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WFMU's On The Download collects MP3s from the fringes once a month: new sounds, obscure audio, found sound, and other sonic stimulants unique to WFMU.
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| November 2006 | |||
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"AN OPEN LETTER TO MY TEENAGE SON"
by Victor Lundberg
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A hyper-patriotic hit single from 1967. Lundberg was briefly the spokesman of the American Libertarian Party in the Sixties. The success of this single inspired Lundberg to record an entire album of such material, but no track came close to that majestic moment when Victor declares to his son "When you burn your draft card, burn your birth certificate too, because from that moment on, I have no son." | ||
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"A TEENAGER'S OPEN LETTER TO HIS FATHER"
by Robert Tamlin
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The pathetic answer song inspired by Victor Lundberg's 1967 hyper-patriotic hit single, "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son". | ||
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"OCTOBER 18TH COUNTDOWN"
by Keith Olberman
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An editorial from Keith Olberman in which he employs a vocal style reminiscent of Byron Macgregor on his show Countdown, on October 18th, 2006. | ||
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"AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OLDER GENERATION"
by Dick Clark
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Released in 1967. It sounds as though America's perpetual teenager is standing up for the kids and addressing Victor Lundberg's contemporaneous hit single, "An Open Letter to My Teenage Son" (also available here). | ||
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"LOONEY_SHELLY"
by Thank You, Canada
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A sub-genre of the Hyper-Patriotic Hit Single, the Little Kid Patriotic Hit Single. This track came out during the Jimmy Carter era, with Shelly Looney thanking Canada for helping several American hostages escape from Iran in 1979. Shelley Looney grew up and joined the US Women's Olympic Hockey team, scoring a goal against Canada in the 1998 Olympics as Team USA won a gold. Take that, Canada! | ||
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"A LETTER FROM JEANNIE"
by Jeannie Hodges
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A sub-genre of the Hyper- Patriotic Hit Single, the Little Kid Patriotic Hit Single. Here, young Jeannie Hodges expressing the religious community's exasperation with US President Jimmy Carter | ||
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"AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. KRUSCHEV"
by Don Meehan
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A cold war example of The Letter Song, from the incredible Atomic Platters collection. This track was apparently inspired by the earlier "Letter to Ivan" by Jimmy Dean, and an answer song Dear Jimmie by Ivan Kavanovich. (Send 'em if you got 'em! - ken at wfmu dot org). This track starts off with the voice of an actual Russian defector - Viktor Jaanimets - who fled Khrushchev's ocean liner for American asylum and then parlayed his notoriety into this single. | ||
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"DEAR MR. PRESIDENT"
by Max D. Barnes
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A hyper-patriotic hit single in which Mr. Barnes turns on Jimmy Carter (you can hear the birth of a Reagan Democrat in the 180 seconds). | ||
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"OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT"
by Roy C
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A hyper-patriotic hit single in which Roy C makes a soulful plea to US President Richard Nixon. | ||
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"DEAR MR. PRESIDENT"
by An American Who Loves His Country
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A hyper-patriotic hit single and joyful love ode to Ronald Reagan. | ||
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"AMERICANS"
by Byron MacGregor
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Byron MacGregor's hit version of The Americans was actually a musical cover version of a TV commentary by Toronto newscaster Gordon Sinclair. MacGregor was an announcer at radio powerhouse CKLW, and the popularity of Macgregor's version took everybody by surprise. The song charted all over again in the aftermath of 9/11. | ||
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"BYRON MACGREGOR'S 'AMERICANS'"
by Radio Revolution, The Rise and Fall of the Big Eight
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Here is the story of Byron Macgregor's amazing hyper-patriotic hit single "Americans", taken from the great documentary about CKLW, Radio Revolution, The Rise and Fall of The Big Eight | ||
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"SICK AMERICAN"
by Harry D. Cup
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Harry D. Cup's dark take on Byron MacGregor's hyper-patriotic hit single "Americans" (also available here). | ||
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"HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF"
by Buddy Starcher
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One of the classic conspiracy singles of all time. | ||
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"GREAT MEN REPEAT THEMSELVES"
by Homer and Jethro
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The country singer Buddy Starcher recorded one of the classic conspiracy singles of all time with History Repeats Itself, and Homer and Jethro in turn recorded one of the great parodies of all time. | ||
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"DAY FOR DECISION"
by Johnny Sea
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Johnny Sea takes the Letter Song into new territory (for length and musical variety) with the title track of his LP, Day for Decision. | ||
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"WHERE HAVE ALL THE HEROES GONE?"
