Little Darlin's Rock 'n Roll Palace - Mary Wells, Buddy Knox

Little Darlin's Rock 'n Roll Palace, Kissimmee, Florida:
This episode features intro and signoff by Wolfman Jack and Emcee Glen Stetson, as well as the following artists:
Mary Wells - (1st set) The One Who Really Loves You, What's Easy For Two Is So Hard For One, (2nd set) My Guy
Buddy Knox - Hula Love, Party Doll

[Dubbed from VHS recording from The Nashville Network, 1988]

My fave radio player !!

Don'tcha just loathe radio stations that have their own proprietary audio player ?  Actually, don't you despise those who demand Windows Real Player or Apple's iTunes, just as much ?  Well, I'm with you!  Who the hell died and made them God ?

Fortunately, I've found a little utility that lets me listen to just about any radio station I want, without any of that overhead or headache.


I'm talking about Crawler's Radio & MP3 Player.  This little puppy is the best !  Now I have one single interface for everything -- proprietary / iTunes / RealPlayer be damned !!

The bonus is that this little darlin' has a built-in scheduler and recorder, so I never have to worry about missing a single instalment of Studebaker Hawk's "Hotwax" (Fridays, 6 a.m.-9 a.m. on wdvrfm.org) !!

I wouldn't want to do without Crawler.  I've listened to New Orleans & Mississippi stations after Katrina in 2001.  I tuned into Hawaii stations, after Kilaua erupted & there was also a tidal wave just after Japan's earthquake.  The possibilities are endless.

Crawler comes with a somewhat outdated list of radio stations, but it's pretty easy to add your own.

I know you're curious, so I'll just flat-out tell you the settings for WDVR !
WDVR High Speed: Stream URL = http://www.wdvrfm.org/wdvr45_10.asx
WDVR Low Speed: Stream URL = http://www.wdvrfm.org/wdvr24_11.asx

Enjoy !!

VIDEO: Little Darlin's Rock 'n Roll Palace - Freddie Cannon, Bill Haley & The Comets

Little Darlin's Rock 'n Roll Palace, Kissimmee, Florida:
This episode features intro and signoff by Wolfman Jack and Emcee Glen Stetson, as well as the following artists:
- Freddie Cannon
- Bill Haley & The Comets
[Dubbed from VHS recording from The Nashville Network 1988]

Nirvana's "Nevermind" turns 20 - 20th Anniversary Box Set - VINYL !!!

I'm in Heaven....this one's on VINYL !!!

Vinyl Rewind celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana’s groundbreaking album Nevermind.

Includes bonus trivia about the hidden track that mysteriously appeared on some editions and not others.

The Deluxe Edition augments the remastered LP with live performances; plus demos, previously unreleased BBC sessions and 8 "boombox rehearsals" of Nevermind tracks. Fork out an extra $100-plus for the Super Deluxe Edition and you get all that, plus a version of Nevermind mixed by Butch Vig, before Andy Wallace was brought in for the final mix, a CD and DVD of a mind-blowing 1991concert at Seattle's Paramount Theatre, and a 90-page book.

Bite me, Katrina !!

To my dear friend in New Orleans:
I never again want to experience the worry of those 4 worrisome days when you went missing.  I never again want you to experience the tragedy of Katrina.
I'll be your willow -- I hope everyone has a willow !

Musical (Magical) Fruit ?

You're probably thinking "beans" right about now?...aren't you ?

Well, it just so happens that, despite the fact that beans are not fruit (are they?), there's a lot more musical fruit than you've ever likely stopped to think about.   Here are a lot of songs about fruit.

File this under, "Things you don't need to know" !

General
“All Her Favorite Fruit” - Camper Van Beethoven
"Fruit" - Bud Powell, Meat Puppets, John Donaldson, Chris Thomas King, Todd Barry, Rafter, Roy Ayers, Ubiquity, I.C.U., Pansies, Dudley, Angels of Epistemology, Hagfish, etc. etc.
"Fruits and Vegetables" - Shonen Knife  
"Fruit Cake" - Cake Like
"Fruit Nut"- XTC
Fruit of the Loom songs
"Fruit Salad" - The Wiggles
"Fruit Tree" - Nick Drake
"Juicy Fruit" - James Mtume 
"Small Fruit Song" - Al Stewart
"Strange Fruit" - Billie Holiday
"The Fresh Fruit Song" - Spike Milligan
The Fruit That Ate Itself" - Modest Mouse
"Tutti Frutti" - Little Richard
"Dried Fruits, Dried Fruits" - Sam Jones

