tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64892451541435113642012-01-31T15:31:59.716-08:00Welcome to The Homoerratic Radio Show. turns out the pot at the end of the rainbow was full of old records. enjoy!Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.comBlogger9051100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-17936840318243192572012-01-31T15:09:00.000-08:002012-01-31T15:31:59.766-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TTaCMtI0Oq0/TyhokjBh2TI/AAAAAAAAKYw/ME6L0bwwbCE/s1600/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TTaCMtI0Oq0/TyhokjBh2TI/AAAAAAAAKYw/ME6L0bwwbCE/s320/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Nico Carstens and His Orchestra</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Authentic South African Boeremusiek</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">So-Lank As Die Rietjie In Die Water Le</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">("As Long As There's Water In the Deep Blue Sea") </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16691015-8f4">listen</a> ]</span></span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Zulu Warrior</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16691175-cb1">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I don't know about you, but nothing grates on my nerves more than the sound of inauthentic South African Boeremusiek. So you can imagine my delight upon finding this 1957 Nico Carstens LP that features the real thing. Nico, who was born to Dutch parents in <a href="http://worldfamoustourism.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Cape-Town-South-Africa-City-2.jpg">Cape Town, South Africa</a>, was only thirteen years old when he started winning accordion competitions mere months after receiving his first instrument. A few years later he began writing the first of many songs that incorporate the wide variety of cultures that are found in his home country. This Capitol release features instrumental tracks as well as songs with vocals, so I've posted one of each. That's 32-year-old Jimmy Rayson's hearty voice you hear on "Zulu Warrior." Read more about Nico Carstens <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nico_Carstens">here</a> and in the liner notes below, and see the crazy list of LPs (74 of them!) Carstens made for Columbia Records on his discography page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discography_of_Nico_Carstens">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dCf5S_B1rcw/TyhvuwamoVI/AAAAAAAAKY4/hEba4GVo7O4/s1600/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_logo+and+drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dCf5S_B1rcw/TyhvuwamoVI/AAAAAAAAKY4/hEba4GVo7O4/s320/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_logo+and+drawing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ATMPLqY2X-o/TyhvvnSj8OI/AAAAAAAAKZA/y0INYL3Sn0k/s1600/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_drawing+caption.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="23" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ATMPLqY2X-o/TyhvvnSj8OI/AAAAAAAAKZA/y0INYL3Sn0k/s320/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_drawing+caption.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jo_djj_R6lk/Tyhvy2rLnmI/AAAAAAAAKZI/74nZ4d9FRFk/s1600/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jo_djj_R6lk/Tyhvy2rLnmI/AAAAAAAAKZI/74nZ4d9FRFk/s320/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5oP6H6RWZpA/Tyhv1A41i1I/AAAAAAAAKZQ/D54VcAPcfU4/s1600/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5oP6H6RWZpA/Tyhv1A41i1I/AAAAAAAAKZQ/D54VcAPcfU4/s320/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dkATVOr8EaM/Tyhv3_S8dHI/AAAAAAAAKZY/I6Cf0A0To6o/s1600/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dkATVOr8EaM/Tyhv3_S8dHI/AAAAAAAAKZY/I6Cf0A0To6o/s320/Nico+Carstens+and+His+Orchestra_Authentic+South+African+Boeremusiek_LP_photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Nico Carstens, dressed accordiongly ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1793684031824319257?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-85322708922464496352012-01-30T14:31:00.000-08:002012-01-31T14:16:35.938-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vd358SMoXws/TybMRcm2qiI/AAAAAAAAKYA/-6zx0hmCtcM/s1600/Carl+Jularbo_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vd358SMoXws/TybMRcm2qiI/AAAAAAAAKYA/-6zx0hmCtcM/s320/Carl+Jularbo_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Carl Jularbo</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Carl Jularbo</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Lycklige Henriks Polka</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16681063-28e">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This weekend I was poking around in the "International—Other" section of my record collection and found some interesting stuff to post for the coming few days. This spirited 1974 Carl Jularbo compliation LP was evidently previously owned by an Elli DeLong, who at one time lived in south Seattle near the southern tip of <a href="http://terrapen.com/catalog/images/B_Lake_Washington.jpg">Lake Washington</a> and who had simply marvelous taste in music. According to Carl Jularbo's Wikipedia page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calle_Jularbo">here</a>, he of the piercing blue eyes and </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">tasteful moustache </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">was the most famous Swedish accordionist of his time—and he never even learned to read music! You can visit the English-language webpage for the Carl Jularbo museum <a href="http://www.avesta.se/Kultur--Fritid/Museum/Carl-Jularbo-Museum/Carl-Jularbo-museum-in-english/">here</a>, and if you <a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZxmoHcNFlx8/SglMY8Chs7I/AAAAAAAASLk/YyTSF6R2ZA4/PMBS2059.JPG">stop by in person</a>, you can enjoy some <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UUpL1wE3yP8/TEB-PyGnDVI/AAAAAAAADiA/V7rtIi7uogc/s1600/Homemade+Bread.jpg">home-baked bread</a> in the museum cafe! And while you're enjoying home-baked bread in the museum cafe, you can ask your server to translate the Swedish-language liner notes that I've included below.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cr6Zn-dBWAw/TybPBk_uMxI/AAAAAAAAKYI/t8VTPZXnwcY/s1600/Carl+Jularbo_LP_front_Elli+DeLong.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cr6Zn-dBWAw/TybPBk_uMxI/AAAAAAAAKYI/t8VTPZXnwcY/s320/Carl+Jularbo_LP_front_Elli+DeLong.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bMUejGI4I4U/TybPDqR5j1I/AAAAAAAAKYQ/tZl_dUhQCIw/s1600/Carl+Jularbo_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bMUejGI4I4U/TybPDqR5j1I/AAAAAAAAKYQ/tZl_dUhQCIw/s320/Carl+Jularbo_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K4kL_jK2DVM/TybPE23D16I/AAAAAAAAKYY/WKzy-_fo-hI/s1600/Carl+Jularbo_LP_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="65" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K4kL_jK2DVM/TybPE23D16I/AAAAAAAAKYY/WKzy-_fo-hI/s320/Carl+Jularbo_LP_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2OOXgux0KY/Tyb7d_wrMVI/AAAAAAAAKYo/QSo7L8qG4KY/s1600/Carl+Jularbo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h2OOXgux0KY/Tyb7d_wrMVI/AAAAAAAAKYo/QSo7L8qG4KY/s320/Carl+Jularbo.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Carl Jularbo: June 6, 1893 — February 13, 1966 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8532270892246449635?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-30783975185945706132012-01-27T10:02:00.000-08:002012-01-27T11:44:56.092-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vEgtXV2fDY8/TyLcGDgHuSI/AAAAAAAAKXo/rwsViDn2s1Q/s1600/Luv%27_Trojan+Horse_45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vEgtXV2fDY8/TyLcGDgHuSI/AAAAAAAAKXo/rwsViDn2s1Q/s320/Luv%27_Trojan+Horse_45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Luv'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Trojan Horse</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16660999-440">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Have you ever wondered what <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_M6Fw8uH75QE/TGVWrS021cI/AAAAAAAABR0/lRjwHSVw3X8/s1600/Bananarama.jpg">Bananarama</a> would sound like if they'd made disco in the <a href="http://aralin.net/2004/bagpipes.jpg">Scottish Highlands</a>? On the one hand I'm amazed and a little annoyed that I'd never heard of this lovely Dutch trio before finding this catchy 1978 single at <a href="http://somrecordsdc.com/">Som Records</a> in Washington, DC last month. But on the other hand, I'm probably only now finally mature enough to handle knowing about them while still maintaining my dignity. If I'd seen Luv's televised performance of "Trojan Horse" when I was ten, I'd have been prancing around the playground singing "1-2-3-4-5, you say I'll be your wife!" while mimicking the group's dance moves—thereby thrusting myself even further down the rungs of <a href="http://schools.yakimaschools.org/education/components/whatsnew/default.php?sectiondetailid=3658&amp;">Robertson Elementary's</a> popularity ladder. Knowing about <a href="http://images.wikia.com/wonderwoman/images/5/58/WonderWomanLyndaCarter.jpg">Wonder Woman</a>, <a href="http://www.page2live.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/originals.jpg">Charlie's Angels</a>, and </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXt4yZ6YqWk/Tc3Ag5CtoaI/AAAAAAAABMc/5eixiSrb3uE/s1600/abba4.jpg">ABBA</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> at that tender young age was making life difficult enough. You can read about Luv' on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luv%27">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Luv' on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=759Rs8cHV-M">Trojan Horse</a>" ]</span></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r-iwSTtMnkE/TyL6mquI7sI/AAAAAAAAKX4/kV8qiupNSQw/s1600/Luv%27_2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r-iwSTtMnkE/TyL6mquI7sI/AAAAAAAAKX4/kV8qiupNSQw/s320/Luv%27_2.jpeg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4F5BRM_sh-Y/TyLflowN5yI/AAAAAAAAKXw/dxnzqgErRZI/s1600/Luv%27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="270" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4F5BRM_sh-Y/TyLflowN5yI/AAAAAAAAKXw/dxnzqgErRZI/s320/Luv%27.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3078397518594570613?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-3879680104986583002012-01-26T10:03:00.000-08:002012-01-26T10:03:12.285-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qHeTy5v9chg/TyGFYsoAaWI/AAAAAAAAKXg/vz-XpWkd7WA/s1600/mix+tape_Gregory%27s+Pecs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qHeTy5v9chg/TyGFYsoAaWI/AAAAAAAAKXg/vz-XpWkd7WA/s1600/mix+tape_Gregory%27s+Pecs.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Hey Gregory here, 6'1", 190lbs, 37yo looking to date. want to meet for coffee? </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />side one:<br /></span>01. Spellbound - Esquivel and His Orchestra<br />02. Trains and Boats and Planes - Dinah Shore</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">03. Sound of the Sand - David Thomas &amp; The Pedestrians</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">04. Slowtime -The Wolfgang Press</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">05. New York, New York - Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five<br />06. I've Forgotten Your Face - Eolika</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">07. Señorita Boo Bam - Neal Hefti, His Orchestra and Chorus</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">08. Heute Nacht - Peter Maffay</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br />09. All I Need Is Everything - Aztec Camera<br />10. Te Hiti Raa Mahana (The Rising Sun) - Gaston Guilbert, feat. Charlie Mauu, Morito Taaroa, Eugene, Loma, Maeva, Bimbo, Lafine, Leonard, Félicie, Diana</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">11. Rainy April Morning - Brian Hyland</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">12. Jilted Lovers &amp; Broken Hearts - Brandon Flowers<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16654409-6ea">listen</a> ]</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">side two:</span><br />01. Angel of the Morning - Percy Faith, His Orchestra and Chorus </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">02. Radiation Level - Sun</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">03. Loves Me Like a Rock - The Dixie Hummingbirds</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">04. Todo Sin Ca. - Raul Vidauri</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">05. Canción Para un Marino - Tormenta</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">06. Run Away - The Revival Hour<br />07. If I Had a Talking Picture - Sylvia Syms<br />08. My Plants Are Dead - Blonde Redhead<br />09. Lunette - Les Baxter and His Orchestra w/ Vocal Group</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">10. Cottun - Mahjongg</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br />11. The Eagle Laughs At You - Jackie Lomax</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br />12. Number 33 Pickwick Lane - The Magic Fingers of Merlin and His Trio</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">13. La Donna Riccia - Tutto Modugno</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">14. The Little Theatre - Carlo Savina and His Orchestra</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">15. No Shoestrings on Louise - Elton John </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16654509-744">listen</a> ]</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-387968010498658300?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-31869664012151680482012-01-25T13:43:00.000-08:002012-01-30T08:53:41.639-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_36c8dHLOoU/TyA_ZoURH2I/AAAAAAAAKWg/RCQzjEJnqZM/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_36c8dHLOoU/TyA_ZoURH2I/AAAAAAAAKWg/RCQzjEJnqZM/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Honor Blackman</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Everything I've Got</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">C'est Drole</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16646649-afb">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This 1964 record from sultry blonde Bond girl Honor "<a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/files/2010/03/honor_blackman_ladies_goldfinger.jpg">Pussy Galore</a>" Blackman is one of the neat things I found in <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2011/08/sho-nuff.html">Another Part of the Forest</a> while visiting <a href="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/3b/b4/75/cincinnati.jpg">Cincinnati, Ohio</a> last summer. Sadly, this LP is indeed Everything She's Got, since she never released another. You can read about Honor Blackman and see a list of movies and TV shows she's been in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_Blackman">here</a>, visit her official website <a href="http://www.honorblackman.co.uk/">here</a>, and I've included the liner notes and photo from the back of the LP below.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfYx9qQvARg/TyA_8cXDS6I/AAAAAAAAKWo/N8c9Wy6FPrQ/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_logo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KfYx9qQvARg/TyA_8cXDS6I/AAAAAAAAKWo/N8c9Wy6FPrQ/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_logo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6RJhikMkVck/TyA_9nllW1I/AAAAAAAAKWw/arkVMQXBhVk/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_logo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="52" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6RJhikMkVck/TyA_9nllW1I/AAAAAAAAKWw/arkVMQXBhVk/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_logo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_R_VeVToBs/TyA__YJO-OI/AAAAAAAAKW4/21H_nSoB3eI/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Z_R_VeVToBs/TyA__YJO-OI/AAAAAAAAKW4/21H_nSoB3eI/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_photo.jpg" width="131" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mwi7y8_GqA8/TyBABoyXmFI/AAAAAAAAKXA/TF95tctZQ4M/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_promo+sticker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Mwi7y8_GqA8/TyBABoyXmFI/AAAAAAAAKXA/TF95tctZQ4M/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_promo+sticker.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Me-3g7EUQc4/TyBAEKTpM1I/AAAAAAAAKXI/i5V4Ce9ews4/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Me-3g7EUQc4/TyBAEKTpM1I/AAAAAAAAKXI/i5V4Ce9ews4/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EpGjxJuGW4/TyBAFY16mWI/AAAAAAAAKXQ/ocG2yEx3R3s/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EpGjxJuGW4/TyBAFY16mWI/AAAAAAAAKXQ/ocG2yEx3R3s/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H444piDjWkI/TyBAGjaZEcI/AAAAAAAAKXY/_gcwT_RxGeE/s1600/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_notes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-H444piDjWkI/TyBAGjaZEcI/AAAAAAAAKXY/_gcwT_RxGeE/s320/Honor+Blackman_Everything+I%2527ve+Got_LP_notes3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3186966401215168048?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-70983836301659476362012-01-24T15:11:00.000-08:002012-01-25T17:10:07.145-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6A2_8Wh5Twg/Tx8fy3QweYI/AAAAAAAAKTo/slpgFS04AnA/s1600/Peter+Sarstedt_As+Though+It+Were+a+Movie_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6A2_8Wh5Twg/Tx8fy3QweYI/AAAAAAAAKTo/slpgFS04AnA/s320/Peter+Sarstedt_As+Though+It+Were+a+Movie_LP_front.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Peter Sarstedt</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: As Though It Were a Movie</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">As Though It Were a Movie</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16640980-22b">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">The 2011 Oscar Nominations have been announced! Along with some good films like <a href="http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/the_tree_of_life_movie_poster_01.jpg">THE TREE OF LIFE</a>, <a href="http://ohlovelylolo.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/midnight-in-paris-poster.jpg?w=640">MIDNIGHT IN PARIS</a>, and <a href="http://fuelthefuture.adweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/moneyball-poster-Post.jpg">MONEYBALL</a>, the Academy continued its trend of voting itself into irrelevance in the minds of anyone who actually still takes movies seriously by littering their list of Best Picture contenders with irritating, contrived melodrama (<a href="http://www.therealstevegray.com/wp-content/uploads/Extremely-Loud-And-Incredibly-Close-Movie-Poster.jpg">EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE</a>), heavy-handed Spielbergian schmaltz (<a href="http://ewinsidemovies.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/war-horse-art_510.jpg">WAR HORSE</a>), and simple-minded drivel (<a href="http://www.onlinemovieshut.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/the-descendants-movie-poster.jpg">THE DESCENDANTS</a> and <a href="http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/the_help_poster_lines_everybody_up_1303417949.jpg">THE HELP</a>) that purports to address important social and political issues, but ends up pandering to the lowest common denominator at the multiplex instead. Meanwhile, Oscar voters once again ignored some of the year's most satisfying, challenging, and intelligent films—like <a href="http://www.infamouskidd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/50-50-poster.jpg">50/50</a>, <a href="http://i1.cdnds.net/11/35/618w_movies_melancholia_poster.jpg">MELANCHOLIA</a>, <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iaDIMcWNNLs/TYmM_vSMZmI/AAAAAAAABzc/q2O4gTiKrZc/s1600/beginners%2Bposter.jpg">BEGINNERS</a>, <a href="http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Martha-Marcy-May-Marlene-Poster.jpg">MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE</a>, and <a href="http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/drive_ver5_xlg-620x918.jpg">DRIVE</a> to name a few, and a couple of <a href="http://www.bigarts.org/hover-photos/hover-Cave-of-Forgotten-Dreams-film-poster.jpg">Werner</a> <a href="http://www.heyuguys.co.uk/images/2011/10/Into-the-Abyss.jpg">Herzog</a> documentaries to name a few more. Both <a href="http://www.filmofilia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hugo_poster.jpg">HUGO</a> and <a href="http://www.filmoria.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/The-Artist-Poster.jpg">THE ARTIST</a> are smart, enjoyable films that reach back to the motion picture industry's early days to relay stories that prove once and for all that movies are indeed as important to human life as water and air. This message resonates especially well with voting members of the Motion Picture Academy, and both films were amply rewarded by landing atop the Oscar heap with a total of 21 nominations between them. </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">You can find a complete list of the 2011 Oscar nominations <a href="http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/84/nominees.html">here</a>. </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">Anyway, in honor of this momentous day, I've posted something from a 1969 cinema-themed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sarstedt">Peter Sarstedt</a> LP that I picked up in Washington, DC a few months ago. The inside record sleeve features lots of people dressed up like famous Hollywood celebrities, so I've thrown together a little trivia exercise to see if you actually know your movie stars as well as you think you do. Good luck!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NEm8_sk3feY/Tx8hxSxCH1I/AAAAAAAAKVI/agvUQtYw38o/s1600/Jimmy+Stewart+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NEm8_sk3feY/Tx8hxSxCH1I/AAAAAAAAKVI/agvUQtYw38o/s320/Jimmy+Stewart+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Can you spot the REAL Jimmy Stewart? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpxCmXW5DDo/Tx8h0SVtdSI/AAAAAAAAKVQ/m4YxYm7LmRg/s1600/Marlene+Dietrich+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="255" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gpxCmXW5DDo/Tx8h0SVtdSI/AAAAAAAAKVQ/m4YxYm7LmRg/s320/Marlene+Dietrich+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Which of these women is Marlene Dietrich? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l83Ecc6WzlM/Tx8h2IVgpaI/AAAAAAAAKVY/Hn5sy-_O_mE/s1600/Charlie+Chaplin+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l83Ecc6WzlM/Tx8h2IVgpaI/AAAAAAAAKVY/Hn5sy-_O_mE/s320/Charlie+Chaplin+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ "The Little Tramp" vs. a regular tramp. Can you tell the difference? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hUXJrKenLTs/Tx8h5qc4uwI/AAAAAAAAKVg/OriFf0_wIew/s1600/Jean+Harlow+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hUXJrKenLTs/Tx8h5qc4uwI/AAAAAAAAKVg/OriFf0_wIew/s320/Jean+Harlow+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Will the real Jean Harlow please stand up? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zQwDDZq_YZg/Tx8ibvzaUJI/AAAAAAAAKVo/aP8hx5RiZ8c/s1600/Walter+Huston+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="207" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zQwDDZq_YZg/Tx8ibvzaUJI/AAAAAAAAKVo/aP8hx5RiZ8c/s320/Walter+Huston+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Who can identify the REAL Walter Huston? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YQuuOn7NgeA/Tx8ieXUCJXI/AAAAAAAAKVw/idAh-zJCBJk/s1600/Lionel+Barrymore+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YQuuOn7NgeA/Tx8ieXUCJXI/AAAAAAAAKVw/idAh-zJCBJk/s320/Lionel+Barrymore+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Which of these men is only pretending to be Lionel Barrymore? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfKpxtiaUMY/Tx8ihEOSnfI/AAAAAAAAKV4/FHs_0yBAXFo/s1600/Lee+Remick+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tfKpxtiaUMY/Tx8ihEOSnfI/AAAAAAAAKV4/FHs_0yBAXFo/s320/Lee+Remick+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Can you tell which of these beauties is NOT Lee Remick? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kENSav2lWkA/Tx8ikF4BmOI/AAAAAAAAKWA/DLvFuWxUGd0/s1600/Joe+Dallesandro+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kENSav2lWkA/Tx8ikF4BmOI/AAAAAAAAKWA/DLvFuWxUGd0/s320/Joe+Dallesandro+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ One of these hunks isn't really Joe Dallesandro...but which one? ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8yMMYlXP3bI/Tx8il1PnYcI/AAAAAAAAKWI/-8G3XLIyHM0/s1600/Edward+Andrews+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8yMMYlXP3bI/Tx8il1PnYcI/AAAAAAAAKWI/-8G3XLIyHM0/s320/Edward+Andrews+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Can you spot the REAL Edward Andrews? ]</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_dxfR7evf5w/Tx8invZxfnI/AAAAAAAAKWQ/YDfutgd87yU/s1600/Bob+Hope+test.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="247" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_dxfR7evf5w/Tx8invZxfnI/AAAAAAAAKWQ/YDfutgd87yU/s320/Bob+Hope+test.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Which of these men is comedian Bob Hope? ]</span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U4DbkgX9ROU/Tx8ipNk8Q4I/AAAAAAAAKWY/IeY33sLiQpA/s1600/Peter+Sarstedt_As+Though+It+Were+a+Movie_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U4DbkgX9ROU/Tx8ipNk8Q4I/AAAAAAAAKWY/IeY33sLiQpA/s320/Peter+Sarstedt_As+Though+It+Were+a+Movie_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Peter Sarstedt sitting amongst the stars. ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-7098383630165947636?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-46635842463475901062012-01-23T09:20:00.000-08:002012-01-23T11:37:47.609-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qeZDQutpDac/Tx2R1o5Ef_I/AAAAAAAAKTE/JB-Dv7qCM80/s1600/Wilkins_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qeZDQutpDac/Tx2R1o5Ef_I/AAAAAAAAKTE/JB-Dv7qCM80/s320/Wilkins_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Wilkins</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Wilkins</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Bella Sin Alma</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16632872-e8b">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "No, No Le Digas Siempre No</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16633018-12d">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This self-titled 1975 LP by Puerto Rican superstar Wilkins (aka. Wilkins Vélez, aka. German Wilkins Vélez) is the other of the two records I found at <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2011/09/love-childs-afro-cuban-blues-band.html">the Sunday outdoor flea market in Columbus, Ohio</a> during my road trip last summer. I just recently discovered that Wilkins' "Bella Sin Alma" is actually a Spanish-language version of "I Was Waiting For You," one of my favorite songs on <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2009/12/richard-cocciante.html">this Richard Cocciante album</a>. You can listen to Richard's version on <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2009/12/unintentional-mess.html">this mix tape</a> I put together a few years ago. Anyway, back to Wilkins: Click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilkins_V%C3%A9lez">here</a> to read more about the handsome Latin cantador con un afro mágico de la luz, and visit the official Wilkins website <a href="http://wilkinsmusic.com/">here</a>, where you can read his extended biography, find his full discography, and buy some of <a href="http://wilkinsmusic.com/vinos/medioevo-by-wilkins/">his wine</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-88TOr-zbyug/Tx2SoxaeDJI/AAAAAAAAKTM/Uh6Z46-cTOA/s1600/Wilkins_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-88TOr-zbyug/Tx2SoxaeDJI/AAAAAAAAKTM/Uh6Z46-cTOA/s320/Wilkins_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GhfGA9lbR_4/Tx2SqOXemFI/AAAAAAAAKTU/dFL4toVhKoQ/s1600/Wilkins_LP_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GhfGA9lbR_4/Tx2SqOXemFI/AAAAAAAAKTU/dFL4toVhKoQ/s320/Wilkins_LP_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uHTnr4tKt6c/Tx2SrVtcupI/AAAAAAAAKTc/4CLlArARmuY/s1600/Wilkins_LP_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uHTnr4tKt6c/Tx2SrVtcupI/AAAAAAAAKTc/4CLlArARmuY/s320/Wilkins_LP_photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4663584246347590106?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-56023727349261833642012-01-20T13:55:00.000-08:002012-01-24T13:16:16.378-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fSlAKnuYSz0/TxnZz88GlaI/AAAAAAAAKSE/9ZFpljwGq5k/s1600/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fSlAKnuYSz0/TxnZz88GlaI/AAAAAAAAKSE/9ZFpljwGq5k/s320/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Thrasher Brothers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Those Singing Americans...Sing On!