by Bill Anderson
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Bill Anderson snarls with authority at Abbie Hoffman and The Yippies in the hyper-patriotic hit single. | ||
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"THE MAN WITHIN"
by Sean Landers
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18 minute rant by NYC-based artist Sean Landers on how he is the best artist that has ever lived in the history of the planet Earth. Obsessive, narcissistic, egotistic, breathless, maniacal, and seemingly endless, the most amazing thing is that Landers actually believes every word he says. (You may remember Landers in the 1990s when he did that last page comix for Spin Mag). Guaranteed, you've never heard anything quite like this. | ||
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"PROPOSITION 89 AD"
by Unknown
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A hip-hop political announcement, for California's Proposition 89. | ||
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"THE PRISONER"
by Jameel Abdul Kebab
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No, not a Borat-esque character, but a reclusive Czech named Kamilsky (right) under one of his pseudonymns (another being Koonda Holaa and the Beechees); he's appeared here at WFMU a few times in various incarnations of the loose collective of experimental musicians revolving around the great Radon label. Unlike the Koonda stuff (which was based in strange loops, percussion, echoey vocal incantations and semi-industrial leanings), Kebab's affair is all crisp, acoustic, heartfelt desert balladry, albeit scattered with some pretty warped moments (think Lee Hazelwood via some of the more provocative Frogs ditties). This song in particular is a cover penned by Steve Mackay (then-and-now Stooges sax maniac who has collaborated with Kamilsky in some Radon-related projects) and is totally gorgeous. | ||
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"LIVE ON WKCR"
by Sonny and Linda Sharrock
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The late great genius guitarist with his wife and group known as the Savages, creating some truly mystic electric juju in the studios of Columbia University's WKCR on March 21, 1974. Sonny Sharrock: Guitar, Dave Arches; bass, Abe Speller: drums, Jose Santos: percussion, Linda Sharrock: voice. | ||
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"INTRO"
by Sonny and Linda Sharrock
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"TRACK 2"
by Sonny and Linda Sharrock
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"TRACK 3"
by Sonny and Linda Sharrock
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"TRACK 4"
by Sonny and Linda Sharrock
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"TRACK 5"
by Sonny and Linda Sharrock
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"BORIS THE SPIDER"
by Erase Errata
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From an October 2003 John Peel session - San Francisco's great Erase Errata paying homage to another John (Entwistle, that is). | ||
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"RADIO SHOW"
by Apostle James Moses
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1980's paid-time Southern gospel radio show from WFMU's Aircheck series. | ||
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"RADIO SHOW"
by Reverend Izear
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1980's paid-time Southern gospel radio show from WFMU's Aircheck series. | ||
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"RADIO SHOW"
by Deacon Jesse McWhorter with Isaiah Owens
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1980's paid-time Southern gospel radio show from WFMU's Aircheck series. | ||
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"MD PT. 1"
by Manisch Depressiv
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From their 1983 7-inch. Manisch Depressiv opted to add some UK-inspired punk filterings to the blueprint Kleenex worked off of, but had a great sideways take and some severe tension going on. From the DVD called Punk Cocktail, which features clips from Zurich's 1976-80 underground. | ||
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"MD PT. 2"
by Manisch Depressiv
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From their 1983 7-inch. Manisch Depressiv opted to add some UK-inspired punk filterings to the blueprint Kleenex worked off of, but had a great sideways take and some severe tension going on. From the DVD called Punk Cocktail, which features clips from Zurich's 1976-80 underground. | ||
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"EISBAR"
by Grauzone
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Somewhat of a cult hit... covered most recently by Nouvelle Vague. | ||
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"DIREKT B"
by 16-17
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This will clean your earholes real good. Severe hate jazz to contend right alongside Borbetomagus; a 2CD anthology Early Recordings just came out recently on the Savage Land label, compiled by the Flying Luttenbachers' Weasel Walter. It's full of blasted, chaotic sax assaults, scraping guitar excursions, metallic rhythms and atonal mayhem from 1984-1989 that suitably depicts what the Swans would have sounded like had they come from a European free-jazz background. | ||
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"WATCH!"