Apples
"Apple"  - Cibo Matto
"Apples, Peaches, Cherries" - Peggy Lee
"Apples Peaches Pumpkin Pie" - Jay & The Techniqes
"Apples, Peaches, Bananas & Pears" - The Monkees
"Green Apple "- Puffy Ami Yumi
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree"- The Andrew Sisters
"Little Green Apples" - O. C. Smith
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds

Apricots
"Apricot Love" - Neil Norman

Avocado
"Avocado is a Fruit" - Sam Jones

Bananas 
"30,000 Pounds of Bananas"-Harry Chapin
"Banana Boat Song" - Harry Belafonte
"Banana Chips"-Shonen Knife
"Banana Convention" - The Barefoot Man
"Banana Pancakes" - Jack Johnson
"Banana Pudding" - Scots
"Banana Republic" - The Boomtown Rats
"Banana Split for My Baby" - Louis Prima 
"Bananas" - Louis Jordan
"Bananas and Cream" - Kinky Friedman
"Boiled Bananas And Carrots" - Peter Sellers
"Chiquita Banana" - Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra
"I Like Bananas (Because They Have No..." - Hoosier Hot Shots
"Loving You Has Made Me Bananas" - Guy Marks
"Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" - Liz Phair 
"Yes, We Have No Bananas" - Ben Selvin/Spike Jones, Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

Blueberries
"Blueberry Hill" -  Fats Domino

Cherries
"Cherry Bomb" - Spoon
"Cherry, Cherry" - Neil Diamond
"Cherry Pie" - Jennifer Lopez
"Cherry Pie - Warrant
"Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries" - Rudy Valee, Hutch, others
"Lonely Lola Cherry Cola Girl" -  Bic Runga
"Under the Cherry Moon" - Prince

Coconut
"Coconut" - Nillson
"Coconut Woman" - Harry Belafonte
"Don't Steal Me Coconuts" - The Barefoot Man
"I'm Coconuts Over You"  - The Barefoot Man
"I've Got A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" - Freddy Martin
"Rum And Coconuts Water"   - The Barefoot Man
"Three Coconuts" - The Barefoot Man
"Under the Coconut Tree" - The Barefoot Man

Gooseberries
"Gooseberry" - Dan Truman
"Gooseberry Bush" - Paul Bradley
"Gooseberry Fool" - Kinky Fool
"Hang Me From a Gooseberry Tree" -John Howson

Grapefruit
"Grapefruit - Juicy Fruit" - Jimmy Buffett
"Grapefruit Diet" - Weird Al Yankovic
"Grapefruit Is A Great Fruit " - Sam Jones
"Grapefruit Moon" - Tom Waits, Nanci Griffith
"Grapefruit Song" - Juliet's Wishing Well
"Grapefruit Tea" - Olivia Lufkin-

Grapes
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine" - Marvin Gaye

Guava
"Guava Jelly" - Bob Marley

Kiwi
"Kiwi" - Maroon 5

Lemon
"Ice Cold Lemonade" - Death by Chocolate  
"Lemon" - U2
"Lemon Tree" - Peter, Paul & Mary
"Lemonade" - Prote!n
"The Lemon Song" - Led Zeppelin

Mango
"Mangos" - Rosemary Clooney

Oranges
"Jelly Jungle Of Orange Marmalade" - Monday Sinclair 
"Orange" - Death by Chocolate
"Orange and Red Beams" - Eric Burdon & Animals 
"Orange Blossom Special" - Johnny Cash    
"Orange Colored Sky" - Nat King Cole    
"Orange County Lumber Truck" - Frank Zappa   
"Orange Juice Blues" - Bob Dylan & the Band
"Oranges and Lemons" - Book of Love


Papaya
"Queenie Wahine's Papaya" - Elvis Presley

Peaches
"Peaches" - The Stranglers
"Peaches" - Presidents of the United States
"Peaches & Cream" - Beck
"Peaches N' Cream" - 112
"Clap Your Hands for Peaches" - Sam Jones -

Peanuts
"The Peanut Vendor" - Desi Arnaz
"Salt Peanuts" - Dizzy Gillespie

Persimmon
"Eat an Orange Ripe Persimmon" - Sam Jones

Pineapple
"Pineapple Princess" -  Petty Booka

Raspberries
"Raspberries, Strawberries" - The Kingston Trio  

"Raspberry Beret" - Prince

Rhubarb
"Another Man's Rhubarb" -  Pop Will Eat Itself
"Buddha Rhubarb" - Soul Coughing
"Rhubarb Bagel" - Lester
"Rhubarb Pie" - Five Iron Frenzy
"The Rhubarb Tart Song" - Monty Python


