07/14/2008
Grace Jones' New Video for "Corporate Cannibal" is the Scariest thing Ever!
The video for Graces Jones' new single "Corporate Cannibal" may be the scariest thing I have seen in a while. Consider this, anything featuring Grace Jones is visually intense by nature. However, a video of her being manipulated by some weird im ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/14/2008 3:58 PM EST in Electronic, WTF?, Video | Permalink
07/09/2008
Ray Manzarek Wonders If Jim Morrison Is Still Alive, Plans To Make New Doors Movie
Rumors have been swirling about the "death" of The Doors' elusive lead singer Jim Morrison, since the day he "died" in 1971. Did he fake his own death to avoid the French Police? Perhaps he is now living in Africa? How about a key member of the ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/09/2008 9:08 AM EST in Rock, WTF?, 60's Psych, News | Permalink
07/07/2008
Nobunny @ M Room: Live Review + Photos
On Fourth of July eve I ventured out to the M Room in Fishtown to witness the man, the myth, the bunny who goes by the name Nobunny. His name is obviously a reference to Rene Magritte's iconic 1929 "This is Not a Pipe." Obviously! Oh and how ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 07/07/2008 9:48 AM EST in WTF?, Garage Rock, Live Review, Events | Permalink
06/26/2008
All Hail The Dan Deacon Super-Fan!
Perhaps I didn't emphasize this enough in my Philly Popped! Fest review, but one man, one gloriously admirable man in the crowd of sweaty, scrawny indie-kids stood above the rest. This man was dubbed by my friend Jackie and I as...The Dan Deacon ...
Read MorePosted by Michael on 06/26/2008 1:28 PM EST in WTF? | Permalink
06/18/2008
I'm A Little Weenie Looking For A Bun
Talk about a bizarre subtext to a children's song. Dick "Two Ton" Baker sounds like Grandpa Gustafson in Grumpier Old Men with his sad song about being a poor, unwanted hot dog. Pickle and onion, hot dog!
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/18/2008 5:30 PM EST in Experimental, WTF? | Permalink
06/04/2008
Little Miss Sunshine Dolly Parton Style
Dolly Parton published a biography in 1994 called Dolly: My Life And Other Unfinished Business. Included in her book are photos sent in by fans of little girls dressed up as miniature versions of the C & W perky princess. Complete with bouffan ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 06/04/2008 5:08 PM EST in WTF?, Country | Permalink
05/29/2008
Jogging For Jesus With Leslie Harris
This is ridiculous. Leslie Harris and The House Of Fire sounds like what would happen if The Trammps were locked in a vacation bible school and forced to listen to exercise tapes on repeat. "Everybody get up! We gonna have a run!" Thanks t ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/29/2008 3:24 PM EST in WTF?, Soul, Disco | Permalink
05/28/2008
"Get F*cked!" Say Millie Jackson and Glen Branca
The other day WFMU posted a video from 1984 of Millie Jackson performing her "Phuck You Symphony." She wrote this now infamous song in 1979, just around the same time Glen Branca penned his subjectively similar "Fuck Yourself." I don't know wha ...
Read MorePosted by Emily on 05/28/2008 11:18 AM EST in WTF?, 70's Punk, YouTube, Soul | Permalink
05/23/2008
VISUAL NOTES: An Elegy for The Paper Record
The paper Flexi-Record enjoyed a short, albeit popular life before I was even born. Oh Flexi-Record, how I would have loved to witness the advent of your existence! I would have marveled at your grooves, pressed into hot acetate film by origina ...
Read MorePosted by Robin on 05/23/2008 11:17 AM EST in WTF?, Editorial, Visual Notes | Permalink
05/21/2008
Louis Farrakhan is The Charmer
Before Louis Farrakhan became the leader and the Supreme Minister of the Nation of Islam, he was known as Louis Eugene Walcott aka The Charmer. A comedic dopplegänger of Harry Belafonte, The Charmer was a regionally popular Calypso musician ...
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