by 16-17
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This will clean your earholes real good. Severe hate jazz to contend right alongside Borbetomagus; a 2CD anthology Early Recordings just came out recently on the Savage Land label, compiled by the Flying Luttenbachers' Weasel Walter. It's full of blasted, chaotic sax assaults, scraping guitar excursions, metallic rhythms and atonal mayhem from 1984-1989 that suitably depicts what the Swans would have sounded like had they come from a European free-jazz background. | ||
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"FANTAZIA"
by Skorpio
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Over-the-top Hungarian funky Prog version of Rhapsody in Blue mixed by Andy Votel. | ||
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"HEAD AND LEG"
by Head and Leg
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The apocalyptic dream-world comedy stylings of two guys from Boston who called themselves Head and Leg. | ||
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"POKE YOU IN THE EYE"
by Head and Leg
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"HEY FAT LADY"
by Head and Leg
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"DREAMSCAPE ONE"
by Head and Leg
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"I DREAM OF JESUS"
by Head and Leg
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"BILLY"
by Head and Leg
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"IT'S TIME FOR TOAST"
by Head and Leg
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"DREAMSCAPE TWO"
by Head and Leg
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"PSYCHOTIC TRAVEL"
by Head and Leg
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"THE ALL-PAIN NETWORK"
by Head and Leg
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"THE HITS KEEP COMIN'"
by Head and Leg
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"DREAMSCAPE THREE"
by Head and Leg
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"TEETH"
by Head and Leg
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"THE CARPENTER"
by Head and Leg
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"THE WOMB ROOM"
by Head and Leg
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"WITH IN"
by Head and Leg
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"DREAMSCAPE FOUR"
by Head and Leg
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"OUT THE COW INTO THE MACHINE"
by Head and Leg
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"DREAMSCAPE FIVE"
by Head and Leg
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"FREE GOP AD"
by Emergency Alert System
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The Emergency Alert System has struck again, only this time it wasn't used to accidentally order the evacuation of Connecticut, or to close down the entire state of Nevada (oops!). This time, the creaky system of electronic belches (which is intended only to alert the public of natural and man-made disasters) was used to air a Republican campaign ad free of charge on dozens of California radio stations. University of California student-run freeform station KDVS reported the incident and released this recording of the broadcast, as it occurred on their non-commercial airwaves. | ||
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"DA VINCI"
by Cassette Boy
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Pornographic remixes of audio books from U.K. mix-masters. | ||
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"EYES OF A TRANNYS FANNY"
by Cassette Boy
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"LAMBONAISE TONIGHT"
by Cassette Boy
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"SPRAY OF ZEST"
by Cassette Boy
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"JOCKO HOMO"
by KROQ
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Dang, remember when KROQ was the cutting edge of cool? Also available for download from Post-Punk Junk is KROQ's 1979 Devo tribute album Devotees. While the music isn't amazing, it is nice that they had a covers competition after Devo had all of one album. Best song by far is this lo-fi home-phone version of Jocko Homo. | ||
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"SESAME STREET APPEARANCE"
by Johnny Cash
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The Man in Black on Sesame Street, redoing one of his classics just for Big Bird to mug to. | ||
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"A GIRL CALLED JOHNNY CASH"
by Johnny Cash and Jane Morgan
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Jane Morgan's "A Girl Called Johnny Cash" (written by comedian Martin Mull) was a sort-of answer song to Cash's "A Boy Named Sue". Here are Jane and Johnny trading verses in a rare television appearance. | ||
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"THE LIGHTS ARE DIM"
by Ed Flynn
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Techno beats overlaid with Donald Rumsfeld samples. | ||
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"MY GENERATION"
by rx
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The Who's "My Generation" Mashed with George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton samples. | ||
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"HAPPY RXMAS"
by rx
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Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" mashed with George W, who wishes you a happy holiday! | ||
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"AS WE KNOW"
by Phil Kline
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Did you know that former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is, among numerous other accomplishments, a poet? From Kline's album, Zippo Songs. Donald Rumsfeld's infamous "unknown unknowns" speech set to music. | ||
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"THAT MANY VASES"
by Phil Kline
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From Kline's album, Zippo Songs. Another Rumsfeld press briefing set to music. | ||