</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Eastern Gate</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16614389-cc7">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I know I should be counting my blessings and that I shalt not envy and all that, but I have to admit I kinda' wish I'd found <a href="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/0ca7840e6385639a63dad8ed607489aa/2020814.jpg">this Thrasher Brothers record</a> at the thrift store instead.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> But I guess at least my record's prettier. You can read about Jim, Buddy, and Joe Thrasher on their Alabama Music Hall of Fame page <a href="http://www.alamhof.org/thrasherbrothers.html">here</a>—they were inducted in 2005—where you'll see a list of country stars The Thrashers have toured with and find out what <a href="http://www.webtvwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/simon-simon.jpg">popular '80s TV show</a> they performed the theme song for</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0uqHS3zofYQ/TxniLeGuy2I/AAAAAAAAKSk/a7ss4JtPTog/s1600/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0uqHS3zofYQ/TxniLeGuy2I/AAAAAAAAKSk/a7ss4JtPTog/s320/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AuGfHzhvXm0/TxniMhy2spI/AAAAAAAAKSs/A8KlhP54OJM/s1600/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_doodle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AuGfHzhvXm0/TxniMhy2spI/AAAAAAAAKSs/A8KlhP54OJM/s320/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_doodle1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r2UYon7a0fY/TxniN01EkyI/AAAAAAAAKS0/bC-fqWxpoCw/s1600/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_doodle2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-r2UYon7a0fY/TxniN01EkyI/AAAAAAAAKS0/bC-fqWxpoCw/s320/Thrasher+Brothers_Those+Singing+Americans+Sing+On_LP_doodle2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--VS-XMZNQCA/TxniQPnfEhI/AAAAAAAAKS8/vFLjFdCX_qk/s1600/Thrasher+Brothers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="242" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--VS-XMZNQCA/TxniQPnfEhI/AAAAAAAAKS8/vFLjFdCX_qk/s320/Thrasher+Brothers.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ The Thrasher Brothers ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-5602372734926183364?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-40106261606995326252012-01-17T09:47:00.000-08:002012-01-20T13:15:51.816-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KuzYj5BRxXM/TxWrRaIdf6I/AAAAAAAAKRs/DJH_xOVNkjQ/s1600/The+Frontiersmen_Country+Jamboree_LP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KuzYj5BRxXM/TxWrRaIdf6I/AAAAAAAAKRs/DJH_xOVNkjQ/s320/The+Frontiersmen_Country+Jamboree_LP.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Frontiersmen</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Country Jamboree</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "The Baby on the Doorstep</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16593403-977">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">In this old-time country ballad from The Frontiersmen, what begins as the story of an extremely lucky day for a lonely and unfulfilled childless couple quickly evolves into a riveting courtroom drama</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">! Additional thrills in the form of wagon-train races can be found between the pockets and lapels of the matching crimson blazers worn by Hi (?), Wayne, and Hal on the cover of their "Country Jamboree" LP. Get your own copy of the record <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONTIERSMEN-Hi-Wayne-Hal-Country-Jamboree-LP-/130510520305">here</a> or <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONTIERSMAN-Country-Jamboree-CROWN-LP-/370295770178">here</a>, pay four times more for a factory-sealed copy with an alternate cover featuring a wagon wheel, guitar, and lovely country lass </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/FRONTIERSMEN-Country-Jamboree-1964-FACTORY-SEALED-Stereo-LP-Hi-Wayne-Hal-/370555163398">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">, or buy this terrific album in digital form on iTunes <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/country-jamboree/id147610296">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwzKxiNmKmQ/TxW1pOkaZaI/AAAAAAAAKR8/jXOYXfnDKGQ/s1600/The+Frontiersmen_Country+Jamboree_LP_label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="96" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kwzKxiNmKmQ/TxW1pOkaZaI/AAAAAAAAKR8/jXOYXfnDKGQ/s320/The+Frontiersmen_Country+Jamboree_LP_label.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AM2N32KDFkM/TxWrWGJtKWI/AAAAAAAAKR0/-QuuRLIg7N8/s1600/The+Frontiersmen_Country+Jamboree_LP_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AM2N32KDFkM/TxWrWGJtKWI/AAAAAAAAKR0/-QuuRLIg7N8/s320/The+Frontiersmen_Country+Jamboree_LP_detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Hi, Wayne, and Hal = The Frontiersmen ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4010626160699532625?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-7952307026319305422012-01-14T12:32:00.000-08:002012-01-17T09:07:08.820-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oMkK7idBiV8/TxHWMv4d4RI/AAAAAAAAKQU/zSxSViI5Xes/s1600/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oMkK7idBiV8/TxHWMv4d4RI/AAAAAAAAKQU/zSxSViI5Xes/s320/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Edo Lubich</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: At the Backstage Club — His Songs and His Guitar</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Quisas, Quisas, Quisas</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16574422-849">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">The popular classic "Quisas, Quisas, Quisas (Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps)" is given the Lubich touch by talented Yugoslavian singer, guitarist, entertainer, and restaurant manager Edo Lubich. Though he became a <a href="http://samoistina.com/2/tambura/tamburas-bg.jpg">tamburas</a> at a young age after receiving his first <a href="http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/967/g7dq1.jpg">birsenica</a>, Edo has a good friend's suicide to thank for getting his international music career off the ground and shooting him to stardom. Before offing himself, Edo's friend, who was also a regular patron at a <a href="http://www.apartman-beograd.com/KnezMihajlova.jpg">Belgrade</a> cafe where Edo regularly performed, made his last request: He wanted Lubich to perform at his funeral. The news of the request made headlines and the rest, as they say, is history—a</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> history that includes Edo being voted 3rd most popular man in <a href="http://www.gladdemusic.com/images/international%20pictures/yugoslavia1.gif">Yugoslavia</a> in 1936, being the first-ever Yugoslavian person on TV, and getting to perform throughout all of Europe and the USA! </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">A connoisseur of good food, Edo eventually found himself living in <a href="http://www.sabasushi.net/ebay/store/towns/phoenix.jpg">Phoenix, Arizona</a> where he managed The Backstage Club, which offered fine dining (see the postcard below that I just paid $3.50 for on eBay) as well as entertainment by Lubich himself. He also evidently recorded at least one album with Yadran Records, a local label. According to his Tamburitza Hall of Fame biography <a href="http://www.tamburitza.org/bios/lubich.html">here</a>, Lubich later lived in <a href="http://www.planetware.com/i/photo/beverly-hills-century-city-los-angeles-ca195.jpg">Century City, California</a>, where he owned and operated a pair of restaurants—named "La Place" and "Edo's Other Place"—which he sold in 1978 when he retired to <a href="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5205/5333553771_38f1c2dd36_z.jpg">Palm Springs</a>. You can find more info about Edo Lubich in the LP liner notes below.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gMFVSplJn98/TxHWkFws3XI/AAAAAAAAKQc/yb23cCcYE1o/s1600/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="93" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-gMFVSplJn98/TxHWkFws3XI/AAAAAAAAKQc/yb23cCcYE1o/s320/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXMaCB7ZVoI/TxHWlhStfqI/AAAAAAAAKQk/EWhHdz3vT1s/s1600/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="135" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MXMaCB7ZVoI/TxHWlhStfqI/AAAAAAAAKQk/EWhHdz3vT1s/s320/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="123" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9HL5TpDqvJ8/TxHWpJ2rXcI/AAAAAAAAKQ8/n9Rf__iFcD0/s320/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_Yadran+Records.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yTLEN74Txl4/TxHWqFZN31I/AAAAAAAAKRE/HDVV58mkZv8/s1600/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_Yadran+Records+address.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="55" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yTLEN74Txl4/TxHWqFZN31I/AAAAAAAAKRE/HDVV58mkZv8/s320/Edo+Lubich_At+the+Backstage+Club_LP_Yadran+Records+address.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnTwF6nnN5Q/TxHawI97h7I/AAAAAAAAKRU/2pdvNTuV8Hs/s1600/Edo+Lubich_Backstage+Club+postcard_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnTwF6nnN5Q/TxHawI97h7I/AAAAAAAAKRU/2pdvNTuV8Hs/s320/Edo+Lubich_Backstage+Club+postcard_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bvvE3CMg/TxHawjV6fpI/AAAAAAAAKRc/YEMQltTqfiI/s1600/Edo+Lubich_Backstage+Club+postcard_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="113" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rG3bvvE3CMg/TxHawjV6fpI/AAAAAAAAKRc/YEMQltTqfiI/s320/Edo+Lubich_Backstage+Club+postcard_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wZpJSQiUapg/TxHayjkDgRI/AAAAAAAAKRk/zJPZIRTb0o4/s1600/Edo+Lubich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wZpJSQiUapg/TxHayjkDgRI/AAAAAAAAKRk/zJPZIRTb0o4/s320/Edo+Lubich.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Edo Lubich: May 7, 1912 — March 15, 1993 ]</span></div><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-795230702631930542?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-29422525827710729902012-01-13T09:23:00.000-08:002012-01-23T08:58:21.599-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FmmYEwcv8Io/TxBhNpwJPjI/AAAAAAAAKPU/oWCsO6Vs1u0/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FmmYEwcv8Io/TxBhNpwJPjI/AAAAAAAAKPU/oWCsO6Vs1u0/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: It's Polka Night</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Alpine Climber's Ball</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16567757-f2d">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Three Yanks Polka</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16567779-7f0">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Friday's finally here, and you know what that means—Polka Night! Though "America's Polka King" Frankie Yankovic (no relation to <a href="http://tekstovi-pesama.com/g_img/0/45047/weird%2520al%2520yankovic-3.jpg">Weird Al</a>) was born in <a href="http://www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/westvirginia/map.GIF">West Virginia</a>, his family moved him to <a href="http://csudigitalhumanities.org/exhibits/archive/square_thumbnails/cca_euclidavenue_3036_0e6db18224.jpg">Cleveland</a> when he was just a tot and it's there that he rose to polka fame—as I learned during my visit last summer to the city's <a href="http://www.clevelandstyle.com/museum.html">Polka Museum</a>, where I laid eyes on <a href="http://www.clevelandseniors.com/images/slovenia/frankie-yankovic-pancordion.jpg">Yankovic's accordion</a> and some of his stage outfits. Frankie began "fooling around" with the accordion at the tender age of six, eventually even learning to play the thing. He nearly lost his fingers to <a href="http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/ColdInjury/figures/figure11.jpg">frostbite</a> during his service in WWII, but fortunately for polka-lovers everywhere the fingers stayed on. This 1957 Columbia LP offers a collection of Yankovic favorites, both waltzes and polkas, both with vocals and without. And one of them has yodeling! You can read about the life and career of Frankie Yankovic on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Yankovic">here</a> and in the liner notes below. And as you go twirling around the house tonight, take care not to polka your eye out! </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TkmYB2cKx9c/TxBhtGRxN_I/AAAAAAAAKPc/ExpnODPPwiY/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_logo+and+tracks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TkmYB2cKx9c/TxBhtGRxN_I/AAAAAAAAKPc/ExpnODPPwiY/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_logo+and+tracks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MfVnh_ADNQE/TxBhun9sT2I/AAAAAAAAKPk/9_7PgJRXWYI/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MfVnh_ADNQE/TxBhun9sT2I/AAAAAAAAKPk/9_7PgJRXWYI/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes1.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iQ-FATEp0DI/TxBhv-YII2I/AAAAAAAAKPs/LiYkCkU4TWo/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iQ-FATEp0DI/TxBhv-YII2I/AAAAAAAAKPs/LiYkCkU4TWo/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHjLPD3B5xE/TxBhw6eD_OI/AAAAAAAAKP0/wE2FGgZdeAk/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oHjLPD3B5xE/TxBhw6eD_OI/AAAAAAAAKP0/wE2FGgZdeAk/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes3.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--EgeSzbQrx8/TxBhycTZ49I/AAAAAAAAKP8/lahFPK3m2N8/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--EgeSzbQrx8/TxBhycTZ49I/AAAAAAAAKP8/lahFPK3m2N8/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes4.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eypo8z7KAWM/TxBhzUSDOsI/AAAAAAAAKQE/FwhPoB_Y_Fo/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eypo8z7KAWM/TxBhzUSDOsI/AAAAAAAAKQE/FwhPoB_Y_Fo/s320/Frankie+Yankovic+and+his+Yanks_It%2527s+Polka+Night_LP_notes5.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vsHdUFuMfTc/TxBh0tQkamI/AAAAAAAAKQM/VVWHqK5bo7A/s1600/Frankie+Yankovic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vsHdUFuMfTc/TxBh0tQkamI/AAAAAAAAKQM/VVWHqK5bo7A/s320/Frankie+Yankovic.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Frankie Yankovic: July 28, 1915 — October 14, 1998 ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2942252582771072990?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-66275241559074071142012-01-12T09:44:00.000-08:002012-01-12T15:32:04.218-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MH1F8PWqSMU/Tw8PiD8fCOI/AAAAAAAAKOc/vUcWkeBX-CA/s1600/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MH1F8PWqSMU/Tw8PiD8fCOI/AAAAAAAAKOc/vUcWkeBX-CA/s320/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Zondervan Sampler: Echoes From the Albums</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Keller-York Quartet</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "He Cares</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16560840-19a">listen</a> ]</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Gene Jordan</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Stand Up For Jesus</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16560890-4d7">listen</a> ]</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span></span> </div></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">Though it sounds like the name of an Afghan village liberated from the Taliban by allied forces, or maybe a vehicle driven by superheroes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zondervan">Zondervan</a> is actually the name of a Christian media and publishing company located in <a href="http://www.beforethetrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rapids02.jpg">Grand Rapids, Michigan</a>. Their Zondervan Victory record label brought a wide variety of religious music to the ears of American church-goers in the 1960s. This Zondervan sampler that </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">I found at a thrift store several months ago</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> features "echoes" from a dozen of the label's LP releases. My favorite echoes included on the record are by The Keller-York Quartet (accompanied by accordion and organ) and Gene </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">"Mister Marimba" </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">Jordan. I wasn't able to find any info on the K-Y Quartet, but I did find a neat photo of the group which I've included below. As for Gene Jordan, you can buy his 23-track CD <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/genejordanandeugenewjord#">here</a>, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">where you can also read all about him in the "Album Notes" section</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">. Unfortunately, it seems Gene is no longer with us—unlike legendary two-time Best Actress Oscar-winner <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luise_Rainer">Luise Rainer</a>, who turns 102 today. Her beautiful, romantic 1938 film "<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cc/Poster_of_the_movie_The_Great_Waltz.jpg">The Great Waltz</a>," which is "loosely based" on the life of composer <a href="http://www.8notes.com/images/artists/johann_strauss.jpg">Johann Strauss</a> (played by <a href="http://i.fanpix.net/images/orig/i/v/iv5kqc4km31k5vq1.jpg">Fernand Gravey</a>), was recently remastered for its DVD debut, see <a href="http://www.wbshop.com/Great-Waltz-The/1000252611,default,pd.html?cgid=">here</a>. You can get DVD copies of Rainer's Oscar-winners <a href="http://www.wbshop.com/Great-Ziegfeld-The/1000163742,default,pd.html?cgid=">here</a> and <a href="http://www.wbshop.com/Good-Earth-The/1000002215,default,pd.html?cgid=">here</a>, and a trio of her rarely-seen films from the 1930s is now available <a href="http://www.wbshop.com/Luise-Rainer-Collection-Emperors-CandlesticksToy-WifeBig-City/1000180270,default,pd.html?cgid=">here</a>. Happy Birthday, Luise</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0IJVIxOH8Dg/Tw8QTYWixtI/AAAAAAAAKOk/DxW6TWepz68/s1600/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_back_logo+and+info.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="101" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0IJVIxOH8Dg/Tw8QTYWixtI/AAAAAAAAKOk/DxW6TWepz68/s320/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_back_logo+and+info.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JdGla808kfI/Tw8QWPPk3lI/AAAAAAAAKOs/MgH3I3R_pEU/s1600/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_track+Keller-York+Quartet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="47" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JdGla808kfI/Tw8QWPPk3lI/AAAAAAAAKOs/MgH3I3R_pEU/s320/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_track+Keller-York+Quartet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jpwawhtitTw/Tw8QXqaPTrI/AAAAAAAAKO0/qK7WWGDcdeE/s1600/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_front_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jpwawhtitTw/Tw8QXqaPTrI/AAAAAAAAKO0/qK7WWGDcdeE/s320/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_front_detail.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n-NuP5PYEkU/Tw8QZWpEe8I/AAAAAAAAKO8/k1qzkTyl6Sk/s1600/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_track+Gene+Jordan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="50" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n-NuP5PYEkU/Tw8QZWpEe8I/AAAAAAAAKO8/k1qzkTyl6Sk/s320/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_track+Gene+Jordan.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BoEm5MwgeVg/Tw8QbXPa_II/AAAAAAAAKPE/r_YYzq-tLw4/s1600/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_back_box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="66" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BoEm5MwgeVg/Tw8QbXPa_II/AAAAAAAAKPE/r_YYzq-tLw4/s320/Zondervan+Sampler_Echoes+From+the+Albums_LP_back_box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QsscvlKkgfk/Tw8QdQmK0rI/AAAAAAAAKPM/1HLvb2xDmVU/s1600/Keller-York+Quartet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QsscvlKkgfk/Tw8QdQmK0rI/AAAAAAAAKPM/1HLvb2xDmVU/s320/Keller-York+Quartet.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ The Keller-York Quartet ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-6627524155907407114?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-89717850386474132022012-01-11T09:15:00.000-08:002012-01-11T11:52:28.698-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-93Q4c0e9kdQ/Tw2-n1PmdUI/AAAAAAAAKOU/FO6H0EK1r9M/s1600/Nancy+Wilson_I%2527ve+Never+Been+to+Me_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-93Q4c0e9kdQ/Tw2-n1PmdUI/AAAAAAAAKOU/FO6H0EK1r9M/s320/Nancy+Wilson_I%2527ve+Never+Been+to+Me_LP_front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Nancy Wilson</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">I've Never Been to Me</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I've Never Been to Me</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16553866-a25">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This 1977 release isn't my favorite from <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2010/10/nancy-wilson.html">Nancy Wilson</a>, but I picked it up anyhow so I could hear her take on the title track, "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Never_Been_to_Me">I've Never Been to Me</a>." The song quickly became </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">gay-little-13-year-old-me's favorite on the radio five years later</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> when <a href="http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff297/pingu2541/ebay171009011.jpg">Charlene</a> took it to the top of the charts, and it's still a reliable staple in my karaoke repertoire today. Frankly, I find Nancy's version a tad too overheated and breathless. For nearly 30 years I've wondered—what exactly <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>was</i></span> it this lady saw that "a woman ain't supposed to see?" Was it <a href="http://img2.moonbuggy.org/imgstore/half-naked-clown-man.jpg">this</a>? Or maybe <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pDt3kBm525Q/TUtpsnnh7vI/AAAAAAAADa8/60Yf_ZkHA7g/s1600/Guy-Bunny-Suit-Posing-Car.jpg">this</a>? Nancy? Charlene? Do tell!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8971785038647413202?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-80001309405743525832012-01-10T14:49:00.000-08:002012-01-11T16:25:50.751-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TOBemLzaE0A/Twy0Hshc0KI/AAAAAAAAKN0/t0hjRQ_eGXQ/s1600/Beckett_Disco+Calypso_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TOBemLzaE0A/Twy0Hshc0KI/AAAAAAAAKN0/t0hjRQ_eGXQ/s320/Beckett_Disco+Calypso_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Beckett</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Disco Calypso</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Calypso Disco</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16549564-625">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Originally from <a href="http://www.vincyhomecoming.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/geography-of-st-vincent-and-grenadines.gif">St. Vincent and The Grenadines</a>, Alston Becket Cyrus (he dropped the extra "t") earned the name "the ABC of Calypso" due to (his initials, obviously, and) his infectious Caribbean rhythms that have graced both sides of 26 albums, numerous singles, and the soundtracks of several American TV shows, including "<a href="http://valdefierro.com/fhouse02.jpg">Full House</a>." The combustible compound of musical styles found in the dyslexic title track of Beckett's 1977 "Disco Calypso" LP also put in an appearance in Peter Yates' all-star subaquatic scare-fest called <a href="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o73/batcrow/The_Deep_movie_poster.jpg">THE DEEP</a>. You can read more about Alston B. Cyrus, buy some of his music, and send him an email by visiting his website <a href="http://www.alstonbecketcyrus.com/main.asp">here</a>. Though there's certainly lots to look at on the cover of "Disco Calypso," I'm especially drawn to the androgynous figure in bluejeans and ascot dancing amongst the palms.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XRwHgD1HVJw/Twy0nOZry6I/AAAAAAAAKN8/PylTlxPjpcU/s1600/Beckett_Disco+Calypso_LP_front_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XRwHgD1HVJw/Twy0nOZry6I/AAAAAAAAKN8/PylTlxPjpcU/s320/Beckett_Disco+Calypso_LP_front_detail.jpg" width="191" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKFwcL5hnPY/Twy0ooSbg7I/AAAAAAAAKOE/0lLSz12QEHc/s1600/Beckett_Disco+Calypso_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZKFwcL5hnPY/Twy0ooSbg7I/AAAAAAAAKOE/0lLSz12QEHc/s320/Beckett_Disco+Calypso_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HRMbJmTvncI/Twy0pYaQmTI/AAAAAAAAKOM/v2s2UCp9RnE/s1600/Alston+Becket+Cyrus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HRMbJmTvncI/Twy0pYaQmTI/AAAAAAAAKOM/v2s2UCp9RnE/s320/Alston+Becket+Cyrus.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Alston "Beckett" Cyrus ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8000130940574352583?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-49334486991975427912012-01-09T09:42:00.000-08:002012-01-09T11:41:12.338-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ymfI6Zq5fR8/TwsbwU6oPII/AAAAAAAAKNk/OuvCgH_UsuI/s1600/Claudja+Barry_I+Will+Follow+Him_Work+Me+Over_12-inch-single.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ymfI6Zq5fR8/TwsbwU6oPII/AAAAAAAAKNk/OuvCgH_UsuI/s320/Claudja+Barry_I+Will+Follow+Him_Work+Me+Over_12-inch-single.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Claudja Barry</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">12" single</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I Will Follow Him</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16541907-e99">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Work Me Over</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16542047-03c">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">If you're like I and dozens of other Americans, one of your resolutions is to stick with a vigorous aerobic workout routine this year. The songs from this 1982 Claudja Barry single helped get me started (and sweaty and sore) this morning—they can do the same for you! Born in <a href="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/caribarch/images/Jamaica_map_sm.jpg">Jamaica</a> in 1952, Claudja's family took her to <a href="http://205.254.135.7/EMEU/cabs/Canada/images/canada_map.gif">Canada</a> when she was just a tot. After high school she ran off to <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DNhuAChHEbE/TJ605PiHAsI/AAAAAAAACKc/00QCfuxmPkc/s1600/BigApple+-+dancers.jpg">the Big Apple</a> where she landed a part in the musical "<a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b8/Hairposter.jpg/215px-Hairposter.jpg">Hair</a>," which led her to Europe where she landed a part in the group <a href="http://i27.servimg.com/u/f27/11/97/47/64/bony1210.jpg">Boney M</a>, which led her to <a href="http://www.myvintagemovies.net/wp-content/uploads/15_4_orig.jpg">a solo career</a> which produced several hit dance singles, which of course leads back to my early morning <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D7UJuM5qtBk/Tmusu24bGVI/AAAAAAAADvs/fpPyGT-f0To/s1600/Aerobics+lineup_Living+Pages.jpg">aerobic routine</a>. You can read more about Claudja Barry on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudja_Barry">here</a>, then find her full discography and see what she's up to nowadays on her official website <a href="http://www.claudjabarry.com/">here</a>. Say, what did this lovely performer's boyfriends used to call her in the early '80s while wooing her with baby-talk?</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Hi-lite for answer here: <span style="color: #0c343d;">"Claudjagoogoo"</span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Nuns on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqp89bkFe8k">I Will Follow Him</a>" ]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qwfrcOs_b1E/Twsh46i-5kI/AAAAAAAAKNs/IN44u_Ft1fA/s1600/Claudja+Barry.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qwfrcOs_b1E/Twsh46i-5kI/AAAAAAAAKNs/IN44u_Ft1fA/s1600/Claudja+Barry.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Claudja Barry ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4933448699197542791?