Fred Lane

"If jazz is dead, it’s because Fred Lane personally killed it."

"As a radio station music director in the late 80’s, a record came across my desk that changed my life. It was called “Car Radio Jerome” by Rev. Fred Lane & His Hittite Hotshots. I simply didn’t know what to make of it, but I knew that I liked it and had never heard anything quite like it before.

The album ran the gamut of styles I wasn’t expecting to hear, from Sinatra-ish big band swinging (White Woman, Upper Lip Of A Nostril Man), to spaghetti western soundtrack anthems (The Man With The Foldback Ears), to depressing country ballads (Pneumatic Eyes), and even something that sounded like a kids record but for kids with demented parents (The French Toast Man). The artwork, the band musicians' names, and even the technical description of the album’s pressing included on the cover all led me to blissful confusion. I wasn’t sure if it was a comedy album, and if so, just who did Fred Lane think his audience was? This was comedy that was sure to go over most peoples heads. I wasn’t even sure if I “got it”. But at the same time, these were very well-written and arranged songs, played with a lot of feeling by what sounded like a group of questionably-competent musicians. In fact, some of the playing is so hysterically bad on the album, that I couldn’t believe anyone would seriously release it. I’m no stranger to music that’s “so bad it’s good”, but this was something different - this WAS good... period.

Go to Direct Waves, and get both!

Bent , batty & 'bnoxious! - 1988 Torture Records

A great out-of-print 80’s compilation called Bent, batty and 'bnoxious! (zip no pw) This is one of the best compilations of psych/weird/rock/novelty you will find this year. Gems such as "Hippy In A Blunder" by Johnny Buckett, "My boyfriend's learning karate" by charlie & chan, and the really weird "Daddy frog" by Big daddy & the little sisters. It also has some strange movie trailers - somebody at Torture records really put their heart into this comp!

01. trailer
02. baby huey & the babby sitters-monkey man
03. sal masi's untouchables-pat's steaks
04. johnny & the baa-baas-i can't sleep
05. trailer
06. kwentin qwisp-the way out mummy
07. alfred a. alfa-your cheating heart
08. lalo guerrero-pancho rock
09. trailer
10. charlie & chan-my boyfriend's learning karate
11. rumblers-bugged
12. trailer
13. phil campos-rebel rider
14. trailer
15. bob ridgely-she was a mau mau
16. don miller-missile monkey
17. stick evans-you are my sunshine
18. gunga din-crabcakes
19. marty neon-voila, pronounced "wa-la"
20. big daddy & the little sisters-daddy frog
21. trailer
22. stu mitchell-acid
23-johnny buckett-hippy in a blender

Classical Comedy: Wagner's Rinse Cycle

Repost

Tracks:

DISC 1
1. P. D. Q. BACH (1807-1742)
Eine kleine Nichtmusik: Allegro 3:57 - The New York Pick-Up Ensemble Professor Peter Schickele, conductor

2. LEROY ANDERSON (1908-1975)
The Typewriter 1:39 - Eastman-Rochester 'POPS' Orchestra Frederick Fennell, typewriter and conductor

3. THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS
The Nine Symphonies (Beethoven) 3:11 - The Cambridge Buskers Michael Copley, flute, recorders, crumhorns Dag Ingram, accordion

4. ANTONIO VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Concerto 'Alla Rustica', RV151a (original version) 1:21 - Musica Antiqua di Roma Fabio Antonini, director

5. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
The Swan 2:55

6. SERGEY RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Vocalise 3:44 - Clara Rockmore, theremin Nadia Reisenberg, piano

7. FRIEDRICH HOLLAENDER (1896-1976)
Kazoostücke I (Falling in Love Again) 2:12

8. Kazoostücke II (Illusions) 1:39 - Torello de Balzac, kazoo Pianist unknown Recorded 1929
9. ALAN HOVHANESS (b. 1911)
And God Created Great Whales (excerpt) 5:52 - Seattle Symphony Orchestra Gerard Schwarz, conductor

10. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Adagio in C, KV 356/617a for glass harmonica 3:53 - Bruno Hoffman, glass harmonica

11. CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Carnival of the Animals: Fossils 1:20 - Queensland Symphony Orchestra Bernard Heinze, conductor

12. GEORGE MALCOLM (b. 1917)
Bach before the mast 2:59 - George Malcolm, harpsichord

13. P. D. Q. BACH (1807-1742)
New Horizons in Music Appreciation: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony 7:58 - I Virtuosi Di Hoople Peter Schickele, conductor

14. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Rage over a lost penny (Rondo a capriccio in G Minor, Op. 129) 6:21 - Wilhelm Kempff, piano

15. DMITRY BORISOVICH KABALEVSKY (1904-1984) Comedians' Galop 1:34

16. PYTOR IL'YICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Sleeping Beauty 0:47 - Unnamed orchestra conducted by Serge Kondrashin

17. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Ein musikalischer Spass, K522: Presto 4:49 - (A Musical Joke) Vienna Mozart Ensemble Willi Boskovsky, conductor

18. HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER (c.1644-1704)
Sonata violino solo representativa: Die Katz 0:40 - (Imitative sonata for solo violin: The Cat) Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin Roseanne Hunt, cello

19. arr. AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
I bought me a cat 2:13 - Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano English Chamber Orchestra Carl Davis, conductor

20. LEROY ANDERSON (1908-1975)
The Waltzing Cat 2:22 - Eastman-Rochester 'POPS' Orchestra Frederick Fennell, conductor

21. attr. GIOACHINO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
Duetto buffo di due gatti (Comic duet for two cats) 3:13 - Victoria de los Angeles, soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano Gerald Moore, piano

DISC 2
1. HENRY MANCINI (1924-1994)
Loeki the Lion on the Trail of the Pink Panther 3:06 Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet

2. DONALD FRASER
Piano Concerto in F major 'Rerun', in the style of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart I Hill Street Blues 5:23

3. II M.*A*S*H* 4:24

4. III The Brady Bunch
4:51 Hollywood Chamber Symphony Orchestra Grant Gershon, piano and conductor

5. FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
arr. Teary Die Weather 1:10 Robert Teary, tenor Jane Slavine, piano Recorded March 1993 in the Brisbane Town Hall

6. NICOLA MATTEIS (d. 1707 or later)
Alemanda ad imitatione d'un tartaglia 1:27 (Allemande in imitation of a stutterer) Elizabeth Wallfisch, violin

7. JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706)
arr. Johnson Canon in D 3:23 Colin Clansey, highland bagpipes

8. JOHANN PACHELBEL (1653-1706) Canon (Enough is Enough) 0:46

9. WILLIAM ELDIN BOLCOLM (b. 1938)
Ghost Rags: The Graceful Ghost (1971) 4:56 Donna Coleman, piano

[10] – [12] WAGNER'S RINSE CYCLE

10. THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS
Ride of the Valkyries 1:36 Michael Copley, flute, recorders Dag Ingram, accordion

11. BENDIX THOR
The Rinse Cycle 0:38 Bendix Thor Frontloader, washing machine

12. ALEX TEMPLETON (1909-1963)
As Brunnhilde's Battle Cry Might be Sung by an American Crooner 2:32 Alex Templeton, vocals and piano

13. DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Taiti Trot, Op. 16 3:59 Queensland Symphony Orchestra Vladimir Verbitsky, conductor

14. JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
Symphony No. 94 in G major 'The Surprise': Andante 6:06 Ensemble of the Classic Era

15. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
Duet for viola and cello in E-flat major, WoO 32: Allegretto 3:38 (Duet for two obbligato eyeglasses) Veronika Hagen, viola Clemens Hagen, cello