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"NEAR-PERFECT CLARITY"
by Phil Kline
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Phil Kline set Rumsfeld's words to song on his album, Zippo Songs. | ||
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"ON READING 'AN ANTHOLOGY OF 1000 POETS'"
by Phil Minton and Veryan Weston
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Ho Chi Minh's words set to music avant-gardists Phil Minton and Veryan Wilson. | ||
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"YOU MISERABLE TOE"
by Bruce
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The frustrated rantings of a guy named Bruce. Bruce is a dad from suburban Jersey. He tries to fix things around the house, like the family piano. He does his own taxes. And he uses very colorful language, some of which was caught on tape by his son. | ||
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"UNKNOWN"
by The Gate 5
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Remix on Donald Rumsfeld's words. This song is originally from the band's "Rummy" EP, on the Dramaphone label. | ||
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"SONGS IN CELEBRATION OF THE ARMPIT OF THE NATION"
by Various Artists
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New Jersey's nickname, "The Garden State" is apparently derived from an 1876 quote in which Abraham Browning attempted to stir the pride of his fellow Jersey-ites by comparing the state to a giant barrel open at both ends, with Philadelphia picking at one end, and New York rifling through the other. These mp3s come from former WFMU DJ KBC's compilation "A Garden State of Mind". | ||
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"I'M FROM NEW JERSEY"
by The Chordblenders
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"MY OLD NEW JERSEY HOME"
by Billy Murray
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"NEW JERSEY"
by Gabrielle
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"ATLANTIC CITY (THAT BIG TIME TOWN)"
by Stan Gilmer
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"EVERYTHING'S WILD IN WILDWOOD"
by The Treniers
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"ON THE WAY TO CAPE MAY"
by Al Alberts
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"OVER ON THE JERSEY SIDE"
by Billy Murray
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"WELCOME TO NEW JERSEY"
by NJ X-Cops
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"NEW JERSEY DRIVE"
by Junior Demus
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"I'M FROM NEW JERSEY"
by John Gorka
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"NO LEFT TURNS IN JERSEY"
by Edie From Ohio
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"SPACE ACE FROM JERSEY CITY"
by JC O'Connor
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"I'M A JERSEY GIRL"
by Tiffany & Rocco
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"JERSEY WALK"
by Johnny Marvin
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"HIGH SCHOOL USA"
by Tommy Facenda
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"SUMMERS IN NEW JERSEY"
by Cliff Eberhardt
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"NEW JERSEY"
by Bob D'Fano
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"NEW JERSEY"
by "Robert"
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"I LIKE JERSEY BEST"
by John Pizzarelli, Jr.
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"JERSEY DEVIL"
by Jim Albertson
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"NEW JERSEY"
by John Linnell
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"GARDEN STATE STOMP"
by Dave Van Ronk
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"FREQUENCIES OF THE BEAST"
by Pneumershonic
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The main man behind Pneumershonic is creative genius and homeless coffee-addict Paul Bourre from New Hampshire, and the album was a collaboration with Matt Jasper (of Tray Full of Lab Mice Productions), who wrote the music over which Paul improvised vocals. But of course, even the homeless outsider has a myspace page. | ||
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"HIPPY FREAKOUT"
by Pneumershonic
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"THE MARK OF THE BEAST"
by Pneumershonic
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"CLOTHESPIN CHA CHA"
by Pneumershonic
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"CREATURE DOUBLE FEATURE"
by Pneumershonic
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"MARTIAN GIRLFRIEND"
by Pneumershonic
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"GREETINGS EARTH"
by Pneumershonic
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"UNTITLED"
by Pneumershonic
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"PAUL EMULATES TRUMPET"
by Pneumershonic
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"THE TICKING"
by Pneumershonic
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The only track with non-improvised vocals, written out beforehand by Paul in Matt's basement. | ||
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"BEYOND THE MOON"
by Pneumershonic
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"THELONIOUS PAUL"
by Pneumershonic
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"PRETTY YOUNG LADY"
by Pneumershonic
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"BUBONIC PLAGUE"
by Pneumershonic
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"BACKWARDS"
by Pneumershonic
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"TABLE GIRL"
by Pneumershonic
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"FAREWELL, MARIMBA BIMBO"
by Pneumershonic
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"COOKIE MONSTER - COOKIE DISCO"
by Sesame Street
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Cookie Monster had better lay low for a few weeks, Isaac Hayes might have a bone to pick over "Cookie Disco." We wouldn't want to upset the scientologists... | ||