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-24072481740137691222012-01-06T14:43:00.000-08:002012-01-10T13:56:15.077-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WVrsgYS8flU/TwctN8xcCfI/AAAAAAAAKNE/X3uhqijOJE0/s1600/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WVrsgYS8flU/TwctN8xcCfI/AAAAAAAAKNE/X3uhqijOJE0/s320/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Juluka</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Universal Men</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Unkosibomvu - The Red King</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16524665-6c5">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Struggling teenage South African street musicians Johnny Clegg and Sipho Mchunu "met cute" in Johannesburg when Mchunu challenged Clegg to a guitar-playing contest. The two quickly became buddies and formed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juluka">Juluka</a>, but they were banned from performing in local clubs because of South Africa's strictly-enforced policy of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Africa_under_apartheid">racial segregation</a>. Interesting trivia: according to unnamed sources, there was a musical sequel to <a href="http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/essential-movies/554-1.jpg">a popular 1971 kids movie</a> proposed in the late '70s in which several lucky tykes would find golden tickets inside their chocolate Juluka bars, thereby winning a guided tour of Mchunu's family farm in <a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-EE9KUw8yGdk/TAe_1NKe2OE/AAAAAAAABIg/0el8MgSzUKc/TGCInKwaZuluNatalSouthAfrica.jpg">Natal</a> where they would also learn about the evils of apartheid. Unfortunately, things fell apart in the writing stages and the film was never made, though the design for the golden tickets was recycled for the cover of Juluka's 1979 debut LP. You can read a little about Zulu musician Sipho Mchunu <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipho_Mchunu">here</a> and read a lot about British-born anthropologist and musician Johnny Clegg <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Clegg_%28musician%29">here</a>. And please don't tape this song, because it will die</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ooghy4mkFbM/TwcuVrvoQ9I/AAAAAAAAKNM/c2krLCcQ_6k/s1600/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ooghy4mkFbM/TwcuVrvoQ9I/AAAAAAAAKNM/c2krLCcQ_6k/s320/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibIqoD0GSKM/TwcuWnH4HII/AAAAAAAAKNU/lbcA9o0Y5rA/s1600/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_home+taping+warning.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="229" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ibIqoD0GSKM/TwcuWnH4HII/AAAAAAAAKNU/lbcA9o0Y5rA/s320/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_home+taping+warning.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e6ZWatSzA9I/TwcuX1ECWQI/AAAAAAAAKNc/t2EjTLk0Nrk/s1600/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e6ZWatSzA9I/TwcuX1ECWQI/AAAAAAAAKNc/t2EjTLk0Nrk/s320/Juluka_Universal+Men_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Johnny Clegg + Sipho Mchunu = Juluka ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2407248174013769122?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-48354969742507780012012-01-05T15:38:00.000-08:002012-01-12T08:50:42.613-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C7oEEOdqrYw/TwXWbwmJiXI/AAAAAAAAKMc/2lewllpq2DY/s1600/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-C7oEEOdqrYw/TwXWbwmJiXI/AAAAAAAAKMc/2lewllpq2DY/s320/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Otis Williams and the Midnight Cowboys</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Otis Williams and the Midnight Cowboys</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I Wanna Go Country</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16519229-8c4">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Hello Darlin'</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16519308-081">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Not to be confused with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Williams">Otis "Big Daddy" Williams</a> of <a href="http://www.txgenweb.org/postcards/Towns/Texarkana/TexarkanaBroadSt1939.jpg">Texarkana</a> and <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/Temptations-group-pic.jpg">The Temptations</a>, this perhaps somewhat lesser-known <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Williams_and_the_Charms">Otis Williams</a> was born in <a href="http://www.collectorbookstore.com/v/vspfiles/photos/SO-SCH-2007-0764325612-WH3-2.jpg">Cincinnati</a> and had several chart hits with <a href="http://images.blog-24.com/720000/722000/721853.jpg">The Charms</a> in the middle of the 1950s. Though known primarily for singing doo-wop and soul, Otis headed to <a href="http://johnulstrom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/nashville_tennessee_postcard-p239700530919713890qibm_4001.jpg">Nashville</a> in the early '70s to try his hand at country music—and why not? Things hadn't turned out so badly for <a href="http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/releases/24151/w/charley-pride-make-mine-country-418383.jpg">that other black country singer</a>. For the picture on the back of his self-titled 1971 country western debut, Williams assembled a phony all-black backing band, calling them The Midnight Cowboys after <a href="http://factoidz.com/images/user/midnightcowboy40x60.jpg">the X-rated film about male hustlers</a> that was in theaters two years before. Unfortunately, the record was not a hit, as the space </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">Americans had allotted </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> for famous black country singers had already reached <a href="http://www.soundsoftheuniverse.com/img/releases/24151/w/charley-pride-make-mine-country-418383.jpg">full capacity</a>. Visit The Real Mr. Heartache blog <a href="http://iaanhughes.com/2010/12/05/the-best-country-album-youve-never-heard-otis-williams-goes-country/">here</a> to read more about Otis Williams, to find additional details about the making of this record, and to listen to samples from a few more of Otis' songs. As it just so happens, my full name is actually Alex Ottis Williams, so this guy and I are practically related!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vlLJYBwDGoE/TwXaCya4mnI/AAAAAAAAKMo/mwNm0szhP1Q/s1600/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vlLJYBwDGoE/TwXaCya4mnI/AAAAAAAAKMo/mwNm0szhP1Q/s320/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h__yhDYUmNs/TwXaFkeRCLI/AAAAAAAAKMw/boe4YL7wcOQ/s1600/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="139" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h__yhDYUmNs/TwXaFkeRCLI/AAAAAAAAKMw/boe4YL7wcOQ/s320/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oHfXijZoaCM/TwXaIM7QH6I/AAAAAAAAKM4/ZPpfrkTrBNw/s1600/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="176" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oHfXijZoaCM/TwXaIM7QH6I/AAAAAAAAKM4/ZPpfrkTrBNw/s320/Otis+Williams+and+the+Midnight+Cowboys_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4835496974250778001?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-24429145830379717392012-01-04T09:02:00.000-08:002012-01-05T08:56:38.029-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oIUyks5WYzc/TwSBdiMu9RI/AAAAAAAAKL4/g1e9HnGoGEA/s1600/Daddy+Dewdrop_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oIUyks5WYzc/TwSBdiMu9RI/AAAAAAAAKL4/g1e9HnGoGEA/s320/Daddy+Dewdrop_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Daddy Dewdrop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Daddy Dewdrop</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Diggin' On Mrs. Jones</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16511751-796">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This 1971 Daddy Dewdrop LP is one of the neat things I found at <a href="http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/91WkJXUzjQbSe_WHg1gwLg/l.jpg">Red Onion Records &amp; Books</a> in Washington, DC last month. Daddy's real name is Dick Monda, and when you see his photo below, as a man and fully grown, you'll understand why Mrs. Jones wanted him to keep mowing her lawn. You can read about Daddy "Dick" Dewdrop on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daddy_Dewdrop">here</a>, and click <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhwr6x_dick-monda-aka-daddy-dewdrop-on-swoop-s-world-radio_shortfilms">here</a> to see a 2011 video interview with Dick Monda on Swoop's World Radio. </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FggWHAYJdJw/TwSCtezUZlI/AAAAAAAAKME/bekqM9L-FUA/s1600/Daddy+Dewdrop_LP_track+list+and+notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FggWHAYJdJw/TwSCtezUZlI/AAAAAAAAKME/bekqM9L-FUA/s320/Daddy+Dewdrop_LP_track+list+and+notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cyTIY24VIyc/TwSDt04evUI/AAAAAAAAKMQ/0iUpYZZuUd8/s1600/Daddy+Dewdrop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cyTIY24VIyc/TwSDt04evUI/AAAAAAAAKMQ/0iUpYZZuUd8/s320/Daddy+Dewdrop.jpg" width="107" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Daddy Dewdrop ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2442914583037971739?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-47079630501727697312012-01-03T15:51:00.000-08:002012-01-09T11:31:47.335-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k_ku1uDMWYk/TwN74NjFjwI/AAAAAAAAKJ4/xF4sPhPbUyQ/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k_ku1uDMWYk/TwN74NjFjwI/AAAAAAAAKJ4/xF4sPhPbUyQ/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Members</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: <b>Uprhythm, Downbeat</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Working Girl</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16507505-483">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's a catchy little ditty from a 1982 US-only release by the British group The Members. The record was evidently released in England a year later, but the title was changed to "<a href="http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/001/455/0000145592_350.jpg">Going West</a>" and the guys all changed their clothes too, with the group now resembling a set of scruffy <a href="http://www.soundonsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/james-bond-height-chart1.jpg">007</a> impersonators. You can read all about The Members <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Members">here</a>, find pictures from the "Uprhythm, Downbeat" LP included below, and see more neat photos of the group on their website <a href="http://www.themembers.co.uk/gallery/photogallery.html">here</a>. Say, what would you call all the people in the world who were never actually in this particular band?</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Hi-lite for answer here: <span style="color: #0c343d;">"non-members"</span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yZpC_jYmiJ4/TwOGR6-GQ9I/AAAAAAAAKKE/NjOf1_bxiQA/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_inside_sing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yZpC_jYmiJ4/TwOGR6-GQ9I/AAAAAAAAKKE/NjOf1_bxiQA/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_inside_sing.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3v-siNiP84k/TwOGTT1PW3I/AAAAAAAAKKM/WLabYRtKAJU/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_inside_sax.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3v-siNiP84k/TwOGTT1PW3I/AAAAAAAAKKM/WLabYRtKAJU/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_inside_sax.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yeVbav5jYSA/TwOGkCB9acI/AAAAAAAAKLM/V9L6ukNHwwo/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Nigel+Bennett_photo.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NgcXbAbfDxQ/TwOGmVPDCnI/AAAAAAAAKLU/AgWeGtlUYdQ/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Steve+Rudi+Thomson_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NgcXbAbfDxQ/TwOGmVPDCnI/AAAAAAAAKLU/AgWeGtlUYdQ/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Steve+Rudi+Thomson_photo.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CJVZm9FJQRM/TwOGor7ZDQI/AAAAAAAAKLc/11v_6O7J6vs/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Simon+Lloyd_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CJVZm9FJQRM/TwOGor7ZDQI/AAAAAAAAKLc/11v_6O7J6vs/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Simon+Lloyd_photo.jpg" width="194" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZULHnZqOke0/TwOGqMBTnaI/AAAAAAAAKLk/PLEfQGDBMwk/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Chris+Payne_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZULHnZqOke0/TwOGqMBTnaI/AAAAAAAAKLk/PLEfQGDBMwk/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_Chris+Payne_photo.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ShFOtDzQQHk/TwOGrzhF3uI/AAAAAAAAKLs/xivHYSLQtpc/s1600/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_address.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="246" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ShFOtDzQQHk/TwOGrzhF3uI/AAAAAAAAKLs/xivHYSLQtpc/s320/Members_Uprhythm%252C+Downbeat_LP_address.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4707963050172769731?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-10352556094022859422011-12-31T21:57:00.000-08:002012-01-06T16:20:24.232-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yyUVR42VUnk/Tv-ZyM4H_tI/AAAAAAAAKJI/fwIsMIYudDs/s1600/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yyUVR42VUnk/Tv-ZyM4H_tI/AAAAAAAAKJI/fwIsMIYudDs/s320/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Hiromi Go . </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">郷 ひろみ</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" </span><b><span style="font-size: 85%;">single</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Hadaka-No Venus (Naked Venus)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16491084-619">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I figured I'd wrap the year up with my favorite of the singles Aki smuggled out of Japan for me after visiting his family in <a href="http://japan-cruise.com/attract/images/h_nagasaki.jpg">Nagasaki</a> a few weeks ago. Hiromi Go (whose real name is actually </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">原武 裕美)</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;released "Naked Venus" during a phase of reckless experimentation with his public image—</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">in this case testing the appeal of combining the razzle-dazzle of&nbsp;<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_utt928BeJ3o/TAEaVNaICiI/AAAAAAAAAPo/gFudjmswF8c/s1600/Table-Silver-Disco-B.jpg">disco</a>&nbsp;with generous dashes of&nbsp;<a href="http://www.flickdirect.com/images/movies/clash-of-the-titans-1981/clash-of-the-titans-1981_2.jpg">Perseus</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://neverpedia.com/wiki/images/thumb/d/d8/PP-MaryMartin.jpg/250px-PP-MaryMartin.jpg">Peter Pan</a>. Hiromi first began working under the guidance of talent agency/teen idol manufacturers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_%26_Associates">Johnny &amp; Associates</a>&nbsp;until eventually taking his career into his own tender-yet-capable hands. In 1999, Hiromi became known as the Japanese answer to&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_impact_celebrities/2008/08/large_rrmartin.jpg">Ricky Martin</a> after covering the closeted Puerto Rican's smash hit "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQeoTv3noHo">Livin' La Vida Loca</a>"—though Hiromi's version is inexplicably titled "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2bzAolQWE">Goldfinger 99</a>." (Well, there may be some explanation, but I'm not looking it up.) You can read more about Hiromi Go on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromi_Go">here</a>, and go <a href="http://www.hiromi-go.net/">here</a> to visit his official website. Happy New Year!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vdyIXeqn3aY/Tv-aWrjq0hI/AAAAAAAAKJU/VjS4h3XbArU/s1600/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_bw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vdyIXeqn3aY/Tv-aWrjq0hI/AAAAAAAAKJU/VjS4h3XbArU/s320/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_bw.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JOB0745AIG0/Tv-aY_Qm49I/AAAAAAAAKJc/H2swkcnx-r4/s1600/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="71" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JOB0745AIG0/Tv-aY_Qm49I/AAAAAAAAKJc/H2swkcnx-r4/s320/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7DLPEsgLkME/Tv-abXhGh3I/AAAAAAAAKJk/6SYecWKAoL0/s1600/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7DLPEsgLkME/Tv-abXhGh3I/AAAAAAAAKJk/6SYecWKAoL0/s320/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_lyrics.jpg" width="159" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ts2E3N8T56Q/Tv-adyOPA9I/AAAAAAAAKJs/CENNmmtlqkE/s1600/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_full_final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ts2E3N8T56Q/Tv-adyOPA9I/AAAAAAAAKJs/CENNmmtlqkE/s320/Hiromi+Go_Hadaka-No+Venus_Naked+Venus_45_full_final.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1035255609402285942?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-50059288294941554822011-12-30T17:13:00.000-08:002011-12-30T17:19:31.001-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K1bWJZYec5o/Tv5RS0LgBPI/AAAAAAAAKHE/UnkKMzUptZ0/s1600/Jimmy+Castor+Bunch_Butt+of+Course_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K1bWJZYec5o/Tv5RS0LgBPI/AAAAAAAAKHE/UnkKMzUptZ0/s320/Jimmy+Castor+Bunch_Butt+of+Course_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Jimmy Castor Bunch (feat. The Everything Man)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Butt of Course...</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Bertha Butt Boogie</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16485615-3f9">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Let's Party Now</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16486088-78f">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This 1974 LP by The Jimmy Castor Bunch is one of the neat things I found at <a href="http://www.thecultureclash.com/">Culture Clash Records</a> in <a href="http://rlv.zcache.com/i_love_toledo_ohio_tshirt-p235956628415722713zvh5f_400.jpg">Toledo, Ohio</a> on my road trip last summer.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> The multi-talented Castor, aka. "The Everything Man," builds here on themes presented in his 1972 top-ten hit "Troglodyte," where a caveman with dancin' in his veins picks up Bertha (one of the voluptuous Butt sisters) at the local lake and they boogie-oogie-oogie on down the beach. (See video clip below for further details.) The fun now continues as Bertha rises from the stump where she's been taking a breather and introduces the "Bertha Butt Boogie," which draws everyone in the neighborhood together and gives Jimmy Castor and his Bunch a #16 hit on the singles charts in the process. The song's storyline has been outlined on the back of the record sleeve in a colorful comic strip conceptualized by John Pruitt (the producer, not the <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_EVx1YBffyHw/StL8FXJRCDI/AAAAAAAAF3I/nZwjV_C6yOk/s1600/8aa2.jpg">porn star</a>). You can read about funky singer-songwriter-sax player Jimmy Castor on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Castor">here</a>, and go <a href="http://www.jimmycastor.com/home.html">here</a> to visit his official website, where you'll find an extensive biography, discography, some music clips, and info on upcoming Jimmy Castor appearances.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">The Jimmy Castor Bunch</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlRXQEA0yj0">Troglodyte</a>" ]</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Vw9bcJjPpAg/Tv5U2u8179I/AAAAAAAAKHQ/RnnQw-6LBhg/s1600/Jimmy+Castor+Bunch_Butt+of+Course_LP_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M6f4Xj-auno/Tv5VA06PrWI/AAAAAAAAKIg/0PcGs6VoQ8Q/s320/Jimmy+Castor+Bunch_Butt+of+Course_LP_BBB_panel-8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WSEvQnVnhk/Tv5VCMARIKI/AAAAAAAAKIo/SaZRZzG_DPI/s1600/Jimmy+Castor+Bunch_Butt+of+Course_LP_BBB_panel-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="234" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6WSEvQnVnhk/Tv5VCMARIKI/AAAAAAAAKIo/SaZRZzG_DPI/s320/Jimmy+Castor+Bunch_Butt+of+Course_LP_BBB_panel-9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qAEriSAcBHM/Tv5Y-EHcHXI/AAAAAAAAKI8/DwmQTKUdS3Q/s1600/Jimmy+Castor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qAEriSAcBHM/Tv5Y-EHcHXI/AAAAAAAAKI8/DwmQTKUdS3Q/s320/Jimmy+Castor.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;[ Jimmy Castor ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-5005928829494155482?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-76725538379479634332011-12-29T09:54:00.000-08:002011-12-31T15:24:13.662-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GgNhWgt7cXg/Tvydpa_XKlI/AAAAAAAAKGY/5oKIZD_AdK8/s1600/Kenji+Sawada_Beautiful+Lady_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GgNhWgt7cXg/Tvydpa_XKlI/AAAAAAAAKGY/5oKIZD_AdK8/s320/Kenji+Sawada_Beautiful+Lady_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Kenji Sawada . </span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">沢田 研二</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" </span><b><span style="font-size: 85%;">single</span></b><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Beautiful Lady</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16478025-927">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Formerly of the '60s Japanese rock band <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dRnLDhNZ6dU/TJPsnYPLSFI/AAAAAAAAAwY/FoUjh_fsEws/s1600/The+tigers+%28Japanese+band%29.jpg">The Tigers</a>, Kenji Sawada was nicknamed "Julie" due to his immense affection for <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2011/12/julie-andrews.html">this famous actress and singer</a>. According to Sawada's Wikipedia page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenji_Sawada">here</a>, it was common for Japanese pop idols of the late '60s to adopt nicknames that were, for reasons Wikipedia does not explain, often popular girl names from the English-language. An actor as well as singer, Kenji Sawada appeared in Paul Schrader's <a href="http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/84/MPW-42032">MISHIMA: A LIFE IN FOUR CHAPTERS</a> (1985) and Miike Takashi's wonderfully bizarre <a href="http://www.mamapop.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/the-happiness-of-the-katakuris-poster.jpg">THE HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS</a> (2001), a project that was likely of particular interest to "Julie" because of its allusions to <a href="http://www.dvdsreleasedates.com/posters/800/T/The-Sound-of-Music-movie-poster.jpg">his favorite actress' most popular and enduring film</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-inU7Alm6ek8/TvyfECvxk_I/AAAAAAAAKGk/wRRrJ8CuEUE/s1600/Kenji+Sawada_Beautiful+Lady_45_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-inU7Alm6ek8/TvyfECvxk_I/AAAAAAAAKGk/wRRrJ8CuEUE/s320/Kenji+Sawada_Beautiful+Lady_45_lyrics.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-swtlypsA0cs/TvyfH1MJuNI/AAAAAAAAKGs/JVQdG3p4P2Q/s1600/Kenji+Sawada_Beautiful+Lady_45_front_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-swtlypsA0cs/TvyfH1MJuNI/AAAAAAAAKGs/JVQdG3p4P2Q/s320/Kenji+Sawada_Beautiful+Lady_45_front_detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z7O7TB_X5ik/TvygXxd7YgI/AAAAAAAAKG4/BlspugGZcks/s1600/Kenji+Sawada.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z7O7TB_X5ik/TvygXxd7YgI/AAAAAAAAKG4/BlspugGZcks/s320/Kenji+Sawada.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Kenji Sawada . </span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">沢田 研二</span></span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-7672553837947963433?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-83416809035896975462011-12-28T09:35:00.000-08:002011-12-31T22:28:40.721-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UoC_XMxG4VQ/TvtJmuwcbCI/AAAAAAAAKGM/AwpU6_hIGno/s1600/Izhar+Cohen+and+the+Alpha-Beta_A-Ba-Ni-Bi_45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UoC_XMxG4VQ/TvtJmuwcbCI/AAAAAAAAKGM/AwpU6_hIGno/s320/Izhar+Cohen+and+the+Alpha-Beta_A-Ba-Ni-Bi_45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Izhar Cohen &amp; the "Alpha-Beta"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "A-Ba-Ni-Bi</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16472777-3d6">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">As many of you probably already know, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a>, which began in 1956, awards a country <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:EurovisionParticipants.png">in or around the European continent</a> a prize each year for submitting the pop song that gets stuck in the largest number of heads for the longest amount of time. Israel won the award in 1978 for Izhar Cohen's catchy "A-Ba-Ni-Bi," which was stuck in more than 783,400 peoples' heads for 77 consecutive hours. Israel has taken the top prize only twice since Cohen's victory in '78—with Gali Atari &amp; Milk and Honey's "<a href="http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/4e69e77dab8117baab354ccf753bd3ff/164649.jpg">Hallelujah</a>" in 1979, and again in 1998 with "<a href="http://fd.img.v4.skyrock.net/fdc/dana-international/pics/750759704_small.jpg">Diva</a>" by Dana International. You can find a full list of Eurovision Song Contest winners <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Eurovision_Song_Contest_winners">here</a> and go <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izhar_Cohen">here</a> to read a bit about singer/actor Izhar Cohen and his Alpha-Beta.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8341680903589697546?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-86946884571925168882011-12-27T12:05:00.000-08:002011-12-30T16:02:45.748-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aN1ai-YxGvU/Tvn5FEC5XaI/AAAAAAAAKFc/Utd5Jkh3wfM/s1600/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aN1ai-YxGvU/Tvn5FEC5XaI/AAAAAAAAKFc/Utd5Jkh3wfM/s320/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Honey Cone</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Love, Peace &amp; Soul</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Ace In the Hole</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16468544-782">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Edna Wright, Shelly Clark, and Carolyn Willis recorded and performed together as Honey Cone from 1966 to 1973. Their </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">"Love, Peace &amp; Soul" LP from </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">1972 was, unfortunately, their last. Honey Cone had their biggest hit with "Want Ads," which went to #1 on both the pop and R&amp;B charts in 1971. You can see the lovely trio performing the song on Soul Train by clicking the link below. "Ace In the Hole" was the third single to be released from "Love, Peace &amp; Soul," but unfortunately it failed to make an appearance on either the pop or R&amp;B charts. I know it's a little late, but I've mailed in the Hot Wax Records feedback postcard I found inside the record sleeve, listing "Ace In the Hole" as my favorite track. I think 2012 could be the ideal year for the single's successful re-release! You can read more about Honey Cone on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Cone">here</a> and go <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Wax_Records">here</a> to read about Hot Wax Records.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Honey Cone</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ndBMp_ZyE0">Want Ads</a>" ]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x-VpuGD4vSU/Tvn7jLW1EvI/AAAAAAAAKFo/JjuYEV-oItU/s1600/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_front_open.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x-VpuGD4vSU/Tvn7jLW1EvI/AAAAAAAAKFo/JjuYEV-oItU/s320/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_front_open.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Msw5Z71ANfU/Tvn7mwgHevI/AAAAAAAAKFw/tQqCV8OU_4U/s1600/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_Hot+Wax+postcard_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Msw5Z71ANfU/Tvn7mwgHevI/AAAAAAAAKFw/tQqCV8OU_4U/s320/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_Hot+Wax+postcard_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cLnTTnUkPNo/Tvn7ol0HXNI/AAAAAAAAKF4/uTstryZxh7c/s1600/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_Hot+Wax+postcard_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cLnTTnUkPNo/Tvn7ol0HXNI/AAAAAAAAKF4/uTstryZxh7c/s320/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_Hot+Wax+postcard_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pOu7X2p14gE/Tvn7q_-DBtI/AAAAAAAAKGA/yoaiEny4Ftc/s1600/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pOu7X2p14gE/Tvn7q_-DBtI/AAAAAAAAKGA/yoaiEny4Ftc/s320/Honey+Cone_Love%252C+Peace%252C+and+Soul_LP_back.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8694688457192516888?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-31152536894854969302011-12-25T10:39:00.000-08:002011-12-27T16:55:30.040-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KGnOwqlzYxE/TvTapKVfgkI/AAAAAAAAKEs/3dWzby1M6t4/s1600/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KGnOwqlzYxE/TvTapKVfgkI/AAAAAAAAKEs/3dWzby1M6t4/s320/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_front.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Christmas Day With Sammy Kaye</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">vocals: Ray Michaels &amp; the Kaydets </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16445691-c85">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Christmas Child (Loo, Loo, Loo)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">vocals: Ray Michaels &amp; the Kaye Choir </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16445696-27e">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This year I'm planning&nbsp;to swing and sway on Christmas day with Sammy Kaye. Hip-hip-hooray!