Stairway To Love

 

Stairway To Love
(Aiken-Salisbury-Davis)

The Poka-Dotts

Modern 945

1954

My Inspiration

 

The Four Plaid Throats -  My Inspiration
Mercury Records, 1953

No joke, a real group from California. Scarce record if you believe Jerry Osborne's "The 1.000 Most Valuable Records" (official guide to the money records) or a little more than 5$ if you trust one of the latest Tefteller's sale.

 

Oscar McLollie shared the stage with the Four Plaid Throats for a weekend at the 5-4 Club in Los Angeles in May 1953. As a comic relief ?

Christmas little quizz

 

Birgit Nilsson     
Bryan MacLean      
Buddy Ace          
Dean Martin        
Eartha Kitt        
George Michael     
George Rhodes      
James Brown        
Johnny Ace         
Louis Neefs        
Mighty King Kong   
Peter Schreier     
Tommy Blake        
Tony Rice          
Tristan Tzara      
Vic Chesnutt       


Can you find the fact, the common point, that connects these 16 artists?

Dick Clark's Favorites - Vol. 1 : Payola, Don't Know

 

RIH, Dick

Debbie & The Ladds Tardo Campaign song	Deborah Folse Chiasson has enjoyed a lenghty career in music touring with various acts and has even fronted the regionally popular band, Debbie and the Ladds as a teenager. She recorded her first single at the age of 11 with New Orleans piano man Mac Rebennack. Cyrus Tardo is mostly remembered for trying to murder his successor as Sheriff of Lafourche Parish, Duffy Breaux [also known as "One-Eye"], with a pipe bomb some 13 years after the two were involved in a hotly contested election. Fortunately, Tardo only succeeded in blowing off Breaux's foot [which was apparently reattached]. Tardo later plead guilty to the charges and died while in prison. A few years later, Breaux himself was convicted of defrauding the Parish of $100,000 and served 4 years in prison.
Judy Dunaway Second Movement For Balloon and String Quartet	I began using balloons as a preparation on my guitar in the late 1980s.  The idea to use balloons was rooted in the philosophies of John Cage, and influenced by the Fluxus movement, free improvisation and other avant-garde movements. ... However, what drove me to make them more than just a sound maker in my arsenal of effects and to make them a singular focus was the AIDS crisis.  In the late 80’s and early 90’s I was living in New York City and many people, including my friends, were dying from AIDS. No one knew how to prevent the spread of the disease.  Then it was discovered that latex condoms could prevent people from contracting HIV.  This was when my obsession with using latex balloons as sound conduits began.  Because repression had been a major factor in delaying the dissemination of proper information about prevention, I knew that I must approach my latex instruments without inhibition.  This non-judgmental aural relationship and its corporeal visual manifestation remains a cornerstone of my work.
"Make Love To Me"	Sue Kilzer is backed here by the Speck-O-Rhythms on Philwood, a Memphis label. L. Roppolo, P. Mares, B. Pollack, G. Brumes, M. Stitzel, W. Melrose, B. Norvas, A. Copeland wrote the song. Eight composers!
Letter To Eminem	“I’m a very proud mother. I don’t think there’s anything [Marshall] can do to me that he hasn’t already done through the media.” Eminem’s mom Debbie Nelson Eminem has rather memorably called his mother a “crazy” “fucking bitch” who “does more dope than I do” and has “no tits.” He has also publicly joked about matricide and said, “I hope you fuckin’ burn in hell” in the giant fuck-you-mama of a rap song “Cleanin’ Out My Closet.” For her part, Nelson once told Marshall that she wished he’d died instead of Ronnie (“Of course, I didn’t mean it,” she has written, “It’s something I will regret to my dying day”) and sued him for defamation and emotional distress, a move she now describes as an accidental crusade waged by a predictably opportunistic lawyer.
"Rock Around Sandy Kane's [bleep] Tonight"	☚  Early picture sleeve of Sandy Kane as "Sand" Dee when she was still fully clothed. Born Sandra Brosky, this New Jersey native, who also sometimes bills herself as “$andy Kane,” “Naked Country Singer,” and “The Naked Cowgirl,” is a performance artist, a cable-access TV show host, a singer/songwriter.  Many of her jokes and lyrics, as you might expect from an adult-entertainment veteran, can not be reprinted in a family magazine. . She's a regular on Howard Stern, Opie and Anthony, and Jim Norton.
Pandora & The Males - Kiddie A Go Go	Elaine "Pandora" Mulqueen Chicago Rock'n'Roll Kiddie Show Hostess. Died in 2012
Tito Mambo and the Voodoo Men Black Pepper	Tito De Lacruz (1934-1989) While Tito Mambo was a little before my time, he was described as one of the most eccentric performers to ever play the Point by everyone who saw him. He would walk on water this certain day behind Bay Shores where there was many was a long walkway over pilings but at high tide it was covered by water so Tito proceeds to  the back behind Bay Shores dressed as Jesus on the high tide followed by a few hundred fans watching this event and walks on this walkway covered by water.  His fans went crazy!
Wolly Bully	Joey Montanez, a.k.a. Sir Monti Rock III, fronting Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes who became 'the world's most successful failure' as a one-hit disco wonder  The Sex-O-Lettes group included Bob Crewe, Cindy Bullens (later known as Cindy "Cid" Bullens), and Kenny Nolan.
“Oozing Cyst Blues”	Alan Seidler initial attracted widespread interest in 1975 along with his Blue Goose LP The Duke of Ook. On its cover, an unflattering caricature by R. Crumb gave the impression that Seidler was a frowsy nut-ball, and his “Oozing Cyst Blues” appeared to keep out that assumption.
"Look For Me With Flowers In My Hair"	Brandi Laine on Blossom Records, a Baltimore, Maryland label.
"Sputnik In Love"	Roy "Chicky" Arad (born 1977) is an Israeli poet, singer, script-writer, artist and political activist. Arad is the founder and former editor of Maayan magazine for poetry and a former journalist for Haaretz. he represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2000 as part of the band Ping Pong
"Whiskey Johnny"	Born in 1938 as Laurence B. Koback,  Sailorman Jack had a vast knowledge and love of pipes and tobaccos and never tired of talking about them, as well as sharing many stories from his own life experiences. He got his nautical persona from his love for sea shanties, salty songs of the sailing men of old which they sang to alleviate the boredom of their daily work aboard ship, and which he sang with revelry in the many taverns and night clubs of Manhattan. Died in 2006
"The Faruk #1"	A mysterious recording done here by the unknown Arlene. The song was also issued as by the equally unknown Lucy on Pioneer Records, out of Philadelphia in 1965. (Kobe, Japan says the label)
Al & Ina Harris Man In A Raincoat	Canadian musician Al Harris was married in 1960 to Ina Webdon, one of his students,  and they performed as Al and Ina Harris in many venues. Ina died in 1990, but Al continued performing.
"The Circle Of Life"	Originally from San Diego, Jerry Solomon recorded several singles during the 1960s and issued three albums in the 1970s, all of which are completely insane; Jerry rambles, croons, hoots and shrieks through his material like a psychotic. Andy Kaufman was a fan, and Jerry made a brief cameo in the Jim Carry film about Kaufman, “Man on the Moon”.
Elton John live - I'm Still Standing - I'm dill danding	A very good friend of Diana parodying himself before (hopefully) his last farewell

