Top 10 Cowbell Songs

	Beastie Boys - Hey Ladies
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	Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band
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	Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina
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	Sweet - Little Willy
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	Bad Brains - Pay To Cum
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	Wild Cherry - Play that funky music
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	Nazareth - Hair Of The Dog
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	The Rolling Stones - Honky-Tonk Woman
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	Prince - U Got The Look
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	War - Low Rider
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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

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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

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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
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	Joe Frank - Ode to War
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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.

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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

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