&nbsp;Lead vocals on the two tracks here are by the velvety-voiced Ray Michaels, whom I wasn't able to&nbsp;find any info about on the internet. Backing vocals are provided by Sammy Kaye's Kaydets and the Kaye Choir. You can read about <a href="http://pix.epodunk.com/locatorMaps/oh/OH_16992.gif">Lakewood, Ohio</a> native&nbsp;Sammy Kaye by clicking <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy_Kaye">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cG36_Zh57W0/TvTcD2End1I/AAAAAAAAKE4/8_WUa3Dl-9w/s1600/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="55" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cG36_Zh57W0/TvTcD2End1I/AAAAAAAAKE4/8_WUa3Dl-9w/s320/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YkISJEY_Zik/TvTcHMbPymI/AAAAAAAAKFA/Tp-E2cm7KsE/s1600/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YkISJEY_Zik/TvTcHMbPymI/AAAAAAAAKFA/Tp-E2cm7KsE/s320/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lGehRGjT5DA/TvTcJB3VU_I/AAAAAAAAKFI/HhaQNyL2H8Y/s1600/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lGehRGjT5DA/TvTcJB3VU_I/AAAAAAAAKFI/HhaQNyL2H8Y/s320/Sammy+Kaye+and+His+Orchestra_Christmas+Day+With+Sammy+Kaye_LP_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ejgoooKmfZs/TvTcLCNKbmI/AAAAAAAAKFQ/Zbm7VWr4Jqk/s1600/Sammy+Kaye.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ejgoooKmfZs/TvTcLCNKbmI/AAAAAAAAKFQ/Zbm7VWr4Jqk/s320/Sammy+Kaye.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Sammy Kaye: March 13, 1910 — June 2, 1987 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3115253689485496930?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-87593305187912827562011-12-24T23:54:00.000-08:002011-12-27T12:08:01.727-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bI4ljDVmPjM/TvTA34uHdfI/AAAAAAAAKEA/fsjagT50OUI/s1600/Los+Tres+Grandes_Navidad+Con+Los+Tres+Grandes_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bI4ljDVmPjM/TvTA34uHdfI/AAAAAAAAKEA/fsjagT50OUI/s320/Los+Tres+Grandes_Navidad+Con+Los+Tres+Grandes_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Los Tres Grandes</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Navidad Con Los Tres Grandes</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Pensamientos de Navidad</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16445141-aea">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's a little holiday treat&nbsp;from south of the border. Leader Julito Rodr</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">í</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">guez was actually&nbsp;born in Puerto Rico, but&nbsp;became famous throughout Mexico and the rest of the world&nbsp;when he signed on as one of&nbsp;the <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GlQyl59L8NE/Tbm6jAgwVTI/AAAAAAAAA68/Bnbccq2sx0o/s1600/panchoss.bmp">Trio Los Panchos</a> in 1952. Rodr</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">í</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">guez left that group in the early '60s and&nbsp;performed as one of&nbsp;Los Tres Grandes (with Tato D</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">í</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">az and Miguel Alcaide)&nbsp;from 1975 to 1983. You can read more about singer/songwriter/guitarist </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">Julito Rodríguez on Wikipedia&nbsp;</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julito_Rodr%C3%ADguez"><span style="font-size: 85%;">here</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">. ¡Felíz Navidad!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCZz4xaC5Lg/TvTBOXBDZSI/AAAAAAAAKEM/_vd6ATbL5c0/s1600/Los+Tres+Grandes_Navidad+Con+Los+Tres+Grandes_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="60" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JCZz4xaC5Lg/TvTBOXBDZSI/AAAAAAAAKEM/_vd6ATbL5c0/s320/Los+Tres+Grandes_Navidad+Con+Los+Tres+Grandes_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FXx7hDW7v58/TvTBQYooJ5I/AAAAAAAAKEU/EmBpyI4myfs/s1600/Los+Tres+Grandes_Navidad+Con+Los+Tres+Grandes_LP_wreath.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FXx7hDW7v58/TvTBQYooJ5I/AAAAAAAAKEU/EmBpyI4myfs/s320/Los+Tres+Grandes_Navidad+Con+Los+Tres+Grandes_LP_wreath.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhH59wnAKJ0/TvTCR1mAiPI/AAAAAAAAKEg/yCUVScF0xTU/s1600/Los+Tres+Grandes_Julito+Rodriguez.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yhH59wnAKJ0/TvTCR1mAiPI/AAAAAAAAKEg/yCUVScF0xTU/s320/Los+Tres+Grandes_Julito+Rodriguez.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Julito Rodríguez of Los Tres Grandes ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8759330518791282756?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-31398637051002767542011-12-23T09:30:00.000-08:002011-12-27T15:59:29.498-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xSCKyDJs7l0/TvSxh9O_yVI/AAAAAAAAKC8/AWaFfIYMyMw/s1600/Christmas+Record%252C+A_James+White+etc_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xSCKyDJs7l0/TvSxh9O_yVI/AAAAAAAAKC8/AWaFfIYMyMw/s320/Christmas+Record%252C+A_James+White+etc_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: James White</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: A Christmas Record</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Christmas With Satan</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16444696-d4f">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">There's another cute little elfin man who dresses in red, travels the globe giving people things, and who also keeps track of who's been naughty and who's been nice, but he's never been assigned his own holiday. That's right, I'm talking about <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v418/bawanaal/satan.jpg">Satan</a>, and James White of <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YQBsfGwVEeo/TJLQSI__GpI/AAAAAAAAOiA/1SN4OwnQadA/s1600/ja1.jpg">James White and The Blacks</a> (aka. singer/songwriter/saxophonist James Chance [aka. James Siegfried] of <a href="http://www.ecotecinsulation.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/milwaukee-insulation.jpg">Milwaukee, Wisconsin</a>) invites us to spend a little time with the fellow this holiday season. You can read about James White, who's been a key figure in the New York music scene since the </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">punk/no wave</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> movement of late 1970s, on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Chance">here</a>, and go </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZE_Records">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> to read about ZE Records, who released this brilliant various-artists holiday variety pack back in 1982.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zb6tVxj7Www/TvS0EMztaLI/AAAAAAAAKDk/VpZOhsL2gck/s1600/Christmas+Record%252C+A_James+White+etc_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zb6tVxj7Www/TvS0EMztaLI/AAAAAAAAKDk/VpZOhsL2gck/s320/Christmas+Record%252C+A_James+White+etc_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PzPPAj4C3-Y/TvS0GNZ6H7I/AAAAAAAAKDs/QCNdKyeVWPA/s1600/Christmas+Record%252C+A_James+White+etc_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="38" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PzPPAj4C3-Y/TvS0GNZ6H7I/AAAAAAAAKDs/QCNdKyeVWPA/s320/Christmas+Record%252C+A_James+White+etc_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yA9m1CFLCHM/TvS0H6x-rvI/AAAAAAAAKD0/XU2DcT_AbEk/s1600/James+Chance.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yA9m1CFLCHM/TvS0H6x-rvI/AAAAAAAAKD0/XU2DcT_AbEk/s320/James+Chance.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ James White / James Chance ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3139863705100276754?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-55677811364797591622011-12-22T09:54:00.000-08:002011-12-23T08:43:09.016-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P09Tb2HC8E4/TvNmF6x9gwI/AAAAAAAAKCc/ZXeNcO7qqmE/s1600/Kurtis+Blow_Christmas+Rappin_single_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P09Tb2HC8E4/TvNmF6x9gwI/AAAAAAAAKCc/ZXeNcO7qqmE/s320/Kurtis+Blow_Christmas+Rappin_single_front.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Kurtis Blow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 12" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Christmas Rappin'</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16437903-5d3">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Christmas just isn't Christmas without eggnog, snow, Christmas lights, and Kurtis Blow. You can read about Kurtis on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtis_Blow">here</a>, where I've just learned that he was the very first rap artist signed to a major label, and that his name gets mentioned in a passage of formerly indecipherable lyrics to one of my favorite <a href="http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3692/tomtomclubgeniusoflove.jpg">Tom Tom Club</a> songs.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Pebb-GvKQ8/TvNmRqDDbeI/AAAAAAAAKCo/7PYwiJ2gSTg/s1600/Kurtis+Blow_Christmas+Rappin_single_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3Pebb-GvKQ8/TvNmRqDDbeI/AAAAAAAAKCo/7PYwiJ2gSTg/s320/Kurtis+Blow_Christmas+Rappin_single_detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UYcbvWk_gW4/TvNmS74VcCI/AAAAAAAAKCw/4sKTc4MEiso/s1600/Kurtis+Blow_Christmas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UYcbvWk_gW4/TvNmS74VcCI/AAAAAAAAKCw/4sKTc4MEiso/s1600/Kurtis+Blow_Christmas.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Jolly Ole' St. Blow ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-5567781136479759162?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-8333533074235043392011-12-21T09:05:00.000-08:002011-12-22T09:16:29.193-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOJWF8OtEyw/TvIMjhueE2I/AAAAAAAAKCI/QlDBJf1b3Vo/s1600/Gospel+Starlets+and+others_The+Gospel+Soul+of+Christmas_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TOJWF8OtEyw/TvIMjhueE2I/AAAAAAAAKCI/QlDBJf1b3Vo/s320/Gospel+Starlets+and+others_The+Gospel+Soul+of+Christmas_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Gospel Starlets</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: The Gospel Soul of Christmas</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Children Go Where I Send Thee</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16430712-339">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's a terrific various-artists Gospel Christmas record I came across while digging through my holiday LPs, looking for something to listen to while wrapping presents over the weekend. The cover doesn't look very promising, but things improve right away with the opening track by the Gospel Starlets. There's not much info about the Starlets on the internet, but I did find this <a href="http://forbiddeneye.com/labels/springboard.html">discography</a> for Springboard International Records, of which Mistletoe Records was a subsidiary. (The discography says the label was based in <a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvsuzc7hgv1qb8g6co1_500.jpg">Los Angeles</a>, but the back of my record says their offices were in <a href="http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles31593.jpg">Rahway, New Jersey</a>.) At the <a href="http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/archive/index.php/t-120867.html">Steve Hoffman forums website</a> I learned that LPs on the Springboard and Mistletoe labels had been staples in </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">record departments </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">at drug and grocery stores all across America in the 1970s. You can get your own copy of "The Gospel Soul of Christmas" for about 10€ <a href="http://www.cdandlp.com/item/2/0-2101-0-1-0/2941737654/swan-silvertones-gospel-starlets-the-gospel-soul-of-christmas.html">here</a> or listen to it on Rhapsody <a href="http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/various-artists/album/gospel-soul-of-christmas/">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kUp0q8Szf5Q/TvINi0Vh-fI/AAAAAAAAKCQ/aigJhYR6PgY/s1600/Gospel+Starlets+and+others_The+Gospel+Soul+of+Christmas_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="96" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kUp0q8Szf5Q/TvINi0Vh-fI/AAAAAAAAKCQ/aigJhYR6PgY/s320/Gospel+Starlets+and+others_The+Gospel+Soul+of+Christmas_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-833353307423504339?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-15535214398926346492011-12-20T15:10:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:04:01.958-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vchd_LTLROo/TvEGNmH3lPI/AAAAAAAAKBY/BCVuLxpLwNg/s1600/Chanels_Runaway_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vchd_LTLROo/TvEGNmH3lPI/AAAAAAAAKBY/BCVuLxpLwNg/s320/Chanels_Runaway_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Chanels</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Runaway</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16425132-113">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I didn't know what to think when I saw this 1980 single by the Chanels that my friend Aki picked up for me in Japan last month. The Chanels probably meant to pay tribute to <a href="http://rykersway.com/recordlove/images/flamingos.jpg">popular American doo-wop groups of the 1950s</a> with their vintage sound and style, but it's alarming to see someone performing in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackface">blackface</a> more than fifty years after the demise of <a href="http://www.nachtkabarett.com/ihvh/img/nk_degenerate_blackface_jolson.jpg">Vaudeville</a>. I have to admit I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to the history of relations between the peoples of Africa and Japan, so I wasn't sure exactly how offended I should be. I tried doing a little research on the web, but all I found was</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090107220604AAAJzSO">this page</a> at "Yahoo! Answers" where some guy named Brad wonders why there are so many black people in Japan, and then a black guy named Marvin who lived in <a href="http://mangamarket.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/osaka_shinsekai18.jpg">Osaka</a> for six months chimes in with some theories. Neither Marvin nor others who've left comments on the page suggest that some of the black people Brad's been seeing might actually be Japanese men in heavy makeup.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CZznc0hY6a8/TvEHUZ3pmQI/AAAAAAAAKBg/_PeqKYSMUBc/s1600/Chanels_Runaway_45_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="77" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CZznc0hY6a8/TvEHUZ3pmQI/AAAAAAAAKBg/_PeqKYSMUBc/s320/Chanels_Runaway_45_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3nK1s-PVyJo/TvEHWncgpTI/AAAAAAAAKBo/WOOgj8WHVcE/s1600/Chanels_Runaway_45_Chanels+1-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3nK1s-PVyJo/TvEHWncgpTI/AAAAAAAAKBo/WOOgj8WHVcE/s320/Chanels_Runaway_45_Chanels+1-5.jpg" width="61" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ifYfV48HrCI/TvEHXAw5B6I/AAAAAAAAKBw/EEej4wSf3yY/s1600/Chanels_Runaway_45_Chanels+6-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ifYfV48HrCI/TvEHXAw5B6I/AAAAAAAAKBw/EEej4wSf3yY/s320/Chanels_Runaway_45_Chanels+6-10.jpg" width="73" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--KE1SfaFASs/TvEHYqQSLkI/AAAAAAAAKB4/JsrDo-RyR1s/s1600/Chanels_Runaway_45_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--KE1SfaFASs/TvEHYqQSLkI/AAAAAAAAKB4/JsrDo-RyR1s/s320/Chanels_Runaway_45_lyrics.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWs7dq8Z2ak/TvEHaJcUnVI/AAAAAAAAKCA/TDGDDT33w3Y/s1600/Chanels_Runaway_45_front_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="233" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yWs7dq8Z2ak/TvEHaJcUnVI/AAAAAAAAKCA/TDGDDT33w3Y/s320/Chanels_Runaway_45_front_detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1553521439892634649?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-82544350418426620012011-12-19T15:10:00.000-08:002011-12-28T11:16:21.609-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rABgh1cmEwg/Tu9-CfVaCXI/AAAAAAAAKA4/eJvdf5ae3vU/s1600/Doug+Oldham_Holiday+Song_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rABgh1cmEwg/Tu9-CfVaCXI/AAAAAAAAKA4/eJvdf5ae3vU/s320/Doug+Oldham_Holiday+Song_LP_front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Doug Oldham</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Holiday Song</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Come On Ring Those Bells</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16415903-7ee">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Winter Wonderland</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16415923-5e3">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">I was sad to learn recently that gospel singer Doug Oldham passed away in July of 2010, just a few months after I posted some songs from one of his <a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2009/12/doug-oldham.html">earlier Christmas records</a>. Not only does Doug seem like a benevolent, congenial fellow whose resonant voice and vibrant spirit have moved people on a personal level, but he's also the only performer I've ever heard sing "he'll say are you married, we'll say no man" with an inflection that makes it seem like an exchange that actually took place, and not just the handiest way to deliver a line that rhymes with "in the meadow we can build a snowman." The basics on Doug Oldham are on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Oldham">here</a>, there's more about his lengthy career and accomplishments in his </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">Christian Examiner </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">obituary <a href="http://www.christianexaminer.com/Articles/Articles%20Aug10/Art_Aug10_01.html">here</a>, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">find a moving tribute from Doug's daughter Rebekah </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://www.dougoldham.com/">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">, and get your own copy of Oldham's "Holiday Song" CD and some of his other music on his website <a href="http://www.dougoldham.com/oldhamcd.html">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Mlk3vKUX5U/Tu9-W0cHyCI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Cah-g-ITko8/s1600/Doug+Oldham_Holiday+Song_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6Mlk3vKUX5U/Tu9-W0cHyCI/AAAAAAAAKBA/Cah-g-ITko8/s320/Doug+Oldham_Holiday+Song_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FwIGDP9mdb4/Tu9-bjdzAbI/AAAAAAAAKBI/pT3ssqoVhAg/s1600/Doug+Oldham_Holiday+Song_LP_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FwIGDP9mdb4/Tu9-bjdzAbI/AAAAAAAAKBI/pT3ssqoVhAg/s320/Doug+Oldham_Holiday+Song_LP_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I0ULEX7ZiYk/Tu9-dV94J1I/AAAAAAAAKBQ/iwc_bTliYbk/s1600/Doug+Oldham.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I0ULEX7ZiYk/Tu9-dV94J1I/AAAAAAAAKBQ/iwc_bTliYbk/s320/Doug+Oldham.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Doug Oldham: November 30, 1930 — July 21, 2010 ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8254435041842662001?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-84794963672088202152011-12-16T09:50:00.000-08:002011-12-20T14:03:02.743-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ABqygqli1Sw/Tut9b3ADalI/AAAAAAAAKAg/-eTk1UlXQpQ/s1600/Miyuki+Nakajima_Bad+Lady_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ABqygqli1Sw/Tut9b3ADalI/AAAAAAAAKAg/-eTk1UlXQpQ/s320/Miyuki+Nakajima_Bad+Lady_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Miyuki Nakajima</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "</span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>悪女</b></span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">(Akujo) (<span style="font-size: x-small;">Bad </span>Lady)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16396798-db9">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">While hunting down some records for me in <a href="http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/12857877.jpg">Nagasaki</a> last month, my friend Aki was kind enough to include a single by his favorite Japanese singer, Miyuki Nakajima, also known as </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="t_nihongo_kanji" lang="ja">中島 みゆき</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">. Born in the <a href="http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/hokkaido/sapporo/sapporo_map.gif">northern Japanese city</a> of <a href="http://www.yamasa.org/japan/images/sapporo_odori_6_160.jpg">Sapporo</a> in February of 1952, singer/songwriter Miyuki Nakajima rose to fame in the late 1970s and enjoyed immense popularity in the early 1980s, writing material not just for herself, but for lots of other singers too. The lovely "Akujo," which Aki translates to English as "Bad Lady," was a #1 hit for Miyuki in 1981. You can read more about Aki's favorite singer on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyuki_Nakajima">here</a>, find her complete discography <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miyuki_Nakajima_discography">here</a>, and go <a href="http://www.miyuki.jp/">here</a> to visit the official Miyuki Nakajima website.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbjI4X_UP-s/Tut9jqhaniI/AAAAAAAAKAo/rh7pncUpKZc/s1600/Miyuki+Nakajima_Bad+Lady_45_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FbjI4X_UP-s/Tut9jqhaniI/AAAAAAAAKAo/rh7pncUpKZc/s320/Miyuki+Nakajima_Bad+Lady_45_lyrics.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ERBW3YJITIY/Tut9lWrgL1I/AAAAAAAAKAw/vYqb7Sat6t0/s1600/Miyuki+Nakajima.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ERBW3YJITIY/Tut9lWrgL1I/AAAAAAAAKAw/vYqb7Sat6t0/s320/Miyuki+Nakajima.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Miyuki Nakajima ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8479496367208820215?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-17248711833234045982011-12-15T14:55:00.000-08:002012-01-13T08:51:26.554-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-75TUUccgUsE/TuopNc4XHKI/AAAAAAAAJ_o/ylpd23FfKjk/s1600/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-75TUUccgUsE/TuopNc4XHKI/AAAAAAAAJ_o/ylpd23FfKjk/s320/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Liberace</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Christmas</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "The Spirit of Christmas</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16388833-172">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Sleigh Ride</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16389031-951">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I guess it's about time I posted a Liberace record on my blog. Known as "Mr. Showmanship" due to his flair for <a href="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lg2onyxDVB1qeu7vso1_400.jpg">wildly eccentric performances</a> in concert and on TV, Liberace appears as "Frosty the Showman" on the cover of this delightful Christmas record from 1976. The album's liner notes, included below, describe the warmth and hospitality Liberace offers to each and every guest who's lucky enough to spend Christmas Eve at his home—though it's hard to imagine anyone being put at ease by a person wearing a gold lamé Santa Claus suit. Liberace's holiday record features lots of his trademark tickling of the ivories, as exemplified here on "Sleigh Ride." But on several tracks, like "The Spirit of Christmas," which features Liberace's brother <a href="http://image1.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2009/214/5998078_124931009685.jpg">George</a> on violin, the virtuoso pianist demonstrates his vocal abilities as well—though he does sound a tad disingenuous singing "it's better to give than to receive" (wink, wink). Throughout his long career, Liberace denied rumors that he was gay—even suing a British newspaper that referred to him as "fruit-flavored"—but his good friend <a href="http://www.seattlegayscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/betty-white-metal.jpg">Betty White</a> recently confirmed that the talented entertainer was indeed a homosexual. And what a fabulous homosexual he was! I've always admired Liberace's flamboyant indulgence in lavish extravagance; it's too bad he lived at a time when he could have lost everything simply by admitting he loved men. You can read all about the amazing life and career of Wladziu Valentino Liberace on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberace">here</a>, and find photos and info about the recently-closed <a href="http://www.kyleesplin.com/KYLE%20IN%20FRONT%20OF%20LIBERACE%20MUSEUM.jpg">Liberace Museum</a> in Las Vegas <a href="http://www.americanpopularculture.com/archive/venues/liberace.htm">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qjqnj76oC_s/Tuopp5vyHFI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/d41hA6NOMkk/s1600/Liberace_Christmas_LP_back_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qjqnj76oC_s/Tuopp5vyHFI/AAAAAAAAJ_w/d41hA6NOMkk/s320/Liberace_Christmas_LP_back_photo.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0PbLPPVqkIs/TuopsLgQplI/AAAAAAAAJ_4/qpIRYcka8TA/s1600/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0PbLPPVqkIs/TuopsLgQplI/AAAAAAAAJ_4/qpIRYcka8TA/s320/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front_detail.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VPRtr0fVnfE/Tuopv4e9IwI/AAAAAAAAKAA/bWHhtUrEowc/s1600/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="122" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VPRtr0fVnfE/Tuopv4e9IwI/AAAAAAAAKAA/bWHhtUrEowc/s320/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_SPZ3tJf2aQ/TuopxzGUg_I/AAAAAAAAKAI/x0eGCOBgsYg/s1600/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="72" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_SPZ3tJf2aQ/TuopxzGUg_I/AAAAAAAAKAI/x0eGCOBgsYg/s320/Liberace_Christmas_LP_front_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sXEcos1_yVE/Tup98m4_NzI/AAAAAAAAKAY/LnJuJENbgUQ/s1600/Liberace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sXEcos1_yVE/Tup98m4_NzI/AAAAAAAAKAY/LnJuJENbgUQ/s320/Liberace.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> [ Liberace: May 16, 1919 — February 4, 1987 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1724871183323404598?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-59672930238441417262011-12-14T14:49:00.000-08:002012-01-27T09:31:39.150-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mZao4ZC6rsM/TujUbVTWGyI/AAAAAAAAJ_A/vNlwJG3n8tU/s1600/Pink+Lady_Song+Title_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mZao4ZC6rsM/TujUbVTWGyI/AAAAAAAAJ_A/vNlwJG3n8tU/s320/Pink+Lady_Song+Title_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Pink Lady</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Southpaw</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16381490-b45">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">As everyone knows, you can't really be considered a serious collector of vinyl in Japan if you don't pick up at least one Pink Lady single or LP every time you set foot in a Japanese record store. This baseball-themed "Southpaw" single is one of the things my friend Aki found for me at Sonny Boy Records in Nagasaki last month. Childhood friends Mitsuyo "Mei" Nemoto and Keiko "Kei" Masuda made their first TV appearance together as Pink Lady in the spring of 1976. Before long their ship came in, followed by an entire fleet of ships, and the duo landed an impressive string of nine #1 singles between 1976 and 1979. "Southpaw," from 1978, was one of Mei and Kei's biggest hits, remaining at the top of the charts for nine consecutive weeks. Pink Lady's decline in popularity in the ensuing years—which involves a no-show audience from the school for the blind, a disastrous American English-language <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6hDZt1e0ofY/SIUs7txHOnI/AAAAAAAAAxI/lW8iY6ECbPw/s400/pinklady.jpg">TV variety show</a>, and choosing to perform at the wrong New Years Eve celebration in 1978—is all documented on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Lady_%28band%29">here</a>. And speaking of New Years celebrations, Aki and I have nearly mastered Pink Lady's "Southpaw" dance routine (see clip below) in preparation for our performance at his upcoming NYE work party at <a href="http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/autopia/images/2008/12/03/boeing_787.jpg">Boeing</a>! </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Pink Lady on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MrVtlNTB4g">Southpaw</a>" ]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMZp3mFfWnk/TujUpWPHO3I/AAAAAAAAJ_I/v1E2z3BfX04/s1600/Pink+Lady_Song+Title_45_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tMZp3mFfWnk/TujUpWPHO3I/AAAAAAAAJ_I/v1E2z3BfX04/s320/Pink+Lady_Song+Title_45_lyrics.jpg" width="166" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A58YdtVD3WI/TujUso6ub0I/AAAAAAAAJ_Q/Leduf_tSXfk/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Sonny+Boy+point+card_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-A58YdtVD3WI/TujUso6ub0I/AAAAAAAAJ_Q/Leduf_tSXfk/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Sonny+Boy+point+card_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-37Gr5hw3RzM/TujUuWt9eMI/AAAAAAAAJ_Y/H8YPkd2EebY/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Sonny+Boy+point+card_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-37Gr5hw3RzM/TujUuWt9eMI/AAAAAAAAJ_Y/H8YPkd2EebY/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Sonny+Boy+point+card_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-igNlxgF8gi8/TujUwMuL2cI/AAAAAAAAJ_g/OF3xRxZnJJ8/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Sonny+Boy+plastic+bag.