16. ANTON WEBERN (1883-1945)
Camptown Races in Memoriam A. S. [Arnold Schoenberg] 0:50 Octavus Lapine, piano

17. ORLANDE DI LASSUS (1532-1594)
Chi chilichi (Cock-a-doodle do) 2:59 The Song Company

18. ALAN STOCKS
Australian Customs and Quarantine Regulations 5:34 The Quodlibet Singers Recorded 1973

19. THE CAMBRIDGE BUSKERS
1812 Overture (Tchaikovsky) 5:21 The Cambridge Buskers Michael Copley, flute, recorders Dag Ingram, accordion

20. JOHN CAGE (1912-1992)
4'33'' (original version, first movement) 0:32 The New York School of Composers Ensemble

part 1 - part 2 - part 3

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Norwegian fatality in Afghanistan

A road bomb was remotely detonated in Afghanistan on Thursday evening, destroying a vehicle carrying Norwegian soldiers. Read on (Aftenposten).

A remote detonation, in a remote conflict, not even remotely threatening to Norwegian security.
This is the first time since the 2nd World War that Norway's involved in armed combat (well Kosovo). And Norway's under German command, instigated by American paranoia, fueled by the greed and incompetence of the man who will go down in history as "Americas Worst President Ever".

	rx - sunday bloody sunday
	Found at skreemr.com

	Joe Frank - Ode to War
	Found at skreemr.com

A classic Joe Frank monologue from the show I'm Not Crazy written and produced for Work in Progress in 1990. Get the Joe Frank Podcast.

Harry Stefan Klein Derrick?! Learn German with Borghild.

Harry: Stefan!
Stefan: Ja, Harry!
Harry: Wie heißt du eigentlich mit zweitem Vornamen, Stefan?
Stefan: Harry, Harry!
Harry: Harry Harry, Stefan?
Stefan: Nein, Stefan Harry Derrick, Harry!
Harry: Stefan Harry Derrick Harry, Stefan?
Stefan: Nein, nur Stefan Harry Derrick, Harry!
Harry: Ich verstehe Stefan!
Stefan: Das glaube ich nicht, Harry!
Harry, hast du auch einen zweiten Vornamen, Harry?
Harry: Stefan, Stefan!
Stefan: Stefan Stefan, Harry?
Harry: Nein, nicht Stefan Stefan, Stefan! Harry Stefan Klein, Stefan!
Stefan: Meine Mutter nannte mich immer klein Stefan, Harry!
Harry: Dein Mutter nannte dich klein Stefan Harry , Stefan?
Stefan: Nein! Sie nannte mich klein Stefan, Harry Stefan Klein!
Harry: Deine Mutter nannte dich klein Stefan Harry Stefan Klein Stefan Harry Derrick?
Stefan: Harry!
Harry: Stefan!
Stefan: Halt schon mal die Klappe, Harry!

Haschigh Fudge

This is the food of Paradise – of Baudelaire’s Artificial Paradises: It might provide entertaining refreshment for a Ladies Bridge Club or a chapter meeting of the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). In Morocco it is thought to be good for warding off the common cold in damp winter weather and is, indeed, more effective if taken with large quantities of hot mint tea. Euphoria and brilliant storms of laughter; ecstatic reveries and extensions of one’s personality on several simultaneous planes are to be complacently expected. Almost anything Saint Theresa did, you can do better if you can bear to be ravished by an ‘un évanouissment reveillé’.



Take 1 teaspoon black peppercorns, 1 whole nutmeg, 4 average sticks of cinnamon, 1 teaspoon coriander. These should all be pulverized in a mortar. About a handful each of de-stoned dates, dried figs, shelled almonds and peanuts: chop these and mix them together. A bunch of cannabis sativa can be pulverized. This along with the spices should be dusted over the mixed fruit and nuts, kneaded together. About a cup of sugar dissolved in a big pat of butter. Rolled into a cake and cut into pieces or made into balls about the size of a walnut, it should be eaten with care. Two pieces are quite sufficient.

