Well folks, after 4 years, 300 posts, and 0ver 104,000 visits, it's time to hang it up. I just don't have the time nor the inspiration to keep this blog up. Thanks to everyone who came by to visit and comment. I'll leave the downloadable stuff up for a while, so get 'em while they're hot. Peace out.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Hey kids! My online record store is open for business. Check it out! Buy stuff!
http://www.therecordbin.biz
Jerry Lewis impersonator and B-movie staple Sammy Petrillo is dead at 74. Sammy worked the clubs with Dean Martin impersonator Duke Mitchell before starring in the truly bizarre "Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla." He went on to act in Doris Wishman films, had a cameo in "The Brain That Wouldn't Die," invented the prank phone call record, and came up with the idea for "The Munsters."
You gotta give Sammy his props. It must have been a tough gig, especially when Lewis started siccing his lawyers on him. To put this in perspective, imagine being an Adam Sandler impersonator. On second thought, don't.
Saturday, August 08, 2009
You gotta give Sammy his props. It must have been a tough gig, especially when Lewis started siccing his lawyers on him. To put this in perspective, imagine being an Adam Sandler impersonator. On second thought, don't.
While searching around for pix of the late Willy DeVille I came across "It Should Have Been A Hit" blog. It contains a plethora of '70s and '80s singles by such forgotten artists as Comateens, Henry Badowski, The Yachts, and Human Sexual Response. There's some not-so-obscure stuff here as well that didn't make the top-40. Do the Cadillac Walk.
From a 1941 newsreel, with typically unfunny commentary. As President Truman once said, "If that's art, I'm a Hottentot."
Best wishes to Adam Yauch, AKA MCA of the Beastie Boys, who announced he has cancer. Adam is a devout Buddhist, and I'm sure that will help him deal with it. Send him some good thoughts.
Avon Wild County Electric Guitar After Shave
Avon gets hip with Electric Guitar After Shave. The groovy box was enough to entice me, but imagine my surprise when I opened it to find a guitar-shaped bottle with detachable neck! The after shave smells pretty bad after 40 years, but I can't imagine it smelled any better back then. Rock on.