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-igNlxgF8gi8/TujUwMuL2cI/AAAAAAAAJ_g/OF3xRxZnJJ8/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Sonny+Boy+plastic+bag.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-5967293023844141726?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-38304345050169614072011-12-13T14:20:00.000-08:002011-12-29T09:54:20.949-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KCw1N9MHH40/TufEbKqgc7I/AAAAAAAAJ8Y/KHAfNmxZsT0/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KCw1N9MHH40/TufEbKqgc7I/AAAAAAAAJ8Y/KHAfNmxZsT0/s320/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Julie Andrews</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Christmas With Julie Andrews</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Jingle Bells</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16375866-56d">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">And now what you've all...well, what you've both been waiting for. Christmas music! My friend Sarah and I went to see Julie Andrews in <a href="http://ckmaccom.startlogic.com/images/j100/j102-172b.jpg">VICTOR/VICTORIA</a> last night, since neither of us had seen the film before and it was being screened at the newly reopened <a href="http://thesunbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Uptown_Italian.jpg">Uptown Theater</a> as a tribute to <a href="http://www.acertaincinema.com/workspace/media/blake-edwards_opt.jpg">Blake Edwards</a>, who died earlier this year. Though not particularly convincing as a male female impersonator (she actually looks more like a man in drag on the cover of this album), Andrews is full of gusto in the title roles and the film is lots of fun. It's surprisingly forthright with its gay themes for Hollywood cinema of the early '80s, and I was shocked to discover at the end of the credits that the film had been rated PG! I could have gone to see it at the cinema in <a href="http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/yakima.jpg">Yakima</a> when I was thirteen instead of <a href="http://blog.dreamhost.com/images/superman3.jpg">SUPERMAN III</a>! I'm pretty sure it would have changed my life. Anyway, Julie Andrews applies her gusto to some mundane holiday material on this 1969 Christmas album, creating a little bit of heavenly holiday magic. She even throws in one of her shrill <a href="http://darinsinatra.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/victor-victoria-julie-andrews_l.jpg">Victoria Grant</a> vibrato stunts at the end of "Jingle Bells," which just shattered all of our martini glasses at work.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajsBdGlQ4ZE/TufIho-tLbI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/mDbvnmbsga8/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_SW+snowflakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ajsBdGlQ4ZE/TufIho-tLbI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/mDbvnmbsga8/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_SW+snowflakes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzk-QSn0QrI/TufIjxa7jJI/AAAAAAAAJ8o/xZUm88LbFnE/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_SE+snowflakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Jzk-QSn0QrI/TufIjxa7jJI/AAAAAAAAJ8o/xZUm88LbFnE/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_SE+snowflakes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VOqEPaYId24/TufIm76U6OI/AAAAAAAAJ8w/h68X3Gr-CC0/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VOqEPaYId24/TufIm76U6OI/AAAAAAAAJ8w/h68X3Gr-CC0/s320/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FimtivtH2ss/TufIs5-tP8I/AAAAAAAAJ84/HCyb-h6uTjc/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_NW+snowflakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FimtivtH2ss/TufIs5-tP8I/AAAAAAAAJ84/HCyb-h6uTjc/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_NW+snowflakes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJgf47wLerM/TufIuY6nPRI/AAAAAAAAJ9A/_cb6cJNJ1s0/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_NE+snowflakes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJgf47wLerM/TufIuY6nPRI/AAAAAAAAJ9A/_cb6cJNJ1s0/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_NE+snowflakes.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsHRyN4LRus/TufIzicoVfI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/urXwNIjWWkQ/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_single+snowflake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZsHRyN4LRus/TufIzicoVfI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/urXwNIjWWkQ/s1600/Julie+Andrerws_Christmas+With+Julie+Andrews_LP_single+snowflake.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3830434505016961407?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-38718246166800540432011-12-12T16:20:00.000-08:002011-12-14T08:52:28.686-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-veNyh_9SS2Y/TuY0RYuhQ-I/AAAAAAAAJ7w/sdVcRIjfYlU/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-veNyh_9SS2Y/TuY0RYuhQ-I/AAAAAAAAJ7w/sdVcRIjfYlU/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Checkers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "A Tearful Request</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16365018-6b0">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">A few weeks before my trip to Washington, DC, my good friend Aki traveled to <a href="http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Views+of+Nagasaki+Japan+spXCaFzpdJjl.jpg">Nagasaki, Japan</a> to visit his family. While he was there, he took the bus into town, the dear, to hunt for vinyl treasures to bring back to me in Seattle. He came across a used record shop called Sonny Boy that, judging from the photos he sent me, had just been waiting for someone like him to come along. This 1984 single by The Checkers is one of the things he found. The debate over "<a href="http://images1.pixlis.com/background-image-checkers-chequered-checkered-squares-seamless-tileable-taupe-medium-turquoise-236g6x.png">checkers</a>" vs. what we call "<a href="http://www.roseuniforms.com/plaid_images/popupplaidimages/plaid043m.jpg">plaid</a>" here in the USA aside, these boys take their band's trademark pattern pretty seriously, as you can see from the design of their record sleeve below. (I guess you have to admit, "The Plaids" doesn't really have the same ring to it.) More photos from the single's fold-out picture sleeve coming soon. A big thanks to Aki, not just for the records, but for Japanese-to-English song-title translations too.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-opz3SEpBntc/TuguhY5BiBI/AAAAAAAAJ9Y/JEUNXkGpfRY/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_checkered+record.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-opz3SEpBntc/TuguhY5BiBI/AAAAAAAAJ9Y/JEUNXkGpfRY/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_checkered+record.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Th_8BaTpK8/TugujdKFDEI/AAAAAAAAJ9g/all-KYuohx8/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_logo_English.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Th_8BaTpK8/TugujdKFDEI/AAAAAAAAJ9g/all-KYuohx8/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_logo_English.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zwXqyMlDQvE/TuguqAw9mOI/AAAAAAAAJ94/_1V77E9UI48/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Fumiya+Fujii.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u5ANr59FIrM/TugutP7JOJI/AAAAAAAAJ-A/0zG9tf3ZhFk/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_pinup+boy+phew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u5ANr59FIrM/TugutP7JOJI/AAAAAAAAJ-A/0zG9tf3ZhFk/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_pinup+boy+phew.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ocY3GqPX-cA/Tuguu0rlTrI/AAAAAAAAJ-I/SBk4O-kVpwU/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_black+hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ocY3GqPX-cA/Tuguu0rlTrI/AAAAAAAAJ-I/SBk4O-kVpwU/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_black+hat.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YfWud3Hr7rQ/Tugu1O-OFdI/AAAAAAAAJ-g/plQjKMb1_cY/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_Japanese+info.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zGjFyx8BBk8/Tugu269uGCI/AAAAAAAAJ-o/OFMNUhj5EaY/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_more+Japanese+info.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zGjFyx8BBk8/Tugu269uGCI/AAAAAAAAJ-o/OFMNUhj5EaY/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_more+Japanese+info.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y3K6AKtHErU/Tugu4uAIFgI/AAAAAAAAJ-w/D4rPPQajjQU/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_standing+on+bed+sheets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y3K6AKtHErU/Tugu4uAIFgI/AAAAAAAAJ-w/D4rPPQajjQU/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_standing+on+bed+sheets.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uFLwehNoKbs/Tugu73a5psI/AAAAAAAAJ-4/o6RoBdceHSw/s1600/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_schedule.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uFLwehNoKbs/Tugu73a5psI/AAAAAAAAJ-4/o6RoBdceHSw/s320/Checkers_Tearful+Request_45_schedule.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DUhSiai5hWA/TuY2JZeSoII/AAAAAAAAJ74/knB_tXb4cVM/s1600/Japanese+Record+Stores_Nagasaki_Sonny+Boy_exterior.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DUhSiai5hWA/TuY2JZeSoII/AAAAAAAAJ74/knB_tXb4cVM/s320/Japanese+Record+Stores_Nagasaki_Sonny+Boy_exterior.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the outside of Sonny Boy Records — Nagasaki, Japan ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0b2oRjXGrw/TuY2LZPaWFI/AAAAAAAAJ8A/UTiQ3iM9NvQ/s1600/Japanese+Record+Stores_Nagasaki_Sonny+Boy_sign.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0b2oRjXGrw/TuY2LZPaWFI/AAAAAAAAJ8A/UTiQ3iM9NvQ/s320/Japanese+Record+Stores_Nagasaki_Sonny+Boy_sign.JPG" width="260" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the Sonny Boy Records sign — Nagasaki, Japan ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-baxreuIaa-I/TuY2OCFDS-I/AAAAAAAAJ8I/1yE79lrabNM/s1600/Japanese+Record+Stores_Nagasaki_Sonny+Boy_interior.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-baxreuIaa-I/TuY2OCFDS-I/AAAAAAAAJ8I/1yE79lrabNM/s320/Japanese+Record+Stores_Nagasaki_Sonny+Boy_interior.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of Sonny Boy Records — Nagasaki, Japan ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3871824616680054043?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-82577991156704739142011-12-11T14:50:00.000-08:002011-12-13T13:30:52.594-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JdcIK-2yUAA/TuUfTcz9HnI/AAAAAAAAJ64/gIXEvZ37so4/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JdcIK-2yUAA/TuUfTcz9HnI/AAAAAAAAJ64/gIXEvZ37so4/s320/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Snapshot</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Souvenir</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Sorry Sir</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16359929-c84">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">The final record store I visited on my trip to Washington, DC last week was <a href="http://somrecordsdc.com/">Som Records</a> on 14th Street NW, a few blocks from all the others clustered together on 18th Street. Just like at Red Onion, I found lots of great stuff on my first visit to Som Records several years ago, and they had plenty of neat records for sale this time too. This 1983 dance-pop record by Snapshot, who're sorta like <a href="http://www.louisville.com/files/u3078/The_B52s_m839525.jpg">B-52s</a>-meets-<a href="http://www.broadwaysd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ABBA-GHOSTS-FROM-THE-PAST.jpg">ABBA</a> at the <a href="http://thestarryeye.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341cdd0d53ef0133f598e782970b-320wi">ESPRIT</a> outlet store in <a href="http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/Denmark/DenmarkMap.jpg">Denmark</a>, is just one of the interesting things I found. These gals evidently don't like playing with toy soldiers, and this particular copy of their "Souvenir" album once belonged to a Johnnie Akim-Willimas of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taastrup">Tåstrup</a>, but that's all I was able to learn about this dynamic Danish duo from the LP sleeve, and I couldn't find much English-language info about them on the web either. If anyone can fill me in, it would be appreciated. I did, however, manage to dig up this wonderful Snapshot video from 1984:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Snapshot</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5uBJ1YQmiE">A la Carte</a>" ]</span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">&nbsp; </span></span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4VfcJAiOwLs/TuUfwMmZHEI/AAAAAAAAJ7A/nJpn3_BVeEQ/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4VfcJAiOwLs/TuUfwMmZHEI/AAAAAAAAJ7A/nJpn3_BVeEQ/s320/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dpC7agRwLOs/TuUfzakHQ4I/AAAAAAAAJ7I/2vmrw8cN_fs/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_back_detail_Johnnie+Akim-Williams.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dpC7agRwLOs/TuUfzakHQ4I/AAAAAAAAJ7I/2vmrw8cN_fs/s320/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_back_detail_Johnnie+Akim-Williams.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4M_Q_2__wpc/TuUf05x5yWI/AAAAAAAAJ7Q/VIsmSxYTP0w/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_back_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4M_Q_2__wpc/TuUf05x5yWI/AAAAAAAAJ7Q/VIsmSxYTP0w/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_back_detail.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCuPObhMLQM/TuUf2eGfIOI/AAAAAAAAJ7Y/zyvKWVfwJFw/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_front_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCuPObhMLQM/TuUf2eGfIOI/AAAAAAAAJ7Y/zyvKWVfwJFw/s1600/Snapshot_Souvenir_LP_front_detail.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CFvP1pYy_iU/TuUf5Nuay3I/AAAAAAAAJ7g/Yv8GcGUPLBs/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Som+Records_exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CFvP1pYy_iU/TuUf5Nuay3I/AAAAAAAAJ7g/Yv8GcGUPLBs/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Som+Records_exterior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the outside of Som Records — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8QIeLyEDoZk/TuUf64PpDRI/AAAAAAAAJ7o/gSrU4hZzUz8/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Som+Records_interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8QIeLyEDoZk/TuUf64PpDRI/AAAAAAAAJ7o/gSrU4hZzUz8/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Som+Records_interior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of Som Records — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8257799115670473914?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-71070361552894813972011-12-10T18:52:00.000-08:002011-12-11T13:22:45.784-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hn63OzQaUwY/TuQUBe9J85I/AAAAAAAAJ54/wgiIxoiC98k/s1600/Double+Exposure_Locker+Room_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hn63OzQaUwY/TuQUBe9J85I/AAAAAAAAJ54/wgiIxoiC98k/s320/Double+Exposure_Locker+Room_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Double Exposure</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Locker Room</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I Got the Hots (For Ya)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16353386-5a1">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Anyway, getting back to <a href="http://www.dimensionsguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Lincoln-Memorial.jpg">Washington, DC</a>—after setting up the conference booth at the hotel where I was staying, I headed over to my favorite 24-hour DC diner, simply called <a href="http://www.dinerdc.com/">The Diner</a>. After enjoying a delicious omelet and plenty of coffee I dropped by <a href="http://redonionrecordsandbooks.com/">Red Onion Records &amp; Books</a>, which was the basement record store I'd been trying to locate the evening before. (I forgot they sold books too, so that part of their name threw me off.) I'd found lots of great stuff at Red Onion the last time I was in DC, and managed to leave with plenty of neat stuff this time too—including this 1979 locker-room-themed LP by the Philadelphia-based disco group Double Exposure. James, Joseph, Leonard, and Charles have evidently been singing (and showering) together since they were in junior high school, though in the 1960s their group was called United Image instead. According to the Double Exposure Wikipedia page <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Exposure_%28band%29">here</a>, these lads released the first-ever commercially available 12" single!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t-fUIbF7ZyI/TuQVPpvy7fI/AAAAAAAAJ6A/vskM-CJw8lU/s1600/Double+Exposure_Locker+Room_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t-fUIbF7ZyI/TuQVPpvy7fI/AAAAAAAAJ6A/vskM-CJw8lU/s320/Double+Exposure_Locker+Room_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Y1awuMSYg4/TuQVePCr94I/AAAAAAAAJ6Q/NzrznttMtWo/s1600/Washington+DC_The+Diner_interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Y1awuMSYg4/TuQVePCr94I/AAAAAAAAJ6Q/NzrznttMtWo/s320/Washington+DC_The+Diner_interior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of The Diner</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> — Washington, DC ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uYCVuu7uDm0/TuQVf99ONxI/AAAAAAAAJ6Y/1N0zbBOhoRA/s1600/Washington+DC_The+Diner_delicious+omelet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="220" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uYCVuu7uDm0/TuQVf99ONxI/AAAAAAAAJ6Y/1N0zbBOhoRA/s320/Washington+DC_The+Diner_delicious+omelet.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ a delicious omelet w/ grits and English muffin at The Diner</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s-LleeAj8ak/TuQVhG_Rt6I/AAAAAAAAJ6g/7rdvyuYsXyA/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Red+Onion+Records+and+Books_exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-s-LleeAj8ak/TuQVhG_Rt6I/AAAAAAAAJ6g/7rdvyuYsXyA/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Red+Onion+Records+and+Books_exterior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the outside of </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Red Onion Records &amp; Books</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> — Washington, DC ]</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0Q_cEBeHmc/TuQVnksEPfI/AAAAAAAAJ6o/R_hisYiEoKM/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Red+Onion+Records+and+Books_interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c0Q_cEBeHmc/TuQVnksEPfI/AAAAAAAAJ6o/R_hisYiEoKM/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Red+Onion+Records+and+Books_interior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Red Onion Records &amp; Books</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> — Washington, DC ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6IUaLSdVo9A/TuQVqQz9ALI/AAAAAAAAJ6w/zaD7Fw580Fo/s1600/Double+Exposure_Locker+Room_LP_back_detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6IUaLSdVo9A/TuQVqQz9ALI/AAAAAAAAJ6w/zaD7Fw580Fo/s320/Double+Exposure_Locker+Room_LP_back_detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Double Exposure's sports uniforms</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> — Washington, DC ]</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-7107036155289481397?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-44207604315874114282011-12-09T09:39:00.000-08:002011-12-27T09:07:23.629-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Aa1EvVvNvE/TuI-pD9S-xI/AAAAAAAAJ5g/3n2gA6DhvKA/s1600/Dobie+Gray_Loving+Arms_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1Aa1EvVvNvE/TuI-pD9S-xI/AAAAAAAAJ5g/3n2gA6DhvKA/s320/Dobie+Gray_Loving+Arms_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Dobie Gray</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Loving Arms</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I Never Had It So Good</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16346225-0a4">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Speaking of guys with beautiful voices, I'm interrupting my Washington, DC record store tour to pay this little tribute to singer Dobie Gray, who died three days ago. Born near <a href="http://www.apartmentshoustonmovingrelocation.com/map_houston_texas_1.gif">Houston, Texas</a>, Lawrence Darrow Brown (aka. Dobie Gray) moved to <a href="http://www.losangelescitytourist.com/images/los_angeles_map.jpg">Los Angeles</a> around 1960 to pursue an acting career, but instead found success with several soul hits in the early part of the decade. He handled lead vocals for the group <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/262365101_006a233f1c.jpg">Pollution</a> in the late '60s and early '70s, then released several solo LPs in the 1970s with more of a country vibe, like "Loving Arms" in 1973. Dobie Grey is best remembered for his top-ten hit "Drift Away" from '73, which you can see him performing by clicking the YouTube link below. Gray hit the top-40 country singles charts as late as the mid-1980s, but mainly focused on song-writing for the last few decades of his career. You can read more about Dobie Gray on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobie_Gray">here</a>, find his obituary in the L.A. Times <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-dobie-gray-20111208,0,302422.story">here</a>, and visit the official Dobie Gray website <a href="http://www.dobiegray.com/">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Dobie Gray</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaPnOASOWIU">Drift Away</a>" ]</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hZtB7agYi8/TuI_W8LqYCI/AAAAAAAAJ5o/A5n6yQ3sqmA/s1600/Dobie+Gray_Loving+Arms_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0hZtB7agYi8/TuI_W8LqYCI/AAAAAAAAJ5o/A5n6yQ3sqmA/s320/Dobie+Gray_Loving+Arms_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j_YaCiaWf3g/TuI_X98raGI/AAAAAAAAJ5w/qoDLn8wmc0s/s1600/Dobie+Gray.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j_YaCiaWf3g/TuI_X98raGI/AAAAAAAAJ5w/qoDLn8wmc0s/s1600/Dobie+Gray.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Dobie Gray</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[June 26, 1940 — December 6, 2011]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">We will miss you, Dobie.</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4420760431587411428?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-12117243677877617012011-12-08T14:44:00.000-08:002011-12-10T18:30:48.285-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QGVVZae3Boo/TuDp0JFI-wI/AAAAAAAAJ2o/ieKINU_I3jE/s1600/Escorts_All+We+Need+Is+Another+Chance_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QGVVZae3Boo/TuDp0JFI-wI/AAAAAAAAJ2o/ieKINU_I3jE/s320/Escorts_All+We+Need+Is+Another+Chance_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: The Escorts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: All We Need Is Another Chance</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Look Over Your Shoulder</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16339579-3fc">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Before leaving Smash Records, I inquired about other basement record stores nearby. I remembered visiting one in the Adams Morgan area three years before, but I couldn't remember its name. The guy directed me to <a href="http://jointcustodydc.com/about-us/">Joint Custody</a> across the street, which had a really narrow stone stairwell entrance leading to minty green caverns filled with vintage riches. The store had only been open for a couple of months, so it wasn't the place I'd been looking for (I found it the following day), but Joint Custody had some really great stuff—like this 1973 debut LP by The Escorts, a soul group made of guys doing hard time in New Jersey's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Jersey_State_Prison">Rahway State Prison</a> for crimes like armed robbery and murder. I don't know about you, but if someone accosted me on the street and started singing like these guys do here, they could go ahead and murder and armed robberize me and I'd hardly make any fuss at all. Surprisingly, there's no info about The Escorts on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Escorts_%28R_%26_B_soul_group%29">Wikipedia</a>, but you can read about Reginald Haynes, one of the original members of the group, on the Legendary Escorts webpage <a href="http://www.theoriginallegendaryescorts.com/tle.html">here</a>. I've included notes and lots of neat photos from the back and inside of the album below, and the track posted above includes an interview soundbite from producer and Motown veteran George Kerr.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0U_eahtNDH0/TuDwiwtQlII/AAAAAAAAJ2w/BDGmYfRLzlI/s1600/Escorts_All+We+Need+Is+Another+Chance_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="252" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0U_eahtNDH0/TuDwiwtQlII/AAAAAAAAJ2w/BDGmYfRLzlI/s320/Escorts_All+We+Need+Is+Another+Chance_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QZu7BWGy96w/TuDwlQtg6pI/AAAAAAAAJ24/ft26Q60RjDY/s1600/Escorts_All+We+Need+Is+Another+Chance_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QZu7BWGy96w/TuDwlQtg6pI/AAAAAAAAJ24/ft26Q60RjDY/s320/Escorts_All+We+Need+Is+Another+Chance_LP_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: bold;">[ the Joint Custody stairwell — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LqoVeHyiOsY/TuDze8ZKp3I/AAAAAAAAJ5Y/xKUd2uHWV5Q/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Joint+Custody_interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="211" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LqoVeHyiOsY/TuDze8ZKp3I/AAAAAAAAJ5Y/xKUd2uHWV5Q/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Joint+Custody_interior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Joint Custody</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1211724367787761701?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-45655593060175316602011-12-07T09:53:00.000-08:002011-12-27T14:06:09.815-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwwyibOscy0/Tt-Xtl2PG4I/AAAAAAAAJ14/AAGN-WtY_gk/s1600/Meadowlark+Lemon_My+Kids_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jwwyibOscy0/Tt-Xtl2PG4I/AAAAAAAAJ14/AAGN-WtY_gk/s320/Meadowlark+Lemon_My+Kids_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Meadowlark Lemon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: My Kids</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Earthmen</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16332744-3d0">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://www.smashrecords.com/wordpress/">Smash Records</a> was the next Washington, DC record store I visited last week; it's just a few blocks up the street from Crooked Beat. The store seemed more geared toward punk, metal, indie rock, clothing, and that sort of thing, so I didn't really expect to find much for my collection. I figured I'd pop in anyhow and I'm glad I did. They had some terrific stuff tucked into the dusty corners, and then they also had this bizarre 1979 album from Meadowlark Lemon, one of the most well-known and beloved members of the famous <a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GfFgfzwML.jpg">Harlem Globetrotters</a> basketball team. The album is mostly a celebration of the beauty and innocence of childhood (Meadowlark has 10 kids; see front cover and the dedication in the liner notes), but it also includes an odd closing track called "Earthmen," a call for planetary unity in the face of a hypothetical hostile alien takeover of the planet. If such a takeover actually took place—complete with <a href="http://chud.com/articles/content_images/17/Moonraker1.jpg">MOONRAKER</a>-style laser-beam sound-effects—Meadowlark wonders: would people in the world finally forget all their prejudices and come together as one? For all of us are Earthmen! (Well, except for Earthwomen, of course. But we could probably offer them up as some sort of sacrifice or donation to the hostile aliens in order for them to leave all of us newly-unified Earthmen alone.) You can read all about the life and career of Meadowlark Lemon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meadowlark_Lemon">here</a>, visit The Meadowlark Lemon Foundation website <a href="http://www.meadowlarklemon.org/">here</a>, and get lots of info about The Harlem Globetrotters <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters">here</a>. Hey, guess what <a href="http://i1.fc-img.com/CTV02/Comcast_CIM_Prod_Fancast_Image/84/274/1173294863342_72075814_2Whoopi-Goldberg-m.jpg_290_210.jpg">Whoopi Goldberg</a>, <a href="http://0.tqn.com/d/catholicism/1/0/O/4/-/-/Portrait-of-Pope-John-Paul-II.jpg">Pope John Paul II</a>, <a href="http://kurdistancommentary.