Obtaining the cannabis may present certain difficulties, but the variety known as cannabis sativa grows as a common weed, often unrecognized, everyone in Europe, Asia and parts of Africa; besides being cultivated as a crop for the manufacture of rope. In the Americas, while often discouraged, its cousin, called cannabis indica, has been observed even in city window boxes. It should be picked and dried as soon as it has gone to seed and while the plant is still green. Taken from http://www.subrosa.arbre.us/SubRosaBrownies.html)

Today this would be an extremely expensive dessert, with high quality marijuana from the legendary Humboldt County, California reputedly going for $300 an ounce.

Søttitallskameratene 5

Søttitallskameratene 1

The Three Stooges - Nonsense Songbook

The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the mid 20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. They were commonly known by their first names: 'Moe, Larry, & Curly', and 'Moe, Larry, & Shemp', among other lineups. The act originally featured Moe Howard (born Harry Moses Horwitz), brother Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz), and longtime friend Larry Fine (born Louis Feinberg). Shemp was later replaced by brother Curly Howard (born Jerome Lester Horwitz) in 1932. When Curly suffered a debilitating stroke in 1946, Shemp rejoined the act. After Shemp's death in 1955, he was replaced by baldheaded comedian Joe Besser, and eventually by Joe "Curly-Joe" DeRita (born Joseph Wardell). After Larry's death, Emil Sitka, a longtime actor in Stooge comedies, was contracted to replace Larry, but no film was ever made with him in the role, although publicity photographs exist of him with his hair combed like Larry's posing with Moe and Curly-Joe prior to Moe's death. Larry's death marked the end of the act.

The Stooges' hallmark was extremely physical slapstick comedy punctuated by one-liners, within outrageous storylines.

1. The Alphabet Song
2. Three Little Fishies (Itty Bitty Poo)
3. The Aba Daba Honeymoon
4. The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (the "Looney Tunes" theme)
5. Two Little Birdies
6. The Children's Marching Song ("with a knick-knack, paddy-whack, give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home" )
7. Peggy O'Neil
8. Chickery Chick
9. Play A Simple Melody
10. Old Mac Donald Had A Farm
11. Mairzy Doats ("mares eat oats, and does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy … Oh! Mairzy Doats …" )
12. Give Thanks ("give thanks, every day, when you kneel and pray, give thanks for your blessings each day …" ) Get it Here at DeaconBlues1103

Penguins in bondage

NINA BERMAN: PURPLE HEARTS

Since October 2003, I have been making portraits of American soldiers who were wounded in the Iraq War. I seek them out in their hometowns, after they have been discharged from military hospitals. I photograph them alone, mainly in their rooms, which to me feel like little cages. I strip them of patriotic colors and heroic postures. I see them alienated and dispossessed, left empty handed amid dreams of glory and escape.

While their physical wounds are profound, it is their psychological condition that is my primary focus.

As many of these soldiers joined the military to escape economic and social hardship, seeing them back in a domestic setting all alone with no support, suggests that their dreams of transformation and success through military service were painfully naïve.

Meeting so many severely disabled young men and women was deeply disturbing to me. I felt complicit because they had fought in my name. And I felt the divide of privilege because I did not have to make a similar sacrifice.

Nina Berman (more photos)

Novaja Gazeta and the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya

We won’t be beating about the bush. The reason why someone is trying to confuse the case is not a plot or something, this reason is corruption and total interpenetration of law enforcement system with the criminal.

-Ten people have been arrested on suspicion of the involvement in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya. In relation to that the official statement was made that this crime has been solved.