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"BIG BIRD - JUST ONE ME"
by Sesame Street
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Being pushed by Cookie Monster to the B-side of this 45 must have been some blow to Big Bird's avian ego. No wonder then that BB uplifts the under appreciated with this motivational number. | ||
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"HOLY LAUGHTER"
by Kenneth "Papa" Hagin
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Here's a video demonstrating the phenomenon of "Holy Laughter," a practice in some Pentecostal Churches where the members of the congregation fall to the floor in convulsive laughter, often collapsing in "Spiritual Drunkenness," intoxicated by the 151-proof power of the Lord. This clip is from a 1997 Pastor's Conference in which the late minister and plagiarist Kenneth "Papa" Hagin leads the visiting clerics in a raucous Holy Laughter session. | ||
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"CATSKILLS LATE NIGHT MEDIUM WAVE SCAN 10-02-06 A - 1590 TO 1410"
by Various Artists
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Foray into the AM band of a short wave radio, as explored in the middle of the night. This recording begins just before 1AM local time, and was captured in the Catskill mountains of New York on Sunday October 1st (or the 2nd officially). | ||
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"FAUST V"
by Faust
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Unofficial Virgin released promotional cassette recorded in 1975 on the verge of the band's demise. As far as actual Faust records go, it's not too shabby. Some trademark drones and freakouts, a very bizarre freeform track called "Jugger's Knot" built around fractured rhythms and junky guitar chords. More info on this Faust Discog site. | ||
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"TRACK 1"
by Faust
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"TRACK 2"
by Faust
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"TRACK 3"
by Faust
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"BABY ROCK OUT"
by Faust
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"DUCK A L'ORANGE"
by Faust
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"WARBLE UP"
by Faust
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"JUGGER'S KNOT"
by Faust
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"TRIUMP ENT"
by Faust
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"LIVE 1971"
by Faust
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it's Faust actually jamming out on stage and in the studio somewhere around 1971 (3 minutes, 20MB mpg), rare footage courtesy of this past year's mindblowing WDR-TV German rock documentary, highlights of which you might have caught in the A/V Lounge at this year's WFMU Record Fair. | ||
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"MOFFEDILLE EXCERPT"
by Pompel & Pilt
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The Norwegian TV-show "Pompel & Pilt" was both loved and hated in its home country due to the surreal, amoral personalities of its characters. The moffedille (upper left corner) is a fantasy animal from the show. The moffedille vaguely resembles a porcupine, eats keys, and communicates through howling sounds and cartoon-style balloons. The series consists of five episodes, of which the Moffedille appears in episodes 2 and 3. Here is its appearance in episode two. | ||
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"EPISODE THREE"
by Pompel & Pilt
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In episode three, Pompel and Pilt meet up with the moffedille again. By uttering different semi-mysterious talking bubbles, along with rudimentary body language, the moffedille manages to communicate that it has a key inside of it that it wants Pompel and Pilt to remove... Here is episode three in its entirety | ||
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"HUNGRY BABY"
by Pompel & Pilt
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By the way, if you are interested and speak Norwegian, here are the scripts from the first four episodes. The TV show was created in 1969 by Arne and Bjørg Mykle. | ||
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"PARCEL LADY"
by Pompel & Pilt
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"MACHINE"
by Pompel & Pilt
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"POMPEL & PILT INTRO MUSIC"
by Pompel & Pilt
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"GORGON JANITOR'S RAMBLING"
by Pompel & Pilt
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A scary guy who creeps everybody out with his obsessive-compulsive disorder, spouting out words that rhyme with "reparere [to mend/repair]" - such as "to subliminalise", "regressitate" etc ad nauseum. | ||
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"MARIE OSMOND PERFORMING HUGO BALL'S "KARAWANE""
by Hugo Ball
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Taken from a Ripley's Believe It Or Not segment on sound poetry from the mid-80s, which Osmond co-hosted. One show dealt with "weird language" during which she abruptly looked away from the cue cards directly into the camera and recited, by memory, "Karawane." Everybody was blown away and soon after the audio was included in a cd produced in England as sonic companion to Hugo Ball's book Lipstick Traces. | ||
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"SIDE ONE"
by Lenny and the Squigtones
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Released on Casablanca, recorded live 1979 at the Roxy in Hollywood with backing band that includes Christopher Guest credited as Nigel Tufnel (three years before Spinal Tap, though well dressed and with short hair), Ming the Merciless, Lars Svenki, Dwight Night and Beanie Barnhill. Since it's a live record, the tracks flow into each other and side 1 is combined into a single mp3: "Vamp On", "Night After Night", "Creature Without a Head", "King of the Cars", "Squiggy's Wedding Day", "Love Is a Terrible Thing". | ||
