1994 was a long fucking time ago.
Oh No Ono
Pretty much.
My Favorite Kind of Gin
Gin Wigmore. Yes that is her voice. Viva New Zealand.
Yep
Stephen Colbert joins The Mountain Goats for a rousing version of my new theme song.
I’m not a Smiths guy, but…
…when Mrs. Renfield plays them, I always catch myself liking this one. I love the Motown beat and the guitar part. Morrissey averages that “love” down to a “like.”
The Beatoons
Whimsical but clever.
Here’s What Today Needs
Bob’s solo makes me giggle.
Willy Wonka Horror
Roald Dahl’s books are pretty twisted for their target audience. Well, here’s what Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory would look like as it should be. The first bit talks about how they made it, but the real fun starts around 12:47. This cracked me up…
The suspense is terrible. I hope it’ll last…
Of course this made me think of this little gem from an earlier version of this blargh
A Real Tasty Geezer
This funny but rather annoying song popped into my head the other day, probably because I heard the word “geezer.” I heard it numerous times on the radio in England in the 80’s and was surprised to learn it had made it into the top 10 over there in the early 70’s. By The Piglets, likely a group of whatever studio musicians were on hand, as is often the case with novelty songs.
Little Wing, Take #2
Sound engineer Eddie Kramer describes Hendrix in studio. Chas Chandler tells Jimi to dial it back a notch and he’s all “ok man, cool.” Apologies for about 30 seconds of unnecessary leader tape. Also: Glockenspiel!
There are a million “How to Play Little Wing” videos. I love this guy because he’s unpretentious, has underlying dread of even attempting the song, and has a typical reaction to Hendrix about 2:00-3:00:
“is there a pattern in this strumming? What’s the pattern? What is happening?”