This is not so

-Sergey Sokolov (Novaya Gazeta's deputy editor-in-chief)

Einar Granum's award to Sigmundstad

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Eläkeläiset - Smells like Finnish Humppa

Thanks to Helsinki based Stupido Twins Record Shop

Humppakonsertto:
Kiitokset Humpasta (mp3)
Medley: Laki - HK - Enola - Laki (mp3)
Humppaelämää:
Katolla Humppa (mp3)
Humppamaratooni:
Humppaan (mp3)
Humppakäräjät:
Musta Humppa (mp3)
Humppasirkus:
Humppaneitsyt (mp3)

Bonus (mp3)

Hilly Kristal, founder of NY punk mecca CBGB, dies

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hilly Kristal, the founder of New York punk rock club CBGB, which helped make the Ramones, Blondie and Talking Heads stars, has died at age 75, his daughter said on Wednesday.

Kristal died on Tuesday from complications of lung cancer, his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, said.

He founded the club in 1973 hoping to showcase country music, calling it CBGB & OMFUG, for "Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandizers."

But the club drew few country acts and instead became a breeding ground for punk rock, playing host to the likes of Patti Smith, Television, Living Colour as well as countless local hopefuls that never made it to the big time. read on

Hilly Sings Wish You a Merry Christmas (mp3) and Mud (mp3) from the 1976' CBGB's Christmas Single

Hilly's last interview here. The Video from the closing of CBGB's (New York Times)

What karma can buy you in the hereafter...

George W Bush, Vladimir Putin and Robert Mugabe in the afterlife:

Sodastream

Castillianis Horribilis part 2 - Baladas en ingles cantadas en español

Devotees of the lingual challenged will probably remember the Spanish Queen Tribute (link to older post) It is with glee I provide this following link, that I per chance tripped over today. It is if possible even more terrifying and boggling than the Queen rendition. Take a look at these neighbour annihilators:

01 - La Sombra Del Amor (Indio)
02 - La Dama De Rojo (Crhis The Barge)
03 - Polvo En El Viento (Kansas)
04 - Heridas De Amor (Indio)
05 - Nada Cambiara Mi Amor Por Ti (Glen Madeiros)
06 - Un Dia Sin Ti (Roxette)
07 - Eclipse Total Del Amor (Bonny Tyler)
08 - Siempre Te Amare (Whitney Houston)
09 - Como Yo Nadie Te Ha Amado (Bon Jovi)
10 - No Se Si Es Amor (Roxette)
11 - Vientos De Cambio (Scorpions)
12 - Yesterday (Boys II Men)
13 - Sin Ti (Air Supply)
14 - Todo Lo Que Hago Lo Hago Por Ti (Bryan Adams)
15 - Habla El Corazon (Roxette)
16 - Hey Tu (Chayanne)
17 - Mi Corazon Continuara (Sonia Silvestre)
18 - Devotamente Tuya (Angelica Vale)

Whoha! Just like an olive in single malt whisky - simply strange. Thanks to the stigma rest room. Original post with d/l here.

Lousy Is the Best They Can Ever Be

The Really Terrible Orchestra, a group of amateur musicians conducted by Richard Neville-Towle, standing, left, includes the best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith, right, who plays the bassoon. Read on (NY Times)

King of the Road (mp3)

More Offshore Radio

As You probably have guessed, I'm a fan of vintage "pirate" radio - see my previous entry here. And skimming through som aggregators i stumbled upon these two gems.
The Radio Caroline Story (link to original post)
Offshore Radio Jingles (link to original post)
Thanks to Grumpy Boss' Corner +

When Love Has Gone

Jesus Christ Action Figure

The two best shorts from "Paris je T'aime"

The Real Tuesday Weld - Bathtime In Clerkenwell

Oh no - it's clazy half naked man onstage

Optiganally Yours - Spanish Flea - Live in Tokyo

Now, download that great Spanish Flea tune by OY (mp3) - or download the TERRIBLE version by Harry Arms (mp3)

The Shaggs, an "Outsider Music" classic

The Shaggs were an American all-female rock and roll group from Fremont, New Hampshire. Their first album, Philosophy of the World was released in 1969. The Shaggs have often been considered the worst rock and roll band in the world (or the "Most Horrible" by the New York Times), and this designation has made the band's first and most famous album a collector's item in its original vinyl pressing. Read on .
Thanks to 10:1 you can get the mp3's here.

