Faire Le Lcomotion

I like the Sylvie Vartan cover version of The Locomotion almost as much as the original. :)

Neighbourhood Nuclear Superiority

I had never realized that I needed "Neighborhood Nuclear Superiority" until I saw this clip from Michael Nesmith's Elephant Parts:



I'm thinking that this would be kind of handy at my job. :)

Who doth inhabit first

On YouTube, two Elizabethan-styled actors perform a funny Shakespearian version of "Who's On First", perhaps assuming that the Bard of Avon at one time hosted three shows a day at Minsky's for some extra ducats...



Here's some more details from the original post on YouTube:

An Elizabethan twist on Abbot and Costello's famous vaudeville routine. Performed by STNJ actors David Foubert and Jay Leibowitz on New Year's Eve of 2006 in Morristown, NJ. Written by Jay Leibowitz and Jason King Jones. www.jayleibowitz.com

How to interview, by Wierd Al Yankovic

It would seem that interviews are *much* better when you can make up the questions after you have the answers! If only I had know this during my Report days! :)

Weird Al Yankovic shows us how!

When he "interviews" Madonna...



Michael Stipe...



Paul McCartney...



Eminem... (Weird Al must have had fun with this one as Eminem messed up his plans to do a video spoof of one his songs)



Mick Jagger...



Paula Abdul...



Tom Petty...



Mariah Carey...



Billy Joel...



Ozzy Osbourne...



and George Harrison...

Best cover of Windy ever!

I have to ask myself, which is better...

Windy, as performed by The Association...



Or the cover version of Windy, as performed by Drew Carey and Craig Ferguson on The Drew Carey Show!

Faire Le Kangourou

It was a dance craze in Quebec--The Kangaroo!

Over 200% of your daily cholesterol needs

I must be hungry, as I am reading this Internet wag's description of Swanson's Hungry Man Breakfast, which he dubs The Breakfast From Hell.

Shatner! In! The! Sky! With Diamonds!

This amusing cartoon video accompanies William Shatner's definitive version of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

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Vote Socialist Turtle on October 14

Here's a link to the page on Upton's Universe where you can find mini-comics about a favourite comic character during my university days: Socialist Turtle by Vancouver cartoonist Colin Upton.

(I have a copy of his re-introduction in the January 1990 Discorder magazine which I am thinking of tacking by my desk at work, thus further befuddling my co-workers.)

Artist Upton recalls that the strip was "Mysteriously popular with kids." But Socialist Turtle is such a cuddly-looking agitator!

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It's very subtle, but I think they are implying that Jesus is their friend

Jesus is My Friend, by Sonseed



Hat tip: My friend Wade, who likes good music, so I can't imagine why he sent me this link.

No wait, yes I can. :)

Thanks, Mom! :)

The Joe Meek master reel-to-reel tapes that I mentioned in an earlier post have sold for 170,000 pounds. (Not pounds of..., but Pounds sterling. Although, perhaps Joe himself would have been tempted by 170,000 pounds of sausage. "He was very fond of sausage..." :)

The great "Paul is Dead" single?

Terry Knight, best known as the manager for Grand Funk Railroad, recorded the song "Saint Paul" in 1969 that may have started the great wave of "Paul McCartney is Dead" rumours of the late 1960s.

Here's the song, spliced to footage of a Beatles performance of Hey Jude (which the writer of Saint Paul liberally cribs from!):




(I'm more familiar with the cover version by Shane, which was a monster hit in New Zealand.)

If this interests you, I suggest that you read the fascinating book I Am The Walrus, which examines the history of the rumour.

(The late Mr. Knight, when asked whether he knew that the song had contributed to the rumour, is reported to have smiled and said "Yes, I'd heard that...")

Mom, start your Christmas shopping for me early

If an auction listing at eBay is to be believed , someone is selling the master reel to reel tapes of famed U.K. record producer Joe Meek.

No bids yet, but the bidding is expected to start at $231,000 U.S..

Unless You Care

A lip-synch performance on Shindig, by Terry Black.



(Not only is Unless You Care a good song...Terry Black was from North Vancouver!)

The cartoon bunny version of Rocky

Yo Adrian! :)

Everybody do the Twist in the snow!

I still say that Belles! Belles! Belles! by Claude Francois is still the best Scopitone ever, even if only in a "What the...?!?!" sense. :)

Dumb head!

This is The Sharades cover version of Dumb Head. I'd love to know what that electronic thing is taking the place of the piano/organ. Any ideas?



[I feel like a dumb head sometimes...and I am not even a lady having problems with her dates like in the song. :) )

This is the US original by Ginny Arnell:



[I like the duh-duh-duh-duh's better in the original :) ]

Telstar

Probably Joe Meek's finest production:

D.B. Cooper

A U.S. lawyer is convinced that he knows the real identity of famed hijacker D.B. Cooper as well as the Vancouver bank where the loot is allegedly stashed in a safety deposit box.

Oh Mia Angelina!

Peppino Di Capri in the 1963 German teenager movie "Denn die Musik und die Liebe in Tirol"



Listen for the amazing electric guitar sound without amps! Neat song, though.