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/kissinger.jpg">Henry Kissinger</a>, and <a href="http://www.allposters.com/IMAGES/MMPH/167697.jpg">Bob Hope</a> all have in common. Each of them is an honorary member of The Harlem Globetrotters!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WUWqPjCXFc/Tt-al241LLI/AAAAAAAAJ2A/Eo0m00EikPw/s1600/Meadowlark+Lemon_My+Kids_LP_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_WUWqPjCXFc/Tt-al241LLI/AAAAAAAAJ2A/Eo0m00EikPw/s320/Meadowlark+Lemon_My+Kids_LP_credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZijQUbJ0fUE/Tt-anOXgpPI/AAAAAAAAJ2I/sAepgoUUf_E/s1600/Meadowlark+Lemon_My+Kids_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZijQUbJ0fUE/Tt-anOXgpPI/AAAAAAAAJ2I/sAepgoUUf_E/s320/Meadowlark+Lemon_My+Kids_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-90vQ8Ib0e6I/Tt-atMOuSlI/AAAAAAAAJ2Q/ixlH1DiFoag/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Smash+Records_exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-90vQ8Ib0e6I/Tt-atMOuSlI/AAAAAAAAJ2Q/ixlH1DiFoag/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Smash+Records_exterior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the outside of Smash Records — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DE2M04UD9aA/Tt-at5INjLI/AAAAAAAAJ2Y/emmHDaRCaoY/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Smash+Records_sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DE2M04UD9aA/Tt-at5INjLI/AAAAAAAAJ2Y/emmHDaRCaoY/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Smash+Records_sign.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the flag and neon sign of Smash Records — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ltal0F0N62M/Tt-avHITJiI/AAAAAAAAJ2g/cF3I_FvFUrE/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Smash+Records_interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ltal0F0N62M/Tt-avHITJiI/AAAAAAAAJ2g/cF3I_FvFUrE/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Smash+Records_interior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the inside of Smash Records — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4565559306017531660?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-44973387875653196822011-12-06T18:31:00.000-08:002011-12-09T09:11:10.840-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8h_5Xj9uehw/Tt6cK4vjmoI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/Ne7HVz3E2XI/s1600/Shirley+and+Company_Shame+Shame+Shame_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8h_5Xj9uehw/Tt6cK4vjmoI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/Ne7HVz3E2XI/s320/Shirley+and+Company_Shame+Shame+Shame_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Shirley and Company</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Shame Shame Shame</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I Gotta Get Next to You</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16328022-e37">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">While in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.">Washington, DC</a> for a work conference last week, I of course found some time to visit the national capital city's terrific record stores. I'd been to most of them once before, when I was at this same conference in November of 2008, but this time I brought along a camera and a little more money. My first stop was <a href="http://www.crookedbeat.com/">Crooked Beat Records</a>, in the basement of a neat old building in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams_Morgan">Adams Morgan</a> neighborhood (as you'll see, all the city's best record stores are located in basements). One of the neat things I found at Crooked Beat was this dancetastic album by Shirley and Company—in this particular case it seems Shirley's in the company of <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0Clke5PtGGA/TCop1XjyxmI/AAAAAAAAACM/1ILA2oWduHQ/s1600/Richard+Nixon.jpg">Richard M. Nixon</a>, who, years ago, actually used to live in a large white house just a mile or two from where I found this record. Born in <a href="http://rebarcampneworleans.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/New-Orleans-at-night.jpg">New Orleans</a> in 1936, Shirley Goodman had several R&amp;B hits in the 1950s with Leonard Lee in the group Shirley &amp; Lee. The duo split in 1963 and after doing some backing vocal session work (on Rolling Stones' "<a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2669/4061777257_7cfa104492.jpg">Exile on Main Street</a>," for example), she left the music business. Fortunately for everyone, she came back again in 1974 when her friend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Robinson">Sylvia Robinson</a> talked her into providing lead vocals for "Shame Shame Shame," which became an early disco hit. Sadly, the hits didn't last long, and Shirley retired from the business again in the late 1970s, moving herself back to New Orleans. You can read more about the life and career of Shirley Goodman <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_Goodman">here</a>, and find a link to her televised performance of "Shame Shame Shame" here:</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Shirley and Company</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> on YouTube:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6J9iSpA9QTs">Shame Shame Shame</a>" ]</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fFSE740S2bg/Tt6hdCxH9WI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/3niJ4gO4npM/s1600/Shirley+and+Company_Shame+Shame+Shame_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fFSE740S2bg/Tt6hdCxH9WI/AAAAAAAAJ1I/3niJ4gO4npM/s320/Shirley+and+Company_Shame+Shame+Shame_LP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzEv-rwzlB8/Tt6he9f02oI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/qxapRJtKBbU/s1600/Shirley+and+Company_Shame+Shame+Shame_LP_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="103" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SzEv-rwzlB8/Tt6he9f02oI/AAAAAAAAJ1Q/qxapRJtKBbU/s320/Shirley+and+Company_Shame+Shame+Shame_LP_credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gHQljeQVDg/Tt6hilV8xnI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/0nrKbe6kP9w/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Crooked+Beat_exterior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4gHQljeQVDg/Tt6hilV8xnI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/0nrKbe6kP9w/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Crooked+Beat_exterior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ the outside of Crooked Beat Records — Washington, DC ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OhYGCdrMJCc/Tt6hl-YipZI/AAAAAAAAJ1g/S6EUFU09irs/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Crooked+Beat_interior.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OhYGCdrMJCc/Tt6hl-YipZI/AAAAAAAAJ1g/S6EUFU09irs/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Crooked+Beat_interior.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">the inside of Crooked Beat Records — Washington, DC</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dkGbm_pV61w/Tt6hnuyNg3I/AAAAAAAAJ1o/ZkfcnrGzLp4/s1600/Washington+DC_record+stores_Crooked+Beat_info.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dkGbm_pV61w/Tt6hnuyNg3I/AAAAAAAAJ1o/ZkfcnrGzLp4/s320/Washington+DC_record+stores_Crooked+Beat_info.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Gm3V0db0K4/Tt6hoxoiTEI/AAAAAAAAJ1w/yJkAZeyXK74/s1600/Shirley+Goodman+with+Leonard+Lee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2Gm3V0db0K4/Tt6hoxoiTEI/AAAAAAAAJ1w/yJkAZeyXK74/s320/Shirley+Goodman+with+Leonard+Lee.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Shirley Goodman: June 19, 1936 — July 5, 2005 ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">(pictured here with '50s singing partner Leonard Lee) </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4497338787565319682?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-19384574708749776472011-12-05T15:18:00.000-08:002011-12-06T18:38:19.026-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fQDiTtKS1dU/Tt1IrMvjCoI/AAAAAAAAJ04/SDBajurM7rM/s1600/shame+eavesdropping_final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fQDiTtKS1dU/Tt1IrMvjCoI/AAAAAAAAJ04/SDBajurM7rM/s320/shame+eavesdropping_final.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Overheard when</u></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">9:50<span style="font-size: xx-small;">pm</span> on Saturday, December 3, 2011</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Overheard where</span></u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">the sidewalk outside Landmark's E Street Cinema at 555 11th Street NW - Washington, DC</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> [<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;q=555+11th+street+nw+washington+dc&amp;gs_upl=917l917l0l2716l1l1l0l0l0l0l326l326l3-1l1l0&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=857&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=0x89b7b790cf9eb377:0x41bd436d6ceb1c8f,555+11th+St+NW,+Washington,+DC+20004&amp;gl=us&amp;ei=c0rdTrrcCKfE2gXbw4myDg&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=geocode_result&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CB8Q8gEwAA">map</a>]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><br /></u><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Overheard who</u>:</span> a nondescript, brown-haired Caucasian woman in her early-to-mid-30s, speaking to her husband or boyfriend and another male friend as we all walked up the street after watching Steve McQueen's new film called SHAME</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">. The film explores the sexual addiction of an insipid corporate drone who manifests his illness by having sex with prostitutes, stalking attractive married women on the subway, picking up women in swanky upscale bars and then fucking them under a nearby bridge, downloading oodles of outlandish porn on his work computer, not being able to form meaningful romantic relationships with interesting women, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">masturbating in the office bathroom several times a day, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">getting blow-jobs in a seedy all-male sex club,</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">being emotionally unavailable to his needy, mentally-disturbed sister, who's finally driven to suicide by his indifference, etc. etc.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Overheard what</u>:</span> "I was thinking that the 'shame' might be that he's gay."</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1938457470874977647?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-75574029901039180072011-11-29T17:50:00.000-08:002011-11-29T17:50:05.728-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e9ZQrySVn4k/TtVaeM0RjRI/AAAAAAAAJzw/aawOzMzd6XQ/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-e9ZQrySVn4k/TtVaeM0RjRI/AAAAAAAAJzw/aawOzMzd6XQ/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Clara Ward </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Hang Your Tears Out to Dry</span><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16283871-1fb">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Gospel singer Clara Ward began performing at an early age with <a href="http://www.ohiofunk.org/images/wward1.jpg">The Ward Singers</a>, which initially included Clara, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">her older sister <a href="http://www.ohiofunk.org/images/wward2.jpg">Willa</a>, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">and their mother, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppl_ri_images/4016862794/in/photostream">Gertrude</a>. Other singers also joined up with the group for a time, like <a href="http://jazzinphoto.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/marion-williams-france-65.jpg">Marion Williams</a>, but they didn't stay long since Clara and Gertrude were evidently pretty stingy about sharing the money the group took in. Though much beloved by audiences around the world and by <a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/935/000022869/channing1.jpg">Carol Channing</a> and other famous people, Clara Ward did not have an easy life, as you can read for yourself <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Ward">here</a>. Sadly, Clara suffered a series of strokes and passed away in 1973 when she was just 48 years old. Notes, photos, and celebrity cheers from the back of Clara Ward's 1966 "Hang Your Tears Out to Dry" LP are included below.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yT4fR_ohNfM/TtVkiAMy29I/AAAAAAAAJz4/9Saw1OT7qKU/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="167" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yT4fR_ohNfM/TtVkiAMy29I/AAAAAAAAJz4/9Saw1OT7qKU/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2jiJf1r0lU/TtVkpRLVvxI/AAAAAAAAJ0A/UqVt-RBTEQg/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_notes1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="215" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o2jiJf1r0lU/TtVkpRLVvxI/AAAAAAAAJ0A/UqVt-RBTEQg/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_notes1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_nyzoJ4xjwc/TtVkqxXT6OI/AAAAAAAAJ0I/a5LAsW8mAd8/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_notes2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_nyzoJ4xjwc/TtVkqxXT6OI/AAAAAAAAJ0I/a5LAsW8mAd8/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_notes2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pFWG4VwLFjE/TtVktFFRPmI/AAAAAAAAJ0Q/wWEqXcBnlJM/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_notes3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pFWG4VwLFjE/TtVktFFRPmI/AAAAAAAAJ0Q/wWEqXcBnlJM/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_notes3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iENee6_VOXY/TtVku7b9QxI/AAAAAAAAJ0Y/fDP2HTDuJ2o/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_with+Carol+Channing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iENee6_VOXY/TtVku7b9QxI/AAAAAAAAJ0Y/fDP2HTDuJ2o/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_with+Carol+Channing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xbxAhdX-g3A/TtVkwhp6ayI/AAAAAAAAJ0g/-YjYvLRAZfU/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_with+Louis+Armstrong+and+Nat+King+Cole.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xbxAhdX-g3A/TtVkwhp6ayI/AAAAAAAAJ0g/-YjYvLRAZfU/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_with+Louis+Armstrong+and+Nat+King+Cole.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAbWYhAdaJQ/TtVkydevbsI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/bqpbBCembbs/s1600/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_cheers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZAbWYhAdaJQ/TtVkydevbsI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/bqpbBCembbs/s320/Clara+Ward_Hang+Your+Tears+Out+to+Dry_LP_cheers.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynkAJTujjnw/TtVk0LOgikI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/VnvuvLzB-sc/s1600/Clara+Ward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ynkAJTujjnw/TtVk0LOgikI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/VnvuvLzB-sc/s1600/Clara+Ward.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Clara Ward: April 21, 1924 — January 16, 1973 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-7557402990103918007?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-18957817890038718502011-11-28T15:45:00.000-08:002011-11-29T14:18:55.706-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dzIoeVCMQX8/TtPKbJtbH5I/AAAAAAAAJyw/cgxtlKM48hE/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dzIoeVCMQX8/TtPKbJtbH5I/AAAAAAAAJyw/cgxtlKM48hE/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Eric Mercury</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Electric Black Man</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Night Lady</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16275958-2d9">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Hurdy Gurdy Man</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16275971-4fa">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I found this 1969 debut solo LP by Eric Mercury at <a href="http://thecincinnatiman.com/another-part-of-the-forest-great-vinyl-pulp-and-comics/">Another Part of the Forest</a> while in Cincinnati this past summer. Born into a musical family in <a href="http://www.holydieexplorer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Toronto2005-9.gif">Toronto, Canada</a>, Eric played with several different groups there before moving to <a href="http://shc.pagesperso-orange.fr/Photos/CHICAGO.jpg">Chicago, USA</a> and launching his solo career at the end of the 1960s. A decade later he somehow landed the role of Rudy the League Commissioner in <a href="http://thepeoplescube.com/images/TheFish_Pittsburgh.jpg">THE FISH THAT SAVED PITTSBURGH</a>. You can read more about the handsome and talented Mr. Mercury <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Mercury">here</a> and <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/artist/eric-mercury-p19299/biography">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U4a-VvAa2O0/TtQT67k_F6I/AAAAAAAAJy4/LR6JTb58LGs/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_notes_Jerry+Hyman.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-U4a-VvAa2O0/TtQT67k_F6I/AAAAAAAAJy4/LR6JTb58LGs/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_notes_Jerry+Hyman.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9N-eRDn3cQ/TtQT83vKLaI/AAAAAAAAJzA/93KSXq8xVEI/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_notes_David+Clayton+Thomas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n9N-eRDn3cQ/TtQT83vKLaI/AAAAAAAAJzA/93KSXq8xVEI/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_notes_David+Clayton+Thomas.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JYktwBlq5Fw/TtQUCgrQswI/AAAAAAAAJzI/nqlL_69UzBY/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_lyrics_Night+Lady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JYktwBlq5Fw/TtQUCgrQswI/AAAAAAAAJzI/nqlL_69UzBY/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_lyrics_Night+Lady.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xP5uYReRysY/TtQUEOex5vI/AAAAAAAAJzQ/ockzLubMDZY/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_lyrics_Hurdy+Gurdy+Man1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xP5uYReRysY/TtQUEOex5vI/AAAAAAAAJzQ/ockzLubMDZY/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_lyrics_Hurdy+Gurdy+Man1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLTESfrFoJc/TtQUGcNmH2I/AAAAAAAAJzY/imNtyF_QPEM/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_lyrics_Hurdy+Gurdy+Man2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NLTESfrFoJc/TtQUGcNmH2I/AAAAAAAAJzY/imNtyF_QPEM/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_lyrics_Hurdy+Gurdy+Man2.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0EpuovrvfGI/TtQUIcmIXgI/AAAAAAAAJzg/UFM14g9j9Jw/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="189" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0EpuovrvfGI/TtQUIcmIXgI/AAAAAAAAJzg/UFM14g9j9Jw/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-doR5SQtrO5o/TtQUMp6XiII/AAAAAAAAJzo/pOUpR8lDsII/s1600/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_inside+pic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-doR5SQtrO5o/TtQUMp6XiII/AAAAAAAAJzo/pOUpR8lDsII/s320/Eric+Mercury_Electric+Black+Man_LP_inside+pic.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1895781789003871850?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-37564324459241998462011-11-26T11:16:00.000-08:002011-12-06T14:49:39.364-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nh0sR2ctSRU/TtEzxhElkjI/AAAAAAAAJyI/KqIfD-1XVJQ/s1600/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Nh0sR2ctSRU/TtEzxhElkjI/AAAAAAAAJyI/KqIfD-1XVJQ/s320/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Tommy Edwards</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Tommy Edwards Sings</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "A Long Time</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16265247-d16">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "The Cherry In My Fruit Cocktail</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16265324-1ad">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This Tommy Edwards record sounded so good I accidentally bought two used copies of it on my summer road trip around Ohio—one in <a href="http://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/01/3b/b4/74/cincinnati.jpg">Cincinnati</a> and the other in <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3154/2858633928_8d5355ee3d.jpg">Toledo</a>. Best known for his 1958 chart-topper called "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtizr2G_7Bk">It's All In the Game</a>," Tommy Edwards had a lengthy string of songs hitting the charts between 1951 and 1960. This LP from the Newark, New Jersey-based Regent label was evidently released at the end of 1958, though it contains at least some songs that were recorded in '48 and '49. You can read more about the dashing Tommy Edwards <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Edwards">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HFuu-KE4U4I/TtE2uYg-uvI/AAAAAAAAJyQ/8Nk7JHY8Qgg/s1600/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HFuu-KE4U4I/TtE2uYg-uvI/AAAAAAAAJyQ/8Nk7JHY8Qgg/s320/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cjvY0-eD1f8/TtE2wKb1TyI/AAAAAAAAJyY/SeNfkdc8m-4/s1600/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_credits1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="125" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cjvY0-eD1f8/TtE2wKb1TyI/AAAAAAAAJyY/SeNfkdc8m-4/s320/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_credits1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6OJOmlLtS-I/TtE2xJBo9lI/AAAAAAAAJyg/1e8pxY9JVM8/s1600/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_credits2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6OJOmlLtS-I/TtE2xJBo9lI/AAAAAAAAJyg/1e8pxY9JVM8/s320/Tommy+Edwards_Sings_LP_credits2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gK0lsS5xKak/TtE2y8usJ5I/AAAAAAAAJyo/3kvCWfx8QP4/s1600/Tommy+Edwards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gK0lsS5xKak/TtE2y8usJ5I/AAAAAAAAJyo/3kvCWfx8QP4/s1600/Tommy+Edwards.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Tommy Edwards: February 17, 1922 — October 22, 1969 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3756432445924199846?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-82755449048697046342011-11-23T14:05:00.000-08:002011-11-23T14:14:41.751-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ycY7OQ8dLM/Ts0pH62nycI/AAAAAAAAJxA/ZH3IdFGjBLs/s1600/Bunny+DeBarge_Save+the+Best+For+Me_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="308" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0ycY7OQ8dLM/Ts0pH62nycI/AAAAAAAAJxA/ZH3IdFGjBLs/s320/Bunny+DeBarge_Save+the+Best+For+Me_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Bunny DeBarge</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Save the Best For Me (Best of Your Lovin')</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16247958-905">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">The eldest and only female of the </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">humongous musical </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">DeBarge family, Etterlene "Bunny" DeBarge mainly stayed in the background, writing songs and singing backing vocals for the group. Bunny finally broke free and released a solo record in 1986, which included the top-20 R&amp;B single "Save the Best For Me." She was then promptly dropped from her label. Sadly, stardom was tough on Bunny and she turned to hard drugs to help her cope. While working to overcome an addiction to prescription drugs in the 1990s, Bunny returned to her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she became a born-again Christian and began performing gospel music. In 2008 she published a memoir called "The Kept Ones," which you can purchase for over $100 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0974613665">here</a>. Go <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_DeBarge">here</a> to read more about Bunny DeBarge on Wikipedia, and you can learn more about her famous singing family <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeBarge">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J_Bkxk3j-Hg/Ts0pPGj724I/AAAAAAAAJxI/VwcaZHfwsDE/s1600/Bunny+DeBarge_Save+the+Best+For+Me_45_back_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J_Bkxk3j-Hg/Ts0pPGj724I/AAAAAAAAJxI/VwcaZHfwsDE/s320/Bunny+DeBarge_Save+the+Best+For+Me_45_back_logo.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uTHgR1MoODE/Ts0pQKdqPqI/AAAAAAAAJxQ/pp171rgzxrs/s1600/Bunny+DeBarge_Save+the+Best+For+Me_45_back_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uTHgR1MoODE/Ts0pQKdqPqI/AAAAAAAAJxQ/pp171rgzxrs/s320/Bunny+DeBarge_Save+the+Best+For+Me_45_back_lyrics.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tq8vuMbfIVc/Ts0pfnFIqoI/AAAAAAAAJxY/z5SFrOsK3-c/s1600/Chico+DeBarge_Talk+to+Me_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tq8vuMbfIVc/Ts0pfnFIqoI/AAAAAAAAJxY/z5SFrOsK3-c/s320/Chico+DeBarge_Talk+to+Me_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;Artist: Chico DeBarge</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Talk to Me</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16248195-af1">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Jonathan Arthur "Chico" DeBarge was just 13 years old when DeBarge was formed in 1979, so he was never a part of his older siblings' singing group. He was only 20 years old when he released his first record on Motown, which included "Talk to Me," a top-ten R&amp;B hit that peaked at #21 on the Hot 100 singles charts. Sadly, after the release of his second LP, "<a href="http://www.musicobsession.com/Pictures/c/h/chicodebarge215390.jpg">Kiss Serious</a>" in 1988, Chico was thrown into prison for drug trafficking. He reappeared nine years later with the appropriately-titled "<a href="http://image.kazaa.com/images/22/601215308822/Chico_DeBarge/Long_Time_No_See/Chico_DeBarge_comp_Unknown-Long_Time_No_3.jpg">Long Time No See</a>" and has released several albums in the years since then. Chico has five children, one of which he named "Chicoco," and he survived being stabbed outside a Philadelphia nightclub back in 2003. Chico evidently received some disastrous advice from Motown's fashion department for the sleeve of his "Talk to Me" single, later blossoming into <a href="http://photos.lyricgeek.com/Chico-Debarge--7830.jpg">a very handsome fellow</a> once that messy black poodle of a hairdo was cut away from his head. You can read more about Chico <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_DeBarge">here</a>.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aYCy5kOCZmQ/Ts0pqITg7QI/AAAAAAAAJxg/shP4REjARa4/s1600/Chico+DeBarge_Talk+to+Me_45_back_design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aYCy5kOCZmQ/Ts0pqITg7QI/AAAAAAAAJxg/shP4REjARa4/s320/Chico+DeBarge_Talk+to+Me_45_back_design.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GVf_YJqTTmU/Ts0prIjycWI/AAAAAAAAJxo/OZVX9C0Pbns/s1600/Chico+DeBarge_Talk+to+Me_45_back_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GVf_YJqTTmU/Ts0prIjycWI/AAAAAAAAJxo/OZVX9C0Pbns/s320/Chico+DeBarge_Talk+to+Me_45_back_lyrics.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">*&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *&nbsp; *</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xNse3nNO9J4/Ts0pzdZaPxI/AAAAAAAAJxw/lKRWVHVXHGs/s1600/El+deBarge_Someone_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="309" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xNse3nNO9J4/Ts0pzdZaPxI/AAAAAAAAJxw/lKRWVHVXHGs/s320/El+deBarge_Someone_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: El DeBarge</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Someone</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16248706-fe3">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">The 6th of the ten DeBarge kids, Eldra Patrick "El" DeBarge was born in June of 1961 and was lead vocalist of the DeBarge family singing group I keep mentioning here. His beautiful falsetto adorned such DeBarge hits as "Time Will Reveal," "All This Love," and "Love Me In a Special Way" before Motown founder <a href="http://www.licklibrary.com/Images/Resources/Berry%20Gordy%281%29.jpg">Berry Gordy</a> encouraged him to go solo in 1986. El immediately hit gold with the bouncy and annoying "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jaWPQ3Z7FE">Who's Johnny</a>," which was a #1 R&amp;B hit, a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and was featured in the film <a href="http://www.johnny-five.com/memorabilia/posters/sc_poster.jpg">SHORT CIRCUIT</a>, starring <a href="http://www.teeshirtsoup.