Reinhold Heil's wild synth solo

Heil was once a member of Spliff (former Nina Hagen Band) playing synthesizers. Now, making soundtracks to films such as Land of the Dead, Perfume, Paris j'taime, Run Lola Run etc...
On the second Nina Hagen (Unbehagen) album he did an amazing solo that stands out as probably the best synth solo over a rock groove. The song Wir Leben Immer Noch, was originally a cover of Lene Lovich' Lucky Number.
Listen to Wir Leben Immer Noch (mp3)
After Nina Hagen quit the band in search of UFO's, Spliff cut some more records on their own. Here's Computers Sind Doof (mp3) from 85 555. See also my previous post on The Spliff Radio Show.

Listen to Frank Zappa read The Talking Asshole from William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch

From the Giornio Poetry Systems, The Nova Conventions - listen. (mp3)

The World's Greatest Audio Search Site - Really?

SkreemR is a search engine; none of the songs on SkreemR are hosted by them. SkreemR crawls the internet for audio tracks and then provides the information about audio that you are interested in.

So, it has never been easier to do that "best of" album - compiled by you - for free. Try SkreemR on these - I found 10 out of 15! not bad. Taken from Drum! Magazine.

Best Solo of All Time
Artist: John Coltrane
Album: Love Supreme (1964)
Song: A Love Supreme, Pt 3: Pursuance (full version)
Drummer: Elvin Jones

Most Melodic Drum Solo
Artist: Dave Brubeck Quartet
Album: Time Out (1955)
Song: Take Five (full verson)
Drummer: Joe Morello

Most Technically Dazzling Drum Solo
Artist: Billy Cobham
Album: Spectrum (1973)
Song: Stratus (another track from spectrum)
Drummer: Billy Cobham

Most Out-of-Control Solo
Artist: The Who
Album: The Who Sings My Generation (1965)
Song: My Generation (full verson)
Drummer: Keith Moon

Best Solo Over A Vamp
Artist: Steely Dan
Album: Aja (1977)
Song: Aja (full version)
Drummer: Steve Gadd

Most Overrated Drum Solo
Artist: The Surfaris
Album: Wipe Out (1963)
Song: Wipe Out (only 30 sec)
Drummer: Ron Wilson

Most Complicated Drum Solo
Artist: Frank Zappa
Album: Make a Jazz Noise Here (1991)
Song: The Black Page (not found on skreemr)
Drummer: Terry Bozzio

Most Compositional Drum Solo
Artist: Rush
Album: Rush In Rio (2003)
Song: O Baterista (full version)
Drummer: Neil Peart

Most Indulgent Drum Solo
Artist: Motley Crue
Album: Dr. Feelgood (Tour)
Drummer: Tommy Lee (not found)

Fastest Drum Solo
Artist: Buddy Rich
Album: Big Swing Face (1967)
Song: Machine (not found)
Drummer: Buddy Rich

Best Rock Drum Solo
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Album: Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Song: Moby Dick (full version)
Drummer: John Bonham

Best Jazz Drum Solo
Artist: Buddy Rich
Album: Mercy, Mercy (1968)
Song: Channel One Suite (full version)
Drummer: Buddy Rich

Most Original Drum Solo
Artist: Jimi Hendrix Experience
Album: Electric Ladyland (1968)
Song: Voodoo Chile (full version)
Drummer: Mitch Mitchell

Solo That Didn't Stand The Test of Time
Artist: Iron Butterfly
Album: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968)
Song: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (full version)
Drummer: Ron Bushy

Most Influential Drum Solo
Artist: Benny Goodman
Album: Sing, Sing, Sing (1935)
Song: Sing, Sing, Sing (full version hit nr. 3)
Drummer: Gene Krupa

The History Of Offshore Radio 1958-1970

The very first record documentary on offshore radio subtitled with recordings from offshore commercial radio stations 1958 -1970 and the story told by Paul Harris, author of "When Pirates ruled the Waves". The record was produced in Holland, Germany and Britain for distribution to members of the International Broadcasters Society. The record was not originally intended for retail sale, but was later available by mail from Paul Harris's Oxford Street, London office.