Strawberries
"Here Come De Honey Man / Crab Man / Oh Dey's So Fresh And Fine (Strawberry Woman)" - Ella Fitzgerald ("Porgy & Bess")  

"Strawberry Cream Puff" - Shonen Knife

"Strawberry Fields Forever" - The Beatles
"Strawberry Letter 23" - Brothers Johnson
"Strawberry Wine" - Deana Carter

Tangerine
"Sweet Tangerine" - The Hush Sound
"Tangerine" - Led Zeppelin

Tomatoes
"Don’t Squeeze the Tomatoes" (332K) - The Barefoot Man

Watermelon
"Old Dogs Children and Watermelon" - Wine Tom T. Hall

"Watermelon Man" - Mongo Santamaria

Colours of Music Festival, Barrie, Ontario

This might be of interest to some of you....

The 9th annual Colours of Music features 150 musicians, singers, choirs, composers and more from across Canada, the United States and beyond to Barrie Sept. 23 through to Oct. 2. Brochures are available throughout the city. Festival passports are $85 for adults, $25 for students. Individual tickets and passports are available in advance at Music Pro, 725-1070; Our House, 725-0829 as well as at the door. For additional information, see www.coloursofmusic.ca.

I don't think I'll be able to make it but, if I could, I'd luv to see the harp on Sept. 28th.  Harps have always fascinated me !

Sorry, Eric...Shari's got it nailed !!

Word has it that Eric Clapton's, "You Look Wonderful Tonight" is one of the greatest love songs.  Well, to quote Steve Martin, "Well, Excuuuuuuse Me !", Eric.  I do believe that Shari nailed that category with her "Fear of Flying" hands down !!

I have luved Shari's voice since forever.  When she hits those high notes ("I listen so carefully" 2:38, "Here we go" 2:55; and then the killer "Never lose" 3:28), she just brings down the house.  I think I could listen to her doing "Fear of Flying" on permanent replay for a week and never want for more (okay..except maybe Freddie Mercury).   At some points, she actually sounds quite "slutty" and, you know, I've come to luv that too.  She just has that certain, please excuse me, "je ne sais quoi"...she really does.  It's the power of her voice.  It's....it's....it's (fade to Monty Python, if you must.).

Back in the early '80's, I was floored to find the Valdy & the Hometown Band album (vinyl) at our library.  I apologize to everyone who borrowed it after me...I'm sure that track was all but worn out !

It took seemingly forever, but I finally got to see Shari LIVE at Hugh's Room, on October 30, 2005.  See what I mean about "seemingly forever" ?  It doesn't matter.  When I like something, it stays liked (who said that ?  UPDATE:  This has been driving me crazy & I finally figured it out.  Eric Von Zipper, from the Beach Blanket Bingo movies said, "I like you. And when Eric Von Zipper likes someone, they stay liked." )

I requested "Fear of Flying" and I think I had to wait 'til the 3rd set.  It just about killed me !  But, it was soooo worth the wait.  In the interim, Shari spoke about her daughter leaving home to attend university.  I think this was the newborn meaning of this song for her !!  And that's what I think really made it a "love" song !!...and a damn good one to boot !!

I'm still wondering why, to this day, but when the first strains of the melody started, so did my tears.  I just couldn't stop the flow.  I wasn't sad, happy, giddy...any of those things.  I guess I was just "fulfilled" ?

What really gets me, is why they get such losers on Canadian Idol and they haven't invited Shari.   Or maybe they have & she's declined.  I suppose that could be a good thing.  It just irks me somehow that, of all of the Canadian talent that gets promoted every which way from Sunday, how did this gem get overlooked ?  There oughta be a law !!

VIDEO: Little Darlin's Rock 'n Roll Palace - Featuring: Tommy Sands, Johnny Thunder, Bobby Vee, The Diamonds, Johnny Tillotson, The Platters, The Crickets, Ace Cannon

You don't have to be color blind to play...but we'd appreciate it !!

So, I'm playing Trivial Pursuit with my nephew.  It's down to the last seconds; whoever answers the next question, gets their final wedge and wins the game.

Wouldn't you know ?  My nephew gets the easiest question in the world !!  I can't recall the exact wording, but let's say it was, "What are the colors of the prism on the cover of "Dark Side of the Moon"?  Oh, nuts !  He's gonna win !  How will I ever live this down ?

My nephew gets a look of total despair on his face.  He looks up at me & said, "I can't answer that.  I don't know."  "Oh, come on!", I say.  "No kidding....I'm colour blind !"

I knew there was something I liked about him !!