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"SIDE TWO"
by Lenny and the Squigtones
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Side Two: "Babyland (For Eva Squigmann)", "(If Only I Had Listened To) Mamma", "So's Your Old Testament", "Sister In Law", "Honor Farm", "Starcrossed", "Only Women Cry", "Foreign Legion of Love", "Vamp Off." | ||
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"ALIEN ABDUCTION"
by Background
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"Background has been playing together for many years...not playing music but actual playing because we are all cousins and like playing with each other." Found years back on mp3.com. | ||
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"BACKGROUND"
by Background
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"FROM DA SPACE"
by Gordie
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Music video for DJ Slade's song From Da Space. There's nothing unusual about using found footage, but Gordie manages to do something new with it, and he's dug up some really odd clips. And what the hell are those kids in Kansas City doing at the one minute mark? | ||
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"THE MISSION THEME MUSIC"
by John Williams
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From News Music Now, which features zillions of mp3s of TV news theme openers, sympathetic bumpers, breaking news stingers, election coverage intros, severe weather montages, and so much more. This opener for WWBT of Richmond Virginia was written by none other than John Williams. | ||
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"EYEWITNESS NEWS THEME"
by Lalo Schifrin
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From News Music Now, which features zillions of mp3s of TV news theme openers, sympathetic bumpers, breaking news stingers, election coverage intros, severe weather montages, and so much more. Here is the eyewitness news theme for Cool Hand Luke WABC/New York. | ||
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"NEWS THEME MONTAGE"
by Liz Berg
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WFMU's own Liz Berg remixes various Television News Theme music found from the News Music Now site. | ||
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""SUCK YOU DRY" LIVE AT WFMU"
by Mudhoney
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Yep, Mudhoney hopped the PATH train and hit Terre T's Cherry Blossom Clinic midway between a two night stint at the Knitting Factory in November of 2006; and with the kind assistance of fellow show guests Hank IV and their gear rental (plus engineer Diane Kamikaze), brought the Superfuzz and Bigmuff to life right here in Studio B and blasted through a short but killer set. To listen to the full set, listen to the archive | ||
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"TV APPEARANCE"
by Tielman Brothers
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1960 TV performance by Indonesia's Tielman Brothers, who took rockabilly into some serious acrobatic realm that rivals Jerry Lee Lewis' live antics. More on the Tielman Brothers here. | ||
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"IRVING MILLS PROMOTIONAL SHORT"
by Duke Ellington
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More about record making than the Duke himself, this 1937 promotional film uses Ellington to focus on the wonders of record making in the shellac-based 78 rpm era (12 MB). This video also streams on Youtube | ||
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"90 METER BAND - 0344 UTC 09-30-06 - DEGEN 1103"
by Various Artists
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Shortwave radio sweep recorded late night in the Catskills region of New York on a Degen (aka Kaito) receiver. From the "Adventures in Amplitude Modulation" series on the BOTB | ||
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"90 METER BAND - 0344 UTC 09-30-06 - TECSUN BCL-2000"
by Various Artists
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Shortwave radio sweep recorded late night in the Catskills region of New York on a Tecsun receiver. From the "Adventures in Amplitude Modulation" series on the BOTB | ||
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"60 METER BAND - 0414 UTC 09-30-06 - DEGEN 1103"
by Various Artists
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Shortwave radio sweep recorded late night in the Catskills region of New York on a Degen (aka Kaito) receiver. From the "Adventures in Amplitude Modulation" series on the BOTB | ||
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"60 METER BAND - 0414 UTC 09-30-06 - TECSUN BCL-2000"
by Various Artists
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Shortwave radio sweep recorded late night in the Catskills region of New York on a Tecsun receiver. From the "Adventures in Amplitude Modulation" series on the BOTB | ||
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"INTERVIEW SIDE 1"
by Lou Reed
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In those pre-Clear Channel days of lore, many radio interviews were generically pre-recorded. A label sent stations "Interview Albums" with scripts for the DJs to use, and an album's worth of answers from the rock star in question. Here are the MP3s of the Interview Record that RCA put out for Lou Reed's The Blue Mask album, the script of which is available here | ||
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"TRUTH IN ADVERTISING"
by Unknown
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Exerpt from a clever parody of the advertising business. | ||
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"CAPTAIN CHRISTY'S SPACE WALK"
by Captain Christy