Please visit Grumpy Boss' Corner for download link

Per-Arnez - a Swede with a mission

Per-Arnez mixes Rap and Swedish "Danseband" music. As Per-Arnez says it himself; Motherfuckers talk about the slow fox and never get to it, fuck the yappin, be true to it, do it!!!
His myspace page. His download page.

Dead wrong (Lotta Engberg vs Biggie)
Do it myself (Matz Bladhs vs Young Buck)
Hell 4 a huster (Fernandoz vs 2Pac)
In da club (Vikingarna vs 50 cent)
Married to marijuanna (Thorleifs vs Big L)
Muthafucka (Anders Engbergs vs Xzibit)
Puppet master (Inger Nordströms vs B-Real & Dr Dre)
The next episode (Lasse Stefanz vs Snoop Dog)
Throw it up (Thor-Görans vs The East Side Boyz)
Wanksta (Sakarina vs 50 cent)

A movie about shooting dumb people - now that's sick!

Sicko

Learn English with Anita Ekberg

The famous scene in the Trevi Fountain was shot in March, when nights were still cold. According to Federico Fellini (in an interview with Costanzo Costantini), Anita Ekberg stood in the cold water in her dress for hours without any trouble. Marcello Mastroianni had to wear a wetsuit beneath his clothes. Still freezing, he downed an entire bottle of vodka, so that he was completely drunk while shooting the scene.

Learn Italian with Fellini

-Can I come in?
-I'm closed.
-Can I come in, miss?
-What do you want?
-A cigarette.

-Can I help you?
-You couldn't manage.
-What do you mean? I can lift 80 kilos. I can even lift my father. What do you weigh?
-I don't know.
-I could lift you, too.
-Let's see you.
-I really can. Let's see.
-You silly boy, put me down, let me go! You're strong!
-I'll lift you again.
-Now that's enough. What're you doing? You'll let me fall! You mad thing! Put me down, that's enough! You'll let me drop, you crazy boy! You really are mad... What's happened to me? My head...
-See how many times I did it?
-Yes, my little darling... Come here... you really are nice. Drive me crazy, just a little.
-What should I do?
-Suck! Come on... You can have this one, too... Don't blow! Suck!
-Is this right?
-Yes, darling, yes! You have to suck, you idiot!
-I can't breathe!
-Let me alone. Get out, now, I've got to close up. What was it you wanted? A cigarette? I'll give you one. Now, beat it!
-I can't manage it.
-Come on, get out!
-Good night!

Bruno Zanin - Titta Biondi
Maria Antonietta Beluzzi - Tobacconist
Amarcord Wikipedia

Kelly Johnson, guitarist, singer and songwriter: 20 June 1958 - 15 July 2007, sadly missed

Girlschool, the first British all-female rock band of note, were part of the new wave of heavy metal in the late 1970s that spawned Def Leppard, Iron Maiden and Saxon. The group formed in 1978 when Kelly Johnson, singer and lead guitarist, and the drummer Denise Dufort joined forces with Kim McAuliffe (rhythm guitar and vocals) and Di "Enid" Williams (bass, vocals). With their tight playing and no-nonsense attitude, Girlschool developed a strong following in the UK and Europe. Rest of the Independent™ obituary here.
Girlschool (mp3) A link to the Album Hit & Run here.

On hearing Kelly's lead guitar on "Race with the Devil" rock guitarist Jeff Beck was quoted as saying he "couldn't believe it was a girl playing", a remark described by the DJ John Peel as the most sexist comment he had ever heard.

photoshop of horrors

What the hell is this...