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/ally-sheedy-st-elmos-fire.jpg">Ally Sheedy</a> and <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uCwat8L3XFs/SiLbjYrarXI/AAAAAAAABWQ/O-vJG8uZE7o/s400/steveguttenberg1.jpg">Steve Guttenberg</a>. "Someone" was the third single released from El's first solo album (after "Who's Johnny" and "Love Always"), and it peaked at #32 on the R&amp;B charts and at #70 on the Hot 100. El continued releasing critically-acclaimed albums throughout the 1990s, though his popularity began to wane. Sadly, El was arrested a number of times in the 2000s on drug charges, and was finally sentenced to prison in 2008. Once in the slammer, El took stock of his life, became a born-again Christian, and began setting his life back on track after being released from prison in 2009. His "<a href="http://cdn.madamenoire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/el-debarge.jpg">Second Chance</a>" LP debuted in November of 2010, and the record's first single earned a pair of Grammy nominations. Unfortunately, El was unable to attend the awards ceremony due to suffering a relapse and then checking himself into a rehab center. More info about El DeBarge, whom I've always considered to be one of the best-looking men in the music business (those bedroom eyes!), can be found on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_DeBarge">here</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vy_e1x9I92c/Ts0p8sH_p4I/AAAAAAAAJx4/fT-0hPXHRjU/s1600/El+deBarge_Someone_45_back_lyrics1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vy_e1x9I92c/Ts0p8sH_p4I/AAAAAAAAJx4/fT-0hPXHRjU/s320/El+deBarge_Someone_45_back_lyrics1.jpg" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCKPB2KMxlA/Ts0p-nlQtlI/AAAAAAAAJyA/T4a5JseSUag/s1600/El+deBarge_Someone_45_back_lyrics2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCKPB2KMxlA/Ts0p-nlQtlI/AAAAAAAAJyA/T4a5JseSUag/s320/El+deBarge_Someone_45_back_lyrics2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8275544904869704634?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-84278318536128370422011-11-22T15:10:00.000-08:002011-11-23T09:00:57.215-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EyklKy3JXQ/TswkkPdN_EI/AAAAAAAAJwg/I750eSLJrPk/s1600/Christopher+Atkins_How+Can+I+Live+Without+Her_45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="306" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EyklKy3JXQ/TswkkPdN_EI/AAAAAAAAJwg/I750eSLJrPk/s320/Christopher+Atkins_How+Can+I+Live+Without+Her_45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Christopher Atkins</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "How Can I Live Without Her</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16241797-908">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's the other single I found at Spin Cycle last Saturday night in the five minutes before they closed. I would actually encourage you NOT to listen to this one. I've posted the divShare link only for consistency. This terrible song (from what I'm sure must be a terrible movie) somehow clawed its way to #71 on the Billboard singles charts back in 1982. Still, I couldn't keep myself from buying it since Christopher Atkins earned such a warm and special place in my...let's say "heart"...when I was a geeky 11-year-old staying up late to watch <a href="http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/the-blue-lagoon-1980--645-75.jpg">THE BLUE LAGOON</a> on HBO while my parents were out at a square dance. Atkins' underwater swimming scenes </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">in particular </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> made a lasting impression on me</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">, and I remember fantasizing about disposing of Brooke Shields, then settling into my new thatch home on an uncharted island with this sexy and tender blond hunk of a man. You can read about the life and career of Christopher Atkins on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Atkins">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bgb94ATmrOE/Tswk-pL-42I/AAAAAAAAJwo/qHMpEMVkorE/s1600/Christopher+Atkins_How+Can+I+Live+Without+Her_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bgb94ATmrOE/Tswk-pL-42I/AAAAAAAAJwo/qHMpEMVkorE/s320/Christopher+Atkins_How+Can+I+Live+Without+Her_45_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Christopher Atkins: with Kristy McNichol in "The Pirate Movie" ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_1VTUoSoXZY/TswlEAxcNgI/AAAAAAAAJww/0cpdnJoWTw4/s1600/Christopher+Atkins_Blue+Lagoon_swimming.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="201" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_1VTUoSoXZY/TswlEAxcNgI/AAAAAAAAJww/0cpdnJoWTw4/s320/Christopher+Atkins_Blue+Lagoon_swimming.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Christopher Atkins: in over his head in "The Blue Lagoon" ]</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d747xbK4coc/TswlFGH1XaI/AAAAAAAAJw4/SAa9Cg9AO3Q/s1600/Christopher+Atkins_Blue+Lagoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d747xbK4coc/TswlFGH1XaI/AAAAAAAAJw4/SAa9Cg9AO3Q/s320/Christopher+Atkins_Blue+Lagoon.jpg" width="248" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Christopher Atkins: waiting for 11-yr-old me to return from a long day of fishing ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-8427831853612837042?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-8625908322824790832011-11-21T09:54:00.000-08:002011-11-22T14:37:48.950-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-874lpZtXBvI/TsqET51FowI/AAAAAAAAJwQ/OBnqDEXdrGs/s1600/Johnny+Burnette_Little+Boy+Sad_45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-874lpZtXBvI/TsqET51FowI/AAAAAAAAJwQ/OBnqDEXdrGs/s320/Johnny+Burnette_Little+Boy+Sad_45.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Johnny Burnette</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Little Boy Sad</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16225645-50a">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">After watching <a href="http://film-book.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/kirsten-dunst-melancholia-01.jpg">the world come to an end</a> at the movies on Saturday night, I sauntered down Broadway on Capitol Hill and into <a href="http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/RDCYet6nsYbxGni1sRKLPw/l.jpg">Spin Cycle</a>, a little record store I hadn't been to before. The guy working there told me they'd be closing in five minutes, but I still had time to find two singles, including this one by Johnny Burnette, released in early 1961 as Burnette was suffering a ruptured <a href="http://www.butler.org/healthGate/images/exh39886d.jpg">appendix</a>. Born in <a href="http://www.memphismemories.org/Areas/Downtown/Downtown_1930s/DowntownMemphisLate1930s_big.jpg">Memphis, Tennessee</a> in 1934, Johnny formed a rock trio called <a href="http://www.rousefamily.com/rock_roots/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/RnRTrio.png">The Rhythm Rangers</a> in 1952 with his brother Dorsey and their friend Paul Burlison. When the group disbanded in 1957, Johnny went solo and landed several chart hits in the early 1960s, including "Little Boy Sad," which peaked at #17 on the Billboard Hot 100. Unfortunately, the hits slowed to a trickle soon after that. Johnny switched labels several times and continued releasing singles, but everything came to a sudden, sad end when his fishing boat was struck by a cabin cruiser on <a href="http://www.fishsniffer.com/maps/clearlake.jpg">Clear Lake</a> in California in August of 1964 and he drowned; he was just 30 years old. You can read lots more about the handsome and talented Johnny Burnette on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Burnette">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1WBuCFC1vA/TsqHGWU74iI/AAAAAAAAJwY/BZj95ftHbXU/s1600/Johnny+Burnette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o1WBuCFC1vA/TsqHGWU74iI/AAAAAAAAJwY/BZj95ftHbXU/s320/Johnny+Burnette.jpg" width="246" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Johnny Burnette: March 25, 1934 — August 14, 1964 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-862590832282479083?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-69150964350458625952011-11-20T18:00:00.000-08:002011-12-05T14:19:13.289-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CtVB08o8JIc/Tsmse09sxJI/AAAAAAAAJwI/91mDMeSNcO8/s1600/movie+theater+poop_final.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CtVB08o8JIc/Tsmse09sxJI/AAAAAAAAJwI/91mDMeSNcO8/s320/movie+theater+poop_final.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Overheard when</u></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">9:26<span style="font-size: xx-small;">pm</span> on Saturday, November 19, 2011 — </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">just as the first end credit of Lars von Trier's <a href="http://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/mel.jpg">MELANCHOLIA</a> appeared on the screen.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Overheard where</span></u></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">:</span> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">inside the downstairs cinema at the Harvard Exit</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> Theatre, on Capitol Hill at 807 East Roy - </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Seattle, WA</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> [<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&amp;cp=14&amp;gs_id=2o&amp;xhr=t&amp;tok=x3f0ZBLdnmrsbqoWnpgnSA&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=857&amp;gs_upl=&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=harvard+exit+seattle&amp;fb=1&amp;gl=us&amp;hq=harvard+exit&amp;hnear=0x5490102c93e83355:0x102565466944d59a,Seattle,+WA&amp;cid=0,0,9867057164906960466&amp;ei=8qzJTsmCF8LbiALMy8XzDw&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=local_result&amp;ct=image&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CA8Q_BI">map</a>]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u><br /></u><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Overheard who</u>:</span> an annoying, granny-voiced gentleman at the back of the cinema, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">probably in his 40s or 50s, </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ostensibly speaking only to his movie-going companion, but making sure that everyone within shouting distance could hear.</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Overheard what</u>:</span> "That was just terrible! I don't understand why people have to take excellent actors and then completely waste them like that! I'm just SO disappointed. I don't even know why these actors would agree to be in something like this—I suppose it must have looked good on paper. But that was just a HORRIBLE movie! I want my two hours back."</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-6915096435045862595?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-20803888468413686862011-11-18T15:43:00.000-08:002011-11-19T11:44:35.807-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zUqllPehXY/TsaQNzNUCiI/AAAAAAAAJu4/Xx7-VYNm1OY/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_zUqllPehXY/TsaQNzNUCiI/AAAAAAAAJu4/Xx7-VYNm1OY/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Cuarteto D'Aida</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: An Evening at the Sans Souci</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Las Mulatas del Cha Cha Cha</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16205890-2c5">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Cuanto Me Alegro (I'm So Glad)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16205954-da8">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Pianist </span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Diestro">Aida Diestro</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> (December 21, 1924 — October 28, 1973) formed her quartet in Havana in 1952, and they soon became <a href="http://soygaspar.tumblr.com/post/6859808443/el-cuarteto-daida-revoluciono-el-concepto-de">the toast of the town</a>. The other ladies in Aida's famous quartet were <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Burke">Elena Burke</a> (February 28, 1928—June 9, 2002), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moraima_Secada">Moraima Secada</a> (September 30, 1930—December 30, 1984), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayd%C3%A9e_Portuondo">Haydée Portuondo</a> (no dates found), and her younger sister <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omara_Portuondo">Omara Portuondo</a>, who was born on October 29, 1930 and still performs today. </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">The LP liner notes (included below in both English and Spanish), say Aida's last name was actually Izquierdo, but they also indicate that Aida's quartet only featured three women (they've melded Moraima Secada and Haydée Portuondo into a single entity known as "Moraima Portuondo") so I say they're probably not to be trusted. </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">This original lineup of the group remained together for eight years, during which time they recorded just one album (this one) in 1957. You can read more about the fabulous Cuban Cuarteto D'Aida on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuarteto_d%27Aida">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OY1U5wREQgY/Tsbcp0-C8WI/AAAAAAAAJvA/ihGQvRZDvFs/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="58" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OY1U5wREQgY/Tsbcp0-C8WI/AAAAAAAAJvA/ihGQvRZDvFs/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qSCIc31r48s/Tsbcvmjrm9I/AAAAAAAAJvI/WXwEBo4UrvM/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_English1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qSCIc31r48s/Tsbcvmjrm9I/AAAAAAAAJvI/WXwEBo4UrvM/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_English1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fBeO0U8QLek/TsbcxQ5e_0I/AAAAAAAAJvQ/mJyoFDdcPWs/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_English2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fBeO0U8QLek/TsbcxQ5e_0I/AAAAAAAAJvQ/mJyoFDdcPWs/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_English2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iGAG9SnuzMY/Tsbc0B-BICI/AAAAAAAAJvY/CQwSd2szyTs/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_English3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iGAG9SnuzMY/Tsbc0B-BICI/AAAAAAAAJvY/CQwSd2szyTs/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_English3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qn5GGTn0dHQ/Tsbc5LYP0RI/AAAAAAAAJvg/_ca-sSnUDUU/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qn5GGTn0dHQ/Tsbc5LYP0RI/AAAAAAAAJvg/_ca-sSnUDUU/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ pianist Aida Diestro (center) con su cuarteto. ]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OKDBsBcMveI/Tsbc7QL_pPI/AAAAAAAAJvo/NCi4saR5T5A/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_Spanish1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OKDBsBcMveI/Tsbc7QL_pPI/AAAAAAAAJvo/NCi4saR5T5A/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_Spanish1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnlTqc-6btk/Tsbc8u1r-XI/AAAAAAAAJvw/OND4IUwYcs4/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_Spanish2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZnlTqc-6btk/Tsbc8u1r-XI/AAAAAAAAJvw/OND4IUwYcs4/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_Spanish2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d8MgqqZx554/Tsbc9w3ayOI/AAAAAAAAJv4/yeZ2WuBUkzA/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_Spanish3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="112" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-d8MgqqZx554/Tsbc9w3ayOI/AAAAAAAAJv4/yeZ2WuBUkzA/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_An+Evening+at+the+Sans+Souci_LP_notes_Spanish3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AKZ5UZTrzXs/TsbjnkZ9_1I/AAAAAAAAJwA/EnSRFvII5Zc/s1600/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_1950s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="249" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AKZ5UZTrzXs/TsbjnkZ9_1I/AAAAAAAAJwA/EnSRFvII5Zc/s320/Cuarteto+D%2527Aida_1950s.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Sñra. Aida Diestro (in black) con su cuarteto (in white). ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2080388846841368686?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-3462952442671408752011-11-17T09:44:00.000-08:002011-11-26T10:44:57.082-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-onQHslwYyKY/TsVCbRRrx-I/AAAAAAAAJuI/zADypD7INgM/s1600/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-onQHslwYyKY/TsVCbRRrx-I/AAAAAAAAJuI/zADypD7INgM/s320/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Jimmy Lewis and the Checkers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Yeah, Right</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Dance With You</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16205835-f4f">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "I Think We're Alone Now</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16205841-615">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">According to the Power Pop Criminals blog, Jimmy Lewis and the Checkers are originally from <a href="http://www.purzuit.com/pics/us/showinus/tulsa-ok.png">Tulsa, Oklahoma</a>, though their fan club was based in <a href="http://www.purzuit.com/pics/us/showinus/los-altos-ca.png">Los Altos, California</a> when this record was released in 1980. You can read a little about the group and find out what they have in common with the <a href="http://pipos-studios.es/clasifica/a-z/Dwight%20Twilley%20Band%20-%201975%20-%20Twilley%20Dont%20mind.jpg">Dwight Twilley Band</a> on the aforementioned Power Pop blog <a href="http://powerpopcriminals.blogspot.com/2007/07/jimmy-lewis-checkers-yeah-right-1980.html">here</a>. Photos and credits from the back of the LP are included below; both tracks posted here are from side two. Tune in tomorrow if you want to hear the songs—I dropped my car at the shop way too early this morning on my way to work and accidentally left the mp3s at home.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--04KFUq_Ixk/TsVDNv_k5ZI/AAAAAAAAJuQ/DWSQJS-TZIM/s1600/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_photo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--04KFUq_Ixk/TsVDNv_k5ZI/AAAAAAAAJuQ/DWSQJS-TZIM/s320/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_photo1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MwZluCt-aug/TsVDQKNagzI/AAAAAAAAJuY/C3zYCtG7a4A/s1600/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_credits_side+one.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MwZluCt-aug/TsVDQKNagzI/AAAAAAAAJuY/C3zYCtG7a4A/s320/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_credits_side+one.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3dvXAqELkec/TsVDR2-OV-I/AAAAAAAAJug/C8kNIlbJDxg/s1600/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_credits_side+two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3dvXAqELkec/TsVDR2-OV-I/AAAAAAAAJug/C8kNIlbJDxg/s320/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_credits_side+two.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bSgJ_BdEARE/TsVDT8XCoLI/AAAAAAAAJuo/IvwhW-R3nYk/s1600/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_very+special+thanks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="170" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bSgJ_BdEARE/TsVDT8XCoLI/AAAAAAAAJuo/IvwhW-R3nYk/s320/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_very+special+thanks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ALMvMVxC-6M/TsVDXHNDcoI/AAAAAAAAJuw/WIl4K9DpyMw/s1600/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_photo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ALMvMVxC-6M/TsVDXHNDcoI/AAAAAAAAJuw/WIl4K9DpyMw/s320/Jimmy+Lewis+and+the+Checkers_Yeah%252C+Right_LP_photo2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-346295244267140875?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-68406714567075342922011-11-16T16:03:00.000-08:002011-11-17T15:50:39.687-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xb9JsB2x9GM/TsQykvlou5I/AAAAAAAAJtY/OuA8nLmovPg/s1600/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xb9JsB2x9GM/TsQykvlou5I/AAAAAAAAJtY/OuA8nLmovPg/s320/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: The Music of Poland</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Polish Student Chorus</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Jedzie Boat (The Boat Is Rocking)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16190156-842">listen</a> ]</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Z. Krukowski</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Gdzie Idziesz Wojtus (Where Are You Going, Walter?)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16190173-f50">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I was a little confounded by the odd cover design (which gave me a craving for peppermint) for this various artists LP featuring singers who fled <a href="http://collections.yadvashem.org/photosarchive/s637-469/7047599356534210829.jpg">Poland</a> to settle in <a href="http://www.pariscityrama.com/files/images/excursions/moulin-rouge.jpg">Paris</a> in the mid 20th century—until I did a Google image search for the <a href="http://www.flagart.ge/flags/poland_flag.gif">Polish flag</a>. The first song, "Jedzie Boat," is a rollicking nautical number performed by an entire student choir that somehow evidently escaped Poland together. The next song, "Gdzie Idziesz Wojtus," is an oberek—a sort of crazy waltz that involves lots of shouting and stomping, probably similar to what we call <a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5007/5199745451_67c4495820.jpg">the Virginia reel</a> here in America. As far as I can tell, we never do find out exactly where it was Walter was going. The LP liner notes, a neat drawing, and some info about the two tracks are included below.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IJp0mYd6Moo/TsQzP_YNq8I/AAAAAAAAJtg/BCIesCV2oB4/s1600/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="199" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IJp0mYd6Moo/TsQzP_YNq8I/AAAAAAAAJtg/BCIesCV2oB4/s320/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vlZK125jsw/TsQzRSCz4II/AAAAAAAAJto/bcFB-1CLFmI/s1600/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5vlZK125jsw/TsQzRSCz4II/AAAAAAAAJto/bcFB-1CLFmI/s320/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_drawing.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v0jMP_IpGpU/TsQzUh31tpI/AAAAAAAAJtw/Lf_sFp1WcME/s1600/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_notes_Jedzie+Boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v0jMP_IpGpU/TsQzUh31tpI/AAAAAAAAJtw/Lf_sFp1WcME/s320/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_notes_Jedzie+Boat.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BsbboJvka2s/TsQzVllBPhI/AAAAAAAAJt4/6Q7CgYNq_08/s1600/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_notes_Gdzie+Idziesz+Wojtus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="65" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BsbboJvka2s/TsQzVllBPhI/AAAAAAAAJt4/6Q7CgYNq_08/s320/The+Music+of+Poland_LP_notes_Gdzie+Idziesz+Wojtus.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MgiO6yjc470/TsQzXCrx88I/AAAAAAAAJuA/mLG5OHYWF_I/s1600/The+Map+of+Poland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="251" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MgiO6yjc470/TsQzXCrx88I/AAAAAAAAJuA/mLG5OHYWF_I/s320/The+Map+of+Poland.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ The Map of Poland ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-6840671456707534292?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-70038007129217881272011-11-15T14:34:00.000-08:002011-11-15T14:40:24.381-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Sk_WFXh8KM/TsLg8eFYwxI/AAAAAAAAJtA/qpbRMJk1c-A/s1600/Danielle+Oddera_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Sk_WFXh8KM/TsLg8eFYwxI/AAAAAAAAJtA/qpbRMJk1c-A/s320/Danielle+Oddera_LP_front.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Danièlle Oddera</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Danièlle Oddera</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "C'est Que Je T'Appartiens</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16182139-3f8">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I found this self-titled Danièlle Oddera LP in <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RwzA64Q05yw/TcEl4fG_jGI/AAAAAAAAAJg/rzYdxGZrzEE/s1600/montreal+%25281%2529.jpg">Montréal, Québec</a> while attending a conference there several years ago for work. My French is pretty rusty, but from what I understand <a href="http://www.qim.com/artistes/biographie.asp?artistid=536">here</a>, Danièlle Oddera met singer <a href="http://s11.allstarpics.net/images/orig/m/y/my64qgk869b4q4km.jpg">Jacques Brel</a> at her very first party in 1965. Then, according to <a href="http://www.terranovamagazine.ca/42/pages/evenements.html">this</a>, she and pianist-comedian Jean Marchand performed at a tribute concert in 2008 to honor of the 30th anniversary of Brel's death. You can find this lovely blonde chanteuse's discography by clicking <a href="http://www.qim.com/artistes/albums.asp?artistid=536">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0v1r1lO9EWc/TsLiz5mdflI/AAAAAAAAJtI/NbcN_g3hM34/s1600/Danielle+Oddera_LP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0v1r1lO9EWc/TsLiz5mdflI/AAAAAAAAJtI/NbcN_g3hM34/s320/Danielle+Oddera_LP_back.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiJGiHTHiLg/TsLi2e1z_yI/AAAAAAAAJtQ/Ndi9_wFX1sw/s1600/Danielle+Oddera+and+Jean+Marchand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jiJGiHTHiLg/TsLi2e1z_yI/AAAAAAAAJtQ/Ndi9_wFX1sw/s1600/Danielle+Oddera+and+Jean+Marchand.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Danièlle Oddera w/ Jean Marchand in 2008. ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-7003800712921788127?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-29759887532702566342011-11-14T14:14:00.000-08:002011-11-16T14:00:16.428-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XiZsNEXwVQw/TsGNIsvJZfI/AAAAAAAAJsY/Y5e3F2Hv8zw/s1600/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XiZsNEXwVQw/TsGNIsvJZfI/AAAAAAAAJsY/Y5e3F2Hv8zw/s320/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Cha Cha, Anyone?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Paquitin Lara and His Latin American Orchestra</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Cha Cha Me Baby</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16174581-490">listen</a> ]</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Ramon and His Orchestra</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Cuidado Con La Mano</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16174538-c25">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's a bit of cha-cha-cha from two Latin masters circa 1959—Paquitin Lara, featured on the first side of the record, and Ramon and His Orchestra, featured on side two. My sister and I learned the <a href="http://www.dancing4beginners.com/images/basic-cha-cha-steps-w.gif">basic steps</a> of the cha-cha in our dance class at <a href="http://kentuckysportsradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/byu.jpg">Brigham Young University</a> back in 1991, but even when observing qualified professionals we never saw anyone do the cha-cha while sitting on the floor.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JQF4883_pLk/TsGOumNBNGI/AAAAAAAAJsg/juXm-Ioa4DA/s1600/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="55" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JQF4883_pLk/TsGOumNBNGI/AAAAAAAAJsg/juXm-Ioa4DA/s320/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mcKqK5r5JE/TsGQHc9IDzI/AAAAAAAAJs4/Qkx-vNqxVEk/s1600/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_notes+for+Paquitin+Lara+and+His+Latin+American+Orchestra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="294" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2mcKqK5r5JE/TsGQHc9IDzI/AAAAAAAAJs4/Qkx-vNqxVEk/s320/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_notes+for+Paquitin+Lara+and+His+Latin+American+Orchestra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4FS0zeDLuu8/TsGOwcQOTiI/AAAAAAAAJsw/XZxklz8hPVQ/s1600/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_notes+for+Ramon+and+His+Orchestra.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="202" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4FS0zeDLuu8/TsGOwcQOTiI/AAAAAAAAJsw/XZxklz8hPVQ/s320/Cha+Cha+Anyone_LP_notes+for+Ramon+and+His+Orchestra.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2975988753270256634?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-15500800716266813632011-11-11T09:22:00.000-08:002011-11-14T13:49:43.404-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PXPmYsnnUM0/Tr1Uqj8ngeI/AAAAAAAAJq4/EpFvB_748Y4/s1600/Hung+Chung_Love+Song+Over+the+Sea_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="318" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PXPmYsnnUM0/Tr1Uqj8ngeI/AAAAAAAAJq4/EpFvB_748Y4/s320/Hung+Chung_Love+Song+Over+the+Sea_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Hung Chung</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: "Love Song Over the Sea" [</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">7" EP] </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Happy Journey</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16153331-4e4">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's something short and snappy from a 6-track 7" single made in <a href="http://www.zeesleepvaart.com/Singapore1970.jpg">Singapore</a>, probably in the early 1970s. I picked this one up in Boston a few years ago while attending a conference there for work. Singapore's official languages are English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil, and the city-state's motto is the same as the title of its national anthem: "<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ulbxQ3fnpCc/TkDEZiz-6_I/AAAAAAAAA7c/yPV2ii0gftE/s1600/majulah+singapura.jpg">Onward, Singapore!