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Follow Captain Christy and Spaceship Dance into space, say hi to the Moon, march, spin, whirl, twirl, hop, and watch out for funny green men from Mars and big winds pushing the spacecraft around. Christy has impeccable rhythm, leadership qualities, and masters all the random changes in background music without blinking an eye. | ||
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"TALK ABOUT FUCKING - SIDE 1"
by Big Black
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In the great tradition of Lou Reed Minus One, Phil Collins Minus One, and Monkeypiece Theater, here is Big Black's 1987 Talk About Fucking, their parody of the 70's and 80's promotional "Interview Album," and a great slice of (intentional) punk rock comedy, starring Steve Albini, Dave Riley and Santiago Durango. | ||
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"TALK ABOUT FUCKING - SIDE 2"
by Big Black
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The script for this record is available here. | ||
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"ROCK & ROLL NIGHTMARE: ARRIVING AT THE HOUSE"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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Rock & Roll Nightmare is not a good film. It is a cheaply made, slowly paced, poorly acted, and an ultimately not-at-all-scary horror film. Watch this sample for a taste of the characters and a typical moment of suspense. Featuring Jon-Mikl Thor, former bodybuilding champion, Las Vegas attraction, and most importantly...actor and screenwriter. | ||
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"RNR NIGHTMARE CLIP: WE LIVE TO ROCK"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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The jokes (and that Australian accent) don't get any better... | ||
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"RNR NIGHTMARE CLIP: OLD SCRATCH"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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And then there is the ending - perhaps the most surreal, unexpected and hilarious twist ending to ever make it to the video shelf. | ||
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"KEEP THE DOGS AWAY"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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Released in 1977, this album is pure glorious glam-rock confection with a slightly heavy edge of the best order. RCA billed Thor's new sound as "Muscle Rock". It failed on the LP racks, but as a lasting testament to Thor it is truly among his best work. And it still isn't on CD, dangit, so let's share it here. | ||
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"KEEP THE DOGS AWAY"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"SLEEPING GIANT"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"CATCH A TIGER"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"I'M SO PROUD"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"TELL ME LIES"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"MILITARY MATTERS"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"SUPERHHERO"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"WASTED"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"ROSIE"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"THUNDER"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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"MUSIC VIDEO FOR KEEP THE DOGS AWAY"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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Check out the outfits on Thor's band, not to mention his own stage theatrics. From the DVD An-THOR-logy. | ||
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"THOR'S MIKE DOUGLAS SHOW APPEARANCE"
by Jon-Mikl Thor
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Witness first-hand Thor dancing for the ladies while singing Sweet's "Action". Then he blows up a hot water bottle until it explodes, quipping "I bet you Donny Osmond can't do it." Pay close attention to the befuddled country band trapped on the stage during Thor's act. Is that costumed country schtick really any more dignified? | ||
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"ILLEGAL BODIES"
by Simply Saucer
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According to a comprehensive article on Perfect Sound Forever, "The single greatest 1970's band to influence absolutely no one." Witness this live 1974 cut, a total freakout of epic proportions that can certainly hang with "Sister Ray." | ||
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""HAIR" - JAPANESE PROODUCTION"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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1971 Japanese cast of Hair. There are some key songs missing from this production, but the |
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"DONNA"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"MANCHESTER ENGLAND"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"DEAD END"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"I'M BLACK - AIN'T GOT NO"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"SHEILA FRANKLIN - AIN'T GOT NO GRASS"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"I GOT LIFE"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"HAIR"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"FRANK MILLS"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"BE IN"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"WHERE DO I GO"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"ELECTRIC BLUES"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"GOING DOWN"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"WALKING IN SPACE"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"THREE FIVE ZERO ZERO"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"GOOD MORNING STARSHINE"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"THE FLESH FAILURES (LET THE SUNSHINE IN)"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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"AQUARIUS"
by James Rado, Gerome Ragni and Galt MacDermot
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