Popcorn in Bulk
WFMU shares 79 versions of the song “Popcorn” at their weblog. Gershon Kingsley’s original version of the tune sounds so different from the Hot Butter hit of two years later. I enjoyed James Last’s...
View ArticleJesus in 12″ or Less
Where have I been? In the long and sticky process of finding artwork for every song in my iTunes library. While searching for info on a old, campy LP by preacher John Rydgren, I came across the weblog...
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Gross, He’s Picking His Nose!
Remember the early Simpsons episode where Bart and his fellow classmates have to sit through an ancient film about the wonders of zinc? I kind of got that feeling while viewing a DVD gifted from...
View ArticleMonika, Oh My Darling
Today’s video is a Bollywood treasure — “Piya Tu Ab To Aaja” from the 1971 opus Caravan. Sung by Asha Bhosle and R.D. Burman, danced by the incomparable Helen (no last name). Campy as all get out, but...
View ArticleThe Coffee Achievers
In honor of National Coffee Day, a series of TV ads Jim Henson did for Wilkins Coffee in the ’60s. In the spots, an embryonic version of Kermit and a Rowlf-voiced creature explain what could happen if...
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