</a>" Here's hoping it's a happy journey.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o5VIJNN2SsA/Tr1VAjTqa3I/AAAAAAAAJrI/EQCK7yBdKsA/s1600/Hung+Chung_Love+Song+Over+the+Sea_45_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-o5VIJNN2SsA/Tr1VAjTqa3I/AAAAAAAAJrI/EQCK7yBdKsA/s320/Hung+Chung_Love+Song+Over+the+Sea_45_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IcvdYxtNA3M/Tr1VBrnMXUI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/Mp741Xzr3yQ/s1600/Hung+Chung_Love+Song+Over+the+Sea_45_track+notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="37" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-IcvdYxtNA3M/Tr1VBrnMXUI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/Mp741Xzr3yQ/s320/Hung+Chung_Love+Song+Over+the+Sea_45_track+notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8A8UTfFhI4/Tr1Wc6M9vTI/AAAAAAAAJrY/sHtLe9pl8C4/s1600/Hung+Chung.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="278" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-f8A8UTfFhI4/Tr1Wc6M9vTI/AAAAAAAAJrY/sHtLe9pl8C4/s320/Hung+Chung.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-1550080071626681363?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-37566519716151777422011-11-10T14:20:00.000-08:002011-11-11T08:59:55.977-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--8gYUjjKf7o/TrwFZyN2_-I/AAAAAAAAJqQ/oBy6ccMhB8M/s1600/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--8gYUjjKf7o/TrwFZyN2_-I/AAAAAAAAJqQ/oBy6ccMhB8M/s320/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_front.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Lenny Dee</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: "Dee-Lightful! Hi-Fi Organ Solos With a Beat" [</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">double 7" single] </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Plantation Boogie</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16146768-a97">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">When I die, I want to get a black vinyl halo like Lenny Dee's! For over five decades, the popular and charismatic Lenny Dee delighted ladies and gentlemen alike with the magic of his fantastic organ. A Dee's original, "Plantation Boogie" was a top 20 hit in 1955, peaking at #18 on the singles charts. You can read all about Lenny's life and career on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Dee">here</a>, and notes and photos from the back of this double <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/60/Deccaarrow.png">Decca</a> 7" single are included below. Also, click <a href="http://www.theatreorgans.com/hammond/keng/kenhtml/lenny%20dee.htm">here</a> to find a tribute to Lenny Dee, posted after he died in 2006. There you'll see notes and musings from Lenny's friends and fans, along with a warning (in red, all caps) to be careful not to get the organ-playing Lenny Dee mixed up with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thingstocomerecords/2211844497/">the New York DJ of the same name</a> who performs x-rated tracks!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8OXtdsCxbBI/TrwINfs-CWI/AAAAAAAAJqY/OC4-JhdXnhE/s1600/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8OXtdsCxbBI/TrwINfs-CWI/AAAAAAAAJqY/OC4-JhdXnhE/s320/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vBQt1pRoHmE/TrwIPGHQ_UI/AAAAAAAAJqg/edWy7LJSVMc/s1600/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_notes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="230" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vBQt1pRoHmE/TrwIPGHQ_UI/AAAAAAAAJqg/edWy7LJSVMc/s320/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_notes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-udvo2gl6pX0/TrwIQCBqMpI/AAAAAAAAJqo/_-zGuU6QtRM/s1600/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-udvo2gl6pX0/TrwIQCBqMpI/AAAAAAAAJqo/_-zGuU6QtRM/s320/Lenny+Dee_Dee-Lightful_45_label.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BHykcG573f8/TrwIRMoGCmI/AAAAAAAAJqw/NhFOzPkFDtA/s1600/Lenny+Dee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BHykcG573f8/TrwIRMoGCmI/AAAAAAAAJqw/NhFOzPkFDtA/s320/Lenny+Dee.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Lenny Dee: January 5, 1923 — February 12, 2006 ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-3756651971615177742?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-40962145292273099232011-11-09T14:29:00.000-08:002011-11-10T17:03:22.406-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MGN3fYO5DhU/Trr3X2uRkBI/AAAAAAAAJpM/CimkYb7z480/s1600/Kay+Starr_4-track_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MGN3fYO5DhU/Trr3X2uRkBI/AAAAAAAAJpM/CimkYb7z480/s320/Kay+Starr_4-track_45_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Kay Starr</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Allez-Vous-En, Go Away</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16141440-b14">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This 1953 4-track "compact album" features Kay Starr's #1 hit "Wheel of Fortune," but I actually prefer "Allez-Vous-En, Go Away." I just love it when Midwestern Americans sing in French! Born on a reservation in <a href="http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles67681.jpg">Dougherty, Oklahoma</a> in 1922, Katherine Starks' father was a full-blooded <a href="http://linguafranca.mirror.theinfo.org/9703/images/iroquois.gif">Iroquois Indian</a>. Katherine began her music career by serenading Texas chickens, which led to radio work...and the rest, as they say, is history. You can read that history&nbsp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kay_Starr">here</a>, see Kay being honored by the Pacific Pioneer Broadcasters in 2009 <a href="http://tolucantimes.info/section/inside-this-issue/kay-starr-shines-at-pacific-pioneer-broadcasters-tribute/">here</a>, and find the official Kay Starr website <a href="http://members.tripod.com/%7EKay_Starr/main.html">here</a>—with discography, biography, photos, and more! Kay has been married to six different men (so far), and has this to say on the topic: "I've had the best time!"</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3C5skR6fFZE/Trr4BglsRxI/AAAAAAAAJpU/LvHeA2yLvx4/s1600/Kay+Starr_4-track_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="62" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3C5skR6fFZE/Trr4BglsRxI/AAAAAAAAJpU/LvHeA2yLvx4/s320/Kay+Starr_4-track_45_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-4096214529227309923?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-52131798570951847032011-11-08T14:36:00.000-08:002011-11-21T09:02:31.805-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmQhUT9cBD4/TrmpK4hvv8I/AAAAAAAAJo8/e2jG0YXBTYs/s1600/Kansas_Everybody%2527s+My+Friend_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="305" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LmQhUT9cBD4/TrmpK4hvv8I/AAAAAAAAJo8/e2jG0YXBTYs/s320/Kansas_Everybody%2527s+My+Friend_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Kansas</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Everybody's My Friend</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16136373-b62">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">When it comes to good old fashioned American rock 'n' roll, it doesn't really get much better than Kansas. After all, they're <a href="http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Continent%20Maps/Country%20Maps/UnitedStates/Kansas.gif">smack dab in the middle of the country</a>! This follow-up to the group's modest 1983 hit "<a href="http://homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com/2009/03/kansas.html">Fight Fire With Fire</a>" (it reached #58 on the Billboard Hot 100) may have failed to make the singles charts, but it's got one of the best covers of any 45 in my collection. You can read about Kansas and all their many lineup changes over the years (I lost track at around 1981) on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_%28band%29">here</a>, and go <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_discography">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> to </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">see the group's complete discography</span><span style="font-size: 85%;">.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oEVxgzSMnl0/TrmpXfASi_I/AAAAAAAAJpE/lp9IrIb_Yjg/s1600/Kansas_Everybody%2527s+My+Friend_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="121" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oEVxgzSMnl0/TrmpXfASi_I/AAAAAAAAJpE/lp9IrIb_Yjg/s320/Kansas_Everybody%2527s+My+Friend_45_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-5213179857095184703?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-52667771787212937612011-11-07T09:10:00.000-08:002012-01-26T08:54:18.139-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cV-sZtxAfQ4/TrgH5kVRJsI/AAAAAAAAJo0/PXpk9nYiJq8/s1600/mix+tape_Fuse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cV-sZtxAfQ4/TrgH5kVRJsI/AAAAAAAAJo0/PXpk9nYiJq8/s1600/mix+tape_Fuse.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">I blew a fuse somewhere between Alberta and Macau, and it was wonderful. </span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />side one:<br /></span>01. Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) - Sheena Easton<br />02. Sur Ma Mob - Lili Drop</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">03. Ocean Size - Jane's Addiction</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">04. Great Change Since I've Been Born - Stoneground</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">05. Pillow Talk - Sylvia<br />06. Man From China - Vivabeat</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">07. Love Comes Quickly - Pet Shop Boys</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">08. I Left My Sugar Standing In the Rain - Lee Wiley</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br />09. Beauty Mark - Charlotte Gainsbourg<br />10. Dios No Lo Quiera (God Forbidden) - Lucho Gatica</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">11. Come Home With Me - No Slack</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">12. Get Up (Or Get Out) - Bloodstone<br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">13. Let's Stay Together - Pat Benatar</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16126987-853">listen</a> ]</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">side two:</span><br />01. If I Were You - Lulu<br />02. Good, Good Lovin' - The Hardy Boys</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">03. Mon Amour Baiser - Jane Birkin</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">04. Us Against the World - Coldplay</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">05. African Echoes - Ferrante and Teicher</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">06. Vivere O Non Vivere - Milva<br />07. Lover - Zaccarias and His Orchestra<br />08. I.T.D. (Interstellar Tracking Devices) - Automatic Man<br />09. The Fall of Because - Killing Joke</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">10. It's a Wonderful World - Elvis Presley</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br />11. Misguided Angel - Cowboy Junkies</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><br />12. I Will - Ruby Winters</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">13. While It's Cold Outside - American Gypsy</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">14. Tommib - Squarepusher</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16127058-c3d">listen</a> ]</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-5266777178721293761?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-29908717593139537192011-11-04T14:29:00.000-07:002011-11-08T14:10:22.844-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qSxM_MfRV0A/TrQSl2WpCII/AAAAAAAAJoM/JMvgK4zSNN4/s1600/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qSxM_MfRV0A/TrQSl2WpCII/AAAAAAAAJoM/JMvgK4zSNN4/s320/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_front.jpg" width="317" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Dexy's Midnight Runners</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16107860-daf">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I've always found it kinda' sad that people in the USA (and Puerto Rico too!) can only name one song by Dexy's Midnight Runners—<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q">this one</a>, which was evidently the top selling single in America in 1982. But according to Wikipedia (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexys_Midnight_Runners">see here</a>), Dexy's Midnight Runners leader <a href="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/44918.jpg">Kevin Rowland</a> might be partly to blame for this, since he belligerently choose the non-commercial "Keep It Part Two (Inferiority Part One)" as the follow-up single to the group's previous two top-ten UK hits in 1981. (The song didn't make the charts, but it's not really all that bad.) Rowland also imposed a Dexy's Midnight Runners press embargo in 1980, he wouldn't release any singles from the group's third (and last) album, "<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8zNk-oQUqzA/TKcCVCt9nqI/AAAAAAAAqL8/rhzqAW_rB7U/s1600/dont_stand_me_down.jpg">Don't Stand Me Down</a>," and he used to make the entire band go jogging together—probably at midnight. </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">If you ask me, he sounds like one of those annoyingly eccentric, impossibly difficult genius types, </span><span style="font-size: 85%;">the kind who makes wonderful and exciting music, but who's unbearable to sit next to on the bus.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjL3vlbZTrc/TrQSrw0S_uI/AAAAAAAAJoU/ApEoZKrjShM/s1600/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="40" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EjL3vlbZTrc/TrQSrw0S_uI/AAAAAAAAJoU/ApEoZKrjShM/s320/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gvC-UygjGeU/TrQStYnMRcI/AAAAAAAAJoc/Ac5RydIS62s/s1600/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_lyrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gvC-UygjGeU/TrQStYnMRcI/AAAAAAAAJoc/Ac5RydIS62s/s320/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_lyrics.jpg" width="138" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8SXi6rfCgM/TrQSuGguU5I/AAAAAAAAJok/TPcW7Ze-3-0/s1600/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z8SXi6rfCgM/TrQSuGguU5I/AAAAAAAAJok/TPcW7Ze-3-0/s320/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners_Keep+It_45_back.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b8DrShVlwjk/TrQSvEI_DbI/AAAAAAAAJos/GrNyBqehoQI/s1600/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-b8DrShVlwjk/TrQSvEI_DbI/AAAAAAAAJos/GrNyBqehoQI/s320/Dexy%2527s+Midnight+Runners.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Dexy's Midnight Runners ]</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2990871759313953719?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-20825982381970097522011-11-03T18:15:00.000-07:002011-11-04T09:27:39.379-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-16ZNnIZ0rZE/TrM4DuvV9CI/AAAAAAAAJm4/P7vkMl6UpLA/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-16ZNnIZ0rZE/TrM4DuvV9CI/AAAAAAAAJm4/P7vkMl6UpLA/s320/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_front.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Dimitri Dourakine et son Orchestre</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Casatschok</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16102656-c03">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">This lively dance number held the top spot on the French singles charts for the entire first quarter of 1969! See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_number-one_hits_of_1969">here</a>. The back of Dimitri's single contains instructions for dancing to "Casatschok," and the front features a set of eight photographs showing how each step should be done. I've included larger versions of all these below. Once you've got all eight dance moves up to speed, it should look something like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dazaeQHrXIM">this</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CwfMyagPw7c/TrM8Sjik5XI/AAAAAAAAJnA/GncG0wrJ9OY/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CwfMyagPw7c/TrM8Sjik5XI/AAAAAAAAJnA/GncG0wrJ9OY/s320/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3DGV5thyEYM/TrM8Ta6oEqI/AAAAAAAAJnI/talRPI7TZyI/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3DGV5thyEYM/TrM8Ta6oEqI/AAAAAAAAJnI/talRPI7TZyI/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure1.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NJLyfvo4mx8/TrM8UP1MKmI/AAAAAAAAJnQ/gO5rg8RmJi0/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NJLyfvo4mx8/TrM8UP1MKmI/AAAAAAAAJnQ/gO5rg8RmJi0/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure2.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FhEwPZHovMw/TrM8U8FAmBI/AAAAAAAAJnU/58ayVv4e7G4/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FhEwPZHovMw/TrM8U8FAmBI/AAAAAAAAJnU/58ayVv4e7G4/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure3.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i_LnGU89pBg/TrM8V7u1F1I/AAAAAAAAJnc/X9ck8qTTp-c/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-i_LnGU89pBg/TrM8V7u1F1I/AAAAAAAAJnc/X9ck8qTTp-c/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure4.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pakBdg8dgVo/TrM8WsL1jrI/AAAAAAAAJno/x3AY9yS_DSM/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pakBdg8dgVo/TrM8WsL1jrI/AAAAAAAAJno/x3AY9yS_DSM/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure5.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JH6UbXqKmmk/TrM8XWijfwI/AAAAAAAAJnw/0Hfvc_t1vDE/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JH6UbXqKmmk/TrM8XWijfwI/AAAAAAAAJnw/0Hfvc_t1vDE/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure6.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I0KwSvqVz3Q/TrM8YTOphUI/AAAAAAAAJn4/m1X144UnnPA/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I0KwSvqVz3Q/TrM8YTOphUI/AAAAAAAAJn4/m1X144UnnPA/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure7.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0dCtGmi6IA4/TrM8ZXgmz-I/AAAAAAAAJoA/Mq3A4DJtMY4/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0dCtGmi6IA4/TrM8ZXgmz-I/AAAAAAAAJoA/Mq3A4DJtMY4/s1600/Dimitri+Dourakine+et+son+Orchestre_Casatschok_45_figure8.jpg" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2082598238197009752?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-77603314732501602182011-11-02T10:03:00.000-07:002011-11-03T17:55:08.546-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pBhvxMiZmRQ/TrFqPP7Wc-I/AAAAAAAAJmQ/Op1-FJjt0eo/s1600/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pBhvxMiZmRQ/TrFqPP7Wc-I/AAAAAAAAJmQ/Op1-FJjt0eo/s320/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Sacha Distel</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "La La Song (I've Got That Feeling Again)</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16090765-06d">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">In honor of <a href="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.spinner.com/media/2011/04/kd-lang.jpg">K.D. Lang</a>'s 50th birthday, I decided to post something by French singer Sacha Distel, who looks like he could be K.D.'s older brother (but only on the cover of this 1963 single, he doesn't look much like her in any of his other pictures). Born in <a href="http://www.cityimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/paris-at-night.jpg">Paris</a> in 1933, Distel played piano before switching over to guitar. He's worked with <a href="http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/252/509269.jpg">Dizzy Gillespie</a> and <a href="http://www.baltimorenetradio.com/tony_bennett_50s.jpg">Tony Bennett</a>, among others, and he had a brief romantic entanglement with actress/sexpot <a href="http://cdn.trendland.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Brigitte-Bardot_10.jpg">Brigitte Bardot</a> in the late '50s before settling down to become a dedicated family man with wife and champion Olympic skier <a href="http://www.corbisimages.com/images/42-16136094.jpg?size=67&amp;uid=9ad11b24-a1b0-44ca-8a9c-92474cf34a5d">Francine Bréaud</a> in 1963. You can read more about the life and career of Sacha Distel on Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacha_Distel">here</a> and visit his official website <a href="http://www.sachadistel.com/spip.php?lang=en">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XPkqi0H1J3o/TrFqUre1WFI/AAAAAAAAJmY/JOn7TCnwx74/s1600/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="40" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XPkqi0H1J3o/TrFqUre1WFI/AAAAAAAAJmY/JOn7TCnwx74/s320/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r2Gu_X9Vews/TrFqV2SQ1gI/AAAAAAAAJmg/J-9G5hsKj2s/s1600/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_track+list.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-r2Gu_X9Vews/TrFqV2SQ1gI/AAAAAAAAJmg/J-9G5hsKj2s/s320/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_track+list.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rbgfzr_IpUg/TrFqW6k63LI/AAAAAAAAJmo/fXPZWvxKHOk/s1600/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_discography.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="272" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rbgfzr_IpUg/TrFqW6k63LI/AAAAAAAAJmo/fXPZWvxKHOk/s320/Sacha+Distel_La+La+Song_45_discography.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1DWkOnejm88/TrFqYbBztfI/AAAAAAAAJmw/WpxyIW5dNXA/s1600/Sacha+Distel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1DWkOnejm88/TrFqYbBztfI/AAAAAAAAJmw/WpxyIW5dNXA/s320/Sacha+Distel.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">[ Sacha Distel: January 29, 1933 — July 22, 2004 ]</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"><br /></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-7760331473250160218?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-29361762526525393832011-11-01T14:45:00.000-07:002011-11-02T09:04:56.040-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QwRK25_Ckms/TrBlS4UutBI/AAAAAAAAJlI/DmHisBaz5Hg/s1600/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QwRK25_Ckms/TrBlS4UutBI/AAAAAAAAJlI/DmHisBaz5Hg/s320/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Gregori Hunte</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: 12" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Somebody Lied</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16086494-cfb">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Somebody lied when they told Gregori it was a good idea to stick a 60-second reggae interlude smack dab in the middle of his high-energy dance-club single.</span><span style="font-size: 85%;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhwKuTd9Qmg/TrBmgcLeLhI/AAAAAAAAJlw/EX40sG-rhco/s1600/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_vocal+credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xhwKuTd9Qmg/TrBmgcLeLhI/AAAAAAAAJlw/EX40sG-rhco/s320/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_vocal+credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BvNfx80q3t8/TrBmiNbrTAI/AAAAAAAAJl4/IXnbR1WiXFI/s1600/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="254" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BvNfx80q3t8/TrBmiNbrTAI/AAAAAAAAJl4/IXnbR1WiXFI/s320/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6zfdNiZGQ50/TrBmjE5nhsI/AAAAAAAAJmA/epGPZXg8dCo/s1600/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_special+thanks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6zfdNiZGQ50/TrBmjE5nhsI/AAAAAAAAJmA/epGPZXg8dCo/s320/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_special+thanks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vUxQflnZ6po/TrBmkMhoGEI/AAAAAAAAJmI/YRc1J7WS0vs/s1600/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_back+photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-vUxQflnZ6po/TrBmkMhoGEI/AAAAAAAAJmI/YRc1J7WS0vs/s320/Gregori+Hunte_Somebody+Lied_12inch_back+photo.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-2936176252652539383?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-456186531965021892011-10-31T14:49:00.000-07:002011-11-01T14:30:58.555-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DiBnqWE3hUc/Tq8PQCPbcnI/AAAAAAAAJkw/xrHBpg0P80I/s1600/Count+Floyd_Count+Floyd_EP_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="317" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DiBnqWE3hUc/Tq8PQCPbcnI/AAAAAAAAJkw/xrHBpg0P80I/s320/Count+Floyd_Count+Floyd_EP_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Count Floyd</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: Count Floyd</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "The Gory Story of Duane and Debbie</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16079212-0d5">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">Here's a frightful treat from Count Floyd, aka. Floyd Robertson, aka. Joe Flaherty. Flaherty played Robertson playing Floyd as the howling vampire host of the "<a href="http://shirtoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Monster-Chiller-Horror-Theater.jpg">Monster Chiller Horror Theater</a>" on <a href="http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/graphics/news3/SCTV_Christmas.jpg">SCTV</a>, a Canadian comedy sketch program that ran in the late 1970s. SCTV launched the careers of other popular comedians too—like <a href="http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsC/2615-17920.gif">John Candy</a>, <a href="http://www.tampabay.com/multimedia/archive/00013/grimly200_13658c.jpeg">Martin Short</a>, <a href="http://crujonessociety.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/eugene_levy.jpg">Eugene Levy</a>, and <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OItkybzcfCg/TSC21b96q5I/AAAAAAAAAuM/AanwHy-ShM4/s1600/Catherine%2BO%2527Hara30.jpg">Catherine O'Hara</a>, who's credited with snapping the photo of the count's backing group, The Wally Hung Experience, for the back of this 1982 4-song EP. To read more about Count Floyd and SCTV, click <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Floyd">here</a> and <a href="http://theronneel.com/?p=2495">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 85%;">. Happy Halloween!</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yWc6P8fQSlA/Tq8QWPFv3AI/AAAAAAAAJk4/Y0pVYKj4DOE/s1600/Count+Floyd_Count+Floyd_EP_credits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="235" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yWc6P8fQSlA/Tq8QWPFv3AI/AAAAAAAAJk4/Y0pVYKj4DOE/s320/Count+Floyd_Count+Floyd_EP_credits.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YnW3AqdJo3A/Tq8QXCKIVkI/AAAAAAAAJlA/nEZDwcbUCIo/s1600/Count+Floyd_Count+Floyd_EP_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YnW3AqdJo3A/Tq8QXCKIVkI/AAAAAAAAJlA/nEZDwcbUCIo/s320/Count+Floyd_Count+Floyd_EP_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-45618653196502189?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489245154143511364.post-5793928655110071212011-10-30T13:09:00.000-07:002011-10-30T13:09:09.439-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-csKQ7jpB9KA/Tq2sY07X1qI/AAAAAAAAJkY/t6pOE9KV_q4/s1600/Europe_Carrie_45_front.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="316" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-csKQ7jpB9KA/Tq2sY07X1qI/AAAAAAAAJkY/t6pOE9KV_q4/s320/Europe_Carrie_45_front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Artist: Europe</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">LP: </span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">7" single</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">Song: "Carrie</span><span style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: bold;">"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[ <a href="http://www.divshare.com/download/16071327-885">listen</a> ]</span></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;">I came across this 1986 Europe single while cleaning the riff-raff out of my collection of 45s a few weeks ago. I mainly only bought it because one of my best friends is named Carrie, but I think now it's time to let go...of the single I mean, not my friend. You can read about these Swedish rockers <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_%28band%29">here</a>.</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUe6QadVlvM/Tq2tiDLgnMI/AAAAAAAAJko/-FFAFO-e-6c/s1600/Europe_Carrie_45_back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="302" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hUe6QadVlvM/Tq2tiDLgnMI/AAAAAAAAJko/-FFAFO-e-6c/s320/Europe_Carrie_45_back.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6489245154143511364-579392865511007121?l=homoerraticradioshow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06183312974805387073noreply@blogger.com