomery Clift, Susan Kohner, Susannah York and David McCallum.

Complete with Portuguese subtitles. Dig it.

an old favorite from long ago

2009-08-15T01:05:00.003-04:00

courtesy GigotFan

Used to watch this movie as a kid on Saturday afternoon TV.

Hadn't seen it since. Till now . . .

how high the tiger

2009-08-14T00:01:00.002-04:00

courtesy TUBESUCKE

courtesy ExactlyLikeYou

Les remembered on FABULON and Waveformless.

More bits of wizardry on airform archives and PCL LinkDump.

pop up front, safety pin in the back

2009-08-13T17:39:00.003-04:00

A very homebrew homage to the post-punk band. Circa 1982.

And something in the way of the aural homebrew.

Just In Time--Rebby Sharp

2009-08-07T21:20:00.005-04:00

The embed of this lovely, long ago song comes courtesy La Folie Du Jour, where there's showcased a whole mess of Rebby Sharp, solo and with the Orthotonics.

Indeed, it seems the Orthotonics are having a reunion show on 12 September 2009 . . .

courtesy globalmojo

Were I in Richmond VA mid-September, well . . .

what are you doing here in Hollywood and who are you frightening?

2009-08-06T03:46:00.002-04:00

courtesy Classic TV

Wisecracks, De Sotos and so much more.

Link and thumbnails for easy navigation . . .

film shot from Apollo 11

2009-08-04T15:07:00.002-04:00

courtesy NASA Images

Lots of cool images shot from different mission POVs--the lunar module docking, landing on the moon, moonwalks and so on.

Since the film's a hour and a half long, the thumbnails page gives an good overview and quicker access to sections of interest.

rockin' the Krispy Kreme and then some

2009-08-03T02:25:00.002-04:00

agilitynut is out in the Midwest and posting the pics and such to prove it.

Oh, ye olde Krispy Kreme . . .

And former Arby's . . .

And lend this an ear . . .

the ballad of 3-fingered Joe

2009-07-30T00:01:00.003-04:00

courtesy Prelinger Archives

The excellent 1970s safety film Shake Hands With Danger is also at the Internet Archive.

Just the country theme music alone is worth checking out.

But careful, folks: even tho' the loss of life and limb is largely implied, this is not for the squeamish or impressionable.

lunar ukes & stepping into space

2009-07-29T15:06:00.002-04:00

courtesy djYardSale

Found the items above and below whilst malingering at the Internet Archive . . .

courtesy A/V Geeks

bookland frolic

2009-07-29T01:51:00.003-04:00

Tho' not always the most PC of cartoons, this 1938 Merrie Melodies cartoon is very much the sort of thing I remember seeing on local TV cartoon shows way back when I was a kid.

emulation mode

2009-07-21T13:00:00.007-04:00

Efforts to the contrary aside, Anita Ward has nothing to fear.

Nor does Britney. Nor the heavily quanticized Cher of "Believe". Nor any of their young aspirants.

Synthtopia explains and provides the synthetically sung version of "Ring My Bell" to demonstrate.

Perhaps, if given the example of this starlet/singer or some time spent here in the company of these gentleman, Vocaloid SONIKA would gain just enough life experience (and use of consonants) to pass the Turing test.

Or at least go platinum . . .

Till that day, a chorus of sweetly singing school kids will do just fine [in addition to, not in lieu of Nico's dark foghorn call]. As posted on Pathway to Unknown Worlds:

courtesy ps22chorus

sweet thunder of a moon out of tune

2009-07-18T23:59:00.004-04:00

Sweet Thunder's Tape Findings has too much groovin' goin' on with all its found cassettes and other audio.

Most recent is week 119's collection of very detuned calliope music. Ol' favorites like Moon River, The Candyman and It's Not Unusual sound a bit as if The Shaggs and some avant jazzers met up with a drunk highland piper.

Which is to say, check it out already.

don't worry--we'll set you straight

2009-07-17T19:37:00.003-04:00

Noise Is Information very thoughtfully posts a video about clean cut young fellows who bike around preaching the good word. Y'know . . . atheists.

While having a restful Saturday morning, perhaps you'll dream of Mexican film & music in Tito-era Yugoslavia. Or just click on over to Pathway to Unknown Worlds and read about Yu-Mex.

I am Blaine--hear me roar

2009-07-16T02:15:00.003-04:00

Or yell . . .

What I know of beauty and cosmetology curricula couldn't drown a gnat. Or keep it from dying of thirst.

But logos, those distinctive blends of word and image that can get and keep your attention . . . well, don't know much about them either.

But I know: Blaine! the logo.

Recently, it had lost its (exclamation) point and become quiet & demure. And now that Blaine Beauty School's been absorbed by some other school, that whole upward cursive swoop is on its way out.

But thanks to the Wayback Machine, one can still bask in the declarative exuberance and Blaine! like it's 1999.

Indeed, the damn thing's drawn by no less than a animated tube of lipstick.

So Blaine! the logo roars on in the face of snooty upscale understatement.

You go, girl . . .

beloved

2009-07-11T23:40:00.005-04:00

PCL LinkDump doubles up on The Loved One appreciation with the Mrs. Joyboy dining experience and a groovin' pressbook.

Speaking of the dearly departed, let's reup a link to this parlor rock trio who paid homage to the LV with their name. And this bit of sound collage.

8-track orchard

2009-07-10T15:35:00.004-04:00

What no less than Jimmy Walker says . . .

courtesy gggone1

courtesy skulhed

courtesy smileypussonebay

courtesy wyojunk

courtesy superpro2000

And now, ladies & gentlemen, Mr. Jim Nabors. Available on 8-track tape:

courtesy eyeh8cbs

just as Criswell predicted

2009-07-10T13:52:00.009-04:00

courtesy dutylux

A friend and others beside have sent links & other premonitions of a new Cheap Trick release on that venerable format, the 8-track tape cartridge.

No word yet from Radio Shack when they're gonna bring back those portable 8-track players that look like detonator plungers.

Rumor has it that they will synergize with Apple on this and call it the "iPlunge".

Suggested retail will be $299.98. Then substantially less, to piss off the early (or not-quite-so extremely late) adopters.

With that in place, I'm not sure how the Johnny Winter or Uriah Heep or any other fine re-releases will find proper distribution. Maybe through the forthcoming iTunes/Columbia House 8-Track Tape Club.

Time now to go listen to "Frankenstein" while awaiting the "iStrobe", the iBirotron and scads of newly unraveled tapes strewn along the highways . . .

courtesy oscartripe

make it roll

2009-07-09T23:29:00.003-04:00

courtesy zombielegtattoo

Well before the age of The Red Green and Git-R-Done, there were the gurus Redfish--father (Art Carney rigged out to the max) and son (none other than Meat Loaf).

I only caught about half of this craziness on the nuevo UHF, but folks, Roadie is out there, waiting.

There's Alice Cooper.

Plus Debbie Harry, Don Cornelius and maybe some other luminaries lacking proper last names . . .