 

Christmas Date

 

Christmas Date

Resisting the "Happycracy": let me have a bad day thanks to Godfrey Muth Sextette (and above all to Doug Trotter, the uninspired vocalist) on Leo Records out of Allentown, Pennsylvania.

As Christmas descends soon on us with its annual obligation to be merry and supportive of consumerist nonsense, it's time to resisting the happycracy.  I believe there is some help online : be married, read the news or watch TV everyday, etc.. But all these tips will only provide a temporary or uncertain unhappiness.

For those who are seeking a permanent state of unhappiness, goodreads has a list of suggested readings.

Surely enough some of these books will depress you, but no other than E.M. Cioran (1911-1995) can do the job.  His "Short History Of Decay" is to the happiness what Roundup™ is for weed and grass.  The book, first published in France in 1949 as "Précis de décomposition", is THE definitive killjoy.  Strongly recommended.

 

 

Mad Cow Records presents "Diseases, Miss Lizzy"

 

Mad Cow Records presents "Diseases, Miss Lizzy"

A sick compilation

[Matt Farley] -  I Got Hemorrhoids Popping Out of My Butt Hole.mp3   
Antony and The Johnsons - Epilepsy Is Dancing.mp3                     
Big Inners - Ethmoiditus Cum Polyposis.mp3                            
Cal Brazier - Ballad of The Gall Bladder.mp3                          
Cal Brazier - Oh My Hemorrhoids.mp3                                   
Daniel Cormier - The Hemorrhoid Song.mp3                              
Dr. Wes Van Voorhis - Malaria.mp3                                     
Frank Zappa - Why Does It Hurt When I Pee.mp3                         
Global Youth Groove Band - Malaria Prevention Song.mp3                
Henri Salvador & Ray Charles - Le blues du dentiste (live).mp3        
Jim Wheeler - The Song Of Epilepsy.mp3                                
Jimmie Rodgers - T.B. Blues.mp3                                       
Lindy Michaels - Communicable Diseases.mp3                            
Roger Miller - Lou's Got The Flu.mp3                                  
Sam Adams - Impetigo Is A Bobo.mp3                                    
Sloppy Jane - They're Coming toTake Me Away.mp3                       
Tex Strange - I Caught It Form A Girl.mp3                             
The Greene County Boys - A Little Pentothol.mp3                        
The Singing Doctors - Hemorrhoids.mp3                                 
Weird Al Yankovic - Living With A Hernia.mp3                          

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After Midnight

 

After Midnight

Rick & Ray, Vocal by Ray Fleming on their own R&R label. Record number (255-08H) is typical of a pressing job from Magnetic Sounds of Columbus, Ohio. That would place this (unlisted) record in 1964, which is also the year of the copyright by Walter V. Laplante who wrote the lyrics, composed the music and arranged the record.

For a incomplete listing of Magnetic Sounds records, see 45rpmrecords